Overview
Background
Dr Isuru Ranasinghe is a Senior Staff Specialist Cardiologist and the A/Prof in Cardiology at the Prince Charles Hospital and the Northside Clinical Unit of the Faculty of Medicine at UQ. He leads research in clinical cardiology, cardiovascular epidemiology and healthcare safety and quality. Dr Ranasinghe has recipient of nationally competitive scholarships and fellowships including the NHMRC Postgraduate Scholarship, the NHMRC Neil-Hamilton-Fairley Early Career Fellowship and the National Heart Foundation of Australia Future Leader Fellowship. He currently holds an Advancing Queensland Clinical Research Fellowship.
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Works
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2017
Journal Article
The influence of chronic kidney disease and age on revascularization rates and outcomes in acute myocardial infarction - a cohort study
Kotwal, Sradha, Ranasinghe, Isuru, Brieger, David, Clayton, Philip A., Cass, Alan and Gallagher, Martin (2017). The influence of chronic kidney disease and age on revascularization rates and outcomes in acute myocardial infarction - a cohort study. European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care, 6 (4), 291-298. doi: 10.1177/2048872616640995
2017
Journal Article
The contribution of the composite of clinical process indicators as a measure of hospital performance in the management of acute coronary syndromes-insights from the CONCORDANCE registry
Aliprandi-Costa, Bernadette, Sockler, James, Kritharides, Leonard, Morgan, Lucy, Snell, Lan-Chi, Gullick, Janice, Brieger, David and Ranasinghe, Isuru (2017). The contribution of the composite of clinical process indicators as a measure of hospital performance in the management of acute coronary syndromes-insights from the CONCORDANCE registry. European Heart Journal - Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes, 3 (1), 37-46. doi: 10.1093/ehjqcco/qcw023
2016
Journal Article
The household economic burden for acute coronary syndrome survivors in Australia
Hyun, Karice K., Essue, Beverley M., Woodward, Mark, Jan, Stephen, Brieger, David, Chew, Derek, Nallaiah, Kellie, Howell, Tegwen, Briffa, Tom, Ranasinghe, Isuru, Astley, Carolyn and Redfern, Julie (2016). The household economic burden for acute coronary syndrome survivors in Australia. BMC health services research, 16 (1) 636. doi: 10.1186/s12913-016-1887-3
2016
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Predicting 30-day readmission or death in patients with heart failure: looking beyond the C statistic
Ranasinghe, Isuru and Krumholz, Harlan M. (2016). Predicting 30-day readmission or death in patients with heart failure: looking beyond the C statistic. JAMA Cardiology, 1 (8), 965. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2016.3101
2016
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Identification of hospital cardiac services for acute myocardial infarction using individual patient discharge data
Chang, Tiffany E., Krumholz, Harlan M., Li, Shu-Xia, Martin, John and Ranasinghe, Isuru (2016). Identification of hospital cardiac services for acute myocardial infarction using individual patient discharge data. Journal of the American Heart Association, 5 (9) e003680. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.116.003680
2016
Journal Article
Contemporary prehospital emergency medical services response times for suspected stroke in the United States
Schwartz, Jennifer, Dreyer, Rachel P., Murugiah, Karthik and Ranasinghe, Isuru (2016). Contemporary prehospital emergency medical services response times for suspected stroke in the United States. Prehospital Emergency Care, 20 (5), 560-5. doi: 10.3109/10903127.2016.1139219
2016
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Long-term risk for device-related complications and reoperations after implantable cardioverter-defibrillator implantation: an observational cohort study
Ranasinghe, Isuru, Parzynski, Craig S., Freeman, James V., Dreyer, Rachel P., Ross, Joseph S., Akar, Joseph G., Krumholz, Harlan M. and Curtis, Jeptha P. (2016). Long-term risk for device-related complications and reoperations after implantable cardioverter-defibrillator implantation: an observational cohort study. Annals of Internal Medicine, 165 (1), 20-29. doi: 10.7326/M15-2732
2016
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Falling cholesterol trend at acute coronary syndrome presentation is strongly related to statin use for secondary prevention
