Bec Perry

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APrf Bec Perry

Senior Lecturer, Medical Sonography

School of Allied Health and Human Performance

College of Health

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

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Thanks for visiting the home page of Bec Perry. Bec is the Program Director as well as the Cardiac program stream coordinator for the Medical Sonography program within the UniSA Allied Health and Human Performance Unit. She has been a clinical cardiac sonographer since 1998 and has been involved in research and advanced echocardiographic techniques since 2003. She has extensive experience in advanced echocardiographic techniques such as strain and 3-D echocardiography. She completed her PhD in 2013 and has presented extensively both nationally and internationally as an abstract presenter, invited speaker and member of faculty.  She completed her Post-Doctoral Fellowship through the National Heart Foundation based at Flinders University in 2018. She has published abstracts, manuscripts and a book chapter on topics such as dyssynchrony, coronary vasomotion, speckle tracking, strain and 3-D echocardiography. 
She is a mid-career researcher who is considered a national and international leader in advanced echocardiography. This is evidenced by multiple speaker invitations at international, national and local conferences. She has recently been an invited speaker at international conferences such as the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI - 2023), the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE – 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024) European Society of Cardiology (ESC - 2020) and national conferences such as the Australian Sonographers Association (ASA, regularly since 2007) and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ – regularly since 2006).
She has published over 45 peer reviewed journal articles in her career. Her H-index is 15 and her publications have had over 600 citations. She has won over $350,000 in competitive grant funding. Her Heart Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowship focused on predictors of sudden cardiac death. The manuscript of this study was published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Cardiovascular Imaging – the highest-ranking cardiac imaging journal. She has been on multiple scientific meeting committees for major national cardiology and echocardiography meetings as well as an invited speaker and member of faculty.

Current research activities include:

  • Advanced echocardiography to predict sudden cardiac death
  • Advanced echocardiography to predict the development of cancer therapy related cardiac dysfunction
  • The role of artificial intelligence to reduce the risk of sonographer injury without compromising the results of the scan
  • Phenotyping the hearts of Australian professional jockeys
  • Advanced cardiac imaging in Fabry disease
  • Right ventricular free wall strain in prediction of pulmonary artery hypertension

