CaRi-heart technology
Revolutionary new technology to assess the risk of a serious heart condition or heart attack – many years before anything happens.
Mr Aziz's blocked artery
Mr Aziz's story
Watch Prof James Spratt and Dr Jonathan Hill, Consultant Interventional Cardiologists, solve a patient's blocked coronary arteries using the latest percutaneous (keyhole) techniques - through a tiny incision in the arm or groin.
“It's great to see Mr Aziz is doing so well. There was some concern (about) could we get him back to a high functioning level, (but) we've had a good chat with him and he's doing great.”
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Prof James Spratt and Dr Jonathan Hill, Consultant Interventional Cardiologists, solve a patient's blocked coronary artery using a non-surgical procedure called Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI). A catheter is used to place a small structure called a stent to open up blood vessels in the heart that have been narrowed.
This type of procedure can produce immediate relief from symptoms, and patients can often go home the same day or the next day.
More patient stories
Hans's story
After years of cardiac troubles, a scan picked up that Hans’s aorta, the body’s largest artery, had swollen to six centimetres.
Tod's story
For Tod, 59, an investment banker with 37 years’ experience working in the city, there was nothing to suggest that there was anything wrong with his health. Incredibly active and cycling 30 miles daily each way on his commute, it was only when he went for a health check that something alarming appeared.
"I thought I'd never dive again"
Aithne was diagnosed with a patent foramen ovale (PFO) or a ‘hole in the heart', and was treated by Dr Brian Clapp, Consultant Cardiologist at London Bridge Hospital, so she could get back to doing the thing she loved most: diving.
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