Current NHS consultant posts held
Consultant Cardiologist
in the Bristol Heart Institute
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston
Research interests
Cardiovascular-exercise-physiological and pathological changes investigated with real time Cardiac MRI
Personal interests
Outdoor sports
Awards received
European Society of Cardiology Research Grant
(Additional) Languages spoken
Publications
Rodrigues JCL1,2,3, Erdei T4, Dastidar AG4, Szantho G4, Burchell AE5, Ratcliffe LEK5, Hart EC6,5, Nightingale AK5, Paton JFR6,5, Manghat NE7, Hamilton MCK7. Left ventricular extracellular volume fraction and atrioventricular interaction in hypertension. Eur Radiol. 2019 Mar;29(3):1574-1585. doi: 10.1007/s00330-018-5700-z. Epub 2018 Sep 19.
Dimopoulos K1, Condliffe R2, Tulloh RMR3, Clift P4, Alonso-Gonzalez R5, Bedair R3, Chung NAY6, Coghlan G7, Fitzsimmons S8, Frigiola A6, Howard LS9, Jenkins P10, Kenny D11, Li W5, MacDonald ST12, McCabe C13, Oliver JJ14, Spence MS15, Szantho GV16, von Klemperer K17, Wilson DG16, Wort SJ13; CHAMPION Steering Committee. Echocardiographic Screening for Pulmonary Hypertension in Congenital Heart Disease: JACC Review Topic of the Week. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2018 Dec 4;72(22):2778-2788. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2018.08.2201.
Rodrigues JC1,2, Rohan S3, Dastidar AG1, Trickey A4, Szantho G et al. The Relationship Between Left Ventricular Wall Thickness, Myocardial Shortening, and Ejection Fraction in Hypertensive Heart Disease: Insights From Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2016 Nov;18(11):1119-1127. doi: 10.1111/jch.12849. Epub 2016 Jun 17.
Rodrigues JC1,2, Amadu AM1,3, Ghosh Dastidar A1,4, McIntyre B5, Szantho GV et al. ECG strain pattern in hypertension is associated with myocardial cellular expansion and diffuse interstitial fibrosis: a multi-parametric cardiac magnetic resonance study. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2017 Apr 1;18(4):441-450. doi: 10.1093/ehjci/jew117.
Rodrigues JC1, Amadu AM2, Dastidar AG3, Szantho GV4 et al. Comprehensive characterisation of hypertensive heart disease left ventricular phenotypes.
Heart. 2016 Oct 15;102(20):1671-9. doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2016-309576. Epub 2016 Jun 3.
Pearman A1, Bugeja L2, Nelson M2, Szantho GV2 et al. An audit of persistent foramen ovale closure in 105 divers. Diving Hyperb Med. 2015 Jun;45(2):94-7.
Pieles GE, Szantho G et al. Adaptations of aortic and pulmonary artery flow parameters measured by phase-contrast magnetic resonance angiography during supine aerobic exercise. Eur J Appl Physiol. 2014 May;114(5):1013-23. doi: 10.1007/s00421-014-2833-x. Epub 2014 Feb 7.
Chakrabarti S, Szantho G et al. Use of radiofrequency perforation for lead placement in biventricular or conventional endocardial pacing after mustard or senning operations for D-transposition of the great arteries. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2009 Sep;32(9):1123-9.