Publications

Conference presentations and scientific publications, book chapters and invited lectures: October 2013 – September 2017

Conference Presentations

  1. Salsano M, Weir-McCall J, Lambert MA, Gandy SJ, Levin D, Cavin I, Littleford R, MacFarlane JA, Matthew SZ, Nicholas SR, Struthers AD, Sullivan F, Waugh SA, White RD, Belch JJ, Houston JG. Prevalence and systemic distribution of early atherosclerosis in a low-intermediate risk adult population. CIRSE, September 2017 – Copenhagen, Denmark (Oral Presentation).
  2. Salsano M, McLeod HM, Duncan R, Matthew SZ, Houston JG. Use of radial access in the Thiel cadaveric flow model for training in endovascular interventions. CIRSE, September 2017 – Copenhagen, Denmark (Oral Presentation).
  3. McLeod H, Stewart R, Cox B F, Immel E, Robertson J, Matthew S, Eisma R, Barclay A, Wilkinson T, Melzer A, Houston J G. Peripheral endovascular interventions using human Thiel-embalmed cadavers with extracorporeal flow for medical device testing, development and training.  CIRSE, September 2017 – Copenhagen, Denmark (Poster Presentation).
  4. L K Young, S Matthew, L McCormick, J Weir-McCall, S J Gandy, J G Houston. T1 Dentate Nucleus Signal Intensity Following Multiple Gadoteric acid (Dotarem®)-Enhanced MRI vs Multiple Non-Contrast MRI. MIUA 2017, Edinburgh, 11 – 13 July 2017 (Poster Presentation).
  5. Rudolf Hellmuth, Graeme Houston. Explicit Resistive Pressure Outlet Boundary 12th OpenFOAM® Workshop, 24th – 27th July 2017, Exeter, United Kingdom. (Oral presentation).
  6. Eoin Murphy; Rudolf Hellmuth; Stephen Broderick; Nicolas Aristokleous; Leonard Browne; Efstratios Kokkalis; Connor Cunnane; Conor MacDonald; Rose Ross; Stephen Gandy; Shona Matthew; John Graeme Houston. Analysis Of Haemodynamics In Arteriovenous Fistulas. 12th OpenFOAM® Workshop, 24th – 27th July 2017, Exeter, United Kingdom. (Oral presentation).
  7. Eoin A Murphy, Stephen P Broderick, Nicolas Aristokleous, Leonard D Browne, Efstratios Kokkalis, Connor V Cunnane, Conor MacDonald, Rose A Ross, Shona Z Matthew, John Graeme Houston. Oxygen Transport in Patient-Specific Arteriovenous Fistulas. 23rd Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics, 2 July 2017. Seville. (Oral Presentation).
  8. Franzoni M, Cunnane C, Walsh MT. An ex-vivo perfusion system to simulate hemodynamics of vascular access in hemodialysis patients. ESB, July 2017 – Seville, Spain (Poster Presentation).
  9. L K Young, S Matthew, L McCormick, J Weir-McCall, S J Gandy, J G Houston. T1 Dentate Nucleus Signal Intensity Following Multiple Gadoteric acid (Dotarem®)-Enhanced MRI vs Multiple Non-Contrast MRI. SINAPSE ASM 2017, Glasgow, 16 June 2017 (Poster Presentation).
  10. Rachel Stewart, Helen McLeod, Robyn Duncan, Dr. Shona Matthew, Avril Barclay, Professor Andreas A Melzer, Professor Tracey Wilkinson, Professor J Graeme Houston. Perfused Human Thiel Embalmed Cadaveric model for pre-clinical endovascular device testing. SINAPSE ASM 2017, Glasgow, 16 June 2017 (Poster Presentation).
  11. Conor MacDonald, Shona Matthew, Steve Gandy, Rose Ross, Graeme Houston. MRI as a tool for pre and post-operative assessment of arterio-venous fistulae. SINAPSE ASM 2017, 16 June, Glasgow (Plenary session).
  12. Zhou, S. Matthew and J. G. Houston. Evaluation of the spiral flow in the downstream of prosthetic grafts using ultrasound. SINAPSE ASM, 16 June 2017, Glasgow (Poster, lightning talk).
  13. C MacDonald, Rose Ross, John Graeme Houston, The current state of MR imaging in vascular access imaging, UKRC 2017, 13 June 2016, Manchester, (Oral Presentation).
  14. C MacDonald, Rose Ross, John Graeme Houston, The current state of MR imaging in vascular access imaging, Vas 2017, April 5, Ljubljana, (Poster Presentation).
  15. C MacDonald,Rose Ross ,John Graeme Houston, Blood-borne markers & medications: Effect on VA outcome, Vas 2017, April 5, Ljubljana, (Oral Presentation).
  16. Franzoni M, Cunnane C, Walsh MT. An ex-vivo perfusion system to simulate AVF hemodynamics. VAS, April 2017 – Ljubljana, Slovenia (Oral Presentation).
  17. Franzoni M, Walsh MT. On the identification of hemodynamic parameters responsible for vascular dysfunction. Biomechanics in vascular biology and cardiovascular disease, April 2017 – Rotterdam, Netherlands (Poster Presentation).
