Understanding Hypertension and the Role of Blood Pressure Clinics
- By One Heart Clinic
- March 12, 2025
Dr Carla Plymen is a highly experienced Consultant Cardiologist and Heart Failure Specialist, currently practising at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, based at Hammersmith and St Mary’s Hospitals. She has led the Heart Failure team there since 2016. Dr Plymen is also the North London lead for Heart Failure within the North London Cardiac Operational Delivery Network and works closely with colleagues across London to improve access to specialists and treatment, and equity of care across the region.
Dr Plymen leads a geographically extensive, integrated heart failure service in North West London, covering both acute and community services. She has expertise in diagnosing and managing a wide range of cardiac and heart failure conditions, including conditions relating to inflammation, amyloidosis, pregnancy, sarcoidosis, inherited, cancer therapy and many others.
She is an enthusiastic educator and patient advocate and has been invited to speak on heart failure nationally and internationally. She has led on the development of digital tech to facilitate remote patient monitoring in heart failure. Dr Plymen is also a fluent Spanish speaker and can see patients in both English and Spanish.
Dr Plymen is actively engaged in research, contributing to advancements in heart failure and cardiology. Her publications include:
