Senior Lecturer

Tel: 0116 250 2500

Email: wdt2@le.ac.uk

Address: Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, Clinical Sciences Wing, Glenfield General Hospital, Leicester, LE3 9QP

For general enquiries please email the secretary, Louise Goddard, or telephone 0116 256 3405

Recent Publications

Nielsen JC, Thomsen PE, Højberg S, Møller M, Vesterlund T, Dalsgaard D, Mortensen LS, Nielsen T, Asklund M, Friis EV, Christensen PD, Simonsen EH, Eriksen UH, Jensen GV, Svendsen JH, Toff WD, Healey JS, Andersen HR; on behalf of the DANPACE investigators. A comparison of single-lead atrial pacing with dual-chamber pacing in sick sinus syndrome. Eur Heart J. 2011 Mar 32 6 686-696

Thomas SA, Friedmann E, Lee HJ, Son H, Morton PG; the HAT Investigators, Toff WD. Changes in anxiety and depression over 2 years in medically stable patients after myocardial infarction and their spouses in the Home Automatic External Defibrillator Trial (HAT): a longitudinal observational study. Heart. 2011 Mar 97 5 371-81

Smith D, Toff W, Joy M, Dowdall N, Johnston R, Clark L, Gibbs S, Boon N, Hackett D, Aps C, Anderson M, Cleland J. Fitness to fly for passengers with cardiovascular disease. Heart. 2010 Aug 96 Supp2 ii1-16

Mark DB, Anstrom KJ, McNulty SE, Flaker GC, Tonkin AM, Smith WM, Toff WD, Dorian P, Clapp-Channing NE, Anderson J, Johnson G, Schron EB, Poole JE, Lee KL, Bardy GH. Quality of life effects of automatic external defibrillators in the home: results from the Home Automatic External Defibrillator Trial (HAT). Am Heart J. 2010 Apr 159 4 627-634

Schobersberger W, Toff WD, Eklöf B, Fraedrich G, Gunga HC, Haas S, Landgraf H, Lapostolle F, Partsch H, Perschler F, Schnapka J, Schobersberger B, Scurr JH, Watzke H; Hall consensus development group. Traveller's thrombosis: international consensus statement. Vasa. 2008 Nov 37 4 311-7

Bardy GH, Lee KL, Mark DB, Poole JE, Toff WD, Tonkin AM, Smith W, Dorian P, Packer DL, White RD, Longstreth WT Jr, Anderson J, Johnson G, Bischoff E, Yallop JJ, McNulty S, Ray LD, Clapp-Channing NE, Rosenberg Y, Schron EB; HAT Investigators. Home use of automated external defibrillators for sudden cardiac arrest. N Engl J Med. 2008 Apr 24 358 17 1793-804

Bardy GH, Lee KL, Mark DB, Poole JE, Toff WD, Tonkin AM, Smith W, Dorian P, Yallop JJ, Packer DL, White RD, Longstreth W, Anderson J, Johnson G, Bischoff E, Munkers CD, Brown A, McNulty S, Ray LD, Clapp-Channing NE, Rosenberg Y, Salive M, Schron EB; HAT I Rationale and design of the Home Automatic External Defibrillator Trial (HAT). Am Heart J. 2008 Mar 155 3 445-54

Cleland JG, Freemantle N, Daubert JC, Toff WD, Leisch F, Tavazzi L. Long-term effect of cardiac resynchronisation in patients reporting mild symptoms of heart failure: a report from the CARE-HF study. Heart. 2008 Mar 94 3 278-83

Healey JS, Toff WD, Lamas GA, Andersen HR, Thorpe KE, Ellenbogen KA, Lee KL, Skene AM, Schron EB, Skehan JD, Goldman L, Roberts RS, Camm AJ, Yusuf S, Connolly SJ. Cardiovascular outcomes with atrial-based pacing compared with ventricular pacing: meta-analysis of randomized trials, using individual patient data. Circulation. 2006 Jul 4 114 1 11-7

Toff WD, Jones CI, Ford I, Pearse RJ, Watson HG, Watt SJ, Ross JA, Gradwell DP, Batchelor AJ, Abrams KR, Meijers JC, Goodall AH, Greaves M. Effect of hypobaric hypoxia, simulating conditions during long-haul air travel, on coagulation, fibrinolysis, platelet function, and endothelial activation. JAMA. 2006 May 17 295 19 2251-61

Gribbin GM, Gallagher P, Young AH, McComb JM, McCue P, Toff WD, Bexton RS, Bland JM, Kenny RA. The effect of pacemaker mode on cognitive function. Heart. 2005 Sep 91 9 1209-10

Toff WD, Camm AJ, Skehan JD; United Kingdom Pacing and Cardiovascular Events Trial Investigators. Single-chamber versus dual-chamber pacing for high-grade atrioventricular block. N Engl J Med. 2005 Jul 14 353 2 145-55

Gribbin GM, Kenny RA, McCue P, Toff WD, Bexton RS, McComb JM. Individualised quality of life after pacing. Does mode matter? Europace. 2004 Nov 6 6 552-60

Redfearn DP, Hill JD, Keal R, Toff WD, Stafford PJ. Left ventricular dysfunction resulting from frequent unifocal ventricular ectopics with resolution following radiofrequency ablation. Europace. 2003 Jul 5 3 247-50

Rosendaal FR, Büller HR, Kesteven P, Toff WD. Long haul flights and deep vein thrombosis: who is at risk? Br J Haematol. 2003 Jan 120 2 367

Senthuran S, Toff WD, Vuylsteke A, Solesbury PM, Menon DK. Implanted cardiac pacemakers and defibrillators in anaesthetic practice. Br J Anaesth. 2002 May 88 5 627-31

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