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Dr Rajesh Chelliah is a Consultant Cardiologist at Spire Leicester Hospital. He is also the lHead of Cardiology at Glenfield Hospital as well as the lead cardiologist for the regional NHS cardiac lead/device extraction programme.

He specialises in advanced echocardiography and advanced cardiac device implantation for cardiac rhythm disorders.

Advanced echocardiography:

He is accredited by the British Society of Echocardiography and has completed the American Society of Echocardiography examinations. He sees patients with ischaemic heart disease, valve disease, cardiomyopathy, and heart failure.

• Dobutamine and exercise stress echocardiogram
• Transesophageal echocardiogram
• 3D echo
• contrast echo
• Strain analysis echo
• Cardiac device optimisation echo

Cardiac device implantation:

Dr Chelliah has performed more than 1,000 device implantations and also has expertise in device extraction. He sees patients with heart rhythm disorders as well as patients with heart failure/cardiomyopathy.

• Cardiac pacemakers
• Implantable cardioverter defibrillator
• Cardiac resynchronisation therapy devices
• Implantable loop recorders

Dr Chelliah gained his medical degree from the University of Dundee in 2002. He is a member of a number of professional organisations, including the Royal College of Physicians, the British Society of Echocardiography, the British Cardiovascular Society, and the European Society of Cardiology.