MBBS(Hons), MRCP, PhD, CCT, FESC
• All aspects of general cardiology, coronary intervention, intravascular imaging, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (ESC level 3 accreditation), heart failure and hypertension.
I qualified from Calcutta National Medical College, India (Calcutta University) in 2004 and then moved to the UK. I completed my postgraduate medical training in the Yorkshire Deanery.
My specialist training in cardiology was undertaken in the Severn Deanery. After core cardiology training, I undertook a period of out of programme research studying the novel diagnostic role of cardiac magnetic resonance in acute coronary syndrome, culminating in the award of a PhD from the University of Bristol (March 2020). I have got >100 publications in high impact journals and won multiple international and national young investigator awards. My sub-specialist cardiology training in the coronary intervention was undertaken in the South West. I was appointed as Consultant Cardiologist at the North Bristol NHS Trust and Bristol Heart Institute in May 2020.
I am the deputy editor (competitions) for European Heart Journal – Case Reports, and a reviewer for various cardiology journals. I am actively involved in research and an investigator for various research studies. I am the cardiology lead for research, audit and rehab at North Bristol NHS Trust.
I have an active interest in teaching. I have supervised >20 University of Bristol medical students in their eSSC projects. I am regularly invited to teach and lecture at various international, national and local meetings/conferences (European Society of Cardiology Congress, EuroPCR, British Cardiovascular Society Conference, Advanced Cardiac Intervention meeting, EuroCMR, SCMR etc). I am currently a mentor for the national cardiology mentorship programme.
My specialist interests include:
• Complex coronary intervention
• Management of coronary artery disease,
• Myocardial infarction with non-obstructed coronary artery (MINOCA)
• Cardiac impact of COVID 19
• Heart Failure
• Preventive cardiology and risk stratification
• Cardiac Magnetic Resonance
• Out of hospital cardiac arrest
• Cardiomyopathy and
• Research into the causes and treatment of acute coronary syndromes (heart attacks), heart failure, COVID19 and MINOCA.
I am fully trained in all aspects of general cardiology, coronary intervention, intravascular imaging, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (ESC level 3 accreditation), heart failure and hypertension. I am part of the regional (tertiary) 24/7 heart attack service (primary PCI) at Bristol Heart Institute.
• Coronary artery disease, angina and the non-invasive assessment of chest pain
• Valvular heart disease (heart murmurs)
• Breathlessness and Heart Failure
• Cardiovascular risk assessment of patients prior to undergoing any surgery
• Cardiovascular disease prevention
• Myocardial infarction with non-obstructed coronary arteries
• Cardiac impact of COVID 19.
MBBS(Hons), MRCP, PhD, CCT, FESC
Year of first medical qualification: 2004
• Fellow of European Society of Cardiology
• British Cardiovascular Intervention Society
• European association of PCI
• British Cardiovascular Society
• European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging
I am happily married with a 7yr old son. I like spending quality time with my wife and my son. I like swimming and currently teaching my son swimming. I enjoy watching and playing cricket. I am a foodie and also like cooking Asian fusion dishes.
Current NHS/Research Position.
• Consultant Interventional Cardiologist, North Bristol NHS Trust & Bristol Heart Institute.
• Honorary Clinical Lecturer, University of Bristol.
I am a high volume coronary angioplasty operator performing >250 PCI per year with excellent outcomes. I also keep my knowledge up to date by attending national and international courses and conferences. I also undertake regular appraisal, self-directed learning and collect outcomes on all procedures that I perform.
I follow the General Medical Councils guidelines on “Good Medical Practice” to ensure my patients get the best in Cardiac Care. I like to empower my patients with current clinical evidence about their condition so that they can make a well-informed decision about the treatment options available to them.
