Interventional Cardiologist in QLD
BOOKING ENQUIRYBiography
Dr Yohan Chacko is an Interventional and Structural Cardiologist located in Queensland. He has a special interest in all aspects of clinical cardiology including coronary artery and valvular heart disease, chest pain management, and peri-operative management of cardiac patients. He is passionate about achieving excellent patient outcomes, clinical research and medical innovation.
Dr Chacko currently consults at the St Andrew’s War Read More...
Procedures & Conditions
Procedures Performed
- Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) Closures
- Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty
- Coronary Angiograms
- Fractional Flow Reserve and Pressure Wire
- Intravascular Ultrasound Imaging
- Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) Closures
- Percutaneous Structural Heart Intervention
- Pressure Wire Assessment of Coronary Artery Disease
- Right Heart Catheterisation
- Rotablator
- Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI)
- Valve in Valve TAVI Procedures
Conditions Treated
- Acute Coronary Syndrome
- Aortic Stenosis
- Aortic Valve Disease
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Dyspnoea
- General Cardiology
- Heart Failure
- Hyperlipidaemia
- Mitral Valve Disease
- Palpitations
- Preventative Cardiology
- Resistant Hypertension
- Syncope
- Valvular Heart Disease
Experience
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Interventional and Structural Cardiologist
CardioVascular Clinics (CVC) 2019 - Present -
Consultant Cardiologist
St Andrew's War Memorial Hospital 2018 - Present -
Consultant Cardiologist
St Andrew's Ipswich Private Hospital 2018 - Present -
Consultant Cardiologist
Ipswich General Hospital 2018 - Present -
Consultant Cardiologist
The Prince Charles Hospital 2018 - Present -
Interventional Cardiology Fellowship
Stanford University Hospital, California, USA 2017 - 2018 -
Senior Lecturer
University of Queensland Present
Memberships
Professional Memberships and Affiliations
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2013
Associate Member, Cardiac Society of Australia & New Zealand
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2009
Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP)
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2008
Australian Medical Association
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2006
Golden Key International Honour Society
Awards
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2015
University of Queensland, Sunshine Coast Clinical School Teaching Award for Emerging Talent
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2012
European Society of Cardiology “Cardiologists of Tomorrow” Bursary to attend annual Congress, Munich, Germany
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2011
Cardiac Society of Australia & New Zealand Travelling Fellowship to Annual Scientific Meeting, Perth
Research & Publications
Publications
1. 2018 Chacko Y, Parikh RV, Tremmel J, Vascular Access Complications in Women: Temporal Trends and the Current State of Interventional Cardiology Practice, Current Atherosclerosis Reports, 2018 Jun 8; 20(8):41
2. 2017 [Editorial] Chacko Y, Fearon WF, Should We Just Go With the Flow? J Am Coll Cardiol Intv. 2017 Dec 26; 10(24):2525-2527
3. 2016 [Letter] Chacko Y, Lim R, Aggressive Post-Dilation of Coronary Stents and Restenosis J Am Coll Cardiol Intv. 2016; 9:2072-2073.
4. 2015 Gould P, Ng K, Chacko Y, Doneva S, Claughton A, Korczyk D, Dimeski G, Characterisation and Comparison of Acute Haemodynamic, Cardiac Biochemical and Hormonal Response to Different Ventricular Pacing Sites in the Normal Heart, Heart Lung Circulation, 2016; 25:140–147
5. 2014 [Book Chapter] Chacko Y, Haladyn JK, Lim R. Stent sizing without intravascular imaging: Impact on restenosis. In: Lofti A, ed. Coronary artery restenosis: Causes, treatment and clinical outcomes. New York: Nova Publishers,
6. 2014: 2014 Chacko Y, Chan R, Haladyn JK, Lim R, Overaggresive stent expansion without intravascular imaging: impact on restenosis, Heart Asia 2014; 6:32-35
7. 2013 Chacko Y, Haladyn J.K., Smith D, Lim R, Compliance charts to guide non-complex small artery stenting: validation by quantitative coronary angiography. Heart Asia. 2013; 5:76-9.
