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Accredited TAVI Practitioner in SA

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Biography

Associate Professor Ajay Sinhal special interests are complex coronary and structural heart interventions. He is a consultant Interventional Cardiologist practicing at Flinders Private Hospital, Heart and Vascular Institute, and Ashford Hospital. 

Dr Sinhal graduated from the University of Mumbai, India in 1996 and completed advanced cardiology training in 2002. Sho Read More...

Procedures & Conditions

Procedures Performed
  • General Cardiology
  • Echocardiology
  • Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI)
  • Geriatric Cardiology
  • Perioperative Medicine
  • Invasive Cardiology
  • Renal Denervation
  • Mitraclip Implantation
  • Coronary Angioplasties
  • Coronary Angiograms
  • Echocardiograms
  • Transcatheter Closure of ASD/PFO
  • Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty
  • Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty
  • Balloon Pulmonary Valvuloplasty
  • Left Atrial Appendage Closure
  • Rotaablator
  • Percutaneous Closure of ASD & PFO
  • Alcohol Septal Ablation
  • Cardiac Biopsies
  • Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump Insertion
  • Right Heart Catheterisation
Conditions Treated
  • Aortic Stenosis
  • Adult Congenital Heart Disease
  • Cardiac Disease
  • Acute Coronary Syndrome
  • Resistant Hypertension
  • Mitral Regurgitation
  • Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Experience

  • Director Invasive Services and Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory
    Flinders Campus
  • Consultant Cardiologist
    Flinders Campus, Heart and Vascular Institute Adelaide
  • Consultant Cardiologist
    Ashford Hospital
  • Cardiology Fellow
    Flinders Medical Centre 2005 - 2006
  • Fellow - Echocardiography
    The Prince Charles Hospital 2004 - 2005

Memberships & Awards

Professional Memberships and Affiliations

  • Executive Committee - Australia and New Zealand Endovascular Therapeutics (ANZET) Organising Committee

  • Executive Committee - EPIC GROUP, Australia and New Zealand

  • Credentialing Committee - Flinders Medical Centre

  • Member - New Devices Committee

  • Member of the Indian Medical Association

Awards
  • 2002

    A S Wasir `GOLD MEDAL` for Securing Highest Marks in DNB (Cardiology) Examination

  • 2002

    Best Resident (Post Graduate Student) Award - KEM Hospital, Mumbai

  • 1999

    First Rank in All India Entrance Examination for DM Course

  • 1998

    Selected as Best Resident (Post Graduate Student) from Dept. of Internal Medicine – B.Y.L. Nair Hospital, Mumbai

  • 1993

    Distinction in Microbiology

Research & Publications

Publications

1. Bhukanwala F, Ramakrishnan R, Hakim A, Pichad S, Kalgikar A, Bhosle N, Sinhal A, Paidhunghat JV. Transesophageal fistula following prolonged mechanical ventilation. J Assoc Physicialns India. 1999 Aug;47(8)821-2.

2. SC Toal, A R Sinhal, Y Y Lokhandwala. Pictorial CME- Pacemaker lead fracture. JAPI 2002; 50:930. 

3. Anoop Gupta, Ajay Singhal, Yash Lokhandwala. Wide QRS complex tachycardia. Indian Journal of Electrocardiography Dec2000; 15

4. Shetty S, Nyayadhish P Y, Shah J, Sinhal A R, Thakkar B M, Kerkar P G, Vora A M, Lokhandwala Y Y. Atrial Tachycardia : Clinical Features, EP study & Efficacy of RF Ablation. PACE 2003; 26: S 60

5. Jian Ye, Anson Cheung, Samuel Lichtenstein, S Pasupati, R Carere, C Thompson, Ajay Sinhal and J Webb Six month outcome of transapical transcatheter aortic valve implantation in initial seven patients European Journal of Cardio-thoracic surgery January 2007;31;1;16-21

6. J Webb, S Pasupati, K Humphries, C Thompson, L Altwegg, R Moss, A Sinhal, R Carere, B Munt, D Ricci, J ye, A Cheung, S Lichtenstein : Percutaneous transarterial aortic valve replacement in selected high-risk patients with Aortic stenosis Circulation. 2007; 116: 755-763.

7. Pasupati S, Sinhal A, Humphries K, Webb J Re-dilatation of balloon expandable aortic valves (BEAV): what do we know? Am J Cardiol 2007;100: 571

8. R Moss, E Ivens, S Pasupati, K Humphries, C Thompson, B Munt, A Sinhal, J Webb. Role of echocardiography in Percutaneous aortic valve implantation JACC Img 2008; 1;15-24.

