Aortic valve disease; identification and management

This talk will provide an overview on the most common causes of breathlessness and elaborate on valvular heart disease. The discussion will be held around ways of treating valvular heart disease, aortic stenosis and how to identify and manage these patients in primary care.

• Shortness of breath (SOB) and murmurs
• Referral pathways and protocols
• Clinical management of Aortic Stenosis (AS)
• Different options for intervention on AS
• Follow up of patients with TAVI

Dr Vasileios Panoulas, is a consultant interventional cardiologist at Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals and Honorary Senior Lecturer at Imperial College. He specialises in coronary angioplasty, TAVI and mechanical assist devices.

Dr Panoulas’ research interests involve TAVI, acute coronary syndromes (ACS) and hypertension. Other interests include cardiovascular disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Learn more about Dr Vasileios Panoulas, his clinical interests, research and teaching experience.