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Prof Andrew Sindone

Cardiologist; Director of the Heart Failure Unit and Department of Cardiac Rehabilitation, Concord Hospital; Head, Department of Cardiology, Ryde Hospital

Prof Andrew Sindone B. Med (hons), MD, FRACP, FCSANZ, FNHFA is Director of the Heart Failure Unit and Department of Cardiac Rehabilitation at Concord Hospital and Head of Department of Cardiology at Ryde Hospital. He runs the Concord Hospital Heart Failure Clinic, research, rehabilitation and outreach programs. He has been Principal Investigator in 50 international, multi-centre, clinical trials and authored over 100 articles. He is a Co-Chairman of the NSW Cardiovascular Expert Reference Group, Fellow of the Heart Foundation of Australia and is co-author of the Australian and the Asia Pacific Heart Failure Guidelines.

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Cardiology

Podcasts

Heart failure – Non-pharmacological management

Prof Andrew Sindone explains that, diet, fluid restriction and exercise are just some of the areas that need addressing when managing heart failure patients according to best practice guidelines.

Cardiology

Podcasts

Heart failure – Demystifying pharmacological management for GPs

Prof Andrew Sindone outlines the latest advances in the pharmacological management of heart failure.

Cardiology

Podcasts

Heart failure – Assessment and monitoring in primary care

Prof Andrew Sindone discusses when clinicians should suspect this very common but under-recognised condition.

Cardiology

Podcasts

Flu vaccination and heart failure

Catching the flu significantly increases the risk of myocardial infarction, stroke, hospitalisation for heart failure and increased CV morality

Cardiology

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Aortic stenosis – How TAVI is revolutionising management

How health professionals must auscultate for murmurs in all patients over 65 years, and refer for an echo or to a cardiologist, How the symptoms of chest pain, syncope and dyspnoea appear late, and the prognosis is very poor with 50% mortality in two years, TAVI being a safe, effective, and highly cost-effective treatment for patients with aortic stenosis, and how we should be referring our patients earlier for consideration of this procedure and its current availability for only privately insured patients, unfortunately

Cardiology

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The GPs role in improving AF management

Detecting atrial fibrillation and commencing anticoagulation- latest evidence of the incidence and prevalence of both AF and stroke, why the vast majority of AF patients can safely be put on preventive therapy to optimise their chances of a stroke-free future.

Cardiology

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Aortic stenosis – We are missing it and yet it’s easier to treat than ever before

The impact of aortic stenosis, even when NOT severe, is underestimated- Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) has revolutionised treatment and recent changes to reimbursement mean that it is even more available.

Cardiology

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Four pillars of heart failure management

A practical framework for treating heart failure.

Cardiology

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Recognising and managing DOAC complications

Insight and understanding into how to identify and assess complications of DOACs, and, importantly, how adverse effects of DOACs can be best managed.

Expert Panel: RSV, respiratory viral infections and the heart

Our multidisciplinary expert panel explores the morbidity associated with viral respiratory infections, especially those with cardiovascular disease

By Prof Andrew Sindone, Dr Desmond Graham, Prof Dominic Dwyer, Dr Ted Wu

Podcasts

Cardiology, Infectious diseases

Heart failure management in GP

A/Prof Andrew Sindone presents the four classes of medications that improve health outcomes of heart failure patients.

By Prof Andrew Sindone

Podcasts

Cardiology

Eplerenone in heart failure

In this Product Explainer, Cardiologist Prof Andrew Sindone explains the role of mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist, eplerenone in heart failure.

By Prof Andrew Sindone

Videos

Cardiology, Drugs and devices

How to use the NT-proBNP test in general practice

In today's podcast, Prof Andrew Sindone and A/Prof Ralph Audehm discuss NT-proBNP’s role in diagnosis, prognosis, and heart failure management, as well as its use in chronic kidney disease.

By Prof Andrew Sindone, A/Prof Ralph Audehm

Podcasts

Cardiology

RSV and the heart

Professor Andrew Sindone discusses the potentially deadly combination of RSV and cardiac disease.

By Prof Andrew Sindone

Podcasts

Cardiology, Respiratory and sleep, Vaccination

Updated indications for the recombinant, adjuvanted RSV vaccine

In this Product Explainer Cardiologist Prof Andrew Sindone provides an update on a recombinant, adjuvanted respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine.

By Prof Andrew Sindone

Videos

Drugs and devices, Geriatric medicine, Infectious diseases, Vaccination

LDL and cardiovascular disease

Prof Andrew Sindone discusses the ever lower targets for LDL-C particularly in secondary prevention.

By Prof Andrew Sindone

Podcasts

Cardiology

Cardiorenal protection with dapagliflozin: An expert overview

In this Product Explainer, Cardiologist Prof Andrew Sindone explains the role of dapagliflozin in cardiorenal protection in patients with heart failure, chronic kidney disease and/or type 2 diabetes.

By Prof Andrew Sindone

Videos

Cardiology, Drugs and devices, Endocrinology, Renal medicine

Heart failure and obesity – Which do we manage first?

This talk will explain how obesity drives heart failure, particularly HFpEF and will outline the recommended management of HFpEF on patients with obesity, that includes using incretin therapy.

By Prof Andrew Sindone

Podcasts

Cardiology