Dr Darrel Francis

Publications


Journals

  • Ghosh AK; Et al. (2012). Duration of diabetes is a significant independent predictor of elevated left ventricular mass. J Am Coll Cardiol;59:1727. 1727. DOI.
  • Wensel R; Francis DP; Meyer FJ; Opitz CF; Bruch L; Halank M; Winkler J; Seyfarth HJ; et alGläser S; Blumberg F; Obst A; Dandel M; Hetzer R; Ewert R. (9 Apr 2012). Incremental prognostic value of cardiopulmonary exercise testing and resting haemodynamics in pulmonary arterial hypertension. Int J Cardiol. DOI.
  • Kyriacou A; Li Kam Wa ME; Pabari PA; Unsworth B; Baruah R; Willson K; Peters NS; Kanagaratnam P; et alHughes AD; Mayet J; Whinnett ZI; Francis DP. (26 Mar 2012). A systematic approach to designing reliable VV optimization methodology: Assessment of internal validity of echocardiographic, electrocardiographic and haemodynamic optimization of cardiac resynchronization therapy. Int J Cardiol. DOI.
  • Moraldo M; Del Franco A; Pugliese NR; Pabari PA; Francis DP. (8 Mar 2012). Avoiding bias in measuring "hemisphere radius" in echocardiographic mitral regurgitation quantification: Mona Lisa PISA. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY. 155:318-320. DOI.
  • Papalia F; Aung N; Ling HZ; Aggarwal S; Flint J; Connell A; Weissert S; Mayet J; et alFrancis D; Thomas M; Woldman S; Okonko DO. (22 Nov 2011). Prognostic Utility of the Hemoglobin/Hematocrit Equation for Estimating Plasma Volume Changes Over Time in Chronic Heart Failure. CIRCULATION. 124. Author weblink.
  • Manisty C; Giannoni A; Mebrate Y; Mayet J; Willson K; Francis DP. (22 Nov 2011). Inverse Frequency Dependence of the Chemoreflex - is the Gain Measured with Rebreathing Relevant to Periodic Breathing in Heart Failure?. CIRCULATION. 124. Author weblink.
  • Savage HO; Gerber RT; Tang K; Sachdev B; Cole G; Watson G; Petterson T; Assomoli R; et alNoor B; Sharp A; Ali A; Khamis R; Francis D. (2011). Reproducibility of the syntax score (synergy between percutaneous coronary intervention with taxus and cardiac surgery) in a real world setting: implications for the choice of contemporary revascularisation strategy. Circulation.
  • Barthel P; Wensel R; Mueller A; Ulm K; Malik M; Francis DP; Schmidt G. (22 Nov 2011). Risk Prediction Early After Myocardial Infarction: Resting Respiratory Rate Is Independent of GRACE Score. CIRCULATION. 124. Author weblink.
  • Jabbour R; Husain S; Zaman N; Aung N; Ling HZ; Baruah R; Cole G; Manisty C; et alBarron A; Mayet J; Francis D; Thomas M; Woldman S; Okonko DO. (22 Nov 2011). Attenuations in Serum Albumin Over Time Powerfully Predict an Amplified Risk of Death in Chronic Heart Failure. CIRCULATION. 124. Author weblink.
  • Lota AS; Manisty CH; Sutton R; Francis DP. (20 Dec 2011). CHRISTMAS 2011: PROFESSIONAL MATTERS When is a "free" registrar in clinic not free?. BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL. 343. Author weblink DOI.
  • Francis DP. (Dec 2011). Precision of a Parabolic Optimum Calculated from Noisy Biological Data, and Implications for Quantitative Optimization of Biventricular Pacemakers (Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy). Applied Mathematics. 2:1497-1506. Publisher weblink Author weblink DOI.
  • Lota AS; Manisty CH; Sutton R; Francis DP. (2011). When is a "free" registrar in clinic not free?. BMJ. 343:d7869.
  • Sen S; Escaned J; Malik IS; Mikhail GW; Foale RA; Mila R; Tarkin J; Petraco R; et alBroyd C; Jabbour R; Sethi A; Baker CS; Bellamy M; Al-Bustami M; Hackett D; Khan M; Lefroy D; Parker KH; Hughes AD; Francis DP; Di Mario C; Mayet J; Davies JE. (10 Apr 2012). Development and Validation of a New Adenosine-Independent Index of Stenosis Severity From Coronary Wave-Intensity Analysis: Results of the ADVISE (ADenosine Vasodilator Independent Stenosis Evaluation) Study. J Am Coll Cardiol. 59:1392-1402. DOI.
  • Dimopoulos K; Giannakoulas G; Bendayan I; Liodakis E; Petraco R; Diller GP; Piepoli MF; Swan L; et alMullen M; Best N; Poole-Wilson PA; Francis DP; Rubens MB; Gatzoulis MA. (1 Dec 2011). Cardiothoracic ratio from postero-anterior chest radiographs: A simple, reproducible and independent marker of disease severity and outcome in adults with congenital heart disease. Int J Cardiol. DOI.
  • Manisty CH; Al-Hussaini A; Unsworth B; Baruah R; Pabari PA; Mayet J; Hughes AD; Whinnett ZI; et alFrancis DP. (1 Feb 2012). The acute effects of changes to AV delay on BP and stroke volume: potential implications for design of pacemaker optimization protocols. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 5:122-130. DOI.
  • Raphael CE; Koa-Wing M; Stain N; Wright I; Francis DP; Kanagaratnam P. (Dec 2011). Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator recipient attitudes towards device deactivation: how much do patients want to know?. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 34:1628-1633. DOI.
  • Cleland JGF; Teerlink JR; Senior R; Nifontov EM; Mc Murray JJV; Lang CC; Tsyrlin VA; Greenberg BH; et alMayet J; Francis DP; Shaburishvili T; Monaghan M; Saltzberg M; Neyses L; Wasserman SM; Lee JH; Saikali KG; Clarke CP; Goldman JH; Wolff AA; Malik FI. (20 Aug 2011). The effects of the cardiac myosin activator, omecamtiv mecarbil, on cardiac function in systolic heart failure: a double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover, dose-ranging phase 2 trial. LANCET. 378:676-683. Author weblink.
  • Unsworth B; Casula RP; Yadav H; Baruah R; Hughes AD; Mayet J; Francis DP. (12 Sep 2011). Contrasting effect of different cardiothoracic operations on echocardiographic right ventricular long axis velocities, and implications for interpretation of post-operative values. Int J Cardiol. DOI.
  • Davies JE; Sen S; Broyd C; Hadjiloizou N; Baksi J; Francis DP; Foale RA; Parker KH; et alHughes AD; Chukwuemeka A; Casula R; Malik IS; Mikhail GW; Mayet J. (4 Oct 2011). Arterial pulse wave dynamics after percutaneous aortic valve replacement: fall in coronary diastolic suction with increasing heart rate as a basis for angina symptoms in aortic stenosis. Circulation. 124:1565-1572. DOI.
  • Kyriacou A; Pabari PA; Francis DP. (28 Jul 2011). Cardiac resynchronization therapy is certainly cardiac therapy, but how much resynchronization and how much atrioventricular delay optimization?. Heart Fail Rev. DOI.
  • Lim PB; Malcolme-Lawes LC; Stuber T; Koa-Wing M; Wright IJ; Tillin T; Sutton R; Davies DW; et alPeters NS; Francis DP; Kanagaratnam P. (Nov 2011). Feasibility of multiple short, 40-s, intra-procedural ECG recordings to detect immediate changes in heart rate variability during catheter ablation for arrhythmias. J Interv Card Electrophysiol. 32:163-171. DOI.
  • Francis DP. (19 May 2011). Duration and magnitude of the effect of a single statin tablet in primary prevention of cardiovascular events. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY. 149:102-107. Author weblink DOI.
