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| Patrick B MarkSummaryAffiliation: University of Glasgow Country: UK Publications
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Hydronephrosis in a pregnant renal transplant patientP B Mark
Renal Unit, Western Infirmary, Glasgow, Scotland
Transplant Proc 41:3962-3. 2009..The nephrostomy was removed postpartum with no recurrence of hydronephrosis and subsequent transplant biopsy showed no evidence of rejection. The gravid uterus may obstruct a transplanted kidney...
Diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic implications of brain natriuretic peptide in dialysis and nondialysis-dependent chronic renal failurePatrick B Mark
BHF Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
Semin Dial 20:40-9. 2007....
Vascular function assessed with cardiovascular magnetic resonance predicts survival in patients with advanced chronic kidney diseasePatrick B Mark
BHF Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, G12 8TA, UK
J Cardiovasc Magn Reson 10:39. 2008..Increased arterial stiffness is associated with mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) permits assessment of the central arteries to measure aortic function...
Diagnostic potential of circulating natriuretic peptides in chronic kidney diseasePatrick B Mark
Renal Unit, University of Glasgow, Division of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, Western Infirmary, Glasgow, UK
Nephrol Dial Transplant 21:402-10. 2006..The influence of renal function on the diagnostic utility of natriuretic peptides is unclear...
Association of left atrial volume with mortality among ESRD patients with left ventricular hypertrophy referred for kidney transplantationRajan K Patel
BHF Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Glasgow, UK
Am J Kidney Dis 55:1088-96. 2010..Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging is a volume-independent method of accurately assessing cardiac structure and function in patients with ESRD...
Determinants of left ventricular mass and hypertrophy in hemodialysis patients assessed by cardiac magnetic resonance imagingRajan K Patel
BHF Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8TA, Scotland, United Kingdom
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 4:1477-1483. 2009..Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) is a volume-independent technique to assess cardiac structure. We used CMR to assess the determinants of left ventricular mass (LVM) and LVH in HD patients...
Left ventricular remodeling after acute myocardial infarction: does eplerenone have an effect?Robin A P Weir
Cardiology Department, Western Infirmary, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Am Heart J 157:1088-96. 2009..The mechanism of this effect is unclear. We performed a contrast-enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance study to assess the effects of eplerenone on LV remodeling after AMI...
Plasma apelin concentration is depressed following acute myocardial infarction in manRobin A P Weir
Cardiology Department, Western Infirmary, Glasgow G11 6NT, Scotland, UK
Eur J Heart Fail 11:551-8. 2009..We aimed to characterize plasma apelin concentrations following AMI and to examine its relationship with clinical and prognostic biomarkers...
Altered relative concentrations of high-energy phosphates in patients with uraemic cardiomyopathy measured by magnetic resonance spectroscopyRajan K Patel
Renal Research Group, BHF Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
Nephrol Dial Transplant 27:2446-51. 2012..We also assessed associations of HEP levels with abnormalities of uraemic cardiomyopathy...
Microvolt T-wave alternans in end-stage renal disease patients--associations with uremic cardiomyopathyRajan K Patel
British Heart Foundation Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 6:519-27. 2011..MTWA results of ESRD and hypertensive left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) patients were assessed to determine the prevalence of abnormal results and associations with uremic cardiomyopathy...
Electrocardiographic abnormalities and uremic cardiomyopathyGraham A Stewart
Division of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Kidney Int 67:217-26. 2005..This, and other forms of uremic cardiomyopathy, is linked to increased QT interval and dispersal, and with minor rhythm abnormalities, providing a link with the high risk of sudden death in this population...
Demonstration of blood pressure-independent noninfarct myocardial fibrosis in primary aldosteronism: a cardiac magnetic resonance imaging studyE Marie Freel
Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Circ Cardiovasc Imaging 5:740-7. 2012....
Renal transplantation is not associated with regression of left ventricular hypertrophy: a magnetic resonance studyRajan K Patel
BHF Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 3:1807-11. 2008..Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) provides more detailed, volume-independent, measures of cardiac structure. Changes in LV mass measured by CMR after renal transplantation were studied...
