Publications and presentations 2008-2009
Publications
Buckley, T., Bartrop, R., McKinley, S., Ward, C., Bramwell, M., Roche, D., Mihailidou, A.S., Morel-Kopp, M-C., Spinaze, M., Hocking, B., Goldston, K., Tennant, C., Tofler, G. ‘A prospective study of early bereavement on psychological and behavioural cardiac risk factors.' Internal Medicine Journal 39, no. 6 (June 2009): 370-78.
Buckley, T., McKinley, S., Tofler, G., Bartrop, R. ‘Cardiovascular risk in early bereavement: A literature review and proposed mechanisms.' International Journal of Nursing Studies 8 (July 2009). [Published online ahead of print]
Buckley, T., Mihailidou, A. S., Bartrop, R., Ward, C., Morel-Kopp, M-C., McKinley, S., Spinaze, M., Tofler, G. ‘An evaluation of psychological and physiological determinants of cardiovascular risk in early bereavement.' Heart, Lung and Circulation 18, suppl. 3 (Aug 2009): S7.
Danesh, J., Tofler, G.H. The Fibrinogen Studies Collaboration. ‘Measures to assess the prognostic ability of the stratified Cox proportional hazards model.' Statistics in Medicine 28 (2009): 389-411.
Dehghan, A., Tofler, G.H., Folsom, A.R. ‘Association of novel genetic loci with circulating fibrinogen levels: A genome-wide association study in six population-based cohorts.' Circulation: Genetics 2 (2009): 125-133.
Figtree, G.A., Liu, C.C., Bibert, S., Hamilton, E.J., Garcia, A., White, C.N., Chia, K.K., Cornelius, F., Geering, K., Rasmussen, H.H. ‘Reversible oxidative modification: a key mechanism of Na+-K+ pump regulation.‘ Circulation Research 105, no. 2 (Jul 17 2009): 185-93.
Joseph, J., Pencina, M., Wang, T.J., Tofler, G.H., D'Agostino, R. B. ‘Cross-sectional relations of multiple biomarkers representing distinct biological pathways to plasma markers of collagen metabolism in the community.' Hypertension 27 (2009): 1317-24.
Lieb, W., Larson, M.G., Benjamin, E.J., Yin, X., Tofler, G.H., Selhub, J., Jacques, P.F., Wang, T.J., Vita, J.A., Levy, D., Vasan, R.S., Mitchell, G.F. ‘A multi-marker approach to evaluate correlates of vascular stiffness: The Framingham Heart Study.' Circulation 119 (2009): 37-43.
Montfort, J., Maher, R., Grieve, S. M., Figtree, G. A. ‘Syringomyelia: A rare extracardiac contributor to syncope detected incidentally by cardiac magnetic resonance.' International Journal of Cardiology. [Accepted October 2009, published online November 2009]
Morel-Kopp, M-C., McLean, L., Chen, Q., Tofler, G.H., Tennant, C., Maddison, V., Ward, C.M. ‘The association of depression with platelet activation: Evidence for a treatment effect. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostatis 7 (2009): 573-581.
Paradisis, M., Evans, N., Kluckow, M. ‘Randomized trial of Milrinone versus placebo for prevention of low systemic blood flow in very preterm infants.' Journal of Pediatrics 154, no. 2 (2009): 189-95.
Rasmussen, H.H., Figtree, G.A., Krum, H., Bundgaard H. 'The use of beta3-adrenergic receptor agonists in the treatment of heart failure.' Current Opinion in Investigational Drugs 10, no. 2 (Sept 2009): 955-62.
Shaw E, Tofler, G.H., Buckley, T., Bajorek, B., Ward, M. ‘Therapy for triggered acute risk prevention: A study of feasibility.' Heart Lung and Circulation 18, no. 5 (October 2009): 347-52.
The Fibrinogen Studies Collaboration (including Geoffrey Tofler). ‘Systematically missing confounders in individual participant data meta-analysis of observational cohort studies.' Statistics in Medicine 28 (2009): 1218-37.
The Fibrinogen Studies Collaboration (including Geoffrey Tofler). ‘Correcting for multivariate measurement error by regression calibration in meta-analyses of epidemiological studies.' Statistics in Medicine 28 (2009): 106-92.
Weir, C., Morel-Kopp, M-C., Gill A, Tinworth, K., Ladd, L., Hunyor, S.N., Ward, M. ‘Mesenchymal stem cells: isolation, characterisation and in vivo fluorescent dye tracking.' Heart Lung and Circulation 17 (April 2008): 395-403.