Year Citation
2025 Egberts, B. K., Ananthakrishna, R., Perry, R., Woodman, R. J., Sutton, A., Pasupathy, S., . . . Selvanayagam, J. B. (2025). Myocardial Injury Following Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors: An Australian Experience. Heart Lung and Circulation, 34(6), 596-605.
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2025 Egberts, B. K., Perry, R., Stevens, W., Prior, D., Woodman, R., Pasupathy, S., . . . Selvanayagam, J. B. (2025). Utility of Right Ventricular Free Wall Systolic Strain for Prediction of Systemic Sclerosis associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging, 26(8), 1487-1489.
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2025 Saiedi, M., Thomas, L., Thomas, M., Stoyanov, N., Nochioka, K., Kozor, R., . . . Selvanayagam, J. B. (2025). Differentiating Anderson-Fabry Disease from Other Causes of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy: Novel Insights from Left Atrial Strain Imaging. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, S0894-7317(25)00597-8.
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2025 Ugalde, A., Jongebloed, H., Wright, C., Rodi, H., Chapman, A., Marshall, S., . . . Alston, L. (2025). Towards equitable cancer outcomes for rural and remote communities: reflections, lessons and recommendations. Lancet Regional Health Western Pacific, 101756.
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2025 Milanese, S., Farley, A., Osborne, B., Lamb, K., & Perry, R. (2025). Satisfaction With Current Scan Times in Sonography Practice. A Survey of Australian and New Zealand Sonographers. Sonography, 12(3), 265-272.
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2025 Hollitt, K. J., Milanese, S., Joseph, M., & Perry, R. (2025). Can automation and artificial intelligence reduce echocardiography scan time and ultrasound system interaction?. Echo Research And Practice, 12(1, article no. 11), 1-9.
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2025 Milanese, S., Farley, A., Lamb, K., & Perry, R. (2025). Improving the process of second trimester singleton morphology sonography Examinations. a survey of Australian and New Zealand sonographers. Sonography, online(4), 1-7.
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2024 Farley, A., Bennett, H., Eston, R., & Perry, R. (2024). Cardiac structure and function of elite Australian jockeys compared to the general population: an observational cross-sectional study. Sports Medicine-Open, 10(1, article no. 119), 1-10.
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2024 Perry, R., Forshaw, A., Childs, J., Chester, D., & Edwards, C. (2024). Cultivating competency in cardiac sonography: aligning entrustable professional activities with industry expectations. Heart Lung and Circulation, 33(7), 1067-1073.
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2024 Murray, J., Bennett, H., Bezak, E., & Perry, R. (2024). Exercise positively impacts global longitudinal strain in women at risk of developing cardiovascular disease. European Journal of Sport Science, 24(5), 527-536.
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2023 Murray, J., Bennett, H., Perry, R., Bezak, E., & Davison, K. (2023). How do practitioners prescribe exercise to patients with breast cancer? Professional perspectives on the key considerations for aerobic exercise in patients with breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 26(12), 650-658.
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2023 Murray, J., Bennett, H., Selva Nayagam, S., Joshi, R., Bezak, E., & Perry, R. (2023). Impact of aerobic training on cardiovascular function, fitness, and patient reported outcomes during anthracycline chemotherapy: a case series in women with breast cancer. Integrative Cancer Therapies, 22, 1-13.
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2023 Edwards, C., Perry, R., Chester, D., & Childs, J. (2023). Entrustable professional activities of graduate accredited general medical sonographers in Australia - industry perceptions. Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences, 70(3), 299.
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2022 Butcher, S. C., Pio, S. M., Kong, W. K. F., Singh, G. K., Perry, R., & Delgado, V. (2022). Left ventricular remodelling in bicuspid aortic valve disease. European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging, 23(12), 1669-1679.
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2022 Butcher, S. C., Prevedello, F., Fortuni, F., Kong, W. K. F., Perry, R., & Delgado, V. (2022). Prevalence and prognostic implications of moderate or severe mitral regurgitation in patients with bicuspid aortic valve. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, 36(4), 402-410.
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2022 Butcher, S. C., Fortuni, F., Kong, W., Vollema, E. M., Perry, R., & Delgado, V. (2022). Prognostic implications of left atrial dilation in aortic regurgitation due to bicuspid aortic valve. Heart, 108(2), 137-144.
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2022 Murray, J., Bennett, H., Bezak, E., Perry, R., & Boyle, T. (2022). The effect of exercise on left ventricular global longitudinal strain. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 122(6), 1397-1408.