  18. Salsano M, Matthew SZ, Ross R, Rauchhaus P, Chakraverty S, Bhat R, Houston JG. Cutting balloon versus standard balloon angioplasty for the treatment of hemodialysis access stenosis: a retrospective observational study. ECR, March 2017 – Vienna, Austria.
  19. MacDonald C, Ross R, Houston JG, Velocity Vector Imaging, Shear Wave Elastography and Flow Mediated Dilation as Potential Predictors of Arterio-Venous Fistula Outcome, Scottish Ultrasound Group Meeting, March 2017, Glasgow, UK (Poster Presentation).
  20. Franzoni M, Walsh MT. Towards the identification of hemodynamic characteristics that modulate endothelial cell responses in the venous system. BINI, January 2017 – Belfast, Ireland (Oral Presentation).
  21. Salsano M, Helyar V, Thulasidasan N, Ilyas S, Popert R, Sabharwal T. Prostate Artery Embolisation (PAE): The Tricks to Success. RSNA Annual Meeting November 2016 – Chicago, US.
  22. Eoin A Murphy, Rose A Ross, Shona Z Matthew, John Graeme Houston. The Potential use of 3-D Ultrasound for Arteriovenous Fistula Flow Dynamics Assessment. SHARP Annual Scientific Meeting, 24th & 25th November 2016, Crieff (Poster Presentation).
  23. Salsano M, Matthew S, Ross R, Rauchhaus P, Chakraverty S, Bhat R, Houston G. Cutting balloon versus standard balloon angioplasty for the treatment of haemodialysis access stenosis: a retrospective observational study. SHARP Annual Scientific Meeting, 24th & 25th November 2016, Crieff (Poster Presentation).
  24. Laura K Young, E Lancelot, S Matthew, L McCormick, J Weir-McCall, S Gandy, JG Houston. The Continuing Hype About Hyper Signals. SHARP 2016, 24 Nov 2016 (Poster Presentation).
  25. Drost, N. Alam, and D. Newport. Validation of Hemodynamics Simulations in an Arterio-Venous Fistula. Stokes Colloquium Series, 17 November 2016, Limerick (Oral Presentation).
  26. Laura K Young, E Lancelot, S Matthew, L McCormick, J Weir-McCall, S Gandy, JG Houston. The Continuing Hype About Hyper Signals. University of Dundee Medical School Symposium, 10 Nov 2016 (Poster Presentation).
  27. Drost and D. Newport. Pulsatile flow pump for in-vitro hemodynamics measurements. Bernal Fluid Dynamics Group Meeting, 9 November 2016, Limerick (Oral presentation).
  28. Drost, M. Walsh, L. D. Browne, N. Aristokleous, J. G. Houston, D. Newport. Ultrasound Imaging Velocimetry as a potential tool for in-vivo validation of numerical simulations of a patient-specific arterio-venous fistula. VASBI Annual Meeting 2016, 22nd & 23rd September. (Oral presentation).
  29. Nicholas Aristokleous, Leonard D Browne, E. Kokkalis, S. Broderick, M. Walsh, John Graeme Houston. Monitor Morphology Alterations using MRI. A Follow-Up Study on Two Different Arterio-Venous Fistula Types; ESMRMB, September 2016 (Poster, Lightning Talk).
  30. L K Young. Investigating the Safety and Efficacy of Dotarem in At-Risk Populations. ReDVA Dundee Workshop; 27 July 2016 (Power Point Presentation).
  31.  MacDonald, S Matthew, S Gandy, R Ross, JG Houston; Medic sequence as a non–contrast alternative in the assessment of the cephalic, basillic veins and the brachial artery. SINAPSE AGM 2016, 17 June 2016, University of Stirling (Poster).
  32. Laura K Young, E Lancelot, S Matthew, L McCormick, J Weir-McCall, JG Houston. The Hype About Hyper Signals;SINAPSE AGM 2016, 17 June 2016, University of Stirling (Oral Presentation).
  33. Catherine Brearly, Helen McLeod, Craig Dunlop, Nicholas Aristokleous, Shona Matthew, John Graeme Houston. A Pre-clinical Assessment of the Spiral Inducing Capacity of a new Industry-Leading Stent; SINAPSE ASM, 17 June 2016, DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.4735.1287 (Poster presentation).
  34. Nicolas Aristokleous, Shona Matthew, Stephen Gandy, John Graeme Houston. Morphological and haemodynamical changes in arteriovenous fistula image-based models. An MRI Follow-Up Study; SINAPSE ASM 17 June 2016, DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.4681.4329 (Poster Presentation).
  35. Sita Drost, Michael Walsh, Leonard D Browne, Nicolas Aristokleous, John Graeme Houston, David Newport. A Sound Approach: Feasibility of Ultrasound Image Velocimetry for in-vivo validation of hemodynamics simulations in an arterio-venous fistula; Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia (USA), Conference: 11th International Symposium on Biomechanics in Vascular Biology and Cardiovascular Disease, May 2016 (Poster Presentation).
