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I completed my nurse training at Guys Hospital and subsequently worked in cardiology and cardiac surgery before joining Professor Chambers in The Valve Study Group as a research nurse in 2005.
From this group evolved the Valve Clinic in 2007 including the development of a Nurse Led Valve Clinic which is now a well established service at this Trust.
As well as seeing patients I am responsible for the day-to-day running and management of the Clinic which sees over 1400 patients a year.
I have participated in many academic, non commercial research studies at local and international level, many of them valve based, including publications specific to the Nurse Led Valve Clinic.
Completed projects:
SEAS Study
Mosaic Bioprosthetic Valve Study
Update review of MOSAIC implants at GSTT
Aortic Stenosis Study
SEARCH Study
THRIVE Study
REVEAL Study
Review of all Cryolife & OnX Valve implants at GSTT
Review of all SOLO/Freedom valve implants at GSTT.
Review of Trifecta Valve implants at GSTT
Infective Endocarditis & antibiotic therapy duration at GSTT
ExTAS AS Study at GSTT
Relevant published articles:
Chambers J, Lloyd G, Rimington H, Parkin D, Hayes A, Baldrock-Apps, Topham A. 1.Multidisciplinary valve clinics with devolved surveillance:a 2 year audit. Br J Cardiol 2011;18:231-2
2.The case for a Specialist Multidisciplinary Valve Clinic J Heart Valve Dis 2012;21:1-4
Parkin D, Chambers J. :Routine follow-up for patients with prosthetic valves: the value of a nurse-led clinic. Br J Cardiol 2012;19:76-8
Parkin D, Chambers J. :What is the Value of a Nurse-Led Valve Clinic for Patients with Replacement Heart Valves? Br J Cardn 2015;10:145-9