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2022 Murray, J., Perry, R., Pontifex, E., Selva Nayagam, S., Bezak, E., & Bennett, H. (2022). The impact of breast cancer on fears of exercise and exercise identity. Patient Education and Counseling, 105(7), 2443-2449.
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2021 Sree Raman, K., Shah, R., Stokes, M., Walls, A., Woodman, R. J., Perry, R., . . . Selvanayagam, J. B. (2021). Right ventricular myocardial deoxygenation in patients with pulmonary artery hypertension. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, 23(1), 22-1-22-11.
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2021 Murray, J., Bennett, H., Bezak, E., & Perry, R. (2021). The role of exercise in the prevention of cancer therapy-related cardiac dysfunction in breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy: systematic review.. European journal of preventive cardiology, 29(3), 463-472.
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2021 Quah, J. X., Dharmaprani, D., Tiver, K., Lahiri, A., Hecker, T., Perry, R., . . . Ganesan, A. (2021). Atrial fibrosis and substrate based characterization in atrial fibrillation: time to move forwards. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, 32(4), 1147-1160.
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2020 Perry, R., Patil, S., Marx, C., Horsfall, M., Chew, D. P., Raman, K. S., . . . Selvanayagam, J. B. (2020). Advanced echocardiographic imaging for prediction of SCD in moderate and severe LV systolic function. JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging, 13(2), 604-612.
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2020 Quah, J., Dharmaprani, D., Lahiri, A., Schopp, M., Mitchell, L., Selvanayagam, J. B., . . . Ganesan, A. N. (2020). Prospective cross-sectional study using Poisson renewal theory to study phase singularity formation and destruction rates in atrial fibrillation (RENEWAL-AF): Study design. Journal of Arrhythmia, 36(4), 660-667.
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2020 Fuller, M., Perry, R., Saiedi, M., Fletcher, J. M., & Selvanayagam, J. B. (2020). Mono-symptomatic Fabry disease in a population with mild-to-moderate left ventricular hypertrophy. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism Reports, 25(100697), 1-3.
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2020 Ye, L., Yang, Z. G., Selvanayagam, J. B., Luo, H., Yang, T. Z., Perry, R., . . . Guo, Y. K. (2020). Myocardial strain imaging by echocardiography for the prediction of cardiotoxicity in chemotherapy-treated patients: a meta-analysis. JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging, 13(3), 881-882.
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2020 Jin Wang, N., & Perry, R. (2020). A sonographer's guide to the clinical utility of left ventricular speckle tracking strain. Sonography, 7(4), 154-160.
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2019 Perry, R., & Selvanayagam, J. B. (2019). Echocardiography in infiltrative cardiomyopathy. Heart, lung and circulation, 28(9), 1365-1375.
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2019 Perry, R., Swan, A. L., Hecker, T., De Pasquale, C. G., Selvanayagam, J. B., & Joseph, M. X. (2019). The spectrum of change in the elite athlete's heart. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, 32(8), 978-986.
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2019 Perry, R., Shah, R., Saiedi, M., Patil, S., Ganesan, A., Linhart, A., & Selvanayagam, J. B. (2019). The role of cardiac imaging in the diagnosis and management of Anderson-Fabry disease. JACC cardiovascular imaging, 12(7), 1230-1242.
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2019 Lau, G. T. E., Gillebert, C., Perry, R., Swan, A., & Joseph, M. X. (2019). Pericardial-Pleural Fistula: An Underrecognized but Surprisingly Common and Clinically Important Complication During Echocardiography Guided Pericardiocentesis. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, 32(3), 425-427.
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2019 Bihari, S., Wiersema, U. F., Perry, R., Schembri, D., Bouchier, T., Dixon, D., . . . Bersten, A. D. (2019). Efficacy and safety of 20% albumin fluid loading in healthy subjects: A comparison of four resuscitation fluids. Journal of Applied Physiology, 126(6), 1646-1660.
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2019 Grover, S., Lloyd, R., Perry, R., Lou, P. W., Haan, E., Yeates, L., . . . Selvanayagam, J. B. (2019). Assessment of myocardial oxygenation, strain, and diastology in MYBPC3-related hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a cardiovascular magnetic resonance and echocardiography study. European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging, 20(8), 932-938.
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2019 Shah, R., Parnham, S., Liang, Z., Perry, R., Bradbrook, C., Smith, E., . . . Slevanayagam, J. B. (2019). Prognostic utility of oxygen-sensitive cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in diabetic and nondiabetic chronic kidney disease patients with no known coronary artery disease. JACC cardiovascular imaging, 12(6), 1107-1109.
