TCRG Updates

State of the art review: echocardiography based Angina diagnosis

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In this paper we are discussing the currently available tools in the diagnosis of angina with non-occlusive coronary artery disease (ANOCA) a potentially disabling condition that affects approximately 30–60% of patients with angina. With the advancement in ultrasound technology, multi-parametric stress echocardiography in combination with hyperventilation provocation echocardiography lends itself as a bedside, scalable, safe … Read more

Summary slide from ESC

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As you can see from the summary slide image, the TCRG participated as an invited Faculty in Chairing moderated ports sessions and as an invited expert to the panel discussion at the INOCA International symposium.

Webinar recording available from JCM

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On behalf of the Journal of Clinical Medicine, I would like to sincerely thank you once again for your valuable contributions to the webinar and for collaborating with us on this successful event. Your expertise and engaging presentations made the webinar highly informative and valuable for attendees. I am pleased to inform you that the webinar … Read more

Situational Syncope Across Diverse Triggers

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While transient loss of consciousness is a frequent and alarming clinical presentation, situational syncope—a subtype of neurally mediated reflex syncope—frequently slips under the diagnostic radar. This illuminating case series follows six adults whose fainting or near-fainting spells were triggered by everyday activities ranging from the common, like coughing and micturition, to the highly unusual, including … Read more

Effect of Rate-Controlling Medication on Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography

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For years, professional guidelines and expert opinions have conflicted on a crucial pre-test instruction: should patients stop taking their rate-controlling medications (RCMx), like beta-blockers, 48 hours before undergoing a stress echocardiography? While conventional wisdom suggests halting these medications improves diagnostic accuracy by making it easier to reach target heart rates, hard evidence has been strikingly … Read more

Diagnostic and Prognostic Performance of Pericoronary Adipose Tissue Attenuation

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With great pride we are attaching our Cardiovascular research group’s current research publication as part of the RAPID CTCA trial between 2017-2019 . This trial recruited intermediate risk ACS patients and randomised for CCTA guided and standard clinical care arm. In the  subgroup analysis it show the non superior value of the peri-coronary artery adipose tissue c/w … Read more

Non-invasive cardiovascular and vital signs monitoring techniques

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Please find this excellent piece of work from our joint PhD student Qi Yong (Cranfield University – MKUH TCRG.org.uk) entitled: Non-invasive cardiovascular and vital signs monitoring techniques, as a systematic review of emerging contactless cardiovascular monitoring techniques.   This article compares radar-based methods, optical measurements, ballistocardiograph, contactless electrocardiogram (ECG), and wearable devices across eight key dimensions.  The co-autors are: (Prof … Read more

Recent visit to TCRG by Chair of MKUH

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We are pleased to communicate that the Chair of our Hospital has visited the Research Group (TCRG) on 29 October. The Chair had a tour of Cardiology and sat down with the researchers who represented our Research team at the European Society of Cardiology Annual meeting in Madrid. The two poster presentations were discussed that … Read more