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:

Ciaccio EJ, Ashikaga H, Coromilas J, Hopenfeld B, Cervantes DO, Wit AL, Peters NS, McVeigh ER, Garan H.

Model of bipolar electrogram fractionation and conduction block associated with activation wavefront direction at infarct border zone lateral isthmus boundaries.

Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2014 Feb;7(1):152-63. doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.113.000840

Jarman JW, Wong T, Kojodjojo P, Spohr H, Davies JE, Roughton M, Francis DP, Kanagaratnam P, O’Neill MD, Markides V, Davies DW, Peters NS.

Organizational index mapping to identify focal sources during persistent atrial fibrillation.

J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2014 Apr;25(4):355-63. doi: 10.1111/jce.12352.

Dhillon PS, Chowdhury RA, Patel PM, Jabr R, Momin AU, Vecht J, Gray R, Shipolini A, Fry CH, Peters NS.

Relationship between connexin expression and gap-junction resistivity in human atrial myocardium.

Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2014 Apr;7(2):321-9. doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.113.000606.

Tarkin JM, Nijjer S, Sen S, Petraco R, Echavarria-Pinto M, Asress KN, Lockie T, Khawaja MZ, Mayet J, Hughes AD, Malik IS, Mikhail GW, Baker CS, Foale RA, Redwood S, Francis DP, Escaned J, Davies JE.

Hemodynamic response to intravenous adenosine and its effect on fractional flow reserve assessment: results of the Adenosine for the Functional Evaluation of Coronary Stenosis Severity (AFFECTS) study.

Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2013 Dec;6(6):654-61.

Kyriacou A, Pabari PA, Mayet J, Peters NS, Davies DW, Lim PB, Lefroy D, Hughes AD, Kanagaratnam P, Francis DP, Whinnett ZI.

Cardiac resynchronization therapy and AV optimization increase myocardial oxygen consumption, but increase cardiac function more than proportionally.

Int J Cardiol. 2014 Feb 1;171(2):144-52. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.10.026.

Hunter RJ, Berriman TJ, Diab I, Kamdar R, Richmond L, Baker V, Goromonzi F, Sawhney V, Duncan E, Page SP, Ullah W, Unsworth B, Mayet J, Dhinoja M, Earley MJ, Sporton S, Schilling RJ.

A randomized controlled trial of catheter ablation versus medical treatment of atrial fibrillation in heart failure (the CAMTAF trial).

Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2014 Feb;7(1):31-8. doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.113.000806