8. 2011 Chacko Y, Holtmann G, Helicobacter pylori eradication and weight gain: has it opened a Pandora’s box? Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics 2011, Vol 34 (2), p256
9. 2010 Chacko, Y., Clark, C., Christmas Lights in the gastrointestinal tract, Medical Journal of Australia 2010, Vol 193 (1), p56.
10. 2008 Baer, R., Chacko, Y., Green, S., El-Shazly, H., Furlong, T., Mantha, M., Non Diabetic Renal Disease in Diabetic Patients in Far North Queensland. Are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders at higher risk? Nephrology 2008, Vol 13 (suppl 3): p124.
View MorePresentations
- 2018 Chacko Y, Invited Speaker-Case Presentations, Essential Percutaneous Intervention Course, Sydney, Australia
- 2018 Chacko Y, Zhang X, Jaluba K, Lee AM, Fischbein MP, Miller DC, Yeung AC, Kim JB, Fearon WF. Outcomes of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement compared to Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in patients with prior Chest Radiation, Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT), San Diego, California, USA
- 2018 Chacko Y, Fearon, W, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Challenging Case Presentation, Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT), San Diego, California, USA
- 2018 Chacko Y, Fearon, W, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Case Presentation, Bay Area Interventional Cardiology Conference, San Francisco, California, USA
- 2017 Chacko Y, Mitral Regurgitation: Transcatheter Therapies, Northern California Fall Symposium of Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association, Stanford University, California, USA
- 2015 Chacko Y, Gould P, Acute rheumatic fever and heart block requiring temporary pacing, Cardiac Society of Australia & New Zealand Annual Scientific Meeting, Melbourne
- 2015 Chacko Y, Hayman S, Willson AB, Butterly S, Poulter R, Larsen P, Thompson C, Colburn D, Lau K, Johnson M, Utility of a new regional cardiac catheterisation laboratory, Cardiac Society of Australia & New Zealand Annual Scientific Meeting, Melbourne
- 2014 Chacko Y, Lim R, Stenting in AMI: Rational or Reactionary?, Quarterly Queensland Cardiac Catheter Lab Nurses Meeting, Brisbane, Australia
- 2014 Chacko Y, Gould P, Fever in the Faint Hearted, South East Queensland Case Series Meeting, Brisbane, Australia
- 2014 Gould P, Ng K, Chacko Y, Doneva S, Claughton A, Korczyk D, Dimeski G, Comparison of invasive haemodynamics, Brain Natriuretic Peptide and high sensitivity Troponin T levels with right ventricular apical and right ventricular outflow tract pacing in normal hearts, World Congress of Cardiology, Melbourne, Australia
- 2013 Chacko Y, Lim, R, Management of Spontaneous Left Main Coronary Artery Dissection: Rational or Reactionary, Courageous Conservatism or Cavalier Convention? American College of Cardiology Conference, San Francisco, USA
- 2012 Chacko Y, Chan R, Haladyn JK, Lim R, Does overaggressive stent expansion without IVUS guidance predispose to restenosis? European Society of Cardiology Annual Congress, Munich, Germany
- 2011 Chacko Y, Haladyn JK, Smith D, Lim R, Lumen Diameter Derived from Compliance Charts in Stenting: A Valid Approximation to Quantitative Coronary Angiography Measurements, Cardiac Society of Australia & New Zealand Annual Scientific Meeting, Perth, Australia
- 2011 Chacko Y, Haladyn JK, Smith D, Lim R, Lumen diameter derived from compliance charts to guide non-complex small artery stenting: Validation by Quantitative Coronary Angiography, Queensland Branch Regional Meeting, Cardiac Society of Australia & New Zealand, Brisbane, Australia
- 2011 Chacko Y, Chan R, Haladyn JK, Lim R, Relationship between coronary stent over-expansion and clinical restenosis, Euro PCR Conference, Paris, France
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