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Email

andrelg@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Honorary (Professorial Fellow)
Department of Medicine
Education
PhD
University of Melbourne
Bachelors Degree
University of Melbourne
ORCID

0000-0002-3906-3784

Prof Andre La Gerche

Honorary (Professorial Fellow)
Department of Medicine

768 Scholarly works
6 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Increased incidence of sudden cardiac death in systemic sclerosis: data from a nationwide cohort study
    DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2026.152964
  • 2026

    Journal article

    From Healthy to Heart Failure in 24 Hours: Defining the upper limit of exercise induced cardiac fatigue.
    DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00140.2026
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Absolute and Workload-indexed Exercise Blood Pressure responses: Associations with cardiac output, vascular resistance and cardiorespiratory fitness in females.
    DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00015.2026
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Moving From Eyeball Assessment to Quantification of the Right Ventricular “Hot Spot” in Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2025.12.005
  • 2024

    Research grants (other domestic)

    Imaging and Genetic Determinants of the Small Heart Syndrome and Its Association With Heart Failure
  • 2024

    Research Grant

    Genetic and Environmental Determinants of the Small Heart Syndrome and Its Association With Heart Failure
  • 2024

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Imaging and Genetic Determinants of the Small Heart Syndrome and Its Association With Heart Failure
Andre La Gerche

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2010
Ralph Reader Prize for Clinical research Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand
2010
FESC - Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology
2007
Fellow of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (FCSANZ)
2007
Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP)

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    A race against time: timing constraints of cardiac filling and athletic performance
    DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00896.2025
  • 2026

    Journal article

    High heart rate peaks from chest-strap recordings in athletes: Prevalence, characteristics, and clinical relevance.
    DOI: 10.1093/eurjpc/zwag232
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Using Atrial Cardiomyopathy Metrics to Characterize Atrial Fibrillation in Endurance Athletes.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jacep.2026.03.010
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Angina, Anomalous Coronaries, Surgical Correction, and Return to Olympic Cycling.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2026.107819
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Differentiating Cardiac (Mal)adaptation in 2 Athletes With Bicuspid Aortic Valves.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2026.107818
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Wearable-Derived Training Load and Coronary Atherosclerosis in Middle-Aged and Older Athletes and Physically Active Controls: A New Perspective From the Master@Heart Study
    DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.125.077117

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2011

    Research Contracts

    Cra - Exercise Cardiac Imaging to Study Right Ventricular Functional Remodelling in Athletes With and Without Ventricular Arrhythmias
  • 2013

    Research Grant

    Pulmonary Microvascular Pathology as a Cause of Exercise Limitation in Diabetics: Identification With a Novel Echocardiographic Contrast Technique and Treatment With Sildenafil

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