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Doctor Christian Verdicchio

Heart Support Australia, Canberra (Australia)

Dr Christian is the Chief Executive Officer of Heart Support Australia overseeing the organisation and leading Australia’s largest peer support network to ensure Australians receive long-term support following a cardiac event. Prior to his work with Heart Support Australia, Dr Verdicchio was the the Corporate Allied Health and Cardiac Rehabilitation Manager at Macquarie Health where he established and led Australia’s largest private cardiac rehabilitation program across 12 hospitals in Sydney and Melbourne. Dr Verdicchio is a clinician-researcher with extensive experience in exercise in cardiovascular disease and sports cardiology. He completed his PhD in Medicine under the supervision of Prof Prash Sanders and was awarded Dean's Commendation for Doctoral Thesis Excellence for his PhD titled 'Exercise in Atrial Fibrillation'. He holds appointments as a Clinical Senior Lecturer in the Adelaide Medical School at the University of Adelaide and Faculty of Medicine at University of Sydney

Greater cardiorespiratory fitness reduces incidence of atrial fibrillation: a meta-analysis

Event: ESC Preventive Cardiology 2021

Topic: Exercise

Session: Young Investigators Award Population Science and Public Health

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Greater cardiorespiratory fitness reduces stroke incidence: a meta-analysis

Event: EuroPrevent 2019

Topic: Epidemiology

Session: Risk Factors and Prevention – Epidemiology

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Use of heart rate to guide exercise training intensity in patients with atrial fibrillation

Event: EuroPrevent 2019

Topic: Treatment

Session: Moderated Posters Session 4

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Greater cardiorespiratory fitness reduces atrial fibrillation incidence: a meta-analysis

Event: EuroPrevent 2019

Topic: Physical Inactivity and Exercise

Session: Young Investigator Award 1 - Population science and public health Section

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Restoration of sinus rhythm improves exercise capacity in patients with persistent af: a meta-analysis

Event: EuroPrevent 2019

Topic: Treatment

Session: Arrhythmias, General – Treatment

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