Dr Girish Babu

Consultant Cardiologist and Cardiac Electrophysiologist

Specialties

Cardiology

MBBS - 2002 (India)

MRCP UK - 2005 - Royal College of Physicians (Edinburgh)

Cardiology specialty training at London's prestigious cardiac centres (London Heart Hospital and St. Bartholomew's hospital).

Obtained MD (Res) from prestigious University College London (UCL) - IN 2010 in Cardiology.

Advanced VT ablation fellowship (sabbatical) at San Raffaele hospital Milan, Italy.

What people can be referred for

Evaluation of Cardiac conditions

Cardiac arrhythmia - (Atrial Fibrillation, Atrial flutter, Ventricular arrhythmia)

Syncopy evaluation

Inherited cardiac channelopathies

Pacemakers, Defibrillators, Cardiac resynchronisation therapy

Lead extraction

Why I chose my specialties

Cardiology is a fascinating field with continued advancement in care with better outcomes. It keeps me motivated with challenges every day, new researches to keep me updated, and long cath-lab procedures keep my concentration and dexterity polished always.

Primary contact

Secretary: Petra Davis

0300 019 4327

Membership of professional bodies

GMC

Royal College of Physicians

Year of registration

2003

Special clinical interests

VT ablation, Lead extraction

Publications

1. G G Babu, M webber, R providencia, D Rogers, MD Lowe, A W Chow, F Khan, S Ahsan, P Lambiase, O R Segal. Ventricular arrhythmia burden in patients with congestive heart failure: Importance of renal function. Accepted for publication, Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology, July 2016.
2. Providencia R, Elliott P, Patel K, McCready J, Babu G, Srinivasan N, Bronis K, Papageorgiou N, Chow A, Rowland E, Lowe M, Segal OR, Lambiase PD. Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Heart. 2016 May 27. pii: heartjnl-2016-309406
3. Providência R, Lambiase PD, Srinivasan N, *Ganesha Babu G, Bronis K, Ahsan S, Khan FZ, Chow AW, Rowland E, Lowe M, Segal OR. Is There Still a Role for CFAE Ablation in Addition to Pulmonary Vein Isolation in Patients with Paroxysmal and Persistent Atrial Fibrillation? A Meta-Analysis of 1,415 Patients. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2015 Jun 16
4. Gopalamurugan AB, Ganesha Babu G, Rogers DP, Simpson AL, Ahsan SY, Lambiase PD, Chow AW, Lowe MD, Rowland E, Segal OR. Is CRT pro-arrhythmic? A comparative analysis of the occurrence of ventricular arrhythmias between patients implanted with CRTs and ICDs. Front Physiol. 2014 Sep 17;5:334. PMID 25278901
5. *Babu GG, Hausenloy DJ, Yellon DM. Peri-procedural myocardial injury-a new target for cardioprotection. European Heart Journal, (2011) 32, 23–32,doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehq393 (comprehensive review).
6. *Babu GG, Wood A, O'Callaghan P, Masani ND, Bleasdale RA. The complete array of electrocardiogram abnormalities secondary to myocardial contusion in a single case. Europace (2009) 11 (11): 1557-1559 PMID: 19666642 (Short communication).
7. *Babu GG, Kumar S, Gopalamurugan AB, Lambiase P, Chow A, Segal O. Chronic Renal Disease is an independent predictor of sustained ventricular arrhythmia in Heart Failure patients with primary prevention cardiac resynchronisation therapy devices. Oral presentation, Heart Rhythm Society, 31st annual scientific sessions, Denver Colorado, May 15 2010. Heart Rhythm (2010) : Vol 7, Issue 5 S, (AB 28-2) Page S57. (Abstract).
8. S Ahsan, B Saberwal, A Gopalamurugan, P Lambiase, *G Babu, A Suri, O Segal, M Lowe, L Nunn, E Rowland, A Chow. Multipolar Left Ventricular Pacing to Optimize Acute Haemodynamic Response to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy, Heart Rhythm Society, May 2013, abstract AB08-02.
9. Whittington HJ, *Babu GG, Mocanu MM, Yellon DM, Hausenloy DJ. The diabetic heart: too sweet for its own good? Cardiol Res Pract. 2012;2012:845698. Epub 2012 Feb 22.
10. Swan Kang, *Girish G Babu, AB Gopalamurugan, Mohammed Rashid, Michelle Mendonca, Hua Zen Ling, Adrian Cheng, Raj Amersey, Martin Thomas, Simon Woldman, Darlington O Okonko. Anemia is not a substrate for ventricular dysrrhythmias in heart failure and its partial amelioration by cardiac resynchronization therapy implies that it partly arises from the syndrome itself. - presented at AHA Scientific Sessions 2010, published in Circulation, Nov 2010, 122 (Meeting Abstract Supplement) A21024.
11. Andrew J Ludman, Jonathan M Hasleton, *GG Babu, Andrew M Taylor, Derek M Yellon and Derek J Hausenloy et al. Erythropoietin doubles the incidence of micro-vascular obstruction in primary PCI - a randomized controlled trial in acute MI using CMR primary endpoints. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 2010, 12(Suppl 1):O78.
12. PSC Rees, *GG Babu, G Bognolo, S Kolvekar, M Hayward, J Yap, D Lawrence, DJ Hausenloy, DM Yellon; Atorvastatin protects human myocardium against lethal reperfusion injury through the activation of the RISK pathway ,Oral presentation 20th World Congress of the International Society of Heart Research April 2010, Kyoto, Japan.
13. Gopalamurugan AB, *Babu GG, Lambiase P, Chow A, Lowe M. Outcome of catheter ablation and predictors of recurrence of tachyarrhythmias in patients with secundum atrial septal defects. Poster presentation at, 6th congress of European Cardiac arrhythmia society (ECAS 2010), April 2010, Munich Germany.
14. Gopalamurugan A B, *Babu GG, Lambiase P, Chow A, Lowe M. Catheter ablation of tachyarrhythmias in patients with d-transposition of great arteries: outcome, recurrence rate and Predictors of recurrence. Poster presentation at, 6th congress of European Cardiac arrhythmia society (ECAS 2010), April 2010, Munich Germany.
15. Ludman AJ, Hausenloy DJ, *Babu G, Hasleton J, Venugopal V, Boston-Griffiths E, Yap J, Lawrence D, Hayward M, Kolvekar S, Bognolo G, Rees P, Yellon DM. Failure to recapture cardioprotection with high-dose atorvastatin in coronary artery bypass surgery: a randomised controlled trial. Basic Res Cardiol. 2011 Aug 11. [Epub]PMID:21833652.