  36. Cunnane C, Browne L, Broderick S, Dunlop C, Houston G, Walsh M, ‘A preliminary study to determine if arteriovenous fistula configuration generates helical flow’; European Society of Vascular Surgeons Conference, May, 12 – 13, 2016, London, UK (Oral Presentation).
  37. Sita Drost, David Newport. Ultrasound Image Velocimetry as a Potential Tool for In-Vivo Hemodynamics Measurements in an Arterio-Venous Fistula; Stokes Colloquia Series, Stokes Laboratories, University of Limerick 28.04.2016 (Oral Presentation).
  38. Cunnane C, Browne L, Broderick S, Dunlop C, Houston G, Walsh M, ‘A preliminary study to determine if helical flow is a surrogate marker of exposure to disturbed shear in arteriovenous fistula’; Sir Bernard Crossland Symposium, April, 26 – 27, 2016, Belfast, UK (Poster Presentation).
  39. Drost and D. Newport. Closing the circle: towards in-vivo validation of patient-specific arterio-venous hemodynamics simulations. Invited oral presentation at Short Informal Mathematics Talk lecture series, Mathematics Applications Consortium for Science and Industry, University of Limerick, Ireland, 19 April 2016 (Oral Presentation).
  40. Sita Drost, David Newport. Hemodynamics measurements in an arterio-venous fistula; Bernal Project Fluid Mechanics Group Meeting, University of Limerick, 17.02.2016 (Oral Presentation).
  41. Aristokleous, S. Matthew, and J.G. Houston, “Morphology Alterations on Two Different Arterio-Venous Fistula Types: An MRI Follow-Up Study,” School of Medicine Research Symposium, February 25-26, Crieff, UK, 2016, DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.1397.2249 (Poster Presentation).
  42. Eoin A Murphy, Fergal J Boyle, John Graeme Houston. Oxygen Transport in Stented Arteries using Computational Fluid Dynamics. University of Dundee School of Medicine Research Symposium, February 25-26, Crieff, UK, 2016 (Poster Presentation).
  43. Aurang Z Khawaja, Nicholas Inston, Graham Lipkin, Robert G Jones. Novel use of the Solitaire© AB re-deployable stent for exclusion of wide neck peri-hilar Renal Artery Aneurysms (RAAs). LINC 2016 RAA ver 25-01-2016 (Oral Presentation).
  44. Cunnane C, Browne L, Broderick S, Dunlop C, Houston G, Walsh M, ‘A preliminary study to determine if arteriovenous fistula configuration generates helical flow and if helical flow is a surrogate marker of exposure to disturbed shear’; Biomedical Engineering in Ireland Conference, January, 22 – 23, 2016, Galway, Ireland (Oral Presentation).
  45. Sinead Morley, David Newport, Michael Walsh. Central Venous Stenosis associated with Haemodialysis Access; A Systematic Review; Limerick; UL Hospitals Annual Research Symposium, DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.4219.0326, (Poster Presentation).
  46. Nicolas Aristokleous, Shona Matthew, Stephen Gandy, Efstratios Kokkalis, Leonard Browne, Stephen Broderick, Michael T Walsh, John Graeme Houston. The influence of arm position on the geometric features of the Brachial Artery and Basilic Vein; Vascular Access Society of Britain & Ireland, September 2015. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.1397.2249 (Poster Presentation).
  47. Kokkalis, S.P. Broderick, L.D. Browne, N. Aristokleous, M.T. Walsh, J.G. Houston, “Haemodynamic  advantages of a spiral arteriovenous graft; a computational study“, Annual meeting of the Vascular Access Society of Britain and Ireland, September 24-25, Manchester, UK, 2015, (Poster Presentation).
  48. Conor MacDonald, Nicolas Aristokleous, Shona Matthew, Stephen Gandy, Malcolm Dunn, John Graeme Houston. Arm positon alters the geometry of the Brachial Artery and the Basilic Vein; 27th MRWG Annual International Conference, At Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, September 2015 (Poster presentation).
  49. Lancelot E., NSF and brain hypersignals in relation to the use of GBCAs; Department of Radiology, Ninewells Hospital & Medical School, Dundee, July 2015, (Oral presentation).
  50. Leonard D. Browne , Stephen P. Broderick , Jennifer A. Costelloe, Philip .Griffin, Graeme Houston and Michael T. Walsh.‘International Aneurysm CFD Challenge 2015’; Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering and Biotransport Conference, June 17-20, 2015 Snowbird, Utah, USA (Oral Presentation).
  51. Aristokleous, and J.G. Houston, “International Aneurysm CFD Challenge 2015”. SB3C2015, Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering and Biotransport Conference. Snowbird, Utah, USA, June 17-20, 2015, (Poster Presentation).
