Dr Robert Sykes
- Clinical Lecturer in Ischaemic Heart Disease (School of Cardiovascular & Metabolic Health)
Publications
2025
Sykes, R. et al. (2025) Exercise electrocardiography stress testing in suspected angina and non-obstructive coronary arteries. European Heart Journal, 46(29), pp. 2920-2923. (doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf208) (PMID:40395210) (PMCID:PMC12314743)
Joshi, F. R. et al. (2025) Supersaturated oxygen therapy using radial artery access to prevent left ventricular remodeling after anterior ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: a randomized, controlled trial. American Heart Journal Plus: Cardiology Research and Practice, 55, 100556. (doi: 10.1016/j.ahjo.2025.100556)
Ang, D. T.Y. et al. (2025) Novel contrast-derived indices of coronary microvascular function: potential clinical and cost benefits. Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, 18(6), pp. 496-503. (doi: 10.1161/circinterventions.124.015058) (PMID:40308206)
Lyall, Maia, Kamdar, Anna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9194-547X, Sykes, Robert
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1010-5474, Aekbote, Badri L.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0787-1039, Gadegaard, Nikolaj
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3396-846X and Berry, Colin
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4547-8636
(2025)
Measuring contractile forces in vascular smooth muscle cells.
Vascular Pharmacology, 159,
107488.
(doi: 10.1016/j.vph.2025.107488)
(PMID:40097082)
Sykes, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1010-5474, Ang, Daniel T.Y. and Berry, Colin
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4547-8636
(2025)
Takotsubo is an acute myocardial ischaemic syndrome.
European Heart Journal, 46(17),
pp. 1582-1585.
(doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf020)
(PMID:39932154)
Sykes, R. et al. (2025) Radiological abnormalities persist following covid-19 and correlate with impaired Health-related Quality of Life: a prospective cohort study of hospitalized patients. BMJ Open Respiratory Research, 12(1), e001985. (doi: 10.1136/bmjresp-2023-001985) (PMID:39929549)
Ang, D. T.Y. et al. (2025) Coronary microvascular function and atherosclerotic plaque burden in ischaemia and no obstructive coronary arteries: a secondary analysis of the CorMicA trial. Heart, 111(3), pp. 117-124. (doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2024-324677) (PMID:39603791) (PMCID:PMC11874308)
2024
Bradley, C. P. et al. (2024) Heart-brain microvascular MRI study: protocol for a multicentre, observational, cohort study in the UK assessing associations between small vessel disease of the heart and brain. BMJ Open, 14(12), e088372. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-088372) (PMID:9806582) (PMCID:PMC11667430)
Kamdar, Anna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9194-547X, Sykes, Robert
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1010-5474, Thomson, Cameron R., Mangion, Kenneth, Ang, Daniel, Lee, Michelle A.W., Van Agtmael, Tom
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4282-449X and Berry, Colin
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4547-8636
(2024)
Vascular fibrosis and extracellular matrix remodelling in post-COVID 19 conditions.
Infectious Medicine, 3(4),
100147.
(doi: 10.1016/j.imj.2024.100147)
(PMID:39649442)
(PMCID:PMC11621938)
Ang, Daniel T.Y., Carrick, David, Kamdar, Anna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9194-547X, Sykes, Robert
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1010-5474, McGeoch, Ross J., Collison, Damien, McConnachie, Alex
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7262-7000 and Berry, Colin
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4547-8636
(2024)
Intracoronary adenosine–derived coronary flow reserve and index of microvascular resistance.
Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, 17(6),
e013667.
(doi: 10.1161/circinterventions.123.013667)
(PMID:38716671)
(PMCID:PMC11177601)
Sykes, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1010-5474, Hanna, Rebecca and Berry, Colin
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4547-8636
(2024)
Prognostic importance of fractional flow reserve and left ventricular systolic dysfunction after percutaneous coronary intervention.
JACC: Asia, 4(3),
pp. 241-243.
(doi: 10.1016/j.jacasi.2023.12.002)
(PMID:38463675)
(PMCID:PMC10920047)
Morrow, A. J. et al. (2024) Socioeconomic deprivation and illness trajectory in the Scottish population after COVID-19 hospitalization. Communications Medicine, 4, 32. (doi: 10.1038/s43856-024-00455-5) (PMID:38418616) (PMCID:PMC10901805)
Sykes, R. et al. (2024) Effect of body mass index on effectiveness of CT versus invasive coronary angiography in stable chest pain: The DISCHARGE trial. Radiology, 310(2), e230591. (doi: 10.1148/radiol.230591) (PMID:38349247)
Sidik, N. P. et al. (2024) Invasive endotyping in patients with angina and no obstructive coronary artery disease: a randomized controlled trial. Circulation, 149(1), pp. 7-23. (doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.123.064751) (PMID:37795617)
2023
Berry, C. et al. (2023) Mental health symptoms and illness trajectory following COVID-19 hospitalization: A cohort study. Heart and Mind, 7(4), pp. 235-245. (doi: 10.4103/hm.HM-D-23-00037)
Sykes, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1010-5474, Doherty, Daniel, Morrow, Andrew
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4067-8249, Mangion, Kenneth, Rushd, Ahsan and Berry, Colin
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4547-8636
(2023)
NT-proBNP in patients presenting with myocardial infarction and non-obstructive coronary arteries without left ventricular systolic dysfunction.
American Heart Journal Plus: Cardiology Research and Practice, 33,
100311.
(doi: 10.1016/j.ahjo.2023.100311)
Mangion, K. et al. (2023) Post-COVID-19 illness and associations with sex and gender. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 23, 389. (doi: 10.1186/s12872-023-03412-7) (PMID:37553628) (PMCID:PMC10408208)
Sykes, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1010-5474, Ang, Daniel Tze Yee and Berry, Colin
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4547-8636
(2023)
Invasive coronary microvascular function assessment: pharmacological versus exercise testing.
Heart, 109(15),
pp. 1130-1131.
(doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2023-322512)
(PMID:37012042)
Sykes, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1010-5474 and McFarlane, Richard
(2023)
Icosapent ethyl and plaque regression: insights from the EVAPORATE-FFRCT study.
European Heart Journal: Cardiovascular Imaging, 24(7),
pp. 874-875.
(doi: 10.1093/ehjci/jead086)
(PMID:37119308)
Sykes, R. A. et al. (2023) Vascular mechanisms of post-COVID-19 conditions: rho-kinase is a novel target for therapy. European Heart Journal: Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy, 9(4), pp. 371-386. (doi: 10.1093/ehjcvp/pvad025) (PMID:37019821) (PMCID:PMC10236521)
Du Toit, C. et al. (2023) Survey and evaluation of hypertension machine learning research. Journal of the American Heart Association, 12(9), e027896. (doi: 10.1161/JAHA.122.027896) (PMID:37119074) (PMCID:PMC10227215)
Sykes, R. et al. (2023) Rationale and design of the effect of mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist therapy in patients with acute myocardial infarction or injury and non-obstructive coronary arteries: A registry-based, stratified-medicine, randomised, controlled trial. British Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (BSCMR) 17th Annual Congress, Liverpool, UK, 11-12 Oct 2022. (doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2022-BSCMR.26)
Sykes, R. et al. (2023) Adjudicated myocarditis and multisystem illness trajectory in healthcare workers post-COVID-19. Open Heart, 10(1), e002192. (doi: 10.1136/openhrt-2022-002192) (PMID:36822817) (PMCID:PMC9950584)
2022
Paterson, Clare, Hinterberg, Michael A., Morrow, Andrew J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4067-8249, Sykes, Robert
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1010-5474, Mangion, Kenneth, Welsh, Paul
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7970-3643, McConnachie, Alex
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7262-7000, Sattar, Naveed
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1604-2593, Berry, Colin
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4547-8636 and Williams, Stephen A.
(2022)
Utility of a Proteomic Surrogate for Cardiovascular Outcomes to Predict and Monitor COVID-19 Induced Myocarditis.
American Heart Association's 2022 Scientific Sessions and the American Heart Association's 2022 Resuscitation Science Symposium, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 04-07 Nov 2022.
(doi: 10.1161/circ.146.suppl_1.12132)
Mangion, K. et al. (2022) Multi-system investigation of COVID-19 illness. British Cardiovascular Society Annual Conference, ‘100 years of Cardiology’, Manchester, UK, 06-08 June 2022. A122.1-A122. (doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2022-BCS.157)
Berry, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4547-8636 and Sykes, Robert
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1010-5474
(2022)
Microvascular dysfunction in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: a modifiable therapeutic target?
JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging, 15(6),
pp. 1012-1014.
(doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2022.04.008)
(PMID:35680208)
Du Toit, C. et al. (2022) Investigating the quality of machine learning research and reporting in hypertension. European Society of Hypertension 31st Annual Meeting, Athens, Greece, 17-21 Jul 2022. e78. (doi: 10.1097/01.hjh.0000835956.81410.5e)
Morrow, A. J. et al. (2022) A multisystem, cardio-renal investigation of post-COVID-19 illness. Nature Medicine, 28(6), pp. 1303-1313. (doi: 10.1038/s41591-022-01837-9) (PMID:35606551) (PMCID:PMC9205780)
Ang, Daniel T.Y., Sidik, Novalia P., Morrow, Andrew J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4067-8249, Sykes, Robert
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1010-5474, McEntegart, Margaret B. and Berry, Colin
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4547-8636
(2022)
Interventional diagnostic procedure: A practical guide for the assessment of coronary vascular function.
Journal of Visualized Experiments, 181,
e62265.
(doi: 10.3791/62265)
(PMID:35377363)
Doherty, Daniel J., Sykes, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1010-5474, Connelly, Paul J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1744-9977 and Hood, Stuart
(2022)
ST-elevation myocardial infarction due to coronary thrombus in a young patient with diabetic ketoacidosis and a new diagnosis of type-2 diabetes.
BMJ Case Reports, 15,
e247090.
(doi: 10.1136/bcr-2021-247090)
(PMID:35236686)
Reynolds, Harmony R., Bairey Merz, C. Noel, Berry, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4547-8636, Samuel, Rohit, Saw, Jacqueline, Smilowitz, Nathaniel R., de Souza, Ana Carolina do A.H., Sykes, Robert
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1010-5474, Taqueti, Viviany R. and Wei, Janet
(2022)
Coronary arterial function and disease in women with no obstructive coronary arteries.
Circulation Research, 130(4),
pp. 529-551.
(doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.121.319892)
(PMID:35175840)
(PMCID:PMC8911308)
Morrow, A. et al. (2022) Prevention and early treatment of the long-term physical effects of COVID-19 in adults: design of a randomised controlled trial of resistance exercise—CISCO-21. Trials, 23, 660. (doi: 10.1186/s13063-022-06632-y) (PMID:35971155) (PMCID:PMC9376905)
2021
Berry, C. et al. (2021) Post-COVID-19 illness trajectory: a multisystem investigation [Pre-print]. Research Square, (doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1053331/v1)
Morrow, A. et al. (2021) Rationale and design of the Medical Research Council Precision medicine with Zibotentan in microvascular angina (PRIZE) trial MRI sub-study. British Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 2021 Annual Meeting, 12 October 2021. A2.1-A2. (doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2021-BSCMR.3)
Touyz, R. M. et al. (2021) Cardiovascular and renal risk factors and complications associated with COVID-19. CJC Open, 3(10), pp. 1257-1272. (doi: 10.1016/j.cjco.2021.05.020) (PMID:34151246) (PMCID:PMC8205551)
Sykes, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1010-5474, Morrow, Andrew
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4067-8249 and Mangion, Kenneth
(2021)
The Janus of COVID-19: from registry data to prospective studies.
European Heart Journal, 42(30),
pp. 2951-2952.
(doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab238)
(PMID:34166487)
Briscoe, M., Sykes, R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1010-5474, Krystofiak, T., Peck, O., Mangion, K. and Berry, C.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4547-8636
(2021)
Clinical significance of coronavirus disease 2019 in hospitalized patients with myocardial injury.
Clinical Cardiology, 44(3),
pp. 332-339.
(doi: 10.1002/clc.23530)
(PMID:33501708)
(PMCID:PMC7943910)
Doherty, Daniel J., Sykes, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1010-5474, Mangion, Kenneth and Berry, Colin
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4547-8636
(2021)
Predictors of microvascular reperfusion after myocardial infarction.
Current Cardiology Reports, 23,
21.
(doi: 10.1007/s11886-021-01442-1)
(PMID:33624185)
(PMCID:PMC7902326)
Sykes, Robert A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1010-5474, Mohamed, Mohamed O., Kwok, Chun Shing, Mamas, Mamas A. and Berry, Colin
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4547-8636
(2021)
Percutaneous coronary intervention and 30-day unplanned readmission with chest pain in the United States (nationwide readmissions database).
Clinical Cardiology, 44(3),
pp. 291-306.
(doi: 10.1002/clc.23543)
(PMID:33590937)
(PMCID:PMC7943906)
Kamdar, Anna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9194-547X, Sykes, Robert
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1010-5474, Morrow, Andrew
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4067-8249, Mangion, Kenneth and Berry, Colin
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4547-8636
(2021)
Cardiovascular outcomes of glucose lowering therapy in chronic kidney disease patients: a systematic review with meta-analysis.
Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine, 22(4),
pp. 1479-1490.
