Our approach to heart health
The most commonly experienced symptom of coronary artery disease is angina. Angina is a condition caused by the narrowing of the arteries due to fatty buildups of plaque. Chest pain is a result of restricted blood flow to the heart and other parts of the body. It can feel dull, heavy or tight across the chest. The pain may be triggered by stress or exercise and may spread into your arm, neck, jaw or back. The pain of angina should stop after resting for a few minutes.
Other symptoms might include:
- Breathlessness
- Pain or discomfort in the arm or shoulder
- Heart attack
A heart attack can happen without any previous warning signs or symptoms. You should immediately call 999 if you develop sudden pain in your chest that:
- Feels tight, heavy or crushing
- Continues for more than 15 minutes
- Spreads into the arms, neck, jaw or through to the back
- Is associated with breathlessness, clamminess, sweating or your heart racing
- Makes you feel unwell, weak or nauseous
Prompt treatment can prevent heart damage and could save your life.
There are several risk factors that can increase your chance of developing coronary artery disease. These include:
- Smoking
- Being overweight or obese
- Your age
- Your family history
- Hypertension (high blood pressure)
- Diabetes
- High cholesterol
Although you can’t control some factors like your age or your family history, a healthy lifestyle can help lower your risk of developing coronary artery disease.
Meet our experts in coronary artery disease
Dr Riyaz Kaba
Consultant cardiologist and electrophysiologist specialising in arrhythmias, ablations, and pacemakers.
Dr Khaled Mallek
Consultant cardiologist who specialises in interventional and general cardiology.
Dr Neil Srinivasan
Consultant cardiologist specialising in the management of heart rhythm problems.
Dr George Amin-Youssef
Consultant cardiologist who deals with adults only and specialises in heart failure.
Professor Carlo Di Mario
Specialist in Interventional cardiology – the use of catheters and other devices to restore blood flow to the heart without major surgery.
Dr Claire Chalmers-Watson
About Dr Claire Chalmers-Watson Dr. Chalmers-Watson is an experienced General Practitioner with over two decades of experience…
Dr Shouvik Haldar
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Professor Thomas F. Lüscher
Consultant in cardiology, interested in interventional cardiology, rhythmology, echocardiography, heart failure, acute cardiac care, and sports cardiology.
Professor Kausik Ray
One of the most pre-eminent preventative cardiologists in the world.
Dr Aphrodite Tzifa
A fully trained Paediatric and Adult Congenital Heart Disease Cardiologist with more than 23 years’ experience in the field.
Simon’s story
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My advice to anybody who has had a heart attack is not to simply think that that’s the end. Life can continue on normally afterwards
Simon B - 71, is a dedicated football player. When he had a heart attack, he feared he’d have to quit his favourite game.
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