Mr John Yap, Consultant Cardiac Surgeon

University College Hospital London, The Harley Street Clinic
Published December 1st, 2011 | Last updated March 16th, 2012
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Mr John Yap is Consultant Cardiac Surgeon at The Heart Hospital, University College London Hospitals and is co-founder of London Heart Specialists, Harley Street Clinic. Mr Yap is currently the lead surgeon for the major aortic program at the Heart Hospital.

His interests include the surgical and endovascular treatment of valvular heart disease, Marfan syndrome and diseases of the thoracic aortaThe body's main artery, which arises out of the heart and supplies blood to all other parts of the body. (such as aortic dissection and aneurysms).

Mr Yap graduated from Glasgow University and underwent training in general surgery obtaining Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow in 1992. This was followed specialist training in cardiothoracic surgery in London and a research fellowship carrying out pioneering research in gene therapy at Mayo Clinic, USA resulting in the award of Doctorate of Medicine.

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  • Aortic Stenosis and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation

    By Dr Michael Mullen, Consultant CardiologistContact
    University College Hospital London, The Harley Street Clinic
    and Mr John Yap, Consultant Cardiac Surgeon    Contact
    University College Hospital London, The Harley Street Clinic

    The healthy heart has a number of valves which prevent the bloodA fluid that transports oxygen and other substances through the body, made up of blood cells suspended in a liquid. from flowing backwards. Normally these delicate structures are made of thin flexible and durable tissueA group of cells with a similar structure and a specialised function. that works efficiently over the 2000 million heart beats that occur during the course of our lives. When you consider this statistic it is not surprising that on occasions the heart valves can begin to fail. This can occur in one of two ways. Firstly, and most commonly, the valve tissue can become narrowed or stenosed. Alternatively the valves can begin to leak. This is known as regurgitation or incompetence.

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