Changes in coronary disease management decisions in real-world practice
Another joint publication from the EVEREST collaborative on stress echocardiogram to show the growing clinical value of stress echo in avoiding invasive investigations in the UK population of chest pain…
TCRG recognised during Thomas Lewis Lecture
We are incredibly proud to highlight a significant moment of recognition at the recent British Cardiovascular Society (BCS) Annual Conference in Manchester! During the prestigious Thomas Lewis Lecture, delivered by…
Poster presentation at BCS Annual Conference
We are delighted to acknowledge the recent participation and presentation by Dr. Ahmed Alsinbili at the highly anticipated British Cardiovascular Society (BCS) Annual Conference, held in Manchester in June 2025….
Best poster award at the Royal College of Physicians
We are thrilled to share some fantastic news from the prestigious Royal College of Physicians (RCP) annual conference, “Medicine 2025,” held in London! We was honoured with the Best Poster…
Webinar on changing landscape of stress echocardiography – Part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieSNLxcB7r8&t=2s
An Investigation into the Pathomechanism and Prognostic Markers
Please click here to read An Investigation into the Pathomechanism and Prognostic Markers for Predicting the Outcome of Patients with Moderate and Severe Aortic Stenosis with or Without Intervention
Four Faces of Infective Endocarditis
Infective endocarditis (IE) remains a formidable clinical challenge. It affects 3–10 peopleper 100,000 annually, with a 30-day mortality rate of up to 30%. The incidence of IEhas risen due to…
Podcast discussing our meta -analysis of stress echo paper
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Webinar on changing landscape of stress echocardiography – Part 1
https://youtu.be/kVfKXDUdF3c
Webinar on the advancement of contrast echocardiography
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2024 Publication Summary
Check out this image showing a summary of our publications in 2024!
Cost-effectiveness of a novel AI technology
Coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) is a first-line investigation for chest pain in patients with suspected obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD). However, many acute cardiac events occur in the absence…
Long-term outcomes after stress echocardiography
Stress echocardiography is widely used to assess patients with chest pain. The clinical value of a positive or negative test result to inform on likely longer-term outcomes when applied in…
Simplified Grading to Streamline Management
In this paper we discuss the relevance of continuity equation based aortic valve area (AVA) calculation as a robust parameter suitable for accurate grading of aortic stenosis (AS) irrespective of…
Translational research from the Department of Cardiology MKUH
TCRG Success story 2024 When a pure and simple research finding becomes a clinical reality – an example of a success of translational research from the Department of Cardiology MKUH….
Perivascular inflammation and the coronary micro-circulation and vasoreactivity
Please see a recent research letter on the subject of Perivascular inflammation and the coronarymicro-circulation and vasoreactivity — a potential clue to angina with non-obstructive coronary artery disease. The full…
Long-term prognostic value of contemporary stress echocardiography
Long-term outcome of contemporary stress echocardiography has not been systematically assessed. Please see the attached review that has the objective to evaluate the association between results of stress echocardiography and…
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in a patient with Lynch syndrome
A 55-year-old woman with a 3-day history of abdominal pain and vomiting was admitted to our hospital. 7 days earlier she had a subtotal gastrectomy for poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma—stage T2N1M0….
Inflammatory risk and CV events without obstructive coronary artery disease
We are delighted to append the link/copy of this knowledge expanding and practice changing publication in The Lancet. We are a proud member of the ORFAN consortium and the writing committee. This…
An Experimental Observation to Changes in Cardiac Electrical Biomarker
Cardiac electrical biomarker (CEB), an indicator of ischaemia-induced change in myocyte polarity, has been proposed for diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome. However, effect of coronary occlusion on CEB has not…
Normalized Echocardiographic Values From Guideline-Directed Dedicated Views
Continuous technologic development and updated recommendations for image acquisitions creates aneed to update the current normal reference ranges for echocardiography. The best method of indexing cardiac volumes is unknown. Click…
Contrast echocardiography – BSE guidelines
The latest achievement of our research group is the involvement in the National guidelines by British Echo Society on Contrast echocardiography. Ultrasound contrast agent (UCA) has been well established as…
Clinical Features of Heart Failure With Normal Ejection Fraction
Here is an interesting insight from the ASIAN-HF Registry on Heart failure and left ventricular ejection fraction in the normal range (HFnEF) being understudied. Click here to read the full…
CCTA improves appropriate prescription of secondary preventative medications and medical treatment for patient with coronary disease/heart attack
Computed tomography coronary angiography (CTCA) offers detailed assessment of the presence of coronary atherosclerosis and helps guide patient management. We investigated influences of early CTCA on the subsequent use of…