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External resources

• Dr. Alessandro Giardini, Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist Website
• Dr. Alessandro Giardini, Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist in London, UK

Current NHS consultant posts held

Dr Giardini is a consultant paediatric cardiologist at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London and is the cardiology lead (director) for inpatients (day admissions/regular hospital admissions) and is the lead for the exercise physiology laboratory
Dr. Giardini runs the specialist single ventricle and fragile babies clinics and the inherited cardiac conditions/cardiomyopathy clinic.
Dr. Giardini has over 10 years of experience in the diagnosis and management of congenital cardiac defects.

Research interests

Dr Giardini has a long track record as a researcher and is author of more than 120 peer reviewed publications on the most important international cardiology journals. His research interests are the outcomes of surgical or interventional treatment of congenital defects, quality improvement and exercise physiology in children with heart or lung disease.

Awards received

Dr Giardini has received a PhD in cardiology and is a senior Lecturer at the Institute of Cardiovascular Science - University College London.

Publications

◦Chowdhury SM, Butts RJ, Buckley J, Hlavacek AM, Hsia TY, et al. Comparison of Pressure-Volume Loop and Echocardiographic Measures of Diastolic Function in Patients With a Single-Ventricle Physiology. Pediatr Cardiol. 2014 Mar 2;PubMed PMID: 24584211.

◦Biglino G, Giardini A, Ntsinjana HN, Schievano S, Hsia TY, et al. Ventriculoarterial coupling in palliated hypoplastic left heart syndrome: Noninvasive assessment of the effects of surgical arch reconstruction and shunt type. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014 Feb 10;PubMed PMID: 24629219.

◦Arbia G, Corsini C, Esmaily Moghadam M, Marsden AL, Migliavacca F, et al. Numerical blood flow simulation in surgical corrections: what do we need for an accurate analysis?. J Surg Res. 2014 Jan;186(1):44-55. PubMed PMID: 23993199.

◦Baker CE, Corsini C, Cosentino D, Dubini G, Pennati G, et al. Effects of pulmonary artery banding and retrograde aortic arch obstruction on the hybrid palliation of hypoplastic left heart syndrome. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2013 Dec;146(6):1341-8. PubMed PMID: 23434295.

◦Ntsinjana HN, Biglino G, Capelli C, Tann O, Giardini A, et al. Aortic arch shape is not associated with hypertensive response to exercise in patients with repaired congenital heart diseases. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson. 2013 Nov 12;15:101. PubMed PMID: 24219806; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3833644.

◦Frigiola A, Hughes M, Turner M, Taylor A, Marek J, et al. Physiological and phenotypic characteristics of late survivors of tetralogy of fallot repair who are free from pulmonary valve replacement. Circulation. 2013 Oct 22;128(17):1861-8. PubMed PMID: 24065608.

◦Buys R, Van De Bruaene A, Müller J, Hager A, Khambadkone S, et al. Usefulness of cardiopulmonary exercise testing to predict the development of arterial hypertension in adult patients with repaired isolated coarctation of the aorta. Int J Cardiol. 2013 Oct 3;168(3):2037-41. PubMed PMID: 23453442.

◦Butts RJ, Hsia TY, Hamilton Baker G, MOCHA Investigators. Feasibility of conductance catheter-derived pressure-volume loops to investigate ventricular mechanics in shunted single ventricles. Cardiol Young. 2013 Oct;23(5):776-9. PubMed PMID: 23347797.

◦Giardini A, Fenton M, Derrick G, Burch M. Impairment of heart rate recovery after peak exercise predicts poor outcome after pediatric heart transplantation. Circulation. 2013 Sep 10;128(11 Suppl 1):S199-204. PubMed PMID: 24030407.

Courses offered to GPs

Dr Giardini is regularly invited as speaker to international meetings around Europe and North America