Dr. Chan is a consultant cardiologist with interests in all aspects of general cardiology including valvular heart disease, heart failure management and common cardiac arrhythmias such as atrial fibrillation and assessment for need for pacemaker and defibrillators.
Dr. Chan is at the forefront of medical research and innovations. He aims to provide the best care irrespective if it is a simple or complex problem. He realises that many patients have complex care needs, which can only be thoroughly assessed and managed with the most up-to-date, and evidence-based knowledge and using the latest diagnostic or procedural techniques.
Dr. Chan is at the forefront of medical research and innovations. He aims to provide the best care irrespective if it is a simple or complex problem. He realises that many patients have complex care needs, which can only be thoroughly assessed and managed with the most up-to-date, and evidence-based knowledge and using the latest diagnostic or procedural techniques.
Dr. Chan has special interest in evaluating patients with chest pains that might be caused by coronary artery disease ('cholesterol plaque build-up'). Dr. Chan also performs coronary angiography (an x-ray contrast dye imaging test) to diagnose coronary artery disease. He performs coronary angioplasty and stenting if clinically required for treatment. Given his major public service commitments, Dr. Chan is a high-volume operator.
Dr. Chan also has specific interests in assessing patients with chronic chest pain syndromes thought not to be due to coronary artery disease. In fact, the heart muscle has a complex network of larger 'epicardial' vessels and 'micro' vessels which make up to 90-95% of the blood vessels that supply the heart. While traditional coronary angiogram assesses only the larger epicardial vessels for plaque build-up and narrowings, the test does not permit assessment of the 'function' or the tone of the blood vessels whether they easily dilate or spasm. In order to assess 'function' and 'tone' of both epicardial and 'micro' vessels specialised testing with medications is required. Dr. Chan is able to perform these tests and provide tailored medical therapy for these patients. Typically, these patients are often either misdiagnosed or go for many years undiagnosed.
More detailed information can be found at www.INOCAInternational.com
Dr. Chan also has specific interests in assessing patients with chronic chest pain syndromes thought not to be due to coronary artery disease. In fact, the heart muscle has a complex network of larger 'epicardial' vessels and 'micro' vessels which make up to 90-95% of the blood vessels that supply the heart. While traditional coronary angiogram assesses only the larger epicardial vessels for plaque build-up and narrowings, the test does not permit assessment of the 'function' or the tone of the blood vessels whether they easily dilate or spasm. In order to assess 'function' and 'tone' of both epicardial and 'micro' vessels specialised testing with medications is required. Dr. Chan is able to perform these tests and provide tailored medical therapy for these patients. Typically, these patients are often either misdiagnosed or go for many years undiagnosed.
More detailed information can be found at www.INOCAInternational.com
Dr. Chan has received specialised training and has an interest in assessing and performing complex, high-risk, coronary artery revascularisation procedures in patients who have heart failure or who cannot otherwise undergo coronary artery bypass graft surgery because of high-risk co-morbidities (e.g. advanced age, severe heart failure or heart muscle weakness, inoperable targets, previous strokes or kidney failure). These procedures include
1) Unprotected left main stenting
2) Rotational atherectomy to highly calcified vessels
3) Complex bifurcation lesions
4) Patients requiring mechanical assist devices during their procedures because of severe heart failure
5) Chronic total occlusions
6) Others
1) Unprotected left main stenting
2) Rotational atherectomy to highly calcified vessels
3) Complex bifurcation lesions
4) Patients requiring mechanical assist devices during their procedures because of severe heart failure
5) Chronic total occlusions
6) Others
Dr. Chan is interested in diagnosing and treating patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (unexplained thickening of heart muscle) who are troubled by symptoms of shortness of breath or chest discomfort. He can perform catheter ablation to reduce some of the thickening of the heart muscle to improve symptoms in those who might be suitable or who cannot undergo cardiac surgery.
Dr. Chan is the co-founder of the Western Health Cardiogenic Shock Initiative in collaboration with Alfred Health. This is the first in the State of Victoria and aims to streamline the care of very sick patients suffering from large heart attacks whose heart function is so poor that it cannot support blood flow to vital organs such as the brain and kidneys. These patients often die in hospital due to heart or multi-organ failure and about 1 in 2 succumb to their illness. By implementing a new platform of care focussing on early use of modern mechanical support devices to support the heart and circulation (such as with the Impella miniature heart pump device), together with opening of blocked coronary artery, the patient's heart function is supported (which enhances native heart recovery) and blood flow to vital organs is also preserved.
Dr. Chan is a clinician-investigator and is involved in many ongoing active clinical trials and investigator-initiated projects.
He has published extensively in the field of cardiovascular medicine and has been invited to give talks and participate in panel discussions and live case demonstrations.
Please inquire if you would like to be involved as a participant in clinical research.
Please follow link to the Alfred Health and Western Health Human Ethics websites for more details.
He has published extensively in the field of cardiovascular medicine and has been invited to give talks and participate in panel discussions and live case demonstrations.
Please inquire if you would like to be involved as a participant in clinical research.
Please follow link to the Alfred Health and Western Health Human Ethics websites for more details.
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