Publications

Book Chapters

Hickman M, Brecker SJ. Tips and Tricks in ASD closure: Percutaneous Cardiac Interventions Tips and tricks of new techniques beyond stenting.PCR 2010

Hickman M, Lahiri A. Radionuclide Imaging in Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathies In: Clinical Nuclear Cardiology, State of the Art and Future Directions. Publ. Mosby, St Louis, Missouri. Ed. Zarat BL and Beller GA. 2004.

Original Scientific Papers.

Ussen B, Dhillon P, Anderson L, Beeton I, Hickman M, Gallagher M. Safety and feasibility of cephalic venous access for cardiac resynchronization device implantation. Pace 2011 March; 34(3): 365-69

Hickman M, Chelliah R, Burden L, Senior R Resting myocardial blood flow, coronary flow reserve, and contractile reserve in hibernating myocardium: iImplications for using resting myocardial contrast echocardiography vs. dobutamine echocardiography for the detection of hibernating myocardium. Eur J Echocardiogr. 2010 Oct;11(9):756-62.

Chelliah RK, Hickman M, Kinsey C, Burden L, Senior R. Myocardial contrast echocardiography versus single photon emission computed tomography for assessment of hibernating myocardium in ischemic cardiomyopathy: preliminary qualitative and quantitative results. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2010 Aug;23(8):840-7.

Anantharam B, Janardhanan R, Hayat S, Hickman M, Chahal N, Bassett P, Senior R. Coronary flow reserve assessed by myocardial contrast echocardiography predicts mortality in patients with heart failure. Eur J Echocardiogr. 2010 Sep.

Sharma S, Anand R, Hickman M, Senior R, Walji S, Ramchandani PL, Culliford D, Ilankovan V, Greaves K Power modulation contrast enhanced ultrasound for postoperative perfusion monitoring following free tissue transfer in head and neck surgery. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2010 Sep 8.

Vereckei A, Tenczer J, Hickman M. Alternation of right bundle branch block with beats showing normal conduction and with a less complete right bundle branch block pattern.
Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2009 Sep;32(9):1222-6.

Hickman M, Janardhanan R, Dwivedi G, Burden L, Senior R. Clinical significance of perfusion techniques utilising different physiological mechanisms to detect myocardial viability: a comparative study with myocardial contrast echocardiography and single photon emission computed tomography. International Journal of Cardiology 2007; 114(1): 139-40

Jeetley P, Hickman M, Kamp O, Lang R, Thomas J, Vannan M, Vanoverschelde JL, Poll V, Senior R. Myocardial contrast echocardiography for the detection of coronary artery stenosis: a prospective multicenter study in comparison with single-photon emission computed tomography. Journal of The American College of Cardiology 2006; 47,1: 141-5.

Greaves K, Jeetley P, Hickman M, Dwivedi G, Sabharwal N, Lim T, Janardhanan R, Senior R. The use of hand-carried ultrasound in the hospital setting--a cost-effective analysis. Journal of American Society of Echocardiography. 2005: 18: 620-625

Hickman M, Jeetley P, Senior R. Usefulness of myocardial contrast echocardiography derived coronary flow reserve to accurately determine severity of left anterior descending coronary artery stenosis. American Journal of Cardiology 2004; 93,5: 1159 - 1162

Hickman M, Swinburn J, Senior R. Wall thickening assessment with tissue harmonic echocardiography results in improved risk stratification for patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute chest pain. European Journal of Echocardiography.2004; 5: 142-148

Sabharwal NK, Cemin R, Rajan K, Hickman M, Lahiri A, Senior R. Left atrial volume is a powerful independent predictor of mortality in patients with ischaemic cardiomyopathy. American Journal of Cardiology 2004;94,6: 760-3

Senior R, Galasko G, Hickman M, Jeetley P, Lahiri A. Community screening for left ventricular hypertrophy in patients with hypertension using hand-held echocardiography. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography. 2004;17: 56-61.

Jeetley P, Swinburn J, Hickman M, Bellenger N, Pennell D, Senior R. Myocardial contrast echocardiography predicts left ventricular remodelling after acute myocardial infarction. Journal of American Society of Echocardiography. 2004;17: 1030-6

Case Reports

Dwivedi G, Hickman M, Senior R. Accurate assessment of aortic stenosis with intravenous contrast. European Journal of Echocardiography. 2006:7(2): 165-7

Bhattacharyya S, Hickman M, Lythall D. Mitral valve “kissing” vegetation. Heart 2005: 91;5: e43

Abstracts

Hickman M, Swinburn J, Senior R. Wall thickening assessment with tissue harmonic echocardiography results in improved risk stratification for patients with non ST-elevation acute chest pain. Journal of American College of Cardiology 2003; 41(6)(Suppl A): 460A

Hickman M, Jeetley P, Sabharwal N, Kinsey C, Senior R, Lahiri A. Extent of reversible myocardial perfusion abnormality determines the degree of post-ischaemic stunning. Journal of Nuclear Cardiology 2003; 10(1): S39

Hickman M, Jeetley P, Senior R. Quantitative validation of intermediate power triggered replenishment imaging as method to assess myocardial blood flow. Heart; 2003;89 (suppl 1): A27

Hickman M, Jeetley P, Sabharwal N, Lahiri A, Senior R. Can myocardial contrast echocardiography replace SPECT for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease? Circulation 2003 108(17): IV-715

Hickman M, Jeetley P, Senior R. Quantitative validation of intermediate power triggered replenishment imaging as a method to assess myocardial blood flow. European Heart Journal 2003; 24(abstr suppl):102

