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Patient testimonials

First, I can’t thank you enough for all your time, interest and care on Thursday.

Secondly, the one stop ‘plumb and sparks’ shop is seriously impressive, staffed by great, caring and efficient people who are fun. In about an hour to do an echo, treadmill test and take 49 blood samples etc. must be close to a W.R....

Seriously, from the patients point of view you are offering full diagnostics almost in the ‘golden hour’ whereas with most other approaches it takes more like a month! The expeditious approach apart from removing patients uncertainty which often weighs heavily means if necessary you are in to treatment almost immediately....

Patients will definitely feel that they and their quality of lfe is being put first.

Mr Y. (2010) Suffolk.

Latest research 2008

Professor Peters, Dr Mayet and Dr Malik are active researchers and are asked to speak locally, nationally and internationally. Below is a selection of their papers.

Dr Jamil Mayet and Tony Blair

1: Leaf DE, Feig JE, Vasquez C, Riva PL, Yu C, Lader JM, Kontogeorgis A, Baron EL, Peters NS, Fisher EA, Gutstein DE, Morley GE.
Connexin40 imparts conduction heterogeneity to atrial tissue.
Circ Res. 2008 Oct 24;103(9):1001-8. Epub 2008 Jul 3.
PMID: 18599871

2: Roepke TK, Kontogeorgis A, Ovanez C, Xu X, Young JB, Purtell K, Goldstein PA, Christini DJ, Peters NS, Akar FG, Gutstein DE, Lerner DJ, Abbott GW.
Targeted deletion of kcne2 impairs ventricular repolarization via disruption of I(K,slow1) and I(to,f).
FASEB J. 2008 Oct;22(10):3648-60. Epub 2008 Jul 4.
PMID: 18603586

3: Khamis RY, Mayet J.
Echocardiographic assessment of left ventricular hypertrophy in elite athletes.
Heart. 2008 Oct;94(10):1254-5. Epub 2008 Aug 13.
PMID: 18701535

4: Diller GP, Wasan BS, Kyriacou A, Patel N, Casula RP, Athanasiou T, Francis DP, Mayet J.
Effect of coronary artery bypass surgery on myocardial function as assessed by tissue Doppler echocardiography.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2008 Sep 30. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 18829341 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

5: Whinnett ZI, Davies JE, Nott G, Willson K, Manisty CH, Peters NS, Kanagaratnam P, Davies DW, Hughes AD, Mayet J, Francis DP.
Efficiency, reproducibility and agreement of five different hemodynamic measures for optimization of cardiac resynchronization therapy.
Int J Cardiol. 2008 Sep 26;129(2):216-26. Epub 2007 Sep 18.
PMID: 17881070 [PubMed - in process]

6: Fox KF, Porter A, Unsworth B, Collier T, Leech G, Mayet J.
Report on a national echocardiography quality-control exercise.
Eur J Echocardiogr. 2008 Sep 17. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 18801723 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

7: Sharp A, Tapp R, Francis DP, McG Thom SA, Hughes AD, Stanton AV, Zambanini A, Chaturvedi N, Byrd S, Poulter NR, Sever PS, Mayet J.
Ethnicity and left ventricular diastolic function in hypertension an ASCOT (Anglo-Scandinavian Cardiac Outcomes Trial) substudy.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008 Sep 16;52(12):1015-21.
PMID: 18786484 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

8: Hadjiloizou N, Davies JE, Malik IS, Aguado-Sierra J, Willson K, Foale RA, Parker KH, Hughes AD, Francis DP, Mayet J.
Differences in cardiac microcirculatory wave patterns between the proximal left mainstem and proximal right coronary artery.
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2008 Sep;295(3):H1198-H1205. Epub 2008 Jul 18.
PMID: 18641272 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

9: Sharp A, Malik I.
Secundum atrial septal defects: time to close them all?
Heart. 2008 Sep;94(9):1120-2. No abstract available.
PMID: 18703691 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

10: Lim PB, Linton NW, Salukhe TV, Kojodjojo P, Koa-Wing M, Stuber T, Davies DW, Kanagaratnam P, Peters NS, O'Neill MD.
His delay: a case of ice on the path?
J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2008 Sep;19(9):995-6. Epub 2008 Jul 8. No abstract available.
PMID: 18631269 [PubMed - in process]

11: Ferenczi EA, Malik IS, Mayet J, Foale RA, Francis DP.
Abciximab in coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction and stable ischemic heart disease: early investment for growing benefit.
J Invasive Cardiol. 2008 Sep;20(9):437-41.
PMID: 18762671 [PubMed - in process]

12: Kontogeorgis A, Li X, Kang EY, Feig JE, Ponzio M, Kang G, Kaba RA, Wit AL, Fisher E, Morley GE, Peters NS, Coetzee WA, Gutstein DE.
Decreased connexin43 expression in the mouse heart potentiates pacing-induced remodeling of repolarizing currents.
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2008 Aug 29. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 18757477 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher

13: Raphael CE, Whinnett ZI, Davies J, Fontana M, Ferenczi E, Manisty CH, Mayet J, Francis DP.
Quantifying the paradoxical effect of higher systolic blood pressure on mortality in chronic heart failure.
Heart. 2008 Aug 15. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 18653573 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

