Consultant Interventional Cardiology · Naas, Co. Kildare

Private
Cardiology
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Interventional Cardiology & General Cardiology
delivered by a Consultant with 1,459 PCIs & NEJM publications

Expert private cardiology in Naas — chest pain, palpitations, hypertension, arrhythmia, heart failure, post-PCI follow-up and cardiovascular risk, combined with specialist interventional cardiology expertise in complex coronary disease, CTO, Rotational Atherectomy, IVL and intracoronary imaging.

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1,459
PCIs Performed
16
Years Experience
NEJM
Published 2024
Important: This clinic does not provide emergency cardiac care. If you have severe chest pain, chest pain at rest, sudden breathlessness, collapse, symptoms of stroke, or feel acutely unwell, call 999/112 or attend the nearest Emergency Department.
Cardiology at Naas Clinic

Expert Cardiac Care in Kildare

Our cardiology service provides comprehensive, consultant-led assessment and management of a wide range of common outpatient cardiac and cardiovascular conditions. Every patient is seen by Dr Imtiaz Ali Kalyar — a Consultant Interventional Cardiologist with over a decade of consultant-level experience.

Our combined cardiology and endocrinology model allows seamless integrated management of patients with overlapping cardiac and metabolic conditions — including those with diabetes, hypertension, obesity and dyslipidaemia.

10+
Years Consultant Experience
1
Dedicated Cardiologist
QAH
Fellowship Portsmouth

"Integrated cardiac and metabolic care — assessing the heart and the conditions that put it at risk, together."

Cardiovascular disease and metabolic conditions are deeply interconnected. Patients with type 2 diabetes face up to four times the cardiovascular risk of those without. Obesity drives hypertension, dyslipidaemia, and structural heart changes. Treating these in isolation leads to incomplete management.

Our integrated cardiology and endocrinology model — a distinctive integrated cardiometabolic service for patients in Naas, Kildare and the wider Leinster region — allows us to assess and manage these overlapping risks in a single clinic visit, with a coordinated treatment plan and unified correspondence to your GP.

Clinical Services

What We Treat

Our cardiology service covers the full spectrum of outpatient cardiac assessment and management, from initial diagnostic workup through to long-term risk reduction.

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Chest Pain & Breathlessness

Comprehensive evaluation of chest pain, shortness of breath and exercise intolerance to determine cardiac, respiratory, or other aetiology and guide appropriate management.

  • Acute and chronic chest pain assessment
  • Exertional and rest breathlessness evaluation
  • Differentiation of cardiac vs. non-cardiac causes
  • Arrangement of appropriate investigations (ECG, echocardiography, stress testing)
  • Risk stratification and management planning
  • Liaison with secondary or tertiary cardiac centres when required
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Palpitations & Arrhythmia

Specialist evaluation of palpitations, irregular heartbeat, and suspected arrhythmias, including access to ambulatory monitoring for symptomatic correlation.

  • Palpitation assessment — symptomatic history and examination
  • ECG interpretation and baseline cardiac rhythm evaluation
  • Holter monitoring (24-hour and extended) pathway
  • Atrial fibrillation (AF) — diagnosis, rate/rhythm management, anticoagulation
  • Supraventricular and ventricular ectopy assessment
  • Syncope and pre-syncope evaluation
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Hypertension

Evidence-based diagnosis and optimisation of blood pressure management, including investigation for secondary causes and long-term cardiovascular risk assessment.

  • Clinical and ambulatory blood pressure assessment
  • Investigation for secondary hypertension causes
  • Antihypertensive medication optimisation
  • Hypertension-related end organ damage assessment
  • Cardiovascular risk profiling (QRISK, SCORE2)
  • Combined management in patients with diabetes or renal impairment
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Heart Failure

Assessment and management of suspected and confirmed heart failure, including optimisation of guideline-directed medical therapy and monitoring.

  • New and established heart failure diagnosis and monitoring
  • HFpEF and HFrEF assessment and management
  • Medication optimisation — ACEi/ARB, beta-blockade, SGLT2i, MRA
  • Fluid management and symptom optimisation
  • Cardiology-nephrology and diabetes co-management
  • Referral pathways to specialist heart failure services when required
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Post-Procedural Follow-Up

Specialist follow-up for patients who have undergone cardiac procedures or interventions, ensuring optimal recovery and long-term management planning.

  • Post-angioplasty and stenting follow-up
  • Post-ablation monitoring and arrhythmia reassessment
  • Post-cardioversion management and anticoagulation review
  • Post-TAVI and valve intervention follow-up care
  • Dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) management and review
  • Ongoing cardiovascular risk factor optimisation
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Cardiovascular Risk Reduction

Proactive assessment and treatment of modifiable cardiovascular risk factors, particularly in patients with diabetes, obesity and metabolic disease.

  • Dyslipidaemia diagnosis, statin therapy and PCSK9 inhibitor assessment
  • Integrated cardiac risk management in type 2 diabetes
  • Lifestyle modification and structured cardiovascular prevention
  • Primary prevention assessment for high-risk individuals
  • Familial hypercholesterolaemia screening
  • Aspirin and anticoagulation therapy review
Conditions Treated

Common Cardiac Diagnoses

Our cardiology service sees patients referred with a broad range of cardiac and cardiovascular diagnoses.

