About Dr. Schlosshan

LRCP, LRCS, LRCPS, MRCP, MD

Professional Bio

 

Dr Arnd Dominik Schlosshan
LRCP, LRCS, LRCPS, MRCP, MD

Specialities: Cardiology
Year of first Qualification: 1998
Languages spoken: English, German and French

GMC Number: 4403810

Dr Schlosshan is a consultant cardiologist with a special interest in the non-invasive assessment of the heart using advanced cardiac imaging techniques. With expertise in heart valve disease, Dr Schlosshan is one of the leading Imaging Cardiologists in Yorkshire with regional and national reputation and is the clinical lead for advanced cardiac imaging of one of the largest cardiac centres in the UK.

Under his leadership, Dr Schlosshan developed one of the largest and modern echocardiography departments in the UK and founded one of the largest specialist heart valve clinics in the UK, looking after patients with heart valve disease.

Dr Schlosshan is a leading member of the specialist valve team at the Leeds General Infirmary providing advanced imaging for patients with heart valve disease and guiding novel heart valve procedures such as transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) and Mitraclip.

 

Special Interests

 

  • Non-invasive cardiac assessment

  • Heart Valve Disease

  • Chest Pain

  • Angina

  • Coronary artery disease

  • Breathlessness

  • Dizziness

  • Cardiac Screening

  • Primary Prevention

  • Secondary Prevention

  • Hypertension

  • Heart Failure

  • Mitral Regurgitation

  • Heart Murmurs

  • Aortic Stenosis

  • Bicuspid Aortic Valve

  • Management of Heart Valve Disease (diagnosis, treatment and timing of surgery)

  • Syncope (passing out)

  • Palpitations

  • Arrhythmia

  • Atrial fibrillation

  • Cardiology in the Elderly

  • DVLA Driving Assessment

  • Transthoracic Echocardiography

  • Transoesophageal Echocardiography

  • Stress Echocardiography

  • Cardiac CT

 

Treatments, Tests and Scans

 

  • Blood Pressure Test (24 hours)

  • Cholesterol level test 

  • Contrast echocardiogram 

  • CT Coronary Angiogram  (or Cardiac CT)

  • ECG monitoring or event recorder - 24/48 hour 

  • Echocardiogram (Cardiac ultrasound)

  • Electrocardiogram (ECG) 

  • Exercise ECG 

  • Stress echo

  • Transoesophageal Echocardiogram

 

Investigation and Prompt Diagnosis of Patients with:

 

  • Bicuspid aortic valve disease

  • Breathlessness

  • Chest pain

  • Dizziness

  • Heart murmurs

  • High blood pressure

  • Management of heart valve disease (diagnosis, treatment, and timing of surgery)

  • Palpitations 

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Experienced Cardiologist with 15 years experience

Current NHS Posts

 

  • Consultant cardiologist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust

  • Honorary senior lecturer, University of Leeds

  • Clinical Lead Cardiac Imaging, Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust

  • Clinical lead Cardiac Ultrasound Department, Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust

  • Clinical Lead Specialist Heart Valve Clinic, Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust 

 

Publications on heart valve disease: