What is refractory angina?
Patients can continue to experience or have recurrence of angina despite having had treatment with medication, stents, and coronary artery bypass surgery. This is called refractory angina.
Learn more about our complex coronary disease and refractory angina service.
The angina service
Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust has a specialist multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals, headed by Dr Ranil De Silva, who are dedicated to the investigation and treatment of patients with complex coronary disease and refractory angina.
Ranil De Silva
Consultant cardiologist and interventionalist
Carlo Di Mario
Professor in interventional cardiology
Tony De Souza
Consultant cardiovascular surgeon
Glyn Towerton
Consultant in pain medicine
Anne-Marie Doyle
Clinical psychologist
Christine Wright
Clinical nurse specialist
Imaging
Richard Underwood
Professor in nuclear medicine
Roxy Senior
Professor in echocardiography
Mike Rubens
Consultant radiologist (CT)
Dudley Pennell
Professor of cardiac magnetic resonance
Useful information
British Heart Foundation - information about angina
NICE - management of stable angina (PDF)