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Dr Daniel Velasco-Sanchez
Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist
Biography
Areas of Expertise
General Paediatrics
Paediatric Cardiology
Paediatric and Adult Catheter Interventions in Congenital Cardiology
- Medical training at University of La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain 1994-2000.
- Training in General Paediatrics at Sant Joan de Deu University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain 2003-2007.
- Paediatric Cardiology training at Sant Joan de Deu University Hospital and Saint Justine Hospital, 2007-2009
- Interventional Cardiology training at Saint Justine Hospital, Montreal, Canada (2010-2013)
- Consultant in General Paediatrics, Melilla, Spain 2013
-Interventional Cardiology training at Leeds General Infirmary (2013-2015)
- Consultant in Paediatric Cardiology and Congenital Cardiology Catheter Procedures:
Glenfield Hospital, Leicester (2015-2019)
-Consultant in Paediatric Cardiology and Congenital Cardiology Catheter Procedures, Leeds General Infirmary since September 2019
See Publications
Publications:
1. CLOSURE OF PERIMEMBRANOUS VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT WITH THE AMPLATZERÒ MEMBRANOUS VSD OCCLUDER 2: INITIAL WORLD EXPERIENCE AND ONE-YEAR FOLLOW-UP.
Tzikas A, Ibrahim R, Velasco-Sanchez D, Freixa X, Bass JL, Ramirez J, Aguirre D, Miro J. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2014 Mar 1;83(4):571-80.
2. TRANSCATHETER CLOSURE OF PERIMEMBRANOUS VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEDECTS: INITIAL HUMAN EXPERIENCE WITH THE AMPLATZER MEMEMBRANOUS VSD OCCLUDER 2.
Velasco-Sanchez D, Tzikas A, Ibrahim R, Miró J. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2013 Sep 1;82(3):474-9.
3. THE RIGHT VENTRICLE MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION SCINTIGRAHY: FEASIBILITY AND EXPECTED NORMAL VALUES IN CHILDREN. Velasco-Sanchez D, Lambert R, Turpin S, Laforge
S, Fournier A, Lapierre C, Dahdah N. Pediatr Cardiol 2012; 33(2):295-301.
4. BALLON ANGIOPLASTY IN A 1200- GRAM PREMATURE INFANT WITH CRITICAL AORTIC COARCTATION. Prada F, Carretero J, Mortera C, Velasco D. Rev Esp Cardiol 2010;63(6):741-3.
5. COMBINED THERAPY WITH IDEBENONE AND DEFERIPRONE IN PATIENTS WITH FRIEDREICH ATAXIA. Velasco-Sánchez D, Aracil A, Montero R, Mas A, Jiménez L, O’Callaghan M, Tondo M, Capdevila A, Blanch J, Artuch R, Pineda M. Cerebellum 2011;10(1):1-8.
6. IDEBENONE TREATMENT IN PAEDIATRIC AND ADULT PATIENTS WITH FRIEDREICH ATAXIA: LONG TERM FOLLOW-UP. Pineda M, Arpa J, Montero R, Aracil A, Domínguez F, Galván M, Mas A, Martorell L, Sierra C, Brandi N, García-Arumí E