Dr John Mooney

Dr John Mooney is a Cardiologist, and principal of Broadwater Cardiology, based on the Central Coast, with a focus on evidence based care and cardiac imaging to aid the diagnosis and management of a wide variety of cardiac conditions.

About John

Hospital Appointments

Gosford and Wyong Hospitals, Central Coast Local Health District

    • Contributions to Clinical roster, echocardiography including TTE and TOE, teaching
    • Advanced cardiac imaging including CT and Cardiac MRI
    • Rapid Access Cardiology Clinic

Gosford Private Hospital and Tuggerah Lakes Private Hospital

Macquarie University Hospital

    • Structural heart team
    • Cardiac MRI 
    • Cardio-Oncology

Clinical experience

Staff Specialist in Cardiology, Central Coast LHD

Physician- Manly Hospital, Northern Beaches Hospital

Fellowship in Advanced Cardiac Imaging, St Pauls Hospital, University of British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada Staff Specialist Cardiology, Central Coast Local Health District (CCLHD)

    • Level B CCTA reader, including structural cardiac CT
    • Level III Cardiac MRI reader

Cardiology Training- Westmead Hospital, Sydney

Physician Training, RNSH network

RMO network: Gosford/ Wyong

Registered Nurse, RPAH General Intensive Care unit

Education

  • Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP)
  • PhD, University of Sydney
  • MBBS (Honours), University of Sydney.
  • Bachelor of Nursing, University of Sydney

Research

  • Conjoint Senior Lecturer, University of Newcastle
  • PhD University of Sydney “Prevention of Cardiovascular and outcomes in Patients undergoing Non-Cardiac Surgery”
  • Research Fellowship, The George institute for Global Health, Sydney. Contributions to VISION study, QUARTET and TEXT-ME studies

Publications

Kozor R, Mooney J, Lowe H, et al. Rapid Access Chest Pain Clinics: An Australian Cost-Benefit Study. Heart Lung Circ. 2022 Feb;31(2):177-182. doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2021.05.106. Epub 2021 Jul 1.

Mooney JF, Croal BL, Cassidy S, Lee VW, Chow CK, Cuthbertson BH, Hillis GS. Relative value of Cystatin C and Creatinine-based estimates of glomerular filtration rate in predicting long-term mortality after cardiac surgery: a cohort study. BMJ Open. 2019 Sep 17;9(9):e029379. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029379.

Sellers SL, Turner CT, Sathananthan J, Cartlidge TRG, Sin F, Bouchareb R, Mooney J, Nørgaard BL, Bax JJ, Bernatchez PN, Dweck MR, Granville DJ, Newby DE, Lauck S, Webb JG, Payne GW, Pibarot P, Blanke P, Seidman MA, Leipsic JA. Transcatheter Aortic Heart Valves: Histological Analysis providing insight to Leaflet thickening and structural valve degeneration. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2019 Jan;12(1):135-145. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2018.06.028. Epub 2018 Nov 15.

Sellers SL, Fonte TA, Grover R, Mooney J et al. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
(HCM): New insights into Coronary artery remodelling and ischemia from FFRCT
J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr.2018 Aug 15

Ohana M, Sellers S, Mooney J et al. Prevalence and impact of scan–related anxiety
during coronary CT angiography: A prospective cohort study of 366 patients.
J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr May 8 2018.

Grover R, Ohana M, Arepalli CD, Sellers SL, Mooney J, Kueh SH, Kim U, Blanke P,
Leipsic JA. Role of MDCT Imaging in Planning Mitral Valve Intervention. Curr Cardiol
Rep. 2018 Mar 6;;20(3)

Mooney J, Sellers S, Ohana M et. al. Imaging for Structural Heart Procedures–
Focus on Computed Tomography. Eurointervention Sep 24 2017

Grover R, Leipsic JA, Mooney J, et al. Coronary Lumen Volume to Myocardial Mass
Ratio in Primary Microvascular Angina: A novel imaging Approach to a Challenging
Clinical Dilemma. J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr Sept 22 2017.

