What is heart disease?

Consultant cardiologist Navin Chandra explains heart disease

Heart disease remains the commonest cause of death in the UK population, and it’s also a big problem in the Western world as a whole.

Traditionally heart disease was thought of as being a problem of the coronary arteries, the arteries supplying the heart muscle of the heart. It can often cause heart attacks, but actually, heart disease is much more than that.

It extends to the heart valves, the heart rhythm, the heart muscle, and all of these can be affected in heart disease and can all present in very different ways. Typically you can get chest pain or tightness in the chest, breathlessness, palpitations, lightheadedness and even blackouts, which are common presentations of heart disease.

And equally, there are lots of different ways of investigating heart disease as well. Some very simple tests and more invasive tests can come into play later on if necessary.

Booking a consultation with Many Beats is a really straight forward process. You can either give us a call or drop us an email, and we will arrange an appointment that is convenient for you in terms of time and location. You will have tests done quickly, and we hope that we can provide you with a clean bill of health very quickly and take that anxiety off your shoulders.

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About the cardiologists

The Many Beats team consists of not one, but four highly experienced consultant cardiologists

Dr Navtej Chahal

Consultant Cardiologist

PhD FESC FACC

Navtej is a Consultant Cardiologist at Many Beats. He also consults at the London Northwest NHS Trust and the Royal Brompton Hospital, London having qualified from Guy’s and St Thomas’ Medical School in 2001. He is an Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at Imperial College London

Dr Navin Chandra

Consultant Cardiologist

MD, MRCP, MBBS, BSc

Navin is a Consultant Cardiologist at Many Beats. He is also a Consultant Cardiologist at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust and an Honorary Consultant Cardiologist at Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust. He qualified from Guy’s, King’s & St. Thomas’s in 2004...

Dr Ahmed Elghamaz

Consultant Cardiologist

FRCP, MB BCh

Ahmed is a Consultant Cardiologist at Many Beats. He also consults at Northwick Park Hospital and London North West Healthcare University Hospitals NHS Trust and is an Honorary Consultant Cardiologist at Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust. He completed his junior…

Dr Joban Sehmi

Consultant Cardiologist

BSc, MBBS, MRCP, PhD

Joban is a Consultant Cardiologist at Many Beats. His NHS practice is at West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS trust. He sees patients privately at Spire in Bushey and Bishops Wood Hospital in Northwood. He trained in medicine at Guy’s and St. Thomas’ medical school and qualified in 2003 with numerous academic awards…