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Electrophysiologist in SA

Biography

Dr Jing Xian (Alvin) Quah is a Cardiac Electrophysiologist currently located in Adelaide. He specialises in the management of heart rhythm disorders, such as including cardiac device implantations such as atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, heart failure, supraventricular tachycardia and ventricular tachycardia.

Dr Quah graduated from the University of Queensland in Brisbane and went on to complete his basic physician training at both Read More...

Procedures & Conditions

Procedures Performed
  • Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring
  • Atrial Fibrillation Surgery
  • Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT) Device Implantation
  • Echocardiography (Echo)
  • Electrophysiology Study (EPS)
  • Exercise Stress Test
  • Holter Monitoring
  • Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) Insertion
  • Left Bundle Area Pacemaker Implantation
  • Pacemaker Implantation
  • Premature Ventricular Contraction Ablation
  • Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation
Conditions Treated
  • Atrial Fibrillation
  • Atrial Flutter
  • Coronary Artery Disease
  • Heart Failure and Electrical Disorders
  • Premature Ventricular Contractions (PVCs)
  • Supraventricular Tachycardia
  • Unstable Angina Ventricular Tachycardia (VT)

Experience

  • Visiting Electrophysiologist
    Cairns Base Hospital Present
  • Consultant Cardiac Electrophysiologist
    Calvary Adelaide Hospital Present
  • Consultant Cardiac Electrophysiologist
    Ashford Hospital Present
  • Electrophysiology Fellow
    Halifax, Nova Scotia 2022 - 2024
  • Electrophysiology & PhD Fellow
    Flinders Medical Centre 2020 - 2022

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Memberships & Awards

Professional Memberships and Affiliations

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

  • Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ)

  • Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS)

Awards
  • 2020

    Australian Heart Foundation Postgraduate Scholarship

  • 2020

    Flinders University Postgraduate Research Scholarship

Research & Publications

Publications

1. Dharmaprani, Dhani & Tiver, Kathryn & Salari Shahrbabaki, Sobhan & Jenkins, Evan & Chapman, Darius & Strong, Campbell & Quah, Jing & Tonchev, Ivaylo & O’Loughlin, Luke & Mitchell, Lewis & Tung, Matthew & Ahmad, Waheed & Stoyanov, Nik & Niederer, Steven & Roney, Caroline & Nash, Martyn & Clayton, Richard & Nattel, Stanley & Ganesan, Anand. (2024). Observable Atrial and Ventricular Fibrillation Episode Durations Are Conformant With a Power Law Based on System Size and Spatial Synchronization. Circulation. Arrhythmia and electrophysiology. 17. e012684. 10.1161/CIRCEP.123.012684.

2. Tiver, Kathryn & Dharmaprani, Dhani & Quah, Jing & Chapman, Darius & Jenkins, Evan & Strong, Campbell & Salari Shahrbabaki, Sobhan & Chahadi, Fahd & Lahiri, Anandaroop & Singleton, Cameron & Stoyanov, Nik & Ahmad, Waheed & Tung, Matthew & Selvanayagam, Joseph & De Pasquale, Carmine & Ganesan, Anand. (2024). PO-01-095 SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION DIMENSION OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION PREDICTS DURATION OF SINUS RHYTHM FOLLOWING ATRIAL FIBRILLATION ABLATION. Heart Rhythm. 21. S211-S212. 10.1016/j.hrthm.2024.03.686.

3. Tiver, K. & Martin, D. & Quah, J. & Lahiri, Anandaroop & Ganesan, Anand. (2023). Failure of diltiazem to prevent 1:1 conduction of atrial flutter: a case report. Journal of Medical Case Reports. 17. 10.1186/s13256-023-03947-5.

4. Jenkins, E. & Dharmaprani, Dhani & Tiver, K. & Quah, J. & Chapman, D. & Strong, C. & Sajeev, Shelda & Ganesan, Anand. (2023). Prediction of Atrial Fibrillation Recurrence Following Ablation From a Single Bipolar Electrogram. Heart, Lung and Circulation. 32. S206. 10.1016/j.hlc.2023.06.192.

