Cardiology and Heart Surgery

Cardiologists
Assoc Prof Michael Feneley, Director, Cardiology Department
Prof Terence Campbell, Professor Of Medicine
Prof Robert Graham, Director, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute

Dr David Baron
Dr Chris Hayward
Assoc Prof Anne Keogh
Dr Dennis Kuchar
Assoc Prof Peter Macdonald
Assoc Prof David Muller
Prof Michael O'Rourke
Dr Paul Roy
Dr Neville Sammel
Assoc Prof Leon Simons
Dr Charles Thorburn

Cardiac Surgeons
Dr Philip Spratt, Director, Heart Lung Vascular Institute
Dr Alan Farnsworth
Dr Matthew Horton
Dr Michael Wilson
 

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Cardiac Catheter and Interventional Laboratory
Electrophysiology Laboratory
Pacemaker Service
Heart Failure Service
Heart Transplant Unit
Echocardiography
Electrocardiography and Stress Testing
Nuclear Cardiology
Ambulatory ECG (Holter) and event monitoring
Cardiac Surgery
Tilt table testing
Signal-averaged ECG

In the past year, the Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratories performed 3,825 procedures; this includes a 14% increase in the number of coronary balloon angioplasties and an increase from 34% to 50% coronary stents for angioplasty cases. Coronary Intravascular Ultrasound Imaging has been introduced to enhance lesion assessment and this new equipment will provide new opportunities for research. Ultrasound thrombolysis is a new method for managing intraluminal thrombus and was used at St Vincent's for the first time outside of Europe and the US. There has been increasing use of stents for peripheral vessels including renal and carotid arteries.
The Electrophysiology Laboratory performed 250 diagnostic electrophysiology studies, 84 transcatheter ablations and 238 permanent pacemakers in the past year. In addition, 27 automatic internal cardiac defibrillators were implanted.

Role of ion channels in arrhythmias and development of atherosclerotic plaque rupture (T Campbell)
Noninvasive pressure-volume analysis of ventricular function (M Feneley)
Endothelial regulation of cardiac contraction (M Feneley)
Effects of aging, genetic factors and hormone replacement therapy on cardiovascular function (R Kelly)
Use of semiautomatic defibrillators in aircraft (M O'Rourke)
Pulse wave analysis in clinical cardiology (M O'Rourke)
The Dubbo Study of the Elderly (L Simons)
Cardiac Rehabilitation in Heart Failure (N Sammel)
Implantable defibrillators vs antiarrhythmic therapy in cardiac arrest survivors (C Thorburn, D Kuchar)
Intracardiac defibrillation for atrial fibrillation (C Thorburn, D Kuchar)
Novel Heart Failure therapies (A Keogh, P Macdonald)
Myocardial Preservation and heart failure (P Macdonald)
Role of steroids in improving outcomes following cardiac surgery (P Spratt)
Role of a Lazanoid in impaired renal function following cardiac surgery (P Spratt)