Curriculum Vitae

Dr Sudhir Rathore
MBBS, MD, MRCP (UK), FACC, FESC, MD
(Res)

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Personal details

Name: Sudhir Rathore

Home Address: 16, Sanger Drive

Send
Woking, Surrey
GU23 7EB
U.K.
Tel: Mobile-00447803615142.
Email: sudhirrathore@hotmail.com
Marital status: Married
Nationality: British
Education: Secondary School: 1981-1983, Dayalbagh Educational
Institute, Agra, India.
Graduation: 1983-1985, Raja Balwant Singh College, Agra,
India
Medical School: 1985-1990, King Georges Medical college,
Lucknow, India.
Qualifications: Bachelor of Science: 1985, Agra University, India.
MBBS: 1991, King Georges Medical College, Lucknow, India.
MD: 1995, King Georges Medical College, Lucknow, India.
MRCP: 1999, Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, UK.
M.D (Research): 2012, Liverpool University, Liverpool, UK
CCT: 15th April 2010 (Cardiovascular Medicine).
GMC Number: 4660231 (Specialist Register).
Membership of Learned societies: British Cardiovascular Society.
British Cardiovascular Intervention Society.
Fellow, American College of Cardiology.
Fellow, European Society of Cardiology.

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Awards and Honours

1. Best Case award at TCT 2009, San Francisco “Case of IVUS guided reverse CART
facilitated by Left Main Stenting”.
2. Best Abstract award at TCT-Asia Pacific 2008, Seoul Korea.
3. Best Case Presentation at TCT- Asia Pacific 2008, Seoul, Korea.
4. Finalist in BJCA-CORDIS awards in Cardiology- Nov, 2005.
5. First position and Gold Medal in MD General Medicine, August 1995,
King Georges Medical College, Lucknow University, India.
6. Certificate of Honour in social and preventive medicine in MBBS.
7. Jaykar Memorial Prize for paper presentation at university level.
8. First Position and Gold medal in BSc (Agra University).

Appointments
Current Post
Consultant Interventional Cardiologist
Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust,
Camberley, Surrey, UK
Honorary Consultant, St Georges Hospital, London, UK
Honorary Senior Lecturer, St Georges University of London and Medical School.
Previous Posts
Consultant Interventional Cardiologist
Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, New Delhi, India
1st Feb 2011- 31st Jan 2012.
Locum Consultant Interventional Cardiologist
St George’s Hospital, London, UK.
10th May 2010- 31st Jan 2011.
Fellowship in Interventional Cardiology
Toyohashi Heart Centre, Toyohashi, Japan.
1st Aug 08-31st July Aug 09
(Dr T. Suzuki, Dr E. Tuschikane, Dr O. Katoh)
Specialist Registrar in Cardiology

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Mersey Deanery, Liverpool, UK.
1st June 2004 to 9th May 2010.

Placements:
Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool, UK
1st Aug 2005- 8th May 2010
(Dr J.L Morris, Dr R.A Perry, Dr R.H Stables, Dr D.R Ramsdale, Dr W L Morrison)
Leighton Hospital, Crewe, UK.
1st June 04-31st July 05
(Dr PA Dodds, Dr A.P.A Mann)
Specialist Registrar in Cardiology (Locum appointment for training), All Wales
Deanery.
University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff
20th May 02- 30th May 04
(Dr P H Groves, Dr W J Penny, Dr M B Buchalter, Dr N.D Masani, Dr P.O
Callaghan)
Research Registrar
Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Blackpool, UK
1st Nov 01- 19th May 02 (Dr G K Goode)
Specialist Registrar in Cardiology (Locum appointment for training), Mersey
Deanery
Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, UK
1st Oct 00- 31st Oct 01
(Prof G Hart, Dr P. Mullins, Dr S Saltissi)
Specialist Registrar in Cardiology (Locum Appointment for service)
1st July 00-30th Sept 00: Dr P Wilkinson, Ashford Hospital, Middlesex
5th Feb 00-30th June 00: Dr A. Venkatraman, George Elliot Hospital, Nuneaton
Senior House Officer in General internal medicine
Glan Clwyd Hospital, Bodelwyddan, North Wales
5th Aug 99-4th Feb 00 Dr J Williams (Dermatology)
5th Feb 99-4th Aug 99 Dr R Charles (Chest Medicine)
5th Aug 98- 4th Feb 09 Dr A Douglas (Renal Medicine)
5th Feb 98-4th Aug 98 Dr W Greenway (Care Of the Elderly)
5th Aug 97-4th Feb 98 Dr B Bhowmick (Care Of the Elderly)

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Senior Resident
King George’s Medical College, Lucknow, India
Dec 95- Dec 96 Internal Medicine
Residency Internal Medicine
King George’s Medical College, Lucknow, India
July 92-July 95 Medical specialities
House Officer (Internship)
King George’s Medical College, Lucknow, India
March 91-March 92 Medicine, Surgery, O&G &Paediatrics

Interventional Cardiology Experience

I completed my initial coronary intervention training at Liverpool Heart and Chest
Hospital. During these years at the LHCH, I have had exposure of a broad range of
interventional techniques in all lesion subsets. I gained experience in the
interventional management of acute coronary syndromes including acute STEMI via
both via transradial and transfemoral approaches. I have gained particular experience
in all aspects of coronary intervention including bifurcation techniques, rotational
atherectomy, pressure wire and vein graft PCI and transradial procedures. I have
participated in the on-call rota for tertiary centre referrals and emergency management
of ITU/CCU patients. I was responsible for supervision/training of junior cardiology
trainee in the Catheter Laboratory.