5. Tiver, K. & Dharmaprani, Dhani & Quah, J. & Jenkins, E. & Chapman, D. & Strong, C. & Singleton, C. & Chahadi, F. & Lahiri, Anandaroop & Ahmad, W. & Stoyanov, N. & Tung, M. & Ganesan, Anand. (2023). Fractal Dimension of Atrial Fibrillation Predicts Duration of Sinus Rhythm Following Atrial Fibrillation Ablation. Heart, Lung and Circulation. 32. S121-S122. 10.1016/j.hlc.2023.06.749.

6. Tiver, K. & Dharmaprani, Dhani & Quah, J. & Jenkins, E. & Campbell, D. & Strong, C. & Singleton, C. & Chahadi, F. & Lahiri, Anandaroop & Stoyanov, N. & Ahmad, W. & Tung, M. & Ganesan, Anand. (2023). Prediction of Correlation Length From the Surface Electrocardiogram in Atrial Fibrillation. Heart, Lung and Circulation. 32. S206. 10.1016/j.hlc.2023.06.193.

7. Dharmaprani, Dhani & Jenkins, E. & Tiver, K. & Quah, J. & Mitchell, L. & Tung, M. & Ahmad, W. & Stoyanov, N. & Nash, Martyn & Clayton, R. & Nattel, S. & Ganesan, Anand. (2023). Fractal Dimension of Atrial and Ventricular Fibrillation: A Potential Determinant for the Persistence and Termination of Cardiac Turbulence. Heart, Lung and Circulation. 32. S196. 10.1016/j.hlc.2023.06.170.

8. Jenkins, Evan & Dharmaprani, Dhani & Schopp, Madeline & Quah, Jing & Tiver, Kathryn & Mitchell, Lewis & Nash, Martyn & Clayton, Richard & Pope, Kenneth & Ganesan, Anand. (2023). Markov modeling of phase singularity interaction effects in human atrial and ventricular fibrillation. Chaos (Woodbury, N.Y.). 33. 10.1063/5.0141890.

9. Jenkins, Evan & Dharmaprani, Dhani & Tiver, Kathryn & Quah, Jing & Chapman, Darius & Strong, Campbell & Sajeev, Shelda & Ganesan, Anand. (2023). PO-01-149 PREDICTION OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION RECURRENCE FOLLOWING ABLATION FROM A SINGLE BIPOLAR ELECTROGRAM. Heart Rhythm. 20. S145-S146. 10.1016/j.hrthm.2023.03.497.

10. Jenkins, Evan & Dharmaprani, Dhani & Schopp, Madeline & Quah, Jing & Tiver, Kathryn & Mitchell, Lewis & Nash, Martyn & Clayton, Richard & Pope, Kenneth & Ganesan, Anand. (2023). PO-01-156 MARKOV MODELLING OF PHASE SINGULARITY INTERACTION EFFECTS IN HUMAN ATRIAL AND VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION. Heart Rhythm. 20. S149. 10.1016/j.hrthm.2023.03.504.

11. Jenkins, Evan & Dharmaprani, Dhani & Tiver, Kathryn & Quah, Jing & Chapman, Darius & Strong, Campbell & Sajeev, Shelda & Ganesan, Anand. (2023). PO-01-149 PREDICTION OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION RECURRENCE FOLLOWING ABLATION FROM A SINGLE BIPOLAR ELECTROGRAM. Heart Rhythm. 20. S145-S146. 10.1016/j.hrthm.2023.03.497.

12. Dharmaprani, Dhani & Jenkins, Evan & Tiver, Kathryn & Quah, Jing & Mitchell, Lewis & Tung, Matthew & Ahmad, Waheed & Stoyanov, Nikola & Nash, Martyn & Clayton, Richard & Nattel, Stanley & Ganesan, Anand. (2023). Spatial autocorrelation dimension as a potential determinant for the temporal persistence of human atrial and ventricular fibrillation. 10.1101/2023.04.12.536515.

13. Jenkins, E.V. & Dharmaprani, Dhani & Schopp, Madeline & Quah, J. & Tiver, K. & Mitchell, L. & Xiong, Feng & Pope, Kathryn & Akar, F.G. & Roney, Caroline & Niederer, Steven & Nattel, S. & Nash, Martyn & Clayton, R.H. & Ganesan, Anand. (2022). The Inspection Paradox: An Important Consideration in the Evaluation of Rotor Lifetimes in Cardiac Fibrillation. Heart, Lung and Circulation. 31. S133-S134. 10.1016/j.hlc.2022.06.199.

