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:
Davies JE, Baksi J, Francis DP, Hadjiloizou N, Whinnett ZI, Manisty CH, Aguado-Sierra J, Foale RA, Malik IS, Tyberg JV, Parker KH, Mayet J, Hughes AD.
The arterial reservoir pressure increases with aging and is the major determinant of the aortic augmentation index.
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2010 Feb;298(2):H580-6.
Kapur A, Hall RJ, Malik IS, Qureshi AC, Butts J, de Belder M, Baumbach A, Angelini G, de Belder A, Oldroyd KG, Flather M, Roughton M, Nihoyannopoulos P, Bagger JP, Morgan K, Beatt KJ.
Randomized comparison of percutaneous coronary intervention with coronary artery bypass grafting in diabetic patients. 1-year results of the CARDia (Coronary Artery Revascularization in Diabetes) trial. .
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2010 Feb 2;55(5):432-40
Unsworth B, Malik I, Mikhail GW.
Recognising bicuspid aortic stenosis in patients referred for transcatheter aortic valve implantation: routine screening with three-dimensional transoesophageal echocardiography.
Heart. 2010 Apr;96(8):645.
Hendriks JM, McCollum C, Nederkoorn PJ, Brown MM.
Carotid artery stenting compared with endarterectomy in patients with symptomatic carotid stenosis (International Carotid Stenting Study): an interim analysis of a randomised controlled trial. .
Lancet. 2010 Mar 20;375(9719):985-97. Epub 2010 Feb 25.PMID: 20189239
Yadav H, Unsworth B, Fontana M, Diller GP, Kyriacou A, Baruah R, Mayet J, Francis DP.
Selective right ventricular impairment following coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2009 [Epub ahead of print].
Strain WD, Hughes AD, Mayet J, Wright A, Kooner J, Chaturvedi N and Shore AC.
Attenuation of microvascular function in those with cardiovascular disease is similar in patients of Indian Asian and European descent.
BMC Journal of Cardiovascular Disorders (in press).
