- Catheter laboratory skills
- Coronary Angiograpy
- Stable Coronary Artery Disease (CAD)
- Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS)
Does This Patient Need an Angiogram? - Sukhjinder Nijjer
Summary
Sukhjinder Nijjer discusses how we determine when and who to take to the cathether laboratory.
This session will cover the following:-
- What are the indication for coronary angiography
- ...
Summary
Sukhjinder Nijjer discusses how we determine when and who to take to the cathether laboratory.
This session will cover the following:-
- What are the indication for coronary angiography
- Case histories for decision making
- What alternatives should we consider to angiography
- Nice guidelines: stable chest pain
- Risk stratification of patients (GRACE score, TIMI score)
- CT Calcium scoring
- Ischaemia testing prior to PCI
Simple Education, is a leading provider of coronary physiology and intracoronary imaging courses to aid treatment of complex coronary artery disease.
Speakers
Sukh Nijjer
Speaker
Dr Sukhjinder Nijjer is a Consultant Cardiologist and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at... Dr Sukhjinder Nijjer is a Consultant Cardiologist and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at Imperial College London. He is the President of Cardiology at the Royal Society of Medicine and is the Communication Lead for the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society. He works at the Hammersmith Hospital as an Interventional Cardiologist and is an expert in Coronary Physiology. His PhD research focused on the development of instantaneous wave-free ratio (iFR) pullback and co-registration. He has published over 100 original academic papers and has involved in the DEFINE-FLAIR, SYNTAX-II and ORBITA-1 and ORBITA-2 research studies.
