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Betty Raman
MBBS DPhil FESC FRACP
Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
- British Heart Foundation CRE Intermediate Transition Clinical Research Fellow
- Emanoel Lee Junior Research Fellow, St Cross College
I am an academic cardiologist and a senior clinical research fellow with a special interest in advanced cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) and multi-organ imaging and their applications to inherited and inflammatory cardiovascular diseases. MRI provides an unparallel opportunity to interrogate tissue levels changes and assess dynamic elements of vascular and metabolic homeostasis of the heart and multiple organs. I have been applying MRI in my research to advance organ-level and tissue-level insights into disease mechanisms, symptoms, and adverse clinical outcomes linked to common inherited and inflammatory syndromes.
I moved from Australia to Oxford in 2015, having completed my specialist clinical training in Cardiology (Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians) to undertake a DPhil in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM), an inherited cardiac disease which is the number one cause of sudden death in young adults and athletes. During my DPhil, we discovered a novel oxygen-sensitive magnetic resonance approach, which showed tremendous potential in predicting risk in HCM patients and has the ability to detect myocardial deoxygenation/hypoxia in other diseases non-invasively (and without contrast). This work and other research of mine were recognised for their novelty and awarded a number of prestigious national and international prizes (ESC, AHA, BSCMR young investigator/early career awards, finalists at BCS and SCMR). For my post-doc, I was awarded a British Heart Foundation CRE Transition Intermediate Clinical Research Fellowship in 2020 to carry on my research at RDM. At the peak of the pandemic, I led efforts to better understand the medium to long term effects of COVID-19 on the health of patients using MRI, CPET and other validated measures of mental, physical and cognitive health (C-MORE study). In particular, I became interested in the long-lasting effects of COVID-19 and associated host immune response on cardiovascular, multiorgan health and skeletal muscle metabolism. I'm currently leading the C-MORE study (a multiorgan MRI follow up study in COVID-19 patients) and a co-investigator in two other nationally prioritised COVID-19 follow up studies. I'm also undertaking a clinical trial for patients with Long COVID. In parallel to these efforts, I continue to research Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy to improve sudden cardiac death risk stratification and identify early sensitive markers of disease activity for early- and late-stage clinical trials.
Recent publications
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Brightling CE. et al, (2023), Lancet Respir Med, 11, e93 - e94
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C-MORE/PHOSP-COVID Collaborative Group None., (2023), Lancet Respir Med, 11, 1003 - 1019
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Raman B., (2023), JACC Cardiovasc Imaging
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Grist JT. et al, (2023), Radiology, 309
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Taquet M. et al, (2023), Nat Med
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Jackson C. et al, (2023), Lancet Respir Med, 11, 673 - 684
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Dawson C. et al, (2023), BMJ Open Respir Res, 10
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Coleman JA. et al, (2023), Int J Cardiovasc Imaging
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Roca-Fernandez A. et al, (2023), J Hepatol
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Zheng B. et al, (2023), Lancet Reg Health Eur, 29
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Hermida U. et al, (2023), Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging, 24, 807 - 818
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Hundertmark MJ. et al, (2023), Circulation, 147, 1654 - 1669
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Preprint
Elneima O. et al, (2023)
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Farrant J. et al, (2023), Heart
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Finnigan LEM. et al, (2023), EClinicalMedicine, 59
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Vidula MK. et al, (2023), JACC Cardiovasc Imaging, 16, 609 - 624
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Ashkir Z. et al, (2023), Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging
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Heydari B. et al, (2023), JACC Cardiovasc Imaging, 16, 478 - 491
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McAuley HJC. et al, (2023), EClinicalMedicine, 57
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Astley JR. et al, (2023), J Magn Reson Imaging
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Shanmuganathan M. et al, (2023), Front Cardiovasc Med, 10
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Daines L. et al, (2023), ERJ Open Res, 9
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Condurache D-G. et al, (2023), Front Cardiovasc Med, 10
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Melhorn J. et al, (2023), Front Med (Lausanne), 10
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Liew F. et al, (2023), EBioMedicine, 87
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Raisi-Estabragh Z. et al, (2022), Heart, 109, 119 - 126
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McCracken C. et al, (2022), Nat Commun, 13
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Plekhanova T. et al, (2022), International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 19
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Schuermans A. et al, (2022), J Am Heart Assoc
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Stewart I. et al, (2022), Am J Respir Crit Care Med
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Astin R. et al, (2022), Exp Physiol
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Magor-Elliott SRM. et al, (2022), J Appl Physiol (1985)
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Ramli FF. et al, (2022), Pharmaceuticals (Basel), 15
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PHOSP-COVID Collaborative Group None., (2022), Lancet Respir Med, 10, 761 - 775
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Topiwala A. et al, (2022), PLoS Med, 19
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Mahmod M. et al, (2022), J Cardiovasc Magn Reson, 24
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Grist JT. et al, (2022), Radiology
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Houchen-Wolloff L. et al, (2022), Thorax
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Tomic A. et al, (2022), Nat Commun, 13
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Kitt J. et al, (2022), BMJ Open, 12
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Raman B. et al, (2022), Eur Heart J
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Raman B. and Neubauer S., (2022), Radiology
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Holdsworth DA. et al, (2022), PLoS One, 17
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Ashkir Z. et al, (2022), Front Cardiovasc Med, 9
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Preprint
Jackson C. et al, (2022)
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Ananthakrishna R. et al, (2021), Int J Cardiol
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Raman B. et al, (2021), Circulation, 144, 1656 - 1658
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Conference paper
McCracken C. et al, (2021), HEART, 107, A4 - A5
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Captur G. et al, (2021), JACC Cardiovasc Imaging, 14, 2123 - 2134
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Evans RA. et al, (2021), Lancet Respir Med, 9, 1275 - 1287
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Cassar MP. et al, (2021), EClinicalMedicine
