2012 - London Cardiovascular Clinic

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:

Wit AL, Peters NS.

The role of gap junctions in the arrhythmias of ischemia and infarction.

Heart Rhythm. 2012 Feb;9(2):308-11. Epub 2011 Sep 20. No abstract available.

Kyriacou A, Li Kam Wa ME, Pabari PA, Unsworth B, Baruah R, Willson K, Peters NS, Kanagaratnam P, Hughes AD, Mayet J, Whinnett ZI, Francis DP.

A systematic approach to designing reliable VV optimization methodology: Assessment of internal validity of echocardiographic, electrocardiographic and haemodynamic optimization of cardiac resynchronization therapy.

Int J Cardiol. 2012 Mar 26.

Blakeway E, Jabbour RJ, Baksi J, Peters NS, Touquet R.

ECGs: colour-coding for initial training.

Resuscitation. 2012 May;83(5):e115-6. Epub 2012 Feb 2.

Lyon AR, Nikolaev VO, Miragoli M, Sikkel MB, Paur H, Benard L, Hulot JS, Kohlbrenner E, Hajjar RJ, Peters NS, Korchev YE, Macleod KT, Harding SE, Gorelik J.

Plasticity of Surface Structures and β2-Adrenergic Receptor Localization in Failing Ventricular Cardiomyocytes During Recovery From Heart Failure.

Circ Heart Fail. 2012 May 1;5(3):357-65. Epub 2012 Mar 28.

Tondato F, Robinson K, Cui J, Goodchild T, Chronos N, Peters NS.

Effects on arrhythmogenesis and arrhythmic threshold of injection of autologous fibroblasts into myocardial infarcts in adult pigs.

J Cardiovasc Transl Res. 2012 Jun;5(3):337-44. Epub 2011 Aug 25.

Manisty CH, Al-Hussaini A, Unsworth B, Baruah R, Pabari PA, Mayet J, Hughes AD, Whinnett ZI, Francis DP.

The acute effects of changes to AV delay on BP and stroke volume: potential implications for design of pacemaker optimization protocols.

Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2012 Feb;5(1):122-30. Epub 2011 Nov 17.

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