14. Jenkins, Evan & Dharmaprani, Dhani & Schopp, Madeline & Quah, Jing & Tiver, Kathryn & Mitchell, Lewis & Xiong, Feng & Pope, Kenneth & Akar, Fadi & Roney, Caroline & Niederer, Steven & Nattel, Stanley & Nash, Martyn & Clayton, Richard & Ganesan, Anand. (2022). The inspection paradox: An important consideration in the evaluation of rotor lifetimes in cardiac fibrillation. Frontiers in Physiology. 13. 920788. 10.3389/fphys.2022.920788.

15. Meneses, Annelise & Krastins, Digby & Nam, Michael & Bailey, Tom & Quah, Jing & Sankhla, Vaibhav & Lam, Jeng & Jha, Pankaj & Schulze, Karl & O’Donnell, Jill & Magee, Rebecca & Golledge, Jonathan & Greaves, Kim & Askew, Christopher. (2022). Toward a Better Understanding of Muscle Microvascular Perfusion During Exercise in Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease: The Effect of Lower-Limb Revascularization. Journal of Endovascular Therapy. 31. 115-125. 10.1177/15266028221114722.

16. Quah, Jing & Jenkins, Evan & Dharmaprani, Dhani & Tiver, Kathryn & Smith, Corey & Hecker, Tracy & Joseph, Majo & Selvanayagam, Joseph & Tung, Matthew & Stanton, Tony & Ahmad, Waheed & Stoyanov, Nik & Lahiri, Anandaroop & Chahadi, Fahd & Singleton, Cameron & Ganesan, Anand. (2022). Role of interatrial conduction in atrial fibrillation: Mechanistic insights from renewal theory–based fibrillatory dynamic analysis. Heart Rhythm O2. 3. 10.1016/j.hroo.2022.05.007.

17. Jenkins, Evan & Dharmaprani, Dhani & Schopp, Madeline & Quah, Jing & Tiver, Kathryn & Xiong, Feng & Akar, Fadi & Roney, Caroline & Niederer, Steven & Nattel, Stanley & Nash, Martyn & Clayton, Richard & Ganesan, Anand. (2022). PO-616-05 THE INSPECTION PARADOX: AN IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION IN THE EVALUATION OF ROTOR LIFETIMES IN CARDIAC FIBRILLATION. Heart Rhythm. 19. S112. 10.1016/j.hrthm.2022.03.801.

18. Jenkins, Evan & Dharmaprani, Dhani & Schopp, Madeline & Quah, Jing & Tiver, Kathryn & Mitchell, Lewis & Pope, Kenneth & Ganesan, Anand. (2022). Understanding the origins of the basic equations of statistical fibrillatory dynamics. Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science. 32. 032101. 10.1063/5.0062095.

19. Tiver, K. & Dharmaprani, Dhani & Quah, J. & Lahiri, Anandaroop & Waddell-Smith, Kathryn & Ganesan, Anand. (2022). Vomiting, electrolyte disturbance, and medications; the perfect storm for acquired long QT syndrome and cardiac arrest: a case report. Journal of Medical Case Reports. 16. 10.1186/s13256-021-03204-7.

20. Quah, J. & Jenkins, E. & Dharmaprani, Dhani & Tiver, K. & Smith, C. & Kutieleh, R. & Hecker, Tracy & Joseph, Majo & Selvanayagam, Joseph & Tung, Matthew & Stanton, T. & Ahmad, W. & Stoyanov, N. & Lahiri, Anandaroop & Chahadi, F. & Singleton, C. & Ganesan, Anand. (2022). Renewal Theory: A Statistical Approach to Improve Patient Selection for Pulmonary Vein Isolation-Only Strategy in Atrial Fibrillation Ablation. Heart, Lung and Circulation. 31. S130. 10.1016/j.hlc.2022.06.190.

