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Consultant Profile

Dr Francisco Leyva

Name:
Dr Francisco Leyva MD, MRCP
Practising at:
Spire Little Aston Hospital
Specialties:
  • Cardiology
    Special clinical interests:
    Biventricular pacing, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging
    Research interests:
    Heart failure, biventricular pacing, cardiac MRI, endothelial function
    Current NHS and /or university posts:
    Consultant Cardiologist, Good Hope Hospital Sutton Coldfield
    Year of first medical qualification:
    1987
    Current membership(s) of professional, national and regional bodies:
    Royal College of Physicians
    Working Group on Heart Failure, European Society of Cardiology
     
    Contact Details 
    Telephone number to make a private appointment:
    0845 600 1856
    Private secretary telephone number:
    07812 243176
    Personal email address:
     
    Background Information 
    Professional profile:
    Dr Leyva qualified in 1987 from the University of Manchester Medical School. Specialist training was undertaken at Charing Cross and Hammersmith hospitals and the Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals, where he trained in interventional cardiology, pacing and echocardiography.

    Dr Leyva was appointed as a consultant cardiologist at Good Hope hospital in January 2000. His main interests are in coronary disease and heart failure, as well as transthoracic and transoesophageal echocardiography, and pacing. Dr Leyva is currently developing biventricular pacing (cardiac resynchronisation) therapy for heart failure and cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging.

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    Dr Francisco Leyva Cardiology Consultant, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, private hospital specialist.

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