Dr Christopher Baker

Medical training Dr Chris Baker qualified from Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School in 1990 and completed his PhD in Myocardial Hibernation and Stunning at the Hammersmith Hospital. He was trained in cardiology at the London Chest and St Bartholomew's Hospitals and is on the specialist register for both Cardiology and General Internal Medicine. Current appointments Dr Chris Baker is an Interventional Cardiologist and a Consultant at the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. He performs hundreds of coronary procedures each year. He has a special interest in the management of patients with heart disease who are also affected by kidney problems, and runs a specialist clinic at the North West London Renal Unit. NHS practice Consultant Interventional Cardiologist: Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.

I have a special interest in coronary artery disease, complex coronary angioplasty and stenting, patients with cardiorenal disease, management of cryptogenic stroke and the percutaneous treatment of mitral valve disease. Procedures include - Complex coronary intervention including chronic total occlusions (CTOs) Percutaneous mitral balloon commisurotomy Percutaneous mitral valve repair (Mitraclip) Patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure Single and dual chamber pacemaker implantation Loop recorder implantation Endomyocardial biopsy Pericardial drain insertion