Qualifications
- Medical School: University of Cambridge Medical School
- Qualification: MB BChir
- Date of award: 1992
- Professional College: Royal College of Physicians of London
- Qualification: FRCP - Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
- Date of award: 2007
- Professional College: Royal College of Physicians of London
- Qualification: MRCP - Member Royal College of Physicians
- Date of award: 1996
- Other degree or qualification: University of Cambridge
- Qualification: MD - Doctor of Medicine
- Date of award: 2005
- Other degree or qualification: Newcastle University
- Qualification: PGC Clinical Education
- Date of award: 2012
- Other degree or qualification: University of Cambridge
- Qualification: MA - Master of Arts
- Date of award: 1993
Awards and Prizes
The Raymond Horton Smith Prize Cambridge University
2005
Annual award for the top MD thesis - "Diagnosis and management of failed fibrinolysis in acute myocardial infarction".
Professional profile
I qualified from Addenbrooke's School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge University, in 1992. Following House Officer posts in East Anglia and Senior House Officer posts in Leeds, I was appointed as a Research Fellow in Cardiology at South Cleveland Hospital, Middlesbrough 1996-8. I completed Specialist Registrar Cardiology training in the Northern Deanery, following which I was appointed to the post of Consultant Cardiologist with particular expertise in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) in May 2003. I am fully trained and experienced in all aspects of coronary angiography and PCI and am a high volume operator (approx 270 PCIs per year). I treat complex disease, including left main stem disease, patients with previous coronary artery bypass surgery and chronic total occlusions. I perform the majority of coronary interventions from the radial artery. I participate in a 24hr on call rota for the emergency interventional management of acute myocardial infarction. I am trained in all aspects of adult general cardiology and hold a weekly adult general cardiology clinic. I run the hypertension service with 2 of my consultant colleagues. I am experienced in management and held the post of Clinical Director of Cardiology from April 2006 to March 2012. I have a keen interest in education and training and hold a Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Education awarded by Newcastle University in 2012.
Hospital and Trust activities
Clinical Director cardiology April 2006 - March 2012. Educational supervisor for a number of junior doctors. I sit on the Trust clinical standards group.
Other contributions to the NHS
I am the British Cardiovascular Society regional specialty advisor for service.
Clinical Excellence Award
Local: Level 4
Professional affiliations and memberships
- Member of the British Cardiovascular Society
- Member of the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society
- Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
- Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Research interests
Acute coronary syndromes; interventional management of acute myocardial infarction; cardiogenic shock. MD Thesis (University of Cambridge) on management of failed fibrinolysis complicating acute myocardial infarction. Papers on contrast agents in the catheter lab, atrial fibrillation, risk modelling for outcomes following PCI.
Summary of recent publications
Journals
- Author(s): Sutton AGC, Title: Old drugs and late intervention - can we improve as the struggle for universal primary percutaneous coronary intervention continues?, Journal: Rev Esp Cardiol, Volume: 64, Year: 2011, PageNo: 955-8
- Author(s): Sutton AGC et al. , Title: One year results of the Middlesbrough early revascularisation to limit infarction (MERLIN) trial., Journal: Heart, Volume: 91, Year: 2005, PageNo: 1330-7
- Author(s): Sutton AGC et al. , Title: A randomized trial of rescue angioplasty versus a conservative approach for failed fibrinolysis in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: the Middlesbrough Early Revascularization to Limit INfarction (MERLIN) trial., Journal: Journal of the American College of Cardiology , Volume: 44, Year: 2004, PageNo: 287-96
- Author(s): Sutton AGC et al. , Title: Early and late reactions following the use of iopamidol 340, iomeprol 350 and iodixanol 320 in cardiac catheterization., Journal: J Invasive Cardiol., Volume: 15, Year: 2003, PageNo: 133-8
