Dr Vivek Kodoth
Qualifications
MBBS, MD, FRCP (UK)
GMC number: 6040916
Practising since: 1998
Specialties
Cardiology
Consultation times
- Alternate Monday evening
- Overview
About
Dr Vivek Kodoth is a consultant interventional cardiologist at the Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospital. His sub-speciality interest is coronary intervention and is one of the high volume coronary interventional cardiologist in the United Kingdom. Dr Kodoth trained in cardiology in Belfast, Northern Ireland and further specialised in coronary intervention with a two years of complex coronary intervention fellowship. He was awarded MD from the Queens University, Belfast and he is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. He is a member of British Cardiac Interventional Society (BCIS) and an affiliate member of Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Intervention (SCAI, USA) . After his fellowship, he was appointed as a consultant cardiologist with special interest in complex coronary intervention to the Leeds Teaching Hospital, Leeds. Moreover, he is an honorary senior lecturer at the Leeds Medical School. Dr Kodoth, relocated to Bournemouth in 2018, after he was appointed as a consultant cardiologist at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital.
Dr Vivek Kodoth sees patients with general cardiology problems like chest pain, palpitation, breathlessness, heart valve disease and heart failure. He performs coronary angiogram, coronary angioplasty with stenting (using wrist artery), complex coronary intervention using rotablation and laser. Moreover, he is proficient in the use of intracoronary imaging using intracoronary ultrasound, OCT and pressure wire assessment to optimise outcomes.
Research and Publications: Dr Kodoth did research on the management of atrial fibrillation leading to the award of MD from Queens University, Belfast. He has published extensively in national and international peer reviewed journals.
Special interests
His main area of interest is the management of angina and heart attack. He sub-specialises in coronary intervention and regularly performs simple and complex coronary intervention (stent procedure) via the radial artery (wrist artery). He also performs complex coronary intervention like rotablation and coronary intervention of Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO) regularly.
Other interests
Management of atrial fibrillation and palpitation.
Treatments and tests offered by Dr Vivek Kodoth at Nuffield Health
- Echocardiogram
- Electrocardiogram (ECG)
- Angiography
- Cardiovascular risk profile
- Angioplasty
- Transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE)
- DVLA Testing and Driving Risk Profile
- CT scan (or CAT scan)
- CT calcium scoring (or cardiac calcium scoring)
- Cardioversion
- Cardiac rehabilitation
- Coronary Angioplasty (Percutaneous Coronary Intervention or PCI)
Locations Dr Vivek Kodoth works with
Related experience
Research
Phillip Walsh, Vivek Kodoth, David McEneaney, Paola Rodrigues, Jose Velasquez, Nial Waterman, Omar Escalona. Towards Low Energy Atrial Defibrillation. Sensors 2015, 15(9) 223378-22400.
Vivek N. Kodoth, Emily C. Hodkinson, Rebecca L Noad, Kyle P. Ashfield, Nicholas A. Cromie, David J. McEneaney, Carol M. Wilson, Michael J. Roberts. Fluoroscopic and electrical assessment of a series of defibrillation leads: Prevalence of externalized conductors. PACE 2012; 35:1498–1504.
Kodoth V, Thomas W. Johnson, John A. Ormiston, Simon J. Walsh, Colm G. Hanratty. Side branch ostial constrain and protrusion of a nitinol based dedicated side branch stent strut into the main vessel lumen: From bench test to bedside, a case report. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. August 2012:5:e49-e50.
Kodoth V, Castro NC, Glover BM, Anderson JM, Escalona OJ, Lau E, Manoharan G. Waveform optimization for internal cardioversion of atrial fibrillation. J Electrocardiol. 2011 Nov- Dec; 44(6):689-93.
Daly MJ, Monaghan M, Hamilton A, Lockhart C, Kodoth V, Pillai S, Manoharan G, Spence MS. Short-term efficacy of palliative balloon aortic valvuloplasty in selected patients with high operative risk. J Invasive Cardiol. 2012 Feb; 24(2):58-62.
James A Shand, Vivek Kodoth, Ian BA Menown. Novel stent and drug elution technologies. Interventional Cardiology, August 2011, Vol. 3, No 4, Pages 473-481.
NA McKeag, VN Kodoth, AJ Tomlin, SL Fairley, MJ Daly, AAJ Adgey. Trends in clinical outcome of patients admitted with ST elevation myocardial infarction. Insights from The Heart Centre, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast. Ulster Med J. 2009 September; 78(3):191.
VN Kodoth, TG Trouton, P Burnside. Primary Amyloidosis Presenting with Syncope, Recurrent Chest Pain, Progressive Cardiac Failure and Recurrent Ventricular Fibrillation. Ulster Med J. 2008 September; 77(3): 215.
Kodoth V, Leyon J, Moohan V. A case of primary lung malignancy presenting as pericardial effusion with associated localised Epstein-Barr virus infection or persistence. Ulster Med J. 2007 May; 76(2):115-6.
Sajeev CG, Vivek N Kodoth, Fasaludeen M, Jayakumar TG, Krishnan MN, Venugopal K. Myocardial infarction in a young woman with antiphospholipid syndrome. Int J Cardiol. 2003 Sep; 91(1):99–100.
Memberships
- Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh
- Affiliate membership of Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Intervention (SCAI, USA)
- British Cardiac Interventional Society
Other posts held
- Consultant Cardiologist at the Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospital
Declaration
Dr Vivek Kodoth does not hold a share or financial interest in this hospital, another Nuffield Health hospital or the company.
Dr Vivek Kodoth does not have a share or financial interest in equipment used at this hospital or another Nuffield Health hospital.
Dr Vivek Kodoth does not hold any paid advisory role(s) at this hospital or on behalf of Nuffield Health.