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I then undertook an Interventional Fellowship at the Toyohashi Heart Center in
Toyohashi, Japan, from August 2008 to July 2009, under the supervision of Dr
Takahiko Suzuki, Dr Osamu Katoh and Dr Etsuo Tuschikane. This gave me the
opportunity to acquire a comprehensive experience in interventional techniques to
treat coronary chronic total occlusion (antegrade and retrograde), Primary PCI,
rotational atherectomy, left main stem PCI, IVUS, Optical Coherence Tomography
and peripheral intervention. This time also allowed me to understand Japanese
approach, techniques and perform research in above mentioned areas. This post was
approved by JCHMT/SAC for training in cardiology.
While in Japan, I continued and refined my interventional training and also
participated in several “live case demonstrations”. I returned to LHCH as the senior
interventional trainee to consolidate my interventional experience. I was appointed as
Locum Interventional Cardiologist at St George’s Hospital, London (May 2010 to Feb
2011) and later worked as Consultant Cardiologist at Fortis Escorts Hospital in India
(Feb 2010 to Jan 2011). Currently, I am working as Consultant Interventional
Cardiologist at Frimley Park Hospital and St Georges Hospital.
To date, I have undertaken following PCI procedures:
PCI Senior operator 1st operator 2nd operator Total
Total 1304 700 500 2975
Primary PCI 430 72 52 550
CTO 320 50 75 435
Retrograde 120 25 25 170
ACS 600 305 250 1136
Left Main PCI 50 50 50 150
Bifurcation PCI 150 100 50 300
Rotational Atherectomy 140 30 20 190
Alcohol Septal ablation 6 18 24
IVUS 275 25 25 325
Pressure wire 400 200 100 700
OCT imaging 80 25 25 130

I have also had extensive experience of the following techniques:

1) Distal protection devices in SVG angioplasty.
2) Thrombectomy devices.

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3) Laser angioplasty.
4) Percutaneous Alcohol Septal Ablation for HOCM.

General Cardiology Experience

During my specialist registrar post at the University Hospital of Wales I supervised a
house officer and an SHO. Whilst on-call (1 in 7) I assessed all admissions to CCU,
received ward and DGH referrals and provided the temporary pacing and echo service
for the hospital. I undertook two catheter lists per week and gained experience in all
aspects of adult cardiology including nuclear cardiology. I did two cardiology
outpatients clinics per week, including more specialised clinics such as chest pain
clinics and adult congenital heart disease clinic.
I continued general cardiology experience at Royal Liverpool Hospital and at
Leighton Hospital Crewe. I was involved in coronary angiography, permanent pacing,
trans-oesophageal echo and temporary pacing services. I received all cardiology in-
patient referrals, arranged patients transfer to local tertiary care centre and oversaw
the CCU and the temporary pacing service. I continued with cardiology clinics and
supervision of HO and SHO.
At LHCH, as the specialist registrar and senior interventional trainee I was
responsible for listing of elective and emergency cases, reporting the catheter
procedures and co-ordinating in-patient transfers. I continued with my experience of
trans-oesophageal echocardiography and one to two cardiology clinics per week.
I have undertaken following procedures:

Permanent pacemaker / ICD / Biventricular 25 PPM as second operator

device implantation 150 PPM as first operator: (2002-2004)
25 ICD’s as first operator: (2002-2004)
20 CRT devices (joint operator): 2002, 2004
Electro-physiological studies 30 cases, 9 as joint operator: 2002-2004
Cardiac catheterisation 1500 diagnostic LHC (150 – Grafts)
200 diagnostic RHC
Echocardiography 300 TTEs: 2002-2005
100 TOEs (first / joint operator): 2002-04
50 Stress echo(first / joint operator): 2002-04

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Pericardiocentesis 25 as 1st operator
Peripheral Intervention 150 cases as 1st operator: 2008-09

Cardiac CT Training (Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham, UK,

2012)
I have completed training requirements to achieve Level 2 Accreditation in
performing and reporting Cardiac CT. I have completed reporting of 150 contrast
cardiac CT studies including various pathologies as required by British Society of
Cardiac Imaging. Involved in reporting 100-150 Cardiac CT scans per year.

General Medicine Experience

My medical house physician and SHO posts provided experience of the major
medical specialities. As an SHO at Glan Clwyd Hospital I was usually “on-take” on a
full shift, 1-in 5 rota, admitting around 20 patients in a 12 hour period.
As General Medical Registrar at Royal Liverpool University Hospital and Leighton
Hospital I admitted 25-30 patients in a 12 hour period and worked a 1-in-6 rota. I
supervised the in-patient management of 30-40 medical patients and did 2 General
Medical/Cardiology outpatient clinics per week. This provided a wealth of experience
of routine and emergency general medicine. I am fully competent in the techniques of
pleural aspiration/biopsy, lumbar puncture, chest drain placement, and abdominal
paracentesis.

