Doctor Aiden O'Loughlin

Doctor Aiden O'Loughlin

Senior Lecturer, Cardiology,
School of Medicine

Biography

Dr Aiden O'Loughlin is an interventional cardiologist with advanced training in cardiology at St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney and interventional cardiology fellowships at both Westmead Hospital in Sydney and Stanford Hospital in California. 

Dr Aiden O'Loughlin has a Masters degree in Biostatistics and Clinical Trials and a Doctor of Philosophy by publication.

Dr Aiden O'Loughlin's current research themes include atherosclerosis and medical device biodesign.

This information has been contributed by Doctor O'Loughlin.

Qualifications

  • MBio University of Sydney
  • MBBS University of Sydney

Interests

  • Atherosclerosis
  • Biostatistics
  • Clinical Trials
  • Medical Biodesign

Organisational Unit (School / Division)

  • School of Medicine

Contact

Email: A.O'Loughlin@westernsydney.edu.au
Phone:
Mobile:
Location: OFF
Off Campus

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Publications

Chapters in Books

  • Moeinzadeh, H., Assad, J., Bifulco, P., Cesarelli, M., McEwan, A., O'Loughlin, A., Shugman, I., Tapson, J., Thiagalingam, A. and Gargiulo, G. (2020), 'Unipolar cardiac leads between history and science', Biomedical Signal Processing: Advances in Theory, Algorithms and Applications, Springer 9789811390968.
  • O'Loughlin, A. and Yeung, A. (2011), 'Percutaneous interventions', A Practical Approach to Cardiovascular Medicine, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing 9781405180399.

Journal Articles

  • Jamal, J., Idris, H., Faour, A., Yang, W., McLean, A., Burgess, S., Shugman, I., Wales, K., O'Loughlin, A., Leung, D., Mussap, C., Juergens, C., Lo, S. and French, J. (2023), 'Late outcomes of ST-elevation myocardial infarction treated by pharmaco-invasive or primary percutaneous coronary intervention', European Heart Journal, vol 44, no 6 , pp 516 - 528.
  • Moeinzadeh, H., Assad, J., Bifulco, P., Cesarelli, M., O'Loughlin, A., Tapson, J., Shugman, I., Thiagalingam, A. and Gargiulo, G. (2020), 'WCTECGdb : a 12-lead electrocardiography dataset recorded simultaneously with raw exploring electrodes' potential directly referred to the right leg', Sensors, vol 20, no 11 .
  • Tran, T., Sasikumar, S., Hennessy, A., O'Loughlin, A. and Morgan, L. (2020), 'Associations between restrictions on public mobility and slowing of new COVID-19 case rates in three countries', Medical Journal of Australia, vol 213, no 10 , pp 471 - 473.
  • Gargiulo, G., Bifulco, P., Cesarelli, M., McEwan, A., Moeinzadeh, H., O'Loughlin, A., Shugman, I., Tapson, J. and Thiagalingam, A. (2018), 'On the Einthoven triangle : a critical analysis of the single rotating dipole hypothesis', Sensors, vol 18, no 7 .
  • Griffiths, B., Aben, J. and O'Loughlin, A. (2018), '4D quantitative coronary artery motion analysis : a novel method for culprit lesion prediction', International Journal of Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, vol 6, no 1 , pp 7 - 12.
  • Medveczky, D. and O'Loughlin, A. (2018), 'Everolimus-eluting bioabsorbable vascular scaffolds (BVS) versus everolimus-eluting metallic stents (EES) at 3 years : systematic review and meta-analysis', Medical Devices and Sensors, vol 1, no 1 .
  • Shugman, I., Randall, C., Nguyen, T., Kadappu, K., Nguyen, P., O'Loughlin, A., Kachwalla, H., Badie, T., Green, L. and Premawardhana, U. (2018), 'Cardiac invasive electrophysiology studies with radiofrequency ablation without onsite cardiothoracic surgical back-up in a new cardiac electrophysiology laboratory : single-centre experience', Heart, Lung and Circulation, vol 27, no S2 , pp 65 - 66.
  • Moeinzadeh, H., Gargiulo, G., Bifulco, P., Cesarelli, M., O'Loughlin, A., Shugman, I. and Thiagalingam, A. (2018), 'A modern Wilson's Central Terminal electrocardiography database', Heart, Lung and Circulation, vol 27, no Supplement 2 , pp 293 - 294.
  • Shugman, I., Randall, C., Premawardhana, U., Kadappu, K., Kachwalla, H., O'Loughlin, A., Nguyen, T., Green, L., Badie, T. and Nguyen, P. (2018), 'Coronary angiography and angioplasty without onsite cardio-thoracic surgical backup in a new cardiac catheterisation lab : a single-centre experience', Heart, Lung and Circulation, vol 27, no Suppl. 2 , pp 446 - 446.
  • O'Loughlin, A. and Medveczky, D. (2018), 'Meta-analysis of everolimus-eluting bioabsorbable vascular scaffolds versus everolimus-eluting metallic stents at three years', Heart, Lung and Circulation, vol 27, no Suppl. 2 , pp 462 - 462.
  • O'Loughlin, A. and Griffiths, B. (2018), 'Four-dimensional quantitative coronary artery motion analysis : a novel method for culprit lesion prediction', Heart, Lung and Circulation, vol 27, no Suppl. 2 , pp 451 - 451.
  • Moeinzadeh, H., Bifulco, P., Cesarelli, M., McEwan, A., O'Loughlin, A., Shugman, I., Tapson, J., Thiagalingam, A. and Gargiulo, G. (2018), 'Minimization of the Wilson's Central Terminal voltage potential via a genetic algorithm', BMC Research Notes, vol 11, no 1 .
  • Gargiulo, G., Bifulco, P., Cesarelli, M., McEwan, A., O'Loughlin, A., Tapson, J. and Thiagalingam, A. (2016), 'The Wilson's Central Terminal (WCT) : a systematic error in ECG recordings', Heart, Lung and Circulation, vol 25, no Suppl. 2 , pp 263 - 263.
  • Gargiulo, G., Bifulco, P., Cesarelli, M., McEwan, A., Moeinzadeh, H., O'Loughlin, A., Shugman, I., Tapson, J. and Thiagalingam, A. (2016), 'On the "zero of potential of the electric field produced by the heart beat" : a machine capable of estimating this underlying persistent error in electrocardiography', Machines: Machinery and Automation, vol 4, no 4 .
  • Nyakudarika, E., O'Loughlin, A. and Hill, A. (2016), 'Infective endocarditis in the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia : a snapshot', Internal Medicine Journal, vol 6, no 6 .
  • Gargiulo, G., O'Loughlin, A. and Breen, P. (2015), 'Electro-resistive bands for non-invasive cardiac and respiration monitoring, a feasibility study', Physiological Measurement, vol 36, no 2 , pp 35 - 49.
  • Gargiulo, G., Gunawardana, U., O'Loughlin, A., Sadozai, M., Shabanivaraki, E. and Breen, P. (2015), 'A wearable contactless sensor suitable for continuous simultaneous monitoring of respiration and cardiac activity', Journal of Sensors, vol 2015 .
  • O'Loughlin, A., French, J., Richards, D., Denniss, R., Aben, J. and Hennessy, A. (2015), 'Four-dimensional coronary artery motion analysis predicts the location of culprit lesions causing myocardial infarctions', Heart, Lung and Circulation, vol 24, no Supplement 3 , pp 149 - 150.
  • Randall, D., Jorm, L., Lujic, S., Eades, S., Churches, T., O'Loughlin, A. and Leyland, A. (2014), 'Exploring disparities in acute myocardial infarction events between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians : roles of age, gender, geography and area-level disadvantage', Health and Place, vol 28 , pp 58 - 66.
  • O'Loughlin, A., Kazi, S., French, J., Richards, D., Denniss, R. and Hennessy, A. (2014), 'Quantitative coronary artery motion analysis predicts the location of future ST segment elevation myocardial infarctions', International Journal of Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, vol 2, no 3 , pp 35 - 38.
  • O'Loughlin, A., Tang, L., Moses, D., DiagRad, W., French, J., Richards, D., Denniss, R. and Hennessy, A. (2014), 'A novel quantitative index of coronary artery motion from multislice computed tomography and the location of coronary artery disease', International Journal of Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, vol 2, no 1 , pp 1 - 5.
  • Randall, D., Jorm, L., Lujic, S., O'Loughlin, A., Eades, S. and Leyland, A. (2013), 'Disparities in revascularization rates after acute myocardial infarction between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in Australia', Circulation, vol 127, no 7 , pp 811 - 819.
  • Tooher, J., Chiu, C., Yeung, K., Lupton, S., Thornton, C., Makris, A., O'Loughlin, A., Hennessy, A. and Lind, J. (2013), 'High blood pressure during pregnancy is associated with future cardiovascular disease : an observational cohort study', BMJ Open, vol 3, no 7 .
  • Chiu, C., Lujic, S., Thornton, C., O'Loughlin, A., Makris, A., Hennessy, A. and Lind, J. (2012), 'Menopausal hormone therapy is associated with having high blood pressure in postmenopausal women : observational cohort study', PLoS One, vol 7, no 7 .
  • Randall, D., Jorm, L., Lujic, S., O'Loughlin, A., Churches, T., Haines, M., Eades, S. and Leyland, A. (2012), 'Mortality after admission for acute myocardial infarction in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in New South Wales, Australia : a multilevel data linkage study', BMC Public Health, vol 12 .
  • Tremmel, J., Tibayan, Y., O'Loughlin, A., Chan, T., Fearon, W., Yeung, A. and Lee, D. (2012), 'Most accurate definition of a high femoral artery puncture : aiming to better predict retroperitoneal hematoma in percutaneous coronary intervention', Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, vol 80, no 1 , pp 37 - 42.
  • O'Loughlin, A., Byth, K., French, J., Richards, D., Hennessy, A., Denniss, R. and Kovoor, P. (2011), 'The compression type of coronary artery motion in patients with ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction and normal controls: a case-control study', BioMed Research Notes, vol 4 , pp 51 - 51.
  • Tremmel, J., Koizumi, T. and O'Loughlin, A. (2011), 'Intramural hematona appearing as a new lesion after coronary stenting', JACC Cardiovascular Interventions, vol 4, no 1 , pp 129 - 130.

