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:
Pabari PA, Willson K, Stegemann B, van Geldorp IE, Kyriacou A, Moraldo M, Mayet J, Hughes AD, Francis DP
When is an optimization not an optimization? Evaluation of clinical implications of information content (signal-to-noise ratio) in optimization of cardiac resynchronization therapy, and how to measure and maximize it
Heart Fail Rev. 2011 May;16(3):277-90. Review. PubMed PMID: 21110226; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3074062
Malik I
Is coronary artery bypass grafting the treatment of choice for diabetic patients with multivessel disease?
No. BMJ. 2010 Dec 13;341:c6975. doi:
10.1136/bmj.c6975. PubMed PMID: 21149467
Lim PB, Malcolme-Lawes LC, Stuber T, Wright I, Francis DP, Davies DW, Peters NS, Kanagaratnam P
Intrinsic cardiac autonomic stimulation induces pulmonary vein ectopy and triggers atrial fibrillation in humans. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol
2011 Jun;22(6):638-46. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2010.01992.x. Epub 2011 Jan 15. PubMed PMID: 21235671
Thorning C, Hamady M, Liaw JV, Juli C, Lim PB, Dhawan R, Peters NS, Davies DW, Kanagaratnam P, O’Neill MD, Wright AR
CT evaluation of pulmonary venous anatomy variation in patients undergoing catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation
Clin Imaging. 2011 Jan-Feb;35(1):1-9. PubMed PMID: 21237413
Lyon AR, Bannister ML, Collins T, Pearce E, Sepehripour AH, Dubb SS, Garcia E, O’Gara P, Liang L, Kohlbrenner E, Hajjar RJ, Peters NS, Poole-Wilson PA, Macleod KT, Harding SE
SERCA2a gene transfer decreases sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium leak and reduces ventricular arrhythmias in a model of chronic heart failure. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol
2011 Jun 1;4(3):362-72. Epub 2011 Mar 15. PubMed PMID: 21406682; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3119354
Jarral OA, Saso S, Vecht JA, Harling L, Rao C, Ahmed K, Gatzoulis MA, Malik IS, Athanasiou T
Does patent foramen ovale closure have an anti-arrhythmic effect? A meta-analysis
Int J Cardiol. 2011 Mar 17. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 21420189
