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:

Cole GD, Dhutia NM, Shun-Shin MJ, Willson K, Harrison J, Raphael CE, Zolgharni M, Mayet J, Francis DP.

Defining the real-world reproducibility of visual grading of left ventricular function and visual estimation of left ventricular ejection fraction: impact of image quality, experience and accreditation.

Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2015 Oct;31(7):1303-14

Nijjer SS, Petraco R, van de Hoef TP, Sen S, van Lavieren MA, Foale RA, Meuwissen M, Broyd C, Echavarria-Pinto M, Al-Lamee R, Foin N, Sethi A, Malik IS, Mikhail GW, Hughes AD, Mayet J, Francis DP, Di Mario C, Escaned J, Piek JJ, Davies JE.

Change in coronary blood flow after percutaneous coronary intervention in relation to baseline lesion physiology: results of the JUSTIFY-PCI study.

Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2015 Jun;8(6):e001715

Raphael CE, Finegold JA, Barron AJ, Whinnett ZI, Mayet J, Linde C, Cleland JG, Levy WC, Francis DP.

The effect of duration of follow-up and presence of competing risk on lifespan-gain from implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy: who benefits the most?

Eur Heart J. 2015 Jul 7;36(26):1676-88

Sohaib SM, Kyriacou A, Jones S, Manisty CH, Mayet J, Kanagaratnam P, Peters NS, Hughes AD, Whinnett ZI, Francis DP.

Evidence that conflict regarding size of haemodynamic response to interventricular delay optimization of cardiac resynchronization therapy may arise from differences in how atrioventricular delay is kept constant.

Europace. 2015 Dec;17(12):1823-33.

Eriksen A, Tillin T, O’Connor L, Brage S, Hughes A, Mayet J, McKeigue P, Whincup P, Chaturvedi N, Forouhi NG.

The impact of health behaviours on incident cardiovascular disease in Europeans and South Asians–a prospective analysis in the UK SABRE study.

PLoS One. 2015 Mar 2;10(3):e0117364

Nijjer SS, Sen S, Petraco R, Escaned J, Echavarria-Pinto M, Broyd C, Al-Lamee R, Foin N, Foale RA, Malik IS, Mikhail GW, Sethi AS, Al-Bustami M, Kaprielian RR, Khan MA, Baker CS, Bellamy MF, Hughes AD, Mayet J, Francis DP, Di Mario C, Davies JE.

Pre-angioplasty instantaneous wave-free ratio pullback provides virtual intervention and predicts hemodynamic outcome for serial lesions and diffuse coronary artery disease.

JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2014 Dec;7(12):1386-96