- Bupa Platinum consultant
- Fee assured
- Verified account
- Open Referral network
Specialises in
- General cardiology
Offers
- Face-to-face consultations
- Video and telephone consultations
About me
My name is Dr Chris Critoph, and I am a Consultant Cardiologist based in Bournemouth, Dorset. I trained in cardiology at major teaching hospitals in London and Australia, before moving to Dorset in 2015 with my wife and 2 young children.
I am an expert in diagnosing and treating problems affecting the heart, and am one of the very few UK specialists trained in assessing patients with a family history of heart disease, and sports cardiology. I am clinical lead for heart failure at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital. I run rapid access clinics for patients with heart symptoms, such as chest pain, shortness of breath and palpitations. I can often see patients the same day. I also run a specialist heart assessment clinic for patients with a family history of heart disease, even if they have no symptoms themselves. This is particularly important because many patients have heart attacks out of the blue, with the only risk being a family history.
As well as treating patients, I am responsible for training Cardiologists of the future.
Outside of the hospital, I love spending time with my family, and enjoy playing golf, tennis, football, cycling and cooking.
Areas of interest
Chest pain; Palpitations; Breathlessness; family history; Sports Cardiology; blood pressure; high blood pressure; Angina; heart attack; heart failure; Cardiomyopathy; Inherited cardiac conditions; General cardiology; Valve disease; Heart disease; Ischaemic heart disease; Coronary artery disease; Syncope; Hypertension; Atrial fibrillation; arrhythmia; cardio-pulmonary exercise testing; hypercholesterolaemia; high cholesterol; pacemakers; ICD; defibrillators, cardiac resynchronisation therapy; implantable loop recorder
Medical secretaries
- Sarah Laing
- 01202 084550
- info@coastalcardiology.co.uk
- To pay your remaining balance, please call
- 01702 382362
Anaesthetists worked with
- Dr Douglas Tunney
Not Fee Assured
Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)
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X5020
External cardioversion - (1-5)
Dorset Heart Clinic (1-5)
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20365
Follow-up out-patient consultation - remote - (1-5)
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20142
Insertion of implantable ECG loop recorder (including reporting) - (1-5)