Heart, Lung and Circulation
Volume 15, Issue 1 , Pages 44-47 , February 2006

The Foundation and Launch of the Melbourne Interventional Group: A Collaborative Interventional Cardiology Project

  • A.E. Ajani, MBBS, MD, FRACP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
    • NHMRC Centre of Clinical Research Excellence in Therapeutics, Department of Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Cardiology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Grattan St., Parkville, Melbourne 3050, Australia. Tel.: +61 3 93427133; fax: +61 3 93472808.
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  • G. Szto, MBBS, FRACP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Frankston Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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  • S.J. Duffy, MBBS, PhD, FRACP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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  • D. Eccleston, MBBS, FRACP, MMed Sci

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
    • Department of Cardiology, Western Hospital, Footscray, Melbourne, Australia
    • NHMRC Centre of Clinical Research Excellence in Therapeutics, Department of Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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  • D.J. Clark, MBBS, FRACP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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  • J. Lefkovits, MBBS, FRACP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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  • D.P. Chew, MBBS, MPH, FRACP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Melbourne and Flinders Hospital, Adelaide, Australia
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  • R. Warren, MBBS, PhD, FRACP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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  • A. Black, MBBS, FRACP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Geelong Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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  • G. New, MBBS, PhD, FRACP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Box Hill Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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  • A. Walton, MBBS, FRACP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Western Hospital, Footscray, Melbourne, Australia
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  • R. Lew, MBBS, PhD, FRACP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Frankston Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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  • J. Shaw, MBBS, PhD, FRACP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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  • M. Horrigan, MBBS, FRACP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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  • M. Sebastian, MBBS, FRACP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Geelong Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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  • B.P. Yan, MBBS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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  • A. Brennan, RN

      Affiliations

    • NHMRC Centre of Clinical Research Excellence in Therapeutics, Department of Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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  • A. Meehan

      Affiliations

    • NHMRC Centre of Clinical Research Excellence in Therapeutics, Department of Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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  • C. Reid, PhD

      Affiliations

    • NHMRC Centre of Clinical Research Excellence in Therapeutics, Department of Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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  • H. Krum, MBBS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • NHMRC Centre of Clinical Research Excellence in Therapeutics, Department of Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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  • On behalf of the MIG (Melbourne Interventional Group) investigators

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doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2005.08.001

Heart, Lung and Circulation
Volume 15, Issue 1 , Pages 44-47 , February 2006

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