MY PUBLICATIONS

The Wearable Cardioverter Defibrillator: An Early Single Centre Australian Experience. Some Pitfalls and Caveats for Use.  
August 2015
Heart, Lung and Circulation 25(2)

August 2015

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Bhaskaran A, Bartlett M, Kovoor P, Davis L
Life vest defibrillators are external devices that can be worn to reset patients' hearts by DC cardio version if they develop a life threatening rhythm - VF.  The devices are expensive to use and not tolerated by all patients for a variety of psychologic reasons.  The article summarises the early experience at Westmead Hospital with this devie and reviews the potential indications along with the economic impacts /costs for these decisions

Advances in implantable cardiac electronic devices and cardiac electrophysiology
June 2012
Heart, Lung and Circulation 21(6-7):309-10

June 2012

Pacemaker implantation is an established therapy for patients with syncope and bradycardia.  Like all technologies it has potential benefits and risks and a cost to the patient and community.  This article reviews the indications for pacing in patients. It looks beyond the obvious patient with bradycardia and recurrent syncope to include those predicted to be at high risk and clarifies situations where pacing is unlikely to be of benefit

Percutaneous Transcatheter Left Atrial Appendage Closure Devices: Its Role in the Long-Term Management of Atrial Fibrillation 
May 2014
C H Gan, A Bhat, L.Davis, A.R. Denniss
Heart, Lung and Circulation 23(5)

May 2014

Patients with atrial fibrillation are at increased risk for thromboembolism.  This article reviews the use of appendage closure devices for treating patients who are not able to have long term anticoagulation

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