Overview
Background
Dr. Pyi Naing is a dual-trained cardiologist and general physician with subspecialty expertise in Echocardiography. His clinical and academic interests include evaluation and management of breathlessness, pulmonary hypertension, chronic heart failure, cardiac risk assessment and valvular heart diseases.
His advanced cardiology training was at The Prince Charles Hospital, the premier cardiac hospital in Australia where he earned the fellowship of Royal Australian College of Physicians (FRACP) in cardiology. He continued his training as an echocardiography fellow at the same hospital and gained further skills in all aspects of echocardiography including transesophageal, transthoracic and stress echocardiography.
Dr Naing is also a well published clinical academic with an MPhil degree from University of Notre Dame, Australia. He is currently completing a Ph.D. degree by studying novel methods to improve the care for breathless patients. He holds a senior lecturer position at the School of Medicine, University of Queensland. He has public appointments in Caboolture Hospital and The Prince Charles Hospital as a consultant cardiologist. He is bilingual in Burmese and English.
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Works
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2024
Conference Publication
Modern 3D Transoesophageal Echocardiography—Providing Improved Diagnostic Accuracy for Prosthetic Valve Dysfunction
Naing, P., Lau, K., Humphries, J. and Burstow, D. (2024). Modern 3D Transoesophageal Echocardiography—Providing Improved Diagnostic Accuracy for Prosthetic Valve Dysfunction. 72nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand, Perth, WA Australia, 1-4 August 2024. Chatswood, NSW Australia: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2024.06.167
2022
Journal Article
Acute bioprosthetic mitral valve failure diagnosed using point-of-care ultrasound leading to prompt treatment and good outcome
Naing, Pyi, Lau, Katherine, Wiemers, Paul, Mulligan, Andrew, Burrage, Matthew K and Scalia, Gregory M (2022). Acute bioprosthetic mitral valve failure diagnosed using point-of-care ultrasound leading to prompt treatment and good outcome. CASE (Philadelphia, Pa.), 6 (6), 281-283. doi: 10.1016/j.case.2022.05.004
2022
Journal Article
Pulmonary hypertension in remote and disadvantaged population: overcoming unique challenges for improved outcomes
Naing, Pyi, Kangaharan, Nadarajah, Scalia, Gregory M., Strange, Geoff and Playford, David (2022). Pulmonary hypertension in remote and disadvantaged population: overcoming unique challenges for improved outcomes. Internal Medicine Journal, 53 (1), 12-20. doi: 10.1111/imj.15860
2021
Journal Article
Mackay Heart Failure Study: Examining the Root Causes, Compliance With Guideline-Based Therapy and Prognosis
Naing, Pyi, Zhang, Michael, Khine, Aye Myat Thandar, Aung, Hnin Sabai, Chean, Li Ning, Liaw, Jacqueline, Bazley, Margaret, Vaidya, Shantisagar, Musameh, Muntaser D. and Khan, Ahmed (2021). Mackay Heart Failure Study: Examining the Root Causes, Compliance With Guideline-Based Therapy and Prognosis. Heart, Lung and Circulation, 30 (9), 1302-1308. doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2021.03.273
2021
Journal Article
Obstructive sleep apnoea and cardiac disease among Aboriginal patients in the Northern Territory of Australia
Heraganahally, Subash S., Rajaratnam, Brinthan, Silva, Sampathawaduge A. A. S., Robinson, Nicola, Oguoma, Victor M., Naing, Pyi, Kangaharan, Nadarajah and Ilton, Marcus (2021). Obstructive sleep apnoea and cardiac disease among Aboriginal patients in the Northern Territory of Australia. Heart Lung and Circulation, 30 (8), 1184-1192. doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2021.01.007
2020
Journal Article
Top end pulmonary hypertension study: understanding epidemiology, therapeutic gaps and prognosis in remote Australian setting
Naing, Pyi, Playford, David, Strange, Geoff, Abeyaratne, Asanga, Berhane, Thomas, Joseph, Sanjay, Costelloe, Ellie, Hall, Maddison, Scalia, Gregory M., Forrester, Douglas L., Falhammar, Henrik and Kangaharan, Nadarajah (2020). Top end pulmonary hypertension study: understanding epidemiology, therapeutic gaps and prognosis in remote Australian setting. Heart, Lung and Circulation, 30 (4), 507-515. doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2020.08.008
2019
Journal Article
Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: A growing global epidemic
Naing, Pyi, Forrester, Douglas, Kangaharan, Nadarajah, Muthumala, Aruna, Mon Myint, Su and Playford, David (2019). Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: A growing global epidemic. Australian Journal of General Practice, 48 (7), 465-471. doi: 10.31128/AJGP-03-19-4873
2019
Journal Article
Pulmonary Hypertension in Central Australia: A Community-Based Cohort Study
Haji, Kawa, Wong, Christopher X., Chandra, Nikhil, Truong, Helen, Corkill, Wendy, Kaethner, Alex, Naing, Pyi, Abeyaratne, Asanga, Brady, Stephen J. and Kangaharan, Nadarajah (2019). Pulmonary Hypertension in Central Australia: A Community-Based Cohort Study. Heart, Lung and Circulation, 28 (4), 598-604. doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2018.02.020
2018
Conference Publication
Assessing the cause of pulmonary hypertension on echo in the absence of tricuspid regurgitation - A NEDA (National Echo Database of Australia) study
Chung, K., Strange, G., Naing, P., Codde, J., Celermajer, D., Scalia, G. M. and Playford, D. (2018). Assessing the cause of pulmonary hypertension on echo in the absence of tricuspid regurgitation - A NEDA (National Echo Database of Australia) study. European Society of Cardiology Congress, Munich, Germany, 25-29 August 2018. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
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