Research Database

The Sheffield Pulmonary Vascular Disease Unit has a Research Database which is approved by an NHS Research Ethics Committee. This enables us to do research using anonymised patient data collected during hospital visits. A list of projects using the Database is as follows:

Reference

Title of project

Name of Investigator

Institution

Study 001

Quantitative Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging in pulmonary hypertension.

Dr Andy Swift

University of Sheffield

Study 002

Anomalous pulmonary venous drainage in patients presenting to a pulmonary hypertension referral centre

Dr Robert Lewis

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals

Study 003

Outcomes in patients with pulmonary hypertension who develop arrhythmias

Dr Robert Lewis

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals

Study 004

Assessing outcomes in patients with pulmonary hypertension using cardiac MRI

Dr Robert Lewis

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals

Study 005

Outcomes following elective lower limb orthopaedic surgery in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.

Dr Mikaela Ming

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals

Study 006

Machine learning to predict survival in pulmonary hypertension.

Dr Declan O'Regan

Imperial College London, with Sheffield Teaching Hospitals

Study 007

Factors that influence successful completion of pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with pulmonary hypertension

Dr Carol Keen

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals

Study 008

RV haemodynamic modelling

 

Gianni Pedrizzetti

University of Trieste

Study 009

Automated segmentation of the heart and cardiovascular system

Associate Professor Rob van der Geest

Leiden University Medical Centre

Study 010

Assessing the prognostic value of the incremental shuttle walking test in pulmonary hypertension

Dr Robert Lewis

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals

Study 011

1: Real world evidence generation in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH), Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) and PH Sarcoidosis (SAPH)

 

2: Comparative outcomes in treated PAH patients

Prof David Kiely

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals

Study 012

Statistical shape modelling of the pulmonary artery in patients with PH

 

Dr Alex Rothman

University of Sheffield

Study 013

CT scan vessel and texture analysis

 

Dr Andy Swift

University of Sheffield