- Cardiac Health and Mental Health
- Heart Failure Treatment and Management
- Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
- Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
- Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
- Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques
- Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics
- Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
- Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair
- Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
- Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
- Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies
- Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices
- Diabetes Treatment and Management
- Acute Myocardial Infarction Research
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
- Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise
- Renin-Angiotensin System Studies
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension
Austin Health
2016-2025
The University of Melbourne
2016-2025
Austin Hospital
2012-2023
St Vincent's Hospital
2019-2023
New Zealand Association of Counsellors
2023
Harefield Hospital
2016-2019
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
2019
Flinders University
2017-2019
Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
2011-2019
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
2019
The use of radial-artery grafts for coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) may result in better postoperative outcomes than the saphenous-vein grafts. However, randomized, controlled trials comparing and have been individually underpowered to detect differences clinical outcomes. We performed a patient-level combined analysis compare CABG.
<h3>Background</h3> Disease management programs in which drugs are prescribed by dietitians or nurses have been shown to improve the coronary risk factor profile patients with heart disease. However, those disease not allied health professionals improved status. The objective of Coaching On Achieving Cardiovascular Health (COACH) study was determine whether who did prescribe medications could coach work their physicians achieve target levels for total cholesterol (TC) and other factors....
In 2003, the National Heart Foundation of Australia position statement on "stress" and heart disease found that depression was an important risk factor for coronary (CHD). This 2013 updates evidence (mild, moderate severe) in patients with CHD, provides guidance health professionals screening treatment CHD. The prevalence is high CHD it has a significant impact patient's quality life adherence to therapy, independent effect prognosis. Rates major depressive disorder around 15% have been...
The autocrine model postulates that constitutive release of a mitogenic growth factor can lead to uncontrolled proliferation and cell transformation. A synthetic polynucleotide encoding epidermal conferred tumorigenic phenotype on cells. These cells were transformed through the action an circuit having extracellular component.
ABSTRACT Acute exercise improves insulin sensitivity for hours after the is ceased. The skeleton contributes to glucose metabolism and via osteocalcin (OC) in its undercarboxylated (ucOC) form mice. We tested hypothesis that over associated with circulating levels of ucOC. Eleven middle-aged (58.1 ± 2.2 years mean SEM), obese (body mass index [BMI] = 33.1 1.4 kg/m2) nondiabetic men completed a euglycemic-hyperinsulinemic clamp at rest (rest-control) 60 minutes (4 × 4 cycling 95% HRpeak)....
Graft patency is the postulated mechanism for benefits of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). However, systematic graft imaging assessment after CABG rare, and there a lack contemporary data on factors associated with failure association between clinical events CABG. We pooled individual patient from randomized trials to assess incidence its risk factors. The primary outcome was composite myocardial infarction or repeat revascularization occurring before imaging. A 2-stage meta-analytic...
There are limited data on the effects of resistance training capacity to perform activities daily living (ADLs) and quality life (QoL) for individuals with a high number metabolic risk factors (HiMF). In this study, we examined effect ADLs QoL in HiMF compared any benefits low (LoMF).Fifty-five untrained individuals, aged 50.8 +/- 6.5 years, were randomized four groups: (HiMFT), control, LoMF (LoMFT), control. At baseline after 10 weeks training, participants underwent anthropometric...
Introduction and Purpose: Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) physical inactivity contribute to the development of metabolic syndrome (MetS). There appears be an association between BDNF risk factors for MetS, effects resistance training (RT) on in middle-aged individuals with high low numbers (HiMF LoMF, respectively) are unclear focus this research. Methods: Forty-nine men (N = 25) women 24) aged 50.9 ± 6.2 yr were randomized four groups, HiMF (HiMFT), control (HiMFC), LoMF (LoMFT),...
Chronic heart failure (CHF) is a progressive and debilitating disease with broad symptom profile, intermittently marked by periods of acute decompensation. CHF patients are encouraged to self-manage their illness, such as adhering medical regimens monitoring symptoms, optimise health outcomes quality life. In so doing, asked collaborate service providers regard care. However, generally do not well, even specialist support. Moreover, self-management interventions yet demonstrate morbidity or...
Background: An internal thoracic artery graft to the left anterior descending is standard in coronary bypass surgery, but controversy exists on best second conduit. The RAPCO trials (Radial Artery Patency and Clinical Outcomes) were designed compare long-term patency of radial (RA) with that right (RITA) saphenous vein (SV). Methods: In RAPCO-RITA (the RITA versus RA arm trial), 394 patients <70 years age (or <60 if they had diabetes mellitus) randomized receive or free most important...