  • Lim PB; Malcolme-Lawes LC; Stuber T; Kojodjojo P; Wright IJ; Francis DP; Wyn Davies D; Peters NS; et alKanagaratnam P. (Nov 2011). Stimulation of the intrinsic cardiac autonomic nervous system results in a gradient of fibrillatory cycle length shortening across the atria during atrial fibrillation in humans. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 22:1224-1231. DOI.
  • Baruah R; Giannoni A; Willson K; Mebrate Y; Mayet J; Emdin M; Hughes AD; Manisty CH; et alFrancis DP. (26 Apr 2011). Real-Time Dynamic Carbon Dioxide Administration Reply. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY. 57:1789-1790. Author weblink DOI.
  • Piepoli MF; Conraads V; Corrà U; Dickstein K; Francis DP; Jaarsma T; McMurray J; Pieske B; et alPiotrowicz E; Schmid JP; Anker SD; Solal AC; Filippatos GS; Hoes AW; Gielen S; Giannuzzi P; Ponikowski PP. (Apr 2011). Exercise training in heart failure: from theory to practice. A consensus document of the Heart Failure Association and the European Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation. Eur J Heart Fail. 13:347-357. DOI.
  • Lim PB; Malcolme-Lawes LC; Stuber T; Wright I; Francis DP; Davies DW; Peters NS; Kanagaratnam P. (Jun 2011). Intrinsic cardiac autonomic stimulation induces pulmonary vein ectopy and triggers atrial fibrillation in humans. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 22:638-646. DOI.
  • Pabari PA; Willson K; Stegemann B; van Geldorp IE; Kyriacou A; Moraldo M; Mayet J; Hughes AD; et alFrancis DP. (May 2011). When is an optimization not an optimization? Evaluation of clinical implications of information content (signal-to-noise ratio) in optimization of cardiac resynchronization therapy, and how to measure and maximize it. Heart Fail Rev. 16:277-290. DOI.
  • Barron AJ; Medlow KI; Giannoni A; Unsworth B; Coats AJ; Mayet J; Howard LS; Francis DP. (Nov 2010). Reduced confounding by impaired ventilatory function with oxygen uptake efficiency slope and VE/VCO2 slope rather than peak oxygen consumption to assess exercise physiology in suspected heart failure. Congest Heart Fail. 16:259-264. DOI.
  • Giannoni A; Baruah R; Willson K; Mebrate Y; Mayet J; Emdin M; Hughes AD; Manisty CH; et alFrancis DP. (23 Nov 2010). Real-time dynamic carbon dioxide administration: a novel treatment strategy for stabilization of periodic breathing with potential application to central sleep apnea. J Am Coll Cardiol. 56:1832-1837. DOI.
  • Dhutia NM; Cole GD; Willson K; Rueckert D; Parker KH; Hughes AD; Francis DP. (22 Mar 2012). A new automated system to identify a consistent sampling position to make tissue Doppler and transmitral Doppler measurements of E, E' and E/E'. Int J Cardiol. 155:394-399. DOI.
  • Asaria P; Francis DP. (Feb 2011). Heart Forecast for cardiovascular risk assessment. Heart. 97:173-174. DOI.
  • Whinnett ZI; Nott G; Davies JE; Willson K; Manisty CH; Kanagaratnam P; Peters NS; Davies DW; et alHughes AD; Mayet J; Francis DP. (Feb 2011). Maximizing efficiency of alternation algorithms for hemodynamic optimization of the AV delay of cardiac resynchronization therapy. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 34:217-225. DOI.
  • Hadjiloizou N; Davies J; Baksi J; Malik I; Shai S; Aguado-Sierra J; Foale R; Parker K; et alFrancis D; Hughes A; Mayet J. (1 Oct 2010). Different effects of left ventricular hypertrophy secondary to hypertension and aortic stenosis on wave generation in the coronary arteries. JOURNAL OF HUMAN HYPERTENSION. 24:703-703.
  • Yadav H; Unsworth B; Medlow K; Baruah R; Wasan BS; Mayet J; Francis DP. (15 Oct 2010). Usefulness of a Z-score of E' versus raw E' velocities to detect left ventricular dysfunction in patients with mitral or aortic regurgitation or dilated cardiomyopathy. Am J Cardiol. 106:1187-1192. DOI.
  • Ferenczi EA; Asaria P; Hughes AD; Chaturvedi N; Francis DP. (15 Aug 2010). Can a statin neutralize the cardiovascular risk of unhealthy dietary choices?. Am J Cardiol. 106:587-592. DOI.
  • Davies JE; Unsworth B; Francis DP; Casula R; Sutaria N. (27 Jul 2010). A surgeon's eye view noninvasively. J Am Coll Cardiol. 56:e9. DOI.
  • Bathula R; Hughes AD; Panerai R; Potter J; Thom SA; Francis DP; Shore AC; Kooner J; et alChaturvedi N. (Oct 2010). Indian Asians have poorer cardiovascular autonomic function than Europeans: this is due to greater hyperglycaemia and may contribute to their greater risk of heart disease. Diabetologia. 53:2120-2128. DOI.
  • Salukhe TV; Briceno NI; Ferenczi EA; Sutton R; Francis DP. (Apr 2010). Is there benefit in implanting defibrillators in patients with severe heart failure?. Heart. 96:599-603. DOI.
  • Ponikowska B; Jankowska EA; Reczuch K; Wegrzynowska-Teodorczyk K; Witkowski T; Rydlewska A; Borodulin-Nadzieja L; Banasiak W; et alFrancis D; Ponikowski P. (1 Dec 2009). Abnormal indices of autonomic function are no longer predictors of poor outcome in diabetic patients without neuropathy but with coexisting coronary artery disease who receive optimal pharmacological therapy. KARDIOLOGIA POLSKA. 67:1325-1334.
  • Unsworth B; Casula RP; Kyriacou AA; Yadav H; Chukwuemeka A; Cherian A; Stanbridge RDEL; Athanasiou T; et alMayet J; Francis DP. (Feb 2010). The right ventricular annular velocity reduction caused by coronary artery bypass graft surgery occurs at the moment of pericardial incision. Am Heart J. 159:314-322. DOI.
  • Davies JE; Baksi J; Francis DP; Hadjiloizou N; Whinnett ZI; Manisty CH; Aguado-Sierra J; Foale RA; et alMalik IS; Tyberg JV; Parker KH; Mayet J; Hughes AD. (Feb 2010). The arterial reservoir pressure increases with aging and is the major determinant of the aortic augmentation index. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 298:H580-H586. DOI.
  • Diller GP; Lammers AE; Haworth SG; Dimopoulos K; Derrick G; Bonhoeffer P; Gatzoulis MA; Francis DP. (Feb 2010). A modelling study of atrial septostomy for pulmonary arterial hypertension, and its effect on the state of tissue oxygenation and systemic blood flow. Cardiol Young. 20:25-32. DOI.
  • Linton NW; Koa-Wing M; Francis DP; Kojodjojo P; Lim PB; Salukhe TV; Whinnett Z; Davies DW; et alPeters NS; O'Neill MD; Kanagaratnam P. (Dec 2009). Cardiac ripple mapping: a novel three-dimensional visualization method for use with electroanatomic mapping of cardiac arrhythmias. Heart Rhythm. 6:1754-1762. DOI.
  • Dimopoulos K; Diller G-P; Giannakoulas G; Petraco R; Chamaidi A; Karaoli E; Mullen M; Swan L; et alPiepoli MF; Poole-Wilson PA; Francis DP; Gatzoulis MA. (24 Nov 2009). Anemia in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease Relates to Adverse Outcome. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY. 54:2093-2100. Author weblink DOI.
  • Baksi AJ; Treibel TA; Davies JE; Hadjiloizou N; Foale RA; Parker KH; Francis DP; Mayet J; et alHughes AD. (24 Nov 2009). A Meta-Analysis of the Mechanism of Blood Pressure Change With Aging. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY. 54:2087-2092. Author weblink DOI.
