An initial consultation with Dr Vasim Farooq is from £220.
Dr Vasim Farooq
Consultant Cardiologist
MBChB MRCP PhD FESC
Specialises in
- Coronary artery disease
- Angina
- Interventional cardiology
- Cardiology
I am an interventional cardiologist and academic in cardiovascular research based at the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff. I specialise in coronary artery disease, ANOCA (angina with non obstructive coronary arteries), acute coronary syndrome, interventional cardiology for both complex coronary and structural intervention, general cardiology and cholesterol/risk factor management for patients with coronary artery disease.
I have over 20 years of clinical cardiology experience and have undertaken consultant posts in London and Newcastle before being appointed in Cardiff over five years ago.
As a general cardiologist, I manage patients with coronary and valvular heart disease (chest pain, breathlessness and heart murmurs), heart rhythm disturbances (palpitations) and heart failure (breathlessness and swelling). As an interventional cardiologist, my expertise is in the minimally invasive diagnosis and treatment of heart disease.
My major areas of expertise are the diagnosis and treatment of ischaemic heart disease (angina), including coronary angiography and complex coronary angioplasty, angina with non obstructive coronary arteries (ANOCA), which is a relatively common and under diagnosed condition in patients with chest pain.
I have expertise in both the diagnosis (with invasive and/or non-invasive testing) and ongoing management of this and conditions such as vasospastic angina (spasm of the coronary arteries) and microvascular angina (disease in the tiny blood vessels to the heart that cannot be seen with the naked eye during coronary angiography). I also diagnose and manage patients with acute coronary syndrome which will includes use of intravascular imaging and lipid (cholesterol) and risk factor management in patients with or without established coronary artery disease.
To date I have performed over 3,000 angioplasties, the majority performed via the wrist. I have expertise in the use of intravascular imaging, which is additional imaging with specialised equipment that is inserted in the blood vessel before and/or after stent implantation to ensure optimal stent expansion. This has recently been proven to lead to improved outcomes. I utilise both IVUS (intravascular ultrasound) and optical coherence tomography (OCT).
In my NHS Practice I am an experienced structural operator undertaking transaortic valve implantation (TAVI) for aortic stenosis. TAVI is a way of replacing the existing diseased aortic valve with a new tissue valve, thereby improving how the heart works without the need for open heart surgery. I lead the percutaneous foramen oval (PFO) closure service at University Hospital of Wales for cryptogenic stroke.
I am widely published in most of the major peer reviewed cardiovascular journals with over 140 published papers and an ‘h-index’ of 48. He has regularly spoken at both national and international cardiology congresses.
In my personal life, I live in Cardiff with my wonderful wife and three children.
General Medical Council Number: 4710480
Treatment information
Some of the principal treatments carried out by Dr Vasim Farooq at Spire include:
Cardiology
- Blood pressure test
- Cardiac catheterisation
- Cardiac CT scan (heart CT)
- Cardiomemo recording
- Cardioversion
- Cholesterol level test
- Coronary angioplasty
- Heart valve replacement
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Additional information
Qualification and professional memberships
PhD / Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands / 2014
Doctor of Philosophy
Under the tutelage of internationally renowned Professor Patrick Serruys. My PhD focused on the management of complex coronary artery disease and resulted in numerous publications and prizes including a $10,000 scholarship for the Thomas J Linnemeier Spirit of Interventional Cardiology Young Investigator Award, Washington, United States.
Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training / North Western Deanery / 2014
Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training
MRCP / MRCP / 2004
Member of the Royal College of Physicians
MBChB / University of Manchester / 2000
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
Professional memberships
FESC
RCS
BCIS
Professional leadership
I am the clinical lead for the PFO closure service at the University Hospital of Wales.
I am the chief investigator for a randomised controlled trial in South Wales aimed at improving outcomes in patients presenting with an acute heart attack.
Current NHS posts
Consultant Cardiologist, University Hospital of Wales
Contact information
| Private secretary | Medical Secretary Team |
| Private secretary telephone | 07568 085 436 |
| Private secretary email | vfarooqmedsec@outlook.com |