Professor Prash Sanders

Biography/ Background

Professor Prash Sanders (MBBS, PhD, FRACP, FCSANZ, FESC) is a Clinical Academic based at the University of Adelaide and the Royal Adelaide Hospital.

He graduated from the University of Adelaide with Honours, undertook training as a Clinical Cardiologist at the Royal Adelaide Hospital and as a Cardiac Electrophysiologist at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. His PhD was undertaken at the University of Melbourne under the mentorship of Professor Jonathan Kalman. His postdoctoral studies were with the team of Professor Michel Haissaguerre at the Hôpital Cardiologique du Haut-Lévêque and Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux II, Bordeaux, France.

Professor Sanders returned to Australia in 2005 to the Knapman, National Heart Foundation Chair of Cardiology Research at the University of Adelaide and as Clinical Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. He has established a formidable team of clinicians and researchers who span the spectrum of research into heart rhythm disorders; ranging from computer modelling of cardiac arrhythmias, cellular electrophysiology, small and large animal models of disease to evaluate arrhythmia mechanisms, clinical mechanistic, outcome and more recently population based studies. The group has an established clinical trials program and is involved in development of novel technologies. In recognition of this expansive research strength, this group led by Professor Sanders has been made the Centre of Heart Rhythm Disorders (CHRD) at the University of Adelaide. Further details of staff, students, funding and projects can be found by visiting the Centre for Heart Rhythm Disorders.

He has been awarded various awards and was most recently recognised by the award of the Scopus Young Australian Medical and Medical Science Researcher of the Year 2010.

Professor Sanders has an interest in all heart rhythm disorders with a particular focus on the interventional management of atrial fibrillation. He consults at the Cardiovascular Centre and undertakes procedures at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, Calvary-Wakefield Hospital and Ashford Hospital. Further details on the clinical services and interest of the group can be found at the Cardiovascular Centre website.

Publications

Accepted Publications

1. Mann SA, Otway R, Guo G, Soka M, Karlsdotter L, Trivedi G, Ohanian M, Zodgekar P, Smith RA, Wouters MA, Subbiah R, Walker B, Kuchar D, Sanders P, Griffiths L, Vandenberg JI, Fatkin D. Epistatic effects of potassium channel variation on cardiac repolarization and atrial fibrillation risk. Journal of the American College of Cardiology (In Press).

2. Ganesan AN, Brooks AG, Roberts-Thomson KC, Lau DH, Kalman JM, Sanders P. Role of AV nodal ablation in cardiac synchronization in patients with coexistent atrial fibrillation and heart failure: a systematic review. Journal of the American College of Cardiology (In Press).

3. Dimitri H, Ng M, Brooks AG, Kuklik P, Stiles MK, Lau DH, Antic A, Thornton A, Saint DA, Mc Evoy D, Antic R, Kalman JM, Sanders P. Atrial remodelling in obstructive sleep apnea: implications for atrial fibrillation. Heart Rhythm (In Press).

4. Leong DP, Chakrabarty A, Shipp N, Molaee P, Madsen PL, Joerg L, Sullivan T, Worthley SG, De Pasquale CG, Sanders P, Selvanayagam JB. Effect of myocardial fibrosis and ventricular dyssynchrony on response to therapy in new-presentation idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy: insights from cardiovascular magnetic resonance and echocardiography. European Heart Journal (In Press).

5. Lee G, Spence S, The A, Goldblatt J, Larombina M, Atkinson V, Brown R, Morton JB, Sanders P, Kistler PM, Kalman JM. High density epicardial mapping of the pulmonary vein -left atrial junction in humans: insights into mechanisms of pulmonary vein arrhythmogenesis. Heart Rhythm (In Press).

6. Teh AW, Kistler PM, Lee G, Medi C, Heck PM, Spence SJ, Sparks PB, Morton JB, Sanders P, Kalman JM. The relationship between complex fractionated electrograms and atrial low voltage zones during atrial fibrillation and paced rhythm. Europace (In Press).