Conference Papers

  • Moeinzadeh, H., O'Loughlin, A., Assad, J., Shugman, I., Bifulco, P., Gargiulo, G. and Cesarelli, M. (2019), 'Einthoven unipolar leads : towards a better understanding of Wilson Central Terminal', International Conference on Electrical Engineering Research and Practice, Sydney, N.S.W..
  • Harman, D., Fernando, M. and O'Loughlin, A. (2019), 'Development of a mass spectrometry based diagnostic test for atherosclerosis', Australian and New Zealand Society for Mass Spectrometry. Conference, Auckland, N. Z..
  • Fernando, M., O'Loughlin, A. and Harman, D. (2018), 'Development of an inexpensive and non-invasive mass spectrometry based diagnostic test for early stage atherosclerosis', ACT Mass Spectrometry Symposium, Australian National University.
  • Moeinzadeh, H., Gargiulo, G., Bifulco, P., Cesarelli, M., McEwan, A., O'Loughlin, A., Shugman, I., Tapson, J. and Thiagalingam, A. (2017), 'Computing a new central terminal for ECG recording using combined genetic algorithm and linear regression from real patient data', Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, Berlin, Germany.

Current research themes include:

1. Atherosclerosis:

Current projects include:

-analysis of coronary artery motion and other novel approaches to heart attack prediction

-the use of mass spectrometry for the identification of novel biomarkers of atherosclerosis

2. Medical biodesign

Current projects include:  

-use of stem cells for cardiovascular device

-early stage clinical studies of novel electrocardiography and non-invasive cardiac output devices.

Contact is welcomed from potential:

-PhD students

-Honours, BMedRes students, and MBBS(Hons) students

-others interested in contributing to these research themes

This information has been contributed by Doctor O'Loughlin.

Previous Projects

Title: A novel fused sensor design for single point detection of cardio-respiratory parameters
Funder:
  • Maridulu Budyari Gumal
Western Researchers: Gaetano Gargiulo, Upul Gunawardana, Aiden O'Loughlin and Paul Breen
Years: 2022-01-03 - 2023-12-31
ID: P00027727

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