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:
Tapp RJ, Sharp A, Stanton AV, O’Brien E, Chaturvedi N, Poulter NR, Sever PS, Thom SA, Hughes AD, Mayet J; ASCOT Investigators
Differential effects of antihypertensive treatment on left ventricular diastolic function: an ASCOT (Anglo-Scandinavian Cardiac Outcomes Trial) substudy
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2010 Apr 27;55(17):1875-81. PubMed PMID: 20413040
Malik IS, Gerber RT
Justification for complete revascularisation at the time of primary angioplasty
Heart. 2010 May;96(9):652-3. PubMed PMID: 20424145
Hussain W, Patel PM, Chowdhury RA, Cabo C, Ciaccio EJ, Lab MJ, Duffy HS, Wit AL, Peters NS
The Renin-Angiotensin system mediates the effects of stretch on conduction velocity, connexin43 expression, and redistribution in intact ventricle
J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2010 Nov;21(11):1276-83. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2010.01802.x. PubMed PMID: 20487124; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2937061
Khurana R, Malik IS
Metformin: safety in cardiac patients
Postgrad Med J. 2010 Jun;86(1016):371-3. Review. PubMed PMID: 20547605.
Manisty C, Mayet J, Tapp RJ, Parker KH, Sever P, Poulter NR, Thom SA, Hughes AD; ASCOT Investigators
Wave reflection predicts cardiovascular events in hypertensive individuals independent of blood pressure and other cardiovascular risk factors: an ASCOT (Anglo-Scandinavian Cardiac Outcome Trial) substudy
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2010 Jun 29;56(1):24-30. Erratum in: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2011 Jan 4 ;57(1):117. Poulter, Neil H [corrected to Poulter, Neil R]. PubMed PMID: 20620713
Kojodjojo P, O’Neill MD, Lim PB, Malcolm-Lawes L, Whinnett ZI, Salukhe TV, Linton NW, Lefroy D, Mason A, Wright I, Peters NS, Kanagaratnam P, Davies DW
Pulmonary venous isolation by antral ablation with a large cryoballoon for treatment of paroxysmal and persistent atrial fibrillation: medium-term outcomes and non-randomised comparison with pulmonary venous isolation by radiofrequency ablation
Heart. 2010 Sep;96(17):1379-84. PubMed PMID: 20801856; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2976075