  • Sharp AS; Tapp RJ; Thom SA; Francis DP; Hughes AD; Stanton AV; Zambanini A; O'Brien E; et alChaturvedi N; Lyons S; Byrd S; Poulter NR; Sever PS; Mayet J; ASCOT Investigators. (Mar 2010). Tissue Doppler E/E' ratio is a powerful predictor of primary cardiac events in a hypertensive population: an ASCOT substudy. Eur Heart J. 31:747-752. DOI.
  • Dimopoulos K; Diller GP; Petraco R; Koltsida E; Giannakoulas G; Tay EL; Best N; Piepoli MF; et alFrancis DP; Poole-Wilson PA; Gatzoulis MA. (Mar 2010). Hyponatraemia: A strong predictor of mortality in adults with congenital heart disease. Eur Heart J. 31:595-601. DOI.
  • Manisty CH; Zambanini A; Parker KH; Davies JE; Francis DP; Mayet J; Thom SAM; Hughes AD. (1 Oct 2009). Differences in the Magnitude of Wave Reflection Account for Differential Effects of Amlodipine- Versus Atenolol-Based Regimens on Central Blood Pressure An Anglo-Scandinavian Cardiac Outcome Trial Substudy. HYPERTENSION. 54:724-U73. Author weblink DOI.
  • Yadav H; Unsworth B; Fontana M; Diller GP; Kyriacou A; Baruah R; Mayet J; Francis DP. (Feb 2010). Selective right ventricular impairment following coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 37:393-398. DOI.
  • Mebrate Y; Willson K; Manisty CH; Baruah R; Mayet J; Hughes AD; Parker KH; Francis DP. (1 Sep 2009). Dynamic CO2 therapy in periodic breathing: a modeling study to determine optimal timing and dosage regimes. JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY. 107:696-706. Author weblink DOI.
  • Baruah R; Manisty CH; Giannoni A; Willson K; Mebrate Y; Baksi AJ; Unsworth B; Hadjiloizou N; et alSutton R; Mayet J; Francis DP. (1 May 2009). Novel Use of Cardiac Pacemakers in Heart Failure to Dynamically Manipulate the Respiratory System Through Algorithmic Changes in Cardiac Output. CIRCULATION-HEART FAILURE. 2:166-174. Author weblink DOI.
  • Giannakoulas G; Dimopoulos K; Engel R; Goktekin O; Kucukdurmaz Z; Vatankulu MA; Bedard E; Diller GP; et alPapaphylactou M; Francis DP; Di Mario C; Gatzoulis MA. (15 May 2009). Burden of Coronary Artery Disease in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease and Its Relation to Congenital and Traditional Heart Risk Factors. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY. 103:1445-1450. Author weblink DOI.
  • Giannoni A; Emdin M; Bramanti F; Iudice G; Francis DP; Barsotti A; Piepoli M; Passino C. (26 May 2009). Combined Increased Chemosensitivity to Hypoxia and Hypercapnia as a Prognosticator in Heart Failure. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY. 53:1975-1980. Author weblink DOI.
  • Davies J; Parker KH; Francis DP; Hughes AD; Mayet J. (1 Jun 2009). What is the role of the aorta in directing coronary blood flow? Reply. HEART. 95:937-938. Author weblink.
  • Torii R; Wood NB; Hadjiloizou N; Dowsey AW; Wright AR; Hughes AD; Davies J; Francis DP; et alMayet J; Yang G-Z; Thom SAM; Xu XY. (1 May 2009). Fluid-structure interaction analysis of a patient-specific right coronary artery with physiological velocity and pressure waveforms. COMMUNICATIONS IN NUMERICAL METHODS IN ENGINEERING. 25:565-580. Author weblink DOI.
  • Wensel R; Jilek C; Dörr M; Francis DP; Stadler H; Lange T; Blumberg F; Opitz C; et alPfeifer M; Ewert R. (Oct 2009). Impaired cardiac autonomic control relates to disease severity in pulmonary hypertension. Eur Respir J. 34:895-901. DOI.
  • Diller G-P; Okonko DO; Uebing A; Dimopoulos K; Bayne S; Sutton R; Francis DP; Gatzoulis MA. (1 May 2009). Impaired heart rate response to exercise in adult patients with a systemic right ventricle or univentricular circulation: Prevalence, relation to exercise, and potential therapeutic implications. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY. 134:59-66. Author weblink DOI.
  • Aguado-Sierra J; Davies JE; Hadjiloizou N; Francis D; Mayet J; Hughes AD; Parker KH. (2008). Reservoir-wave separation and wave intensity analysis applied to carotid arteries: a hybrid 1D model to understand haemodynamics. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2008:1381-1384. DOI.
  • Torii R; Wood NB; Hadjiloizou N; Dowsey AW; Wright AR; Hughes AD; Davies J; Francis DP; et alMayet J; Yang G-Z; Thom SAM; Xu XY. (1 Mar 2009). Stress phase angle depicts differences in coronary artery hemodynamics due to changes in flow and geometry after percutaneous coronary intervention. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-HEART AND CIRCULATORY PHYSIOLOGY. 296:H765-H776. Author weblink DOI.
  • Diller G-P; Wasan BS; Thom SAM; Foale RA; Hughes AD; Francis DP; Mayet J. (1 Feb 2009). Evidence of Improved Regional Myocardial Function in Patients With Chronic Stable Angina and Apparent Normal Ventricular Function-A Tissue Doppler Study Before and After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY. 22:177-182. Author weblink DOI.
  • Baruah R; Francis DP. (24 Sep 2010). Chemoreflex sensitivity and congenital heart disease. Int J Cardiol. 144:94-95. DOI.
  • Thomas N; Unsworth B; Ferenczi EA; Davies JE; Mayet J; Francis DP. (1 Dec 2008). Intraobserver variability in grading severity of repeated identical cases of mitral regurgitation. AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL. 156:1089-1094. Author weblink DOI.
  • Diller G-P; Wasan BS; Kyriacou A; Patel N; Casula RP; Athanasiou T; Francis DP; Mayet J. (1 Nov 2008). Effect of coronary artery bypass surgery on myocardial function as assessed by tissue Doppler echocardiography. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY. 34:995-999. Author weblink DOI.
  • Raphael CE; Whinnett ZI; Davies JE; Fontana M; Ferenczi EA; Manisty CH; Mayet J; Francis DP. (1 Jan 2009). Quantifying the paradoxical effect of higher systolic blood pressure on mortality in chronic heart failure. HEART. 95:56-62. Author weblink DOI.
  • Davies JE; Parker KH; Francis DP; Hughes AD; Mayet J. (1 Dec 2008). What is the role of the aorta in directing coronary blood flow?. HEART. 94:1545-1547. Author weblink DOI.
  • Baruah R; Francis DP; Sutton R. (1 Nov 2008). Cardiorespiratory interaction in vasovagal syncope. HEART. 94:1372-1373. Author weblink DOI.
  • Bathula R; Hughes AD; Thom S; Panerai R; Potter J; Francis DP; Shore A; Kooner J; et alChaturvedi N. (1 Oct 2008). Mechanisms for the greater impact of diabetes on stroke risk in Indian Asians compared to Europeans. JOURNAL OF HUMAN HYPERTENSION. 22:720-720. Author weblink.
  • Davies JER; Whinnett ZI; Hadjiloizou N; Aguado-Sierra J; Parker KH; Francis DP; Hughes AD; Mayet J. (1 Oct 2008). Evidence of augmentation of systolic coronary blood flow by retrograde wave reflection travelling-back from the proximal aorta. JOURNAL OF HUMAN HYPERTENSION. 22:718-719. Author weblink.
  • Whinnett ZI; Davies JER; Nott G; Willson K; Manisty CH; Peters NS; Kanagaratnam P; Davies DW; et alHughes AD; Mayet J; Francis DP. (26 Sep 2008). Efficiency, reproducibility and agreement of five different hemodynamic measures for optimization of cardiac resynchronization therapy. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY. 129:216-226. Author weblink DOI.
