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.
Availability
- Associate Professor Isuru Ranasinghe is:
- Available for supervision
Works
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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
Journal Article
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
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
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
Journal Article
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
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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
2014
Journal Article
The use of google trends in health care research: a systematic review
Nuti, Sudhakar V., Wayda, Brian, Ranasinghe, Isuru, Wang, Sisi, Dreyer, Rachel P., Chen, Serene I. and Murugiah, Karthik (2014). The use of google trends in health care research: a systematic review. PLoS One, 9 (10) e109583, e109583. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109583
2014
Journal Article
Readmissions after hospitalization for heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, or pneumonia among young and middle-aged adults: a retrospective observational cohort study
Ranasinghe, Isuru, Wang, Yongfei, Dharmarajan, Kumar, Hsieh, Angela F., Bernheim, Susannah M. and Krumholz, Harlan M. (2014). Readmissions after hospitalization for heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, or pneumonia among young and middle-aged adults: a retrospective observational cohort study. PLoS Medicine, 11 (9) e1001737, e1001737. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001737
2014
Journal Article
Hospital-based acute care after outpatient colonoscopy: implications for quality measurement in the ambulatory setting
Fox, Justin P., Burkardt, Deepika D'Cunha, Ranasinghe, Isuru and Gross, Cary P. (2014). Hospital-based acute care after outpatient colonoscopy: implications for quality measurement in the ambulatory setting. Medical Care, 52 (9), 801-8. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000176
2014
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Prescription of secondary prevention medications, lifestyle advice, and referral to rehabilitation among acute coronary syndrome inpatients: results from a large prospective audit in Australia and New Zealand
Redfern, Julie, Hyun, Karice, Chew, Derek P, Astley, Carolyn, Chow, Clara, Aliprandi-Costa, Bernadette, Howell, Tegwen, Carr, Bridie, Lintern, Karen, Ranasinghe, Isuru, Nallaiah, Kellie, Turnbull, Fiona, Ferry, Cate, Hammett, Chris, Ellis, Chris J, French, John, Brieger, David and Briffa, Tom (2014). Prescription of secondary prevention medications, lifestyle advice, and referral to rehabilitation among acute coronary syndrome inpatients: results from a large prospective audit in Australia and New Zealand. Heart, 100 (16), 1281-8. doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2013-305296
2014
Journal Article
Isolated hypertrophy of the basal ventricular septum: characteristics of patients with and without outflow tract obstruction
Ranasinghe, Isuru, Ayoub, Chadi, Cheruvu, Chaitu, Freedman, Saul B. and Yiannikas, John (2014). Isolated hypertrophy of the basal ventricular septum: characteristics of patients with and without outflow tract obstruction. International Journal of Cardiology, 173 (3), 487-93. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.03.078
2014
Journal Article
Successful negative inotropic treatment of acute left ventricular outflow tract obstruction by elongated mitral valve leaflet
Ayoub, Chadi, Ranasinghe, Isuru and Yiannikas, John (2014). Successful negative inotropic treatment of acute left ventricular outflow tract obstruction by elongated mitral valve leaflet. Journal of Clinical Ultrasound, 42 (4), 245-8. doi: 10.1002/jcu.22094
2014
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Hospital quality improvement initiative for patients with acute coronary syndromes in China: a cluster randomized, controlled trial
Du, Xin, Gao, Runlin, Turnbull, Fiona, Wu, Yangfeng, Rong, Ye, Lo, Serigne, Billot, Laurent, Hao, Zhixin, Ranasinghe, Isuru, Iedema, Rick, Kong, Lingzhi, Hu, Dayi, Lin, Shuguang, Shen, Weifeng, Huang, Dejia, Yang, Yuejing, Ge, Junbo, Han, Yaling, Lv, Shuzheng, Ma, Aiqun, Gao, Wei, Patel, Anushka and CPACS Investigators (2014). Hospital quality improvement initiative for patients with acute coronary syndromes in China: a cluster randomized, controlled trial. Circulation. Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, 7 (2), 217-26. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.113.000526
2014
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Most important outcomes research papers on cardiac arrest and cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Murugiah, Karthik, Chen, Serene I, Dharmarajan, Kumar, Nuti, Sudhakar V, Wayda, Brian, Shojaee, Abbas, Ranasinghe, Isuru and Dreyer, Rachel P (2014). Most important outcomes research papers on cardiac arrest and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Circulation. Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, 7 (2), 335-45. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.114.000957
2014
Journal Article
Geographic obesity burden and Internet searches for bariatric surgery: importance of a combined search strategy
Murugiah, Karthik, Ranasinghe, Isuru and Nuti, Sudhakar V. (2014). Geographic obesity burden and Internet searches for bariatric surgery: importance of a combined search strategy. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases, 10 (2), 369-370. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2013.12.013
2014
Journal Article
System barriers to the evidence-based care of acute coronary syndrome patients in China: qualitative analysis
Ranasinghe, Isuru, Rong, Ye, Du, Xin, Wang, Yangfang, Gao, Runlin, Patel, Anushka, Wu, Yangfeng, Iedema, Rick, Hao, Zhixin, Hu, Dayi, Turnbull, Fiona and CPACS Investigators (2014). System barriers to the evidence-based care of acute coronary syndrome patients in China: qualitative analysis. Circulation. Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, 7 (2), 209-16. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.113.000527
2014
Journal Article
Most important outcomes research papers on stroke and transient ischemic attack
Dreyer, Rachel, Murugiah, Karthik, Nuti, Sudhakar V., Dharmarajan, Kumar, Chen, Serene I., Chen, Ruijun, Wayda, Brian and Ranasinghe, Isuru (2014). Most important outcomes research papers on stroke and transient ischemic attack. Circulation. Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, 7 (1), 191-204. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.113.000831
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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
Health Care Costs Associated with Avoidable Hospitalisations
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Brenda Gannon
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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
Evaluating the role of urinary sodium in the management of heart failure
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Burden and Outcomes of Diabetes Hospitalisations
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) - Systems of Care, Clinical Correlates and Outcomes
Associate Advisor
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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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2025
Doctor Philosophy
ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) - Systems of Care, Clinical Correlates and Outcomes
Associate Advisor
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