Dr Luke Starling
Overview
Luke Starling is a Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist, specialising in Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases and arrhythmia. He leads the Inherited Arrhythmia Service at Great Ormond Street Hospital and has a particular interest in ion channel disease (including long QT syndrome, Brugada syndrome, and CPVT) and sudden cardiac death, on which he lectures both nationally and internationally. He has established a novel neurocardiac channelopathies Service and a left cardiac sympathetic denervation (LCSD) programme, whilst combining his role in inherited cardiovascular diseases with general paediatric and congenital cardiology. Dr Starling studied medicine at University College London and undertook training in Paediatric Cardiology at GOSH and The Royal Brompton Hospital. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (FRCPCH).
Credentials
Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases/Inherited Cardiac Conditions
Ion channel disease
Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy
Sudden death
Syncope
Paediatric arrhythmias
Congenital heart disease
Inherited arrhythmias - particularly the ion channel diseases: long QT syndrome, CPVT, Brugada syndrome, and short QT syndrome
Sudden death and family screening
Paediatric arrhythmia
Fellow of Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (FRCPCH)
Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in Paediatric Cardiology
MB BS
BSc (Hons)
Cardiac ion channel diseases: long QT syndrome, CPVT, Brugada syndrome, calcium release deficiency syndrome (CRDS)
Sudden cardiac death
Neurocardiac channelopathies and sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP)
News & Publications
• Tollit J, Field E, Oates S, Norrish G, Cervi E, Starling L, Kaski JP, Cardiac warning symptoms in paediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survivors: a retrospective cohort study; Awaiting publication in Open Heart
• Lawley CM, Khodaghalian B, French N, Oates S, Kaski JP, Starling L, Evaluation of infants born to a parent with gene-positive long QT syndrome: a retrospective single-centre reviewArchives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition 2026;111:F87-F91.
• Lieve KV, van der Werf C, Kallas D, Denjoy I, Bos JM, Aiba T, Behr ER, van den Berg MP, Bergeman AT, Blom NA, Borggrefe M, Brugada R, Carrillo Mora LM, Chorin E, Crotti L, Davis A, Drago F, Dusi V, Extramiana F, Franciosi S, Giudicessi JR, González Llopis FÁ, Haugaa KH, van den Heuvel F, Horie M, Ingles J, Kammeraad J, Kannankeril PJ, Khan HR, Krahn AD, MacIntyre C, Maltret A, Marjamaa A, Ohno S, Peltenburg PJ, Perez GJ, Probst V, Roberts JD, Robyns T, Rootwelt-Norberg C, Roses I Noguer F, Roston TM, Rydberg A, Sacher F, Sarquella-Brugada G, Schwartz PJ, Semsarian C, Shimizu W, Starling L, Sumitomo N, Skinner JR, Tavacova T, Tfelt-Hansen J, Till JA, Yap SC, Wada Y, Wangüemert F, Zorio E, Ackerman MJ, Leenhardt A, Sanatani S, Tanck MW, Wilde AA. Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia mediated by ryanodine receptor 2: a validated risk stratification. Eur Heart J. 2026 Sep 2;47(33):4606-4617. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf965. PMID: 41416846; PMCID: PMC13533563.
• Lawley CM, Luczak-Wozniak K, Chung SC, Field E, Barnes A, Starling L, Cervi E, Kaski JP. Utility and acceptability of remote 6-lead electrocardiographic monitoring in children with inherited cardiac conditions. Arch Dis Child. 2024 Aug 16;109(9):742-747. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2023-326756. PMID: 38849195; PMCID: PMC11347208.
• Poffley E, Mortensen K, Starling L, Mangat J, Marek J. Caval vein obstruction resulting in right to left shunt and desaturation post-endocardial pacing implantation in a 3-year old: a case report. Eur Heart J Case Rep. 2024 Dec 24;9(1):ytae693. doi: 10.1093/ehjcr/ytae693. PMID: 39872669; PMCID: PMC11770387.
• Brunet Garcia L, Hajra A, Field E, Wacher J, Walsh H, Norrish G, Manzur A, Muntoni F, Munot P, Robb S, Quinlivan R, Scoto M, Baranello G, Sarkozy A, Starling L, Kaski JP, Cervi E. Cardiac Manifestations of Myotonic Dystrophy in a Pediatric Cohort. Front Pediatr. 2022 Jun 9;10:910660. doi: 10.3389/fped.2022.910660. PMID: 35757141; PMCID: PMC9218560.
• Lopez-Blazquez M, Field E, Tollit J, Walsh H, Addis A, French N, Starling L, Kaski JP. Clinical significance of inferolateral early repolarisation and late potentials in children with Brugada Syndrome. J Electrocardiol. 2021 May-Jun;66:79-83. doi: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2021.03.011. Epub 2021 Mar 31. PMID: 33831794.
• Lawley CM, Tester M, Sanatani S, Prendiville T, Beach CM, Vinocur JM, Horie M, Uhm JS, Khongphatthanayothin A, Ayers MD, Starling L, Yoshida Y, Shah MJ, Skinner JR, Turner C. Life-threatening cardiac arrhythmia and sudden death during electronic gaming: An international case series and systematic review. Heart Rhythm. 2022 Nov;19(11):1826-1833.
• Silksmith B, Munot P, Starling L, Pujar S, Matthews E, Accelerating the genetic diagnosis of neurological disorders presenting with episodic apnoea in infancy, Lancet Child Adolesc Health, 2022; Jul;6(7):495-508.
• Brunet-Garcia L, Odori A, Fell H, Field E, Roberts A, Starling L, Kaski JP, Cervi E, Non-compaction cardiomyopathy, sick sinus disease, and aortic dilatation: too much for a single diagnosis?, JACC Case Rep, 2022; 4(5):287-293.
• Brunet-Garcia L, Johnson J, Field E, Norrish G, Tollit J, Shoshan J, French N, Addis A, Cervi E, Starling L, Kaski JP, Prevalence of inherited cardiac conditions in pediatric first-degree relatives of patients with idiopathic ventricular fibrillation, Pediatr Cardiol, 2022; 43(5):1114-1121.
• Elston S, Kaski JP, Starling LD, Long QT syndrome with a functional 2:1 block and multilevel conduction disease; Progress in Pediatric Cardiology, 2018; 50: 46-49.
• Starling LD & Till J, A T-Wave Tight Spot (Chapter 18 of: Magee AG, Till JA, Seale AN (Eds.), Practical Pediatric Cardiology: Case-based management of potential pitfalls), Nov 2015; Springer, ISBN 978-1-4471-4183-9.
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