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Dr Mrinal Saha is a Consultant Cardiologist (heart specialist), who was appointed as a consultant in 2010. His practice encompasses work in the National Health Service (NHS) at both Cheltenham General Hospital and Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, as well as private healthcare provision.

He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge University, St Bartholomew's and the London Medical School, and was awarded a PhD by the University of London for his PhD (which was funded by the British Heart Foundation). His cardiology training included several years' training at St Thomas's Hospital, The London Chest Hospital, and the Royal Sussex Cardiac Centre, under the direct supervision of some of the most renowned cardiologists in the UK.

Dr Saha specialises in coronary angiography, complex coronary angioplasty and stent insertion to treat angina and heart attacks. One benefit of Dr Saha's training and expertise is that a stent can be implanted at the time of the first angiogram, if necessary, without the patient needing to return for a second procedure. Furthermore, he can perform coronary angiograms or angioplasty from either the wrist or the groin.

He has expertise in all aspects of general adult cardiology, but in particular angina, acute coronary syndromes and heart valve disease. He also offers expertise on electrocardiogram (ECG) interpretation, and initiated a regular ECG teaching programme for doctors in the Trust, particularly those working in the acute medical specialties. Dr Saha has lectured both nationally and internationally, and has published widely on various aspects of heart disease.

Dr Saha continues to have an active interest in teaching, and has taught on the Guy's Hospital MRCP course, as well as on other courses to help doctors with their professional training.

• Typical initial investigations (e.g. electrocardiogram (ECG), echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) and heart rhythm recording, depending on symptoms
• 24 hour blood pressure monitoring
• Heart scan
• Electrocardiogram (ECG)
• Echocardiogram
• Angioplasty
• Coronary angioplasty
• Coronary stent insertion

• Angina (chest pain)
• Acute treatment of heart attacks using stents (primary angioplasty)
• Heart artery disease (coronary disease)
• Stent insertion (angioplasty – from the wrist or groin)
• Heart valve disease (shortness of breath)
• Heart rhythm disorders (palpitations, dizzy spells)
• Interventional cardiology
• Acute coronary syndrome
• Bradycardia
• Heart attack
• Long QT syndrome
• Valvular heart disease
• Cardiomyopathy
• Cardiovascular disease
• Heart murmurs
• Arrhythmia (irregular heartbeat)
• Heart muscle disease
• Atherosclerosis
• Congestive heart failure
• Pulmonary hypertension
• Tachycardia
• Dizziness
• Hypertonic cardiomyopathy