  52. Leonard D. Browne,Khalid. Bashar, Philip. Griffin, Eamon G. Kavanagh and Michael T. Walsh ‘In-Vivo Validation Of The In Silico Predicted Pressure Drop Across An Arteriovenous Fistula‘; Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering and Biotransport Conference ,June 17-20, 2015 Snowbird, Utah, USA (Poster Presentation).
  53. D Browne, K. Bashar, S. Broderick, P.Griffin, E. Kavanagh, J.G Houston & M.T. Walsh. Investigating The Influence Of Hemodynamics On Vascular Remodelling Of An Arteriovenous Fistula Using Computational Fluid Dynamics; 9th congress of the Vascular Access Society ,15-18th April 2015, Barcelona, Spain (Poster Presentation).
  54. Khawaja, D.B. Cassidy, J. Al Shakarchi, D. McGrogan, Nicholas Inston, R.G. Jones, RE-VISITING THE RISKS OF CONTRAST ENHANCED MRI IN VASCULAR ACCESS IMAGING; Vascular Access Society, April, 15-18, Barcelona 2015 (Poster presentation).
  55. Kokkalis E, Hoskins PR, Valluri P, Corner GA, Houston JG, ‘Comparison of spiral and conventional arteriovenous grafts using computational methods’; Congress of Vascular Access Society, April, 15-18, 2015, Barcelona, Spain (Oral Presentation).
  56. SP Broderick, SJ Gandy, LD Browne, E Kokkalis, JG Houston, MT Walsh, ‘The effect of position on arterial and venous geometry in the arm: a single case observational study’; Congress of Vascular Access Society, April, 15-18, 2015, Barcelona, Spain (Poster Presentation).
  57. Rose Ross, John Nagy, Stuart Suttie, Graeme Houston. The Significance of an Ultrasound Detected Stenosis in Arteriovenous Radiocephalic Fistula; Congress of Vascular Access Society, April, 15-18, 2015, Barcelona, Spain (Poster Presentation).
  58. Rose Ross, John Nagy, Stuart Suttie, Graeme Houston, Gareth Griffiths. Multidisciplinary Approach to the Management of Haemodialysis Patients with Autogenous Arterio-Venous Fistula; Vascular Access Society, April, 15-18, 2015, Barcelona, Spain (Oral Presentation).
  59. Deirdre B Cassidy, Aurangzaib Khawaja, Nicholas Inston, Julien Alshakarchi, Shona Matthew, J Graeme Houston. Preoperative Imaging in Arteriovenous Fistula Formation: A Systematic Review; Congress of Vascular Access Society, April, 15-18, 2015, Barcelona, Spain (Poster Presentation).
  60. Robert Jones, Peter Riley, Andrews Willis, Nicholas Inston, Aurangzaib Khawaji. Early experience with Viabahn Stent-Grafts to treat cephalic arch stenosis in haemodialysis patients with ipsilateral arteriovenous fistulas. Congress of Vascular Access Society, April, 15-18, 2015, Barcelona, Spain (Poster Presentation).
  61. Deirdre B Cassidy, Aurangzaib Khawaja, Nicholas Inston, Julien Alshakarchi, Shona Matthew, J Graeme Houston. Preoperative Examination for Arteriovenous Access in Haemodialysis: Insight into Clinical Practice Guidelines; Congress of Vascular Access Society, April, 15-18, 2015, Barcelona, Spain (Poster Presentation).
  62. Julien Al Shakarchi, Aurangzaib Khawaja, Deirdre B Cassidy, Graeme Houston, Nicholas Inston. Systematic Review of the Ulnar-Basilic Arteriovenous Fistula for Haemodialysis; Vascular Access Society, April, 15-18, 2015, Barcelona, Spain (Poster Presentation).
  63. Damian Mcgrogan, Mark Jesky, Paul Cockwell, Stephanie Stringer, Nicholas Inston. Arterial stiffness correlates with arteriovenous fistula outcome. 9th Congress of VAS, April 15-18, Barcelona 2015, (Oral Presentation).
  64. Aurangzaib Khawaja, Deirdre Cassidy, Julien Al Shakarchi, Damian Mcgrogan, Robert G Jones, Nicholas Inston. Assessing UK Trends In Vascular Access Imaging For Haemodialysis Patients –Results From ReDVASQi; Vascular Access Society, April, 15-18, 2015, Barcelona, Spain (Poster Presentation).
  65. Julien Al Shakarchi, Jay Nath, Robert Jones, Nicholas Inston. Exhausted vascular access: a proposed classification; Vascular Access Society, April, 15-18, 2015, Barcelona, Spain (Poster Presentation).
  66. Yazin Marie, Nuor NS Jamil, Helen Caldwell, Revecca Telfer, Souad Messahel, Nicholas G Inston. CASPASE-3 expression is reduced by flow in a human whole vein pulsatile flow model. 9th Congress of VAS, April 15-18, Barcelona 2015, (Oral Presentation).
  67. Damian Mcgrogan, Julien Al Shakarchi, Aurangzaib Khawaja, jay Nath, mel Filed, Nicholas Inston. Systematic review and meta-analysis of vascular access outcomes in elderly patients. 9th Congress of VAS, April 15-18, Barcelona 2015, (Poster Presentation).
