Dr Robert Sykes

Clinical Lecturer in Ischaemic Heart Disease (School of Cardiovascular & Metabolic Health)

Biography

Current Position

I am a Clinical Lecturer in Ischaemic Heart Disease in the School of Cardiovascular & Metabolic Health, appointed in 2024 through the Scottish Clinical Research Excellence Development Scheme (SCREDS), and a Specialty Registrar in Cardiology and General Internal Medicine in the West of Scotland. My clinical work is currently based at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow.

Research

My research focuses on novel diagnostics, myocardial injury with non-obstructive coronary arteries (MINOCA), Takotsubo syndrome and coronary microvascular dysfunction and the conditions it contributes to: angina and ischaemia with non-obstructive coronary arteries (ANOCA/INOCA). I am interested in stratified medicine, using coronary physiology and cardiovascular imaging to identify the mechanism behind a patient’s symptoms and match treatment to it, and in software that turns routine heart imaging into physiological measurements.

Current work includes analysis of the StratMed-MINOCA trial and a 7 Tesla MRI study of functional and structural brain abnormalities in Takotsubo syndrome, which I lead with support from NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Endowment Funds. I also contribute to the group’s wider programme, including the CorMicA-PCI trial and the international MICRO-SNAPE study of ANOCA endotypes (European Heart Journal, 2026), and to the NIHR-BHF MINOCA and myocardial injury workstream.

Background

I studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh (MBChB, 2010 to 2016), with an intercalated BMedSci (Hons) in Epidemiology and Biostatistics (2012 to 2013). I moved to Glasgow in 2016 for the Academic Foundation Programme at Glasgow Royal Infirmary and the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, completing a PGCert in Health Professions Education at the University of Glasgow. I then entered Core Medical Training at Glasgow Royal Infirmary within the Glasgow Academic Training Environment, having gained MRCP(UK) through the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 2018.

In 2020 I treated patients admitted with COVID-19 in the acute assessment unit at Glasgow Royal Infirmary and became involved in COVID-19 clinical research. That August I joined Professor Colin Berry’s group as a clinical research fellow, investigating the multisystem effects of COVID-19 and helping to lead recruitment of hospitalised patients to CISCO-19, RECOVERY and related studies. This work formed my MSc(Res) thesis (2022) and was published in Nature Medicine, where I was joint lead author.

From 2023 to 2026 I undertook my PhD as the clinical research fellow for StratMed-MINOCA, a registry-based diagnostic study and nested randomised, open-label trial in people with suspected MINOCA. Coronary microvascular function was measured invasively at angiography, and participants with a raised index of microvascular resistance were randomised to eplerenone or standard care. The study enrolled 379 participants and was supported by research funding from Abbott; its design was published in the American Heart Journal in 2026 and study follow-up concludes in November 2026. (PhD thesis submitted 2026). During both research fellowships I worked on the cardiology fellow rota at the Golden Jubilee National Hospital.

This training gave me experience across acute cardiology, cardiovascular imaging and mechanistic vascular science, including wire myography, cardiovascular magnetic resonance, coronary CT angiography, echocardiography, and invasive coronary angiography with coronary physiology.

Innovation

I write software in Python and JavaScript and use machine learning to build diagnostic tools. The most advanced is the VirtualIMR algorithm and Coroview platform, which estimates coronary microvascular resistance from a routine coronary angiogram without a pressure wire and is the subject of UK and international patent applications. Its development has been supported by the Medical Research Council Impact Acceleration Account and two rounds of the University of Glasgow’s MedTech Innovation Fund, and in 2025 I took part in Innovate UK’s ICURe Discover programme.

Teaching and collaboration

I teach undergraduate medical students, supervise BSc, MSc and student selected component projects, and examine in undergraduate OSCEs. I welcome enquiries about student projects and collaborations in ischaemic heart disease including coronary microvascular disease, MINOCA and Takotsubo syndrome, myocardial injury, heart failure and from clinical or industry partners interested in angiography-derived coronary physiology.

Research interests

My research focuses on advanced cardiovascular diagnostic techniques, including coronary physiology, echocardiography, intravascular imaging, and cardiovascular MRI, to address myocardial injury and ischaemia without obstructive coronary disease.

I am dedicated to integrating emerging technologies such as AI and machine learning into clinical practice, aiming to optimise patient outcomes and advance population-level healthcare solutions.

Research Theme: Cardiac

Research groups

Ischaemic Heart Disease

Publications

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Number of items: 66.