Consultant Experience
I have gained experience working as Consultant Cardiologist in current post, Locum
Consultant Interventional Cardiologist at St George’s Hospital, London and Fortis
Escorts Heart Centre, India for last 5 years. During this period I have undertaken
following projects:
1. Established a Radial lounge for coronary angioplasty as day case at St George’s
hospital and Frimley Park Hospital.
2. Established CTO angioplasty service, workshop and referral from South West
London Region.

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3. Audit of primary PCI data and presented to Pan-London Group.
4. Established Complex Coronary Angioplasty service at Frimley Park Hospital, UK.
5. Established CT Coronary angiogram service at Frimley Park Hospital and
completed 2 years and around 600 cases.

Management and Administration

During my training I have found that, in order to provide the best quality clinical care,
the processes and protocols which underpin the delivery of care are as important as
the delivery itself.
I have completed the mandatory management residential training course. This
improved my management skills and multi disciplinary team interaction in day to day
clinical care.
Throughout my post-registration hospital career I have tried to be involved in the
management and organisation of medical services and training. In North Wales (1997-
99), I was the SHO level RCP representative and via this role and through directorate
meetings, played a major part in developing training and service compliant shift-rotas
for medicine and cardiology. As an SHO, I coordinated the SHO daily and on-call
rota and managed the annual leave
During my specialist registrar training I have been regularly involved in developing
local protocols, auditing performance and reviewing clinical incidents. I was
responsible for the listing of elective and emergency patients attending for procedure.
This involved close liaison with senior medical staff, nursing colleagues and bed co-
ordinators. In collaboration with the bed manager, I co-ordinated in-patient hospital
transfers and then listing them for the catheter laboratory procedures.
This gave me a unique perspective to aspects of hospital management and practices
crucial to improving patient care that will influence my practice as a consultant.
I have updated the protocol and guidelines for the use of haemostatic compression
devices (TR Band and Radistop) following transradial coronary procedures within the
LHCH and had them ratified.
I have been instrumental in starting up radial lounge facility for coronary angioplasty
and complex angioplasty workshop (including Chronic Total Occlusions) at St
Georges Hospital in London and Frimley Park Hospital.

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Research

MD Thesis
I have completed a research project “Comparison of Introducer Sheaths and
Compression Devices in Transradial Coronary Procedures and the impact on vascular
function- A Randomised Clinical Trial” under the supervision of Dr J.L Morris and
Prof George Hart at University of Liverpool, UK. I have spent 12 months (Aug 06-
Aug 07) in recruiting and collecting data for this trial. I have submitted my Thesis to
Liverpool University and viva was conducted on 10th May 2011 and passed the
examination with minor revision. I have been awarded MD (Research) in 2012 from
Liverpool University, Liverpool, UK. My work has described clinical outcomes after
transradial coronary procedures in contemporary practice and also provided insight
into its impact on endothelial function. I have published several research papers and
presented my work at national and international meetings.

MD Thesis (Internal Medicine)

Awarded MD in India “Clinico-endoscopic study of upper gastrointestinal tract in
cases of bronchial asthma” by Lucknow University, Lucknow India, 1995. Involved
in all aspects of this study from patient recruitment to publishing the results.

Clinical Research
Co- Investigator of CARE-HF study at Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Blackpool, and
Involved from screening, consenting, randomisation, data collection, pacemaker
implantation, atrioventricular optimisation, and follow up etc. I have recruited 10
patients for this trial.

Played a key role in the development of “NWQIP Risk stratification model” for
predicting outcomes after coronary angioplasty. This was performed as North-west
Quality Improvement Program initiative across tertiary care centres in Northwest of
UK. This model is used widely in contemporary practice.

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Investigated Retrograde approaches in Chronic Total Occlusion of Coronary arteries
and plaque morphology by IVUS and Optical Coherence Tomography at Toyohashi
Heart Centre, Japan (Aug 208-Aug 09). I have presented the data in international
meetings and published several articles on CTO techniques including IVUS guided
and retrograde techniques. I have paper looking at distribution of TCFA and plaque
rupture in coronary artery disease patients. I have recently published paper looking at
coronary artery remodelling and plaque characteristics as assessed by OCT and grey
scale IVUS.

I have been involved in several studies evaluating the outcomes after coronary
angioplasty in different patient sub-sets and population.

Research Career
I enjoyed an extremely rewarding and productive one year as a research registrar in
Liverpool (2006-07). Under the supervision of Dr John Morris, I completed
recruitment of patients for my MD. I have gained considerable experience in writing
research grants and ethics committee proposals, as well as becoming proficient in
organising a large clinical trial, randomisation, day-to-day running and statistical
techniques. During my research period I worked in close collaboration with scientists
at John Moore’s University and this gave me good understanding of the physiological
basis of the clinical problem in question. I have been instrumental in formulating
close collaboration between LHCH and the department of sports medicine at John
Moore’s University and am involved in further studies looking at the ways to optimise
endothelial function following transradial procedures. I feel more adept at assessing
other research projects and far more critical in my analysis of published data –
essential skills in the current climate of evidence based medicine.
I have been able to renew my research interests whilst working as an interventional
fellow in Japan. In collaboration with Dr Suzuki and colleagues, I have been involved
in several bench studies and clinical studies and have published several manuscripts in
peer-reviewed journals. My stay in Japan gave me the opportunity to experience a
different perspective in the management of coronary artery disease.
During the last year I have been writing up my MD and also written up several papers
related to my study which have been accepted in peer-reviewed journals.