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Atrial Fibrillation

Rate and rhythm control strategies, anticoagulation management, cardioversion review and ablation referral pathways.

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Hypertension

Primary and secondary hypertension, resistant hypertension, and combined management with metabolic conditions.

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Heart Failure

HFpEF and HFrEF, medication optimisation, symptom management and tertiary referral coordination.

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Coronary Artery Disease

Stable angina, post-ACS management, secondary prevention and anti-anginal therapy optimisation.

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Arrhythmias

SVT, ventricular ectopy, bradyarrhythmias, palpitations assessment and ambulatory monitoring.

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Dyslipidaemia

Statin therapy, PCSK9 inhibitor consideration, familial hypercholesterolaemia and lipid optimisation.

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Cardiometabolic Syndrome

Combined management of cardiac risk in patients with diabetes, obesity, NAFLD and insulin resistance.

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Valvular Heart Disease

Aortic stenosis, mitral regurgitation, valve surveillance and surgical referral planning.

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Syncope & Presyncope

Structural, arrhythmic, vasovagal and orthostatic assessment with appropriate investigation pathways.

Investigations & Diagnostics

What We Can Arrange

Access to a comprehensive range of cardiac investigations, arranged promptly and reported by our consultant team.

Where investigations cannot be performed on-site, we arrange rapid access to accredited cardiac imaging and diagnostic centres, with results reviewed personally at your follow-up consultation.

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    12-Lead ECG

    Resting electrocardiogram for rhythm, conduction, and ischaemia assessment — available at every consultation.

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    24-Hour & Extended Holter Monitoring

    Ambulatory cardiac rhythm monitoring for symptomatic palpitations, syncope, and AF burden assessment.

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    Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring (ABPM)

    24-hour blood pressure profiling for accurate hypertension diagnosis, white coat effect exclusion, and treatment monitoring.

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    Echocardiography

    Referral for transthoracic echo — cardiac structure, function, valve assessment and LV/RV evaluation. Rapid access arranged.

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    Exercise Tolerance Test (ETT)

    Graded exercise testing for ischaemia assessment, exertional symptoms and post-intervention clearance.

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    Cardiac CT / Coronary CT Angiography

    Non-invasive coronary anatomy assessment. Arranged at partnered imaging centres with prompt reporting.

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    Blood Panel

    Troponin, BNP/NT-proBNP, lipid profile, HbA1c, renal function, and full metabolic workup as clinically indicated.

Dr Imtiaz Ali Kalyar, Consultant Interventional Cardiologist at Naas Cardiology and Endocrinology Clinic
Interventional Cardiology

Dr Imtiaz Ali Kalyar

MRCP (London)  ·  FRCP (London)  ·  IMC: 102093  ·  GMC: 6082421

Chest Pain Hypertension Arrhythmia Heart Failure ECG / Holter Post-Intervention Complex PCI CTO DAPT Management AF Management
Cardiology Lead

Your Cardiologist

Dr Imtiaz Ali Kalyar is a Consultant Interventional Cardiologist with 16 years of interventional cardiology experience, including over 9 years at full consultant level across NHS trusts in the UK. He completed his Interventional Cardiology Fellowship at Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth — one of the UK's leading tertiary cardiac centres — and has performed over 1,459 Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (PCIs) as first operator, including 406 Primary PCIs for acute myocardial infarction.

Dr Kalyar is an independent operator for Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO) PCI, Rotational Atherectomy, and Intravascular Lithotripsy (IVL). He performs IVUS, FFR, iFR/rFr and OCT independently. He has been Principal Investigator for multiple landmark clinical trials including SENIOR-RITA (published in the New England Journal of Medicine, September 2024), BLADE, and DUAL ACS.

His partnership with Dr Kazmi creates a distinctive integrated cardiometabolic service — enabling holistic, one-stop management of patients with overlapping diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular disease, of particular value for GPs managing complex cardiometabolic patients.

  • Qualifications: MRCP (London)  ·  FRCP (London)  ·  MBBS
  • Registration: IMC: 102093 (Cardiology Specialist)  ·  GMC: 6082421 (Specialist Register, Cardiology)
  • Fellowship: Interventional Cardiology, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth — high-volume tertiary cardiac centre
  • Procedural Experience: 1,459 PCIs as first operator including 406 Primary PCIs  ·  Independent CTO, Rotational Atherectomy & IVL operator
  • Imaging & Physiology: Independent IVUS, FFR, iFR/rFr and OCT operator
  • Research: Principal Investigator — SENIOR-RITA (NEJM 2024), BLADE Trial, DUAL ACS Trial, ZODIAC Trial
  • Training background: East Sussex NHS Trust · William Harvey Hospital · Cork University Hospital · Galway University Hospitals · Queen Alexandra Hospital Portsmouth
  • Integrated Care: Combined cardiometabolic clinic with Dr Syed Kashif Hussain Kazmi, Consultant Endocrinologist
Specialist Expertise

Interventional Cardiology

Dr Kalyar is a Consultant Interventional Cardiologist with one of the most extensive procedural portfolios available in private practice in Ireland. His interventional experience spans elective and emergency coronary intervention, complex lesion subsets, and advanced intracoronary imaging and physiology.