Jeetley P, Swinburn J, Hickman M, Bellenger N, Pennell D, Senior R. Can myocardial contrast echocardiography predict left ventricular remodelling following acute myocardial infarction? European Heart Journal 2003; 24(abstr suppl): 309

Senior R, Galasko G, Hickman M, Jeetley P. Community screening for left ventricular hypertrophy in hypertensive patients using hand-held ultrasonography. European Heart Journal 2003; 24(abstr suppl):211

Jeetley P, Hickman M, Senior R. Intermediate mechanical index triggered replenishment (every cardiac cycle) myocardial contrast echocardiography: A new and accurate method for the assessment of coronary artery disease. Journal of American College of Cardiology 2003; 41(6)(Suppl A):413A

Hickman M, Jeetley P, Sabharwal N, Lahiri A. Microvascular dysfunction in hypertensives and diabetics causes stress induced LV dilatation in patients with normal perfusion SPECT. Journal of Nuclear Cardiology 2003;10(4): S31

Hickman M, Jeetley P, Sabharwal N, Kinsey, Lahiri A. The extent of myocardial ischaemia determines the degree of post-ischaemic stunning after dynamic exercise. Nuclear Medicine Communications 2004 (in press)

Hickman M, Janardhanan R, Dwivedi G, Lahiri A, Senior R. Can resting myocardial contrast echocardiography replace 99mTechnetium Sestamibi SPECT for the diagnosis of myocardial viability following myocardial infarction. Journal of American College of Cardiology 2004; 43(5)(Suppl A): 314A

Hickman M, Sabharwal NK, Jeetley P, Lahiri A, Senior R. Regression of left ventricular remodelling but not an improvement of resting left ventricular ejection fraction following revascularisation is determined by the quantity of myocardial viability. Journal of American College of Cardiology 2004; 43(5)(Suppl A): 361A

Janardhanan R, Hickman M, Lahiri A, Senior R. Myocardial contrast echocardiography accurately predicted coronary artery disease in patients presenting with acute heart failure
Journal of American College of Cardiology 2004; 43(5)(Suppl A): 9A

Jeetley P, Hickman M, Senior R. Quantitative assessment of myocardial blood flow and coronary flow reserve using intermediate mechanical index myocardial contrast echocardiography. Journal of American College of Cardiology 2004; 43(5)(Suppl A): 316A

Hickman M, Janardhanan R, Dwivedi G, Burden L, Senior R. Myocardial contrast echocardiography: Validation of a new bedside modality for the detection of myocardial viability following myocardial infarction. Heart 2004; 90 (Suppl II) A34

Dwivedi G, Janardhanan R, Hickman M, Senior R. Can myocardial contrast echocardiography replace radionuclide perfusion imaging for the detection of residual stenosis and multivessel disease following acute myocardial infarction? Heart 2004; 90 (Suppl II) A34

Greaves K, Janardhanan R, Jeetley P, Sabharwal NK, Hickman M, Lim TK, Dwivedi G, Senior R. Hand-carried echocardiography significantly reduces the need for standard echocardiography in hospitalised patients. Heart 2004; 90 (Suppl II) A35

19) Hickman M, Janardhanan R, Dwivedi G, Burden L, Senior R. Myocardial contrast echocardiography for the detection of myocardial viability following myocardial infarction: A comparison with gated single photon emission computed tomography. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography (In Press)

Hickman M, Vannan MA, Land RM, Vanoverschelde JL, Van der Wouw PA, Kemp O, Thomas JD, Senior, R. Is myocardial contrast echocardiography a viable alternative to SPECT for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease in high risk patients? A multicentre study. European Heart Journal 2004; 25(abstr suppl):2191

Hickman M, Janardhanan R, Dwivedi G, Burden L, Senior R. Insights into mechanisms for the detection of myocardial viability following acute myocardial infarction: A comparative study with myocardial contrast echocardiography and SPECT. European Heart Journal 2004; 25(abstr suppl):2198

Janardhanan R, Hickman M, Lahiri A, Senior R. Accuracy of myocardial contrast echocardiography for the prediction of coronary artery disease in patients presenting with acute heart failure: A quantitative validation. European Heart Journal 2004; 25(abstr suppl):2197

Dwivedi G, Janardhanan R, Hickman M, Senior R. Can myocardial contrast echocardiography replace radionuclide perfusion imaging for the detection of residual stenosis and multivessel disease following acute myocardial infarction? European Heart Journal 2004; 25(abstr suppl):1341

Hickman M, Kinsey C, Burden L, Senior R. Identification of hibernating myocardium: Can myocardial contrast echocardiography replace single-photon emission computed tomography? Heart 2006; A121

Hickman M, Kinsey C, Burden L, Senior R. Identification of hibernating myocardium: can myocardial contrast echocardiography replace single-photon emission computed tomography? European Heart Journal 2006;

Hickman M, Burden L, Senior R. Resting Myocardial Blood Flow Not Myocardial Flow Reserve Predicts Hibernating Myocardium: A Quantitative Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography Study. JACC 2007

Greaves K, Sharma S, Hickman M, Anand R, Walji S, Bowden J, Ilankovan R, Senior R. Assessment of Graft Perfusion Following Maxillofacial Surgery using Low Power Contrast Ultrasonography – A Novel Application. Circulation 2006

Hickman M, Burden L, Senior R. Resting Myocardial Blood Flow Not Myocardial Flow Reserve Predicts Hibernating Myocardium: A Quantitative Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography Study. Heart 2007;A53

Greaves K, Sharma S, Anand R, Bowden J, Ilankovan R, Hickman M, Walji S, Senior R. Contrast Ultrasonography: A Novel Application for the Assessment of Graft Perfusion. Heart 2007;A53