Derek Connolly

Consultant Interventional Cardiologist

FRCP PhD

Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, Birmingham, UK

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Biography

Professor Derek Connolly is a Consultant Interventional Cardiologist and the Director of Research and Development at Birmingham City Hospital. He is an Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at the Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK.

He trained in Cambridge, London, Edinburgh and San Diego where he was a Carnegie Scholar. He has a first-class degree in Pharmacology from the University of Edinburgh where he was the Brunton medallist and Keasbey Bursary holder. His PhD in molecular cardiology is from the University of Cambridge. He is the Chief or Primary Investigator of multiple large trials in Cardiovascular medicine. He developed one of the UK's first primary angioplasty programmes and one of the UK's largest cardiac CT programmes.

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Media

AI powered CT based Non Invasive CAD testing

Derek Connolly, Claire Norfolk, Sarah Tyers et al

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Su Down, Jas Gill, Andrew Frankel, et al

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Articles by Derek Connolly, Consultant Interventional Cardiologist

Commencement of Atorvastatin and Ezetimibe Immediately in Patients Presenting with Acute Coronary Syndrome

Mohammed Sallam, Hossameldin Hassan, Derek Connolly, et al

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Citation: European Cardiology Review 2024;19:e22.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15420/ecr.2024.06
The Utility of CT Coronary Angiography in Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Firas Yassin, Jawad Khan, Abdul Mozid, et al

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Citation: European Cardiology Review 2023;18:e48.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15420/ecr.2022.61
The EXCEL Trial: The Interventionalists’ Perspective

George William Hunter, Vinoda Sharma, Chetan Varma, et al

Published:

Citation: European Cardiology Review 2021;16:e01.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15420/ecr.2020.32