Dr Sukh Nijjer

Dr Nijjer (https://drnijjer.com) is an award-winning Consultant Cardiologist who specialises in Cardiac Intervention. He works at both the Hammersmith Hospital and Chelsea & Westminster Foundation NHS Trust (at the West Middlesex Hospital site). Dr Nijjer practices privately at 68 Harley Street, London, W1G 7HE. He also practices at Cromwell Hospital, Bupa Health Centre at Basinghall, BMI Syon Clinic, BMI Bishops Wood Hospital, the Wellington Hospital and the Hammersmith Hospital. He undertakes coronary angioplasty and specialist procedures at the Cromwell Hospital, the Wellington Hospital and the Hammersmith Hospital. Dr Nijjer has expertise in Cardiology with subspeciality expertise in coronary intervention. He is a specialist in assessing patients with chest pain, breathlessness, palpitations, dizziness, faints, and ankle swelling. Dr Nijjer is an expert in the management of coronary artery disease, including acute myocardial infarction (heart attacks). He performs coronary angiography, coronary angioplasty (stenting) and he also implants pacemakers. He is an expert in the use of coronary physiology and intravascular imaging to guide and optimise the treatment of heart arteries. He treats patients with acute heart attacks needing emergency stenting at the Hammersmith Hospital as part of the North West London Heart Attack Service. Dr Nijjer also has expertise in anti-platelets medications and has been invited as a speaker at International conferences. He also has expertise in the use of CT coronary angiography to help diagnose patients efficiently and without the need for invasive procedure. He has a PhD awarded by Imperial College London in coronary blood flow and the use of Stenting to treat complex blockages. His PhD research work has been published in major Cardiology journals and contributed to the development of a clinical tool used in thousands of patients around the world. He has presented his research at the leading cardiology conferences around the world, including the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) and EuroPCR. In addition to winning many prizes he was a Gold Medal finalist at the Royal Society of Medicine Gold Medal 2015 and and a finalist for BCIS Young Investigator 2015. He has over 100 high impact publications (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Nijjer+S), including the European Heart Journal, the Journal of American College of Cardiology, the New England Journal of Medicine and the Lancet. Dr Nijjer has designed and lead research studies and contributed to major international studies that have changed the way Interventional Cardiologists practice around the world.

Symptoms: including, chest pain; pressure in the chest; Palpitations; Shortness of breath; Dizziness; Collapse or fainting; high blood pressure; high cholesterol; family history of heart disease. Cardiac risk assessment and management in patients with risk factors for cardiac disease: high blood pressure, diabetes (type I or type II), smoking history, high cholesterol, lipid disorders, family history of heart disease. Conditions: Ischaemic heart disease; heart attack; Heart failure; Arrhythmia; Cardiac valvular disorders; aortic stenosis or regurgitation, mitral valve stenosis or regurgitation. Procedures: Coronary intervention; Coronary artery disease; Stenting; Stents; Balloon angioplasty; Drug-coated balloons; Pressure wire; iFR; FFR; intravascular imaging; IVUS; OCT; TAVI; aortic stenosis; assessment for valve replacement; pacemakers; renal denervation.