(doi: 10.31083/j.rcm2204152)
(PMID:34957787)
Sykes, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1010-5474, Doherty, Daniel, Mangion, Kenneth, Morrow, Andrew
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4067-8249 and Berry, Colin
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4547-8636
(2021)
What an interventionalist needs to know about MI with non-obstructive coronary arteries.
Interventional Cardiology Review, 16,
e10.
(doi: 10.15420/icr.2021.10)
(PMID:34188694)
(PMCID:PMC8218171)
Sykes, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1010-5474, Briscoe, Michael, Krystofiak, Thomas, Peck, Oliver, Mangion, Kenneth and Berry, Colin
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4547-8636
(2021)
Type 2 myocardial infarction and myocardial injury: eligibility for novel medical therapy to de-risk clinical trials.
Open Heart, 8,
e001633.
(doi: 10.1136/openhrt-2021-001633)
(PMID:34083388)
(PMCID:PMC8174491)
2020
Mangion, K. et al. (2020) The Chief Scientist Office cardiovascular and pulmonary imaging in SARS Coronavirus disease-19 (CISCO-19) study. Cardiovascular Research, 116(14), pp. 2185-2196. (doi: 10.1093/cvr/cvaa209) (PMID:32702087) (PMCID:PMC7454350)
Briscoe, Michael, Sykes, Robert A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1010-5474, Krysztofiak, Thomas, Mangion, Kenneth, Peck, Oliver H. and Berry, Colin
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4547-8636
(2020)
Clinical Significance of Troponin Elevation in a Contemporary Hospitalized Population: Endotypes, Morbidity and In-hospital Mortality.
American Heart Association's 2020 Scientific Sessions, Online, 13-17 Nov 2020.
(doi: 10.1161/circ.142.suppl_3.14870)
Briscoe, Michael, Sykes, Robert A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1010-5474, Krysztofiak, Thomas, Peck, Oliver H., Mangion, Kenneth and Berry, Colin
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4547-8636
(2020)
Clinical Significance of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Hospitalized Patients With Myocardial Injury.
American Heart Association's 2020 Scientific Sessions, Online, 13-17 Nov 2020.
(doi: 10.1161/circ.142.suppl_3.15932)
2019
Sykes, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1010-5474, Drummond, Russell and Fisher, Miles
(2019)
Icosapent ethyl.
Practical Diabetes, 36(3),
106-107a.
(doi: 10.1002/pdi.2225)
2017
Sykes, Robert A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1010-5474 and Makiello, Phoebe
(2017)
An estimate of Lyme borreliosis incidence in Western Europe.
Journal of Public Health, 39(1),
pp. 74-81.
(doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdw017)
(PMID:26966194)
2013
Kennedy, Ewan D., Choy, Kevin C.C., Alston, R. Peter, Chen, Shaoyun, Farhan-Alanie, Muhamed M.H., Anderson, Jamie, Ang, Yun Lin, Moore, Deborah E., MacKenzie, Sam A. and Sykes, Robert A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1010-5474
(2013)
Cognitive outcome after on- and off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, 27(2),
pp. 253-265.
(doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2012.11.008)
(PMID:23507014)
2012
Kennedy, Ewan D., Choy, Kevin C.C., Alston, R. Peter, Chen, Shaoyun, Farhan-Alanie, Muhamed M. H., Anderson, Jamie, Ang, Yun Lin, Moore, Deborah E., Mackenzie, Sam A. and Sykes, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1010-5474
(2012)
Cognitive Outcome After On- and Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
27th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesiologists, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 23-25 May 2012.
Kennedy, Ewan D., Choy, Kevin C.C., Alston, R. Peter, Chen, Shaoyun, Farhan-Alanie, Muhamed M. H., Anderson, Jamie, Ang, Yun Lin, Moore, Deborah E., Mackenzie, Sam A. and Sykes, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1010-5474
(2012)
Cognitive Outcome After On- and Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
1st Joint Meeting of the Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons (SCTS) and Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthetists (ACTA), Manchester, UK, 18-20 Apr 2012.
Kennedy, Ewan D., Choy, Kevin C.C., Alston, R. Peter, Chen, Shaoyun, Farhan-Alanie, Muhamed M. H., Anderson, Jamie, Ang, Yun Lin, Moore, Deborah E., Mackenzie, Sam A. and Sykes, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1010-5474
(2012)
Cognitive Outcome After On- and Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
National Student Association of Medical Research Conference 2012, London, UK, 04 Feb 2012.
