Dr Adrian Ionescu

Dr Adrian Ionescu
MD MRCP FRCP

Consultant Cardiologist

Dr Adrian Ionescu is a consultant cardiologist with expertise in imaging and coronary intervention. He is the clinical lead for echocardiography (scanning the heart with ultrasound) in a regional cardiac centre.

His specialist areas of expertise include:

• Transthoracic (with ultrasound probe placed on the chest) and transoesophageal (ultrasound probe attached to a ‘magic-eye’ instrument) echocardiography
• Stress echo - taking ultrasound pictures while the heart is made to pump faster and more forcefully either with an infusion of drugs or with physical exercise
• Intraoperative echo, during cardiac operations
• Advanced echo techniques, including 3D, speckle-tracking and strain imaging
• Cardiac MRI in which he is Level 2 accredited
• Coronary angiography and intervention
• Radial operation
• Left main stem and bifurcation work

Dr Ionescu is Cardiff University/Bond Solon trained and undertakes expert witness instructions, including the preparation of medico legal reports and giving evidence in court, in clinical negligence cases relating to all of these areas.

Click here to view his CV.