White, C.N, Figtree, G.A., Liu, C.C., Garcia, A., Hamilton, E.J., Chia, K.K., Rasmussen, H.H. ‘Angiotensin II inhibits the Na+-K+ pump via PKC-dependent activation of NADPH oxidase.' American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology 296, no. 4 (Apr 2009): C693-700.
Conference papers and presentations
CardioRhythm 2009
Hong Kong, February 2009
Leijdekkers, Peter, Valérie Gay, Elaine Lawrence, Edward Barin. ‘A PDA-based software interface for remote vital sign monitoring - initial clinical experience.' Poster session.
2nd ACM International Conference on Pervasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments
Corfu, June 2009
Gay, Valérie, Peter Leijdekkers, Edward Barin. ‘A mobile rehabilitation application for the remote monitoring of cardiac patients after a heart attack or coronary bypass surgery'. Proceedings (ISBN: 978-1-60558-409), 6pp.
Seminar, University of Lausanne
Switzerland, June 2009
Rasmussen, Helge. ‘Receptor-coupled oxidative signalling and regulation of the Na-K pump by reversible glutathionylation.'
European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Working Group on Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Drug Therapy
Copenhagen, June 2009
Rasmussen, Helge. ‘Hypertrophy and failure - the crucial role of the Na-pump.'
7th International Conference on Smart Homes and Health Telematics (ICOST)
France, July 2009
Leijdekkers, Peter, Valérie Gay, Edward Barin. ‘Trial results of a novel cardiac rhythm management system using smart phones and wireless ECG sensors.' Proceedings (Springer, ISBN 978-3-642-02867-0), 32-39.
Third Biennial MyoNaK Conference
Palm Cove, Australia, August 2009
Figtree, Gemma. ‘Reversible oxidative modification: a key mechanism of Na-K pump regulation.'
Rasmussen, Helge. ‘PKA inhibits the cardiac Na-K pump via PKC- and NADPH oxidase dependent glutathionylation.'
57th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand
Sydney, August 2009
Buckley, Thomas, Anastasia Susie Mihailidou, Roger Bartrop, Michael Ward, Marie-Christie Morel-Kopp, Sharon McKinley, Monica Spinaze, Geoffrey Tofler. ‘An Evaluation of Psychological and Physiological Determinants of Cardiovascular Risk in Early Bereavement.' Heart, Lung and Circulation (2009): 18S: S7.
Burke, R., Sullivan, A., Hales, S., Gillies, G., Baker, V., Tofler, G. ‘The use of ACE inhibitors and beta blockers in a heart failure population. Heart, Lung and Circulation (2009): 18S: S90.
May, R., Tofler, G., Bartrop, R., Heinrich, P., Baird, J., DeBurgh, S. ‘Smoking cessation through a simulated teachable moment: Feasibility and early results of a novel behaviour modification technique using personal identification. Heart, Lung and Circulation (2009): 18S: S267.
Tofler, G., Soo Hoo, S.Y., Buckley, T., O'Farrell, A., Shaw, E., Spinaze, M., Hansen, P. ‘Triggers of acute myocardial infarction: Role of heavy physical exertion, anger and respiratory infection. Heart, Lung and Circulation (2009): 18S: S127.
International FXYD Symposium
Philadelphia, October 2009
Rasmussen, Helge. ‘Role of oxidative modification of FXYD proteins in the regulation of the Na-K pump. Studies in cardiac myocytes.'
Figtree, Gemma. ‘Regulation of the Na-K pump by oxidative modification of FXYD proteins as studied in Xenopus oocytes.'
American Heart Association Scientific Sessions Florida, November 2009
American Heart Association Conference
Johnson, A.D., Yanek, L.R., Chen, M-H., Kraja, A.T., Larson, M.G., Lin, R., Tofler, G.H., Becker, D..M, Yang, Q., Province, M.A., O'Donnell, C.J., Becker, L.C. ‘Multiple platelet aggregation genes are identified by genome-wide association meta-analyses. Circulation (2009): 120: S588A.
Tofler, G.H., Massaro, J., O'Donnell, C.J., Wilson P.W., Vasan, R.S., Sutherland, P.A., Lipinska, I., Meigs, J.B., Levy, D., D'Agostino, R.B. ‘Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor (PAI-1) and risk of cardiovascular disease: The Framingham Heart Study. Circulation (2009): 120: S454A.
Tofler, G.H., May, R.J., Bartrop, R., Heinrich, P., Baird, J., DeBurgh, S. Smoking cessation through a simulated teachable moment: Early results of a novel modification technique using personal identification. Circulation (2009): 120: S495A.
