British Society of
Echocardiography Core Laboratory Database
Below are details of Core Echocardiographic Laboratories within
the UK
To add your lab to the list please e-mail:
research@bsecho.org
King's Echo Lab
Director of Core Lab: Professor Mark J
Monaghan
Manager of Core Lab: Joseph Reiken and Jonathan
Breeze
Contact E-Mail: mark.monaghan@nhs.net
Address: Cardiology Department, King's College
Hospital, London, SE5 9RS
Date of establishment of Core Lab:2010
Facilities & Equipment: Latest Philips EPIQ
&, GE E95 and Siemens SC2000 scanners, 3D TOE, Dobutamine,
Treadmill and Bicycle Stress and Valve Stress Echo. Sonovue,
Optison and Luminity Contrast Agents. Accredited in all modalities
by both British Society of Echocardiography and European
Association of Cardiovascular Imaging
Image Analysis Software: Philips Xcelera, GE
EchoPac and TomTec (full suite)
Modalities Analysed: Contrast,Strain, 3D,
Transoesphageal Echo, Stress Echo, TTE
Completed Clinical Trials/Studies:
Mitra-Spacer, UK TAVI (3D), Doppler CIP (EU FP7 Trial).
University Hospital South Manchester - Host of UK
TAVI Core Lab
Director of Core Lab: Simon Ray
Manager of Core Lab: Keith Pearce
Contact E-Mail: Keith.pearce@uhsm.nhs.uk
Address: University Hospital South
Manchester
Date of establishment of Core Lab: 2015
Facilities & Equipment: Echo systems
Phillips and GE.
Image Analysis Software: Echo PAC. Q Lab.
Modalities Analysed: Strain, 3D, TTE
Completed Clinical Trials/Studies: Xmas study,
UK TAVI trial
Northwick Park Hospital/Royal Brompton
Hospital
Director of Core Lab: Roxy Senior
Manager of Core Lab: Ann Banfield/Cathy
West
Contact E-Mail: r.senior@imperial.ac.uk
Address: Watford Road,Harrow,HA1 3UJ and Sydney
Street,London SW3 6NP
Date of establishment of Core Lab: 1999 at
NPH
Facilities & Equipment: Dedicated Research
Team -13 staff (One Consulant, One Businness Manager,3 Clinical
Fellows,4 Nurses,2 Senior technicians,2 adminstrative staff).
Image Analysis Software: Q LAB 9,
Excelera,Tom-Tech
Modalities Analysed: IMT, Contrast, Stress
Echo, TTE
Completed Clinical Trials/Studies: HEART-Heart
Failure Revascularisation Trial, LOLIPOP-London Life Sciences
Prospective Population
Oxford Research Echo Core Lab
(ORECL)
Director of Core Lab: Professor Paul Leeson
Manager of Core Lab: Linda Arnold and Nancy
Spagou
Contact E-Mail: oxfordccrf@cardiov.ox.ac.uk
Address: Oxford Cardiovascular Clinical
Research Facility, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX3 9DU
Date of establishment of Core Lab: 2016
Facilities & Equipment: Phillips EPIQ 7,
Phillips iE33, Phillips CX50, Toshiba Artida
Image Analysis Software: Phillips IntelliSpace
Cardiovascular, TomTec
Modalities Analysed: IMT, Contrast, Strain, 3D,
Transoesphageal Echo, Stress Echo,TTE
Completed Clinical Trials/Studies: EVAREST
trial; TEPHRA trial; PHOEBE (PHOENIX-3) study