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Cardiologist in NSW

Biography

Dr Stuart Sugito is a Consultant Cardiologist with a sub-specialty interest in multi-modality cardiac imaging, including echocardiography and cardiac CT. He has experience in all aspects of cardiology including coronary artery disease, heart failure, and atrial fibrillation. He has a special interest in structural and valvular heart disease, preventative cardiology and inherited cardiac disease.

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Procedures & Conditions

Procedures Performed
  • Multi-Modality Cardiac Imaging
  • Echocardiography
  • Cardiac CT
  • Transthoracic Echocardiography
  • Exercise Stress Test
  • Transoesophageal Echocardiography
  • CTCA Reporting
Conditions Treated
  • Coronary Artery Disease
  • Heart Failure
  • Atrial Fibrillation
  • Structural and Valvular Heart Disease
  • Inherited Cardiac Disease
  • Chest Pain
  • Dyspnoea

Experience

  • Non-Invasive Imaging Fellow
    Monash Heart 2021 - Present
  • Conjoint Lecturer
    University of Newcastle 2017 - Present
  • Cardiology Advanced Trainee
    John Hunter Hospital 2018 - 2021
  • Basic Physician Trainee
    Hunter New England Local Health District 2016 - 2018
  • Resident Medical Officer
    NSW Health 2015 - 2016
  • Junior Medical Officer
    Hunter New England Health 2014 - 2015

Memberships

Professional Memberships and Affiliations

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

Research & Publications

Publications

1. Collins, Nicholas & Sugito, Stuart & Davies, Allan & Boyle, Andrew & Sverdlov, Aaron & Attia, John & Stewart, Simon & Playford, David & Strange, Geoff. (2022). Prevalence and Survival Associated with Pulmonary Hypertension after Mitral Valve Replacement: National Echocardiography Database of Australia study. Pulmonary Circulation. 10.1002/pul2.12140.

2. Al-Omary, Mohammed & Majeed, Tazeen & Al-Khalil, Hafssa & Sugito, Stuart & Clapham, Mathew & Ngo, Doan & Attia, John & Boyle, Andrew & Sverdlov, Aaron. (2022). Patient characteristics, short-term and long-term outcomes after incident heart failure admissions in a regional Australian setting. Open Heart. 9. e001897. 10.1136/openhrt-2021-001897.

3. Ronan, A. & Sugito, Stuart & Leitch, J.. (2022). Recurrent GJA1 Mutation Causing Infantile Arrhythmic Cardiomyopathy Fills Gap in Knowledge of the Junction. Heart, Lung and Circulation. 31. S17. 10.1016/j.hlc.2022.04.037.

4. Croft, A. & Kelly, Conagh & Chen, D. & Murtha, Lucy & Sugito, Stuart & Boyle, Andrew & Sverdlov, Aaron & Ngo, D.. (2022). Mechanism(s) for Age-Related Sex Differences in Diet-Induced Cardiomyopathy: Role of RNA Methylation. Heart, Lung and Circulation. 31. S61. 10.1016/j.hlc.2022.06.043.

5. Croft, A & Kelly, Conagh & Chen, D & Murtha, Lucy & Sugito, Stuart & Boyle, Andrew & Sverdlov, Aaron & Ngo, D. (2021). Adipose-targeted overexpression of mitochondrial-targeted catalase does not improve cardio-metabolic parameters in mice with diet-induced obesity. European Heart Journal. 42. 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab724.3218.

6. Sugito, Stuart & Collins, Nicholas & Strange, Geoff & Playford, David. (2021). Pulmonary Hypertension Following Mitral Valve Replacement: Insights From the National Echocardiography Database of Australia. Heart, Lung and Circulation. 30. S239. 10.1016/j.hlc.2021.06.320.

7. Croft, A. & Kelly, Conagh & Chen, D. & Murtha, Lucy & Sugito, Stuart & Boyle, Andrew & Sverdlov, Aaron & Ngo, D.. (2021). Adipose-Targeted Overexpression of Mitochondrial-Targeted Catalase Does Not Improve Cardio-Metabolic Parameters in Mice With Diet-Induced Obesity. Heart, Lung and Circulation. 30. S115. 10.1016/j.hlc.2021.06.052.