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2019 Bell, L. K., Golley, R., Moores, C. J., Perry, R., Hartley, J., Miller, M., . . . Magarey, A. M. (2019). Feasibility of a Group-Based, Facilitator-Directed Online Family Lifestyle Program.. Journal of nutrition education and behavior, 51(10), 1194-1201.
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2019 Raman, K. S., Stokes, M., Walls, A., Perry, R., Steele, P. M., Burdeniuk, C., . . . Selvanayagam, J. B. (2019). Feasibility of oxygen sensitive cardiac magnetic resonance of the right ventricle in pulmonary artery hypertension. Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy, 9(5), 502-512.
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2018 Shah, R., Nucifora, G., Perry, R., & Selvanayagam, J. B. (2018). Noninvasive imaging in cardiac deposition diseases. Journal of magnetic resonance imaging, 47(1), 44-59.
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2018 Kimball, A., Patil, S., Koczwara, B., Raman, K. S., Perry, R., Grover, S., & Selvanayagam, J. (2018). Late characterisation of cardiac effects following anthracycline and trastuzumab treatment in breast cancer patients. International journal of cardiology, 261, 159-161.
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2018 Nucifora, G., Miller, J., Gillebert, C., Shah, R., Perry, R., Joseph, M. X., & Selvanayagam, J. B. (2018). Ascending aorta and myocardial mechanics in patients with 'clinically normal' bicuspid aortic valve insights from cardiovascular magnetic resonance tissue-tracking imaging. International heart journal, 59(4), 741-749.
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2018 Byrne, R., Zhou, Y., Perry, R., Mauch, C., & Magarey, A. (2018). Beverage intake of Australian children and relationship with intake of fruit, vegetables, milk and body weight at 2, 3.7 and 5 years of age. NUTRITION & DIETETICS, 75(2), 159-166.
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2017 Sirtori, C. R., Labombarda, F., Castelnuovo, S., & Perry, R. (2017). The use of echocardiography for the non-invasive evaluation of coronary artery disease. Annals of medicine, 49(2), 134-141.
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2017 Nucifora, G., Sree Raman, K., Muser, D., Shah, R., Perry, R., Awang Ramli, K. A., & Selvanayagam, J. B. (2017). Cardiac magnetic resonance evaluation of left ventricular functional, morphological, and structural features in children and adolescents vs. young adults with isolated left ventricular non-compaction. International journal of cardiology, 246, 68-73.
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2016 Swan, A., Prakash, R., Chew, D. P., Perry, R., Sinhal, A., Selvanayagam, J. B., & Joseph, M. X. (2016). Instantaneous decrease in left ventricular afterload during transcatheter aortic valve implantation results in immediate changes in left ventricular strain. Echocardiography, 33(5), 742-748.
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2015 Parnham, S., Gleadle, J. M., Bangalore, S., Grover, S., Perry, R., Woodman, R. J., . . . Selvanayagam, J. B. (2015). Impaired myocardial oxygenation response to stress in patients with chronic kidney disease. Journal of the American Heart Association, 4(8, article no. e002249), 1-11.
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2015 Burrows, T. L., Khambalia, A. Z., Perry, R., Carty, D., Hendrie, G. A., Allman Farinelli, M. A., . . . Golley, R. K. (2015). Great 'app-eal' but not there yet: A review of iPhone nutrition applications relevant to child weight management. Nutrition and dietetics, 72(4), 363-367.
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2013 Leong, D., Penhall, A., Perry, R., Shirazi, M., Altman, M., Chong, D., . . . Selvanayagam, J. (2013). Speckle-tracking strain of the left atrium: a transoesophageal echocardiographic validation study. European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging, 14(9), 898-905.
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2013 Perry, R., Joseph, M. X., Chew, D. P., Aylward, P. E., & De Pasquale, C. G. (2013). Coronary artery wall thickness of the left anterior descending artery using high resolution transthoracic echocardiography - Normal range of values. Echocardiography, 30(7), 759-764.
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2012 Leong, D., Grover, S., Molaee, P., Chakrabarty, A., Shirazi, M., Cheng, Y., . . . Selvanayagam, J. (2012). Nonvolumetric echocardiographic indices of right ventricular systolic function: validation with cardiovascular magnetic resonance and relationship with functional capacity. Echocardiography-A Journal of Cardiovascular Ultrasound and Allied Techniques, 29(4), 455-463.
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2012 Daniels, L. A., Wilson, J. L., Mallan, K. M., Mihrshahi, S., Perry, R., Nicholson, J. M., & Magarey, A. (2012). Recruiting and engaging new mothers in nutrition research studies: lessons from the Australian NOURISH randomised controlled trial. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, 9(1), 11 pages.
