External resources
Current NHS consultant posts held
Consultant Cardiologist, Wiltshire Cardiac Centre, Great Western Hospital, Swindon
Research interests
1. Heart failure and biomarkers
2. Left ventricular remodelling
3. Cardiac resynchronisation therapy
4. Physiological pacing
Personal interests
Football
Tennis and Cricket
Reading
Indian History
Travellling
Awards received
Robert Luff Fellowship Imperial College London 2005
Surgeon Rear Admiral Exhibition for Immunology and Physiology 1997
(Additional) Languages spoken
Publications
1. El-Heis S, Ormerod JO, Chandrasekaran B, Ramcharitar S. A retained pulmonary artery catheter fragment incidentally found lodged in the right heart 16 years after its insertion. BMJ Case Rep. 2013 Mar 26;2013.
2. O'Hanlon R, Grasso A, Roughton M, Moon JC, Clark S, Wage R, Webb J, Kulkarni M, Dawson D, Sulaibeekh L, Chandrasekaran B, Bucciarelli-Ducci C, Pasquale F, Cowie MR, McKenna WJ, Sheppard MN, Elliott PM, Pennell DJ, Prasad SK. Prognostic significance of myocardial fibrosis in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2010 Sep 7;56(11):867-74.
3. Chandrasekaran B, Kalra PR, Donovan J, Hooper J, Clague JR, McDonagh TA. Myocardial apelin production is reduced in humans with left ventricular systolic dysfunction. J Card Fail. 2010 Jul;16(7):556-61. doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2010.02.004. Epub 2010 Apr
4. Chandrasekaran B, Cowburn PJ. Heart failure: the challenge of selecting patients for implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy. Expert Rev Med Devices. 2010 Jul;7(4):461-7
5. Chandrasekaran B, Dar O, McDonagh T. The role of apelin in cardiovascular function and heart failure. Eur J Heart Fail. 2008 Aug;10(8):725-32
6. Chandrasekaran B, Wilde P, McCrea WA. Tetralogy of fallot in a 78-year-old man. N Engl J Med. 2007 Sep 13;357(11):1160-1.
7. Bhat P, Chandrasekaran B, Barnes E. Cardiac compression from a rheumatoid pericardial mass. Heart. 2006 Sep;92(9):1337
8. Chandrasekaran B, Kurbaan AS. Myocardial infarction with angiographically normal coronary arteries. J R Soc Med. 2002 Aug;95(8):398-400.
Courses offered to GPs
I am happy to talk on any area of Cardiology
