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Dr Tushar Kotecha is an established consultant cardiologist who possesses expertise in the management and prevention of ischaemic heart disease, including angina and heart attack, pulmonary hypertension, and advanced cardiac imaging using MRI.
He completed undergraduate degrees in Pharmacy at the University of London and Medicine at the University of Warwick, followed by specialist training in interventional cardiology at Hammersmith Hospital and the Royal Free Hospital. Dr Kotecha has an extensive research background and has published numerous peer-reviewed articles in leading cardiology journals. He completed a PhD at University College London focused on the assessment of heart disease using novel cardiac MRI techniques. In 2020, he received the Young Investigator Award from the Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, and his research has been presented at multiple international conferences across Europe and the USA.
More recently, he has published work in the European Heart Journal examining the effects of Covid-19 infection on the heart. His current research interests include the use of cardiac MRI and coronary physiology to assess coronary artery disease, coronary microvascular dysfunction, and myocardial scarring following heart attack.
In his role as a full-time clinician, Dr Kotecha regularly performs coronary angiography and angioplasty, including pressure wire assessment, intracoronary imaging with IVUS and OCT, and complex coronary intervention. He also undertakes right heart catheterisation for the assessment of pulmonary hypertension and catheter-directed thrombolysis for the treatment of pulmonary embolism. He holds full European accreditation in cardiac MRI.