Heart failure

The Team

Dr Angus Nightingale, is a consultant cardiologist at the Bristol Heart Institute and is the clinical lead for the heart failure service in Bristol. "I have been looking after heart failure patients since 1999 when I started doing research in Cardiff and Oxford. My thesis in 2002 was on why patients with heart failure have such severe feelings of tiredness and limited exercise capacity. I have published over 15 scientific papers on aspects of heart failure. I have active research in several areas, including looking at new medications and devices that might improve outcomes in chronic heart failure, as well as links with the cardiac surgeons and using stem cells to improve cardiac function. I take part in the regular heart failure clinics at the Bristol Heart Institute and South Bristol Community Hospital and I work closely with the heart failure specialist nurses and GPs. I am committed to improving the care of heart failure patients in Bristol and the South West."

Dr Yasmin Ismail, is a consultant cardiologist at th Bristol Heart Institute.  "I studied medicine at the University of Bristol, qualifying in 1997 with Honours.  My years as a junior doctor were spent in the South-West and I completed my MD locally.  I returned to the Bristol Heart Institute in 2010 to complete my cardiology training before being appointed as a consultant with an interest in heart failure in 2014.  I work between the hospital and community to improve heart failure care for our patients wherever they are.  In partnership with Bristol Community Health, I deliver a weekly diagnostic clinic in Horfield and Whitchurch.  I am actively involved in the Bristol Heart Institute's cardiovascular research department, recruiting patients to both international studies and smaller, local projects.  Working with Dr Nightingale and our heart failure nurses, in the hospital and the community, our team are passionate about improving the standards of heart failure care for our patients in Bristol and the South-West."

Useful resources for patients:

Information for heart failure patients

www.bhf.org.uk/heart-health/conditions/heart-failure.aspx

www.nhs.uk/conditions/Heart-failure/Pages/Introduction.aspx

pumpingmarvellous.org

cardiomyopathy.org