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Dr Ben Mercer

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Electrophysiology

About me

I am a Consultant Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist based at the Yorkshire Heart Centre in the Leeds General Infirmary, one of the largest teaching hospitals in the country. I completed my degree in medicine at the University of Leeds in 2007 and I have undertaken extensive specialist training in the field of Cardiology and Electrophysiology in the West Yorkshire region. I completed my PhD in 2014 at the University of Leeds.

My specialist area of interest and expertise is in the management of arrhythmia, or heart rhythm disturbances. I treat all types of heart rhythm problems including atrial fibrillation, supraventricular tachycardia, ectopic beats and ventricular tachycardias. I specialise in the use of catheter ablation to treat these heart rhythm problems and I also implant pacemakers, complex pacemakers and implantable cardiac defibrillators.

Areas of interest

Ablation of arrhythmia; Blood pressure test; Blood tests for heart disease risk (cardiac testing); Cardiac electrophysiology; Cardioversion heart rhythm treatment; ECG monitoring or event recorder - 24/48 hour; Electrocardiogram (ECG); Exercise electrocardiogram; Pacemaker implantation

Medical secretaries

Amy Boyle
Spire Leeds Hospital Jackson Avenue Leeds LS8 1NT
0113 218 5915
Amy.Boyle@spirehealthcare.com

Anaesthetists worked with

Dr Michael Cross Not Fee Assured

About me

Current NHS consultant posts held

Consultant Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Publications

A simple adaptation of a handheld ECG recorder to obtain chest lead equivalents. Mercer B, Leese L, Ahmed N, Holden AV, Tayebjee MH. J Electrocardiol. 2020 Nov-Dec;63:54-56

Cryoablation for Persistent and Longstanding Persistent Atrial Fibrillation: Results From a Multicentre European Registry. Sawhney V, Schilling R, Providencia R, Cadd M, Perera D, Chatha S, Mercer B, Finlay M, Halimi F, Pavin D, Anselme F, Cebron J, Chun J, Schmidt B, Defaye P, Dhillon G, Boveda S, Albenque J, Tayebjee M, Asmundis C, Chierchia G, Hunter RJ. Europace 2020 Mar 1;22(3):375-381

Ischaemic heart disease modifies the association of atrial fibrillation with mortality in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. Mercer BN et al. J Am Heart Assoc. 2018 Oct 16;7(20):e009770

Early Repolarization Syndrome; Mechanistic Theories and Clinical Correlates. Mercer BN, Begg GA, Page SP, Bennett CP, Tayebjee MH, Mahida S. Front Physiol. 2016 Jun 30;7:266

Restoring Akt1 activity in outgrowth endothelial cells from South Asian men rescues vascular reparative potential. Cubbon RM, Yuldasheva NY, Viswambharan H, Mercer BN. Stem Cells. 2014 Oct;32(10):2714-23.

Prospective development and validation of a model to predict heart failure hospitalisation. RM Cubbon, A Woolston, B Adams, CP Gale, MS Gilthorpe, PD Baxter, LC Kearney, B Mercer, A Rajwani, PD Batin, M Kahn, RJ Sapsford, KK Witte, MT Kearney. Heart. 2014 Jun;100(12):923-9

Importance of insulin resistance to vascular repair and regeneration. Cubbon RM, Mercer BN, Sengupta A, Kearney MT. Free Radic Biol Med. 2013 Jul;60:246-63.
Diabetes mellitus is associated with adverse prognosis in chronic heart failure of ischaemic and non-ischaemic aetiology. Cubbon RM, Adams B, Rajwani A, Mercer BN, Patel PA, Gherardi G, Gale CP, Batin PD, Ajjan R, Kearney L, Wheatcroft SB, Sapsford RJ, Witte KK, Kearney MT. Diab Vasc Dis Res. 2013 Jan 24
Diabetes mellitus and the heart (review). Mercer B, Morais S, Cubbon RM. Int J Clin Pract. 2012 Jul;66(7):640-7.

Association of diabetes with increased all-cause mortality following primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in the contemporary era. Kahn MB, Cubbon RM, Mercer B, et al. Diab vasc dis res 2012; 9(1):3–9

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Procedures completed

K5790
Ablation of left atrial tachycardia (including mapping) - (1-5)

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

Spire Leeds Hospital (1-5)
K5720
Ablation of AV nodal re-entry tachycardia (including mapping) - (1-5)

Spire Leeds Hospital (1-5)
20142
Insertion of implantable ECG loop recorder (including reporting) - (1-5)

Spire Leeds Hospital (1-5)
K5730
Ablation of atrial arrhythmia (including mapping) - (1-5)

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

Spire Leeds Hospital (1-5)
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