  • Sharp A; Tapp R; Francis DP; McG Thom SA; Hughes AD; Stanton AV; Zambanini A; Chaturvedi N; et alByrd S; Poulter NR; Sever PS; Mayet J. (16 Sep 2008). Ethnicity and left ventricular diastolic function in hypertension an ASCOT (Anglo-Scandinavian Cardiac Outcomes Trial) substudy. J Am Coll Cardiol. 52:1015-1021. DOI.
  • Ferenczi EA; Malik IS; Mayet J; Foale RA; Francis DP. (Sep 2008). Abciximab in coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction and stable ischemic heart disease: early investment for growing benefit. J Invasive Cardiol. 20:437-441.
  • Hadjiloizou N; Davies JE; Malik IS; Aguado-Sierra J; Willson K; Foale RA; Parker KH; Hughes AD; et alFrancis DP; Mayet J. (Sep 2008). Differences in cardiac microcirculatory wave patterns between the proximal left mainstem and proximal right coronary artery. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 295:H1198-H1205. DOI.
  • Davos CH; Moutafi AC; Alexandridi A; Petropoulou E; Varela E; Chamakou AC; Francis DP; Kilner PJ; et alPiepoli MF; Gatzoulis MA. (10 Jul 2009). Heart rate turbulence in adults with repaired tetralogy of Fallot. Int J Cardiol. 135:308-314. DOI.
  • Manisty CH; Willson K; Davies JE; Whinnett ZI; Baruah R; Mebrate Y; Kanagaratnam P; Peters NS; et alHughes AD; Mayet J; Francis DP. (Jul 2008). Induction of oscillatory ventilation pattern using dynamic modulation of heart rate through a pacemaker. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 295:R219-R227. DOI.
  • Dimopoulos K; Diller GP; Koltsida E; Pijuan-Domenech A; Papadopoulou SA; Babu-Narayan SV; Salukhe TV; Piepoli MF; et alPoole-Wilson PA; Best N; Francis DP; Gatzoulis MA. (6 May 2008). Prevalence, predictors, and prognostic value of renal dysfunction in adults with congenital heart disease. Circulation. 117:2320-2328. DOI.
  • Bathula R; Francis DP; Hughes A; Chaturvedi N. (Apr 2008). Ethnic differences in heart rate: can these be explained by conventional cardiovascular risk factors?. Clin Auton Res. 18:90-95. DOI.
  • Manisty CH; Francis DP. (1 Apr 2008). Ejection fraction: a measure of desperation?. HEART. 94:400-401. Author weblink DOI.
  • Whinnett ZI; Briscoe C; Davies JER; Willson K; Manisty CH; Davies W; Peters NS; Kanagaratnam P; et alHughes AD; Mayet J; Francis DP. (1 Mar 2008). The atrioventricular delay of cardiac resynchronization can be optimized hemodynamically during exercise and predicted from resting measurements. HEART RHYTHM. 5:378-386. Author weblink DOI.
  • Aguado-Sierra J; Hadjilizou N; Davies JE; Francis D; Mayet J; Parker KH. (2007). Pressure reservoir-wave separation applied to the coronary arterial data. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2007:2693-2696. DOI.
  • Koa-Wing M; Wright I; Peters NS; Davies DW; Francis DP; Kanagaratnam P. (Nov 2007). Experience of ICD management at a UK center: cardiovascularly stable VT presentation predicts higher risk for appropriate ICD therapy. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 30:1369-1375. DOI.
  • Aguado-Sierra J; Parker KH; Davies JE; Francis D; Hughes AD; Mayet J. (2006). Arterial pulse wave velocity in coronary arteries. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 1:867-870. DOI.
  • Rajaganeshan R; Ludlam CL; Francis DP; Parasramka SV; Sutton R. (Jan 2008). Accuracy in ECG lead placement among technicians, nurses, general physicians and cardiologists. Int J Clin Pract. 62:65-70. DOI.
  • Raphael C; Briscoe C; Davies J; Ian Whinnett Z; Manisty C; Sutton R; Mayet J; Francis DP. (Apr 2007). Limitations of the New York Heart Association functional classification system and self-reported walking distances in chronic heart failure. Heart. 93:476-482. DOI.
  • Lane RE; Chow AW; Mayet J; Francis DP; Peters NS; Schilling RJ; Davies DW. (Nov 2007). The interaction of interventricular pacing intervals and left ventricular lead position during temporary biventricular pacing evaluated by tissue Doppler imaging. Heart. 93:1426-1432. DOI.
  • Torii R; Wood NB; Hughes AD; Thom SA; Aguado-Sierra J; Davies JE; Francis DP; Parker KH; et alXu XY. (2007). A computational study on the influence of catheter-delivered intravascular probes on blood flow in a coronary artery model. J Biomech. 40:2501-2509. DOI.
  • Manisty CH; Francis DP. (1 Jan 2007). Point : Counterpoint: Increased mechanoreceptor/metaboreceptor stimulation explains the exaggerated exercise pressor reflex seen in heart failure. JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY. 102:501-501. Author weblink.
  • Manisty CH; Willson K; Wensel R; Whinnett ZI; Davies JE; Oldfield WL; Mayet J; Francis DP. (15 Nov 2006). Development of respiratory control instability in heart failure: a novel approach to dissect the pathophysiological mechanisms. J Physiol. 577:387-401. DOI.
  • Salukhe TV; Dimopoulos K; Sutton R; Poole-Wilson P; Henein MY; Morgan M; Clague JR; Francis DP. (Jan 2008). Instantaneous effects of resynchronisation therapy on exercise performance in heart failure patients: the mechanistic role and predictive power of total isovolumic time. Heart. 94:59-64. DOI.
  • Whinnett ZI; Davies JE; Willson K; Manisty CH; Chow AW; Foale RA; Davies DW; Hughes AD; et alMayet J; Francis DP. (Nov 2006). Haemodynamic effects of changes in atrioventricular and interventricular delay in cardiac resynchronisation therapy show a consistent pattern: analysis of shape, magnitude and relative importance of atrioventricular and interventricular delay. Heart. 92:1628-1634. DOI.
  • Diller GP; Uebing A; Willson K; Davies LC; Dimopoulos K; Thorne SA; Gatzoulis MA; Francis DP. (19 Sep 2006). Analytical identification of ideal pulmonary-systemic flow balance in patients with bidirectional cavopulmonary shunt and univentricular circulation: oxygen delivery or tissue oxygenation?. Circulation. 114:1243-1250. DOI.
  • Diller GP; Dimopoulos K; Okonko D; Uebing A; Broberg CS; Babu-Narayan S; Bayne S; Poole-Wilson PA; et alSutton R; Francis DP; Gatzoulis MA. (19 Sep 2006). Heart rate response during exercise predicts survival in adults with congenital heart disease. J Am Coll Cardiol. 48:1250-1256. DOI.
  • Piepoli MF; Kaczmarek A; Francis DP; Davies LC; Rauchhaus M; Jankowska EA; Anker SD; Capucci A; et alBanasiak W; Ponikowski P. (11 Jul 2006). Reduced peripheral skeletal muscle mass and abnormal reflex physiology in chronic heart failure. Circulation. 114:126-134. DOI.
  • Dimopoulos K; Okonko DO; Diller GP; Broberg CS; Salukhe TV; Babu-Narayan SV; Li W; Uebing A; et alBayne S; Wensel R; Piepoli MF; Poole-Wilson PA; Francis DP; Gatzoulis MA. (20 Jun 2006). Abnormal ventilatory response to exercise in adults with congenital heart disease relates to cyanosis and predicts survival. Circulation. 113:2796-2802. DOI.
  • Whinnett ZI; Davies JER; Willson K; Chow AW; Foale RA; Davies DW; Hughes AD; Francis DP; et alMayet J. (1 May 2006). Determination of optimal atrioventricular delay for cardiac resynchronization therapy using acute non-invasive blood pressure. EUROPACE. 8:358-366. Author weblink DOI.
  • Salukhe TV; Francis DP; Morgan M; Clague JR; Sutton R; Poole-Wilson P; Henein MY. (1 May 2006). Mechanism of cardiac output gain from cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with coronary artery disease or idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. Am J Cardiol. 97:1358-1364. DOI.
