Conditions we diagnose and treat.

From chest pain and palpitations to high blood pressure and heart failure — the conditions Dr Rauf sees most often, and how each is assessed.

Symptoms
Heart conditions
Prevention
Heart monitor showing a green ECG trace in a quiet clinic room

Symptoms

What you may be experiencing

Heart monitor showing a green ECG trace in a quiet clinic room

Chest pain & angina

Tightness, pressure or pain — often on exertion.

Holter heart monitor with leads and electrode pads laid out on a table

Palpitations & atrial fibrillation

A racing, pounding or irregular heartbeat.

Echocardiogram being performed, with the heart shown on the ultrasound screen

Breathlessness

Short of breath on exertion or lying flat.

Paper ECG trace and a fountain pen on a stone desk

Dizziness, blackouts & fainting

Light-headedness, collapse or near-fainting.

Clinician measuring a patient’s blood pressure with an arm cuff

High blood pressure

Hypertension, assessed and managed with a clear plan.

Blood sample tubes in a metal rack on a laboratory bench

High cholesterol

Including familial hypercholesterolaemia.

Heart conditions

Diagnosed conditions

Coronary artery disease

Narrowed heart arteries, angina and heart attack — Dr Rauf’s core expertise.

Heart failure

A weakened heart muscle, diagnosed with echocardiography.

Heart valve disease

Murmurs, narrowed or leaking valves.

Cardiomyopathy

Conditions of the heart muscle, including inherited forms.

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Not sure what your symptoms mean?

Most symptoms have a benign cause — but the ones that do not must not be missed. A consultation will reassure you or start treatment early.

Chest pain at rest with sweating, nausea or collapse — call 999.