Dr Griffiths offers a comprehensive cardiology service with particular interest in cardiovascular disease prevention, complex coronary intervention, management of heart valve disease, heart failure and 3D transoesophageal echocardiography.
Brad Griffiths obtained his undergraduate medical degree from Stellenbosch University in 2005, graduating as the top student in internal medicine. After completing internship in KZN and community service in the rural Eastern Cape, he spent 2 years working in emergency medicine, intensive care and anaesthesia in Sydney, Australia.
He went on to specialise in internal medicine at Groote Schuur Hospital, obtaining his MMed degree from UCT, followed by subspecialist cardiology training at Tygerberg Hospital, where he obtained his MPhil degree, and stayed on as a consultant in the Division of Cardiology after completing his training in 2017.
He obtained an MPhil from Stellenbosch University for research into how pre-eclampsia affects the heart.
RESOURCES
ELECTROCARDIOGRAM (ECG)
An ECG is the most commonly performed cardiac investigation.An ECG is essential in the diagnosis of heart rhythm abnormalities and unstable cardiac conditions like acute myocardial infarction (heart attack).
STRESS ECG
A stress ECG is most useful in the assessment of chest pain syndromes.A stress ECG uses similar technology to a resting ECG, however the heart’s electrical activity is measured during gradually increasing exercise intensity.
ECHOCARDIOGRAM
Echocardiography is essential in the assessment of chest pain syndromes.An echocardiogram is a detailed ultrasound assessment of the heart using multiple imaging positions and modalities.