Chan, Thomas, Dabin, Bilyana, Hyun, Karice, Ranasinghe, Isuru, Neubeck, Lis, Aliprandi-Costa, Bernadette, Lefkovits, Jeffrey, Devlin, Gerard, Juergens, Craig, Chew, Derek P, Brieger, David and Freedman, S Ben (2016). Falling cholesterol trend at acute coronary syndrome presentation is strongly related to statin use for secondary prevention. International Journal of Cardiology, 212, 192-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.03.038
2016
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Reply
Ranasinghe, Isuru, Parzynski, Craig S., Searfoss, Rana, Montague, Julia, Lin, Zhenqiu, Allen, John, Vender, Ronald, Bhat, Kanchana, Ross, Joseph S., Bernheim, Susannah, Krumholz, Harlan M. and Drye, Elizabeth (2016). Reply. Gastroenterology, 150 (5), 1249-1251. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2016.03.031
2016
Journal Article
Long-term outcomes of patients with acute myocardial infarction presenting to regional and remote hospitals
Kotwal, Sradha, Ranasinghe, Isuru, Brieger, David, Clayton, Philip, Cass, Alan and Gallagher, Martin (2016). Long-term outcomes of patients with acute myocardial infarction presenting to regional and remote hospitals. Heart, Lung and Circulation, 25 (2), 124-31. doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2015.07.019
2016
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Response to letter regarding article, "Poorly cited articles in peer-reviewed cardiovascular journals from 1997 to 2007: analysis of 5-year citation rates"
Ranasinghe, Isuru, Shojaee, Abbas, Bikdeli, Behnood, Gupta, Aakriti, Chen, Ruijun, Ross, Joseph S., Masoudi, Frederick A., Spertus, John A., Nallamothu, Brahmajee K. and Krumholz, Harlan M. (2016). Response to letter regarding article, "Poorly cited articles in peer-reviewed cardiovascular journals from 1997 to 2007: analysis of 5-year citation rates". Circulation, 133 (2), e23-e24. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.115.018777
2015
Journal Article
Hospital variation in admission to intensive care units for patients with acute myocardial infarction
Chen, RuiJun, Strait, Kelly M., Dharmarajan, Kumar, Li, Shu-Xia, Ranasinghe, Isuru, Martin, John, Fazel, Reza, Masoudi, Frederick A., Cooke, Colin R., Nallamothu, Brahmajee K. and Krumholz, Harlan M. (2015). Hospital variation in admission to intensive care units for patients with acute myocardial infarction. American Heart Journal, 170 (6), 1161-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2015.09.003
2015
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Post-percutaneous coronary intervention angina: a new performance measure?
Tavella, Rosanna, Ranasinghe, Isuru, Zeitz, Chris and Beltrame, John F (2015). Post-percutaneous coronary intervention angina: a new performance measure?. JACC. Cardiovascular interventions, 8 (12), 1639-40. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2015.07.018
2015
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The rising tide of low impact publications: implications for academia
Ranasinghe, Isuru and Krumholz, Harlan (2015). The rising tide of low impact publications: implications for academia. Journal of Pioneering Medical Sciences
2015
Journal Article
Sex differences in the rate, timing, and principal diagnoses of 30-Day readmissions in younger patients with acute myocardial infarction
Dreyer, Rachel P., Ranasinghe, Isuru, Wang, Yongfei, Dharmarajan, Kumar, Murugiah, Karthik, Nuti, Sudhakar V., Hsieh, Angela F., Spertus, John A. and Krumholz, Harlan M. (2015). Sex differences in the rate, timing, and principal diagnoses of 30-Day readmissions in younger patients with acute myocardial infarction. Circulation, 132 (3), 158-66. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.014776
2015
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Long-term mortality following interhospital transfer for acute myocardial infarction
Ranasinghe, Isuru, Barzi, Federica, Brieger, David and Gallagher, Martin (2015). Long-term mortality following interhospital transfer for acute myocardial infarction. Heart , 101 (13), 1032-1040. doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2014-306966
2015
Journal Article
Poorly cited articles in peer-reviewed cardiovascular journals from 1997 to 2007: analysis of 5-year citation rates
Ranasinghe, Isuru, Shojaee, Abbas, Bikdeli, Behnood, Gupta, Aakriti, Chen, Ruijun, Ross, Joseph S., Masoudi, Frederick A., Spertus, John A., Nallamothu, Brahmajee K. and Krumholz, Harlan M. (2015). Poorly cited articles in peer-reviewed cardiovascular journals from 1997 to 2007: analysis of 5-year citation rates. Circulation, 131 (20), 1755-62. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.015080
2015