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I very much hope that I will have the opportunity to continue and develop my
research interests throughout the rest of my clinical career.

Teaching
I have been involved in weekly ward-based and lecture-based teaching of medical
students and the SHO’s (2003, 2004-2005)
As a registrar at Leighton Hospital, Crewe, I was the Associate Tutor of RCP, London
and was responsible for teaching program for postgraduate trainee.
I am involved in teaching medical students and nursing staff and have organised
formal PACES teaching for MRCP candidates.
I have performed educational supervisor role for the senior house officers and
registrars during my post as consultant cardiologist at SGH, London and India.
I have attended Teach the teacher course over two day period and this has further
improved my teaching skills.

Training and Educational activities

Participated as a member of faculty in the following national and international
meetings:

1. CTO Club, June 10, 11, 12, 14 Toyohashi, Japan: Participated as operator
in live cases and delivered lecture on retrograde techniques for CTO PCI and
complications cases.
2. China Interventional Therapeutics, April 2010, 11, 12, 13, 14 Beijing:
Presented lectures and participated as live case discussant.
3. ACC, March 2010, Atlanta: Participated as co-chairman in live CTO cases
and participated in commentating and interactive discussion.
4. TCT, Sept 2009, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 San Francisco: Delivered lecture on
“Antegrade wiring techniques for CTO coronary intervention”, Optical
Coherence Tomography role” and presented cases of “IVUS guided Reverse
CART” and “Late stent mal-apposition assessment by OCT”. Panel discussion
on Antegrade CTO forum and OCT summit.

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 5. CTO Live 6, Nov 2009, 2013 Leicester, UK: Presented challenging case of
IVUS guided reverse CART technique for recannaliszation of ostial LAD
CTO.
6. Complex Catheter Therapeutics (CCT), Jan 08, Kobe, Japan: Participated
as commentator in live cases and presented transradial trial data.
7. CCT, Jan 09, Kobe, Japan: Participated as commentators in live cases and
delivered lecture on “Techniques of CTO PCI and outcomes from THC”.
8. CTO Club, June 09, 10, 11, 13, 14, Toyohashi, Japan: Participated as
operator in live cases and delivered lecture on retrograde techniques for CTO
PCI.
9. Radial Master Class, Aug 2007, 2013, 2014 Crewe, U. K: Presented data on
comparison of different introducer sheaths and outcomes during transradial
coronary intervention.

Invited to attend as faculty member at the following meetings for live case
commentator, lectures and abstract grader:

1. CTO Summit, New York Feb 2010, Feb 2011 and Feb 2012, 2013, 2015.
2. ACC-I2 annual meeting, Atlanta, March 2010, 2012.
3. CCT, Jan 2010, Kobe, Japan.
4. China Interventional Therapeutics annual meeting, Beijing, March 2010, 2011,
2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
5. TCT 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014 Washington, U.S.A.
6. AIM- RADIAL 2013, NY, USA, 2014, Chicago, USA.

Reviewer for following Peer reviewed Journal:

1. Journal of Interventional Cardiology: Completed review of three articles.
2. Coronary artery disease: Completed review of one article.
3. Eurointervention: Completed review of 4 articles.
4. American Heart Journal: Completed review of 3 articles.
5. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, SCAI: Completed review of
10 articles.

Member of Editorial Board

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Journal of Interventional Cardiology
World Journal of Cardiology.

Clinical governance and Audit

I am strongly committed to the process of clinical governance and have been involved
in many of the components of clinical governance since working as SHO in North
Wales in 1997. During this time I undertook departmental based audits in acute
asthma and acute renal failure management, and since being appointed SpR in
cardiology, have further completed and presented audits concerning pacemaker
selection/ implantation, the use of troponins, and outcomes following coronary
angioplasty.
The most recent audit I did was to assess the circumstances and mode of in-hospital
death following contemporary coronary intervention. This was the audit looking into
all the deaths at the North-West PCI centres (LHCH, Blackpool, Wythenshawe and
Manchester Royal Infirmary) during 2002-2005.
The audit cycle was completed in all and the recommendations made as per results. I
have a good understanding of the mechanics and limitations of audit and its
application to governance issues and have become very aware of its value to the
delivery of quality clinical services.

PUBLICATIONS

Original articles

1. Rathore S, Terashima M, Matsuo H et al. Association of coronary plaque

composition and arterial remodelling: A Optical Coherence Tomography
Atherosclerosis. 2012, 221: 405-15.

