PRECISE-CTCA Trial
Start date:4th December Co-ordinated by:
Rachel O'Brien Main trial site:
RIE
This is a single-centre observational study. All participants will be recruited from the Emergency Department at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and invited for an outpatient CTCA at the Clinical Research Imaging Centre. This study will inform Dr. Lee’s PhD funded as part of a British heart Foundation Fellowship.
Local PI
Dr Ken Lee
Cardiology Research Fellow
Research Team
Rachel O'Brien
Lead Research Nurse
Polly Black
Senior Research Nurse
Julia Grahamslaw
Lead Research Nurse
Clare Moceivei
Research Nurse- Bank Staff
Alison Williams
Senior Research Nurse
Fiona McCurrach
Senior Research Nurse
Caroline Blackstock
AMU Senior Research Nurse
Alison Grant
Senior Research Nurse
Lisa Donald
Research Nurse
Claire Cheyne
Senior Research Nurse
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