Dr Cairistine Grahame-Clarke

I have been a consultant cardiologist since 2005 when I joined the Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital. I specialise in heart failure, valvular heart disease, pacemakers, arrhythmias, palliative cardiac care, cardiac imaging and loop recorder insertions and removals. I have a special clinical interest in echocardiography, heart failure and stroke. Also work-related licensing requirements such as carrying out medical assessments, reporting on echocardiograms, Dobutamine Stress echocardiograms, ECGs and exercise treadmill tests. I trained at Oxford University before completing my cardiology training in London at the University College Hospital, where I gained a PhD in "Infective organisms and atherosclerosis". I spent two years at Columbia Medical Center in New York USA, as an Advanced Echocardiography Research Fellow working on the Northern Manhattan Stoke Study.

I specialise in heart failure and valve disease having a background in echocardiography and cardiac devices. As a sub-specialist interest I work in conjunction with the stroke team in diagnosing and managing those with PFOs.