>100 Publications
• Sammut E, Singhal A, Dastidar AG. MINOCA the Pandora’s Box. Int J Cardiol 2022 (ahead of print)
• Doolub G, Wong C, Hewitson L, … Dastidar A. Impact of COVID-19 on inpatient referral of acute heart failure: a single centre experience from the Southwest of the UK. ESC Heart Fail. 2021; 8(2):1691-1695
• Pataki C, Singhal P, Dastidar A. UK-India Telemedicine Project & COVID-19. QJM 2021; 114(10):759-760
• JK Ackah, AG Dastidar, et al. Acute coronary occlusion after surgical replacement of the aortic valve treated with emergency off‐pump coronary artery bypass grafting. Journal of Cardiac Surgery 2021; 36(10):3877-3880
• Mohamed A, Gogola L, Dastidar A. Chest pain with elevated troponin in a middle-aged man. Heart 2021; 107 (6): 481-512
• Paddock S, V Tsampasian, H Assadi, ... Dastidar A et al. Clinical Translation of Three-Dimensional Scar, Diffusion Tensor Imaging, Four-Dimensional Flow, and Quantitative Perfusion in Cardiac MRI: A Comprehensive Review. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine 2021; 670
• Hewitson L, Wong C, Aziz S, Dastidar A. Simultaneous spontaneous arterial dissections in a 38-year-old woman presenting during the covid-19 pandemic: a case report. European Heart Journal-Case Reports 2021; 5(3):ytab035
• Lawton C, Moharem-Elgamal S, Dastidar AG, et al. A pilot image interpretation teaching intervention to improve competence and confidence of radiographers to detect left ventricular thrombus in routine cardiac MRI scans. Radiography 2021; 27(2): 527-532
• Baritussio A, Biglino G, Scatteia A, DeGarate E, Dastidar AG et al. Long-term outcome of myocardial scarring and deformation with cardiovascular magnetic resonance in out of hospital cardiac arrest survivors. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2020 epub (ahead of print)
• Jones R, Varian F, Alabed S, ….. Dastidar A et al. Meta‐analysis of echocardiographic quantification of left ventricular filling pressure. ESC Heart Fail 2020; 8(1): 566-576
• Baritussio A, Biglino G, El-Gamal S, DeGarate E, Harries I, Dastidar AG et al. Are all left bundle branch blocks the same? Myocardial mechanical implications by cardiac magnetic resonance. Int J Cardiol 2021; 324: 221-226
• Kaur H, Assadi H, Alabed S, ... Dastidar A et al. Left Ventricular Blood Flow Kinetic Energy Assessment by 4D Flow Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance: A Systematic Review of the Clinical Relevance. Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease. 2020 Sep 10;7(3).
• Dastidar AG, Bucciarelli-Ducci C. Author reply. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2020 Feb;13(2Part1):531
• Dastidar AG, Baritussio A, De Garate E et al. Prognostic role of cardiac MRI and conventional risk factors in Myocardial Infarction with non-obstructed coronary arteries. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2019 Oct;12(10):1973-1982
• Harries I, Biglino G, Baritussio A, DeGarate E, Dastidar AG et al. Long term cardiovascular magnetic resonance phenotyping of anthracycline cardiomyopathy. Int J Cardiol 2019 Oct 1;292:248-252
• Pontecorboli G, Biglino G, Milano E, Sophocleous F, Biffi B, Dastidar AG et al. Beyond apical ballooning: computational modelling reveals morphological features of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy. Comput Methods Biomech Biomed Engin 2019 Nov;22(14):1103-1106
• Dastidar AG, Harries I, Pontecorboli G et al. Native T1 mapping to detect the extent of acute and chronic myocardial infarction: comparison with late gadolinium enhancement technique. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2019 Mar;35(3):517-527
• Amadu A, Baritussio A, Dastidar AG, et al. Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) mimics the knot unravelled by cardiovascular MRI. Clin Radiol 2019 Mar;74(3):228-234
• Hirt L, Kandan R, Rahbi H, Dastidar AG et al. Three factors combined predict futility of emergency coronary angiography in out of hospital cardiac arrest. J Am Coll Cardiol 2018 Oct;72(14):1753-1755
• Rodrigues JC, Erdei T, Dastidar AG et al. Left ventricular extracellular volume fraction and atrioventricular interaction in hypertension. Eur Radiol 2019 Mar;29(3):1574-1585
