Heart specialist covering all aspects of heart disease / cardiology including general cardiology, coronary angiography and coronary intervention.
Dr Sarah C Clarke MA, MD, FRCP is a Consultant Cardiologist and the Clinical Director of Cardiac Services at Papworth Hospital, Cambridge. She has a specialist interest in interventional cardiology with a private practice that covers general and interventional cardiology.
Dr Clarke studied medicine at Girton College, University of Cambridge where she obtained a BA in 1987 and MB BChir in 1989. Following junior hospital posts in the region her specialist training was undertaken at Addenbrooke’s and Papworth Hospitals. She was awarded a fellowship in interventional cardiology at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, University of Harvard, Boston, USA in 2001. Dr Clarke gained extensive experience in all aspects of interventional cardiology and vascular intervention and was awarded her research doctorate in medicine (MD) in 2004, by the University of Cambridge, UK.
Dr Clarke took up a consultant post in cardiology at Papworth Hospital in 2002 and was appointed Clinical Director of Cardiac Services, Papworth Hospital in 2006. She holds clinical sessions at Hinchingbrooke and is an honorary consultant at Addenbrooke’s Hospital. She has also recently developed and introduced the rapid access diagnostic service, Papworth Direct, at Papworth hospital.
Dr Clarke was elected a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (London) in 2006. She is an active member of the British Cardiovascular Society and Chair of the Communication and Education Committee. She is also a member of the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society and attends both national and international meetings in Europe and the USA. She remains closely affiliated to Girton College, Cambridge and has an ongoing commitment to supervise medical students there in the early years of their medical careers.
Expertise
Dr Clarke has a subspecialty interest in interventional cardiology-coronary intervention and she is one of the most experienced operators in this area in the UK having performed over 750 cases per year, with a success rate higher than 98%.
Dr Clarke is experienced in the use of interventional devices to treat complex coronary lesions or narrowings including rotablation for heavily calcified lesions, intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) for evaluation of coronary narrowings, pressure wire for assessment of the significance of a coronary narrowing, and devices designed to cross chronically occluded or blocked arteries. She is also experienced in the technique of percutaneous myocardial laser revascularization (PMLR) for patients with angina not amenable to intervention with stents or surgery (coronary artery bypass surgery - CABG). She is a proctor (trainer) for PMLR and was recently appointed national proctor for rotablation for the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society.
As well as being an experienced interventional cardiologist, Dr Clarke also has extensive general cardiology experience. She has developed and introduced Papworth Direct which is a rapid access diagnostic service in the NHS sector and she has tailored diagnostic pathways to ensure appropriate tests are performed for early diagnosis and onward passage to treatment.
Dr Clarke is a member of several advisory boards for the cardiovascular industry and is also the Book Editor for Cardiology News, a cardiology journal.
All this work extends into Dr Clarke’s private practice where she consults for all aspects of general cardiology (including chest pain, murmurs and valvular disease, palpitation, dizziness and blackout, shortness of breath, heart failure and hypertension). Dr Clarke undertakes coronary angiography and interventional cardiology as described above.
Research interests
Dr Clarke’s research thesis (2004) assessed the effects of hormones on biochemical risk factors (such as cholesterol and other markers of coronary artery disease in the blood) and endothelial function (artery wall behaviour) in men and women with coronary artery disease.
Currently her main areas of research are in the interventional field, particularly relating to novel stents, intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) and pressure-wire assessment of various coronary narrowings.
Dr Clarke is involved in a research project comparing CT angiography with conventional angiography and is also involved in developing a project to ascertain the appropriate tests to guide the timing of surgery/intervention in heart valve disease.
Dr Clarke is a member of the Research and Development Directorate at Papworth Hospital and is active in the field of cardiovascular research.
Treatments offered
- Consultation and investigation of general cardiology problems:
- Murmurs and valvular disease
- Hypertension (high blood pressure)
- Coronary angiography
- Coronary intervention with angioplasty and stenting
- Rotablation for heavily calcified lesions
- Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) for evaluation of coronary plaques
- Pressure wire for assessment of the significance of a coronary paque
- Use of devices designed to cross chronically occluded or blocked artries
- Percutaneous myocardial laser revascularization (PMLR)
- DVLA assessment
Professional memberships and affiliations
Contact details
All enquiries to Dr Clarke's PA, Mrs Judith Shone
Papworth Hospital
Papworth Everard
Cambridge
CB23 3RE
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