Interventional Cardiologist in NSW
Biography
Associate Professor Andrew Roy graduated with honours from RCSI Dublin in 1996, before completing his MRCPI award through the Royal College of Physicians in 2005. After clinical Cardiology Specialist training in the Mater Misericordiae and St Vincents University Hospitals in Dublin, he was awarded his postgraduate research Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree through University College Dublin.
A/Prof Andrew Roy then undertook 2 years of subsp Read More...
Procedures & Conditions
Procedures Performed
- Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI)
- Complex Coronary Interventions
- CTO Antegrade, Atherectomy - Rotablation, Laser
- Alcohol Septal Ablation
- Intracoronary Imaging - Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS) and Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)
- Coronary Physiology - Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR) and Quantitative Flow Ratio (QFR)
- Haemodynamic Support Devices
- Catheter-based Haemodynamic Assessments
- Aortic and Mitral Valvuloplasty
- Mitral Valve Interventions, Mitraclip
- Percutaneous Closures - ASD, PFO, PDA
- Balloon Atrial Septostomy
- Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion
- CT for Structural Interventions
- Transesophageal Echocardiography (TTE) and Transoesophageal Echocardiogram (TOE)
Conditions Treated
- Aortic Stenosis
- Valvular Heart Disease
- Hypertension
- Outpatient Heart Failure
- Congenital Heart Disease
- Heart Disease in Pregnancy
- Structural Heart Disease
- Coarctation
Experience
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Consultant Cardiologist
St Vincent's Private Hospital, St Vincent's Clinic (Sydney), St Vincent's Community Hospital (Griffith) 2018 - Present -
Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor
School of Medicine (Cardiology), University of Notre Dame Australia 2019 - Present -
Consultant Cardiologist, Coronary and Structural Interventions
Mater Private, Mater University Hospital (Dublin, Ireland) 2017 - 2018 -
TAVI and Structural Heart Disease Fellow
St Thomas's Hospital (London) 2016 - 2017 -
Interventional Coronary, Peripheral, and Structural Heart/TAVI Training Fellowship
Institut Cardiovasculaire Paris de Sud (ICPS Massy) (France) 2014 - 2016
Memberships
Professional Memberships and Affiliations
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Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP)
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Fellowship European Society of Cardiology (FESC)
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Irish Cardiac Society
Research & Publications
Publications
1. Roy AK, J Horvilleur, B Cormier, M Cazalas, M Spaziano, F Sawaya, E Bouvier, T Hovasse, T Lefevre, B Chevalier, P Garot. Novel Integrated 3D Multi-Detector Computed Tomography and Fluoroscopy Fusion for Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Procedures. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. Dec 2016 Accepted article (in press-epub ahead of print).
2. Roy AK, Chevalier B, Lefèvre T, Louvard Y, Segurado R, Sawaya F, Spaziano M, Patrick W. Serruys P, Dawkins K, Kappetein AP, Mohr F, Colombo A, Feldman T, Morice MC. Does geographical variability influence 5-year MACCE rates in the multicenter SYNTAX revascularization trial? EuroIntervention 2016 (epub ahead of print).
3. Benamer H, Chevalier B, Roy AK, Garot P, Hovasse T, Unterseeh T, LeFèvre T. Transfemoral TAVI in women- Minimally-invasive techniques. Cardiologie et Angéiologie. 2016 Nov (epub ahead of print).
4. Spaziano M, Sawaya F, Chevalier B, Roy A, Neylon A, Garot P, Hovasse T, Benamer H, Romano M, Unterseeh T, Morice MC, Lefèvre T. Comparison of Systematic Pre-dilatation, Selective Pre-Dilatation, and Direct TAVI with the SAPIEN S3 Valve. Canadian J Cardiology 2016 Oct (epub ahead of print).
5. Sawaya FJ, Lefèvre T, Spaziano M, Roy A, Fernandez L, Garot P, Chevalier B, Hovasse T. Transfemoral Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: How Minimalistic Can We Become? J Interv Cardiol. 2016 Dec;29(6):628-631.PubMed PMID: 27804156.
6. Roy AK, Garot J, Neylon A, Spaziano M, Sawaya FJ, Lefèvre T. Platypnea-Orthodeoxia Syndrome after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation. Case Rep Cardiol. 2016;2016:6954121. PubMed PMID: 27610250; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5005591.
7. Roy AK, Garot P, Louvard Y, Neylon A, Spaziano M, Sawaya FJ, Fernandez L, Roux Y, Blanc R, Piotin M, Champagne S, Tavolaro O, Benamer H, Hovasse T, Chevalier B, Lefèvre T, Unterseeh T. Comparison of Transradial vs Transfemoral Access for Aortoiliac and Femoropopliteal Interventions: A Single-Center Experience. J Endovasc Ther. 2016 Dec;23(6):880-888. PubMed PMID: 27558461.
8. Sawaya FJ, Morice MC, Spaziano M, Mehran R, Didier R, Roy A, Valgimigli M, Kim HS, Woo Park K, Hong MK, Kim BK, Jang Y, Feres F, Abizaid A, Costa RA, Colombo A, Chieffo A, Giustino G, Stone GW, Bhatt DL, Palmerini T, Gilard M. Short-versus long-term Dual Antiplatelet therapy after drug-eluting stent implantation in women versus men: A sex-specific patient-level pooled-analysis of six randomized trials. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2016 Jul 18. PubMed PMID: 27426936.