• Rodrigues JC, Amadu AM, Dastidar AG et al. Nocturnal dipping status and left ventricular hypertrophy: a cardiac magnetic resonance study. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2018 Apr;20(4):784-793
• Dastidar AG, Rodrigues JCL, Johnson T et al. Myocardial Infarction with non-obstructed coronary artery: Impact of CMR early after the presentation. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2017 Oct;10:1204-1206
• Dastidar AG, Baritussio A, Frontera A et al. Diagnostic Yield of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance in Young-Middle Aged Patients with High-Grade Atrio-Ventricular Block. Int J Cardiol 2017 Oct; 244:335-339
• Baritussio A, Zorzi A, Dastidar AG et al. Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest Survivors with Inconclusive Coronary Angiogram: Impact of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance on Clinical Management and Decision Making. Resuscitation 2017 Jul; 116:91-97
• Rodrigues JC, Rohan S, Dastidar AG et al. Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging provides new insight into hypertensive heart disease – a reply. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2017 Mar;19(3):335-336
• Garg P, Morris P, Fazlanie AL, Vijayan S, Bancso D, Dastidar AG et al. Cardiac Biomarkers of Acute Coronary Syndrome: from history to high-sensitivity troponin. Intern Emerg Med 2017 Mar;12(2):147-155
• Rodrigues JC, Amadu AM, Dastidar AG et al. Prevalence and predictors of asymmetric hypertensive heart disease: insights from cardiac and aortic function with cardiovascular magnetic resonance. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2016 Dec;17(12):1405-1413
• Rodrigues JC, Rohan S, Dastidar AG et al. The Relationship Between Left Ventricular Wall Thickness, Myocardial Shortening, and Ejection Fraction in Hypertensive Heart Disease: Insights From Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2016 Nov;18(11):1119-1127
• Rodrigues JC, Amadu AM, Dastidar AG et al. ECG strain pattern in hypertension is associated with myocardial cellular expansion and diffuse interstitial fibrosis: a multi-parametric cardiac magnetic resonance study. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2017 Apr;18(4):441-450
• Rodrigues JC, Rohan S, Dastidar AG et al. Hypertensive heart disease versus hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: multi-parametric cardiovascular magnetic resonance discriminators when end-diastolic wall thickness ≥ 15 mm. Eur Radiol. 2017 Mar;27(3):1125-1135
• Rodrigues JC, Amadu AM, Dastidar AG et al. Comprehensive characterisation of hypertensive heart disease left ventricular phenotypes. Heart 2016 Oct 15;102(20):1671-9
• Rodrigues JC, Lyen S, Loughborough W, Amadu AM, Baritussio A, Dastidar AG et al. Extra-cardiac findings in cardiovascular magnetic resonance: what the imaging cardiologist needs to know. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson. 2016 May 9;18(1):26
• Dastidar AG, Rodrigues JCL, Baritussio A et al. MRI in the assessment of ischaemic heart disease. Heart 2016 Feb;102(3):239-52
• Rodrigues JC, Dastidar AG, Paton J et al. Precursors of Hypertensive Heart Phenotype Develop in Healthy Adults: An Alternative Explanation. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2016 Jun;9(6):762-3
• Beltrami M, Ruocco G, Dastidar AG, et al. Additional value of Galectin-3 to BNP in acute heart failure patients with preserved ejection fraction. Clin Chim Acta. 2016 Jun;457:99-105
• Baritussio A, Dastidar AG, Bucciarelli-Ducci C. Cardiac MRI in a young man with suspected arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC). Heart 2015 Nov;101(21):1703
• Dastidar AG, Rodrigues JCL, Baritussio A et. al. Complete revascularization in patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention for STEMI: is it really what we should be doing? J Am Coll Cardiol 2015 Jul 21;66(3):331-2
• Dastidar AG, Rodrigues JCL, Ahmed N et al. The Role of Cardiac MRI in Patients with Troponin-Positive Chest Pain and Unobstructed Coronary Arteries. Curr Cardiovasc Imaging Rep. 2015;8(8):28
• Dastidar AG, Frontera A, Palazzuoli A, et al. TakoTsubo cardiomyopathy: unravelling the malignant consequences of a benign disease with cardiac magnetic resonance. Heart Fail Rev. 2015 Jul;20(4):415-421.