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Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI)

Over 1,459 PCIs performed as first operator including 406 Primary PCIs for acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Extensive experience with elective, urgent, and emergency coronary intervention via both radial and femoral approaches.

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Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO) PCI

Independent antegrade CTO operator — one of the most technically demanding procedures in interventional cardiology, requiring advanced wire-escalation and microcatheter techniques to reopen long-standing coronary artery occlusions.

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Rotational Atherectomy

Independent Rotational Atherectomy operator for heavily calcified coronary lesions that are resistant to standard balloon preparation — enabling PCI in patients who would otherwise be unsuitable for percutaneous intervention.

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Intravascular Lithotripsy (IVL)

Independent IVL operator — a newer modality using sonic pressure waves to fracture severe coronary calcification, facilitating stent delivery and expansion in complex calcified disease without the risks of high-pressure atherectomy.

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Intracoronary Imaging & Physiology

Independent operator for IVUS (intravascular ultrasound), OCT (optical coherence tomography), FFR (fractional flow reserve), iFR and rFR — enabling precise lesion assessment, stent sizing, optimisation and post-dilatation guidance for the best possible outcomes.

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Primary PCI On-Call & Acute Cardiac Care

Extensive experience on Primary PCI 24/7 on-call rotas at multiple UK NHS centres. CCU ward rounds, cardiology consults, A&E triage, and management of acute coronary syndromes, arrhythmias and haemodynamic instability.

Research & Publications

Clinical Trial Leadership & Publications

Dr Kalyar has been Principal Investigator for multiple landmark multicentre clinical trials and has published in some of the world's most prestigious medical journals.

New England Journal of Medicine · 2024
SENIOR-RITA Trial — Invasive Treatment Strategy for Older Patients with Myocardial Infarction
Principal Investigator (Site PI, Conquest Hospital)
American Heart Journal · June 2018
RESUS-AMI — Randomized trial evaluating intracoronary insulin-like growth factor following PCI in acute myocardial infarction
Co-author
Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC) · 2012
Renal Sympathetic Denervation for Resistant Hypertension — West of Ireland Pilot Study
Lead Author · Presented at TCT 2012, Miami & Irish Cardiac Society AGM 2012
TCT Washington · 2016
Case Presentations: Continuous Thrombus Formation · Stent Hanging in the Aorta
Presenter
EuroPCR · 2015
Unusual Cause of Breathlessness Treated with Pulmonary Artery Stenting
Oral Presenter

Active Trial Roles:

  • SENIOR-RITA — Principal Investigator (NEJM 2024)
  • BLADE Trial — Principal Investigator
  • DUAL ACS Trial — Principal Investigator
  • ZODIAC Trial — Co-Principal Investigator
  • RESUS-AMI — Co-Investigator (Cork University Hospital)
  • Global Leaders Trial — Participant (University Hospital Wales)
Preparing for Your Appointment

What to Bring

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We welcome self-referrals and GP referrals for any patient who may benefit from a specialist cardiology opinion. Appointments are available promptly.

Our specialist outpatient services are primarily for adult patients aged 18 years and over.

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Email (Healthmail)

Syed.Kazmi@healthmail.ie

For referrals, clinical queries & correspondence

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Clinic Address

Suite 5, Vista Primary Care Clinic
Ballymore Road, Naas, Co. Kildare
W91 E6H2

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Availability

Sunday, by appointment
Prompt scheduling for clinically appropriate referrals. Emergency symptoms should be directed to emergency services.

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Common Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need a GP referral?
A GP referral letter is recommended and assists with clinical triage and prioritisation. Self-referrals may be accepted at the clinic's discretion. Please contact us to discuss your situation.
Can I be seen for chest pain?
Yes, we see patients with stable outpatient chest pain for assessment and investigation. Please note: if you are experiencing severe, sudden, or worsening chest pain, call 999/112 immediately or attend the nearest Emergency Department.
Do you provide emergency cardiology care?
No. This is a private outpatient specialist clinic. We do not provide emergency cardiology services. All cardiac emergencies should be directed to 999/112 or the nearest Emergency Department immediately.
Can you arrange ECG or Holter monitoring?
Yes. We can arrange ECG, ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM), Holter cardiac monitoring, echocardiography and exercise stress testing as clinically indicated.
Can you review my blood pressure medication?
Yes. Dr Kalyar provides specialist assessment and optimisation of hypertension management, including complex or resistant hypertension.
Can you review me after angioplasty or stenting?
Yes. Post-procedural cardiology follow-up, secondary prevention and medication review are available. Please bring all previous procedure letters and test results.
Do you see patients with diabetes and heart disease together?
Yes. We offer an integrated cardiometabolic service, enabling patients with both cardiovascular disease and diabetes or obesity to be seen together in a coordinated specialist setting.

Our specialist outpatient services are primarily for adult patients aged 18 years and over.