9. Sawaya FJ, Louvard Y, Spaziano M, Morice MC, Hage F, El-Khoury C, Roy A, Garot P, Hovasse T, Benamer H, Unterseeh T, Chevalier B, Champagne S, Piechaud JF, Blanchard D, Cormier B, Lefèvre T. Short and long-term outcomes of alcohol septal ablation with the trans-radial versus the trans-femoral approach: A single center-experience. Int J Cardiol. 2016 Oct 1;220:7-13. PubMed PMID: 27372037.
10. Sawaya FJ, Roy A, Neylon A, Spaziano M, Hovasse T. An Unusual Complication After Rupture of the SAPIEN 3 Valve Balloon During Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2016 Apr 25;9(8):e79-81. PubMed PMID: 27101919.
11. Roy AK, Fabre A, Cunningham M, Buckley U, Crotty T, Keane D. Post mortem study of the depth and circumferential location of sympathetic nerves in human renal arteries–implications for renal denervation catheter design. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2015 Aug;86(2):E32-7. PubMed PMID: 26012883.
12. Liddy S, Roy AK, McCreery C. Double trouble: hypertrophic cardiomyopathy coexistent with malignant anomalous right coronary artery. BMJ Case Rep. 2014 Mar 28;2014. PubMed PMID: 24682138.
13. Roy AK, McCullagh BN, Segurado R, McGorrian C, Keane E, Keaney J, Fitzgibbon MN, Mahon NG, Murray PT, Gaine SP. Detection of high-sensitivity troponin in outpatients with stable pulmonary hypertension identifies a subgroup at higher risk of adverse outcomes. J Card Fail. 2014 Jan;20(1):31-7. PubMed PMID: 24333348.
14. McGorrian CM, Lyster S, Roy A, Tarrant H, Codd M, Doran P, Fitzgibbon M, Galvin J, Mahon NG. Use of a highly-sensitive cardiac troponin I assay in a screening population for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a case-referent study. BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2013 Sep 11;13:70. PubMed PMID: 24020864.
15. Roy AK, Mc Gorrian C, Treacy C, Kavanaugh E, Brennan A, Mahon NG, Murray PT. A Comparison of Traditional and Novel Definitions (RIFLE, AKIN, and KDIGO) of Acute Kidney Injury for the Prediction of Outcomes in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure. Cardiorenal Med. 2013 Apr;3(1):26-37. PubMed PMID: 23801998; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3678145.
16. Roy AK, Gaine SP, Walsh KP. Percutaneous atrial septostomy with modified butterfly stent and intracardiac echocardiographic guidance in a patient with syncope and refractory pulmonary arterial hypertension. Heart Lung Circ. 2013 Aug;22(8):668-71. PubMed PMID: 23402682.
17. Roy AK, McCarthy C, Kiernan G, McGorrian C, Keenan E, Mahon NG, Sweeney B. Increased incidence of QT interval prolongation in a population receiving lower doses of methadone maintenance therapy. Addiction. 2012 Jun;107(6):1132-9. PubMed PMID: 22168435.
18: Margey R, Roy A, Tobin S, O’;Keane CJ, McGorrian C, Morris V, Jennings S, Galvin J. Sudden cardiac death in 14- to 35-year olds in Ireland from 2005 to 2007: a retrospective registry. Europace. 2011 Oct;13(10):1411-8. PubMed PMID: 21798877.
19. AK Roy, John Keaney, NG Mahon, PT Murray. Neutrophil Gelatinase-associated Lipocalin as a Cardiovascular Biomarker. European Cardiology, 2011; 7(3): 154–9.
20. AK Roy, R Margey, C McGorrian, C O’Donnell, J Galvin. Health Service Executive of Ireland Report: Sudden Cardiac Death in the Young- national registry results from the Republic of Ireland 2005- 2007. Link= http://www.hse.ie/eng/services/Publications/topics/Heart/sdcyoung.html
21. J McRedmond, B Holohan, AK Roy, R Inzitari, K Alghamdhi, M Quinn, DJ Fitzgerald. Differential Expression of Platelet Proteins in Stable and Unstable Coronary Artery Disease and Acute Coronary Syndromes. Blood (Journal of the American Society of Haematology). 2013 Nov; 122 (21): 3622.
22. Neylon A, Fernandez-Lopez L, Roy A, Chevalier B, Lefevre T, Garot P. TCT-234 Rotablation in centres with a default radial approach for angioplasty – does a burr necessitate femoral access? J Am Coll Cardiol. 2016 Nov 1;68(18S). PubMed PMID: 27970408.
23. Roy A, Horvilleur J, Cormier B, Cazalas M, Fernandez-Lopez L, Patanè M, Neylon A, Spaziano M, Sawaya F, Bouvier E, Hovasse T, Lefevre T, Chevalier B, Garot P. TCT-624 Novel Integrated 3D Multi-Detector Computed Tomography and Fluoroscopy Fusion for Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Procedures. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2016 Nov 1;68(18S):B254. PubMed PMID: 27970001.
24. Neylon A, Roy A, Hovasse T, Chevalier B, Garot P, Benamer H, Louvard Y, Fernandez-Lopez L, Sawaya F, Spaziano M, Roux Y, Lefevre T. TCT-521 Novel non-invasive quantitative flow ratio for estimating fractional flow reserve. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2016 Nov 1;68(18S):B210. PubMed PMID: 279
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