Peninsula Health Heart Service is an expanding unit providing holistic cardiac care to patients from the Mornington Peninsula, South Gippsland and surrounding areas. The Peninsula Health Cardiovascular Research Unit is rapidly evolving with research interests in all aspects of cardiovascular disease, and with international expertise in the study of coronary physiology, inflammation and post-acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) management.  We are also involved in conducting several clinical trials ranging from first-in-man device trials to commercially sponsored multi-centred trials.

Research Goals: 

• To perform international standard clinical and translational research to support the provision of state of the art cardiac care at Peninsula Health.
• To provide quality mentoring and education to future healthcare providers and researchers in cardiovascular medicine.

Active Research

• Assessment of Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR) in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome
• The use of geospatial programming to study health system provision and health care utilisation for acute coronary syndrome
• Innovative telemonitoring enhanced care program for chronic heart failure (ITEC-CHF) to improve compliance and care
• Colchicine to Prevent Periprocedural Injury in PCI (COPE-PCI) Randomised controlled trial
• Colchicine in Acute Coronary Syndrome (COPS) Trial