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2012 Perry, R., Joseph, M. X., Chew, D. P., Aylward, P. E., & De Pasquale, C. G. (2012). Predictors of statin-induced regression of left anterior descending coronary artery wall thickness as measured by high-resolution transthoracic echocardiography. Echocardiography, 29(6), 641-646.
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2012 Perry, R., & Joseph, M. (2012). Advanced echocardiographic techniques. Australasian journal of ultrasound medicine, 15(4), 126-142.
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2011 Grover, S. K., Leong, D. P., Molaee, P., Shirazi, M., Chakrabarty, A., Penhall, A., . . . Selvanayagam, J. B. (2011). Validation of echocardiographic indices of right ventriclular systolic function with cardiac magnetic resonance: a comparative study. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, 13(S1).
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2011 Joseph, M., Perry, R., Sinha, A., Chew, D., Carlson, S., & Webb, J. (2011). Acute mitral regurgitation complicating trans-catheter aortic valve implantation. Journal of heart valve disease, 20(3), 361-363.
2011 Perry, R., De Pasquale, C. G., Chew, D. P., McGavigan, A. D., & Joseph, M. X. (2011). Tissue doppler derived mechanical dyssynchrony does not change after cardiac resynchronization therapy. Echocardiography, 28(9), 961-967.
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2008 Perry, R., Joseph, M. X., De Pasquale, C. G., Chew, D. P., Yiu, D., Aylward, P. E., & Mangoni, A. A. (2008). High-resolution transthoracic echocardiography of the left anterior descending coronary artery: a novel noninvasive assessment of coronary vasoreactivity. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, 21(2), 134-138.
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2008 Perry, R., De Pasquale, C. G., Chew, D. P., Brown, L., Aylward, P. E., & Joseph, M. X. (2008). Changes in left anterior descending coronary artery wall thickness detected by high resolution transthoracic echocardiography. American journal of cardiology, 101(7), 937-940.
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2008 Hecker, T., De Pasquale, C. G., Perry, R., Brown, L., Koutsounis, H., & Joseph, M. X. (2008). Side effects of high-dose dobutamine are not prevented by normal saline infusion in dobutamine stress echocardiography. Echocardiography, 25(7), 712-716.
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2008 Perry, R., De Pasquale, C. G., Chew, D. P., & Joseph, M. X. (2008). Assessment of early diastolic left ventricular function by two-dimensional echocardiographic speckle tracking. European journal of echocardiography, 9(6), 791-795.
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Year Citation
2018 Perry, R., Patil, S., Horsfall, M., Marx, C., Chew, D., Joseph, M., . . . Selvanayagam, J. (2018). GLOBAL LONGITUDINAL STRAIN AND MECHANICAL DISPERSION IMPROVES RISK STRATIFICATION OF MALIGNANT VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIAS AND MAJOR ADVERSE CARDIAC EVENTS OVER EJECTION FRACTION ALONE. In JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY Vol. 71 (pp. 1663). FL, Orlando: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC.
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2010 Leong, D., Khurana, S., Molaee, P., Shipp, N., Penhall, A., Perry, R., . . . Selvanayagam, J. B. (2010). Echocardiographic indices of right ventricular systolic function: a cardiac magnetic resonance comparative study. In EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL Vol. 31 (pp. 749). Stockholm, SWEDEN: OXFORD UNIV PRESS.
2010 Leong, D., Molaee, P., Joerg, L., Shipp, N., Madsen, P. L., Penhall, A., . . . Selvanayagam, J. B. (2010). Late-gadolinium enhancement in new-onset idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy is associated with recovery of systolic left ventricular function. In EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL Vol. 31 (pp. 634). Stockholm, SWEDEN: OXFORD UNIV PRESS.
2010 Leong, D., Shipp, N., Molaee, P., Penhall, A., Perry, R., Shirazi, M., . . . Selvanayagam, J. B. (2010). Characterisation of interventricular and intra-left ventricular dyssynchrony in new-onset idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy, and their response to therapy. In EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL Vol. 31 (pp. 277). Stockholm, SWEDEN: OXFORD UNIV PRESS.

Courses I teach

  • RADY 5003 Mammography (2025)
  • RADY 5035 Cardiovascular Sonography Portfolio (2025)
  • RADY 5003 Mammography (2024)
  • RADY 5032 Advanced Cardiac Haemodynamics (2024)
  • RADY 5033 Advanced Cardiac Pathology (2024)
  • RADY 5035 Cardiovascular Sonography Portfolio (2024)
  • RADY 5037 Cardiovascular Physiology and Pathology (2024)

Programs I'm associated with

  • IMSO - Master of Medical Sonography
  • IGSO - Graduate Diploma in Medical Sonography

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2023 Principal Supervisor - - Master Full Time Mr Troy Gordon Pearce
2023 Principal Supervisor - - Master Full Time Mrs Shanna Victoria Bell

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