  • Davies JE; Whinnett ZI; Francis DP; Manisty CH; Aguado-Sierra J; Willson K; Foale RA; Malik IS; et alHughes AD; Parker KH; Mayet J. (11 Apr 2006). Evidence of a dominant backward-propagating "suction" wave responsible for diastolic coronary filling in humans, attenuated in left ventricular hypertrophy. Circulation. 113:1768-1778. DOI.
  • Davies LC; Wensel R; Georgiadou P; Cicoira M; Coats AJ; Piepoli MF; Francis DP. (Mar 2006). Enhanced prognostic value from cardiopulmonary exercise testing in chronic heart failure by non-linear analysis: oxygen uptake efficiency slope. Eur Heart J. 27:684-690. DOI.
  • Rao A; Georgiadou P; Francis DP; Johnson A; Kremastinos DT; Simonds AK; Coats AJS; Cowley A; et alMorrell MJ. (1 Mar 2006). Sleep-disordered breathing in a general heart failure population: relationships to neurohumoral activation and subjective symptoms. JOURNAL OF SLEEP RESEARCH. 15:81-88. DOI.
  • Davies JE; Whinnett ZI; Francis DP; Willson K; Foale RA; Malik IS; Hughes AD; Parker KH; et alMayet J. (1 Feb 2006). Use of simultaneous pressure and velocity measurements to estimate arterial wave speed at a single site in humans. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-HEART AND CIRCULATORY PHYSIOLOGY. 290:H878-H885. Author weblink DOI.
  • Francis D. (2006). The 2005 Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association (AHA). Heart Fail Monit. 5:34-36.
  • Wensel R; Francis DP; Georgiadou P; Scott A; Genth-Zotz S; Anker SD; Coats AJ; Piepoli MF. (Dec 2005). Exercise hyperventilation in chronic heart failure is not caused by systemic lactic acidosis. Eur J Heart Fail. 7:1105-1111. DOI.
  • Salukhe TV; Francis DP. (18 Aug 2005). Meta analysis does not show that cardiac resynchronisation reduces all cause mortality. A reply. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY. 103:232-233. Author weblink DOI.
  • Diller GP; Dimopoulos K; Okonko D; Li W; Babu-Narayan SV; Broberg CS; Johansson B; Bouzas B; et alMullen MJ; Poole-Wilson PA; Francis DP; Gatzoulis MA. (9 Aug 2005). Exercise intolerance in adult congenital heart disease: comparative severity, correlates, and prognostic implication. Circulation. 112:828-835. DOI.
  • Whinnett ZI; Davies JE; Lane RE; Francis DP; Mayet J. (Jun 2005). Echocardiographic methods for selecting patients suitable for biventricular pacing therapy. Minerva Cardioangiol. 53:211-220.
  • Arshad W; Duncan AM; Francis DP; O'Sullivan CA; Gibson DG; Henein MY. (11 May 2005). Opposite effects of coronary artery disease and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy on left ventricular long axis function during dobutamine stress. Int J Cardiol. 101:123-128. DOI.
  • Mathony U; Schmidt H; Gröger C; Francis DP; Konzag I; Müller-Werdan U; Werdan K; Syska J. (May 2005). Optimal maximum tracking rate of dual-chamber pacemakers required by children and young adults for a maximal cardiorespiratory performance. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 28:378-383. DOI.
  • Salukhe TV; Francis DP; Clague JR; Sutton R; Poole-Wilson P; Henein MY. (8 Apr 2005). Chronic heart failure patients with restrictive LV filling pattern have significantly less benefit from cardiac resynchronization therapy than patients with late LV filling pattern. Int J Cardiol. 100:5-12. DOI.
  • Schmidt H; Francis DP; Rauchhaus M; Werdan K; Piepoli MF. (28 Feb 2005). Chemo- and ergoreflexes in health, disease and ageing. Int J Cardiol. 98:369-378. DOI.
  • Chen QM; Li W; O'Sullivan C; Francis DP; Gibson D; Henein MY. (Nov 2004). Clinical in vivo calibration of pulse wave tissue Doppler velocities in the assessment of ventricular wall motion. A comparison study with M-mode echocardiography. Int J Cardiol. 97:289-295. DOI.
  • Arshad W; Duncan AM; Francis DP; O'Sullivan CA; Gibson DG; Henein MY. (Nov 2004). Systole-diastole mismatch in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is caused by stress induced left ventricular outflow tract obstruction. Am Heart J. 148:903-909. DOI.
  • Duncan A; Francis D; Gibson D; Pepper J; Henein M. (Oct 2004). Electromechanical left ventricular resynchronisation by coronary artery bypass surgery. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 26:711-719. DOI.
  • Cicoira M; Davos CH; Francis DP; Doehner W; Zanolla L; Franceschini L; Piepoli MF; Coats AJ; et alZardini P; Poole-Wilson PA; Anker SD. (Oct 2004). Prediction of mortality in chronic heart failure from peak oxygen consumption adjusted for either body weight or lean tissue. J Card Fail. 10:421-426.
  • Scott AC; Wensel R; Davos CH; Georgiadou P; Ceri Davies L; Coats AJ; Francis DP; Piepoli MF. (Oct 2004). Putative contribution of prostaglandin and bradykinin to muscle reflex hyperactivity in patients on Ace-inhibitor therapy for chronic heart failure. Eur Heart J. 25:1806-1813. DOI.
  • Li W; Hornung TS; Francis DP; O'Sullivan C; Duncan A; Gatzoulis M; Henein M. (14 Sep 2004). Relation of biventricular function quantified by stress echocardiography to cardiopulmonary exercise capacity in adults with Mustard (atrial switch) procedure for transposition of the great arteries. Circulation. 110:1380-1386. DOI.
  • Georgiadou P; Babu-Narayan SV; Francis DP; Kremastinos DT; Gatzoulis MA. (Sep 2004). Periodic breathing as a feature of right heart failure in congenital heart disease. Heart. 90:1075-1076. DOI.
  • Sharma R; Francis DP; Pitt B; Poole-Wilson PA; Coats AJ; Anker SD. (Jun 2004). Haemoglobin predicts survival in patients with chronic heart failure: a substudy of the ELITE II trial. Eur Heart J. 25:1021-1028. DOI.
  • Duncan AM; Francis DP; Henein MY; Gibson DG. (Jun 2004). Importance of left ventricular activation in determining myocardial performance (Tei) index: comparison with total isovolumic time. Int J Cardiol. 95:211-217. DOI.
  • Wong T; Davlouros PA; Li W; Millington-Sanders C; Francis DP; Gatzoulis MA. (18 May 2004). Mechano-electrical interaction late after Fontan operation: relation between P-wave duration and dispersion, right atrial size, and atrial arrhythmias. Circulation. 109:2319-2325. DOI.
  • Cicoira M; Rossi A; Bonapace S; Zanolla L; Perrot A; Francis DP; Golia G; Franceschini L; et alOsterziel KJ; Zardini P. (15 May 2004). Effects of ACE gene insertion/deletion polymorphism on response to spironolactone in patients with chronic heart failure. Am J Med. 116:657-661. DOI.
  • Duncan AM; Francis DP; Gibson DG; Henein MY. (5 May 2004). Limitation of exercise tolerance in chronic heart failure: distinct effects of left bundle-branch block and coronary artery disease. J Am Coll Cardiol. 43:1524-1531. DOI.
  • Salukhe TV; Dimopoulos K; Sutton R; Coats AJ; Piepoli M; Francis DP. (20 Apr 2004). Life-years gained from defibrillator implantation: markedly nonlinear increase during 3 years of follow-up and its implications. Circulation. 109:1848-1853. DOI.
  • Schmidt H; Müller-Werdan U; Nuding S; Hoffmann T; Francis DP; Hoyer D; Rauchhaus M; Werdan K. (Apr 2004). Impaired chemoreflex sensitivity in adult patients with multiple organ dysfunction syndrome--the potential role of disease severity. Intensive Care Med. 30:665-672. DOI.