8. Brienesse, Stephen & Sugito, Stuart & Mejia, Rosauro & Leitch, James & Wilsmore, Bradley. (2021). An electrophysiological and anatomical space occupying lesion: Lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum in a patient presenting with atrial tachycardia. HeartRhythm Case Reports. 7. 10.1016/j.hrcr.2021.05.003.

9. Boyle, Andrew & Schultz, Carl & Selvanayagam, Joseph & Moir, Stuart & Kovacs, Richard & Dib, Nabil & Zlotnick, David & Al-Omary, Mohammed & Sugito, Stuart & Selvarajah, Aravinda & Collins, Nicholas & McLachlan, Grant. (2021). Calcium/Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase II Delta Inhibition and Ventricular Remodeling After Myocardial Infarction. JAMA Cardiology. 10.1001/jamacardio.2021.0676.

10. McGee, Michael & Sugito, Stuart & Al-Omary, Mohammed & Hartnett, Darren & Senanayake, Tharindu & Hales, Kristy & Majeed, Tazeen & Ngo, Doan & Oakley, Patrick & Leitch, James & Sverdlov, Aaron & Boyle, Andrew. (2021). Heart failure outcomes in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Hunter New England region of New South Wales. International Journal of Cardiology. 334. 10.1016/j.ijcard.2021.04.001.

11. Sugito, Stuart & Ferreira, David & Hardy, J & Turner, S & Boyle, Andrew & Cooke, H. (2021). Global longitudinal strain and mechanical dispersion at rest in exercise stress echocardiography for detecting obstructive coronary artery disease: a pilot study. European Heart Journal – Cardiovascular Imaging. 22. 10.1093/ehjci/jeaa356.168.

12. Sugito, Stuart & Sritharan, S. & McGee, Michael & Al-Omary, Mohammed & Baker, David & Brienesse, Stephen & Leitch, J.. (2020). 492 First Year Experience of a Cardiology Rapid Access Clinic at John Hunter Hospital, Australia. Heart, Lung and Circulation. 29. S259. 10.1016/j.hlc.2020.09.499.

13. Sugito, Stuart & Yao, Y. & Ray, M. & Al-Omary, Mohammed & O’Connor, S.. (2020). 064 A Case Report of Concurrent Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection and Takotsubo’s Cardiomyopathy. Heart, Lung and Circulation. 29. S66. 10.1016/j.hlc.2020.09.071.

14. Brienesse, Stephen & Sugito, Stuart & Baker, David & Al-Omary, Mohammed & Hackworthy, Rosemary & Collins, Nicholas & Boyle, Andrew. (2020). Bad Pumps and Incidental Lumps: An Illustrative Case Series of Phaeochromocytoma-Induced Cardiomyopathy. Heart, Lung and Circulation. 29. 10.1016/j.hlc.2020.09.091.

15. Sugito, Stuart & McGee, Michael & Al-Omary, Mohammed & Senanayake, Tharindu & Hartnett, Darren & Oakley, Patrick & Sverdlov, Aaron & Boyle, Andrew & ross, mejia & Iyengar, A.. (2020). Outcomes After Cardiac Surgery in a Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cohort in New South Wales, Australia. Heart, Lung and Circulation. 29. 10.1016/j.hlc.2020.09.710.

16. Sugito, Stuart & Ferreira, David & Hardy, J. & Cooke, H.. (2020). 418 The Role of Global Longitudinal Strain at Rest During Exercise Stress Echocardiography to Predict Significant Coronary Artery Disease. Heart, Lung and Circulation. 29. S226-S227. 10.1016/j.hlc.2020.09.425.

17. Sugito, Stuart & Brooks, Christian & Baker, David & Brienesse, Stephen & Thambar, S.. (2020). 434 A Case Report of Misoprostol Associated Coronary Vasospasm and Cardiac Arrest. Heart, Lung and Circulation. 29. S233. 10.1016/j.hlc.2020.09.441.

18. Sugito, Stuart & Hall, Sharron & Al-Omary, Mohammed & de Malmanche, Theo & Robertson, Graham & Collins, Nicholas & Boyle, Andrew. (2020). Heparin Administration, but Not Myocardial Ischemia or Necrosis, Leads to Midkine Elevation. Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research. 13. 10.1007/s12265-020-09955-w.

19. Al-Omary, Mohammed & Sugito, Stuart & Boyle, Andrew & Sverdlov, Aaron & Collins, Nicholas. (2020). Pulmonary Hypertension Due to Left Heart Disease: Diagnosis, Pathophysiology, and Therapy. Hypertension. 75. 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.119.14330.

