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Specialises in

• General cardiology

• Interventional cardiology

Offers

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

About me

Dr. A Ghuran is a consultant cardiologist at the East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust (Lister Hospital, Stevenage and Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, Welwyn Garden City). He qualified from the University of Edinburgh in 1993 and completed his post graduate higher specialist training in general medicine and cardiology in hospitals around London including: St. George’s Hospital London, King’s College Hospital London, and the Sussex Cardiac Centre Brighton. He secured a one-year interventional fellowship to work at the Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis (OLVG) hospital in Amsterdam where radial angioplasty was first performed and pioneered. Throughout his training, Dr. Ghuran has worked with eminent European and world leaders in cardiology. Dr. Ghuran is trained in performing multivessel and complex coronary artery intervention (angioplasty/stents) using both the radial and femoral approach. In addition to general cardiology and percutaneous coronary intervention, Dr. Ghuran also has an interest in pacemakers, valvular heart disease, syncope, hypertension, heart failure, palpitations, arrhythmia management and cardiovascular risk screening.

Dr. Ghuran was awarded the degree of doctor of medicine (MD) in 2006 after completing his thesis (“Electrocardiographic Monitoring of Myocardial Ischaemia – Novel Methods and Potential Application in Implanted Devices”), under the aegis of a Wellcome Trust project grant. He has published many articles in the field of cardiology including one book (“Emergency Cardiology”), six book chapters and many peer-reviewed articles. He has also reviewed articles for several foremost cardiology journals and has presented at conferences nationally and internationally in the field of cardiology. Dr. Ghuran is a Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology (FESC). This is a title of honour that is awarded to healthcare professionals who have made a significant contribution to cardiology and is a symbol of excellence. Dr. Ghuran takes an active role in medical education, training general practitioners, junior doctors, nurses, technicians, paramedics and medical students.

Areas of interest

General / preventative cardiology; Cardiovascular (heart attack) risk screening; Hypercholesterolaemia (high cholesterol); Pacemakers; Angina / ischaemic heart disease (chest pain)/Coronary microvascular disease and coronary artery spasm; Heart attacks; Myocardial infarction; Interventional cardiology (stents / balloon angioplasty / coronary intervention), coronary angiogram, cardiac catheterisation, cardiac catheterization; Valvular heart disease (murmurs); Syncope (loss of consciousness, fainting, dizzy spells); Hypertension (high blood pressure); Heart failure (shortness of breath); Cardiomyopathy; Palpitations / arrhythmias, ectopics (extra heart beats), SVT; Atrial fibrillation

Medical secretaries

• Alicia Garcia
• 108 Tippendell Lane Park Street St. Albans AL2 2HE
• 07720 718406
• 07720 718406
• 020 8181 7284
• aligar3@gmail.com

• Julie Cowell
• Lister Hospital Coreys Mill Lane Stevenage SG1 4AB
• 01438 284827
• julie.cowell2@nhs.net

Anaesthetists worked with

• Dr Ahilan Pathmanathan Fee Assured