  • Piepoli MF; Francis DP. (20 Mar 2004). Exercise training in patients with chronic heart failure - More information is needed on outcomes in individual studies - Authors' reply. BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL. 328:711-711. Author weblink DOI.
  • Salukhe TV; Dimopoulos K; Francis D. (Feb 2004). Cardiac resynchronisation may reduce all-cause mortality: meta-analysis of preliminary COMPANION data with CONTAK-CD, InSync ICD, MIRACLE and MUSTIC. Int J Cardiol. 93:101-103. DOI.
  • Wensel R; Georgiadou P; Francis DP; Bayne S; Scott AC; Genth-Zotz S; Anker SD; Coats AJ; et alPiepoli MF. (1 Feb 2004). Differential contribution of dead space ventilation and low arterial pCO2 to exercise hyperpnea in patients with chronic heart failure secondary to ischemic or idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. Am J Cardiol. 93:318-323. DOI.
  • Dimopoulos K; Salukhe TV; Coats AJ; Mayet J; Piepoli M; Francis DP. (Feb 2004). Meta-analyses of mortality and morbidity effects of an angiotensin receptor blocker in patients with chronic heart failure already receiving an ACE inhibitor (alone or with a beta-blocker). Int J Cardiol. 93:105-111. DOI.
  • Piepoli MF; Davos C; Francis DP; Coats AJS; Belardinelli R; Purcaro A; Dubach P; Myers J; et alGiannuzzi P; Temporelli PL; Hambrecht R; Linke A; Kiilavuori K; Leinonen H; McKelvie RS; Teo KK; Volterrani M; Giordano A; Wielenga RP; Baselier MRP; Willenheimer R; Rydberg E; Adamopoulos S; Dickestein K; Gordon A; Kostis JB; Sellier P; Toman J. (24 Jan 2004). Exercise training meta-analysis of trials in patients with chronic heart failure (ExTraMATCH). BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL. 328:189-192. Author weblink DOI.
  • Duncan AM; Francis DP; Gibson DG; Henein MY. (9 Sep 2003). Differentiation of ischemic from nonischemic cardiomyopathy during dobutamine stress by left ventricular long-axis function: additional effect of left bundle-branch block. Circulation. 108:1214-1220. DOI.
  • Davos CH; Francis DP; Leenarts MFE; Yap SC; Li W; Davlouros PA; Wensel R; Coats AJS; et alPiepoli M; Sreeram N; Gatzoulis MA. (9 Sep 2003). Global impairment of cardiac autonomic nervous activity late after the Fontan operation. CIRCULATION. 108:180-185. Author weblink DOI.
  • Scott AC; Francis DP; Coats AJ; Piepoli MF. (Aug 2003). Reproducibility of the measurement of the muscle ergoreflex activity in chronic heart failure. Eur J Heart Fail. 5:453-461.
  • Halámek J; Kára T; Jurák P; Soucek M; Francis DP; Davies LC; Shen WK; Coats AJ; et alNovák M; Nováková Z; Panovský R; Toman J; Sumbera J; Somers VK. (22 Jul 2003). Variability of phase shift between blood pressure and heart rate fluctuations: a marker of short-term circulation control. Circulation. 108:292-297. DOI.
  • Francis DP; Salukhe TV. (12 Jul 2003). Who needs a defibrillator after myocardial infarction?. Lancet. 362:91-92.
  • Anker SD; Doehner W; Rauchhaus M; Sharma R; Francis D; Knosalla C; Davos CH; Cicoira M; et alShamim W; Kemp M; Segal R; Osterziel KJ; Leyva F; Hetzer R; Ponikowski P; Coats AJ. (22 Apr 2003). Uric acid and survival in chronic heart failure: validation and application in metabolic, functional, and hemodynamic staging. Circulation. 107:1991-1997. DOI.
  • Kalra PR; Bolger AP; Francis DP; Genth-Zotz S; Sharma R; Ponikowski PP; Poole-Wilson PA; Coats AJ; et alAnker SD. (1 Apr 2003). Effect of anemia on exercise tolerance in chronic heart failure in men. Am J Cardiol. 91:888-891.
  • Willson K; Francis DP. (Feb 2003). A direct analytical demonstration of the essential equivalence of detrended fluctuation analysis and spectral analysis of RR interval variability. Physiol Meas. 24:N1-N7.
  • Davos CH; Doehner W; Rauchhaus M; Cicoira M; Francis DP; Coats AJ; Clark AL; Anker SD. (Feb 2003). Body mass and survival in patients with chronic heart failure without cachexia: the importance of obesity. J Card Fail. 9:29-35. DOI.
  • Gibson DG; Francis DP. (Feb 2003). Clinical assessment of left ventricular diastolic function. Heart. 89:231-238.
  • Salukhe TV; Francis DP; Sutton R. (Feb 2003). Comparison of medical therapy, pacing and defibrillation in heart failure (COMPANION) trial terminated early; combined biventricular pacemaker-defibrillators reduce all-cause mortality and hospitalization. Int J Cardiol. 87:119-120.
  • Crisafulli A; Scott AC; Wensel R; Davos CH; Francis DP; Pagliaro P; Coats AJ; Concu A; et alPiepoli MF. (Feb 2003). Muscle metaboreflex-induced increases in stroke volume. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 35:221-228. DOI.
  • Francis D. (2003). American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2002. Chicago, IL, USA, November 9-12, 2002. Heart Fail Monit. 3:115-116.
  • Duncan AM; Francis DP; Henein MY; Gibson DG. (1 Jan 2003). Limitation of cardiac output by total isovolumic time during pharmacologic stress in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy: activation-mediated effects of left bundle branch block and coronary artery disease. J Am Coll Cardiol. 41:121-128.
  • Francis DP; Davies LC; Willson K; Wensel R; Ponikowski P; Coats AJ; Piepoli M. (Dec 2002). Impact of periodic breathing on measurement of oxygen uptake and respiratory exchange ratio during cardiopulmonary exercise testing. Clin Sci (Lond). 103:543-552.
  • Davies LC; Francis DP; Willson K; Scott AC; Piepoli M; Coats AJ. (Nov 2002). Abnormal temporal dynamics of blood pressure and RR interval regulation in patients with chronic heart failure: relationship to baroreflex sensitivity. Int J Cardiol. 86:107-114.
  • Davos CH; Davlouros PA; Wensel R; Francis D; Davies LC; Kilner PJ; Coats AJ; Piepoli M; et alGatzoulis MA. (24 Sep 2002). Global impairment of cardiac autonomic nervous activity late after repair of tetralogy of Fallot. Circulation. 106:I69-I75.
  • Francis DP; Willson K; Georgiadou P; Wensel R; Davies LC; Coats A; Piepoli M. (15 Jul 2002). Physiological basis of fractal complexity properties of heart rate variability in man. J Physiol. 542:619-629.
  • Rauchhaus M; Gross M; Schulz S; Francis DP; Greiser P; Norwig A; Weidhase L; Coats AJ; et alDietz R; Anker SD; Gläser C. (Jun 2002). The E-selectin SER128ARG gene polymorphism and restenosis after successful coronary angioplasty. Int J Cardiol. 83:249-257.
  • Willson K; Francis DP; Wensel R; Coats AJ; Parker KH. (May 2002). Relationship between detrended fluctuation analysis and spectral analysis of heart-rate variability. Physiol Meas. 23:385-401.
  • Davies LC; Colhoun H; Coats AJ; Piepoli M; Francis DP. (Mar 2002). A noninvasive measure of baroreflex sensitivity without blood pressure measurement. Am Heart J. 143:441-447.
  • Francis D. (2002). Major heart failure news from 2001. Heart Fail Monit. 2:147-148.
  • Henein M; Lindqvist P; Francis D; Mörner S; Waldenström A; Kazzam E. (Jan 2002). Tissue Doppler analysis of age-dependency in diastolic ventricular behaviour and filling: a cross-sectional study of healthy hearts (the Umeå General Population Heart Study). Eur Heart J. 23:162-171. DOI.