20. Al-Omary, Mohammed & McGee, Michael & Sugito, Stuart & Sverdlov, Aaron & Boyle, Andrew. (2020). OUTCOMES OF HEART FAILURE AND ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME IN INDIGENOUS POPULATION IN A REGIONAL AUSTRALIAN SETTING. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 75. 10.1016/S0735-1097(20)34091-2.

21. McGee, Michael & Sugito, Stuart & Sverdlov, Aaron. (2019). Cardiovascular Outcomes in Indigenous Australians: A National Gap. Heart, Lung and Circulation. 28. 825-826. 10.1016/j.hlc.2019.04.001.

22. Sugito, Stuart & Hall, S. & Al-Omary, Mohammed & de Malmanche, Theo & Robertson, G. & Boyle, Andrew. (2019). Serum Midkine Rapidly Increases by Three Hundred-fold Following Heparin Administration During Coronary Angiography. Heart, Lung and Circulation. 28. 10.1016/j.hlc.2019.06.431.

23. Mahmoodi, E. & Al-Omary, Mohammed & Lycett, M. & Sugito, Stuart & Williams, Trent & Sverdlov, Aaron. (2019). Characteristics, Management and Outcomes of Patients after an Index Heart Failure Admission. Heart, Lung and Circulation. 28. 10.1016/j.hlc.2019.06.077.

24. Chen, D. & Untaru, Rossana & Stavropoulou, G. & Nesbitt, A. & Kelly, Conagh & Croft, A. & May, A. & Boyle, Andrew & Collin, N. & Leitch, J. & Sugito, Stuart & Baker, David & Ngo, Doan & Sverdlov, A.L.. (2019). Role of soluble sST2 Levels in Predicting Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events (MACE) Hospital Readmissions Within 30 Days. Heart, Lung and Circulation. 28. 10.1016/j.hlc.2019.06.428.

25. Untaru, Rossana & Nesbitt, A. & Kelly, Conagh & Croft, A. & Chen, D. & Assadi-Khansari, B. & Collins, Nicholas & Boyle, Andrew & Leitch, J. & Baker, D. & Sugito, Stuart & May, A. & Sverdlov, Aaron & Ngo, D.. (2019). Suboptimal Use of Cardioprotective Drugs in Patients with a History of Cancer. Heart, Lung and Circulation. 28. 10.1016/j.hlc.2019.06.434.

26. Al-Omary, Mohammed & Sugito, Stuart & Mcivor, Dawn & Majeed, Tazeen & Boyle, Andrew & Sverdlov, Aaron. (2019). Modern Classification and Outcomes of Heart Failure in Hunter New England Local Health District (HNELHD). Heart, Lung and Circulation. 28. 10.1016/j.hlc.2019.06.114.

27. Al-Omary, Mohammed & Sugito, Stuart & Al-Khalil, H. & Senanayake, Tharindu & Robson, C. & Boyle, Andrew & Sverdlov, Aaron. (2019). Characteristics and Outcomes After Index Heart Failure Admission to Hunter New England LHD by Speciality of Admission. Heart, Lung and Circulation. 28. 10.1016/j.hlc.2019.06.076.

28. McGee, Michael & Ferreira, David & Tvedten, Olav & Mahmoodi, Ehsan & Whitehead, Nicholas & Baker, David & Sugito, Stuart & Davies, Allan & Turner, Stuart & Boyle, Andrew. (2018). Specificity of Myocardial Perfusion Imaging: Issues With Proposed MBS Item Review. Heart, Lung and Circulation. 28. 10.1016/j.hlc.2018.04.304.

29. Selvakumar, Daneish & Sian, Karan & Sugito, Stuart & Singh, Taranpreet. (2018). Ochronosis of the aortic valve. Journal of Thoracic Disease. 10. E332-E334. 10.21037/jtd.2018.05.16.

30. Sugito, Stuart & McGee, Michael & Al-Omary, Mohammed & Boyle, Andrew. (2018). Higher Rates of Current Smoking Status in Younger, Male and Non-Metropolitan Patients Presenting With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction to the John Hunter Hospital. Heart, Lung and Circulation. 27. S319. 10.1016/j.hlc.2018.06.615.

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