Dr Azad Ghuran

Dr. A Ghuran is a consultant cardiologist at the East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust (Lister Hospital, Stevenage and Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, Welwyn Garden City).

He qualified from the University of Edinburgh in 1993, and completed his postgraduate higher specialist training in general medicine and cardiology in hospitals around London including:  St. George’s Hospital London, King’s College Hospital London, and the Sussex Cardiac Centre Brighton. He secured a one-year interventional fellowship to work at the Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis (OLVG) hospital in Amsterdam where radial angioplasty was first performed and pioneered.

Throughout his training, Dr. Ghuran has worked with eminent  European and world leaders in cardiology. Dr. Ghuran is trained in performing multivessel and complex coronary artery intervention (angioplasty/stents) using both the radial and femoral approach. He has a diverse clinical background and is experienced in most aspects of general cardiology. This is reflected by his range of interests, which also include coronary microvascular disease and coronary artery spasm, pacemakers, valvular heart disease, syncope, hypertension, heart failure, palpitations, arrhythmia management, cardiovascular risk screening, sports cardiology, and inherited cardiac conditions.

Dr. Ghuran was awarded the degree of doctor of medicine (MD) in 2006 after completing his thesis (“Electrocardiographic Monitoring of Myocardial Ischaemia – Novel Methods and Potential Application in Implanted Devices”), under the aegis of a Wellcome Trust project grant. Dr. Ghuran was awarded his Post Graduate Certificate in Sports Cardiology and Inherited Cardiac Conditions at St. George’s University of London in October 2023. He has published many articles in the field of cardiology including one book (“Emergency Cardiology”), six book chapters and many peer-reviewed articles. He has also reviewed articles for several foremost cardiology journals and has presented at conferences nationally and internationally in the field of cardiology. 

Dr. Ghuran is a Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology (FESC). This is a title of honour that is awarded to healthcare professionals who have made a significant contribution to cardiology and is a symbol of excellence. Dr. Ghuran takes an active role in medical education, training general practitioners, junior doctors, nurses, technicians, paramedics and medical students. Dr Ghuran adopts a multidisciplinary approach in managing his patients, often liaising with other sub-specialists in cardiology, physicians, surgeons, dieticians and physiotherapists. This approach is advantageous as it provides the best possible care for his patients.

Diseases, Medical Tests and Treatments

Cardiology procedures including;

• Coronary angiograms (radial and femoral route)
• Percutaneous Coronary Intervention/ stent implantation, rotablation, intravascular imaging, re-opening coronary arteries that are chronically occluded, pressure wire study (FFR, RFR)
• Assessment of microvascular angina and coronary artery spasm
• Pacemakers implantation and management
• Insertion of implantable loop recorders
• Echocardiograms

Chest pain/angina/ coronary artery disease

Coronary artery microvascular disease and coronary artery spasm

Valvular heart disease (abnormal and faulty heart valves)

Syncope (fainting, loss of consciousness, collapsing),

Hypertension and blood pressure control

Heart failure

Palpitations

Atrial fibrillation and arrhythmia management

Cardiovascular risk screening and assessment

Emergency and General Cardiology

Teaching