2026

Ang, D. et al. (2026) International study of Coronary Microvascular Angina (iCorMicA): a registry-based diagnostic study and nested randomized trial. American Heart Journal, 301, 107527. (doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2026.107527) (PMID:42409349)

Sykes, R. et al. (2026) Stratified medicine with eplerenone for myocardial infarction or injury and no obstructive coronary arteries: a registry-based basket trial. American Heart Journal, 301, 107518. (doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2026.107518) (PMID:42392556)

Kamdar, A. et al. (2026) Endothelial activation and haemostasis markers associate with post-COVID-19 physical function. BMJ Immunology, 1(1), e000042. (doi: 10.1136/bmjimm-2026-000042)

Sykes, R. et al. (2026) Myocardial bridging independently associates with coronary artery spasm. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions, 19(14), pp. 1959-1962. (doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2026.03.026) (PMID:42508854)

Sykes, R. A. et al. (2026) Heterogeneity in the diagnostic management of MINOCA: a UK clinician survey. Open Heart, 13(2), e004551. (doi: 10.1136/openhrt-2026-004551) (PMID:42901730) (PMCID:PMC13684185)

Bradley, C. P. et al. (2026) Endotype-informed therapy and effects on illness perception and psychological health in patients with chest pain and no obstructive coronary artery disease. European Heart Journal: Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes, (doi: 10.1093/ehjqcco/qcag081) (PMID:42241125) (Early Online Publication)

Kamdar, A. et al. (2026) Proteomic insights into troponin elevation following COVID-19 infection. Heart, (doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2025-326786) (Early Online Publication)

Kamdar, A. et al. (2026) Illness trajectory in the longer term after hospitalisation for COVID-19: a prospective, multicentre cohort study. BMC Infectious Diseases, 26, 344. (doi: 10.1186/s12879-025-12487-w) (PMID:41559637) (PMCID:PMC12903569)

Bradley, C. P. et al. (2026) Endotyping-informed therapy for patients with chest pain and no obstructive coronary artery disease: a randomized trial. Nature Medicine, 32(1), pp. 332-341. (doi: 10.1038/s41591-025-04044-4) (PMID:41214345) (PMCID:PMC12823439)

Bradley, C. P. et al. (2026) Non-invasive endotyping improves treatment satisfaction and prescribing appropriateness in patients with angina and no obstructive coronary artery disease. Open Heart, 13(1), e004135. (doi: 10.1136/openhrt-2026-004135) (PMID:41997615)

2025

Miner, S. et al. (2025) Endotypes of angina with non-obstructive coronary arteries: a prospective multicentre study. European Heart Journal, (doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf839) (Early Online Publication)

Berry, C. et al. (2025) Resistance exercise therapy for long COVID: a randomized, controlled trial. JAMA Network Open, 8(11), e2534304. (doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.34304) (PMID:41213124) (PMCID:PMC12603858)

Berry, C. et al. (2025) Resistance exercise therapy after COVID-19 infection: a randomized, controlled trial. JAMA Network Open, 8(11), e2534304. (doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.34304) (PMID:41213124)

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)

Eerdekens, R. et al. (2025) Prognostic value of microvascular function in Takotsubo syndrome: a pooled analysis of individual patient data. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions, 18(13), pp. 1646-1656. (doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2025.05.028) (PMID:40415182)

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)

Scullion, Malo, Beggs, Simon A.S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0708-9151, Sykes, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1010-5474, Neef, Pieter, Thorburn, Fiona, Whitehead, Sarah and Baston, Veronica (2025) Myopericarditis due to Capnocytophaga canimorsus infection after a dog bite: A case report. Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 55(2), pp. 102-105. (doi: 10.1177/14782715251338728) (PMID:40380875)

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. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-3540-9539, Mangion, Kenneth, Ang, Daniel, Lee, Michelle A.W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0519-9737, 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. National Student Association of Medical Research Conference 2012, London, UK, 04 Feb 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.

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Articles

Kamdar, A. et al. (2026) Endothelial activation and haemostasis markers associate with post-COVID-19 physical function. BMJ Immunology, 1(1), e000042. (doi: 10.1136/bmjimm-2026-000042)

Kamdar, A. et al. (2026) Proteomic insights into troponin elevation following COVID-19 infection. Heart, (doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2025-326786) (Early Online Publication)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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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.

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.

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Grants and Awards listed are those received whilst working with the University of Glasgow.

iCURE Discover
Innovate UK
2025 - 2025
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

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