  68. Julien Al Shakarchi, Damian McGrogan, Aurangzaib Khawaja, Melanie Field, Nicholas Inston. Pre-operative biological markers in predicting outcome of fistula formation; Vascular Access Society, April, 15-18, 2015, Barcelona, Spain (Poster Presentation).
  69. Damian Mcgrogan, Julien Al-Shakarchi, Aurangzaib Khawaja, Jay Nath, mel Field, Nicholas Inston. Near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) in vascular access. A new application for INVOS®SPECTRA. Vascular Access Society, April, 15-18, 2015, Barcelona, Spain (Poster Presentation).
  70. A Kawaja Drug eluting balloons in AVF stenosis; VASBI, Sept 2015, (Oral presentation).
  71. Leonard D. Browne , Khalid. Bashar, Philip. Griffin, Eamon G. Kavanagh and Michael T. Walsh. ‘In-Vivo Validation of the Numerical Pressure Drop across an Arteriovenous Fistula‘; 21st Annual Conference of the Bioengineering Section of the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland, 16th – 17th January 2015, Carton House Hotel Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland (Oral Presentation).
  72. Matthew S, Webb A, Kokkalis E, Dunn MH, Houston JG, ‘Re-introducing spiral flow in a vascular access graft using a spiral inducing stent’; American Society of Nephrology, November, 11-16, 2014, Philadelphia, USA (Poster Presentation).
  73. Matthew S, Webb A, Kokkalis E, Dunn MH, Houston JG, ‘Improving central vein blood flow parameters in central vein catheter dialysis’; American Society of Nephrology, November, 11-16, 2014, Philadelphia, USA (Poster Presentation).
  74. Kokkalis E, Hoskins PR, Valluri P, Corner GA, Duce SL, Houston JG, ‘Computational comparison of a spiral and a non-spiral peripheral bypass graft’; World Congress of Biomechanics, July, 6-11, 2014, Boston, USA (Poster Presentation).
  75. NG Inston, K Tullett, R Jones, C Day. Dysfunctional lines and no definitive access options: you need a HeRO (Haemodialysis Reliable Outflow Device); Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham. British Renal week. BRS/RA conference Glasgow 2014 (Oral Presentation).
  76. Damian McGrogan; Yazin Marie; Susan Freckleton; Helen Eddington, PhD; Clara Day; Nicholas Inston ‘Fistula Fast’ – Initial Experience from a New, Rapid Access Arteriovenous Fistula Pathway; VASA 2014, Dallas May 2014 (Oral Presentation).
  77. Aurangzaib Khawaja; Robert Jones; Nicholas Inston; Andrew Willis; Ian MacCafferty; Peter Riley. Cutting Angioplasty Balloon in Native AV Fistulas – A Seven Year Experience; VASA 2014, Dallas May 2014 (Oral Presentation).
  78. Khawajam R.G Jones, N. Inston, J. Hophins. Carbon dioxide as a contrast agent for in dialysis access intervention; VASGBI UK 2014. (Poster Presentation).
  79. Kharkhanis, A. Khawaja, A Willis, P. Riely, R. G. Jones. Cephalic Arch Lesions in Ipsilateral Arteriovenous Fistula – Balloon or Stent Grafts?; Vascular Access Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2014 (Oral Presentation).
  80. Khawaja, R. Jones, N. Inston, J, Hopkins. CO2 venography in Dialysis access and treatment?; Vascular Access Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2014 (Poster Presentation).
  81. Al Shakarchi, A. Khawaja, D. McGrogan, RG. Jones, S. Powell, N. Inston.  Outcomes of the haemodialysis reliable outflow device for vascular access; British Society of Interventional Radiology Nov 2014 (Poster Presentation).
  82. Khawaja, RG. Jones, N. Inston, J. Hopkins Carbon dioxide as a contrast agent for in dialysis access intervention; British Society of Interventional Radiology Nov 2014 (Poster Presentation).
  83. NG Inston, K Tullett, R Jones. Dysfunctional lines and no definitive access options: you need a HeRO (Haemodialysis Reliable Outflow Device); Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham (Poster presentation).
  84. Damian McGrogan; Yazin Marie; Susan Freckleton; Helen Eddington; Clara Day; Nicholas Inston. ‘Fistula Fast’ – Initial Experience from a New, Rapid Access Arteriovenous Fistula Pathway; VASA 2014, Dallas May 2014 (Poster presentation).
  85. Aurangzaib Khawaja; Robert Jones; Nicholas Inston; Andrew Willis; Ian MacCafferty; Peter Riley. Cutting Angioplasty Balloon in Native AV Fistulas – A Seven Year Experience; VASA, Dallas May 2014 (Poster presentation).

