Cardiovascular disease is a major health problem & our research focuses on myocardial infarction, myopathies & inflammation, coronary heart disease, arterial thrombosis, peripheral artery disease, stroke & angina, plus underlying causes such as arthrosclerosis.

Overview
Advanced non-invasive imaging techniques (CT, MR, PET-CT, PET-MR) now allow detailed investigation of the cardiovascular system providing information with respect to anatomy, tissue composition, function, flow & disease activity. This allows us to answer a wide range of clinical research questions, using the optimal imaging modality for the research question at hand. This ranges from detailed questions regarding cardiovascular pathophysiology, to multi-centre randomised controlled trials investigating whether novel imaging techniques can improve patient care & clinical outcomes (e.g SCOTHEART, EVOLVED).
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Edinburgh Imaging Staff with a focus on Cardiovascular Research
Abdominal aortic aneurysm is a serious condition whereby the aorta swells & can burst, without warning; it is the thirteenth commonest cause of death in the United Kingdom.
Aortic stenosis is a problem whereby the exit from the heart’s left ventricle into the aorta, is narrowed & may affect the valve separating the two structures, or the tissues above or below the valve.
Coronary atherosclerosis and myocardial infarction are a major global cause of morbidity and mortality. Our research seeks to improve our pathological understanding and to improve patient assessment, care and clinical outcomes using multi-modality state-of-the-art imaging technique.
Cardiomyopathies are diseases of the heart muscle, which can affect the heart’s size, shape, structure & function. Cardiomyopathies are frequently inherited. Other myopathic changes can alter aortic & other blood vessel wall structure.
Relevant Edinburgh Imaging publications
- 14 Jul 22. Featured Paper. 18F-Sodium fluoride positron emission tomography and computed tomography in acute aortic syndrome
- 07 Jul 22. Featured Paper. Plaque burden and 1-year outcomes in acute chest pain: Results from the multicenter RAPID-CTCA Trial
- 08 Jun 22. Featured Paper. Quantifying sodium [18F]fluoride uptake in abdominal aortic aneurysms
- 26 May 22. Featured Paper. Bypass grafting and native coronary artery disease activity
- 19 Apr 22. Featured Review. Takotsubo syndrome: pathophysiology, emerging concepts, and clinical implications
- 15 Apr 22. Featured Paper. Pericoronary adipose tissue attenuation, low-attenuation plaque burden, and 5-year risk of myocardial infarction
- 08 Apr 22. Featured Paper. Deep learning-enabled coronary CT angiography for plaque and stenosis quantification and cardiac risk prediction: an international multicentre study
- 30 Mar 22. Featured Paper. Coronary artery and cardiac disease in patients with type 2 myocardial infarction: a prospective cohort study
- 18 Feb 22. Featured Paper. Thoracic aortic 18F-sodium fluoride activity and ischemic stroke in patients with established cardiovascular disease
- Please view all our publications, here
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