  • Ponikowski PP; Chua TP; Francis DP; Capucci A; Coats AJ; Piepoli MF. (6 Nov 2001). Muscle ergoreceptor overactivity reflects deterioration in clinical status and cardiorespiratory reflex control in chronic heart failure. Circulation. 104:2324-2330.
  • Arshad W; Duncan A; Francis D; O'Sullivan C; Coats A; Sigwart U; Gibson D; Henein M. (23 Oct 2001). Cardiac physiology at rest and peak dobutamine stress in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. CIRCULATION. 104:430-430. Author weblink.
  • Piepoli M; Wensel R; Ponikowski PP; Francis DP; Davies CL; Capucci A; Coats AJSC. (1 Sep 2001). Ergoreflex overactivation predicts reduced baroreflex sensitivity and autonomic abnormalities in chronic heart failure patients. EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. 22:548-548. Author weblink.
  • Francis D; Lane R; Mayet J; Foale RA; Thom S; Peters NS; Anglo-Scandinavian Cardiac Outcomes Trial. (Aug 2001). Microvolt T wave alternans in patients with hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy. J Hum Hypertens. 15 Suppl 1:S95-S96.
  • Shamim W; Yousufuddin M; Francis DP; Gualdiero P; Honour JW; Anker SD; Coats AJ. (Aug 2001). Raised urinary glucocorticoid and adrenal androgen precursors in the urine of young hypertensive patients: possible evidence for partial glucocorticoid resistance. Heart. 86:139-144.
  • Ponikowski P; Chua TP; Anker SD; Francis DP; Doehner W; Banasiak W; Poole-Wilson PA; Piepoli MF; et alCoats AJ. (31 Jul 2001). Peripheral chemoreceptor hypersensitivity: an ominous sign in patients with chronic heart failure. Circulation. 104:544-549.
  • Francis DP; Davies LC; Coats AJ. (Jul 2001). Diagnostic exercise physiology in chronic heart failure. Heart. 86:17-20.
  • Davies LC; Francis DP; Scott AC; Ponikowski P; Piepoli M; Coats AJ. (Jul 2001). Effect of altering conditions of the sequence method on baroreflex sensitivity. J Hypertens. 19:1279-1287.
  • Marinone MG; Al-Nasser F; Francis D; Piepoli MF. (Jun 2001). Beta-blocking in heart failure patients. Balancing the evidence. Int J Cardiol. 79:5-12.
  • Colhoun HM; Francis DP; Rubens MB; Underwood SR; Fuller JH. (Jun 2001). The association of heart-rate variability with cardiovascular risk factors and coronary artery calcification: a study in type 1 diabetic patients and the general population. Diabetes Care. 24:1108-1114.
  • Scott AC; Francis DP; Davies LC; Coats AJ; Piepoli MF. (1 Jun 2001). Validation of a treadmill exercise test protocol with improved metabolic plateau formation in patients with chronic congestive heart failure. Am J Cardiol. 87:1328-1331.
  • Schmidt HB; Rauchhaus M; Francis DP; Davies CL; Nuding S; Peschel T; Schmidt DS; Coats AJ; et alOpitz H; Werdan K. (Apr 2001). Assessment of chemoreflex sensitivity in free breathing young subjects by correction for respiratory influence. Int J Cardiol. 78:157-165.
  • Davies LC; Francis DP; Ponikowski P; Piepoli MF; Coats AJ. (15 Mar 2001). Relation of heart rate and blood pressure turbulence following premature ventricular complexes to baroreflex sensitivity in chronic congestive heart failure. Am J Cardiol. 87:737-742.
  • Ponikowski P; Francis DP; Piepoli MF; Davies LC; Chua TP; Davos CH; Florea V; Banasiak W; et alPoole-Wilson PA; Coats AJ; Anker SD. (20 Feb 2001). Enhanced ventilatory response to exercise in patients with chronic heart failure and preserved exercise tolerance: marker of abnormal cardiorespiratory reflex control and predictor of poor prognosis. Circulation. 103:967-972.
  • Francis D. (2001). The 50th annual scientific session of the American College of Cardiology. Orlando, FL, USA, March 18-21, 2001. Heart Fail Monit. 1:150-152.
  • Rauchhaus M; Doehner W; Francis DP; Davos C; Kemp M; Liebenthal C; Niebauer J; Hooper J; et alVolk HD; Coats AJ; Anker SD. (19 Dec 2000). Plasma cytokine parameters and mortality in patients with chronic heart failure. Circulation. 102:3060-3067.
  • Scott AC; Francis DP; Davies LC; Ponikowski P; Coats AJS; Piepoli MF. (15 Dec 2000). Contribution of skeletal muscle 'ergoreceptors' in the human leg to respiratory control in chronic heart failure. JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON. 529:863-870. Author weblink DOI.
  • Rauchhaus M; Koloczek V; Volk H; Kemp M; Niebauer J; Francis DP; Coats AJ; Anker SD. (Nov 2000). Inflammatory cytokines and the possible immunological role for lipoproteins in chronic heart failure. Int J Cardiol. 76:125-133.
  • Francis DP. (Nov 2000). Low-cost shuttle walk test for assessing exercise capacity in chronic heart failure. Int J Cardiol. 76:105-106.
  • Davies LC; Francis DP; Crisafulli A; Concu A; Coats AJ; Piepoli M. (Nov 2000). Oscillations in stroke volume and cardiac output arising from oscillatory ventilation in humans. Exp Physiol. 85:857-862.
  • Francis DP. (1 Nov 2000). Shuttle versus six-minute walk test in the prediction of outcome in chronic heart failure - Editorial comment. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY. 76:105-106. Author weblink DOI.
  • Ponikowski PP; Chua TP; Davies CL; Francis DP; Capucci A; Piepoli MF. (31 Oct 2000). Central chemoreflex overactivity interacts with ergoreflex in the ventilatory response to exercise in chronic heart failure patients. CIRCULATION. 102:221-221. Author weblink.
  • Francis DP; Willson K; Davies LC; Coats AJ; Piepoli M. (31 Oct 2000). Quantitative general theory for periodic breathing in chronic heart failure and its clinical implications. Circulation. 102:2214-2221.
  • Davies C; Francis DP; Ponikowski P; Coats AJS; Piepoli M. (1 Aug 2000). Cardiovascular and respiratory consequences of transient chemoreceptor stimulation in chronic heart failure. EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. 21:605-605. Author weblink.
  • Anker SD; Rauchhaus M; Doehner W; Francis D; Davos C; Osterziel KJ; Shamim W; Kemp M; et alLeyva F; Coats AJS. (1 Aug 2000). Uric acid and survival in chronic heart failure: validation and first attempts at metabolic, functional and haemodynamic staging. EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. 21:293-293. Author weblink.
  • Francis DP; Davies LC; Willson K; Ponikowski P; Coats AJ; Piepoli M. (Aug 2000). Very-low-frequency oscillations in heart rate and blood pressure in periodic breathing: role of the cardiovascular limb of the hypoxic chemoreflex. Clin Sci (Lond). 99:125-132.
  • Florea VG; Henein MY; Cicoira M; Anker SD; Doehner W; Ponikowski P; Francis DP; Gibson DG; et alCoats AJ. (15 Jul 2000). Echocardiographic determinants of mortality in patients >67 years of age with chronic heart failure. Am J Cardiol. 86:158-161.
  • Francis DP; Willson K; Ceri Davies L; Florea VG; Coats AJ; Gibson DG. (31 May 2000). True shape and area of proximal isovelocity surface area (PISA) when flow convergence is hemispherical in valvular regurgitation. Int J Cardiol. 73:237-242.
  • Florea VG; Henein MY; Anker SD; Francis DP; Gibson DG; Coats AJ. (May 2000). Relation of changes over time in ventricular size and function to those in exercise capacity in patients with chronic heart failure. Am Heart J. 139:913-917.
