Dr. Christopher Duke Consultant Pediatric Cardiology

Years of Experience : 20

Nationality : British

Languages Known : English, Urdu

Biography

Dr. Duke has extensive experience treating children and adults with congenital heart disease. He has been a Consultant Pediatric Cardiologist for more than 20 years. Before joining Burjeel Medical City, he was a consultant at a reputed government hospital, Abu Dhabi. Dr Duke’s areas of expertise include pediatric electrophysiology, pediatric cardiac catheterization and intervention, interventional procedures in adults with congenital heart disease and adult structural heart disease intervention. He has extensive experience treating children with dizziness, loss of consciousness, palpitations or family history of sudden death. His practice includes radiofrequency ablation of tachycardia and pacemaker implantation and monitoring in children. He has pioneered various interventional procedures in the UAE, including ductal stenting, complex pulmonary artery stenting, transcatheter valve implantation and hybrid surgical procedures.

Research & Publications

Christopher Duke, Chris J. Harvey, Vikram Kudumula, Elved B. Roberts and Suhair O. Shebani: Cardiac Catheterisation and Intervention on ECMO. Intech Open Access Books, 2016
Duke C, Qureshi SA. Aortic Coarctation and Recoarctation – to stent or not to stent? Journal of Interventional Cardiology 14(3):283-298, June 2001
Duke C, Rosenthal E. Sudden death caused by cardiac sarcoidosis in childhood. Journal of Cardiovasc Electrophysiology 3(9):939-42, Sep 2002
Duke C, Rosenthal E, Qureshi SA. The efficacy and safety of stent redilation in congenital heart disease. Heart 89(8):905-12, Aug 2003
Duke C, Stuart G, Simpson JM. Ventricular tachycardia secondary to prolongation of the QT interval in a fetus with autoimmune mediated congenital complete heart block. Cardiology in the Young 15(3):319-21, June 2005
Mullen MJ, Hildick-Smith D, De Giovanni JV, Duke C, Hillis WS, Morrison WL, Jux C, BioSTAR Evaluation STudy (BEST): a prospective, multicenter, phase I clinical trial to evaluate the feasibility, efficacy and safety of the BioSTAR bioabsorbable septal repair implant for the closure of atrial-level shunts. Circulation 114(18):1962-7, Oct 2006
Shebani SO, Ng GA, Stafford P, Duke C. Radiofrequency ablation on veno-arterial extracorporeal life support in treatment of very sick infants with incessant tachymyopathy. Europace 17(4):622-7, Apr 2015

Education & Training

Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (London), 2007
CCST (Certificate of completion of specialist training) Specialist Registration (Pediatric Cardiology), 2002
British Society of Echocardiography Accreditation (Pediatrics), 2000
Member of the Royal College of Physicians (Pediatrics), 1996
Bachelor in Medicine & Bachelor in Surgery (MB ChB) Clare College, Cambridge University and Liverpool University Medical School, 1990