Determinants of hypertension and left ventricular function in end stage renal failure: a pilot study using cardiovascular magnetic resonance imagingGraham A Stewart
Division of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, Western Infirmary, Glasgow, G11 6NT, UK
Clin Physiol Funct Imaging 24:387-93. 2004..CMR provides insights into the pathophysiology of hypertension and LV dysfunction in HD patients...
Urinary corticosteroid excretion predicts left ventricular mass and proteinuria in chronic kidney diseaseEmily P McQuarrie
BHF Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Glasgow, 126 University Place, Glasgow G12 8TA, UK
Clin Sci (Lond) 123:285-94. 2012..Twenty-four hour THAldo excretion is an independent determinant of proteinuria in patients with CKD. These findings emphasize the importance of MR activation in the pathogenesis of the adverse clinical phenotype in CKD...
The cholesterol paradox is flawed; cholesterol must be lowered in dialysis patientsRay K Wan
BHF Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Glasgow, and Renal Transplant Unit, Western Infirmary, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Semin Dial 20:504-9. 2007..Thus, cholesterol lowering will still be effective in patients with chronic kidney diseases...
Aortic stiffness and diastolic flow abnormalities in end-stage renal disease assessed by magnetic resonance imagingArthur Doyle
Division of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Western Infirmary, Glasgow, UK
Nephron Clin Pract 109:c1-8. 2008..We illustrate this using MRI to describe aortic elastic properties and alterations of diastolic flow in comparison to derived central pressure characteristics...
Contrast enhanced-cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging in patients with pulmonary hypertensionKevin G Blyth
Scottish Pulmonary Vascular Unit, Level 8, Western Infirmary, Glasgow G11 6NT, UK
Eur Heart J 26:1993-9. 2005..DCE was associated with IVS bowing and may provide a novel marker for occult septal abnormalities directly relating to the haemodynamic stress experienced by these patients...
Fibroblast growth factor 23 predicts left ventricular mass and induces cell adhesion molecule formationKathryn K Stevens
Renal Research Group, ICAMS, University of Glasgow, 126 University Place, Glasgow G12 8TA, UK
Int J Nephrol 2011:297070. 2011..We do not prove causality with elevated FGF-23 and LVH. Further research should ascertain if lowering levels of FGF-23 translates to improved clinical outcomes...
Late-developing massive left ventricular thrombus following myocardial infarctionRobin A P Weir
Cardiology Department, Western Infirmary, Dumbarton Road, Glasgow G11 6NT, UK
Clin Cardiol 31:233-4. 2008
Cardiomyopathy in Becker muscular dystrophy--does regional fibrosis mimic infarction?Colin J Petrie
Department of Cardiology, Western Infirmary, Glasgow, UK
J Cardiovasc Magn Reson 7:823-5. 2005....
Cardiovascular disease management in renal transplant recipients: more or less treatment?Ray K Wan
BHF Cardiovascular Research Centre, Division of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
Transplantation 82:737-8. 2006
Statins inhibit NK cell cytotoxicity by membrane raft depletion rather than inhibition of isoprenylationDianne Z Hillyard
Renal Research Group, BHF Cardiovascular Research Centre, Division of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, 126 University Place, Glasgow G12 8TA, United Kingdom
Atherosclerosis 191:319-25. 2007..Moreover, there is likely to be a relationship between membrane cholesterol, membrane rafts and cell function that may be involved in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases...
Pseudohypocalcaemia in an elderly patient with advanced renal failure and renovascular diseasePatrick B Mark
Renal Unit, Western Infirmary, Dumbarton Road, Glasgow G11 6NT, UK
Nephrol Dial Transplant 20:1499-500. 2005
Are we overestimating left ventricular abnormalities in end-stage renal disease?Patrick B Mark
Nephrol Dial Transplant 22:1815-9. 2007
Gadolinium contrast may be risky in kidney diseasePeter C Thomson
BMJ 334:1335-6. 2007
