Dr Graham Cole, Consultant Cardiologist
Dr Graham Cole
Consultant Cardiologist
About Dr Graham Cole
GMC number: 6116662
Year qualified: 2004
Place of primary qualification: University of Cambridge
Dr. Graham Cole, a Consultant Cardiologist, is stationed at the renowned Hammersmith Hospital, part of the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. His private practice spans various convenient London locations, including One Heart Clinic at 68 Harley Street, Imperial College Healthcare, Highgate Hospital, and Chenies Mews Imaging Centre.
Demonstrating extensive expertise, Dr. Cole evaluates patients presenting with symptoms such as shortness of breath, chest pain, palpitations, dizziness, collapses, and ankle swelling. He is well-versed in assessing cardiovascular risk and determining surgical interventions to minimize associated risks.
As a sub-specialist in cardiac imaging, Dr. Cole is highly trained and accredited in utilizing modern techniques such as echocardiography, cardiac MRI, and cardiac CT for non-invasive and painless patient investigations. His additional focus lies in heart failure.
Graham's academic journey commenced at Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge University, where he obtained a First Class Honours degree in Natural Sciences in 2005. Remarkably, he achieved Distinctions in all areas of his final medical examinations at Cambridge University. Following his junior doctor role in the Hammersmith medical rotation, he pursued a decade of specialized cardiology training in the prestigious North-West Thames rotation. This included a four-year fellowship in cardiac MRI at the Heart Hospital Imaging Centre under Prof James Moon, the London CT fellowship, and a PhD in echocardiography.
With a commitment to impactful research, Dr. Cole has contributed significantly to the field. His achievements include developing strategies to assist patients in making personalized decisions about treatment options and advancing imaging techniques for precise diagnoses and monitoring changes in a patient's condition. He recently co-led a substantial study utilizing advanced MRI scanning to identify cardiac damage types resulting from COVID-19 infection. Dr. Cole regularly evaluates patients with chest pain, shortness of breath, or palpitations following COVID-19.
Patients can trust Dr. Cole's meticulous approach to ensuring the best treatment based on robust evidence. Notably, he has successfully advocated for changes in potentially harmful clinical guidelines based on unreliable research, highlighting his commitment to patient safety. Dr. Cole is known for his caring yet clear approach, providing tailored explanations and advice to individual patients.
Areas of expertise
- Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring
- Angina
- Arrhythmia
- Atherosclerosis
- Atrial fibrillation ablation
- Cardiac (catheter) ablation
- Cardiac MRI
- Cardiac rehabilitation
- Cardiac screening
- Cardiomyopathy
- Cardiovascular disease
- Chest pain
- Cholesterol
- Coronary angiography
- Coronary angioplasty
- Coronary heart disease
- Cryoablation
- CT coronary angiogram
- Defibrillator
- Dilated cardiomyopathy
- Dizziness
- ECG(electrocardiogram)
- Echocardiogram
- Electrocardiogram
- Family history of heart disease
- Fatty liver
- Heart attack
- Heart bypass surgery
- Heart failure
- Heart murmur
- Heart scan
- Heart valve surgery
- Hypercholesterolemia
- Implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD)
- Interventional cardiology
- Mitral regurgitation
- Mitral valve repair
- MRI
- Palpitations
- Preventive cardiology
- Shortness of breath
- Stress test
- Stroke
- Syncope
- Tilt table
- Valvular heart disease
- Valvuloplasty
- Venous insufficiency