21. Quah, J. & Jenkins, E. & Dharmaprani, Dhani & Tiver, K. & Smith, C. & Hecker, Tracy & Kutieleh, R. & Joseph, Majo & Selvanayagam, Joseph & Tung, Matthew & Stanton, T. & Ahmad, W. & Stoyanov, N. & Lahiri, Anandaroop & Chahadi, F. & Singleton, C. & Ganesan, Anand. (2022). Role of Interatrial Conduction in Atrial Fibrillation. Mechanistic Insights From Renewal Theory-Based Fibrillatory Dynamic Analysis. Heart, Lung and Circulation. 31. S131. 10.1016/j.hlc.2022.06.191.

22. Jenkins, E. & Dharmaprani, Dhani & Schopp, Madeline & Quah, J. & Tiver, K. & Mitchell, L. & Nash, Martyn & Clayton, R. & Ganesan, Anand. (2022). Evidence for a Novel Self-Inhibitory Effect on Rotor Formation and Destruction Rates With Increased Phase Singularity Population During Human Atrial and Ventricular Fibrillation. Heart, Lung and Circulation. 31. S116. 10.1016/j.hlc.2022.06.161.

23. Quah, Jing & Dharmaprani, Dhani & Tiver, Kathryn & Mcgavigan, Andrew & Ganesan, Anand. (2021). Impact of racial differences on the epidemiology and clinical outcomes of atrial fibrillation. Current Cardiology Reviews. 17. 10.2174/1573403X17666211209101234.

24. Pfeffer, Cameron & Fryer, Michael & Quah, Jing & Dayananda, Naresh & Tung, Matthew. (2021). Electrogram analysis to detect cathodal and anodal capture in left ventricular cardiac resynchronization pacing leads. Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology. 45. 10.1111/pace.14403.

25. Dharmaprani, Dhani & Jenkins, Evan & Quah, Jing & Lahiri, Anandaroop & Tiver, Kathryn & Mitchell, Lewis & Bradley, Chris & Hayward, Martin & Paterson, David & Taggart, Peter & Clayton, Richard & Nash, Martyn & Ganesan, Anand. (2021). A governing equation for rotor and wavelet number in human clinical ventricular fibrillation: Implications for sudden cardiac death. Heart Rhythm. 19. 10.1016/j.hrthm.2021.10.008.

26. Dharmaprani, Dhani & Bradley, Chris & Hayward, Martin & Paterson, David & Taggart, Peter & Jenkins, Evan & Quah, Jing & Lahiri, Anandaroop & Tiver, Kathryn & Mitchell, Lewis & Clayton, Richard & Nash, Martyn & Ganesan, Anand. (2021). B-YIA2-03 A GOVERNING EQUATION TO EXPLAIN THE NUMBER OF WAVELETS AND ROTORS OBSERVED IN HUMAN VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION. Heart Rhythm. 18. S50. 10.1016/j.hrthm.2021.06.145.

27. Dharmaprani, Dhani & Jenkins, E. & Quah, J. & Lahiri, Anandaroop & Tiver, K. & Mitchell, L. & Bradley, Chris & Hayward, M. & Paterson, David & Taggart, Peter & Clayton, R. & Nash, Martyn & Ganesan, Anand. (2021). A Governing Equation for Human Ventricular Fibrillation. Heart, Lung and Circulation. 30. S144-S145. 10.1016/j.hlc.2021.06.121.

28. Quah, Jing & Dharmaprani, Dhani & Lahiri, Anandaroop & Tiver, Kathryn & Ganesan, Anand. (2021). Reconceptualising Atrial Fibrillation Using Renewal Theory: A Novel Approach to the Assessment of Atrial Fibrillation Dynamics. Arrhythmia & Electrophysiology Review. 10. 77-84. 10.15420/aer.2020.42.

29. Schopp, Madeline & Dharmaprani, Dhani & Kuklik, Pawel & Quah, Jing & Lahiri, Anandaroop & Tiver, Kathryn & Meyer, Christian & Willems, Stephan & Mcgavigan, Andrew & Ganesan, Anand. (2021). Spatial concentration and distribution of phase singularities in human atrial fibrillation: Insights for the AF mechanism. Journal of Arrhythmia. 37. 10.1002/joa3.12547.

30. Tiver, Kathryn & Quah, Jing & Dharmaprani, Dhani & Ganesan, Anand. (2021). Reality is Far From the Guidelines, When it Comes to Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation. Heart, lung & circulation. 30. 10.1016/j.hlc.2021.04.002.

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