Launch
Website- Bupa Platinum consultant
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Fee assured
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Verified account
- Open Referral network
Specialises in
- Interventional cardiology
Offers
- Face-to-face consultations
- Video and telephone consultations
About me
Dr Azeem is a Consultant Cardiologist with special interest in coronary angioplasty and stenting, coronary heart disease, acute coronary symptoms and heart failure.
Dr Tariq Azeem is an interventional and general cardiologist at Royal Derby Hospital. After graduating he trained as a junior doctor mainly in regions of the North West of England. His cardiology training began in City Hospital Birmingham, where he worked as a clinical research fellow for 2 years completing his specialist registrar training in cardiology at Glenfield Hospital Leicester. After completing his specialist training in Cardiology he was appointed as an Interventional Cardiologist in Royal Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Dr Azeem has played a leading role in setting up of the coronary intervention service in Derbyshire and has led the development of the Primary PCI Service in Derby to ensure that the patients in Derbyshire are treated locally and do not have to travel far or elsewhere after having a heart attack.
Areas of interest
Conditions;
Chest pain; angina; heart attack; hypertension; heart failure; shortness of breath; palpitation; dizziness, blackouts; collapse; irregular heart beat; atrial fibrillation; supraventricular tachycardias; heart valve diseases; cardiomyopathy; pericarditis; asymptomatic screening of individuals at increased cardiac risk;
Procedures;
Coronary angioplasty and stenting including copmplex cases e.g. rotablation, grafts and chronic total occlusion; Diagnostic angiography via radial route; Intra-vascular ultrasound; ECG, Exercise testing; Ambulatory ECG monitoring (24 hours and prolonged); 24 hours BP monitoring; transthoracic echocardiography; Tilt table testing
Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)
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AA962
Coronary angioplasty following angiography with intravascular ultrasound on the same day, +/- insertion of stent - radial access - (1-5)
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X3510
IV sedation administered by operator - (1-5)
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AA961
Coronary angiography proceeding to angioplasty on the same day, +/- insertion of stent - radial access - (1-5)
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K5020
Coronary angiography proceeding to angioplasty on the same day, +/- insertion of stent - femoral or brachial access - (1-5)
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K6513
Adult cardiac catheterisation - radial access (including coronary arteriography/catheterisation of right/left side of heart/contrast radiology) - (1-5)