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Biography

Dr David Cross is a General Cardiologist and Cardiac Imaging Cardiologist located in Brisbane, Queensland. He has a special interest in non-invasive and invasive cardiac imaging such as cardioversion, ECG monitoring, echocardiograms and electrocardiograms.

Dr Cross consults at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, The Wesley Hospital in Auchenflower, and Westside Private Hospital in Taringa. He also regularly consults in the GenesisCare Practices at the Sunshine Coast University Hospital and in Milton. He is one of the longest standing physicians and members of GenesisCare Cardiology.

He completed his Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery at the University of Queensland in Brisbane.

Dr Cross is passionate about clinical cardiovascular research and has been the principal investigator for a number of clinical studies. He has dedicated over 30 years to the Wesley Medical Research organisation and is currently the Chair of the Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery Research Committee.

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Procedures & Conditions

Procedures Performed
  • Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring
  • Cardioversion
  • ECG Monitoring
  • Echocardiogram
  • Electrocardiogram
  • Transoesophageal Echocardiography
Conditions Treated
  • Coronary Artery Disease
  • Heart Failure
  • Pulmonary Hypertension
  • Ischaemic Heart Disease
  • General Cardiology

Experience

  • Senior Visiting Cardiologist
    Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital 1990 - Present
  • Consultant Cardiologist
    The Wesley Hospital Present
  • Consultant Cardiologist
    Westside Private Hospital Present
  • Consultant Cardiologist
    Sunshine Coast University Hospital Present
  • Consultant Cardiologist
    GenesisCare Milton Practice 1994 - Present

Memberships

Professional Memberships and Affiliations

  • Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP)

  • Fellow of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (FCSANZ)

Research & Publications

Publications

1. Eccleston, David & Cehic, Dino & Cross, D & Srivastava, Piyush. (2019). P2448Evolution of clinical quality activities within a national echocardiography database: seven-year trends from the GenesisCare Outcomes Registry. European Heart Journal. 40. 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz748.0780.

2. Eccleston, David & Cehic, Dino & Cross, D. & Kearney, Leighton & Morgan, C. & Scalia, G. & Disney, P. & Srivastava, Piyush. (2019). Evolution of Clinical Quality Activities within a National Echocardiography Database: Seven-Year Trends from the GenesisCare Outcomes Registry. Heart, Lung and Circulation. 28. 10.1016/j.hlc.2019.06.268.

3. Eccleston, David & Cehic, Dino & Mohammed, H. & Cross, D.. (2015). Genesis of clinical quality activities within a national echocardiography database: observations from the Heartcare group registry. Heart, Lung and Circulation. 24. S343. 10.1016/j.hlc.2015.06.539.

4. Eccleston, David & Patching, K. & Holt, G. & Cross, D. & Sage, P. & Muhlmann, M. & Chan, B. & Horrigan, Mark. (2011). Long-term Outcomes are Better with Long-term Dual AntiPlatelet Therapy after Drug-Eluting Stents: Insights from a Multi-centre Australian Study. Heart Lung and Circulation – HEART LUNG CIRC. 20. 10.1016/j.hlc.2011.05.336.

5. French, John & Amos, David & Williams, Barbara & Cross, David & Elliott, John & Hart, Hamish & Williams, Miles & Norris, Robin & Ashton, Noel & Whitlock, Ralph & McLaughlin, Stephanie & White, Harvey. (1999). Effects of early captopril administration after thrombolysis on regional wall motion in relation to infarct artery blood flow. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 33. 139-45. 10.1016/S0735-1097(98)00517-8.

6. White, Harvey & French, John & Norris, R & Williams, B & Hart, H & Cross, D. (1995). Effects of streptokinase in patients presenting within 6 hours of prolonged chest pain with ST segment depression. British heart journal. 73. 500-5. 10.1136/hrt.73.6.500.

7. White, Harvey & Cross, David & Williams, Barbara & Norris, Robin & Woo, Ks & Hamer, Andrew & Elliott, John & Ormiston, John. (1995). “Rescue” thrombolysis with intracoronary tissue plasminogen activator for failed intravenous thrombolysis with streptokinase for acute myocardial infarction. The American journal of cardiology. 75. 172-4. 10.1016/S0002-9149(00)80070-3.

8. White, Harvey & Cross, D & Elliott, John & Norris, R & Yee, Thomas. (1994). Long-term prognostic importance of patency of the infarct-related coronary artery after thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction. Circulation. 89. 61-7. 10.1161/01.CIR.89.1.61.

9. Norris, R & White, Harvey & Cross, D & Woo, Ks & Maslowski, A & Caruana, M & Hart, H & Williams, B. (1993). Aspirin does not improve early arterial patency after streptokinase treatment for acute myocardial infarction. British heart journal. 69. 492-5. 10.1136/hrt.69.6.492.

10. Norris, R & White, Harvey & Cross, D & Woo, Ks & Elliott, John & Twigden, Diana & Williams, B & Johnson, R. (1993). Non-invasive diagnosis of arterial patency after thrombolytic treatment and its relation to prognosis. British heart journal. 69. 485-91. 10.1136/hrt.69.6.485.

