- Coronary Artery Anomalies
- Pneumothorax, Barotrauma, Emphysema
- Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology
- Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
- Acute Myocardial Infarction Research
- Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices
- Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management
- Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
- Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases
- Chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity and mitigation
- Kawasaki Disease and Coronary Complications
- Pericarditis and Cardiac Tamponade
Monash Health
2020-2024
Monash University
2024
Royal Hobart Hospital
2022
Coronary artery ectasia (CAE) is often an incidental finding on angiography, however, patients can present with acute coronary syndrome due to a large thrombus burden requiring treatment percutaneous intervention or emergency surgery.A 26-year-old Indigenous Australian male was admitted anterior ST-elevation myocardial infarction associated out of hospital ventricular fibrillation arrest. angiography demonstrated thrombotic occlusion the proximal left descending (LAD) heavy and prominent...
Pyopneumopericarditis is a very rare diagnosis that requires prompt recognition and urgent treatment. It denotes the presence of pus air in pericardium with associated inflammation fibrous pericardial sac.A 49-year-old gentleman was admitted pyopneumoperciarditis on background previous uncomplicated Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery performed 7 years prior. He underwent emergency for an omental patch repair ulcer perforation involving diaphragm pericardium. His inpatient stay complicated by...