Kueh SH, Mooney J, Ohana M et. al. Fractional flow reserve derived from coronary
computed tomography angiography reclassification rate using value distal to lesion
compared to lowest value. J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr Sep 21 2017.

Mooney, J, Sellers S, Blanke P et al. CT defined Prosthesis–Patient Mismatch
Downgrades Frequency and Severity, and Demonstrates No association with
Adverse Outcomes Following TAVR. JACC cardiovascular intervention 2017.
August Vol 10.(15) 1578–87

Mooney, J, Blanke P, Kueh SH, Sellers S, Leipsic JA. (2017) Chapter 41: CT for
Minimally invasive Repair of the Mitral Valve and Other Structural Heart Disease. CT
of the Heart (2nd ed.). New York, NY. Springer.

Mooney, J. F., Hillis, G. S., Lee, V. W., Halliwell, R., Vicaretti, M., Moncrieff, C. and
Chow, C. K. Cardiac assessment prior to non–cardiac surgery. Intern Med J, 2016
Aug;;46(8): 932–941

Sze J, Mooney J, Barzi F, Hillis GS, Chow CK. Cardiac Troponin and its
Relationship to Cardiovascular Outcomes in Community Populations– A Systematic
Reviewand Meta–analysis. Heart Lung Circ. 2016 Mar;;25(3):217–28.

Walsh M, Wang CY, Ong GS, Tan AS, Mansor M, Shariffuddin II, Hashim NH, Lai
HY, Undok AW, Kolandaivel UN, Vajiravelu V, Garg AX, Cuerden M, Guyatt G,
Thabane L, Mooney J, Lee V, Chow C, Devereaux PJ.Kidney Function Alters the
Relationship between Postoperative Troponin T Level and Death. J Am Soc
Nephrol. 2015 Oct;;26(10):2571–7.

Mooney JF, Chow CK, Hillis GS. Perioperative renal function and surgical outcome.
Current opinion in Anaesthesiology. 2014 Apr;;27(2):195–200.

Redfern J,Thiagalingam A, Jan S, Whittaker R, Hackett ML, Mooney J, De Keizer L,
Hillis GS, Chow CK. Development of a set of mobile phone text messages designed
for prevention of recurrent cardiovascular events. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2014
Apr;;21(4):492–9.

Mooney JF, Ranasinghe I, Chow CK, Perkovic V, Barzi F, Zoungas S, Holzmann
MJ, Welten GM, Biancari F, Wu VC, Tan TC, Cass A, Hillis GS. Preoperative
Estimates of Glomerular Filtration Rate as Predictors of Outcome after Surgery: A
SystematicReviewandMeta–analysis.Anesthesiology.2013Apr;;118(4):809–824

Chow CK, Redfern J, Thiagalingam A, Jan S, Whittaker R, Hackett M, Graves N,
Mooney J, Hillis GS. Design and rationale of the tobacco, exercise and diet
messages (TEXT ME) trial of a text message based intervention for ongoing
prevention of cardiovascular disease in people with coronary disease: a randomised
controlled trial protocol. BMJ Open. 2012 Jan 19;;2(1):e000606.

VISION Investigators. Association of Postoperative High–Sensitivity Troponin Levels
with Myocardial Injury and 30–Day Mortality Among Patients Undergoing Noncardiac
Surgery. JAMA 2017 317(16):1642–1651

VISION Investigators. Association between pre–operative statin use and major
cardiovascular complications among patients undergoing non–cardiac surgery: the
Vision study. Eur Heart J. 2016 Jan 7;;37(2)

Botto F, Alonso–Coello P, Chan MT, Villar JC, Xavier D, Srinathan S, et al.
Myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery: a large, international, prospective cohort
study establishing diagnostic criteria, characteristics, predictors, and 30–day
outcomes. Anesthesiology. 2014 Mar;;120(3):564–78.

VISION Investigators. Association between postoperative troponin levels and 30-
-day mortality among patients undergoing noncardiac surgery. JAMA. 2012;; 307:
2295–2304.