2. Sudhakar George1, MRCP; James Cockburn1, MD; Tim C Clayton2, MSc;

Peter Ludman3 MD; James Cotton4 MD; James Spratt5 MRCP; Simon
Redwood6 MD; Mark de Belder7 MD; Adam de Belder1 MD; Jonathan Hill8

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 MRCP; Angela Hoye9 PhD; Nick Palmer10MD; Sudhir Rathore11MD;
Anthony Gershlick12 FRCP; Carlo Di Mario13 PhD; David Hildick-Smith1,
MD. LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP OF 13 443 ELECTIVE CHRONIC TOTAL
CORONARY OCCLUSION ANGIOPLASTY CASES FROM THE UK CENTRAL
CARDIAC AUDIT DATABASE. On behalf of the British Cardiovascular
Intervention Society (BCIS), and the National Institute for Cardiovascular
Outcomes Research (NICOR). J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014 Jul 22; 64(3):235-43.

3. Dawson EA, Alkarmi A, Thijssen DH, Rathore S, Marsman DE, Cable NT,
Wright DJ, Green DJ. Low flow mediated is endothelium-dependent: effects
of exercise training after radial artery catheterization. Circulation Card Interv.
2012 (5): 713-9.

4. Rathore S, Terashima M, Katoh O, Suzuki T, et al. In vivo detection of

frequency and distribution of Thin-cap Fibroatheroma and ruptured plaques in
patients with coronary artery disease: A Optical Coherence Tomography
Study. Coronary Artery Dis. 2010 Mar, 22(1): 64-72.

5. Protective effect of Telmisartan against endothelial dysfunction after coronary

drug-eluting stent implantation in hypertensive patients. Terashima M, Kaneda
H, Nasu K, Matsuo H, Habara M, Ito T, Tanaka N, Rathore S, et al. JACC
Cardiovasc Interv. 2012 Feb; 5 (2):182-90.

6. Nobuyoshi Tanaka, Mitsuyasu Terashima, Sudhir Rathore, Tatsuya Ito et al.

Different patterns of vascular response between patients with or without
Diabetes Mellitus after drug eluting stent implantation: Optical Coherence
Tomographic analyis. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2010 Oct, 3(10): 1074-9.

7. Rathore S, Stables RH, Morris JL, et al. A randomised Comparison of TR

Band and Radistop Haemostatic Compression devices after Transradial
Coronary Interventions. Catheterisation and Cardiovascular Interventions.
2010 Nov 1;76(5): 660-7.

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8. Rathore S, Stables RH, Morris JL, et al. Impact of Length and Hydrophilic
Coating of the Introducer Sheath on Radial Artery Spasm during Transradial
Coronary Intervention: A Randomised Study. JACC Cardiovascular
Interventions. 2010 May; 3 (5):475-83.

9. Rathore S, Terashima M, Suzuki T, et al. A comparison of clinical

presentations, angiographic patterns and outcomes of in-stent restenosis
between bare metal stents and drug eluting stents .Eurointervention. 2010 Feb;
5 (7):841-6.

10. Rathore S, Katoh O, Suzuki T, et al. A Novel Modification of the Retrograde

Approach for the Recannalization of Chronic Total Occlusion of the Coronary
Arteries: Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS) guided Reverse Controlled
Antegrade and Retrograde Tracking (CART): IVUS Guided Reverse CART.
JACC Cardiovascular Interventions. 2010 Feb; 3 (2):155-64.

11. Rathore S, Katoh O, Kinoshita Y. Suzuki T. Rotational Atherectomy for

Fibro-calcific Coronary artery Disease in Drug Eluting Stent Era: Procedural
outcomes and angiographic follow up Results. Catheterisation and
Cardiovascular Interventions. 2010 May 1; 75 (6):919-27.

12. Ellen Dawson, Rathore S, Morris J, Green DJ. Impact of catheter insertion
using the radial approach on vasodilatation in humans. Clinical Science
(London). 2010 Feb 23; 118 (10): 633-40.

13. Ellen Dawson, Rathore S, Morris J, Green DJ. Impact of introducer sheath
coating on endothelial function in humans following transradial coronary
procedures. Circulation Cardiovasc Interv. 2010 Apr; 3 (2):148-56.

14. Terashima M, Rathore S, et al. Accuracy and reproducibility of stent strut

thickness determined by Optical Coherence Tomography. J Invasive Cardiol.
2009 Nov; 21(11):602-5.

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15. Ehara M, Terashima M, Kawai M, Matsushita S, Tsuchikane E, Kinoshita Y,
Kimura M, Nasu K, Tanaka N, Fujita H, Habara M, Ito T, Rathore S, Katoh
O, Suzuki T. Impact of multislice computed tomography to estimate difficulty
in wire crossing in percutaneous coronary intervention of chronic total
occlusion. J Invasive Cardiol. 2009 Nov; 21(11):575-8.

16. Rathore S, Terashima M, Katoh O, et al. Predictors of angiographic restenosis

after drug eluting stents in the coronary arteries: Contemporary practice in real
world patients. EuroIntervention. 2009 Aug; 5(3):349-54.

17. Rathore S, Kinoshita Y, Terashima M, et al. Sirolimus Eluting Stent

Restenosis: Impact of angiographic patterns and treatment factors on
angiographic outcomes in contemporary practice. Int J Cardiol. 2011 Feb
3;146(3):390-394.
18. S Rathore, O Katoh, H Matsuo, et al. Retrograde percutaneous
recannalization of chronic total occlusion of the coronary arteries: Procedural
outcomes and predictors of success in contemporary practice. Circulation
Cardiovascular Intervent. 2009Apr; 2(2):124-132.

