Dr Iqbal Malik
Consultant Cardiologist
Heart Health
Sub-specialties: Coronary Artery Disease, Structural Heart Disease including PFO, ASD and the TAVI procedure, Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology, Breathlessness, Chest Pain, Blood Pressure, Type 1 & 2 Diabetes, Stroke, heart-health, Valve Disease , angina, para-valvular-leak-closure.
Overview
Dr Iqbal Malik is a consultant cardiologist, specialising in coronary artery disease and structural heart disease including PFO, ASD and the TAVI procedure.
About Dr Iqbal Malik
Dr Iqbal Malik is a consultant cardiologist, specialising in coronary artery disease and structural heart disease including PFO, ASD and the TAVI procedure.
He is director of structural heart disease and clinical lead for TAVI procedures at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust; where is also an honorary senior lecturer.
He also leads the West London Heart Attack Centre at Hammersmith Hospital and is on the Pan-London Heart Attack Group.
Dr Malik trains undergraduate medical students, post graduate doctors and consultants, and is also a proctor for PFO closure, paravalvular leak closure and TAVI procedures.
Here is some of Dr Malik’s recent coverage for OneWelbeck Heart Health:
- Publication: Daily Express online (c: 56,508,202) https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/1284288/heart-attack-symptoms-early-signs-chest-tightness-breathlessness?utm_source=email&utm_medium=sengrid&utm_campaign=website Date: 21 May 2020
- Publication: Wales online (c: 4,416,732) https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/heart-attack-signs-appear-months-18290030?utm_source=email&utm_medium=sengrid&utm_campaign=website Date: 21 May 2020
- Publication: Nottingham Post (c: 1,115,819) https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/uk-world-news/heart-attack-signs-appear-months-4153512?utm_source=email&utm_medium=sengrid&utm_campaign=website Date: 21 May 2020
- Publication: Derby Telegraph (c:892,439) https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/heart-attack-signs-appear-months-4153512?utm_medium=sengrid&utm_campaign=website&utm_source=email Date: 21 May 2020
Areas of Expertise
Dr Malik performs a range of treatments, including:
- Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVI procedure)
- Simple and complex coronary angioplasty
- Rotablation and chronic total occlustions (CTOs)
- Para-valvular leak closure
- Patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure
- Atrial septal defect (ASD) closure
- Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) closure.
Some of the conditions he commonly treats are:
- Aortic stenosis
- Coronary disease
- Structural heart disease
- Angina
- Blood pressure
- Chest pain
- Shortness of breath
- Valve disease
- Diabetes
- Heart attack
- Stroke
Additional Information
Memberships
- Royal College of Physicians
- British Cardiac Society
- British Cardiovascular Intervention Society
Research Highlights
Dr Malik has a TopDoctors Gold Award. He also is regularly rated 5 star on Doctify. He has been awarded a clinical excellence award by the NHS.
He is actively involved in research, particularly coronary artery disease and structural heart disease. He has been involved in conducting many clinical trials, and was a founding member of the International Centre for Circulatory Health (ICCH) – a centre of research excellence at Imperial College London.
Dr Malik research interests are diabetes, heart attack, stroke, TAVI and also left atrial appendage closure. He also leads the Imperial Cardiovascular Simulation Training (iCAST) programme, with world-class immersive behavioural simulation to aid patient safety.
His current research is focused on interventional cardiology: the role of hole in the heart closure (PFO closure) in migraine and stroke, the prevention of angina and heart attacks using coronary angioplasty (PCI, or PTCA and STENTS) and surgery. To see Dr Malik performing a PFO closure, watch this video on YouTube.
Dr Malik is also part of the largest trial in TAVI ever done in the UK: BHF-PROTECT-TAVI, to assess if we can reduce stroke risk in TAVI procedures. He is on the steering committee for major international clinical trials in these fields. He gives invited lectures at many international meetings each year.
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