Dr Tarique Al Musa
MBBS, MD, MRCP
Consultant Cardiologist
Dr Tarique Al Musa is a Consultant Cardiologist with extensive expertise in general adult cardiology. He is the current Clinical Director of Cardiology at Royal Surrey County Hospital in Guildford. He has a particular interest in the diagnosis and management of heart failure for which he is Clinical Lead also.
Tarique graduated with clinical distinction from the Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ Hospital School of Medicine, London. He undertook cardiology speciality training in South West London. Tarique completed his PhD from the University of Leeds with research funded by the British Heart Foundation and published a number of first-author primary research papers including in Circulation. He gained Level III accreditation in cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging from the European Society of Cardiology and Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. Tarique has also completed a fellowship in Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation from the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, winning an international competition at the European Society of Cardiology Heart Failure Congress and passing the ESC HFA heart failure certification exam.
Tarique holds Certified Cardiac Device Specialist recognition from the International Board of Heart Rhythm Examiners, and performs both simple and complex pacing (ICD, CRT) for advanced heart failure.
- Specialist Areas:
Ambulatory ECG
Blood pressure assessment
Blood test interpretation
Cardiac imaging
Cardiac MRI
Chest X ray
ECG interpretation
Echocardiography
General adult cardiology
Heart failure
ICD and cardiac resynchronisation
Invasive coronary angiography
Pacemaker implantation
Pacing and devices
Outpatient care
Stress ECG
- Conditions seen and treated:
Angina
Atrial Fibrillation
Arrhythmia
Breathlessness
Chest pain/angina
Coronary artery disease
Dizzy spells and syncope (collapse? cause)
Heart Failure
Heart Murmur
Heart Valve Disease
Palpitation
Sudden Death Syndrome