19. S Rathore, H Matsuo, O Katoh, T Suzuki, et al. Procedural and in hospital

outcomes after percuatneous coronary intervention for chronic total occlusions
of coronary arteries 2002 to 2008: Impact of novel guide wire techniques. J
Am Coll Cardiol Interv. 2009June; 2(6):489- 497.

20. Rathore S, Hakeem A, Pauriah M, Roberts E, Beaumont A, Morris JL

Feasiblity of Saphenous Vein Graft Intervention via transradial approach and
comparison with transfemoral approach. Journal of Interventional Cardiology.
2009 Aug; 22(4): 336-40.

21. Rathore S, Hakeem A, Pauriah M, Roberts E, Beaumont A, Morris JL. A

comparison of the transradial and the transfemoral approach in chronic total
occusion percutaneous coronary intervention. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv
2009 Jun 1; 73(7):883-7.

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22. Rathore S, Terashima M, Suzuki T. Value of Intravascular ultrasound in the
management of coronary chronic total occlusions. Catheter Cardiovasv
Interv.2009 Nov 15; 74(6): 873-8.

23. Roberts EB, Rathore S, Beaumont A, Alahmar AE, Andron M, Palmer ND,
Perry RA, Stables RH. Lesion complexity and angiographic outcomes in radial
access percutaneous coronary intervention. J Interv Cardiol. 2008 Dec; 21 (6):
555-61.

24. S Rathore, P Knowles, A.P.S Mann, P.A.Dodds. Is it safe to discharge

patients from Accident and Emergency using a Rapid Point of Care Triple
Cardiac Marker Test to rule out acute coronary syndrome in patients
presenting with chest pain? Eur J Intern Med. 2008 Nov; 19(7): 537-40.

25. Rathore S, Grayson AD, Sastry S, Gray TP, Beynon R, Jackson M, Perry
RA; North West Quality Improvement Programme in Cardiac Interventions
(NWQIP). Circumstances and mode of in-hospital death following 9,914
consecutive patients undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions in the
northwest of England. J Invasive Cardiol. 2008 Aug; 20(8):386-90.

26. S.Rathore, J Rhys, M.B Buchalter, P.H Groves, N.O Gerning, W.J Penny
Impact of age on the outcome of women with coronary artery disease
following percutaneous coronary intervention in the stent era- J Interv
Cardiol. 2006 Jun; 19[3]:255-9.

27. Rathore S, Jackson M, Perry RA. Circumstances and mode of in-hospital

death in 5750 consecutive patients undergoing percutaneous transluminal
angioplasty- Int J Cardiol. 2006 Oct 26; 113(1): 139-140.

28. Grayson AD, Moore RK, Jackson M, Rathore S et al; North West Quality
Improvement Programme in Cardiac Interventions. Multivariate prediction of
major adverse cardiac events after 9914 percutaneous coronary interventions
in the north west of England. Heart. 2006 May; 92[5]: 658-63.

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Submitted and in press
1. Dawson E, Alkarmi A, Rathore S, Green DJ, et al. The stability of
reconstituted N-monomethyl- L- arginine (L-NMMA). Accepted in European
Journal of Hospital Practice. In Press.

Published Review articles

1. S Rathore, Terashima M, Habara M, Kinoshita Y, Suzuki T. Late acquired

stent Malapposition: Myth or Reality ?. Journal of Interventional
Cardiology.2009 Aug; 22(4):341-9.

2. Rathore S, Murray S, Palmer N, Stables RH. From patient to plaque.

Contemporary coronary imaging- part 2: optical coherence tomography. The
British Journal of Cardiology 2010; 17:190-3.

3. Murray S, Rathore S, et al. From patient to plaque. Contemporary coronary

imaging- part 1: Intravascular ultrasound. The British Journal of Cardiology
2010; 16.

4. S Rathore, J.L Morris .The Radial Approach: Is This the Route to Take? J Of
Interventional Cardiol. 2008 Oct; 21(5):375-9

5. S Rathore, N D Masani, P O Callaghan. Clozapine induced Effusoconstrictive

pericarditis- Case report and review of literature. Cardiology. 2007;
108(3):183-5. Epub 2006 Nov 2.

6. S Rathore. Small coronary vessel angioplasty- Outcomes and technical

considerations. Vasc Health Risk Manag. 2010 Oct 21, 6; 915-922.

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 7. Rathore S, Kaul U. Percutaneous coronary intervention in small vessels:
From balloon angioplasty to stent era. Indian Heart Journal. 2011; 63: 228-
233.

Published Case Reports

1. Rathore S. Terashima M, Suzuki T. Late acquired stent malapposition after
sirolimus-eluting stent implantation following acute coronary syndrome:
angiographic, IVUS, OCT and coronary angioscopic observation. J Invasive
Cardiol. 2009 Dec; 21(12): 666-7.

2. Rathore S, Matsuo H, Suzuki T. Black hole phenomenon observed on IVUS

after late stent restenosis following sirolimus-eluting stent implantation. J
Invasive Cardiol. 2009 Aug; 21(8): 426-7.

3. Rathore S, Dodds P.A. Diagnosing chest pain: characteristic ECG changes in

acute pericarditis. Heart 2007 Sep; 93(9): 1063.

