Consultant Cardiologist
Dr Akhil Kapur
| Consultants’ name |
Dr Akhil Kapur |
| Title | Consultant Cardiologist |
| Qualifications | MBChB BSc(Hons) MRCP MD |
| NHS base | Barts and the London NHS Trust |
| Profile | Dr Kapur is a Consultant Interventional Cardiologist who undertook specialist training at The Hammersmith and Royal Brompton Hospitals, London and Clinique Pasteur, Toulouse, France.
His particular interest is in coronary artery disease and the prevention and treatment of angina and heart attacks particularly complex coronary intervention, including rotational atherectomy.
Dr Kapur is experienced in intravascular ultrasound and pressure wire technologies. He performs angioplasty via the radial (wrist) route.
His expertise encompasses the whole spectrum of cardiac disease including risk factor modification, heart failure and valve disease. His research interests include revascularisation in patients with multivessel disease and diabetes.
He is the Principal Investigator of the CARDia Trial which recently reported at the European Society of Cardiology in Munich. He has numerous publications covering the full spectrum of adult cardiology. |
| Speciality | Cardiology |
| Special interests | Interventional cardiology, angioplasty and stenting, general adult cardiology, cardiovascular risk factors, hypertension, diabetic coronary disease, trans-radial angioplasty |
| Consulting sessions | Monday AM/PM, Tuesday PM Thursday PM |
| Consulting address |
1st Floor, 29 Tooley Street London Bridge Hospital London SE1 2PR |
| Secretary | Rosemary Gray |
| Telephone | 020 7234 2255 |
| Fax | 020 7234 2998 |
| Languages | English, French and Spanish |