Dr Christian Hamilton Craig, Cardiac Imaging Cardiologist | Publications
Specialist in Diagnostic Cardiology, Cardiac CT Angiography, Cardiac MRI, Stress Echocardiography and Risk Assessment, clinics at Queensland Cardiology, University of Queensland.
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PUBLICATIONS (PUBMED LISTED)
  1. Hamilton-Craig, J Chan. “Clinical Utility Of New Cardiac Imaging Modalities In Australian Clinical Practice” Invited Review article, Med J Aust, accepted May 2016, ID mja16.00438.R1
  2. E Kreiger, J Lee, KR Branch, C Hamilton-Craig. “CMR Quantitation Of Mitral Regurgitation: A Systematic Review” invited review article, accepted for publication HEART, June 2016. HEARTJNL-2015-309054
  3. C Hamilton-Craig, N Gaikwad, M Ischenko, V Speranza, WE Strugnell, J Chan, J Neill, DG Platts, GM Scalia, DJ Burstow, DL Walters. Quantitation of mitral regurgitation after percutaneous MitraClip repair; comparison of quantitative Doppler Echocardiography and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging”. Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2015;4(4):341-351. doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2225-319X.2015.05.03
  4. R Markham, D Murdoch, DL Walters, C Hamilton-Craig. “Coronary computed tomography angiography and its increasing application in day to day cardiology practiceInternal Medicine Journal - IMJ12960, 2016
  5. A Chaturvedi , C Hamilton-Craig, PJ Cawley, LM Mitsumori, CM Otto, JH Maki2 . Quantitating Aortic Regurgitaton by Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance: Significant Variations due to Slice Location and Breath Holding. European Radiology, November 2015: EURA-D-15-00679R1.
  6. R Kozor, F Callaghan, JC Moon, C Denaro, G Figtree, C Hamilton-Craig, S Grieve. Cardiac involvement in genotype positive Fabry disease patients assessed by cardiovascular magnetic resonance. HEART Heart 2016;102:298-302 doi:10.1136/heartjnl-2015-308494
  7. Butler TC, Wall D, Hamilton-CraigC. “A ring in the heart”. HEART. 2015 Aug 6. pii: heartjnl-2015-307738. doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2015-307738. [Epub ahead of print].
  8. R Kozor, F Callaghan, M Tchan, C Hamilton-Craig, G A Figtree, SM Grieve. A disproportionate contribution of papillary muscles and trabeculations to total left ventricular mass makes choice of CMR analysis technique critical in Fabry disease. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson. 2015 Feb 21;17:22. doi: 10.1186/s12968-015-0114-4.
  9. C Hamilton-Craig, A Fifoot, M Hansen, M Pincus, J Chan, DL Walters, KR Branch. Diagnostic Performance and Cost of CT Angiography versus Stress ECG – a Large Randomized Prospective Study of Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome Chest Pain in the Emergency Department (CTCOMPARE). Int J Cardiology, October 22, 2014 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.10.090
  10. Cawley PJ, Hamilton-Craig C, Owens DS, Krieger EV, Strugnell WE, Mitsumori L, D’Jang CL, Schwaegler RG, Nguyen KQ, Nguyen B, Maki JH, Otto CM. Prospective comparison of valve regurgitation quantitation by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and transthoracic echocardiography. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2013 Jan 1;6(1):48-57. doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.112.975623
  11. Butler T, Hamilton-Craig C, Godbolt D, Platts DG. “A lump in the heart”. Int J Cardiol 2015 Apr 15;185:333-4. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.03.081. Epub 2015 Mar 10
  12. Markam R, Rahman A, Tai S, Hamilton-Craig I, Hamilton-Craig C. Myocardial infarction from isolated coronary artery vasculitis in a young patient; a rare case. Int J Cardiol 2015 Feb 1;180:40-1. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.11.135. Epub 2014 Nov 25
  13. Paymard M, Nicotra L, Bell B, Tesar P, Hamilton-Craig C. Chronic Q fever prosthetic valve endocarditis – an important cause of prosthetic valve dysfunction. Med J Aust 2014;MJA14.00864.
  14. Yamada A, Luis SA, Sathianathan D, Khandheria BK, Cafaro J, Hamilton-CraigCR, Platts DG, Haseler L, Burstow D, Chan J. Reproducibility of regional and global longitudinal strains derived from two-dimensional speckle-tracking and doppler tissue imaging between expert and novice readers during quantitative dobutamine stress echocardiography. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2014 Aug;27(8):880-7. doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2014.04.016. Epub 2014 Jun 2
  15. Neill J HL, Strugnell W, Wesley AJ, Hamilton-Craig C.. Adenosine stress perfusion imaging of a systemic right ventricle post-senning repair. Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. 2014;Case of the Month
  16. Luis SA, Yamada A, Khandheria BK, Speranza V, Benjamin A, Ischenko M, Platts DG, Hamilton-Craig CR, Haseler L, Burstow D, Chan J. Use of three-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography for quantitative assessment of global left ventricular function: A comparative study to three-dimensional echocardiography. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2014;27:285-291
  17. Hanna J, O’Gorman P, Neill J, Chaudhuri A, Hamilton-Craig C, West M. Rickettsia-related acute myocardial infarction in a patient with angiographically normal coronary arterie Int J Cardiol. 2014;172:e346-347
  18. Hanna J, Chan S, Neill J, Hamilton-Craig C, West M. Co-existence of left ventricular non-compaction and polycystic kidney disease – more than just a coincidence? Heart Lung Circ. 2014;23 Suppl 2:e11
  19. Hamilton-Craig C, Strugnell W, Haqqani H, Dudding-Blyth T. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with rare arg442cys mutation in mhy7 with marked phenotypic expression. Heart Lung Circ. 2014;23 Suppl 2:e10-11
  20. Hamilton-Craig CR, Walters DL, Slaughter RE. Letter by hamilton-craig et al regarding article, “role of cardiovascular magnetic resonance as a gatekeeper to invasive coronary angiography in patients presenting with heart failure of unknown etiology”. Circulation. 2012;125:e1041
  21. Hamilton-Craig CR, Friedman D, Achenbach S. Cardiac computed tomography-evidence, limitations and clinical application. Heart, lung & circulation. 2012;21:70-81
  22. Hamilton-Craig C, Strugnell WE, Raffel OC, Porto I, Walters DL, Slaughter RE. CT angiography with Cardiac MRI – Non-invasive functional and anatomical assessment for the etiology in newly diagnosed heart failure. The international journal of cardiovascular imaging. 2012;28:1111-1122
  23. Hamilton-Craig C, Raffel OC, Pincus M, Hansen M, Slaughter RE, Walters DL. Coronary CT angiography for patients with stable chest pain in the emergency department; an appraisal of current and emerging evidence. Internal medicine journal. 2012;42:226-228; author reply 228-229
  24. Farkouh ME, Domanski M, Sleeper LA, Siami FS, Dangas G, Mack M, Yang M, Cohen DJ, Rosenberg Y, Solomon SD, Desai AS, Gersh BJ, Magnuson EA, Lansky A, Boineau R, Weinberger J, Ramanathan K, Sousa JE, Rankin J, Bhargava B, Buse J, Hueb W, Smith CR, Muratov V, Bansilal S, King S, 3rd, Bertrand M, Fuster V. Strategies for multivessel revascularization in patients with diabetes (FREEDOM trial investigators incl C Hamilton-Craig et al). The New England journal of medicine. 2012;367:2375-2384
  25. Chan J, Luis A, Hamilton-Craig C. Atypical chest pain in a patient with multiple cardiovascular risk factors: Ct coronary angiography is the route to go. Journal of Clinical and Preventive Cardiology. 2012;3:134-140
  26. Sooklim K, Maskiell C, Brett NJ, Hansen M, Slaughter RE, Hamilton-Craig C Chagas cardiomyopathy with left ventricular apical aneurysm: First case report in australia. Internal medicine journal. 2011;41:846-848
  27. Santangeli P, Hamilton-Craig C, Russo AD, Pieroni M, Casella M, Pelargonio G, Biase LD, Smaldone C, Bartoletti S, Narducci ML, Tondo C, Bellocci F, Natale A. Imaging of scar in patients with ventricular arrhythmias of right ventricular origin: Cardiac magnetic resonance versus electroanatomic mapping. Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology. 2011:1359-1366