Conference Papers

  1. Nicholas Inston. Risk factors for aneurysms in arteriovenous access; Charing Cross VA master class, April 2017.
  2. Nicolas Inston. The science of vascular access …(made easy)… Vascular Access Society, Ljubliana 2017.
  3. Connor V. Cunnane, Leonard D. Browne, Stephen P. Broderick, Craig Dunlop, Graeme J. Houston, Michael T. Walsh. A preliminary study to determine if arteriovenous fistula configuration generates helical flow and if helical flow is a surrogate marker of exposure to disturbed; Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering and Biotransport Conference, June 29 –2 July, 2016, National Harbor, MD, USA.
  4. D. Browne, S.P. Broderick, Sinead Morley, E. Kokkalis, N. Aristokleous, J.G. Houston, Michael T Walsh. Curvature, tortuosity and shear stress: Establishing the physiological range of the brachial artery and cephalic vein; Annual Meeting of the Vascular Access Society of Britain and Ireland, Manchester, England, September 2015.
  5. Macdonald, N. Aristokleous, S. Matthew, M. Dunn, G.H. Houston. Arm Position Alters the Geometry of the Brachial Artery and Basillic Vein; Magnetic Resonance Angiography 27th Annual International Conference, September 15 – 18, 2015.
  6. QEHB: Arterial Stiffness Correlates with Arteriovenous Fistula Outcomes; Friday 17th April Time: 17:30h – 18:30h Room: 5. Vascular Access Society, April, 15-18, 2015, Barcelona, Spain (FREE PAPER).

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Book Chapters

  1. Graeme J Houston, Nicolas Aristokleous, Efstratios Kokkalis, “Chapter 33: “Haemodynamics and their Relation to Stent design for the Treatment of Peripheral Arterial Disease”, European Symposium on Vascular Biomaterials (ESVB 2015) Conference Book, 2015. [Summary ESVB 2015].

