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It gives me great confidence to know that when I refer a patient to you, you deal with things as thoroughly as you do. I also appreciate the very clear and helpful correspondence which you send me.
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Dr Koh sees private and NHS patients referred by their General Practitioners. A referral letter from the general practitioner is normally required, but since cardiac complaints can frequently be urgent, patients will be seen without a referral letter (private patients). The General Practitioner will receive a full report of the consultation...
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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.
Heart attack centre link: 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. The transradial approach for coronary angiography and angioplasty (& stent insertion) procedures involves using the artery in the wrist (radial artery) to introduce the coronary catheter rather than the groin (femoral artery). 
This transradial approach for angiography and angioplasty allows patients to stand or walk immediately after the coronary procedure and avoids the need for bedrest for 4 hours (required for the groin femoral approach).
Besides patient comfort , there are proven clinical advantages of the transradial approach - there is less risk of bleeding, and less incidence of vascular (blood vessel) complications compared to femoral route. Dr Koh is one the earliest operators in transradial angioplasty at his institution, and he performs the vast majority of procedures via the radial (wrist) artery. In fact, patients who have experienced both methods , and who require a repeat procedure actually specifically request a transradial approach.
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.
"Dr Koh was awarded National Health Service Clinical Excellence Awards in 2005, 2007 and 2010."
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