Professor Amanda Varnava

• Specialty: Consultant Cardiologist, with specialist expertise in inherited cardiac conditions and sports cardiology

• Conditions seen: cardiomyopathy, channelopathies (long QT and Brugada syndrome), aortopathies, Marfan syndrome, athlete's heart, heart failure, atrial fibrillation and other heart rhythm problems, ventricular ectopics, coronary artery disease, angina, high blood pressure, heart disease in women and through pregnancy, family history of cardiac disease, heart attack or sudden death, cardiac arrest

• Tests, treatments and procedures: ECG (electrocardiogram), continuous ambulatory ECG monitoring including 24-hour Holter, echocardiogram, exercise or dobutamine stress echocardiogram, exercise tolerance test, 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, CT coronary angiography, invasive coronary angiogram, CaRi-Heart analysis, heart health screening, atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation

• Often consulted by patients with: chest pain, palpitations, fainting or blackouts, a family history of cardiac disease or sudden death, a suspected or confirmed inherited cardiac condition, or athletes seeking cardiac assessment

• Patient ages seen: 18+

• Also: leads the Inherited Cardiac Disease Centre at Imperial College NHS Trust and is an honorary senior lecturer there; expert advisor to the Football Association; provides cardiac services to professional football and rugby teams including Arsenal, Spurs, West Ham, Stoke City, Watford and Fulham

• Language: English

Professor Amanda Varnava is a Consultant Cardiologist at Welbeck’s Heart Health centre in London, specialising in inherited heart conditions and sports cardiology. She has particular expertise in diagnosing and managing cardiomyopathies, inherited heart rhythm disorders (channelopathies) such as long QT and Brugada syndrome, and conditions affecting the aorta, including Marfan syndrome. She also assesses athletes for heart conditions and helps distinguish normal changes associated with exercise (athlete’s heart) from underlying cardiac disease.

Her wider practice includes heart failure, atrial fibrillation and other heart rhythm problems, including ventricular ectopics, as well as coronary artery disease, angina, high blood pressure and heart disease in women, including during pregnancy.

She offers a comprehensive range of cardiac investigations, including ECG, ambulatory ECG monitoring using devices such as a portable Holter monitor, ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, echocardiography, cardiac stress testing and coronary angiography. Her services also include CaRi heart analysis, heart health screening and coronary artery disease prevention.

Professor Varnava has an international reputation in inherited cardiac conditions and leads the Inherited Cardiac Disease Centre at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, where she is also an honorary senior lecturer. She undertakes an active research programme, regularly lectures at international meetings and has published extensively in medical journals.

Professor Varnava is also one of a relatively small number of specialists working internationally in sports cardiology. She is an expert advisor to the Football Association and provides cardiac services to several professional football teams, including Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham, Stoke City, Watford and Fulham.

Welbeck cardiology is about exceptional, state-of-the-art care for our patients. Uniquely, this facility has brought together a peerless group of cardiologists of international standing, working together to optimise patient care and provide an excellent patient experience.

Professor Amanda Varnava