Dr Simon Beggs

  • Honorary Clinical Lecturer (School of Cardiovascular & Metabolic Health)

Biography

Dr Simon Beggs trained in medicine at the University of Edinburgh (MBChB) before moving to Glasgow to undertake clinical training in general medicine.  Following a 14-month clinical fellowship with the Scottish National Advanced Heart Failure Service at the Golden Jubilee National Hospital, he paused his clinical training to pursue research into the role played by cardiac arrhythmias in heart failure (as part of a PhD, under the supervision of Prof Roy Gardner, Prof Mark Petrie and Prof John McMurray).

Research interests

  • Heart Failure
  • Cardiac Arrhythmias
  • Causes of death in heart failure

Publications

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Number of items: 9.

2025

Beggs, S. A.S. et al. (2025) Why do people with heart failure die? Rationale and design of the RHYTHM ‐ HF study. European Journal of Heart Failure, (doi: 10.1002/ejhf.70014) (Early Online Publication)

Scullion, Malo, Beggs, Simon A.S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0708-9151, Sykes, Robert ORCID logoORCID: 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)

2021

Beggs, Simon A.S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0708-9151, Jhund, Pardeep S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4306-5317 and McMurray, John J.V. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6317-3975 (2021) Anticoagulation, atherothrombosis, and heart failure: lessons from COMMANDER-HF and CORONA. European Heart Journal, 42(20), e5-e7. (doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy609) (PMID:30357375)

2019

Beggs, Simon A.S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0708-9151, Rørth, Rasmus, Gardner, Roy S. and McMurray, John J.V. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6317-3975 (2019) Anticoagulation therapy in heart failure and sinus rhythm: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Heart, 105(17), pp. 1325-1334. (doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2018-314381) (PMID:30962190)

2018

Beggs, Simon A.S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0708-9151, Gardner, Roy S. and McMurray, John J.V. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6317-3975 (2018) Who benefits from a defibrillator—balancing the risk of sudden versus non-sudden death. Current Heart Failure Reports, 15(6), pp. 376-389. (doi: 10.1007/s11897-018-0416-6) (PMID:30413991) (PMCID:PMC6267371)

Beggs, Simon Alistair Stuart ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0708-9151 and Gardner, Roy Stuart (2018) HFrEF pharmacological treatment: beta blockers. In: Camm, A. John, Lüscher, Thomas F., Maurer, Gerald and Serruys, Patrick W. (eds.) ESC Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine. Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK, pp. 1851-1862. ISBN 9780198784906 (doi: 10.1093/med/9780198784906.003.0426)

Beggs, Simon A.S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0708-9151, McDonagh, Theresa A. and Gardner, Roy S. (2018) Chronic heart failure: epidemiology, investigation and management. Medicine, 46(10), pp. 594-600. (doi: 10.1016/j.mpmed.2018.07.006)

Beggs, Simon ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0708-9151 and Gardner, Roy (2018) Thirty years of heart failure. European Heart Journal, 39(10), pp. 824-826. (doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy051) (PMID:29522214)

Beggs, Simon A.S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0708-9151, Jhund, Pardeep S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4306-5317, Jackson, Colette E., McMurray, John J.V. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6317-3975 and Gardner, Roy S. (2018) Non-ischaemic cardiomyopathy, sudden death and implantable defibrillators: a review and meta-analysis. Heart, 104(2), pp. 144-150. (doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2016-310850) (PMID:28986406)

This list was generated on Tue Nov 4 06:52:56 2025 GMT.
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Number of items: 9.

Articles

Beggs, S. A.S. et al. (2025) Why do people with heart failure die? Rationale and design of the RHYTHM ‐ HF study. European Journal of Heart Failure, (doi: 10.1002/ejhf.70014) (Early Online Publication)

Scullion, Malo, Beggs, Simon A.S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0708-9151, Sykes, Robert ORCID logoORCID: 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)

Beggs, Simon A.S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0708-9151, Jhund, Pardeep S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4306-5317 and McMurray, John J.V. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6317-3975 (2021) Anticoagulation, atherothrombosis, and heart failure: lessons from COMMANDER-HF and CORONA. European Heart Journal, 42(20), e5-e7. (doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy609) (PMID:30357375)

Beggs, Simon A.S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0708-9151, Rørth, Rasmus, Gardner, Roy S. and McMurray, John J.V. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6317-3975 (2019) Anticoagulation therapy in heart failure and sinus rhythm: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Heart, 105(17), pp. 1325-1334. (doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2018-314381) (PMID:30962190)

Beggs, Simon A.S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0708-9151, Gardner, Roy S. and McMurray, John J.V. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6317-3975 (2018) Who benefits from a defibrillator—balancing the risk of sudden versus non-sudden death. Current Heart Failure Reports, 15(6), pp. 376-389. (doi: 10.1007/s11897-018-0416-6) (PMID:30413991) (PMCID:PMC6267371)

Beggs, Simon A.S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0708-9151, McDonagh, Theresa A. and Gardner, Roy S. (2018) Chronic heart failure: epidemiology, investigation and management. Medicine, 46(10), pp. 594-600. (doi: 10.1016/j.mpmed.2018.07.006)

Beggs, Simon ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0708-9151 and Gardner, Roy (2018) Thirty years of heart failure. European Heart Journal, 39(10), pp. 824-826. (doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy051) (PMID:29522214)

Beggs, Simon A.S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0708-9151, Jhund, Pardeep S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4306-5317, Jackson, Colette E., McMurray, John J.V. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6317-3975 and Gardner, Roy S. (2018) Non-ischaemic cardiomyopathy, sudden death and implantable defibrillators: a review and meta-analysis. Heart, 104(2), pp. 144-150. (doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2016-310850) (PMID:28986406)

Book Sections

Beggs, Simon Alistair Stuart ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0708-9151 and Gardner, Roy Stuart (2018) HFrEF pharmacological treatment: beta blockers. In: Camm, A. John, Lüscher, Thomas F., Maurer, Gerald and Serruys, Patrick W. (eds.) ESC Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine. Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK, pp. 1851-1862. ISBN 9780198784906 (doi: 10.1093/med/9780198784906.003.0426)

This list was generated on Tue Nov 4 06:52:56 2025 GMT.

Grants

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

  • How do arrhythmias and conduction disturbances contribute to death or rehospitalisation in patients discharged following an admission with acute heart failure? A prospective, observational, multi-centre cohort-study
    British Heart Foundation
    2017 - 2022