Heart Partners
Heart Partners is a specialist cardiac group based at Cromwell Hospital, South Kensington.
Based at Cromwell Hospital, Heart Partners is a leading cardiac group specialising in the diagnosis and treatment of heart disorders.
Collectively, the consultants hold a wealth of expertise in areas of cardiology, including electrophysiology (the study of the heart's rhythm), interventional cardiology, and cardiac surgery. Several consultants are currently service leads within some of the UK’s most renowned NHS cardiac centres.
Why choose Heart Partners?
- Heart rhythm specialists: The Heart Partners are experts in the diagnosis and management of heart rhythm disorders, with a wealth of experience gained from leading teaching hospitals across the UK.
- Minimally invasive cardiac surgery: Mr Inderpaul Birdi, Cardiac Surgeon within Heart Partners, is one of the most specialised heart surgeons in the UK and an expert in minimally invasive heart surgery.
- Multidisciplinary care: Patients can benefit from access to a network of leading heart specialists, who work collectively in a multidisciplinary setting to discuss complex cases.
- Extensive cardiac experience: The Heart Partners have worked at some of the UK's most renowned NHS hospitals and medical institutions, including Barts Heart Centre (the largest cardiac centre in Europe), the Royal Papworth Hospital, and the Essex Cardiothoracic Centre.
- Exceptional patient care: The Heart Partners are dedicated to providing the highest standards of patient care, from initial consultation through to aftercare and beyond.
Heart Partners provides care for the following conditions:
- acute coronary syndrome
- angina
- aortic stenosis
- arrhythmia (heart rhythm disorder)
- atherosclerosis
- atrial fibrillation
- breathlessness
- chest pain
- cardiomyopathy
- coronary artery disease
- fainting (syncope)
- heart attack
- heart failure
- heart murmurs
- high blood pressure (hypertension)
- myocarditis
- palpitations
- pericarditis
- supraventricular tachycardia
- vertigo and dizziness
Heart Partners provides the following diagnostic tests:
- bubble contrast echocardiogram (bubble echo)
- cardiac angiogram
- cardiac CT scan
- cardiac MRI scan
- dobutamine stress echocardiogram
- Doppler test
- electrocardiogram (ECG)
- exercise stress test
- Holter monitor
- tilt table test
- transthoracic echocardiogram
- 24-hour blood pressure monitoring
Heart Partners provides the following treatments:
- cardioversion
- cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT)
- catheter ablation
- coronary artery bypass graft (CABG)
- heart bypass surgery
- heart valve repair and replacement
- implantable loop recorder
- implantable cardiac defibrillators (ICD)
- minimally invasive (keyhole) heart surgery
- pacemakers
Meet the consultants

Dr Syed Ahsan, Consultant Cardiologist
Dr Syed Ahsan is a consultant cardiologist and heart rhythm specialist. His NHS base is Barts Heart Centre, the largest cardiac centre in Europe, where he is currently leading the surgical AF ablation programme.

Mr Inderpaul Birdi, Consultant Cardiac Surgeon
Mr Inderpaul Birdi is an internationally renowned heart surgeon, and one of few surgeons in the world who can perform keyhole coronary bypass surgery and keyhole aortic valve repair.

Dr Zhong Chen, Consultant Cardiologist
Dr Zhong Chen is a consultant cardiologist with a clinical interest in heart rhythm disorders and cardiac devices. He also specialises in complex catheter ablation procedures using the latest technologies.

Dr Tushar Salukhe, Consultant Cardiologist
Dr Tushar Salukhe is a consultant cardiologist specialising in cardiac arrhythmias. He leads the syncope service and non-invasive ECG monitoring at the renowned Royal Brompton NHS Hospital.

Dr Neil Srinivasan, Consultant Cardiologist
Dr Neil Srinivasan is a consultant cardiologist specialising in heart rhythm disorders. He is a lead consultant at the Essex Cardiothoracic Centre, part of Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust.

Dr Suneil Aggarwal, Consultant Cardiologist
Dr Suneil Aggarwal is a consultant cardiologist specialising in valve and congenital heart disease interventions (structural intervention), as well as general cardiology.

Dr Kare Tang, Consultant Cardiologist
Dr Kare Tang is a highly skilled and accomplished consultant cardiologist with extensive training and experience in the field. Having started his medical journey in the UK, he has been practising cardiology since 2002, contributing to both the NHS and private sector.

Dr Ankur Gulati, Consultant Cardiologist
Dr Gulati is a highly accomplished Consultant Cardiologist with an NHS base at two well-known London Hospitals - St Thomas’ Hospital and The Queen Elizabeth Hospital. He provides expert care at Cromwell Hospital for all types of cardiac problems.

Dr Nikos Papageorgiou, Consultant Cardiologist
Dr Papageorgiou is a highly accomplished cardiologist with extensive expertise in clinical practice, research, and academia. He performs routinely a wide range of cardiac procedures, including cardiac implantable devices and catheter ablation for arrhythmias aiming to improve patients' quality of life.

Mr John Yap, Consultant Cardiac Surgeon
Mr John Yap is a consultant cardiac surgeon at Barts Heart Centre, following the merger of The Heart Hospital with St Bartholomew's Hospital in 2015. He specialises in the surgical and endovascular treatment of valvular heart disease, Marfan syndrome, and diseases of the thoracic aorta (including aortic dissection and aneurysms).

Dr Micheal Michail, Consultant Interventional Cardiologist
Dr Michael Michail is an experienced Consultant Interventional Cardiologist with expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of coronary artery disease and structural heart conditions, particularly aortic stenosis. He specialises in advanced interventional procedures, including coronary angioplasty and transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI).
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