Professor Walter Abhayaratna
ANU College of Health and Medicine
Areas of expertise
- Cancer Cell Biology 111201
- Epidemiology 111706
- Cardiology (Incl. Cardiovascular Diseases) 110201
- Cardiovascular Medicine And Haematology 1102
Publications
- Abhayaratna, W, Sakuragi, S & Telford, R 2009, 'Response to Exercise Generates Lactate and Fluid Intake: Effects on Mitochondrial Function in Heart and Vascular Smooth Muscle', Hypertension, vol. 54, no. 2, pp. e15.
- Fatema, K, Barnes, M, Bailey, K et al 2009, 'Minimum vs. maximum left atrial volume for prediction of first atrial fibrillation or flutter in an elderly cohort: a prospective study', European Journal of Echocardiography, vol. 10, pp. 282-286.
- Sakuragi, S, Abhayaratna, K, Gravenmaker, K et al 2009, 'Influence of Adiposity and Physical Activity on Arterial Stiffness in Healthy Children. The Lifestyle of Our Kids Study', Hypertension, vol. 53, no. 4, pp. 611 -616.
- Elias, M, Robbins, M, Budge, M et al 2009, 'Arterial Pulse Wave Velocity and Cognition With Advancing Age', Hypertension, vol. 53, pp. 668 -673.
- Abhayaratna, W, Srikusalanukul, W & Budge, M 2008, 'Aortic stiffness for the detection of preclinical left ventricular diastolic dysfunction: pulse wave velocity versus pulse pressure', Journal of Hypertension, vol. 26, pp. 758-764.
- Abhayaratna, W, Fatema, K, Barnes, M et al 2008, 'Left atrial reservoir function as a potent marker for first atrial fibrillation or flutter in persons > or = 65 years of age', American Journal of Geriatric Cardiology, vol. 101, no. 11, pp. 1626-1629.
- Abhayaratna, W, Smith, W, Becker, N et al 2006, 'Prevalence of Heart Failure and systolic ventricular dysfunciton in Older Australians: the Canberra Heart Study', Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 184, no. 4, pp. 151-154.
- Abhayaratna, W, Marwick, T, Smith, W et al 2006, 'Characteristics of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in the community: an echocardiographic survey', Heart, vol. 92, pp. 1259-1264.
- Abhayaratna, W, Marwick, T, Becker, N et al 2006, 'Population-based detection of systolic and diastolic dysfunction with amino-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide', American Heart Journal, vol. 152, no. 5, pp. 941-948.
- Abhayaratna, W, Seward, J, Appleton, C et al 2006, 'Left atrial size: physiologic determinants and clinical applications', Journal of the American College of Cardiology, vol. 47, no. 12, pp. 2357-2363.