Journal Publications

  1. MT Walsh & JE Moore Jr. Towards Improving Vascular Access. Editorial: Special Issue on Vascular Access. Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology, Vol. 8, No. 3, September 2017 pp. 237–239. DOI: 10.1007/s13239-017-0326-x.
  2. Nicholas Inston, J Al Shakarchi, A Khawaja, R Jones. Maintaining Patency of Vascular Access for Haemodialysis. Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology. September 2017, Volume 8, Issue 3, pp 240–243. DOI: 10.1007/s13239-017-0320-3.
  3. Marco Franzoni, Michael T Walsh. Towards the identification of hemodynamic parameters involved in arteriovenous fistula maturation and failure: a review. Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology July 2017. DOI: 1007/s13239-017-0322-1.
  4. Eoin A Murphy, Rose A Ross, Robert G Jones, Stephen J Gandy, Nicolas Aristokleous, Marco Salsano, Jonathan R Weir-McCall, Shona Matthew, John Graeme Houston. Imaging in Vascular Access. Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology. Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology July 2017. DOI: 10.1007/s13239-017-0317-y.
  5. Connor Cunnane, Eoghan Cunnane, Michael T Walsh. A review of Hemodynamic Factors Believed to Contribute to Vascular Access Dysfunction. Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology. May 2017. DOI: DOI: 10.1007/s13239-017-0307-0.
  6. Sita Drost, Neda Alam, John Graeme Houston, David Newport. Review of Experimental Modelling in Vascular Access for Haemodialysis. Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology. May 2017. DOI: 10.1007/s13239-017-0311-4.
  7. McLeod H, Cox B F, Robertson J, Duncan R, Matthew S, Bhat R, Barclay A, Anwar J, Wilkinson T, Melzer A, Houston J G. Human Thiel-Embalmed Cadaveric Aortic Model with Perfusion for Endovascular Intervention Training and Medical Device Evaluation. Cardiovascular Interventional Radiology April 2017.  DOI: 10.1007/s00270-017-1643-z.
  8. Damian Mcgrogan, G McKevitt, S. Stringer, P. Cockwell, M. Jesky, Charles J. Ferro, Peter Maxwell, Nicolas Inston. Arterial stiffness and arteriovenous fistula outcomes. December 2016. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2016.08.035.
  9. Nicholas Inston. Alternative strategies to improve vascular access for dialysis patients. Nov 2016. DOI: 10.12968/jokc.2016.1.4.194.
  10. Al Shakarchi J, Mcgrogan D, Van der Veer S, Sperrin M, Inston N. Predictive models for arteriovenous fistula maturation. J Vasc Access May 2016 7:17(3):229-32. DOI:
  11. Julien Al Shakarchi, Steve Mellor, Nicholas Inston. The novel use of infrared thermal imaging as an adjunct for the management of haemodialysis access induced distal ischemia. The journal of vascular access 17(4). April 2016. DOI: 10.5301/jva.5000524.
  12. Al Shakarchi J, Inston N, Jones RG, Maclaine G, Hollingworth D. Cost analysis of the Haemodialysis Reliable Outflow (HeRO) Graft compared to the tunnelled dialysis catheter. J Vasc Surg 2016 April: 63(4): 1026-33. DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2015.10.089.
  13. Al Shakarchi J, Khawaja A, Cassidy D, Houston G, Inston N. Efficacy of the ulnarbasilic arteriovenous fistula for haemodialysis: A systematic review. Annals of Vascular Surgery 2016 April; 32:1-4. DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2015.09.027.
  14.  Aurang Z. Khawaja, Deirdre B Cassidy, Julien Al Shakarchi, Damian Mcgrogan, Nicholas Inston, Robert G Jones. Systematic review of drug eluting balloon angioplasty for arteriovenous haemodialysis access stenosis. The journal of vascular access 17(2) · February 2016. DOI: 10.5301/jva.5000508.
  15. Al Shakarchi J, Houston G, Inston N. Early cannulation grafts for haemodialysis: a systematic review. J Vasc Access 2015. Nov-Dec: 16(6):493-7. DOI: 10.5301/jva.5000412.
  16. Mcgrogan D, Al Shakarchi J, Khawaja A, Nath J, Hodson J, Maxwwell AP, Inston NG. Arteriovenous outcomes in the elderly. J Vasc Surgery December 2015; 62(6): 1652-7. DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2015.07.067.
  17. Leonard D Browne, Khalid Bashar, Philip Griffin, Eamon Kavanagh, Stewart R Walsh, Michael T Walsh.  The Role of Shear Stress in Arteriovenous Fistula Maturation and Failure: A Systematic Review. PLoS ONE 10(12): e0145795 · December 2015. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0145795.
  18. Kokkalis E, Aristokleous N, Houston JG, Haemodynamics and Flow Modification Stents for Peripheral Arterial Disease: A Review, Annals of Biomedical Engineering 44(2) · October 2015, DOI: 10.1007/s10439-015-1483-4.
  19. Jones RG, Inston NG. Commentary: The hybrid vascular graft: A new frontier in arteriovenous access for dialysis or just another graft? J Endovasc Ther 2015. October; 22(5):786-8. DOI: 10.1177/1526602815600837.
  20. Aurang Z Khawaja, Deirdre B Cassidy, Julien Al Shakarchi, Damian Mcgrogan, Nicholas Inston, Robert Jones. Revisiting the risks of MRI with Gadolinium based contrast agents—review of literature and guidelines. Insights into Imaging Oct 2015; 6(5) · 553-8. DOI: 10.1007/s13244-015-0420-2.
  21. Al Shakarchi J, Stolba J, Houston JG, Inston N. Surgical techniques for haemodialysis access-induced distal ischaemia. J Vasc Access. 2015 Sep 5;0(0):0. DOI: 10.5301/jva.5000467.
  22. Al Shakarchi J, McGrogan D, Yates PJ, Inston N. Use of biosynthetic grafts (Omniflow II) for high infection risk haemodialysis vascular access. J Vasc Access. 2015 Sep 4;0(0):0. DOI: 10.5301/jva.5000462. [Epub ahead of print].
  23. Stephen P Broderick; J Graeme Houston; Michael T Walsh. The influence of instabilities in modelling arteriovenous junction haemodynamics.  Journal of Biomechanics 48(13) · August 2015. DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2015.07.038.
  24. Al Shakarchi J, Nath J, McGrogan D, Khawaja A, Field M, Jones RG, Inston N. End-stage vascular access failure: can we define and can we classify? CKJ: Clinical Kidney Journal · July 2015. DOI: 10.1093/ckj/sfv055.
  25. Al Shakarchi J, Mcgrogan D, Inston N. Re: ‘Preferred strategy for haemodialysis access creation in elderly patients’. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2015. June: 50(3):388. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2015.05.016.
  26. Al Shakarchi J, Houston G, Inston N. Early cannulation grafts for haemodialysis: A systematic review. Journal of Vascular Access, June 2015. DOI: 10.5301/jva.5000412.
  27. Al Shakarchi J, Houston G, Jones R, Inston N. A Review on the Hemodialysis Reliable Outflow (HeRO) graft. European journal of vascular and endovascular surgery: the official journal of the European Society for Vascular Surgery 50(1), May 2015. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2015.03.059.
  28. Mcgrogan DG, Maxwell AP, Khawaja AZ, Inston NG. Current tools for prediction of arteriovenous fistula outcomes. Clin Kidney J 2015. April: 8(3): 2882-9. DOI: 10.1093/ckj/sfv019.
  29. Inston NG. Long-term results of biological grafts for haemodialysis vascular access. The journal of vascular access 16(Suppl. 9):82-86 · March 2015 DOI: 10.5301/jva.5000355.
  30. Al Shakarchi J, Inston N. Timing of cannulation of arteriovenous grafts: are we too cautious? Clin Kidney J 2015. Jan: 8(3):290-2. DOI: 10.1093/ckj/sfu146.
  31. McGrogan DG, Field MA, Maxwell AP, Marie Y, Inston NG. Patient survival following arteriovenous fistula formation. J Vasc Access. 2015 Jan 27;0(0):0. DOI: 10.5301/jva.5000343. [Epub ahead of print].
  32. McGrogan DG, Field MA, Inston NG. Survival following arteriovenous fistula formation: are grafts indicated in the elderly? J Vasc Access. 2014 Aug 27;0(0):0. DOI: 10.5301/jva.5000288. [Epub ahead of print]
  33. McGrogan DG, Maxwell AP, Inston NG, Krishnan H, Field M. Preserving arteriovenous fistula outcomes during surgical training. J Vasc Access. 2014 Aug 27;0(0):0. DOI: 10.5301/jva.5000278. [Epub ahead of print]
  34. Marie Y, Guy A, Tullett K, Krishnan H, Jones RG, Inston NG. Patterns of blood flow as a predictor of maturation of arteriovenous fistula for haemodialysis. J Vasc Access. 2014 May-Jun; 15 (3):169-74. DOI: 10.5301/jva.5000214.

Plenary and Round Table Sessions and Free Papers

  1. Conor MacDonald, Shona Matthew, Steve Gandy, Rose Ross, Graeme Houston. MRI as a tool for pre and post-operative assessment of arterio-venous fistulae, Sinapse ASM 2017, 16 June, Glasgow (Plenary Session)
  2. Nick Inston: Caspase-3 Expression Is Reduced By Flow In A Human Whole Vein Pulsatile Flow Model. Thursday 16th April. Time: 12:15 – 13:30 Room: 3. Vascular Access Society, April, 15-18, 2015, Barcelona, Spain (Session Type: ROUND TABLE).
  3. Nicholas Inston. The science of vascular access: new frontiers. May 1st VASA 2014 Dallas (Plenary Session).
  4. Michael Walsh: The science of central stenosis. Thursday 24th September 2015, VASBI, Manchester, UK. (Plenary Session). 

Invited Lectures

  1. Nicholas Inston. “Percutaneous Arteriovenous AV Fistulas”. Vascular Society ASM Manchester, December 2016.
  2. Nicholas Inston. Keynote speaker. “How to undo the sin of stealing” CiDA, Austin USA, October 2016.
  3. Nicholas Inston. “What will be the role of Bio-Artificial AV Access Conduits?” CiDA Austin, USA. October 2016.
  4. Nichols Inston. DEBATE #1: Vascular Surgery Programs Provide Sufficient AV Access Training; Against: They Don’t. CiDA, Austin, USA, October 2016.
  5. Nicholas Inston. Maintaining Outcomes in VA in the UK largest dialysis program. ReDVA Workshop, Limerick, September 2016.
  6. Nicholas Inston. Omniflow: Outcomes and updates. VA@CX, April 2016.
  7. Nicholas Inston. Long-term results of biological grafts for haemodialysis vascular access. European Vascular Course, Maastricht, March 2015.
  8. Nicholas Inston. HeRO a promising new technique. CACVS, Paris, January 2015.
  9. Nicholas Inston. The science of vascular access: New frontiers. VASA, May 2014.

General Information

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