Cardiology consultants in Tunbridge Wells
Cardiology is the field of medicine that deals with the heart and the sort of problems that can affect it. That means that if something seems wrong with this important organ, it’s a cardiologist you’ll need to see.
These conditions can impact your quality of life fast, which is why so Spire’s team of cardiologists in the Tunbridge Wells area do everything in their power to improve your prognosis. From MRI and CT scans to uncover the cause, through to procedures like heart valve replacements, they’re skilled and experienced in their field.
Treatments offered in Tunbridge Wells
When you choose Spire for your treatment, we’ll get things moving forwards fast. Depending on your diagnosis, the team may put you forward for a medical procedure, and those the cardiologists near Tonbridge frequently carry out include:
- Cardiac resychronizing therapies
- LINQ implant
- Pacemakers
Conditions treated in Tunbridge Wells
At Spire Tunbridge Wells, our expert, private cardiologists near Crowborough are ready to help. They have advanced knowledge of practically any and every heart complaint, and those they most often treat include:
Symptoms treated in Tunbridge Wells
The symptoms of a heart-related health problem are often tough to live with. But thanks to the treatments available at Spire Tunbridge wells, the team can help alleviate or put an end to common complaints like:
Tests and scans carried out in Tunbridge Wells
If you have some concerns about your heart health and think it’s time to talk to someone, get in touch with the team today. If necessary, they’ll call you in for some scans to see what’s causing the problem, making excellent use of tools like:
- Blood pressure test
- Blood tests for heart disease risk (cardiac testing)
- Cardiac catheterisation
- Cardiac CT scan (heart CT)
- Cardiac electrophysiology
- Cardiac MRI scan (heart MRI)
- Cardiomemo recording
- Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing
- Cholesterol level test
- Contrast echocardiogram
- Electrocardiogram (ECG)
- Stress electrocardiogram
Finding us
Spire Tunbridge Wells Hospital can be found to the west of town in the Fordcombe area. This will also be your nearest Spire facility if you live in surrounding spots like Bidbrough, Edenbridge, Pembury, Tonbridge and Wadhurst.
How to get to us
We're located in Kent four miles southeast of Penshurst Place, the historic house once owned by King Henry VIII.
Spire Tunbridge Wells Hospital,
Fordcombe Road
Fordcombe
Tunbridge Wells
Kent
TN3 0RD
Main Switchboard: 01892 740047
Self-pay treatment enquiries: 01892 741150
Dr Vinay Kumar Bhatia
Consultant Cardiologist
BSc (hon), MBBS, PhD, FRCP
I grew up locally in Kent and attended the Sir Joseph Williamson’s Mathematical School. I qualified in medicine at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital, London (1994). I formally trained in general medicine and cardiology (for 15 years in total) in London at hospital…
Dr Edward Petzer
Consultant Cardiologist
I have been a consultant cardiologist since 2005. I trained as a device and electrophysiologist, but have dedicated my career to complex device implantation and management. I am a high volume operator and the only operator that is stand alone implanter in emer…
Dr Laurence Nunn
Consultant Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist
MA (Cantab), MBBS, MRCP, PGCHE
I studied Medicine at Cambridge University and then at St Bartholomew’s and the Royal London Hospital Medical School, qualifying in 1999. After four years in general medicine at the Royal London and Whipps Cross hospitals, I became a lecturer in medical educat…