- Author(s): Sutton AGC et al. , Title: A randomized prospective trial of ioxaglate 320 (Hexabrix) vs. iodixanol 320 (Visipaque) in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention., Journal: Catheter Cardiovasc Interv., Volume: 57, Year: 2002, PageNo: 346-52
- Author(s): Grech ED, Sutton AGC et al. , Title: Reappraising the role of immediate intervention following thrombolytic recanalization in acute myocardial infarction., Journal: American Journal of Cardiology, Volume: 86, Year: 2000, PageNo: 400-5
- Author(s): Sutton AGC et al. , Title: Failure of thrombolysis: experience with a policy of early angiography and rescue angioplasty for electrocardiographic evidence of failed thrombolysis., Journal: Heart, Volume: 84, Year: 2000, PageNo: 197-204
- Author(s): Kunadian B, Morley R, Roberts AP, Adam Z, Twomey D, Hall JA, Wright RA, Sutton AG, Muir DF, de Belder MA., Title: Impact of implementation of evidence-based strategies to reduce door-to-balloon time in patients presenting with STEMI: continuous data analysis and feedback using a statistical process control plot., Journal: Heart, Volume: 96, Year: 2010, PageNo: 1557-63
- Author(s): Hetherington SL, Adam Z, Morley R, de Belder MA, Hall JA, Muir DF, Sutton AG, Swanson N, Wright RA., Title: Primary percutaneous coronary intervention for acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: changing patterns of vascular access, radial versus femoral artery., Journal: Heart, Volume: 95, Year: 2009, PageNo: 1612-8
- Author(s): Kunadian B, Dunning J, Roberts AP, Morley R, Twomey D, Hall JA, Sutton AG, Wright RA, Muir DF, de Belder MA., Title: Cumulative funnel plots for the early detection of interoperator variation: retrospective database analysis of observed versus predicted results of percutaneous coronary intervention., Journal: BMJ, Volume: 336, Year: 2008, PageNo: 931-4
- Author(s): Kunadian B, Vijayalakshmi K, Dunning J, Sutton AG, Muir DF, Wright RA, Hall JA, de Belder MA., Title: Rescue angioplasty after failed fibrinolysis for acute myocardial infarction: predictors of a failed procedure and 1-year mortality., Journal: Catheter Cardiovasc Interv., Volume: 71, Year: 2008, PageNo: 138-45
- Author(s): Vijayalakshmi K, Kunadian B, Whittaker VJ, Williams D, Wright RA, Sutton AG, Hall JA, de Belder MA., Title: External validation of established risk adjustment models for procedural complications after percutaneous coronary intervention., Journal: Heart, Volume: 94, Year: 2008, PageNo: 1012-8
- Author(s): Sutton AGC et al. , Title: Predictors of outcome after percutaneous treatment for cardiogenic shock., Journal: Heart , Volume: 91, Year: 2005, PageNo: 339-44
- Author(s): Kunadian B, Vijayalakshmi K, Dunning J, Thornley AR, Sutton AG, Muir DF, Wright RA, Hall JA, de Belder MA., Title: Should patients in cardiogenic shock undergo rescue angioplasty after failed fibrinolysis: comparison of primary versus rescue angioplasty in cardiogenic shock patients., Journal: J Invasive Cardiol, Volume: 19, Year: 2007, PageNo: 217-23
- Author(s): Vijayalakshmi K, Kunadian B, Whittaker VJ, Williams D, Wright RA, Sutton AG, Hall JA, de Belder MA., Title: The impact of chronically diseased coronary arteries and stenting on the corrected TIMI frame count in elective coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention procedures., Journal: Catheter Cardiovasc Interv, Volume: 70, Year: 2007, PageNo: 691-700
- Author(s): Kunadian B, Sutton AGC et al. , Title: Early invasive versus conservative treatment in patients with failed fibrinolysis--no late survival benefit: the final analysis of the Middlesbrough Early Revascularisation to Limit Infarction (MERLIN) randomized trial., Journal: American Heart Journal, Volume: 153, Year: 2007, PageNo: 763-71
- Author(s): Kunadian B, Vijayalakshmi K, Dunning J, Sutton AGC, de Belder MA., Title: Towards an understanding of the role of rescue angioplasty for failed fibrinolysis: comparison of the MERLIN, RESCUE and REACT trials, Journal: J Invasive Cardiol, Volume: 19, Year: 2007, PageNo: 359-68
- Author(s): Sutton AGC et al., Title: Early and late reactions after the use of iopamidol 340, ioxaglate 320, and iodixanol 320 in cardiac catheterization., Journal: Am Heart J, Volume: 141, Year: 2001, PageNo: 677-83