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Comparison of the management and in-hospital outcomes of acute coronary syndrome patients in Australia and New Zealand: results from the binational SNAPSHOT acute coronary syndrome 2012 audit
Ellis, C., Hammett, C., Ranasinghe, I., French, J., Briffa, T., Devlin, G., Elliott, J., Lefkovitz, J., Aliprandi-Costa, B., Astley, C., Redfern, J., Howell, T., Carr, B., Lintern, K., Bloomer, S., Farshid, A., Matsis, P., Hamer, A., Williams, M., Troughton, R., Horsfall, M., Hyun, K., Gamble, G., White, H., Brieger, D., Chew, D. and Bi-National Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS) SNAPSHOT Audit Group (2015). Comparison of the management and in-hospital outcomes of acute coronary syndrome patients in Australia and New Zealand: results from the binational SNAPSHOT acute coronary syndrome 2012 audit. Internal Medicine Journal, 45 (5), 497-509. doi: 10.1111/imj.12739
2015
Journal Article
Association between journal citation distribution and impact factor: a novel application of the Gini coefficient
Nuti, Sudhakar V., Ranasinghe, Isuru, Murugiah, Karthik, Shojaee, Abbas, Li, Shu-Xia and Krumholz, Harlan M. (2015). Association between journal citation distribution and impact factor: a novel application of the Gini coefficient. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 65 (16), 1711-1712. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.12.071
2015
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Trends in hospitalizations among medicare survivors of aortic valve replacement in the United States from 1999 to 2010
Murugiah, Karthik, Wang, Yun, Dodson, John A., Nuti, Sudhakar V., Dharmarajan, Kumar, Ranasinghe, Isuru, Cooper, Zack and Krumholz, Harlan M. (2015). Trends in hospitalizations among medicare survivors of aortic valve replacement in the United States from 1999 to 2010. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 99 (2), 509-17. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.08.045
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Supervision
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Available projects
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ORION: Leveraging Big Data to Inform Nationwide Cardiovascular Health Outcomes
The Observing Recurrent Incidence of Adverse Outcomes following HospitalisatioNs (ORION) is a national data linkage study that brings together a decade of cardiovascular hospitalisation data from all Australian States and Territories and New Zealand. Encompassing millions of healthcare records from more than 1000 public and private facilities, ORION allows population-wide assessment of important end results of hospital-based cardiovascular care and understand how these outcomes vary among the many healthcare facilities and regions. Multiple projects suitable for HDR students are available focusing on the national epidemiology of common and rare cardiovascular conditions.
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Safety, Effectiveness of care and Resource use among Australian Hospitals (SAFER Hospitals)
Modern hospital care is fast-paced, complex and expensive. While this has undoubtedly led to better treatments, global concerns exist about the safety and effectiveness of hospital care. The SAFER Hospitals study is a nationwide study that seeks to address this limitation by bringing together linked hospitalisation and outcome data for all public and most private hospitals in Australia. Funded by a Translational Project Grant from the Hospital Research Foundation, SAFER Hospitals will estimate the hospital-wide incidence of serious adverse events, deaths and unplanned hospitalisations following hospital care and how these outcomes vary among hospitals. It will also evaluate the downstream impact by estimating the avoidable costs of these untoward outcomes on the health system.
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Evaluating the role of urinary sodium in the management of heart failure
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Health Care Costs Associated with Avoidable Hospitalisations
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Brenda Gannon
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Doctor Philosophy
ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) ¿ Systems of Care, Clinical Correlates and Outcomes
Associate Advisor
Completed supervision
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Population-wide outcomes of catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Ian Yang
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