TAVI Teaching Centre of Excellence
Seven years after becoming Queensland’s first private hospital to perform a Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI), the CardioVascular Clinics team at St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital has been named a TAVI Teaching Centre of Excellence by Edwards Lifesciences. The designation signifies extensive TAVI experience, outcomes and the outstanding teaching contribution of St Andrew’s interventional cardiologists, […]
Specialists’ Program Invitation
Optimising HEART FAILURE management Thursday 25 March 2021 • 6.45pm – 9.00pmVictoria Park • 309 Herston Rd Herston We are delighted to invite you to attend a Specialists’ evening program with focus on the management of heart failure in the presence of iron deficiency. The program developed in collaboration with representatives of the AFFIRM-AHF Steering […]
Cardiac Symposium
Inovating, in conjunction with CVC Cardiovascular Clinics, is pleased to invite you to participate in the upcoming Cardiac Symposium. This online education activity will be held on Saturday 13 February 2021 via an online Zoom meeting. REGISTRATION For further details and to register go to: https://www.trybooking.com/705437or contact Inovating on 0409 791 947.
How to fix a broken heart
Dr Poon does amazing work at PCH and at St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital Spring Hill. A great insight into the valves we have in our hearts! Dr Karl Poon knows them both very well and can fix a broken heart! So grateful to have him as part of the amazing team of cardiologists at […]
Heart health and treatment options for older patients
TAVI Co-ordinator Wendy speaks about TAVI St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital which is performed by Dr Alex Incani and Dr Karl Poon.
Heart disease claims many lives of Australian women
Great story last night! Fortunately, most patients don’t need open heart surgery and are managed by Cardiologists (as opposed to cardiac surgeons, who become involved in the patient journey when surgery may be required). Only 14% of Australian cardiologists are women. CVC Cardiovascular Clinics are very fortunate to have FOUR amazing female Cardiologists with different […]
Mick Jagger underwent TAVR Procedure
The procedure Mick Jagger underwent last week was a TAVR, in Australia this procedure is called a TAVI. This is “a miracle procedure” and is performed by Dr Alex Incani and Dr Karl Poon St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital TAVI is a procedure to repair a damaged heart valve which may have been caused by […]
500 Life Saving TAVI Heart Procedures at St Andrew’s
The St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital team has now performed more than 500 Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) procedures, making it one of the most experienced teams in Australia. For patients who have been diagnosed with aortic stenosis – a narrowing of the heart’s aortic valve – but are not well enough to have open-heart […]
Truly a heart-warming story
When Alex (Dick) Wright suffered a massive heart attack, doctors said he wouldn’t be going home and they didn’t expect him to survive; but that he did. Last month, 20 years after his first heart attack, Dick shared his 93rd birthday cake with wife Lin and cardiologist Dr Alexander Incani at the CVC CardioVascular Clinics […]
Breakthrough heart procedure at St Andrew’s
Plucky 91-year-old Lois Griffiths never gave up hope when told she had aortic stenosis and there was no treatment available – due to her age, open heart surgery was not an option. One of our first TAVI patientsAortic stenosis is the narrowing of the heart’s aortic valve opening, which prevents normal blood flow. It is […]