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Specialises in

• General cardiology

• Interventional cardiology

Offers

• Face-to-face consultations
• Video and telephone consultations

About me

I graduated from the University of Manchester in 1999, and after postgraduate training in Lancashire, I became a Member of the Royal College of Physicians of London in 2002. Following this, I began my specialist training in cardiology in Yorkshire. This five-year programme covered all aspects of cardiology.

Between 2008 and 2010, I worked with Prof. Patrick Serruys at the Thoraxcentre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, conducting research on new coronary stents and on risk stratification for patients undergoing coronary angioplasty (PCI). My PhD thesis, entitled Risk Stratification in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Revascularisation, was awarded cum laude by Erasmus University, Rotterdam, in 2011.

On returning to the UK in 2010, I completed an Interventional Fellowship at the University Hospitals of North Staffordshire, gaining intensive experience in all aspects of percutaneous coronary intervention. I perform all my diagnostic and interventional cases trans-radially.

I was appointed as a Consultant Interventional Cardiologist at East Lancashire NHS Trust later that year. I perform approximately 600 angiogram and angioplasty procedures annually, and my yearly inpatient and outpatient workload exceeds a thousand patients. This covers all aspects of cardiology, including the management of coronary heart disease, valvular heart disease, arrhythmias, hypertension, hyperlipidaemia, cardiomyopathies, and heart failure.

I have served on several national committees, including the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society research committee (2013�2017) and the National PCI audit steering committee (2016�2021). I was also the Greater Manchester NIHR Cardiovascular Speciality Co-Lead from 2015 until 2022. Additionally, I have served as a reviewer with the Royal College of Physicians invited review team.

I continue to engage in academic work, and my research has resulted in the publication of over 275 papers in peer-reviewed journals, 10 book chapters, and numerous presentations at national and international meetings. I remain a peer reviewer for various cardiology journals, work on clinical trial event adjudication, and am an Honorary Professor of Cardiology at the University of Central Lancashire, Preston.

Areas of interest

Assessment and treatment of coronary artery disease; Chest pain; Angina; General cardiology; Shortness of breath; Syncope; Palpitations; Valve disease; Atrial fibrillation; AF; Cardiomyopathy; Coronary angiogram; Diagnostic coronary angiograms; Radial access; Bypass graft studies; Coronary angioplasty; PCI; Radial PCI; Complex coronary intervention; Rotablation; Rotational atherectomy; Pressure wire; Left main stenting; Interventional cardiology; Blood pressure; Hypertension; Irregular heart rhythms; High cholesterol

Medical secretaries

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• info@northwestcardiology.co.uk

Anaesthetists worked with

• Dr Roberto Mosca Fee Assured