Articles
Sykes, R. et al. (2025) Exercise electrocardiography stress testing in suspected angina and non-obstructive coronary arteries. European Heart Journal, 46(29), pp. 2920-2923. (doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf208) (PMID:40395210) (PMCID:PMC12314743)
Joshi, F. R. et al. (2025) Supersaturated oxygen therapy using radial artery access to prevent left ventricular remodeling after anterior ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: a randomized, controlled trial. American Heart Journal Plus: Cardiology Research and Practice, 55, 100556. (doi: 10.1016/j.ahjo.2025.100556)
Ang, D. T.Y. et al. (2025) Novel contrast-derived indices of coronary microvascular function: potential clinical and cost benefits. Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, 18(6), pp. 496-503. (doi: 10.1161/circinterventions.124.015058) (PMID:40308206)
Lyall, Maia, Kamdar, Anna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9194-547X, Sykes, Robert
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1010-5474, Aekbote, Badri L.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0787-1039, Gadegaard, Nikolaj
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3396-846X and Berry, Colin
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4547-8636
(2025)
Measuring contractile forces in vascular smooth muscle cells.
Vascular Pharmacology, 159,
107488.
(doi: 10.1016/j.vph.2025.107488)
(PMID:40097082)
Sykes, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1010-5474, Ang, Daniel T.Y. and Berry, Colin
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4547-8636
(2025)
Takotsubo is an acute myocardial ischaemic syndrome.
European Heart Journal, 46(17),
pp. 1582-1585.
(doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf020)
(PMID:39932154)
Sykes, R. et al. (2025) Radiological abnormalities persist following covid-19 and correlate with impaired Health-related Quality of Life: a prospective cohort study of hospitalized patients. BMJ Open Respiratory Research, 12(1), e001985. (doi: 10.1136/bmjresp-2023-001985) (PMID:39929549)
Ang, D. T.Y. et al. (2025) Coronary microvascular function and atherosclerotic plaque burden in ischaemia and no obstructive coronary arteries: a secondary analysis of the CorMicA trial. Heart, 111(3), pp. 117-124. (doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2024-324677) (PMID:39603791) (PMCID:PMC11874308)
Bradley, C. P. et al. (2024) Heart-brain microvascular MRI study: protocol for a multicentre, observational, cohort study in the UK assessing associations between small vessel disease of the heart and brain. BMJ Open, 14(12), e088372. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-088372) (PMID:9806582) (PMCID:PMC11667430)
Kamdar, Anna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9194-547X, Sykes, Robert
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1010-5474, Thomson, Cameron R., Mangion, Kenneth, Ang, Daniel, Lee, Michelle A.W., Van Agtmael, Tom
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4282-449X and Berry, Colin
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4547-8636
(2024)
Vascular fibrosis and extracellular matrix remodelling in post-COVID 19 conditions.
Infectious Medicine, 3(4),
100147.
(doi: 10.1016/j.imj.2024.100147)
(PMID:39649442)
(PMCID:PMC11621938)
Ang, Daniel T.Y., Carrick, David, Kamdar, Anna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9194-547X, Sykes, Robert
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1010-5474, McGeoch, Ross J., Collison, Damien, McConnachie, Alex
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7262-7000 and Berry, Colin
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4547-8636
(2024)
Intracoronary adenosine–derived coronary flow reserve and index of microvascular resistance.
Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, 17(6),
e013667.
(doi: 10.1161/circinterventions.123.013667)
(PMID:38716671)
(PMCID:PMC11177601)
Sykes, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1010-5474, Hanna, Rebecca and Berry, Colin
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4547-8636
(2024)
Prognostic importance of fractional flow reserve and left ventricular systolic dysfunction after percutaneous coronary intervention.
JACC: Asia, 4(3),
pp. 241-243.
(doi: 10.1016/j.jacasi.2023.12.002)
(PMID:38463675)
(PMCID:PMC10920047)
Morrow, A. J. et al. (2024) Socioeconomic deprivation and illness trajectory in the Scottish population after COVID-19 hospitalization. Communications Medicine, 4, 32. (doi: 10.1038/s43856-024-00455-5) (PMID:38418616) (PMCID:PMC10901805)
Sykes, R. et al. (2024) Effect of body mass index on effectiveness of CT versus invasive coronary angiography in stable chest pain: The DISCHARGE trial. Radiology, 310(2), e230591. (doi: 10.1148/radiol.230591) (PMID:38349247)
Sidik, N. P. et al. (2024) Invasive endotyping in patients with angina and no obstructive coronary artery disease: a randomized controlled trial. Circulation, 149(1), pp. 7-23. (doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.123.064751) (PMID:37795617)
Berry, C. et al. (2023) Mental health symptoms and illness trajectory following COVID-19 hospitalization: A cohort study. Heart and Mind, 7(4), pp. 235-245. (doi: 10.4103/hm.HM-D-23-00037)
Sykes, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1010-5474, Doherty, Daniel, Morrow, Andrew
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4067-8249, Mangion, Kenneth, Rushd, Ahsan and Berry, Colin
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4547-8636
(2023)
NT-proBNP in patients presenting with myocardial infarction and non-obstructive coronary arteries without left ventricular systolic dysfunction.
