Publications
2000 2001 2002  2003 2004



2000

Cowie MR, Wood DA, Coats AJS, Thompson SG, Suresh V, Poole-Wilson PA, Sutton GC.

The survival of patients with a new diagnosis of heart failure: a population-based study.
Heart 2000; 83: 505-10.

Cowie MR.
BNP -soon to become a routine measure in the care of patients with heart failure? [Editorial].
Heart 2000; 83: 617-8.

Trent RJ, Waiter GD, Hillis GS et al.
Dobutamine magnetic resonance imaging as a predictor of myocardial functional recovery after revascularisation.
Heart 2000; 83: 40-46.

Fox KF, Cowie MR, Wood DA et al.
A rapid access heart failure clinic provides a prompt diagnosis and appropriate management of new heart failure presenting in the community.
Eur J Heart Failure 2000; 2: 423-9.

Cowie MR.
Statins - where are we now?
Br J Hosp Medicine 2000; 61: 789-92.

Waiter GD, Al-Mohammad A, Norton M, Repath TW, Wwelch A, Walton S.
Regional myocardial wall thickening assessed at rest by ECG gated (18)F-FDG positron emission tomography and by magnetic resonance imaging.
Heart 2000 Sep; 84(3): 332-3

Hogg D, Metcalfe MJ.
The accuracy of non-invasive methods for the detection of obstructive coronary artery disease in the presence of left ventricular hypertrophy.
J Human Hypertension 2000; 14: 295-8.

Cowie MR, Holland M.
Acute myocardial infarction: current and future perspectives on the role of thrombolysis.
Total Health Care Media, London, Dec 2000.

2001

Fox KF, Cowie MR, Wood DA et al.

Coronary artery disease as the cause of incident heart failure in the population.
Eur Heart J 2001; 22: 228-36.

Cowie MR.

The prognosis of heart failure: the view from the real world.
Eur Heart J 2001; 22:1247-1248.

Al-Mohammed A, Mahy IR, Buckley A, Cargill RI, Norton MY, Welch AE, Walton S.
Does the presence of hibernating myocardium in patients with impaired left ventricular contraction affect
QT dispersion?
Am Heart J 2001;141(6):944-948.

Mendez GF, Cowie MR.
The epidemiological features of heart failure in developing countries: a review of the literature.
Int J Cardiol 2001; Sep-Oct; 80(2-3): 213-9

Pell JP, Walsh D, Norrie J, Berg G, Colquhoun AD, Davidson K, Eteiba H, Faichney A, Flapan A, Hogg KJ, Jeffrey RR, Jennings KJ, McArthur J, Mankad P, Oldroyd K, Pell AG, Starkey IR.
Outcomes following coronary artery bypass grafting and percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty in the stent era: A prospective study of all 9890 consecutive patients operated on in Scotland over a two year period.
Heart 2001 Jun;85(6):662-6

Egred M, Patel JC, Walton S.
Management of paradoxical coronary embolism.
Circulation 2001; 104: e153

Egred M, Patel JC, Walton S.
Impending paradoxical embolism.
Circulation 2001; 1 of 3: e113-114

Egred M, Hussy JK, Metcalfe MJ.
Novel percutaneous closure of a left coronary artery aneurysm.
Heart 2001; 86:455

2002

Peace RA, Staff RRT, Gemmel HG, McKiddie FI, Metcalfe MJ.
Automatic detection of coronary artery disease in myocardial perfusion SPECT using image registration and voxel to voxel statistical comparisons.
Nucl Med Comun 2002; 23 (8): 785-794

Prvulovich E, Metclafe MJ.
Nuclear cardiology in the UK: activity and practice 1997.
Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2002; 29(4): 553-558

Cowie M R, Mendez G F.
BNP and congestive heart failure.
Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 2002 Jan-Feb; 44(4): 293-321

Murchie P, Mendez GF, Campbell N, Paterson Y, Reid J, Cowie MR.

Left ventircular dysfunction in the diabetic population.
BJGP 2002; 52(475): 153-4

Hogg D, Cowie M, Ford I, Greaves M.

Evidence of a temporary prothrombotic state in patients with sinus rhythm after electrical cardioversion of persistent atrial fibrillation.
British Journal of Haematology 2002; 117 Suppl 1: 27-28.


2003

Egred M, Al-Mohammad A, Waiter G, Redpath T W, Semple S K, Norton M, Welch A, Walton S.

Detection of scarred viable myocardium using a new magnetic resonance imaging technique: blood oxygen level dependent (BOLD) MRI.
Heart 2003; 89: 738-744.

