Dr Robert Sykes
- Clinical Research Fellow (Cardiovascular & Metabolic Health)
Publications
2023
Sykes, R. , Doherty, D., Morrow, A. , Mangion, K., Rushd, A. and Berry, C. (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, R. , Ang, D. T. Y. and Berry, C. (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, R. and McFarlane, R. (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)
2022
Berry, C. and Sykes, R. (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)
Doherty, D. J., Sykes, R. , Connelly, P. J. and Hood, S. (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, H. R., Bairey Merz, C. N., Berry, C. , Samuel, R., Saw, J., Smilowitz, N. R., de Souza, A. C. d. A.H., Sykes, R. , Taqueti, V. R. and Wei, J. (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
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, R. , Morrow, A. and Mangion, K. (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. , Krystofiak, T., Peck, O., Mangion, K. and Berry, C. (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, D. J., Sykes, R. , Mangion, K. and Berry, C. (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, R. A. , Mohamed, M. O., Kwok, C. S., Mamas, M. A. and Berry, C. (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, A. , Sykes, R. , Morrow, A. , Mangion, K. and Berry, C. (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, R. , Briscoe, M., Krystofiak, T., Peck, O., Mangion, K. and Berry, C. (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)
Sykes, R. , Doherty, D., Mangion, K., Morrow, A. and Berry, C. (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)
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)
2019
Sykes, R. , Drummond, R. and Fisher, M. (2019) Icosapent ethyl. Practical Diabetes, 36(3), 106-107a. (doi: 10.1002/pdi.2225)
2017
Sykes, R. A. and Makiello, P. (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, E. D., Choy, K. C.C., Alston, R. P., Chen, S., Farhan-Alanie, M. M.H., Anderson, J., Ang, Y. L., Moore, D. E., MacKenzie, S. A. and Sykes, R. A. (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)
Articles
Sykes, R. , Doherty, D., Morrow, A. , Mangion, K., Rushd, A. and Berry, C. (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, R. , Ang, D. T. Y. and Berry, C. (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, R. and McFarlane, R. (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, C. and Sykes, R. (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)
Doherty, D. J., Sykes, R. , Connelly, P. J. and Hood, S. (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, H. R., Bairey Merz, C. N., Berry, C. , Samuel, R., Saw, J., Smilowitz, N. R., de Souza, A. C. d. A.H., Sykes, R. , Taqueti, V. R. and Wei, J. (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)
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, R. , Morrow, A. and Mangion, K. (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. , Krystofiak, T., Peck, O., Mangion, K. and Berry, C. (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, D. J., Sykes, R. , Mangion, K. and Berry, C. (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, R. A. , Mohamed, M. O., Kwok, C. S., Mamas, M. A. and Berry, C. (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, A. , Sykes, R. , Morrow, A. , Mangion, K. and Berry, C. (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, R. , Briscoe, M., Krystofiak, T., Peck, O., Mangion, K. and Berry, C. (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)
Sykes, R. , Doherty, D., Mangion, K., Morrow, A. and Berry, C. (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)
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, R. , Drummond, R. and Fisher, M. (2019) Icosapent ethyl. Practical Diabetes, 36(3), 106-107a. (doi: 10.1002/pdi.2225)
Sykes, R. A. and Makiello, P. (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, E. D., Choy, K. C.C., Alston, R. P., Chen, S., Farhan-Alanie, M. M.H., Anderson, J., Ang, Y. L., Moore, D. E., MacKenzie, S. A. and Sykes, R. A. (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
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)
Grants
Grants and Awards listed are those received whilst working with the University of Glasgow.
- B Sykes NHSGGC Endowment GN21CA394
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Endowment Funds
2022 - 2023