Dr Afshin Khalatbari
Consultant Cardiologist
Contact Details
Susan Potts
0151 600 1106
Responsibilities at LHCH
Consultant Cardiologist with special interest in Cardiac Imaging
Area of Practice
Cardiac MRI, Cardiac CT Coronary Angiography, Stress Echocardiography, Advanced 2D and 3D Transthoracic and Transoesophageal Echocardiography
Special Clinical Interests
Heart valve disease, Marfan syndrome and other inherited aortopathies, cardiomyopathies, assessment of chest pain
Research Interests
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, non-compaction cardiomyopathy, heart valve disease, scar/fibrosis imaging with cardiac MRI and CT.
Current Membership of Professional Regional and National Bodies
British Society of Echocardiography
British Cardiovascular Society
Royal College of Physicians
Languages Spoken
English
Persian (Farsi)
Training and Education
Cardiac MRI: Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
Cardiac CT: Harbor UCLA Medical Centre, Los Angeles, USA and Harefield Hospital, London, UK
Cardiology training: Mersey Deanery, UK
PhD: Wales Heart Research Institute, Cardiff University
MD: Shahid Beheshty University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran