Dr Allan Harkness

Consultant Cardiologist for Essex and Suffolk

Publications

Dr Harkness is an author of the following publications:

  • The assessment of left ventricular diastolic function: guidance and recommendations from the British Society of Echocardiography
    Shaun Robinson, Liam Ring, David Oxborough, Allan Harkness, Sadie Bennett, Bushra Rana, Nilesh Sutaria, Francesco Lo Giudice, Matthew Shun-Shin, Maria Paton, Rae Duncan, James Willis, Claire Colebourn, Gemma Bassindale, Kate Gatenby, Mark Belham, Graham Cole, Daniel Augustine & Otto A. Smiseth
    Echo Res Pract 2024 Jun 3 doi: 10.1186/s44156-024-00051-2
  • British Society of Echocardiography guideline for the transthoracic echocardiographic assessment of cardiac amyloidosis
    William E. Moody, Lauren Turvey-Haigh, Daniel Knight, Caroline J. Coats, Robert M. Cooper, Rebecca Schofield, Shaun Robinson, Allan Harkness, David L. Oxborough, Julian D. Gillmore, Carol Whelan, Daniel X. Augustine, Marianna Fontana & Richard P. Steeds
    Echo Res Pract 2023 Aug 31 doi: 10.1186/s44156-023-00028-7
  • Transthoracic Echocardiographic Assessment of the Heart in Pregnancy—a position statement on behalf of the British Society of Echocardiography and the United Kingdom Maternal Cardiology Society
    Stephanie L. Curtis, Mark Belham, Sadie Bennett, Rachael James, Allan Harkness, Wendy Gamlin, Baskaran Thilaganathan, Veronica Giorgione, Hannah Douglas, Aisling Carroll, Jamie Kitt, Claire Colebourn, Isabel Ribeiro, Sarah Fairbairn, Daniel X. Augustine, Shaun Robinson & Sara A. Thorne
    Echo Res Pract 2023 Apr 20 doi: 10.1186/s44156-023-00019-8
  • The assessment of mitral valve disease: a guideline from the British Society of Echocardiography.
    Shaun Robinson, Liam Ring, Daniel X Augustine, Sushma Rekhraj, David Oxborough, Allan Harkness, Patrizio Lancellotti, Bushra Rana.
    Echo Res Pract. 2021 Sep 27 doi: 10.1530/ERP-20-0034
  • BSE and BCOS guideline for transthoracic echocardiographic assessment of adult cancer patients receiving anthracyclines and/or trastuzumab
    Rebecca Dobson, Arjun K Ghosh, Bonnie Ky, Tom Marwick, Martin Stout, Allan Harkness, Richard P Steeds, Shaun Robinson, David Oxborough, David Adlam, Susannah Stanway, Bushra Rana, Thomas Ingram, Liam Ring, Stuart Rosen, Chris Plummer, Charlotte Manisty, Mark Harbinson, Vishal Sharma, Keith Pearce, Alexander R Lyon, Daniel X Augustine
    Echo Res Pract 2021 Mar 16 doi: 10.1530/ERP-21-0001
    J Am Coll Cardiol CardioOnc, 3 (2021), pp. 1-16
  • Echocardiographic assessment of aortic stenosis: a practical guideline from the British Society of Echocardiography
    Liam Ring, Benoy Shah, Sanjeev Bhattacharyya, Mark Belham, Allan Harkness, David Oxborough, Keith Pearce, Bushra S Rana, Daniel X Augustine, Shaun Robinson, Christophe Tribouilloy
    Echo Res Pract 2021 Mar 1 doi: 10.1530/ERP-20-0035
  • Transthoracic echocardiography of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in adults: a practical guideline from the British Society of Echocardiography
    Lauren Turvey, Daniel X Augustine, Shaun Robinson, David Oxborough, Martin Stout, Nicola Smith, Allan Harkness, Lynne Williams, Richard P Steeds, William Bradlow
    Echo Res Pract 2021 Mar 1 doi: 10.1530/ERP-20-0042
  • Echocardiographic assessment of the tricuspid and pulmonary valves: a practical guideline from the British Society of Echocardiography
    Abbas Zaidi, David Oxborough, Daniel X Augustine, Radwa Bedair, Allan Harkness, Bushra Rana, Shaun Robinson, Luigi P Badano
    Echo Res Pract 2020 Dec 19 doi: 10.1530/ERP-20-0033
  • A practical guideline for performing a comprehensive transthoracic echocardiogram in adults: the British Society of Echocardiography minimum dataset
    Robinson, S., Rana, B., Oxborough, D., Steeds, R., Monaghan, M., Stout, M., Pearce, K., Harkness, A., Ring, L., Paton, M., Akhtar, W., Bedair, R., Battacharyya, S., Collins, K., Oxley, C., Sandoval, J., Schofield MBChB, R., Siva, A., Parker, K., Willis, J., & Augustine, D.
    Echo Res Pract 2020 Dec 1 doi: 10.1530/ERP-20-0026
  • Echocardiographic assessment of the right heart in adults: a practical guideline from the British Society of Echocardiography
    Zaidi A, Knight DS, Augustine DX, Harkness A, Oxborough D, Pearce K, Ring L, Robinson S, Stout M, Willis J, Sharma V; Education Committee of the British Society of Echocardiography.
    Echo Res Pract 2020 Feb 27 doi: 10.1530/ERP-19-0051
  • Normal reference intervals for cardiac dimensions and function for use in echocardiographic practice: a guideline from the British Society of Echocardiography
    Harkness A, Ring L, Augustine DX, Oxborough D, Robinson S, Sharma V; Education Committee of the British Society of Echocardiography.
    Echo Res Pract 2020 Feb 24 doi: 10.1530/ERP-19-0050
  • Echocardiographic assessment of pulmonary hypertension: a guideline protocol from the British Society of Echocardiography
    Daniel X Augustine, Lindsay D Coates-Bradshaw, James Willis, Allan Harkness, Liam Ring, Julia Grapsa, Gerry Coghlan, Nikki Kaye, David Oxborough, Shaun Robinson, Julie Sandoval, Bushra S Rana, Anjana Siva, Petros Nihoyannopoulos, Luke S Howard, Kevin Fox, Sanjeev Bhattacharyya, Vishal Sharma, Richard P Steeds, Thomas Mathew, and the British Society of Echocardiography Education Committee , the British Society of Echocardiography Education Committee
    Echo Res Pract 2018 Sep 1 doi:10.1530/ERP-17-0071
  • A guideline update for the practice of echocardiography in the cardiac screening of sports participants: a joint policy statement from the British Society of Echocardiography and Cardiac Risk in the Young
    David Oxborough, Daniel Augustine, Sabiha Gati, Keith George, Allan Harkness, Thomas Mathew, Michael Papadakis, Liam Ring, Shaun Robinson, Julie Sandoval, Rizwan Sarwar, Sanjay Sharma, Vishal Sharma, Nabeel Sheikh, John Somauroo, Martin Stout, James Willis and Abbas ZaidiEcho Res Pract 2018 Mar 1doi:10.1530/ERP-17-0075
  • Diagnosis and assessment of dilated cardiomyopathy: a guideline protocol from the British Society of Echocardiography
    Thomas Mathew, Lynne Williams, Govardhan Navaratnam, Bushra Rana, Richard Wheeler, Katherine Collins, Allan Harkness, Richard Jones, Dan Knight, Kevin O’Gallagher, David Oxborough, Liam Ring, Julie Sandoval, Martin Stout, Vishal Sharma, Richard P Steeds, and on behalf of the British Society of Echocardiography Education Committee
    Echo Res Pract 2017 Jun 1 doi:10.1530/ERP-16-0037
  • A safety checklist for transoesophageal echocardiography from the British Society of Echocardiography and the Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthetists
    Sharma V, Alderton S, McNamara H, Steeds R, Bradlow W, Chenzbraun A, Oxborough D, Mathew T, Jones R, Wheeler R, Sandoval J, Lloyd G, O’Gallagher K, Knight D, Ring L, Collins K, O’Keeffe N, Fletcher N, Harkness A, Rana B
    Echo Res Pract. 2015 Dec 1 doi: 10.1530/ERP-15-0035
  • Direct access echocardiography to a district general hospital: are patients being screened appropriately?
    Burton M, Jen S, Harkness A.
    Clin Med (Lond). 2015 Jun 1;15 Suppl 3:s12. doi: 10.7861/clinmedicine.15-3-s12. Epub 2015 May 29
  • Stress cardiomyopathy (Takotsubo) following radioactive iodine therapy
    Anastasia Dimakopoulou, Karunakaran Vithian, David Gannon and Allan Harkness
    Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Case Reports, 8 2015, EDM150053
  • Impact of methodology and the use of allometric scaling on the echocardiographic assessment of the aortic root and arch: a study by the Research and Audit Sub-Committee of the British Society of Echocardiography
    David Oxborough, Saqib Ghani, Allan Harkness, Guy Lloyd, William Moody, Liam Ring, Julie Sandoval, Roxy Senior, Nabeel Sheikh, Martin Stout, Victor Utomi, James Willis, Abbas Zaidi, and Richard Steeds
    Echo Res Pract 2014 Jun 14 doi:10.1530/ERP-14-0004
  • Systolic Murmur: Query Cause
    Harkness A.
    The Journal of the British Society of Echocardiography 2014:88;9–11
  • Assessment of Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
    From the British Society of Echocardiography Education Committee: Lead Authors: Dr Daniel Knight, Dr. K. Patel, Dr. C. Whelan. Education Committee: Dr Rick Steeds (Chair), Dr Allan Harkness, Dr Richard Jones, Dr Prathap Kanagala, Dr Guy Lloyd, Dr Thomas Mathew, Dr Kevin O’Gallagher, Dr David Oxborough, Dr Bushra Rana, Dr Liam Ring, Julie Sandoval, Gill Wharton, Dr Richard Wheeler
    Available at BSE website.
  • Mass in the left atrial appendage: a therapeutic dilemma
    Natarajan A, Tan S, Patel HN, Chukwu C, Harkness A, Harris S.
    Can J Cardiol. 2013 Oct;29(10):1329.e13-1329.e15. doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2012.05.019. Epub 2012 Aug 17
  • Cardiovascular magnetic resonance in cardiac sarcoidosis with MR conditional pacemaker in situ
    Quarta G, Holdright DR, Plant GT, Harkness A, Hausenloy D, Hyare H, Moon JC
    J Cardiovasc Magn Reson. 2011 May 3;13:26. doi: 10.1186/1532-429X-13-26
  • Pedunculated left ventricular thrombus presenting with acute ischaemic limb
    Chen Z, Robinson N, Harkness A.
    Emerg Med J. 2008 Apr;25(4):216. doi: 10.1136/emj.2007.049585
  • Morphine for the relief of breathlessness in patients with chronic heart failure–a pilot study
    Johnson MJ, McDonagh TA, Harkness A, McKay SE, Dargie HJ
    Eur J Heart Fail. 2002 Dec;4(6):753-6
  • Online appointment booking to rapid access chest pain clinic
    Findlay I I, Sommerville J, MacIntyre P, Harkness A, Cunningham D, Goldberg B
    BMJ. 2000 May 6;320(7244):1256
  • Implementing a Web-Based Rapid Access Chest Pain Clinic: Stress-Testing the NHSNet
    Harkness A, Bretherton J, Goldberg B, Findlay I.
    Primary Care Network 2000:19;4
  • Biochemical detection of systolic dysfunction
    McDonagh TA, Harkness A, Dargie HJ, on behalf of the other authors.
    Lancet 1998:351;1063-1064
  • Cardiac medication and brain natriuretic peptide
    Harkness A, McDonagh TA, Lawrence AW, Morrison CE, McMurray JJV, Dargie HJ.
    Eur HJ 1998:19(Suppl);447
  • Nurse led secondary prevention post MI—Can it meet our aspirations?
  • Harkness A, Whyte M, Cunningham AD, MacIntyre PD, Findlay IN.
    Scottish MJ 1999:44;23-24
    Presented at the Scottish Cardiac Society 7th AGM, 12th September 1998
  • Multi-disciplinary approach to secondary prevention post myocardial infarction: Can it meet our aspirations?
    Harkness A, White M, Robertson I, Moretti L, MacIntyre PD, Findlay IN.
    Presented at the Consensus Conference on Lipid Lowering to Prevent Vascular Events. Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh 17–18th March 1999
  • An integrated multi-centre angiography database and reporting system
    Harkness A, Moretti L, Cunningham AD, MacIntyre PD, Findlay IN, Dargie HJ.
    Eur HJ 1999:20(Suppl);264
  • Brain natriuretic peptide does not exhibit diurnal variation in patients with ischaemic heart disease or heart failure
    Hannah AH, Murdoch DR, Clements S, Harkness A, Morton JJ, Dargie HJ.
    Eur HJ 1999:20(Suppl);325
  • Multiple cardiac manifestations of Behçet’s disease: A case report
    Harkness A, Pithie A, Chako A, Moretti L.
    Presented at an international symposium on “Vasculitis—Aims of Therapy” at Queen’s College, Cambridge, 10–11th September 1999
  • Symptoms in Chronic Heart Failure.
    Johnson M, McDonagh TA, Harkness A, Green M, Dargie HJ.
    Palliative Medicine 2000:14;327-328
    Presented at the Palliative Care Congress 27–29th March 2000 at the University of Warwick
  • Online appointment booking to a rapid access chest pain clinic
    Allan Harkness, Janey Sommerville, David Cunningham Paul MacIntyre, Iain Findlay
    Presented at the CRAG meeting, Scotland on 29/11/2000
  • Assessment of a protocol driven, web-based, rapid access chest pain clinic
    Allan Harkness, Janey Sommerville, David Cunningham Paul MacIntyre, Iain Findlay
    Presented at the British Cardiac Society, 24th May 2001
  • Assessment of a protocol driven, web-based, rapid access chest pain clinic
    Allan Harkness, Elaine Roberts, Paul MacIntyre, Stuart Hood, Barry Goldberg, Iain Findlay
    Presented at the Scottish Cardiac Society, 7th September 2002