14: Davies JE, Parker KH, Francis DP, Hughes AD, Mayet J.
What is the role of the aorta in determining coronary blood flow?
Heart. 2008 Jul 21. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 18632832 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

15: Manisty CH, Willson K, Davies JE, Whinnett ZI, Baruah R, Mebrate Y, Kanagaratnam P, Peters NS, Hughes AD, Mayet J, Francis DP.
Induction of oscillatory ventilation pattern using dynamic modulation of heart rate through a pacemaker.
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2008 Jul;295(1):R219-27. Epub 2008 May 7.
PMID: 18463195 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

16: Ciaccio EJ, Chow AW, Kaba RA, Davies DW, Segal OR, Peters NS
Detection of the diastolic pathway, circuit morphology, and inducibility of human postinfarction ventricular tachycardia from mapping in sinus rhythm.
Heart Rhythm. 2008 Jul;5(7):981-91. Epub 2008 Apr 12.
PMID: 18598952 [PubMed - in process]

17: Hughes AD, Davies JE, Francis D, Mayet J, Parker KH.
Peripheral augmentation index and wave reflection in the radial artery.
Hypertension. 2008 Jun;51(6):e45-6; author reply e47. Epub 2008 Apr 28. No abstract available.
PMID: 18443231 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

18: Kanagaratnam P, Koa-Wing M, Peters NS.
Catheter ablation in patients with ICDs.
N Engl J Med. 2008 May 22;358(21):2295. No abstract available.
PMID: 18499579 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

19: Kontogeorgis A, Kaba RA, Kang E, Feig JE, Gupta PP, Ponzio M, Liu F, Rindler MJ, Wit AL, Fisher EA, Peters NS, Gutstein DE.
Short-term pacing in the mouse alters cardiac expression of connexin43.
BMC Physiol. 2008 May 6;8:8.
PMID: 18460209 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

20: Malik I.
Closure devices for femoral punctures.
Heart. 2008 May;94(5):547-8. No abstract available.
PMID: 18411347 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

21: Stuber T, Lim PB, O'Neill MD, Peters NS.
Ultra rapid local activity in adenosine-induced atrial fibrillation.
J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2008 May;19(5):566-7. Epub 2007 Dec 12. No abstract available.
PMID: 18081760 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

22: Kojodjojo P, Wong T, Wright AR, Kon OM, Oldfield W, Kanagaratnam P, Davies DW, Peters NS.
Pulmonary venous stenosis after treatment for atrial fibrillation.
BMJ. 2008 Apr 12;336(7648):830-2. No abstract available.
PMID: 18403548 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

23: Kanagaratnam P, Kojodjojo P, Peters NS.
Electrophysiological abnormalities occur prior to the development of clinical episodes of atrial fibrillation: observations from human epicardial mapping.
Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2008 Apr;31(4):443-53.
PMID: 18373763 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

24: Dowson A, Mullen MJ, Peatfield R, Muir K, Khan AA, Wells C, Lipscombe SL, Rees T, De Giovanni JV, Morrison WL, Hildick-Smith D, Elrington G, Hillis WS, Malik IS, Rickards A.
Migraine Intervention With STARFlex Technology (MIST) trial: a prospective, multicenter, double-blind, sham-controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of patent foramen ovale closure with STARFlex septal repair implant to resolve refractory migraine headache.
Circulation. 2008 Mar 18;117(11):1397-404. Epub 2008 Mar 3.
PMID: 18316488 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

25: Gorog DA, Malik I.
Clot removal in AMI--worth the hassle?
Heart. 2008 Mar;94(3):258-9. No abstract available.
PMID: 18276807 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

26: Whinnett ZI, Briscoe C, Davies JE, Willson K, Manisty CH, Davies DW, Peters NS, Kanagaratnam P, Hughes AD, Mayet J, Francis DP.
The atrioventricular delay of cardiac resynchronization can be optimized hemodynamically during exercise and predicted from resting measurements.
Heart Rhythm. 2008 Mar;5(3):378-86. Epub 2007 Dec 4.
PMID: 18313595 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

27: Wright M, O'Neill MD, Wright I, Peters NS, Davies DW, Kanagaratnam P.
Broad complex tachycardia: a broad differential.
J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2008 Feb;19(2):217-8. Epub 2007 Oct 4. No abstract available.
PMID: 17916146 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

28: Sampson KJ, Terrenoire C, Cervantes DO, Kaba RA, Peters NS, Kass RS.
Adrenergic regulation of a key cardiac potassium channel can contribute to atrial fibrillation: evidence from an I Ks transgenic mouse.
J Physiol. 2008 Jan 15;586(2):627-37. Epub 2007 Nov 15.
PMID: 18006587 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

29: Lane RE, Mayet J, Peters NS, Davies DW, Chow AW.
Comparison of temporary bifocal right ventricular pacing and biventricular pacing for heart failure: evaluation by tissue Doppler imaging.
Heart. 2008 Jan;94(1):53-8. Epub 2007 May 4.
PMID: 17483133 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

30: Kanagaratnam P, Koa-Wing M, Wallace DT, Goldenberg AS, Peters NS, Davies DW.
Experience of robotic catheter ablation in humans using a novel remotely steerable catheter sheath.
J Interv Card Electrophysiol. 2008 Jan;21(1):19-26. Epub 2008 Jan 18.
PMID: 18202905 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]