  28. Porto I, Hamilton-Craig C, De Maria GL, Vergallo R, Cautilli G, Galiuto L, Burzotta F, Leone AM, Niccoli G, Natale L, Bonomo L, Crea F. Quantitative blush evaluator accurately quantifies microvascular dysfunction in patients with st-elevation myocardial infarction: Comparison with cardiovascular magnetic resonance. American heart journal. 2011;162:372-381 e372
  29. Porto I, Belloni F, Niccoli G, Larosa C, Leone AM, Burzotta F, Trani C, De Maria GL, Hamilton-Craig C, Crea F. Filter no-reflow during percutaneous coronary intervention of saphenous vein grafts: Incidence, predictors and effect of the type of protection device. EuroIntervention. 2011;7:955-961
  30. Hamilton-Craig CR, Porto I, de Maria GL, Natale L, Galiuto L, Crea F. When timi-3 flow is not enough–oedema, hemorhage and microvascular dysfunction; insights from multi-modality cardiac imaging after stemi. Heart, lung & circulation. 2011;20:244-246
  31. Hamilton-Craig C, Sestito A, Natale L, Meduri A, Santangeli P, Infusino F, Pilato F, Di Lazzaro V, Crea F, Lanza GA. Contrast transoesophageal echocardiography remains superior to contrast-enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance imaging for the diagnosis of patent foramen ovale. European journal of echocardiography. 2011;12:222-227
  32. Hamilton-Craig C, Seltmann M, Ropers D, Achenbach S. Myocardial viability by dual-energy delayed enhancement computed tomography. Cardiovascular imaging. 2011;4:207-208
  33. Strugnell WE, Hamilton-Craig CR, Parry TA, Bartlett HJ, Slaughter RE. Cardiac mri is superior to gated blood pool imaging in the assessment of left ventricular function in patients post-cardiac transplantation. Heart, lung & circulation. 2010;19:400-405
  34. Porto I, Hamilton-Craig C, Brancati M, Burzotta F, Galiuto L, Crea F. Angiographic assessment of microvascular perfusion–myocardial blush in clinical practice. American heart journal. 2010;160:1015-1022
  35. Platts D, Burstow D, Hamilton Craig C, Wright G, Thomson B. Systemic air embolization originating from a pleural air leak via a left ventricular assist device cannula anastomosis site. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography. 2010;23:341 e341-342
  36. Hudaverdi M, Hamilton-Craig C, Platts D, Chan J, Burstow DJ. Echocardiography for the clinician: A practical update. Internal medicine journal. 2010;40:476-485
  37. Hamilton-Craig C, Slaughter R, Maki J. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance from basics to clinical applications. Applied Radiology. 2010;39:43-52
  38. Hamilton-Craig C, Kermeen F, Dunning JJ, Slaughter RE. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance prior to surgical treatment of chronic thrombo-embolic pulmonary hypertension. European heart journal. 2010;31:1040
  39. Hamilton-Craig C, Boga T, West C, Kelly N, Anscombe R, Burstow D, Platts D. Contrast echocardiography in australian clinical practice. Heart, Lung & Circulation. 2010;19:385-394
  40. Dato I, Hamilton-Craig C, Camaioni P, Porto I. Intracoronary imaging in chronic total occlusions. Interventional Cardiology. 2010;2:369-376
  41. Shrestha BM, Hamilton-Craig C, Platts D, Clarke A. Spontaneous coronary artery rupture in a young patient: A rare diagnosis for cardiac tamponade. Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery. 2009;9:537-539
  42. Platts D, West C, Boga T, Hamilton-Craig C, Burstow D. Direct visualization of septal perforator coronary arterial blood flow during perflutren microsphere contrast echocardiography. European journal of echocardiography : the journal of the Working Group on Echocardiography of the European Society of Cardiology. 2009;10:808-810
  43. Lim IW, Stride PJ, Horvath RL, Hamilton-Craig CR, Chau PP. Chromobacterium violaceum endocarditis and hepatic abscesses treated successfully with meropenem and ciprofloxacin. Med J Aust. 2009 Apr 6;190(7):386-7.
  44. Ivens E, Hamilton-Craig C, Aroney C, Clarke A, Jalali H, Burstow DJ. Early and late cardiac perforation by amplatzer atrial septal defect and patent foramen ovale devices. J Am Soc Echo. 2009;22:1067-1070
  45. Hamilton-Craig CR, Slaughter R, McNeil K, Kermeen F, Walters DL. Improvement after angioplasty and stenting of pulmonary arteries due to sarcoid mediastinal fibrosis. Heart, lung & circulation. 2009;18:222-225
  46. Hamilton-Craig C, Layland J, Platts D, Hansen M, Slaughter R, Fraser J. Letter by hamilton-craig et al regarding article, “posttraumatic cardiac contrecoup: In vivo evidence by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging”. Circulation. 2009;120:e155; author reply e156
  47. Hamilton-Craig C, Boga T, Platts D, Walters DL, Burstow DJ, Scalia G. The role of 3d transesophageal echocardiography during percutaneous closure of paravalvular mitral regurgitation. Cardiovascular imaging. 2009;2:771-773
  48. Hamilton-Craig C, Anscombe R, Platts D, Burstow D, Slaughter R. Congenital mitral stenosis by multimodality cardiac imaging. Echocardiography. 2009;26:284-287
  49. Hamilton-Craig CR, McNeil K, Dunning J, Walters DL, Slaughter R, Kermeen F. Treatment options and strategies for acute severe pulmonary embolism. Internal medicine journal. 2008;38:657-667
  50. Hamilton-Craig CR, Tonkin AL, Jobling RG. How accurate are hypertension treatment decisions? Absolute risk assessment and prescribing for moderate hypertension–a study of cambridge general practitioners. Blood pressure. 2000;9:323-327
  51. Hamilton-Craig C. As others see us: Students’ role models in medicine. The Medical journal of Australia. 1998;169:445
  52. Hamilton-Craig C.. A healthy 38-year-old man with premature coronary artery disease. Cardiology Today. March 2012; 2(1): 32-34
  53. Hamilton-Craig C., Hamilton-Craig I. Coronary Calcium Scan and Coronary CT Angiography – Chalk and Cheese, Cardiology Today, September 2011; 1(3).
  54. Hamilton-Craig C., Hansen M, Slaughter RE, “Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm on Cardiac MRI”, Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance online case of the month 2009.
  55. Hamilton-Craig C.R, “Nizatidine Allergy – a case report”. Australian Prescriber 2000;v.23(6):123.
  56. Hamilton-Craig C.R, Tonkin AL. “Treating To Risk – Absolute risk of cardiovascular disease and the treatment of hypertension.” CME-accredited review article, Medicine Today, January 2001: 37-43
  1. Shiino K, Yamada A, Ischenko M, Khandheria BK, Hudaverdi M, Speranza V, Harten M, Benjamin A, Hamilton-Craig C, Platts DG, Burstow DJ, Scalia GM, Chan J. Intervendor Consistency and Reproducibility of Left Ventricular Two-Dimensional Global and Regional Strain with Two Different High-End Ultrasound Systems. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2016 (in press, as of June 2016).
  2. C. Hamilton-Craig, K Stedman, R Maxwell, B Anderson, A Yamada, T Stanton, J Chan, GM Scalia, DJ Burstow. “Quantitative Echocardiographic measures of Right Ventricular Function as compared to Cardiovascular Magnetic ResonanceIJC Heart & Vasculature, in press June 2016, ID IJCHA_161.
PUBLISHED BOOKS

Devitt, Hamilton-Craig, Mitchell, editors “Clinical Problems in Medicine and Surgery” 3rd Edition, Elsevier Science Churchill Livingstone, 2012.

Devitt, Barker, Mitchell, Hamilton-Craig, editors “Clinical Problems in Medicine and Surgery” 2nd Ed, Elsevier Science Churchill Livingstone Press. Published internationally August 2003.

Honours Thesis title, “Absolute risk and the management of moderate hypertension: a study of Cambridge General Practitioners”, University of Cambridge UK / University of Adelaide, Australia, 1997.