Dr Shahid Aziz 2018-06-21 Person 5 5 0

I was admitted to Southmead hospital in Bristol suffering from chest pains. I underwent an Angiogram which initially showed I would probably have to be subjected to a Tripple Coronary Bypass Graft. However a review of the Angiogram was done by Dr Aziz and I had a Pressure Wire inserted into my artery which showed positive results thus removing the need for a Bypass operation and allowing Stents to be inserted instead. Dr Aziz carried out the Angioplasty that followed but this caused a few problems. His preference is to carry out this procedure by using the wrist as the entry point but on entering my right wrist he found he could only go so far. So with great patience he withdrew and tried to use my left wrist unfortunately meeting the same problem. At this point he had to withdraw again and he gave me the option of stopping any more efforts and returning another day or he would carry on and use my groin as the entry point. My reply was, if he was prepared to try and put the stents in that way, I didn't have an important appointment to go to, so I was prepared to allow him to carry on. The result is that the procedure, carried out in March 2018, was successful and after eight weeks on the Cardiac Rehabilitation Programme, Dr Aziz has just carried out my three month follow up and discharged me. I hope this explains clearly why I would recommend and why I totally trust this doctor and his team who were equally professional. Thank you