American Heart Journal Plus: Cardiology Research and Practice, 33,
100311.
(doi: 10.1016/j.ahjo.2023.100311)
Mangion, K. et al. (2023) Post-COVID-19 illness and associations with sex and gender. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 23, 389. (doi: 10.1186/s12872-023-03412-7) (PMID:37553628) (PMCID:PMC10408208)
Sykes, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1010-5474, Ang, Daniel Tze Yee and Berry, Colin
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4547-8636
(2023)
Invasive coronary microvascular function assessment: pharmacological versus exercise testing.
Heart, 109(15),
pp. 1130-1131.
(doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2023-322512)
(PMID:37012042)
Sykes, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1010-5474 and McFarlane, Richard
(2023)
Icosapent ethyl and plaque regression: insights from the EVAPORATE-FFRCT study.
European Heart Journal: Cardiovascular Imaging, 24(7),
pp. 874-875.
(doi: 10.1093/ehjci/jead086)
(PMID:37119308)
Sykes, R. A. et al. (2023) Vascular mechanisms of post-COVID-19 conditions: rho-kinase is a novel target for therapy. European Heart Journal: Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy, 9(4), pp. 371-386. (doi: 10.1093/ehjcvp/pvad025) (PMID:37019821) (PMCID:PMC10236521)
Du Toit, C. et al. (2023) Survey and evaluation of hypertension machine learning research. Journal of the American Heart Association, 12(9), e027896. (doi: 10.1161/JAHA.122.027896) (PMID:37119074) (PMCID:PMC10227215)
Sykes, R. et al. (2023) Adjudicated myocarditis and multisystem illness trajectory in healthcare workers post-COVID-19. Open Heart, 10(1), e002192. (doi: 10.1136/openhrt-2022-002192) (PMID:36822817) (PMCID:PMC9950584)
Berry, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4547-8636 and Sykes, Robert
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1010-5474
(2022)
Microvascular dysfunction in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: a modifiable therapeutic target?
JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging, 15(6),
pp. 1012-1014.
(doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2022.04.008)
(PMID:35680208)
Morrow, A. J. et al. (2022) A multisystem, cardio-renal investigation of post-COVID-19 illness. Nature Medicine, 28(6), pp. 1303-1313. (doi: 10.1038/s41591-022-01837-9) (PMID:35606551) (PMCID:PMC9205780)
Ang, Daniel T.Y., Sidik, Novalia P., Morrow, Andrew J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4067-8249, Sykes, Robert
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1010-5474, McEntegart, Margaret B. and Berry, Colin
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4547-8636
(2022)
Interventional diagnostic procedure: A practical guide for the assessment of coronary vascular function.
Journal of Visualized Experiments, 181,
e62265.
(doi: 10.3791/62265)
(PMID:35377363)
Doherty, Daniel J., Sykes, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1010-5474, Connelly, Paul J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1744-9977 and Hood, Stuart
(2022)
ST-elevation myocardial infarction due to coronary thrombus in a young patient with diabetic ketoacidosis and a new diagnosis of type-2 diabetes.
BMJ Case Reports, 15,
e247090.
(doi: 10.1136/bcr-2021-247090)
(PMID:35236686)
Reynolds, Harmony R., Bairey Merz, C. Noel, Berry, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4547-8636, Samuel, Rohit, Saw, Jacqueline, Smilowitz, Nathaniel R., de Souza, Ana Carolina do A.H., Sykes, Robert
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1010-5474, Taqueti, Viviany R. and Wei, Janet
(2022)
Coronary arterial function and disease in women with no obstructive coronary arteries.
Circulation Research, 130(4),
pp. 529-551.
(doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.121.319892)
(PMID:35175840)
(PMCID:PMC8911308)
Morrow, A. et al. (2022) Prevention and early treatment of the long-term physical effects of COVID-19 in adults: design of a randomised controlled trial of resistance exercise—CISCO-21. Trials, 23, 660. (doi: 10.1186/s13063-022-06632-y) (PMID:35971155) (PMCID:PMC9376905)
Berry, C. et al. (2021) Post-COVID-19 illness trajectory: a multisystem investigation [Pre-print]. Research Square, (doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1053331/v1)
Touyz, R. M. et al. (2021) Cardiovascular and renal risk factors and complications associated with COVID-19. CJC Open, 3(10), pp. 1257-1272. (doi: 10.1016/j.cjco.2021.05.020) (PMID:34151246) (PMCID:PMC8205551)
Sykes, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1010-5474, Morrow, Andrew
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4067-8249 and Mangion, Kenneth
(2021)
The Janus of COVID-19: from registry data to prospective studies.
European Heart Journal, 42(30),
pp. 2951-2952.
(doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab238)
(PMID:34166487)
Briscoe, M., Sykes, R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1010-5474, Krystofiak, T., Peck, O., Mangion, K. and Berry, C.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4547-8636
(2021)
Clinical significance of coronavirus disease 2019 in hospitalized patients with myocardial injury.
Clinical Cardiology, 44(3),
pp. 332-339.
(doi: 10.1002/clc.23530)
(PMID:33501708)
(PMCID:PMC7943910)
Doherty, Daniel J., Sykes, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1010-5474, Mangion, Kenneth and Berry, Colin
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4547-8636
(2021)
Predictors of microvascular reperfusion after myocardial infarction.
Current Cardiology Reports, 23,
21.
(doi: 10.1007/s11886-021-01442-1)
(PMID:33624185)
(PMCID:PMC7902326)
Sykes, Robert A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1010-5474, Mohamed, Mohamed O., Kwok, Chun Shing, Mamas, Mamas A. and Berry, Colin
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4547-8636
(2021)
Percutaneous coronary intervention and 30-day unplanned readmission with chest pain in the United States (nationwide readmissions database).
Clinical Cardiology, 44(3),
pp. 291-306.
(doi: 10.1002/clc.23543)
(PMID:33590937)
(PMCID:PMC7943906)
Kamdar, Anna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9194-547X, Sykes, Robert
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1010-5474, Morrow, Andrew
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4067-8249, Mangion, Kenneth and Berry, Colin
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4547-8636
(2021)
Cardiovascular outcomes of glucose lowering therapy in chronic kidney disease patients: a systematic review with meta-analysis.
Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine, 22(4),
pp. 1479-1490.
(doi: 10.31083/j.rcm2204152)
(PMID:34957787)
Sykes, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1010-5474, Doherty, Daniel, Mangion, Kenneth, Morrow, Andrew
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4067-8249 and Berry, Colin
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4547-8636
(2021)
What an interventionalist needs to know about MI with non-obstructive coronary arteries.
Interventional Cardiology Review, 16,
e10.
(doi: 10.15420/icr.2021.10)
(PMID:34188694)
(PMCID:PMC8218171)
Sykes, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1010-5474, Briscoe, Michael, Krystofiak, Thomas, Peck, Oliver, Mangion, Kenneth and Berry, Colin
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4547-8636
(2021)
Type 2 myocardial infarction and myocardial injury: eligibility for novel medical therapy to de-risk clinical trials.
Open Heart, 8,
e001633.
(doi: 10.1136/openhrt-2021-001633)
(PMID:34083388)
(PMCID:PMC8174491)
Mangion, K. et al. (2020) The Chief Scientist Office cardiovascular and pulmonary imaging in SARS Coronavirus disease-19 (CISCO-19) study. Cardiovascular Research, 116(14), pp. 2185-2196. (doi: 10.1093/cvr/cvaa209) (PMID:32702087) (PMCID:PMC7454350)
Sykes, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1010-5474, Drummond, Russell and Fisher, Miles
(2019)
Icosapent ethyl.
Practical Diabetes, 36(3),
106-107a.
(doi: 10.1002/pdi.2225)
Sykes, Robert A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1010-5474 and Makiello, Phoebe
(2017)
An estimate of Lyme borreliosis incidence in Western Europe.
Journal of Public Health, 39(1),
pp. 74-81.
(doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdw017)
(PMID:26966194)
Kennedy, Ewan D., Choy, Kevin C.C., Alston, R. Peter, Chen, Shaoyun, Farhan-Alanie, Muhamed M.H., Anderson, Jamie, Ang, Yun Lin, Moore, Deborah E., MacKenzie, Sam A. and Sykes, Robert A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1010-5474
(2013)
Cognitive outcome after on- and off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, 27(2),
pp. 253-265.
(doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2012.11.008)
(PMID:23507014)
Conference or Workshop Item
Sykes, R. et al. (2023) Rationale and design of the effect of mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist therapy in patients with acute myocardial infarction or injury and non-obstructive coronary arteries: A registry-based, stratified-medicine, randomised, controlled trial. British Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (BSCMR) 17th Annual Congress, Liverpool, UK, 11-12 Oct 2022. (doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2022-BSCMR.26)
Paterson, Clare, Hinterberg, Michael A., Morrow, Andrew J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4067-8249, Sykes, Robert
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1010-5474, Mangion, Kenneth, Welsh, Paul
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7970-3643, McConnachie, Alex
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7262-7000, Sattar, Naveed
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1604-2593, Berry, Colin
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4547-8636 and Williams, Stephen A.
(2022)
Utility of a Proteomic Surrogate for Cardiovascular Outcomes to Predict and Monitor COVID-19 Induced Myocarditis.
American Heart Association's 2022 Scientific Sessions and the American Heart Association's 2022 Resuscitation Science Symposium, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 04-07 Nov 2022.
(doi: 10.1161/circ.146.suppl_1.12132)
Mangion, K. et al. (2022) Multi-system investigation of COVID-19 illness. British Cardiovascular Society Annual Conference, ‘100 years of Cardiology’, Manchester, UK, 06-08 June 2022. A122.1-A122. (doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2022-BCS.157)
Du Toit, C. et al. (2022) Investigating the quality of machine learning research and reporting in hypertension. European Society of Hypertension 31st Annual Meeting, Athens, Greece, 17-21 Jul 2022. e78. (doi: 10.1097/01.hjh.0000835956.81410.5e)
Morrow, A. et al. (2021) Rationale and design of the Medical Research Council Precision medicine with Zibotentan in microvascular angina (PRIZE) trial MRI sub-study. British Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 2021 Annual Meeting, 12 October 2021. A2.1-A2. (doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2021-BSCMR.3)
Briscoe, Michael, Sykes, Robert A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1010-5474, Krysztofiak, Thomas, Mangion, Kenneth, Peck, Oliver H. and Berry, Colin
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4547-8636
(2020)
Clinical Significance of Troponin Elevation in a Contemporary Hospitalized Population: Endotypes, Morbidity and In-hospital Mortality.
American Heart Association's 2020 Scientific Sessions, Online, 13-17 Nov 2020.
(doi: 10.1161/circ.142.suppl_3.14870)
Briscoe, Michael, Sykes, Robert A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1010-5474, Krysztofiak, Thomas, Peck, Oliver H., Mangion, Kenneth and Berry, Colin
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4547-8636
(2020)
Clinical Significance of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Hospitalized Patients With Myocardial Injury.
American Heart Association's 2020 Scientific Sessions, Online, 13-17 Nov 2020.
(doi: 10.1161/circ.142.suppl_3.15932)
Kennedy, Ewan D., Choy, Kevin C.C., Alston, R. Peter, Chen, Shaoyun, Farhan-Alanie, Muhamed M. H., Anderson, Jamie, Ang, Yun Lin, Moore, Deborah E., Mackenzie, Sam A. and Sykes, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1010-5474
(2012)
Cognitive Outcome After On- and Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
27th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesiologists, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 23-25 May 2012.
Kennedy, Ewan D., Choy, Kevin C.C., Alston, R. Peter, Chen, Shaoyun, Farhan-Alanie, Muhamed M. H., Anderson, Jamie, Ang, Yun Lin, Moore, Deborah E., Mackenzie, Sam A. and Sykes, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1010-5474
(2012)
Cognitive Outcome After On- and Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
1st Joint Meeting of the Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons (SCTS) and Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthetists (ACTA), Manchester, UK, 18-20 Apr 2012.
Kennedy, Ewan D., Choy, Kevin C.C., Alston, R. Peter, Chen, Shaoyun, Farhan-Alanie, Muhamed M. H., Anderson, Jamie, Ang, Yun Lin, Moore, Deborah E., Mackenzie, Sam A. and Sykes, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1010-5474
(2012)
Cognitive Outcome After On- and Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
National Student Association of Medical Research Conference 2012, London, UK, 04 Feb 2012.
Grants
Grants and Awards listed are those received whilst working with the University of Glasgow.
- Functional and structural brain abnormalities in Takotsubo syndrome
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Endowment Funds
2025 - 2026
- Machine learning to simplify complex coronary small vessel diagnostics
Medical Research Council
2024 - 2025
- B Sykes NHSGGC Endowment GN21CA394
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Endowment Funds
2022 - 2023