Dr Robert Sykes
- Clinical Lecturer in Ischaemic Heart Disease (School of Cardiovascular & Metabolic Health)
Publications
2025
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)
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, R. et al. (2025) Exercise electrocardiography stress testing in suspected angina and non-obstructive coronary arteries. European Heart Journal, (doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf208) (Early Online Publication)
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,
(doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf020)
(PMID:39932154)
(Early Online Publication)
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)
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, D. T.Y. et al. (2024) Coronary microvascular function and atherosclerotic plaque burden in ischaemia and no obstructive coronary arteries: a secondary analysis of the CorMicA trial. Heart, (doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2024-324677) (PMID:39603791) (Early Online Publication)
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
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)
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, R. et al. (2025) Exercise electrocardiography stress testing in suspected angina and non-obstructive coronary arteries. European Heart Journal, (doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf208) (Early Online Publication)
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,
(doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf020)
(PMID:39932154)
(Early Online Publication)
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)
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, D. T.Y. et al. (2024) Coronary microvascular function and atherosclerotic plaque burden in ischaemia and no obstructive coronary arteries: a secondary analysis of the CorMicA trial. Heart, (doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2024-324677) (PMID:39603791) (Early Online Publication)
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