  • Clark AL; Davies LC; Francis DP; Coats AJ. (Mar 2000). Ventilatory capacity and exercise tolerance in patients with chronic stable heart failure. Eur J Heart Fail. 2:47-51.
  • Davies LC; Francis DP; Piepoli M; Scott AC; Ponikowski P; Coats AJS. (1 Feb 2000). Chronic heart failure in the elderly: The value of cardiopulmonary exercise testing in risk stratification. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY. 35:220A-220A. Author weblink.
  • Davies LC; Francis DP; Piepoli M; Scott AC; Ponikowski P; Coats AJ. (Feb 2000). Chronic heart failure in the elderly: value of cardiopulmonary exercise testing in risk stratification. Heart. 83:147-151.
  • Francis D; Davies C. (2000). 49th Annual Scientific Sessions of the American College of Cardiology. Heart Fail Monit. 1:37-39.
  • Francis DP; Shamim W; Davies LC; Piepoli MF; Ponikowski P; Anker SD; Coats AJ. (Jan 2000). Cardiopulmonary exercise testing for prognosis in chronic heart failure: continuous and independent prognostic value from VE/VCO(2)slope and peak VO(2). Eur Heart J. 21:154-161. DOI.
  • Florea VG; Henein MY; Anker SD; Francis DP; Chambers JS; Ponikowski P; Coats AJ. (Jan 2000). Prognostic value of changes over time in exercise capacity and echocardiographic measurements in patients with chronic heart failure. Eur Heart J. 21:146-153. DOI.
  • Francis DP; Davies LC; Coats AJ. (21 Dec 1999). Pulmonary clearance of endothelin-1 on heart failure: reduced or normal?. Circulation. 100:e135.
  • Francis DP; Davies LC; Coats AJS. (21 Dec 1999). Pulmonary clearance of endothelin-1 on heart failure: Reduced or normal?. CIRCULATION. 100:E135-E135. Author weblink.
  • Ponikowski P; Anker SD; Chua TP; Francis D; Banasiak W; Poole-Wilson PA; Coats AJ; Piepoli M. (14 Dec 1999). Oscillatory breathing patterns during wakefulness in patients with chronic heart failure: clinical implications and role of augmented peripheral chemosensitivity. Circulation. 100:2418-2424.
  • Francis DP; Davies LC; Willson K; Piepoli M; Seydnejad SR; Ponikowski P; Coats AJ. (1 Dec 1999). Impact of periodic breathing on V(O2) and V(CO2): a quantitative approach by Fourier analysis. Respir Physiol. 118:247-255.
  • Francis DP; Willson K; Thorne SA; Davies LC; Coats AJ. (23 Nov 1999). Oxygenation in patients with a functionally univentricular circulation and complete mixing of blood: are saturation and flow interchangeable?. Circulation. 100:2198-2203.
  • Ponikowski P; Piepoli M; Chua TP; Banasiak W; Francis D; Anker SD; Coats AJ. (Nov 1999). The impact of cachexia on cardiorespiratory reflex control in chronic heart failure. Eur Heart J. 20:1667-1675. DOI.
  • Davies LC; Francis D; Jurák P; Kára T; Piepoli M; Coats AJ. (Oct 1999). Reproducibility of methods for assessing baroreflex sensitivity in normal controls and in patients with chronic heart failure. Clin Sci (Lond). 97:515-522.
  • Francis DP; Davies LC; Piepoli M; Rauchhaus M; Ponikowski P; Coats AJ. (7 Sep 1999). Origin of oscillatory kinetics of respiratory gas exchange in chronic heart failure. Circulation. 100:1065-1070.
  • Colhoun HM; Francis DP; Rubens M; Underwood SR; Fuller JH. (1 Aug 1999). Cardiac autonomic function is associated with coronary artery calcification in diabetic and non-diabetic people. DIABETOLOGIA. 42:A59-A59. Author weblink.
  • Shamim W; Francis DP; Yousufuddin M; Varney S; Pieopli MF; Anker SD; Coats AJ. (31 Jul 1999). Intraventricular conduction delay: a prognostic marker in chronic heart failure. Int J Cardiol. 70:171-178.
  • Piepoli MF; Ponikowski PP; Volterrani M; Francis D; Coats AJ. (Jul 1999). Aetiology and pathophysiological implications of oscillatory ventilation at rest and during exercise in chronic heart failure. Do Cheyne and Stokes have an important message for modern-day patients with heart failure?. Eur Heart J. 20:946-953. DOI.
  • Francis DP; Coats AJ; Gibson DG. (15 May 1999). How high can a correlation coefficient be? Effects of limited reproducibility of common cardiological measures. Int J Cardiol. 69:185-189.
  • Davies LC; Francis DP; Coats AJS. (26 Dec 1998). Paramedic direct admission of heart-attack patients to coronary care unit. LANCET. 352:2017-2018. Author weblink DOI.
  • Rauchhaus M; Francis DP; Schmidt H; Teichmann W; Glaeser C. (27 Oct 1998). Not the ACE gene polymorphism, but the E-selectin gene polymorphism helps to predict restenosis after coronary angioplasty. CIRCULATION. 98:393-394. Author weblink.
  • Keell SD; Chambers JS; Francis DP; Edwards DF; Stables RH. (29 Aug 1998). Shuttle-walk test to assess chronic heart failure. LANCET. 352:705-705. Author weblink DOI.

Books

  • Agarwal R; Ferenczi E; Muirhead N. Francis D (ed). One Stop Doc Cardiology. 1. Hodder, UK (2007).

Conferences

  • Jabbour RJ; Shah J; Mayet J; Francis D. UNCOVERING THE MECHANISM OF THE PARADOXICAL ASSOCIATION BETWEEN CARDIAC DYSSYNCHRONY AND BETTER SURVIVAL IN HEART FAILURE. 61st Annual Scientific Session and Expo of the American-College-of-Cardiology (ACC), 24 Mar 2012 - 27 Mar 2012. 59:E998-E998. ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC (27 Mar 2012). Author weblink.
  • Aung N; Ling HZ; Aggarwal S; Flint J; Weissert S; Cheng A; Richards T; Francis DP; et alMayet J; Thomas M; Okonko DO. EXPANSION OF THE RED CELL DISTRIBUTION WIDTH AND EVOLVING IRON DEFICIENCY AS PREDICTORS OF POOR OUTCOME IN CHRONIC HEART FAILURE. Annual Conference of the British-Cardiovascular-Society (BCS), 13 Jun 2011 - 15 Jun 2011. 97:A61-A62. B M J PUBLISHING GROUP (1 Jun 2011). Author weblink DOI.
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  • Anker S; Sharma R; Francis D; Coats AJ; Poole-Wilson PA; Pitt B. Statins and mortality in chronic heart failure: data from ELITE-II. Congress of the European-Society-of-Cardiology, 30 Aug 2003 - 3 Sep 2003. 24:362-362. W B SAUNDERS CO LTD (1 Aug 2003). Author weblink DOI.
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  • Rao A; Georgiadou P; Johnson A; Francis DP; Simonds AK; Coats AJS; Cowley A; Morrell MJ. The prevalence of sleep disordered breathing in a UK heart failure clinic population and its relation to urinary catecholamines. Annual Scientific Conference of the British-Cardiac-Society. 89:A7-A7. (May 2003).
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  • Davies LC; Francis DP; Piepoli MF; Coats AJS. Enhanced prognostic value from cardiopulmonary exercise testing in chronic heart failure by non-linear analysis - Oxygen uptake efficiency slope. American-Heart-Association Abstracts From Scientific Sessions, 17 Nov 2002 - 20 Nov 2002. 106:330-330. LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS (5 Nov 2002). Author weblink.
  • Wensel R; Georgladou R; Francis DP; Bayne S; Doehner W; Anker SD; Coats AJS; Piepoli MF. Contribution of alveolar and serial dead space to the hyperpnoea of exercise in chronic heart failure. Congress of the European-Society-of-Cardiology. 23:79-79. (Aug 2002).
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