Dr Idris Harding

Dr Idris Harding is a consultant cardiac electrophysiologist and general cardiologist at King's College Hospitals and East Kent Hospitals NHS Trusts with a subspecialty in heart rhythm abnormalities.

He has an interest in all forms of arrhythmia management in particular ablation of arrhythmias and implantation of pacemakers and defibrillators, as well as syncope, dizzy attacks and palpitations.

His clinical focus is on holistic management of arrhythmia including modifiable upstream factors such as lifestyle, cardiometabolic disease (particularly diabetes, hypertension and sleep apnoea) and, where appropriate, drug treatment and ablation.

Services and procedures provided:

• Smartphone and smartwatch ECG interpretation for arrhythmia diagnosis
• Palpitations and arrhythmia management
• Arrhythmia and stroke risk assessment
• Integrative management of arrhythmia risk factors and modification
• Cardiac risk assessment
• Ischaemic heart disease and chest pain diagnosis and treatment
• Assessment for pacemaker therapy
• Implantation of pacemakers and other cardiac devices (CRT, ICD, etc)
• Diagnostic EP studies
• Ablation of supraventricular tachycardia (SVT)
• Ablation of Wolff Parkinson White syndrome / accessory pathway
• Ablation of atrial flutter
• Ablation of atrial fibrillation with cryo or radiofrequency
• Ablation of AV node for control of atrial arrhythmia symptoms and optimisation of heart failure therapy
• LINQ / Loop recorder implant and explant for diagnosis of arrhythmia
• Transthoracic echocardiography
• Holter monitors / ambulatory ECG / heart monitors
• Cardioversion for atrial arrhythmia (fibrillation / flutter / tachycardias)
• Cardiac valve disease management
• Breathlessness and heart failure management
• Heart failure device treatments (CRT and ICD) - implantation and optimisation
• Angina
• Hypermobility assessment and management
• Long Covid related arrhythmia assessment and management