Professor Rodney Stables

About Professor Rod Stables, Consultant Cardiologist and Hon Professor of Interventional Cardiology TD, MA,(Cantab), DM,(Oxon), BM BCh,(Oxon), FRCP (London), FRGS                                        Responsibilities at LHCH Chair of the Board of Clinicians Chair of the Local Negotiating Committee   Area of Practice        Interventional Cardiology General Cardiology   Special Clinical Interests   Research Interests Clinical research – angina, myocardial infarction and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy Design, conduct and reporting of clinical trials Clinical database design and registry studies Outcomes analysis including performance monitoring of clinicians   Current Membership of Professional Regional and National Bodies   I hold a National Clinical Excellence Award at Gold level Clinical Lead of the British Heart Foundation Clinical Research Collaborative British Heart Foundation Clinical Trials Grants Committee Health Data Research UK: Cardiovascular strategy advisory group   Languages Spoken    English French Training and Education Educated at the Liverpool Blue Coat School Graduated, with first class honours, in Medical Sciences from Churchill College, Cambridge and then read clinical medicine at St Edmund Hall, Oxford. Trained in cardiology in Oxford and at the Royal Brompton Hospital in London. Completed specialist training in 1998 at the Royal Brompton and was appointed at the Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital in 2000. Publications   I have established a standing at national and international level for practice and research in interventional cardiology. I established the Clinical Trials and Evaluation Unit at the Royal Brompton Hospital and led its initial flagship ventures including the landmark Stent or Surgery Trial (SoS). The primary publication from this study has been in the top 1% of quoted papers in cardiology. The HEAT-PPCI trial, performed at LHCH, has also achieved international recognition, both for its clinical impact and its novel methodology. As part of the celebrations for the 70th anniversary of the formation of the NHS, the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) named HEAT-PPCI as one of the 70 greatest research achievements in NHS history.

Coronary angioplasty and stent implantation Management of acute myocardial infarction Minimally invasive procedures for aortic valve replacement (Transcutaneous Aortic Valve Implantation – TAVI) Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy – including alcohol ablation for non-surgical septal reduction Endovascular stent procedures for aortic and peripheral vascular disease