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Rajesh Kharbanda
Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
- Consultant Cardiologist
The focus of our work is on understanding ischemia-reperfusion injury and how this can be reduced particularly by remote preconditioning. In addition to understanding heart muscle responses, we are also interested in blood vessel injury, particularly the microcirculation.
We have developed a number of models to study ischemia-reperfusion injury in humans including ex-vivo and in-vivo models of blood vessels and heart tissue, and clinical studies such as in patients with heart attack or undergoing surgery. These allow us to understand the mechanisms of ischemia-reperfusion injury and how we might be able to intervene to optimise results from reperfusion treatments. These findings are relevant to both the heart and the brain.
The ongoing areas of research are related to clinical studies of remote conditioning in patients with heart attack, investigation of the role of adenosine in remote preconditioning pathways, and targetting the microcirculation after heart attack treatment to improve outcomes.
Recent publications
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Retraction notice to Gadolinium-Free Cardiac MR Stress T1-Mapping to Distinguish Epicardial From Microvascular Coronary Disease: J Am Coll Cardiol 71 (2018) 957-968.
Journal article
Liu A. et al, (2020), J Am Coll Cardiol, 76
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Transcatheter aortic valve replacement and percutaneous coronary intervention versus surgical aortic valve replacement and coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with severe aortic stenosis and concomitant coronary artery disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Journal article
Kotronias RA. et al, (2020), Catheter Cardiovasc Interv
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Association of troponin level and age with mortality in 250 000 patients: cohort study across five UK acute care centres.
Journal article
Kaura A. et al, (2019), BMJ, 367
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Ultrasound guided vascular access site management and left ventricular pacing are associated with improved outcomes in contemporary transcatheter aortic valve replacement: Insights from the OxTAVI registry.
Journal article
Kotronias RA. et al, (2019), Catheter Cardiovasc Interv
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Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Influence on Coronary Hemodynamics: A Quantitative Meta-Analysis and Proposed Decision-Making Algorithm.
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Kotronias RA. et al, (2019), J Invasive Cardiol