Clinical Practice

Adult Cardiology

Dr Koh is skilled in all aspects of adult cardiology (including chest pain / angina, palpitation / arrhythmia, dizziness, breathlessness, high blood pressure / hypertension, high cholesterol, heart murmur, heart failure and cardiomyopathy assessment, coronary calcium score assessment, coronary risk factor profile assessment, BUPA Wellness, Lifescan assessment. He has a specialist interest in coronary angiography/angioplasty & stent insertion and non-invasive cardiac imaging. Heart disease in women is a particular area of interest.

Coronary angiography, coronary angioplasty and Stent Insertion

Dr Koh regularly performs coronary angioplasty procedures as part of the Heart Attack Centre based at London Chest - which is currently the largest unit for emergency primary angioplasty treatment for heart attacks in London. This type of primary angioplasty for myocardial infarction treatment has been shown to save more lives than the conventional treatment for heart attacks with intravenous clot-busting medication.

Link to heart attack centre:
http://www.bartsandthelondon.nhs.uk/formedia/press/release.asp?id=1108

Heart Attack Centre Newsletter

He is highly experienced in transradial coronary procedures and trains other cardiologists in this technique.

Non-invasive Imaging and transoesophageal echocardiography.

Dr Koh is the Consultant-in-charge of the Transoesophageal Echocardiography Service at London Chest hospital.

Dr Koh provides a 3-Dimensional Echocardiography Service at London Chest Hospital.

Dr Koh has personally performed in excess of 1000 transoesophageal echocardiography studies, including both routine elective cases and intra-operative cases.

He has published seminal papers on the use of transoesophageal echocardiography to monitor heart function during heart surgery. Dr Koh is responsible for training other cardiologists in this technique.

Dr Koh received a British Heart Foundation Fellowship for research utilizing transoesophageal echocardiography. This work was performed at the Royal Brompton Hospital and culminated in the award of a postgraduate Doctor of Medicine degree - M.D. (London) from University of London.