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Mark Westwood

Consultant Cardiologist
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COVID-19 pandemic and cardiac imaging: EACVI recommendations on precautions, indications, prioritization, and protection for patients and healthcare personnel

H Skulstad, B Cosyns, BA Popescu… - European Heart …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has created new and unpredictable
challenges for modern medicine and healthcare systems. Preliminary reports have …

Cardiac Tumors: JACC CardioOncology State-of-the-Art Review

S Tyebally, D Chen, S Bhattacharyya, A Mughrabi… - Cardio Oncology, 2020 - jacc.org
Cardiac masses are rare, but remain an important component of cardio-oncology practice.
These include benign tumors, malignant tumors (primary and secondary) and tumor-like …

Cardiac T2* magnetic resonance for prediction of cardiac complications in thalassemia major

P Kirk, M Roughton, JB Porter, JM Walker, MA Tanner… - Circulation, 2009 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—The goal of this study was to determine the predictive value of cardiac T2*
magnetic resonance for heart failure and arrhythmia in thalassemia major. Methods and …

Randomized controlled trial of deferiprone or deferoxamine in beta-thalassemia major patients with asymptomatic myocardial siderosis

DJ Pennell, V Berdoukas, M Karagiorga, V Ladis… - Blood, 2006 - ashpublications.org
Most deaths in beta-thalassemia major result from cardiac complications due to iron
overload. Differential effects on myocardial siderosis may exist between different chelators …

[HTML][HTML] Improved survival of thalassaemia major in the UK and relation to T2* cardiovascular magnetic resonance

B Modell, M Khan, M Darlison, MA Westwood… - Journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
Abstract Background The UK Thalassaemia Register records births, deaths and selected
clinical data of patients with thalassaemia who are resident in the UK. A study of survival and …

ESC core curriculum for the cardiologist

FC Tanner, N Brooks, KF Fox, L Goncalves… - European heart …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
This 2020 update of the ESC Core Curriculum in Cardiology reflects contemporary and
emerging requirements for the practice of cardiology and the resulting training needs. The …

Sildenafil versus endothelin receptor antagonist for pulmonary hypertension (SERAPH) study

MR Wilkins, GA Paul, JW Strange… - American journal of …, 2005 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5) inhibition has been proposed for the treatment
for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Objective: This study compared adding sildenafil …

Myocardial iron clearance during reversal of siderotic cardiomyopathy with intravenous desferrioxamine: a prospective study using T2* cardiovascular magnetic …

LJ Anderson, MA Westwood, S Holden… - British journal of …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Heart failure from iron overload causes 71% of deaths in thalassaemia major, yet reversal of
siderotic cardiomyopathy has been reported. In order to determine the changes in …

[HTML][HTML] Magnetic resonance perfusion or fractional flow reserve in coronary disease

E Nagel, JP Greenwood, GP McCann… - … England Journal of …, 2019 - Mass Medical Soc
Background In patients with stable angina, two strategies are often used to guide
revascularization: one involves myocardial-perfusion cardiovascular magnetic resonance …

A single breath‐hold multiecho T2* cardiovascular magnetic resonance technique for diagnosis of myocardial iron overload

M Westwood, LJ Anderson, DN Firmin… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To assess tissue iron concentrations by the use of a gradient echo T2* multiecho
technique. Materials and Methods We compared the results of measurements of heart T2 …