Professor Graeme Houston

Professor Graeme Houston qualified in Natural Sciences in 1983, and MB Bchir in 1987 from Cambridge University. He developed an interest in Clinical Imaging and was appointed SINAPSE Professor of Clinical Imaging in the University of Dundee in 2009. A Consultant Radiologist at Ninewells Hospital and Medical School Dundee, since 1995, he has focused on developing and implementing services in MRI and Interventional Radiological techniques, particularly in relation to cardiovascular disease following Clinical Fellowship in radiology at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. His major research interests are the improvement of non-invasive methods of assessing patient risk factors for disease, the development of new minimal invasive treatments, and the use of imaging techniques to improve understanding of the pathophysiology of cardiovascular disease. Professor Graeme Houston’s current research is distinctly collaborative both locally, nationally and internationally with funded multi-centred clinical, and pre-clinical trials.

Professor Graeme Houston’s Publications

1. Weir-McCall JR, Fitzgerald K, Papaguircopulo CJ, Gandy SJ, Lambert M,Cavin I, Littleford R, Macfarlane JA, Matthew SZ, Nicholas RS Struthers AD, Belch JJF, Sullivan FM, Shelley WA, White RD, Houston JG. Prevalence of unrecognized myocardial infarction in a low–intermediate risk asymptomatic cohort and its relation to systemic atherosclerosis Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2016 Aug 22.
   • This paper presents evidence about the rate of unrecognised myocardial infarction in an at risk population.
2. Gandy SJ, Lambert M, Belch J, Cavin I, Crowe E, Littleford R, MacFarlane JA, Matthew SZ, Martin P, Nicholas RS, Struthers A, Sullivan F, Waugh SA, White RD, Weir-McCall JR, Houston JG. 3T MRI investigation of cardiac left ventricular structure and function in a UK population: The tayside screening for the prevention of cardiac events (TASCFORCE) study. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2016 May 3. doi: 10.1002/jmri.25267.
   • This paper presents the initial findings of the TASCFORCE trial of cardiac function using MRI
3. Weir-McCall, JR, White RD, Ramkumar PG, 3 Gandy SJ,4 Khan F,1 Belch JJF,1 Struthers AD,1  Houston JG. 3D Whole body contrast enhanced MRA can quantify and monitor atherosclerosis progression. Heart 2015 101: A17.
   • This paper presents a method of quantifying cardiovascular disease in an individual.
4. The SCOT-HEART investigators. CT coronary angiography in patients with suspected angina due to coronary heart disease (SCOT-HEART): an open-label, parallel-group, multicentre trial. Lancet. 2015 Jun 13;385(9985):2383-91.
   • This work showed the value of cardiac CT angiography as an alternative to catheter angiography in excluding coronary heart disease.
5. Jennings CG, Houston JG, Severn A, Bell S, Mackenzie IS, Macdonald TM. Renal artery stenosis-when to screen, what to stent? Curr Atheroscler Rep. 2014 Jun;16(6):416
   • This review paper presented the current position in relation to renal arterial intervention in hypertension.