11. Elliott, John & Cross, David & Cederholm-Williams, Stewart & White, Harvey. (1993). Neutralizing antibodies to streptokinase four years after intravenous thrombolytic therapy. The American journal of cardiology. 71. 640-5. 10.1016/0002-9149(93)91003-Z.

12. Norris, R & White, Harvey & Cross, D & Wild, Christopher & Whitlock, RML. (1993). Prognosis after recovery from myocardial infarction: The relative importance of cardiac dilatation and coronary stenoses. European heart journal. 13. 1611. 10.1093/oxfordjournals.eurheartj.a060113.

13. Norris, R & Ockelford, Paul & Cross, D & Rivers, J & Smith, J & Takayama, Morimasa & White, Harvey. (1992). Reduced synthesis of tissue plasminogen activator by vascular endothelium during acute myocardial infarction. Australian and New Zealand journal of medicine. 22. 261-4. 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1992.tb02122.x.

14. White, Harvey & Cross, D & Norris, R. (1991). Point of view: Use of left ventricular function as prognostic factor [3]. Circulation. 84. 1452-3. 10.1161/01.CIR.84.3.1452.

15. White, Harvey & Cross, D & Norris, R. (1991). Point of view: Use of left ventricular function as prognostic factor [3]. Circulation. 84. 1452-3. 10.1161/01.CIR.84.3.1452.

16. Cross, David & Ashton, Noel & Norris, Robin & White, Harvey. (1991). Comparison of the effects of streptokinase and tissue plasminogen activator on regional wall motion after first myocardial infarction: Analysis by the centerline method with correction for area at risk. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 17. 1039-46. 10.1016/0735-1097(91)90827-V.

17. White, Harvey & Rivers, J.T. & Cross, D.B. & Williams, B.F. & Norris, R.M.. (1991). Effect of continued smoking after thrombolytic therapy for myocardial infarction. 8. 42+45-48+52.

18.White, Harvey & Cross, D & Williams, B & Norris, R. (1990). Safety and efficacy of repeat thrombolytic treatment after acute myocardial infarction. British heart journal. 64. 177-81. 10.1136/hrt.64.3.177.

19. Rivers, J. & Norris, R. & Cross, D.. (1990). Alteration of systolic and postsystolic shortening in ischemic and stunned canine myocardium by isoproterenol or calcium. Coronary Artery Disease – CORONARY ARTERY DIS. 1. 597-608. 10.1097/00019501-199009000-00012.

20. Rivers, John & White, Harvey & Cross, David & Williams, Barbara & Norris, Robin. (1990). Reinfarction after thrombölytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction followed by conservative management: Incidence and effect of smoking. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 16. 340-348. 10.1016/0735-1097(90)90583-B.

21. White, Harvey & Cross, D & Norris, R. (1990). Thrombolytic therapy and recurrent myocardial infarction. The New Zealand medical journal. 103. 163-4.

22. Sinclair, DavidG & Lynch, Mary & Littler, W.A. & Pentecost, B.L. & Stockley, R.A. & Cross, David & White, Harvey. (1990). Antistreptokinase titres after intravenous streptokinase. The Lancet. 335. 534. 10.1016/0140-6736(90)90764-V.

23. White, Harvey & Cross, D & Elliott, John & Norris, R & Yee, Thomas. (1994). Long-term prognostic importance of patency of the infarct-related coronary artery after thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction. Circulation. 89. 61-7. 10.1161/01.CIR.89.1.61.

24. White, Harvey & Cross, David & Scott, Margaret & Norris, Robin. (1991). Comparison of effects of thrombolytic therapy on left ventricular function in patients over with those under 60 years of age. The American journal of cardiology. 67. 913-8. 10.1016/0002-9149(91)90160-M.

25. Rivers, J. & Norris, R. & Cross, D.. (1990). Alteration of systolic and postsystolic shortening in ischemic and stunned canine myocardium by isoproterenol or calcium. Coronary Artery Disease – CORONARY ARTERY DIS. 1. 597-608. 10.1097/00019501-199009000-00012.

26. Norris, R & White, Harvey & Cross, D & Woo, Ks & Elliott, John & Twigden, Diana & Williams, B & Johnson, R. (1993). Non-invasive diagnosis of arterial patency after thrombolytic treatment and its relation to prognosis. British heart journal. 69. 485-91. 10.1136/hrt.69.6.485.

27. Rivers, John & White, Harvey & Cross, David & Williams, Barbara & Norris, Robin. (1990). Reinfarction after thrombölytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction followed by conservative management: Incidence and effect of smoking. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 16. 340-348. 10.1016/0735-1097(90)90583-B.

28. French, John & Amos, David & Williams, Barbara & Cross, David & Elliott, John & Hart, Hamish & Williams, Miles & Norris, Robin & Ashton, Noel & Whitlock, Ralph & McLaughlin, Stephanie & White, Harvey. (1999). Effects of early captopril administration after thrombolysis on regional wall motion in relation to infarct artery blood flow. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 33. 139-45. 10.1016/S0735-1097(98)00517-8.

29. Cross, David & Ashton, Noel & Norris, Robin & White, Harvey. (1991). Comparison of the effects of streptokinase and tissue plasminogen activator on regional wall motion after first myocardial infarction: Analysis by the centerline method with correction for area at risk. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 17. 1039-46. 10.1016/0735-1097(91)90827-V.

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