Research
Our cardiologists are at the cutting edge of their fields of interest. They are active researchers and are asked to lecture locally and internationally. See below for a selection of their research:
Segal OR, Chow AW, Wong T, Trevisi N, Lowe MD, Davies DW, Della Bella P, Packer DL, Peters NS.
A novel algorithm for determining endocardial VT exit site from 12-lead surface ECG characteristics in human, infarct-related ventricular tachycardia.
J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2007 Feb;18(2):161-8. PMID: 17338765 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]
Segal OR, Wong T, Chow AW, Jarman JW, Schilling RJ, Markides V, Peters NS, Wyn Davies D.
Intra-coronary guidewire mapping-a novel technique to guide ablation of human ventricular tachycardia.
J Interv Card Electrophysiol. 2007 Mar;18(2):143-54. Epub 2007 Apr 27. PMID: 17464557 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]
Kojodjojo P, Peters NS, Davies DW, Kanagaratnam P.
Characterization of the electroanatomical substrate in human atrial fibrillation: the relationship between changes in atrial volume, refractoriness, wavefront propagation velocities, and AF burden.
J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2007 Mar;18(3):269-75. PMID: 17318996 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]
Segal OR, Chow AW, Markides V, Davies DW, Peters NS.
Characterization of the effects of single ventricular extrastimuli on endocardial activation in human infarct-related ventricular tachycardia.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2007 Mar 27;49(12):1315-23. Epub 2007 Mar 23. PMID: 17394964 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]
Raphael C, Briscoe C, Davies J, Ian Whinnett Z, Manisty C, Sutton R, Mayet J, Francis DP.
Limitations of the New York Heart Association functional classification system and self-reported walking distances in chronic heart failure.
Heart. 2007 Apr;93(4):476-82. Epub 2006 Sep 27. PMID: 17005715 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]
Gupta D, Earley MJ, Haywood GA, Richmond L, Fitzgerald M, Kojodjojo P, Sporton SC, Peters NS, Broadhurst P, Schilling RJ.
Can atrial fibrillation with a coarse electrocardiographic appearance be treated with catheter ablation of the tricuspid valve-inferior vena cava isthmus? Results of a multicentre randomised controlled trial. ]
Heart. 2007 Jun;93(6):688-93. Epub 2006 Nov 29. PMID: 17135218 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE
