Samuel Tu

Research Interests

Cardiology Cardiovascular Medicine and Haematology Epidemiology Cardiac, Respiratory and Vascular Health

Samuel Tu

School of Medicine

College of Health

Samuel Tu is a PhD candidate at the Centre for Heart Rhythm Disorders at the University of Adelaide and the Royal Adelaide Hospital. His thesis and research interests focus on characterising the cardiometabolic, genetic and lifestyle risk factors that are important in the development of cardiac arrhythmias such as atrial fibrillation, and the prognostic implications of these risk factors in patients with arrhythmias. He is supervised by A/Prof Christopher Wong, Dr Celine Gallagher and Prof Prashanthan Sanders and is supported by the prestigious NHMRC Postgraduate Scholarship.Samuel is also a Basic Physician Trainee at the Southern Adelaide Local Health Network in South Australia. In 2020, he completed an Honours Degree of Bachelor of Health and Medical Sciences and was awarded the University Medal.

Date Position Institution name
2022 - ongoing Clinical Lecturer University of Adelaide

Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount
2020 Scholarship Adelaide Medical School Honours Research Scholarship The University of Adelaide Australia -
2020 Scholarship RAH Research Committee Honours Scholarship RAH Research Committee Australia -
2020 Award The Bachelor of Health and Medical Sciences (Honours) - Dux The University of Adelaide Australia -
2020 Award University Medal University of Adelaide Australia -

Language Competency
English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review

Date Institution name Country Title
2021 - 2025 The University of Adelaide Australia Doctor of Philosophy
2020 - 2020 The University of Adelaide Australia Bachelor of Health and Medical Sciences (Honours)
2015 - 2021 The University of Adelaide Australia Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery

Year Citation
2026 Wong, C. X., Cheung, C. C., Montenegro, G., Oo, H. H., Peña, I. J., Tang, J. J., . . . Marcus, G. M. (2026). Caffeinated Coffee Consumption or Abstinence to Reduce Atrial Fibrillation: The DECAF Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA, 9 pages.
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2025 Tu, S. J., Rath, E. M., Giannoulatou, E., Fatkin, D., & Wong, C. X. (2025). Does Genetic Background Affect Susceptibility to Alcohol-Induced Heart Disease?. JACC: Advances, 4(9), 102049-1-102049-3.
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2024 Macri, C. Z., Wong, C. X., Tu, S. J., Sun, D. F., Casson, R., Singh, K., . . . Sun, M. T. (2024). Association of obesity and metabolic syndrome with incident primary open angle glaucoma in the UK Biobank.. Clin Exp Ophthalmol, 53(2), 133-139.
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2023 Tu, S. J., Wong, C. X., Stokes, M. B., Pitman, B. M., Sanders, P., & Lau, D. H. (2023). Cardiac resynchronization therapy in an orthotopic heart transplant recipient. Journal of Cardiology Cases, 27(2), 80-83.
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2023 Tu, S. J., Wong, C. X., Pitman, B. M., Sanders, P., & Lau, D. H. (2023). Diagnostic decapolar catheter entrapment in the coronary sinus: A rare complication of electrophysiology procedures. Heart Rhythm O2, 4(1), 67-68.
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2023 Noubiap, J. J., Tu, S. J., Emami, M., Middeldorp, M. E., Elliott, A. D., & Sanders, P. (2023). Incident atrial fibrillation in relation to ventilatory parameters: a prospective cohort study.. Can J Cardiol, 39(5), 614-622.
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2023 Wong, C. X., Tu, S. J., & Marcus, G. M. (2023). Alcohol and Arrhythmias.. JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology, 9(2), 266-279.
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2023 Tu, S. J., Gallagher, C., Elliott, A. D., Bradbury, K. E., Marcus, G. M., Linz, D., . . . Wong, C. X. (2023). Associations of dietary patterns, ultra-processed food and nutrient intake with incident atrial fibrillation. Heart, 109(22), 1683-1689.
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2022 Macri, C., Wong, C. X., Tu, S. J., Casson, R., Singh, K., Wang, S. Y., & Sun, M. T. (2022). Blood Pressure Measures and Incident Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma.. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 63(13), 3-1-3-9.
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2022 Tu, S. J., Gallagher, C., Elliott, A. D., Linz, D., Pitman, B. M., Hendriks, J. M. L., . . . Wong, C. X. (2022). Alcohol consumption and risk of ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death: an observational study of 408,712 individuals. Heart Rhythm, 19(2), 177-184.
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2022 Tu, S. J., Gallagher, C., Elliott, A. D., Linz, D., Pitman, B., Hendriks, J. M. L., . . . Wong, C. X. (2022). Alcohol intake and bradyarrhythmia risk: a cohort study of 407 948 individuals. Europace, 24(9), 1469-1474.
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2022 Hanna-Rivero, N., Tu, S. J., Elliott, A. D., Pitman, B. M., Gallagher, C., Lau, D. H., . . . Wong, C. X. (2022). Anemia and iron deficiency in patients with atrial fibrillation. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 22(1), 1-11.
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2022 Tu, S. J., & Wong, C. X. (2022). Expanding Our Understanding of Nonpulmonary Vein Triggers: Implications for Adjunctive Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Strategies.. JACC Clin Electrophysiol, 8(8), 994-996.
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2022 Lin, R. Z., Gallagher, C., Tu, S. J., Pitman, B. M., Nelson, A. J., Roberts-Thomson, R. L., . . . Wong, C. X. (2022). Trends in myocardial infarction and coronary revascularisation procedures in Australia, 1993-2017. Heart, 109(4), 283-288.
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2021 Clarke, N. A. R., Kangaharan, N., Costello, B., Tu, S. J., Hanna-Rivero, N., Le, K., . . . Wong, C. X. (2021). Left atrial, pulmonary vein, and left atrial appendage anatomy in Indigenous individuals: Implications for atrial fibrillation. IJC Heart & Vasculature, 34, 1-7.
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2021 Tu, S. J., Gallagher, C., Elliott, A. D., Linz, D., Pitman, B. M., Hendriks, J. M. L., . . . Wong, C. X. (2021). Risk thresholds for total and beverage-specific alcohol consumption and incident atrial fibrillation. JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology, 7(12), 1561-1569.
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2021 Tu, S. J., Elliott, A. D., Hanna-Rivero, N., Gallagher, C., Mishima, R. S., Lyrtzis, E., . . . Wong, C. X. (2021). Rationale and design of the IRON-AF study: a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled study to assess the effect of intravenous ferric carboxymaltose in patients with atrial fibrillation and iron deficiency. BMJ Open, 11(8), e047642-1-e047642-7.
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2021 Clarke, N., Gallagher, C., Pitman, B. M., Tu, S. J., Huang, S., Hanna-Rivero, N., . . . Wong, C. X. (2021). Atrial Fibrillation in Remote Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Individuals Hospitalised in Central Australia.. Heart Lung Circ, 30(8), 1174-1183.
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2021 Jeffries, A., Costello, B., Corkill, W., Varghese, S., Tayeb, H., Gallagher, C., . . . Wong, C. X. (2021). Prognostic value of coronary artery calcium scoring and computed tomography coronary angiography in remote indigenous and non-indigenous Australians. International Journal of Cardiology, 328, 241-246.
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2021 Westaway, S., Nye, E., Gallagher, C., Tu, S., Clarke, N., Hanna-Rivero, N., . . . Wong, C. X. (2021). Trends in the use, complications and costs of permanent pacemakers in Australia: a nationwide study from 2008-2017. Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology, 44(2), 266-273.
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2021 Tu, S. J., Hanna-Rivero, N., Elliott, A. D., Clarke, N., Huang, S., Pitman, B. M., . . . Wong, C. X. (2021). Associations of anaemia with stroke, bleeding, and mortality in atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol, 32(3), 686-694.
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2020 Emami, M., Wong, C. X., Tu, S., Sanders, P., & Young, G. D. (2020). Institutional variation in quality of cardiovascular implantable electronic device implantation. Annals of Internal Medicine, 172(2), 166-167.
DOI WoS3
2020 Rocheleau, S., Gallagher, C., Pitman, B. M., Tu, S. J., Hanna-Rivero, N., Clarke, N., . . . Wong, C. X. (2020). Predictors of anticoagulation use in indigenous and non-indigenous Australians with atrial fibrillation. Heart Lung and Circulation, 30(5), 707-713.
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Year Citation
2020 Tu, S., Wong, C., Hanna-Rivero, N., Waddell-Smith, K., & Roberts-Thomson, K. (2020). 582 Clinical and Genetic Characterisation of Long QT Syndrome in Indigenous Australians. In Heart, Lung and Circulation Vol. 29 (pp. S299). Elsevier BV.
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2018 Imam, H., Nguyen, T. H., Tu, S., Tonnu, O., Chirkov, Y., & Horowitz, J. (2018). Pathogenesis of coronary artery spasm: a critical role for impaired platelet nitric oxide signaling. In EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL Vol. 39 (pp. 336). Munich, GERMANY: OXFORD UNIV PRESS.

Year Citation
2020 Tu, S. J., Hanna-Rivero, N., Elliott, A. D., Clarke, N., Huang, S., Pitman, B. M., . . . Wong, C. X. (2020). Associations of Anemia With Stroke, Bleeding, and Mortality in Atrial Fibrillation: A Systematic Review and Meta-analyses. Poster session presented at the meeting of CIRCULATION. ELECTR NETWORK: LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS.
WoS1
2018 Imam, H., Ha Nguyen, T., Tu, S., Tonnu, O., Chirkov, Y., & Horowitz, J. (2018). P1678Pathogenesis of coronary artery spasm: a critical role for impaired platelet nitric oxide signaling. Poster session presented at the meeting of European Heart Journal. Oxford University Press (OUP).
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Research Funding
Year Title and Source Position Amount
2022 National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Postgraduate Scholarship CIA $77,360

Date Role Membership Country
2021 - ongoing Member Heart Rhythm Society United States
2020 - ongoing Member International Society for Heart Research United States
2020 - ongoing Member Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand Australia

Date Title Type Institution Country
2021 - ongoing Journal of the American Heart Association Peer Review American Heart Association United States
2021 - ongoing Heart, Lung and Circulation Peer Review Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand -
2020 - ongoing BMJ Open Peer Review BMJ United Kingdom
2020 - ongoing Heart Rhythm Peer Review Heart Rhythm Society United States
2020 - ongoing American Journal of Cardiology Peer Review Elsevier United States
2020 - ongoing International Journal of Cardiology Peer Review Elsevier -
2020 - ongoing BMC Cardiovascular Disorders Peer Review BioMed Central United Kingdom

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