Hillis GS.
Soluble integrin adhesion receptors and atherosclerosis: Much heat and a little light?
J Hum Hypertens 2003;17:449-453.

Hillis GS, Taggart P, Hillis LD, Zhao N, Dalsey WC, Mangione A.
Biochemical and clinical predictors of long-term outcome in patients with non-specific chest pain and non-diagnostic electrocardiograms.
Am Heart J 2003;145:88-94

Hillis GS, Taggart P, Wardlaw D, Hillis LD, Zhao N, Dalsey WC, Mangione A.
The relative utility of cardiac troponin 1, creatine Kinase-MBmass and myosin light chain-1 in the long-term risk startification of patients with chest pain.
Clin Cardiol 2003;26:147-152

Møller JE, Hilis GS, Oh JK, Seward JB, Reeder GS, Wright RS, Park SW, Bailey K, Pellikka PA.
Left atrial volume: A powerful predictor of survival after acute myocardial infarction.
Circulation 2003;107:2207-2212

Hillis GS, Mulvagh SL, Gunda M, Hagen ME, Reeder GS, Oh JK.
Contrast echocardiography using intravenous octafluoropropane and real-time perfusion imaging predicts functional recovery following acute myocardial infarction.
J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2003;16:638-645

Hillis GS, Terregino CA, Taggart P, Killian AJ, Mangione A.
Inflammatory cytokines provide limited early prognstic information in emergency department patients with suspected myocardial ischaemia.
Ann Emerg Med 2003;42:337-342

Hillis GS, Mulvagh SL, Pellikka PA, Hagen ME, Gunda M, Wright RS, Oh JK.
Comparison of intravenous myocardial contrast echocardiography and low-dose dobutamine echocardiography for predicting left ventricular functional recovery following acute myocardial infarction.
Am J Cardiol 2003;92:504-508

McKiddie FI, Gemmell HG, Davidson EJ, Welcj A, Egred M.
The suitability of gamma camera coincidence systems for nitrogen 13-labeled ammonia myocardial perfusion imaging: A quantitative comparison with full-ring PET.
Journal of Nuclear Cardiology 2003;10(6) : 633-43

2004

Smith JAL, Jennings KP, Anderson EA, Green P, Hillis GS.
Reducing call-to-needle times: the critical role of pre-hospital thrombolysis.
QJ Med 2004; 97: 655-661

Nandakumar R, Patel JC, Broadhurst P.
Masquerade: a malignant arrhythmia masquerading as bennign.
Heart 2004; 90: e10

Broadhurst P.
Intermittent appearance of pre-excitation.
Proceedings of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh 2004; 34:202

Hillis GS, Møller JE, Pellikka PA, Gersh BJ, Wright RS, Ommen SR, Reeder GS, Oh JK.
Non-invasive estimation of left ventricular filling pressure by E/e' is a powerful predictor of survival following acute myocardial infarction .
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004;43:360-367

Hillis GS, Oh JK, Mahoney DW, McCully M, Pellikka PA.
Akinesia becoming dyskinesia following exercise: prevalence and relationship to clinical outcome.
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004;43: 599-605

Mowatt G, Vale L, Brazzelli M, Hernandez R, Murray A, Scott N, Fraser C, McKenzie L, Gemmel H, Hillis G, Metcalfe M.
Systematic review of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness, and economic evaluation, of myocardial perfusion scintigraphy, for the diagnosis and management of angina and myocardial infarction.
Health Technol Assess 2004; 8 : 1-222

Hillis GS, Pearson CV, Harding SA, Sutherland S, Ludlam CA, Marioni JC, Prescott RJ, Fox KAA, Flapan AD.
Effects of a brief course of azithromycin on soluble cell adhesion molecules and markers of inflammation in survivors of an acute coronary syndrome: A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study.
Am Heart J 2004; 148: 72-79

Martin TN, Penney DE, Smith JA, Groenning BA, Dargie HJ, Hillis GS.
Matrix metalloproteinase-1 promoter polymorphisms and changes in left ventricular volume following acute myocardial infarction.
Am J Cardiol 2004; 94: 1044-1046

Cuthbertson BH, Patel RR, Croal BL, Barclay J, Hillis GS.
B-type natriuretic peptide and the prediction of outcome in patients admitted to intensive care.
Anaesthesia In press

Cuthbertson BH, McKeown A, Croal BL, Mutch WJ, Smith WCS, Hillis GS.
The utility of B-type natriuretic peptide in predicting the level of peri-operative cardiovascular support required after coronary artery bypass grafting.
Crit Care Med In press

 


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