Dr Justin Gould

Dr Justin Gould is a Consultant Cardiologist treating all areas of general Cardiology, including chest pain, breathlessness, high blood pressure and high cholesterol. He has a special interest in palpitations, dizzy spells, blackouts and managing patients with heart rhythm problems as well as Cardiac imaging. Dr Gould works at Medway NHS Foundation Trust in Kent and is an Honorary Consultant Cardiologist at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust in London.

Dr Gould qualified from Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ Medical School at King’s College London with a distinction in special study programmes and completed his Cardiology training in London and the South East. He subsequently undertook specialist training in Cardiac rhythm management, Cardiac device therapy (pacemakers and ICDs), CT coronary angiography and Cardiac MRI at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals.

Research and publications

Dr Gould has a strong academic background with a BSc in Pharmacology and a PhD in Cardiac device therapy and Cardiac imaging from Guy’s and St Thomas’ and King’s College London. He has presented his extensive research at both national and international conferences and was a finalist in the European Heart Rhythm Congress Investigator Awards and the Royal Society of Medicine President’s Prize Awards. Dr Gould has first and co-authored over 80 publications in leading peer reviewed international journals and continues to be actively involved in research.

Teaching

Dr Gould is actively involved with Cardiology teaching at all levels. He is an examiner and interviewer for King’s College London Medical School and interviews for the Cardiology specialist training programme in London and the South East.

General Cardiology including:

• Palpitations, dizzy spells, blackouts, fainting, syncope
• Chest pain, angina, coronary artery disease
• Shortness of breath and leg swelling
• Heart failure and cardiomyopathy
• Inflammation of the heart (Pericarditis and myocarditis)
• Heart valve problems including leaky and narrowed heart valves
• High and low blood pressure
• High cholesterol
• Pre-operative and post-operative Cardiology assessment and optimisation

Heart rhythm disorders including:

• Atrial fibrillation, SVT, VT, tachycardia and bradycardia
• ECGs and ECG heart monitors
• Implantable loop recorders (ILRs)
• Cardioversions
• Pacemakers
• Complex device implants including implantable defibrillators (ICDs) and Cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) pacemakers and defibrillators.

Cardiac imaging including:

• Cardiac CT and CT Calcium scoring and cardiovascular risk prediction
• CT Coronary Angiography
• Cardiac MRI

• British Heart Rhythm Society
• European Heart Rhythm Association
• Heart Rhythm Society, USA
• Royal College of Physicians
• Society of Cardiovascular CT
• Society for Cardiac Magnetic Resonance

PubMed list of publications:

• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/justin.gould.1/bibliography/public/

Key publications:

• Gould J, Claridge S, Jackson T et al. Standard care vs. TRIVEntricular pacing in Heart Failure (STRIVE HF): a prospective multicentre randomized controlled trial of triventricular pacing vs. conventional biventricular pacing in patients with heart failure and intermediate QRS left bundle branch block. Europace 2022; 24(5):796-806
• Gould J, Sidhu BS, Sieniewicz BJ, et al. Feasibility of intraprocedural integration of cardiac CT to guide left ventricular lead implantation for CRT upgrades. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol: 2021;1-11. DOI:10.1111/jce.14896. Published online ahead of print, 17 January 2021.
• Gould J, Porter B, Sidhu BSS et al. High Mean Entropy Calculated from Cardiac MRI Texture Analysis is Associated with Anti-Tachycardia Pacing Failure. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 2020; 43:737-745.
• Gould J, Baldeep S. Sidhu, Bradley Porter et al. Financial and Resource Costs of Transvenous Lead Extraction in a High-Volume Lead Extraction Centre. Heart 2020; 106:931-937.
• Gould J, Baldeep S. Sidhu, Bradley Porter et al. Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology: Pacing Clin Electrophysiol: 10 (2019): 1355–64.
• Gould J, Porter B, Claridge S et al. Mean entropy predicts implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy using cardiac magnetic resonance texture analysis of scar heterogeneity. Heart Rhythm 2019; 16:1242- 1250.
• Gould J, Klis M, Porter B et al. Predictors of mortality and outcomes in transvenous lead extraction for systemic and local infection cohorts. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 2019;42:73–84.
• Gould J, Klis M, Porter B et al. Transvenous lead extraction in patients with cardiac resynchronization therapy devices is not associated with increased 30-day mortality. Europace 2018;
• Gould J, Sieniewicz B, Porter B et al.. Chronic Right Ventricular Pacing in the Heart Failure Population. Curr Heart Fail Rep 2018;15:61–9.

Additional links:

• https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/justin-gould(4cea2dbf-3765-4cea-9d77-055bb00ed307).html
• https://www.kcl.ac.uk/archive/news/bmeis/2018/award-winning-software-platform-aims-to-improve-success-rates-for-image-guided-cardiac-resynchronization-therapy
• https://cardiacrhythmnews.com/crt-patients-undergoing-lead-extraction-are-at-no-higher-risk-than-non-crt-patients/