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Raman B. et al, (2021), J Cardiovasc Magn Reson, 23
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Grist JT. et al, (2021), Radiology, 301, E353 - E360
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Longitudinal trajectory of cardiac magnetic resonance and cardiopulmonary exercise testing findings in moderate to severe COVID-19 and association with symptoms
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Cassar MP. et al, (2021), EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL, 42, 238 - 238
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Cassar MP. et al, (2021), EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL, 58
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Lewandowski AJ. et al, (2021), J Am Coll Cardiol, 78, 683 - 692
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Skelly DT. et al, (2021), Nat Commun, 12
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Griffanti L. et al, (2021)
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Raisi-Estabragh Z. et al, (2021), Aging Clin Exp Res, 33, 1133 - 1144
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Griffanti L. et al, (2021), Front Neurol, 12
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Griffanti L. et al, (2021), Front Neurol, 12
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Raman B. et al, (2021), EClinicalMedicine, 31
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Conference paper
Heydari B. et al, (2020), CIRCULATION, 142
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Raman B. and Kramer CM., (2020), JACC Cardiovasc Imaging
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Magnetic resonance imaging
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HESS A. et al, (2020)
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Raman B. et al, (2020)
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Page DJ. et al, (2019), Heart, 105, 1841 - 1842
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Impaired Stress Myocardial Oxygenation and Not Perfusion Reserve is Associated With Arrhythmic Risk in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Insights From a Novel Oxygen Sensitive Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Approach
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Raman B. et al, (2019), CIRCULATION, 140
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Mahmod M. et al, (2019), JACC Cardiovasc Imaging, 12, 2276 - 2278
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Blunted stress myocardial oxygenation and not myocardial perfusion reserve is associated with arrhythmic risk in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
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Raman B. et al, (2019), EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL, 40, 1360 - 1360
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Clarke WT. et al, (2019), NMR Biomed, 32
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Ariga R. et al, (2019), J Am Coll Cardiol, 73, 2493 - 2502
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Chan K. et al, (2019), HEART, 105, A100 - A101
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Chan K. et al, (2019), HEART, 105, A18 - A18
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Raman B. et al, (2019), HEART, 105, A183 - A183
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Valkovič L. et al, (2019), J Cardiovasc Magn Reson, 21
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Chan K. et al, (2019), HEART, 105, A17 - A18
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Raman B. et al, (2019), HEART, 105, A18 - A20
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Raman B. et al, (2019), HEART, 105, A5 - A6
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Raman B. et al, (2019), Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging, 20, 157 - 167
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Mahmod M. et al, (2018), J Cardiovasc Magn Reson, 20
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Raman B. et al, (2018), Circ Cardiovasc Imaging, 11
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RAMAN B. et al, (2018), EHJ Cardiovascular Imaging / European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging
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Patients with heart failure with mid-range and reduced left ventricular ejection fraction show similar derangement of cardiac energy and lipid metabolism
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Mahmod M. et al, (2018), EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL, 39, 378 - 378
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Ariga R. et al, (2018), HEART, 104, A8 - A8
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Surikow SY. et al, (2018), JACC: Basic to Translational Science, 3, 213 - 226
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Development of Therapeutic Strategies for Takotsubo Syndrome: Insights From a Rat Model
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Surikow SY. et al, (2017), CIRCULATION, 136
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Pasupathy S. et al, (2017), Circulation, 136, 894 - 903
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Adenosine stress CMR T1 mapping detects impaired perfusion and inducible myocardial ischaemia without gadolinium contrast or ionizing radiation in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
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Raman B. et al, (2017), EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL, 38, 1069 - 1069
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Raman B. et al, (2017), HEART, 103, A8 - A9
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Raman B. et al, (2017), Heart, Lung and Circulation, 26, S248 - S248
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Lewandowski AJ. et al, (2017), Curr Pharm Des, 23, 3262 - 3267
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Pathik B. et al, (2016), European Heart Journal – Cardiovascular Imaging, 17, 1146 - 1152
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Phuong H. et al, (2016), Therapeutic Drug Monitoring, 38, 73 - 78
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Nitric Oxide Plays a Janus Role in the Pathogenesis of Tako-tsubo Cardiomyopathy
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Nguyen TH. et al, (2015), CIRCULATION, 132
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Determinants of shock and mortality in Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: a cohort study
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Chong C-R. et al, (2015), EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL, 36, 1177 - 1178
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Troponin positive patients with unobstructed coronaries: incremental value of cardiovascular magnetic resonance
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Raman B. et al, (2015), EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL, 36, 380 - 380
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Surikow SY. et al, (2015), International Journal of Cardiology, 189, 112 - 114
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Neil CJ. et al, (2015), American Journal of Cardiology, 115, 1085 - 1089
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Raman B. et al, (2014), International Journal of Cardiology, 174
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Raman B. et al, (2014), International Journal of Cardiology, 172, e261 - e262
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Hurst NL. et al, (2013), Vascular Pharmacology, 59, 152 - 161
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Not such a rarity: takotsubo cardiomyopathy as a mimic of ST elevation myocardial infarction
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Raman B. et al, (2013), EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL, 34, 539 - 539
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Stress cardiomyopathy: new clinical and pathogenetic insights
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Horowitz JD. et al, (2013), CARDIOLOGY, 126, 403 - 403