Cardiff University
Penarth, United Kingdom
Prof Andrew SP Sharp qualified from Edinburgh Medical School in 1998. He was appointed as a Consultant Cardiologist in 2011 and is currently Honorary Professor of Cardiology at Cardiff University, based at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff.
He conducted his early training at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, before moving to London for his senior clinical training, completing the Milan-Imperial Interventional Cardiology Fellowship programme.
Dr Sharp was awarded an MD postgraduate research degree from the University of Edinburgh for his work on the hypertensive heart and his current research interests include device-based treatments for hypertension, catheter-directed treatments for pulmonary embolism, intracoronary imaging and coronary physiology.
He is a member of the executive committee of the HI PEITHO randomised controlled trial of catheter-directed lysis vs anticoagulation in patients with intermediate-high risk pulmonary embolism and a steering committee member for the STRIKE PE trial of catheter thrombectomy for PE. He can be found occasionally on Twitter @drandrewsharp.
SOA 24.2 - PE catheter interventions - What could go wrong?
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
08:55 – 09:15 ICT