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Current NHS consultant posts held

Consultant, Interventional Cardiology
Royal Albert Edward Infirmary
Wrightington Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust, Wigan
&
Wythenshawe Hospital
Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Research interests

• Assessment and management of chest pain, breathlessness, palpitations and dizziness

• Cardiac risk evaluation and modification

• Coronary Angiography and Angioplasty

• Angina and myocardial infarction

• Arrhythmias e.g. atrial fibrillation and flutter

• Hypertrophic and dilated cardiomyopathy

• Valvular heart disease

• Hypertension (high blood pressure)

• Hypercholesterolaemia

• Heart Failure

Personal interests

I am a keen runner, who discovered my running potential and have been successfully completing British 10k runs in recent years.
I have been raising money for charity for causes including restoring vision for the poor and educating young girls in India.

Awards received

Young Investigators' Travel Grant, European Society of Cardiology, 2008, Vienna, Austria

Publications

I have over 32 publications. Following are a few as listed on PubMed:
1: Heseltine TD, Karthikeyan VJ, Morris J. Takotsubo cardiomyopathy with secondary coronary embolus. BMJ Case Rep. 2014 Apr 25;2014.

2: Krishnan U, Karthikeyan VJ, Trinh J, Theologou T, Velavan P. First report of the use of transesophageal echocardiography to position a temporary pacing wire.
J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2014 Feb;28(1):110-1.

3: Karthikeyan VJ, Krishnan U, Palmer ND. Right coronary artery spasm causing ventricular fibrillation and non-ST elevation myocardial infarction following
radial artery cannulation. Heart Asia. 2013 Jun 10;5(1):92-3.

4: Karthikeyan VJ, Lane DA, Beevers DG, Lip GY, Blann AD. Matrix metalloproteinases and their tissue inhibitors in hypertension-related pregnancy
complications. J Hum Hypertens. 2013 Feb;27(2):72-8.

5: Karthikeyan VJ, Lip GY, Lane DA, Blann AD. Angiogenin and apoptosis in hypertension in pregnancy. Pregnancy Hypertens. 2011 Jul-Oct;1(3-4):191-6.

6: Karthikeyan VJ, Lip GY. Endothelial damage/dysfunction and hypertension in pregnancy. Front Biosci (Elite Ed). 2011 Jun 1;3:1100-8. Review.


7: Karthikeyan VJ, Lip GY, Baghdadi S, Lane DA, Beevers DG, Blann AD. Angiogenin and hemoxygenase in pregnancy: influence of hypertension. Angiology. 2012
Apr;63(3):194-8.


8: Karthikeyan VJ, Lip GY, Baghdadi S, Lane DA, Beevers DG, Blann AD. Soluble Fas and Fas ligand in pregnancy: influence of hypertension. Angiology. 2012 Jan;63(1):35-8.


9: Karthikeyan VJ, Blann AD, Baghdadi S, Lane DA, Gareth Beevers D, Lip GY. Endothelial dysfunction in hypertension in pregnancy: associations between
circulating endothelial cells, circulating progenitor cells and plasma von Willebrand factor. Clin Res Cardiol. 2011 Jun;100(6):531-7.

10: Karthikeyan VJ, Ferner RE, Baghdadi S, Lane DA, Lip GY, Beevers DG. Are angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers safe in pregnancy: a report of ninety-one pregnancies. J Hypertens. 2011 Feb;29(2):396-9.

Courses offered to GPs

I take every opportunity to speak to GPs in the local area and have delivered didactic talks to GPs in the North West (Warrington) as well as in North Wales.