9. A Sinhal, LAltwegg, S Pasupati, K Humphries, M Allard, P Martin, A Cheung, J Ye, C Kerr, S Lichtenstein, J Webb; Atrioventricular block after transcatheter balloon expandable aortic valve implantation JACC Interv 2008;1;305-309

10. A Sinhal, D Chew Percutaneous coronary intervention for acute coronary syndrome in Australia Indian Heart Journal 2008; 61; 635-640

11. Majo Joseph, Rebecca Perry, Ajay Sinhal, Derek Chew, Stirling Carlson, John Webb. Acute mitral regurgitation complicating transcatheter aortic valve implantation The Journal of Heart Valve Disease 05/2011;20(3)361-3

12. Chris Malkin, Jo Judd… Ajay Sinhal – Balloon aortic valvuloplasty to bridge and triage patients in the era of trans-catheter aortic valve implantation – Catheter and Cardiovascular interventions 05/2012; DOI: 10.1002/ccd.24325

13. Stephen Worthley, Costas T, M Worthley, Ajay Sinhal… V Papademetriou – Safety and efficacy of a multi-electrode renal sympathetic denervation system in resistant hypertension: the EnligHTN I trial ; European Heart Journal 06/2013; DOI 10.1093/euheart/eht 197 14 G Crouch, J Bennetts, C Bradbrook, A Sinhal… J Selvanayagam – Quantitative Analysis of Paravalvular Leak of Transcatheter Aortic valves using Cardiac MR: A Comparison of surgical and Imaging Techniques Heart, Lung and Circulation 06/2013; 22 (6) ; 468-9 15 Darryl Leong, M Joseph, Ajay Sinhal..- The Evolving Role of Cardiac Imaging in Percutaneous Valvular Intervention ; Heart Lung and Circulation 05/2013; DOI: 10.1016 16 Aylward P, Sinhal A R New antiplatelet agents and the role of platelet function testing in acute coronary syndromes: Clinical therapeutics (www.MDLinx.com) August 2013 17 G Crouch, J Benneetts, Ajay Sinhal …J Selvanayagam- Quantitative analysis of paravalvular leak of transcatheter aortic valves using cardiac MR ; Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 01/2013; 15 (1) 18 R Prakash, G Crouch, M Joseph…..Ajay Sinhal – Very Late Ventricular Displacement of Transcatheter Aortic valve resulting in Severe Paravalvular Regurgitation; JACC Cardiovascular Interventions 01/2013 19 D.L.Walters, A. Sinhal, D. Baron…….D. P. Chew – Initial experience with the balloon expandable Edwards- Sapien Transcatheter valve in Australia and NZ: The SOURCE ANZ registry: outcomes at 30 days and one year; International Journal of Cardiology 170 (2014) 406-412. 

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Presentations

  • Non-coronary cardiac intervention: Grand round presentation Flinders Medical Centre Adelaide 2007
  • Trans-catheter Aortic Valve Implantation: New Technique: Grand round presentation, Repatriation General Hospital Adelaide 2008
  • Structural Heart disease interventions: Grand round presentation, Alice Springs Hospital, Alice springs 2008
  • Percutaneous aortic valve implantation: Invited speaker, department of Cardiology, KEM Hospital, Mumbai, India 2008
  • New cardiac interventional options: Association of Physicians, Dhule, India 2008 
  • Chair- person: aortic valve stenosis session – CSANZ coference, Adelaide 2008
  • Antiplatelet treatment: General surgical meeting Victor Harbor SA 2008
  • Trans-catheter aortic valve implantation: Annual meeting for General Practitioners, Stamford Grand Hotel, Adelaide 2009
  • Percutaneous aortic valve implantation: General Practitioner meeting, Victor Harbor 2009
  • TAVI Team approach: Asia-Pacific Interventional cardiology meeting, symposium, Singapore Feb 2010
  • TAVI Symposium: Organizer and main speaker, Specialist meeting, Sydney Feb 2010
  • Percutaneous aortic valve implant: current status and flinders experience Grand round presentation, flinders medical centre, adelaide May 2010
  • Encour Seoul Meeting: Speaker and panelist for various sessions in Seoul, South Korea September 2010
  • ANZET 2010: Adelaide: Panelist and chair person for various sessions
  • Current status of TAVI : Grand round KEM Hospital Mumbai January 2011
  • ANZET 2011: Perth: Organizing committee member and Panelist for various sessions
  • First Asian TAVI Summit Seoul : Speaker and panelist Seoul, South Korea September 2011
  • Encour Seoul interventional cardiology meeting: Speaker and panelist Seoul, South Korea, September 2011
  • TCT San Francisco 2011: Speaker and faculty member, San Francisco USA November 2011, My worst coronary complication
  • Korean Interventional cardiology summit in Jeju Island, Korea – January 2012, Speaker and faculty member
  • TAVI symposium 2012 Sydney: 9-10th March 2012 – Speaker and Panelist
  • Euro PCR (Largest european interventional cardiology meeting, in Paris) May 2012: Speaker in a symposium for Coronary and Structural heart intervention cases
  • Chair and Panelists for various sessions for ANZET meeting in Brisbane 14-16th August 2012
  • TCT 2012 Miami : Speaker and Faculty Member, October 2012 My worst structural heart complication; Asia-pacific at TCT – Interesting cases session; Poster presentation (Mitral regurgitation)
  • AZTEC international interventional meeting in New Delhi India, 5-7th October 2012 : Speaker, panelist and invited faculty member
  • Singapore-PCR: Invited speaker and panelist for this meeting in Singapore (Jan 2013)
  • Grand round presentation at Dept of cardiology, FMC 2013 28. TCT Oct 2013 : Invited faculty for this interventional meeting at San Francisco, USA
  • Fundamentals training for TAVI: Seoul (November 2013): Organized and conducted training course for TAVI for new centers in Korea
  • Funamentals training for TAVI: Tokyo, Japan (Jan 2014) – invited speaker for training the new centers in JAPAN
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Videos

Aortic stenosis symptoms & red flags
Aortic stenosis diagnosis and patient history
Pathway and management after diagnosis of aortic stenosis

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