Rakhit, Dr Dhrubo

MB BS BSc MRCP PhD

Speciality

Cardiology

Sub-speciality

Non-invasive Cardiology and Echocardiography, including stress echo, TOE and 3D echo.

Training and Education

Graduated from Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School in 1993 and trained as a Cardiologist in London. He is a specialist in all types of echocardiography, including 3D echo, tissue Doppler, stress and contrast echo, transoesophageal echocardiography (TOE) and optimisation echo for patients with pacing devices.

Experience

Dr Rakhit has worked for Southampton University Hospitals Trust since April 2007.

In 2003 he undertook a training fellowship in advanced echocardiography under the supervision of Professor Tom Marwick at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. He has presented his work at a number of prestigious national and international meetings and completed his PhD titled 'The Use of Echocardiography to Screen High-Risk Patients for Subclinical Cardiac Disease in 2006. 

Key achievements

Developed the 3D TOE and stress echo services within the trust.
Established the digital archiving system for echo.

Research

1. Left ventricular volume measurement with echocardiography: a comparison of left ventricular opacification, three-dimensional echocardiography, or both with magnetic resonance imaging.  Jenkins C, Moir S, Chan J, Rakhit D, Haluska B, Marwick TH. Eur Heart J. 2009 Jan;30(1):98-106. Epub 2008 Nov 8.

2 . The clinical applications of myocardial contrast echocardiography. Rakhit DJ, Becher H, Monaghan M, Nihoyannopoulos P, Senior R. Eur J Echocardiogr. 2007 Jun;8(3):S24-9. Epub 2007 Apr 25. Review.

3. Prognostic role of subclinical left ventricular abnormalities and impact of transplantation in chronic kidney disease. Rakhit DJ, Zhang XH, Leano R, Armstrong KA, Isbel NM, Marwick TH. Am Heart J. 2007 Apr;153(4):656-64.

4. Risk stratification of patients with chronic kidney disease: results of screening strategies incorporating clinical risk scoring and dobutamine stress echocardiography. Rakhit DJ, Armstrong KA, Beller E, Isbel NM, Marwick TH. Am Heart J. 2006 Aug;152(2):363-70.

5. Effect of aggressive risk factor modification on cardiac events and myocardial ischaemia in patients with chronic kidney disease. Rakhit DJ, Marwick TH, Armstrong KA, Johnson DW, Leano R, Isbel NM. Heart. 2006 Oct;92(10):1402-8. Epub 2006 Apr 10.