ABSTRACT PRESENTATIONS
EFFECT OF COVID-19 ON PRESENTATION, MANAGEMENT AND SURVIVAL OF ST ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (STEMI) PATIENTS IN A SINGLE UK CENTRE. Perera, Sachintha; Rathore, Sudhir; Achan, Vinod. May 11, 2021. JACC (Journal of the American College of Cardiology) Vol 77, Issue 18, Suppl 1. P 3079-3079
Changing paradigm for treatment of heavily calcified coronary artery disease: complementary role for rotational atherectomy and intra-vascular lithotripsy. S Tehrani, S Rathore, V Achan. TCT, Washington 2019
Out of hospital VF/VT cardiac arrest: Experience at a regional heart attack centre. S Rahman, L Mitchell, V Achan. EuroPCR , Paris 2015
Utilisation and prognostic impact of angiography and primary percutaneous coronary intervention prior to intensive care admission for patients following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. L Eveson, S Shrestha, M Davies, V Achan, M Peck. Critical Care 2015 19 (Suppl 1): P423
Door to balloon time delays in self-presenting ST elevation MI patients. L Eveson, V Achan. European Heart Journal Acute Cardiovascular Care 2015; 4 (S1): 192
PRESENTATIONS
Hype in Medicine: Hope vs Harm, Frimley Park Grand Round, 2020 (Video)
Primary Angioplasty as a Model for Healthcare Innovation, US-UK Fulbright Conference (Brave New World), Edinburgh, 2017 (Video; Blogpost)
Quantified Self, Social Media Week, London, 2013 (Video; Blogpost)
Haemodynamic effects and fate of asymmetric dimethylarginine in humans. Annual Scientific Sessions, American College of Cardiology (2003)
Increased metabolism of endogenous NOS inhibitors lowers blood pressure and regulates NO synthesis following ischaemia. American Heart Association Scientific Sessions (2001)
Increased metabolism of endogenous NOS inhibitors lowers blood pressure and regulates NO synthesis following ischaemia. British Hypertension Society, Oxford (2001)
All trans retinoic acid increases NO synthesis by endothelial cells. American Heart Association Scientific Sessions (2000)
Endogenous Inhibitors of Nitric Oxide Synthesis: Role in Cardiovascular Function and Disease. Keynote lecture, FASEB 2000, San Diego (2000)
BLOGS
PUBLICATIONS
CASE REPORTS:
Tehrani S, Achan V, Rathore S (2020) Percutaneous retrieval of an entrapped rotational atherectomy burr using novel technique of controlled traction and counter traction. Cardiovasc Revasc Med doi.org/10.1016/j.carrev.2020.11.002
Tehrani S, Achan V, Rathore S (2020) Changing paradigm for treatment of heavily calcified coronary artery disease. A complementary role of rotational atherectomy and intravascular lithotripsy with shockwave balloon: a case report. European Heart Journal - Case Reports doi.org/10.1093/ehjcr/ytaa456
Achan V, Williams F, Leach R (1996). Pulmonary Aspergillosis and Massive Haemoptysis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Clin Int Care 7: 102 – 107
BOOK:
Borley NR, Achan V (2005). Instant Physiology (Second edition). Oxford: Blackwell Science
This book adopts a novel visual approach to teaching physiology. It has been translated into four languages and the first edition sold over 10,000 copies worldwide.
BOOK CHAPTER:
Axford JS, Achan V (1996). The Molecular Basis of Disease. In: Axford JS, ed. Medicine. Oxford: Blackwell Science: 1.1 - 1.48
ORIGINAL SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS:
Sachintha Perera, Sudhir Rathore, Joanne Shannon, Peter Clarkson, Matthew Faircloth, Vinod Achan (2022). Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on ST-elevation myocardial infarction presentation and survival. Br J Cardiol 2022; 29: 36–40
Achan V, Ho H, Heeschen C, Stuehlinger M, Kimoto M, Vallance P, Cooke JP (2005). Asymmetric dimethylarginine regulates angiogenesis. Vascular Medicine 10(1): 7-14
Achan V, Dayoub H, Adimoolam S, Jacobi J, Stuehlinger M, Wang B, Tsao P, Kimoto M, Vallance P, Patterson AJ, Cooke JP (2003). Dimethylarginine dimethylaminohydrolase regulates nitric oxide synthesis: genetic and physiological evidence. Circulation 108(24): 3042-7
Achan V, Broadhead M, Malaki M, Whitley G, Leiper J, MacAllister R, Vallance P (2003). Asymmetric dimethylarginine causes hypertension and cardiac dysfunction in humans and is actively metabolized by dimethylarginine dimethylaminohydrolase. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology 23(8): 1455-9
Achan V, Tran C, Arrigoni F, Whitley G, Leiper J, Vallance P (2002). Retinoic acid increases nitric oxide synthesis by endothelial cells: a role for the induction of dimethylarginine dimethylaminohydrolase. Circulation Research 90(7): 764-9
Leiper J, Santa Maria J, Achan V, Tran C, Vallance P (2000). Identification of two Human Dimethylarginine Dimethylaminohydrolases with Distinct Tissue Distributions and Homology to Arginine Deiminases. Clin Sci (Lond) 98 (s42): 11P–12P
REVIEWS, COMMENTS, LETTERS:
Achan V (2004). Cardiovascular effects of asymmetric dimethylarginine. Circulation 109(25): 327
Cooke JP, Achan V (2000). Diffuse Coronary Artery Disease and Endothelial Dysfunction: Form Follows Function. ACC Curr J Rev 9(6): 19-25
Achan V (2000). How NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester may alter airway responsiveness. Lancet 355(9219): 1995
Achan V (1999). The Origin of Pulmonary Artery Catheterisation. Crit Care Med 27(12): 2850 -1
Achan V (1999). An Introduction to Molecular Biology: Gene Structure, Expression and Mutation. Pediatr Cardiol 20 (2): 94 - 96
Achan V, Jurd K, Hunt BJ (1996). Haemostasis and the Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome. Br J Int Care 6: 223 – 230