Dr. Lambros Petrou

Dr Petrou has worked as a consultant cardiologist at Antrim Hospital since 2019. He graduated with Distinction from University College London (UCL) Medical School in 2009 and attained an intercalated Bachelor of Science degree in Medical Sciences with Physiology.

Following his cardiology speciality training in Northern Ireland, Dr Petrou completed a year-long advanced cardiac imaging fellowship at University Hospital Southampton.

The clinical service provided by Dr Petrou incorporates assessment of patients presenting with chest pain/angina, palpitations, breathlessness and syncope (blackouts), in addition to management of patients with known cardiac conditions, such as heart failure, cardiomyopathies, valvular heart disease, coronary artery disease and cardiac arrhythmias.

He can provide cardiac assessment and clinical screening in cases with a family history of cardiac disease.

Dr Petrou has a special interest in cardiac imaging, including echocardiography (ultrasound imaging of the heart) and cardiac MRI.

Qualifications:

Bachelor of Science, Medical Sciences with Physiology – First Class Honours (Intercalating Bachelor of Science) (2006)

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) Graduate with Distinction in Medical Sciences and Clinical Practice (2009)

MRCP (UK) – Membership of the Royal College of Physicians (2012)

European Exam of General Cardiology (EEGC) examination (2016)

Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (CMR) European Certification (2018)

British Society of Echocardiography (BSE) Accreditation in Adult Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE) (2018)

British Society of Echocardiography (BSE) Accreditation in Transoesphageal Echocardiography (TOE) (2018)