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:
Dowson A, Mullen MJ, Peatfield R, Muir K, Khan AA, Wells C, Lipscombe SL, Rees T, De Giovanni JV, Morrison WL, Hildick-Smith D, Elrington G, Hillis WS, Malik IS, Rickards A.
Migraine Intervention With STARFlex Technology (MIST) trial: a prospective, multicenter, double-blind, sham-controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of patent foramen ovale closure with STARFlex septal repair implant to resolve refractory migraine headache.
Circulation. 2008 Mar 18;117(11):1397-404. Epub 2008 Mar 3. PMID: 18316488 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]
Kanagaratnam P, Kojodjojo P, Peters NS.
Electrophysiological abnormalities occur prior to the development of clinical episodes of atrial fibrillation: observations from human epicardial mapping.
Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2008 Apr;31(4):443-53. PMID: 18373763 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]
Kojodjojo P, Wong T, Wright AR, Kon OM, Oldfield W, Kanagaratnam P, Davies DW, Peters NS.
Pulmonary venous stenosis after treatment for atrial fibrillation.
BMJ. 2008 Apr 12;336(7648):830-2. No abstract available. PMID: 18403548 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]
Stuber T, Lim PB, O’Neill MD, Peters NS.
Ultra rapid local activity in adenosine-induced atrial fibrillation.
J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2008 May;19(5):566-7. Epub 2007 Dec 12. No abstract available. PMID: 18081760 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]
Malik I.
Closure devices for femoral punctures.
Heart. 2008 May;94(5):547-8. No abstract available. PMID: 18411347 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]
Kontogeorgis A, Kaba RA, Kang E, Feig JE, Gupta PP, Ponzio M, Liu F, Rindler MJ, Wit AL, Fisher EA, Peters NS, Gutstein DE.
Short-term pacing in the mouse alters cardiac expression of connexin43.
BMC Physiol. 2008 May 6;8:8. PMID: 18460209 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]