• Rodrigues JC, McIntyre B, Dastidar AG, et al. The effect of obesity on electrocardiographic detection of hypertensive left ventricular hypertrophy: recalibration against cardiac magnetic resonance. J Hum Hypertens. 2016 Mar;30(3):197-203
• Palazzuoli A, Beltrami M, Gennari L, Dastidar AG, et al. The impact of infarct size on regional and global left ventricular systolic function: a cardiac magnetic resonance imaging study. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2015 Jun;31(5):1037-44
• Genders TS, Petersen SE, Pugliese F, Dastidar AG, et al. The optimal imaging strategy for patients with stable chest pain: a cost-effectiveness analysis. Ann Intern Med. 2015 7;162(7):474-84.
• Rodrigues JC, Dastidar AG, Rohan S, et al. Survival by stroke volume index in low-gradient normal EF severe aortic stenosis: insights into myocardial systolic dysfunction. Heart. 2015;101(1):83-4
• Casey H, Dastidar AG, MacIver D. Swimming-induced pulmonary oedema in two triathletes: a novel pathophysiological explanation. J R Soc Med. 2014;107(11):450-2
• Dastidar AG, Rodrigues J, Bucciarelli-Ducci C. Role of late gadolinium enhancement cardiovascular magnetic resonance in the risk stratification of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM): but what about 'apical' HCM? Heart. 2014;100(23):1898
• Dastidar AG, Frontera A, Petersen M. A case of malignant arrhythmia in Takotsubo cardiomyopathy. J Electrocardiol. 2014;47(5):690-1
• Dastidar AG, Garg P, West J, et al. ST elevation in ECG lead aVR signals severe acute left main coronary artery disease. Acute Med. 2013;12(4):220-3.
• Dastidar AG, Pugliese F, Davies C, et al. Is there a role for stress CMR in stable chest pain with >60% predicted risk of coronary artery disease? QJM 2012. 105(12):1231
• Walker A, Dastidar AG, Garg P. Cardiology day case unit: the way to manage chronic cardiovascular conditions cost-effectively in future. Clin Med. 2012. 12(4):398-9.
• Dastidar AG, Sheridan P. Tachycardia induced cardiomyopathy caused by a special pacemaker algorithm. Cardiology Journal 2011. 18:5, 573-576
• Dastidar AG. Eplerenone in Mild Heart Failure. New England Journal of Medicine 2011. 364:14, 1370-1372
BCS Editorial articles (www.bcs.com/editorial/profile.asp?EditorID=26)
• Gadolinium-based contrast agents in CMR
• Atrio-Ventricular block in young and middle-aged adults and the potential role of Cardiac MRI
• Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy: Correlating ECG changes with the Cardiac MRI findings
• STEMI Equivalent: Are we missing the STEMIs?
• ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction with multivessel coronary artery disease
• Is Cardiac MRI mandatory in troponin positive chest pain with unobstructed coronary arteries?
• Stress Cardiac MRI or SPECT to assess myocardial ischaemia? CE-MARC gives us the answer
• Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia/Cardiomyopathy or RVOT Tachycardia?
• Cardiac MRI to predict the risk of sudden cardiac death in advanced heart failure.
• Isolated Left ventricular non-compaction – just a spongy heart or a life-threatening cardiomyopathy
• Session Report – “Remote monitoring – paradigm shift or just another fad”