7. Abed HS, Alasady M, Lau DH, Lim HS, Sanders P. Approach to the difficult transeptal: diathermy facilitated left atrial access. Heart, Lung and Circulation (In Press).

8. Lee G, Roberts-Thomson K, Madry A, Spence S, Teh A, Heck PM, Kumar S, Kistler PM, Morton JB, Sanders P, Kalman JM. The relationship between complex signals, short cycle length activity and dominant frequency in patients with long lasting persistent AF: a high density epicardial mapping study in humans. Heart Rhythm (In Press).

9. Hocini M, Shah AJ, Nault I, Sanders P, Wright M, Narayan SM, Takahashi Y, Jais P, Knecht S, Sacher F, Lim KT, Clementy J, Haissaguerre M. Localized re-entry within the left atrial appendage: arrhythmogenic role in patients undergoing ablation of persistent atrial fibrillation. Heart Rhythm (In Press).

10. Baumert M, Javorka M, Seeck A, Faber R, Sanders P, Voss A. Multiscale entropy and detrended fluctuation analysis of QT interval and heart rate variability during normal pregnancy. Computers in Biology and Medicine (In Press).

11. Teh AW, Kistler PM, Lee G, Medi C, Heck PM, Spence S, Morton JB, Sanders P, Kalman JM. Electroanatomic properties of the pulmonary veins: slowed conduction, low voltage and altered refractoriness in AF patients. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology (In Press).

12. Verma A, Sanders P, Macle L, Champagne J, Nair GM, Calkins H, Wilber DJ. Selective CFAE targeting for atrial fibrillation study (SELECT AF): clinical rationale, design, and implementation. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology (In Press).

13. Lau DH, Psaltis PJ, Kelly DJ, Carbone A, Worthington M, Nelson AJ, Zhang Y, Wong CX, Edwards J, Saint DA, Worthley SG, Sanders P. Atrial remodelling in an ovine model of anthracycline induced non-ischemic cardiomyopathy: "remodelling of the same sort". Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology (In Press).

14. Baumert M, Lambert E, Vaddadi G, Sari CI, Esler M, Lambert G, Sanders P, Nalivaiko E. Cardiac repolarisation variability in patients with postural tachycardia syndrome during graded head-up tilt. Clinical Neurophysiology (In Press).

15. Wong KKL, Tu J, Kelso RM, Worthley SG, Sanders P, Mazumdar J, Abbott D. Technique for cardiac flow component analysis. Medical Engineering & Physics (In Press).

16. Molaee P, Teo KS, Wong DT, Leong DP, Sanders P, Worthley SG. Cardiac magnetic resonance in the diagnosis of cardiac sarcoidosis presenting as ventricular tachycardia. Texas Heart Institute Journal (In Press).

17. Wong D, Leong DP, Khurana S, Puri R, Tayeb H, Sanders P. Severe mitral regurgitation due to right ventricular apical pacing. BMJ Case Reports (In Press).

18. Lee G, Sanders P, Morton JB, Kalman JM. Mechanically induced electrical remodeling in the human atrium (Chapter 40). In: Kohl P, Franz MR, Sachs F, editors. Cardiac Mechano-Electric Coupling and Arrhythmias (2nd Edition). W. B. Saunders Publishing, Oxford 2011 (In Press).

19. Namboodiri N, Brooks AG, Sanders P. Contact and non-contact electroanatomical mapping (Chapter 12). In: Auricchio A, Singh J, Rademakers, editors. Cardiac imaging in electrophysiology. Springer (In Press).

20. Dimitri H, Sanders P, Kalman JM. Atrial pathobiology and electroanatomic mapping for research. : Nicholls SJ, Worthley SG, editors.

21. Hsu LF, Scavee C, Sanders P. Atrial arrhythmias. In: Nicholls SJ, Worthley SG, editors.

22. Young GD, Roberts-Thomson KC, Stiles MK, Sanders P. Ventricular tachycardia (Chapter 62). In: Crawford, DiMarco JP, Paulus, editors. Cardiology 3rd Edition. Elsevier Publishing (In Press).

 

Entry last updated: Tuesday, 18 Sep 2012