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Dr James Richard Wilkinson is a Consultant Interventional Cardiologist (heart specialist) based at Southampton and Lymington. He previously did procedure lists at Salisbury (2011-2014). He is an interventional cardiologist and his main particular areas of expertise are: 1. Coronary Intervention. He regularly treats heart attack patients as well as stable patients. This involves fixing the arteries that supply your heart with small balloons and metal scaffolds called 'stents'. He specialises in doing this through the artery in the wrist (radial artery) as it is safer and more comfortable for patients. He has a particular interest in opening arteries that have been blocked a long time (chronic total occlusions). 2. Mitral and Tricuspid valve repair and replacement using minimally invasive techniques such as Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair (TEER). 3. Renal denervation for high blood pressure- He also has a specialist interest in a specialist procedure to treat high blood pressure (called renal denervation) and set up this new service in Southampton. However, this is not currently funded on the NHS outside of clinical trials 4. Insertion of pacemakers for bradycardia. In addition to his procedure lists he also see's patients in clinic for evaluation of any symptoms that could be due to heart disease such as: breathlessness, chest pain, palpitations and blackouts. He is particularly interested in angina and new procedures to help this. He participates in a busy on-call rota for Southampton's heart attack service and does ward rounds. A majority of his work is NHS but he does see some patients privately at Southampton and Lymington. He participates in local research and education on a national level. NHS secretary: 023 8120 5918. Private secretary: 023 8076 4333 Website: www.cardiology.co.uk