4. Mandal B, Rathore S, Douglas AF. Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome

presenting as dilated cardiomyopathy with bilateral branch retinal artery
thrombosis. Int J Clin Pract.2000 Oct: 54[8]:550-551.

Letter to Editors
1. Rathore S, Katoh O, Suzuki T. Rebuttal: Reply to the letter: Rotational
atherectomy in drug-eluting stent era. Catheter Cardiovascular Interv. 2010
Aug 24. [Epub ahead of print].

2. Rathore S, Stables RH, Morris JL. Reply to Letter: Spasm during radial
procedures. JACC Cardiovascular Interventions. 2010. Aug; 3 (8): 886-887

3. Sudhakar George1, MRCP; James Cockburn1, MD; Tim C Clayton2, MSc;

Peter Ludman3 MD; James Cotton4 MD; James Spratt5 MRCP; Simon
Redwood6 MD; Mark de Belder7 MD; Adam de Belder1 MD; Jonathan Hill8
MRCP; Angela Hoye9 PhD; Nick Palmer10MD; Sudhir Rathore11MD;
Anthony Gershlick12 FRCP; Carlo Di Mario13 PhD; David Hildick-Smith1,

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 MD. Reply: Long term follow up of elective chronic coronary total occlusions.
Am Coll Cardiol. 2014 Dec 23; 64(24):2709-10.

Book Chapters

1. Chronic Total Occlusions: A guide to Recanalization, second edition:

Attempting CTO after first failed attempt. Sudhir Rathore, and Takahiko
Suzuki.
2. Chronic Total Occlusions: A guide to Recanalization, second edition: Parallel
wire technique. Sudhir Rathore, and Takahiko Suzuki.
3. Best practices for transradial approach in diagnostic angiography and
interventions: 2015. Chapter 9; Radial artery spasm and abnormal flow
reserve. Sudhir Rathore.

Abstracts and presentations to Learned Societies

1. S Rathore, H Matsuo, O Katoh, T Suzuki, et al. Procedural and in hospital
outcomes after percuatneous coronary intervention for chronic total
occlusions of coronary arteries 2002 to 2008: Impact of novel guide wire
techniques. Accepted for presentation: American College of Cardiology- I2
Summit, Orlando, March 2009, JACC Supplement, March 2009.
2. S Rathore, H Matsuo, O Katoh, T Suzuki, et al. The safety and efficacy of
retrograde approach for percutaneous recannalization of chronic total
occlusions of the coronary artery: Toyohashi Heart center experience from
157 patients. Accepted for presentation: American College of Cardiology- I2
Summit, Orlando, March 2009, JACC Supplement, March 2009.
3. Rathore S, Shaw M, Grayson A.D, Morris J, et al. Influence of gender on
long term mortality following percutaneous coronary interventions in the
present era. Accepted for presentation: American College of Cardiology- I2
Summit, Orlando, March 2009, JACC Supplement, March 2009.
4. Rathore S, Hakeem A, Pauriah M, Roberts E, Beaumont A, Morris JL The
feasibility of percutaneous transradial coronary intervention for saphenous
vein graft lesions and comparison with transfemoral route. Accepted for

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 presentation: TCT congress, Washington, September 2007, Am J Cardiol,
Supp, Sept 2007
5. Rathore S, Hakeem A, Pauriah M, Roberts E, Beaumont A, Morris JL A
comparison of the transradial and the transfemoral approach in chronic total
occlusion PCI. Accepted for presentation: European society of Cardiology
Congress, Vienna, August 2007, Eur J Cardiol, Supp, Aug 2007.
6. S.Rathore, J Rhys, M.B Buchalter, P.H Groves, N.O Gerning, W.J Penny
Impact of age on the outcome of women with coronary artery disease
following percutaneous coronary intervention in the stent era. Accepted for
presentation: American College of Cardiology- I2 Summit, Orlando, March
2005, JACC Supplement, March 2005.
7. Rathore S, Kinoshita Y, Terashima M, et al. Sirolimus Eluting Stent
Restenosis. Accepted for presentation: EURO- PCR, Barcelona, May 2009,
Eurointervention, Supp, May 2009.
8. S Rathore, O Katoh, H Matsuo, et al. Retrograde percutaneous
recannalization of chronic total occlusion of the coronary arteries. Accepted
for presentation: EURO- PCR, Barcelona, May 2009, Eurointervention,
Supp, May 2009.
9. S Rathore, P Knowles, A.P.S Mann, P.A.Dodds. Is it safe to discharge
patients from Accident and Emergency using a Rapid Point of Care Triple
Cardiac Marker Test to rule out acute coronary syndrome in patients
presenting with chest pain? Accepted for presentation: British cardiac
society annual meeting, Glasgow, May 2005, Heart, Supp, May 2005.
10. S Rathore, Sastry S, Gray TP, Schofield I et al. Circumstances and mode of
in-hospital death in 9915 consecutive patients undergoing percutaneous
coronary interventions in North West of England. Accepted for presentation:
British cardiac society annual meeting, Manchester, May 2006, Heart, Supp,
May 2006.
11. Rathore S, Jackson M, Perry RA. Circumstances and mode of in-hospital
death in 5750 consecutive patients undergoing percutaneous transluminal
angioplasty. Accepted for presentation: British cardiac society annual
meeting, Harrogate, May 2003, Heart, Supp, May 2003.
12. S Rathore, O Katoh, H Matsuo, et al. Retrograde percutaneous
recannalization of chronic total occlusion of the coronary arteries:

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 Procedural outcomes and predictors of success in contemporary practice.
Accepted for presentation: British cardiac society annual meeting, London,
May 2009, Heart, Supp, May 2009.
13. Rathore S, Stables RH, Morris JL, et al. Impact of Length and Hydrophilic
Coating of the Introducer Sheath on Radial Artery Spasm during Transradial
Coronary Intervention: A Randomised Study. Accepted for presentation:
American College of Cardiology- I2 Summit, Atlanta, March 2010.

Other published abstracts

14. Nasu K, Tuschikane E, Katoh O, Rathore S, et al. Difference in neointimal
coverage on the stent strut between sirolimus and paclitaxel eluting stents:
Optical Coherence Tomography analysis. Accepted for presentation:
American College of Cardiology- I2 Summit, Orlando, March 2009, JACC,
Supp, March 2009.
15. Kimura M, Tuchikane E, Katoh O, Rathore S, et al. CORSAIR First in man
(FIM) Registry: Safety and efficacy of a novel metal catheter in chronic total
occlusion lesions. Accepted for presentation: TCT congress, San Francisco,
September 2009, Am J Cardiol, Supp, Sept 2009.
16. S Rathore, A.Chandra, M.Chandra. Nocturnal asthma and reflux
esophagitis. JAPI, Jan 1995.

Courses and Meeting attended

1. Advanced Life Support: Liverpool, Jan 14-15, 2010.
2. Teach the Teacher Course: Birmingham, March 6-7, 2010.
3. British Cardiovascular society annual conference: London, May 2009.
4. Trans-catheter Therapeutics: San Francisco, September 2009.
5. CTO live course: Leicester, Nov 2009.
6. Euro PCR conference: Barcelona, May 2009.
7. American College of Cardiology annual scientific meeting: Orlando, March
2009.
8. Intravascular Imaging Live course: Seoul, November 2008.
9. Residential Management Course (5 days): Lancashire, May 2008.
10. British Cardiovascular society annual meeting: 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007.

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 11. ACC annual meeting: Orlando, March 2005
12. AHA annual meeting: Chicago, November 2002.
13. Effective communication skills: 1999, Glan Clwyd Hospital.
14. POPUMET Radiation protection Course: Birmingham, 2000.
15. Basic Pacing course organised by HRUK: Oxford, 2001.

Career aspirations
I have been very fortunate over the last 15 years to have worked in several centres of
excellence and received an abundance of high quality training in medicine and
cardiology. I have received first-class training in general cardiology and PCI from
John Morris, Rod Stables, Joe Mills, Ralph Perry and David Ramsdale, and have
continued to develop my skills during a period of out-of-programme-activity in Japan.
Under Dr Suzuki & Dr Katoh’s supervision at Toyohashi Heart Centre in Toyohashi, I
have become experienced in chronic total occlusion PCI, rotational atherectomy,
acute PCI in STEMI/shocked/cardiac arrest patients, and had considerable exposure to
the use of IVUS, Cardiac multi-slice CT and Optical Coherence Tomography.
Overall, I believe that my inter-personal and communication skills along with
my teaching and research interests and high-quality PCI training make me ideally
suited to the Teaching hospital Interventional Cardiology Consultant post. I would
relish the opportunity of being part of a dynamic, forward thinking department and
bring enthusiasm, dedication and hard work to all aspects of service provision and
development. I hope that my experiences in Liverpool (day-case radial PCI, twilight
ACS lists, 24/7 primary PCI service), Japan (chronic total occlusion PCI, 24/7
primary PCI service and intravascular imaging) and Frimley (Experience delivering
PPCI, Day case Radial PCI, establishing CTO and complex PCI service and CTCA
service) will allow me to be an integral part of service improvement and innovation.

Leisure activities
My time away from work is spent enjoying with my son Ananmay and daughter
Maanya (10, twins) and with my wife Vandana who is a post CCT O& G Senior
Clinical Fellow. I love travelling, listening music and enjoying worldwide cuisine.

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Referees
Dr Peter Clarkson
Consultant Cardiologist
Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Camberley, Surrey, UK
Email: peter.clarkson@fph-tr.nhs.uk
Tel: 01276 604604

Dr Timothy Ho
Medical Director and Consultant Chest Physician
Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Camberley, Surrey, UK
Email: timothy.ho@fph-tr.nhs.uk
Tel: 01276 604604

Dr Takahiko Suzuki
President & Consultant Cardiologist
Toyohashi Heart Centre
Gobudori, Oyama cho
Toyohashi
Aichi Prefecture
Japan
E mail : suzukit@heart-center.or.jp

Dr Nick Bunce

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Clinical Lead and Consultant Cardiologist
St Georges Hospital
Blackshaw Road, Tooting
London, SW17 0QT
E mail: nick.bunce@stgeorges.nhs.uk
Tel: 02086721255

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