Dr. Nicholas Pegge : Cardiologist

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• Symptoms
  • Chest pain: is it angina?
  • Breathlessness
  • Palpitations, arrhythmias and blackout
  • Heart Murmur
• Conditions
  • Coronary artery disease: angina and heart attack
  • Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathy
  • Heart Valvular Disease
  • Arrhythmias
  • Hypertension
  • Cholesterol and other risk factor management
• Investigations
  • ECG and heart rhythm monitoring
  • Echocardiography
  • Exercise treadmill testing
  • Cardiac MRI, CT and other scans of the heart
  • Cardiac catheterisation: coronary angiography
  • Electrophysiology investigations
• Treatments
  • Drug treatment for heart disease
  • Percutaneous coronary intervention: angioplasty and stents
  • Coronary artery bypass grafting
  • Valve replacement
  • Pacemakers, Defibrillators
  • Cardioversion and Ablation

Surgery for ischaemic heart disease has advanced hugely over the last couple of decades. Success rates are high, and are published openly.

Most of Dr Pegge's patients who are referred for cardiac surgery have extensive coronary artery disease affecting two or all three coronary arteries, and surgery can be performed at the Sussex Cardiac Centre in Brighton, or at centres in London.

Decisions about the optimal strategy, whether angioplasty or surgery, for Dr Pegge's patients respect that individual patient's preference, and take account of discussions at multi-disciplinary meetings involving other cardiologists and cardiac surgeons for complex cases.