Dr Diana Holdright
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My Practice
It is a great privilege to look after my patients but I am only one part of the practice. Each member of my team shares my values and together, we strive to exceed the expectations that I would have if I were in the patient’s position.
Professional Biography
Dr Holdright is a Cardiology Consultant at King Edward VII's Hospital. She graduated from UCL and UCH, London in 1984 and completed her specialist postgraduate training in cardiology at The National Heart Hospital, The London Chest Hospital, The Royal Brompton Hospital and UCL Hospitals, London. {{ label }}
She received an extremely broad training, learning from many internationally renowned cardiologists in all the major subspecialties at a time when medical technology was making remarkable advances.
Dr Holdright chose to subspecialise in interventional cardiology and saw the introduction of the very first coronary stents which revolutionised coronary angioplasty, followed a decade later by the development of drug-eluting stents, which brought about a sea change in the practice of coronary intervention.
In the NHS, Dr Holdright was a Consultant Interventional Cardiologist at the Heart Hospital, UCL Hospitals, London, now part of the recently formed Barts Heart Centre. She also had the unique position of cardiologist to the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in London, which gave her particular expertise in patients with conditions where the heart and brain interface.
Her remit is broad, ranging from straightforward problems such as high blood pressure and palpitations; to unravelling the cause of symptoms such as breathlessness and chest pain; to managing patients with multiple complex and overlapping conditions.
Dr Holdright takes a multidisciplinary approach, working with a number of specialists both in cardiology and in allied medical specialties to provide the best possible care to her patients, many of whom have complicated and overlapping conditions and come to her for a second or perhaps even a third opinion.
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Career Highlights
One of my proudest achievements came from my involvement in the setting up of networks throughout Greater London to deliver a novel and life-saving emergency treatment for heart attacks.
Known as primary angioplasty, this technique opens up a blocked coronary artery with a stent during a heart attack.
This is now the treatment of choice in an emergency situation and led to the institution of Heart Attack Centres across London and the UK.
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