Dr Arif Ahsan: Cardiology , General (internal) medicine

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Dr Arif Ahsan

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Specialises in

Complex Devices
Electrophysiology

General cardiology

Interventional cardiology

About me

Consultant Cardiologist
MA (Oxon) MBBS (London) MD (London) FRCP (London)
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Year 1994-present

Undergraduate: Open Scholarship Merton College Oxford 1975-78
MBBS London Hospital Medical College.1981

Cardiology Clinical and Research Registrar training National Heart Hospital London and the Royal Brompton Hospital.1987-1991

Senior Registrar Northern General Hospital Sheffield 1991-1994

Areas of interest

Arrhythmias;Ablation; Angioplasty and stents; Pacing (cardiology); Interventional cardiology;atrial fibrillation;syncope;heart failure;palpitations;chest pain;blackouts;breathlessness;heart attacks;cardiomyopathy;stenting;resynchronisation devices.

Medical secretaries

Alison Payne
B M I The Park Hospital Sherwood Lodge Drive Burntstump Country Park Arnold Nottingham NG5 8RX
0115 966 2122
alison.payne@bmihealthcare.co.uk

Ruth Thompson
Spire Nottingham Hospital Tollerton Lane Tollerton Nottingham NG12 4GA
0115 937 7687
ruth.thompson@spirehealthcare.com

Anaesthetists worked with

Dr Arif Ahsan has worked with Dr Rahul Basu at the following hospitals:
- BMI The Park Hospital (1-5)
Dr Arif Ahsan has worked with Dr Amr Mahmoud at the following hospitals:
- BMI The Park Hospital (1-5)

Dr Arif Ahsan has worked with Dr Julian Skoyles at the following hospitals:
- Spire Nottingham Hospital (1-5)

About me

Current NHS consultant posts held

Interventional cardiologist and electrophysiologist Trent Cardiac Centre Nottingham University Hospitals since 1994

Research interests

MD Catheter ablation 1992
Papers on ablation,pacing,stents,angina.
Numerous international studies including currently Pegasus and Fourier Previously involved in Aristotle study, DANPACE, ARISE, UKPACE.

Awards received

Clinical excellence award level 9 (maximum local award) 2013

Publications

Ahsan AJ, Cunningham AD, Rowland E, and Rickards AF. Catheter ablation without fulguration: Design and performance of a new system. PACE 1989;12:1557-1561

Rowland E, Cunningham AD, Ahsan AJ and Rickards AF. Catheter ablation of AV conduction using a new power source. Br Heart J. 1989; 62:361-6

Ahsan AJ, Cunningham AD, Rowland E. Low energy catheter ablation of right ventricular outflow tract tachycardia. Br. Heart J. 1991;65: 231-233.

Connelly DT, Rowland E, Ahsan AJ and Cunningham D. Low energy ablation of a posteroseptal accessory pathway associated with a diverticulum of the coronary sinus. PACE 1991;14:1217-21.

Porter J, Ahsan AJ, Mulcahy D and Sigwart U. Coronary stents. Brit J Hosp Med 1992:47;411-9.

Ahsan A. Indications for pacing. Lancet 1992:339;62.

Ahsan A, Aldridge R and Bowes R. 1:1 atrioventricular conduction in atrial flutter with digoxin and flecainide. Int J. Cardiol 1993:39;88-90

R J Siegel, J Gunn, A Ahsan,et al Use of therapeutic ultrasound in percutaneous coronary angioplasty Experimental in vitro studies and initial clinical experience Circulation. 1994;89:1587-92,

Zachariah BJ, Ahsan AJ Nicorandil – a clinical review. British J Cardiology 1995:35:37

Katritsis D, Heald S, Ahsan A et al, Catheter ablation for successful management of left posterior fascicular tachycardia: an approach guided by recording of fascicular potentials. Heart 1996;75:344-8

Myat A Ahsan A Percutaneous mechanical thrombectomy for the treatment of acute massive pulmonary embolism: case report Thrombosis J. 2007; 5: 20.16

Ellen Berry, Helen Padgett, Melanie Doyle, Arif J Ahsan, Andrew D Staniforth Incidence screening for primary prevention ICDs based on UK guidelines following STEMI 2012 Br J Cardiol 2012;19:170–2

Storey RF, Angiolillo DJ, Bonaca MP, Thomas M, Judge HM, Rollini F, Franchi F, Ahsan AJ, Bhatt DL, Kuder J, Steg PJ, Cohen M, Muthasamy R, Braunwald E, Sabatine MS,. Platelet Inhibition with Ticagrelor 60 mg Versus 90 mg Twice Daily in the PEGASUS-TIMI 54 Trial JACC 2015 67;1155-7

Thomas M, Angiolillo DJ, Bonaca MP, Ajjan RA, Judge HM, Rollini F, Franchi F, Ahsan AJ, Bhatt DL, Kuder J, Steg PJ, Cohen M, Muthasamy R, Sabatine MS, Storey RF. Consistent platelet inhibition with ticagrelor 60 mg twice-daily following myocardial infarction regardless of diabetes status. Thrombosis and Haemostasis 2017 117;940-7

Courses offered to GPs

Talks on atrial fibrillation, arrhythmias, coronary intervention, devices including pacemakers and ICDs

My outcomes

My qualifications & training

My private practice

Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)

Procedures completed

X3510
IV sedation administered by operator - (5-50)

Spire Nottingham Hospital (5-50) BMI The Park Hospital (1-5)
K5730
Ablation of atrial arrhythmia (including mapping) - (1-5)

Spire Nottingham Hospital (1-5)
X5020
External cardioversion - (1-5)

BMI The Park Hospital (1-5)
64302
Transoesophageal echocardiography (including reporting) (as sole procedure) - (1-5)

Spire Nottingham Hospital (1-5)
20143
Removal of implantable ECG loop recorder (including reporting) - (1-5)

BMI The Park Hospital (1-5)
K5710
Ablation of atrio-ventricular junction (including mapping) - (1-5)

Spire Nottingham Hospital (1-5)
K5780
Ablation of accessory pathway or selected modification of AV node (including mapping) - (1-5)

Spire Nottingham Hospital (1-5)
AA963
Coronary angioplasty following angiography with fractional flow study on the same day, +/- insertion of stent - radial access - (1-5)

BMI The Park Hospital (1-5)
AA961
Coronary angiography proceeding to angioplasty on the same day, +/- insertion of stent - radial access - (1-5)

Spire Nottingham Hospital (1-5)
K5760
Ablation of atrial fibrillation by isolation of the pulmonary veins (including mapping) - (1-5)

Spire Nottingham Hospital (1-5)
K6060
Lead replacement for Pacemaker or implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) - (1-5)

BMI The Park Hospital (1-5)

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