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Mr Richard Bunton

Contact Details

Phone
64 3 474 0999 ext 58136
Email
richard.bunton@southerndhb.govt.nz
Position
Clinical Senior Lecturer
Department
Department of Surgical Sciences (Dunedin)
Qualifications
MB ChB(Otago) FRACS FRCSEd
Teaching
  • Chair Board of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS)
Clinical
<ul><li>Adult cardiothoracic surgery</li></ul>

Research

Publications

Galvin, S. D., Celi, L. A., Thomas, K. N., Clendon, T. R., Galvin, I. F., Bunton, R. W., & Ainslie, P. N. (2010). Effects of age and coronary artery disease on cerebrovascular reactivity to carbon dioxide in humans. Anaesthesia & Intensive Care, 38(4), 710-717.

Parry, D. J., Winburn, I. C., Wilkins, G. T., & Bunton, R. W. (2005). Expanding retrograde saphenous vein graft aneurysm treated with endovascular coiling. Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 80, 2374-2376. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.07.083

Chu, J. W., Chen, V. H. T., & Bunton, R. (2012). Thrombosis of a mechanical heart valve despite dabigatran [Letter]. Annals of Internal Medicine, 157(4), 304. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-157-4-201208210-00026

Galvin, S. D., Wademan, B., Chu, J., & Bunton, R. W. (2010). Benign metastasizing leiomyoma: A rare metastatic lesion in the right ventricle [Case report]. Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 89(1), 279-281. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.06.050

Galvin, S., Chen, V., Bunton, R., & Doyle, T. (2010). Sutureless pericardial patch augmentation for impending left ventricular free wall rupture [Case report]. Interactive Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery, 10, 341-343. doi: 10.1510/icvts.2009.217125

Delany, S. G., Doyle, T. C. A., Bunton, R. W., Hung, N. A., Joblin, L. U., & Taylor, D. R. (1993). Pulmonary artery sarcoma mimicking pulmonary embolism [Case report]. Chest, 103(5), 1631-1633. doi: 10.1378/chest.103.5.1631

Publications

Chandrasekera, D., Shah, R., van Hout, I., de Jonge, W., Bunton, R., Parry, D., Davis, P., & Katare, R. (2023). Combination of precipitation and size exclusion chromatography as an effective method for exosome like extracellular vesicle isolation from pericardial fluids. Nanotheranostics, 7(4), 345-352. doi: 10.7150/ntno.82939

Paudel, P., van Hout, I., Bunton, R. W., Parry, D. J., Coffey, S., McDonald, F. J., & Fronius, M. (2022). Epithelial sodium channel δ subunit is expressed in human arteries and has potential association with hypertension. Hypertension, 79(7), 1385-1394. doi: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.122.18924

Gray, E. A., Skinner, M. A., Hale, L. A., & Bunton, R. W. (2022). Preparation and support for physical activity following hospital discharge after coronary artery bypass graft surgery: A survey of current practice in New Zealand. Physiotherapy Research International, 27, e1940. doi: 10.1002/pri.1940

Gray, E., Smith, C., Bunton, R., & Skinner, M. (2022). Perceptions and experiences of engaging in physical activity following coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Physiotherapy Theory & Practice, 38(13), 2841-2855. doi: 10.1080/09593985.2021.1989733

Coffey, S., Dixit, P., Saw, E. L., Babakr, A. A., van Hout, I., Galvin, I. F., Saxena, P., Bunton, R. W., Davis, P. J., Lamberts, R. R., Katare, R., & Williams, M. J. A. (2021). Thiamine increases resident endoglin positive cardiac progenitor cells and atrial contractile force in humans: A randomised controlled trial. International Journal of Cardiology, 341, 70-73. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2021.08.039

Chandrasekera, D., Shah, R., van Hout, I., de Jonge, W., Bunton, R., Parry, D., Davis, P., & Katare, R. (2023). Combination of precipitation and size exclusion chromatography as an effective method for exosome like extracellular vesicle isolation from pericardial fluids. Nanotheranostics, 7(4), 345-352. doi: 10.7150/ntno.82939

Journal - Research Article

Gray, E. A., Skinner, M. A., Hale, L. A., & Bunton, R. W. (2022). Preparation and support for physical activity following hospital discharge after coronary artery bypass graft surgery: A survey of current practice in New Zealand. Physiotherapy Research International, 27, e1940. doi: 10.1002/pri.1940

Journal - Research Article

Gray, E., Smith, C., Bunton, R., & Skinner, M. (2022). Perceptions and experiences of engaging in physical activity following coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Physiotherapy Theory & Practice, 38(13), 2841-2855. doi: 10.1080/09593985.2021.1989733

Journal - Research Article

Paudel, P., van Hout, I., Bunton, R. W., Parry, D. J., Coffey, S., McDonald, F. J., & Fronius, M. (2022). Epithelial sodium channel δ subunit is expressed in human arteries and has potential association with hypertension. Hypertension, 79(7), 1385-1394. doi: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.122.18924

Journal - Research Article

Aitken-Buck, H. M., Krause, J., van Hout, I., Davis, P. J., Bunton, R. W., Parry, D. J., Williams, M. J. A., Coffey, S., … Jones, P. P., & Lamberts, R. R. (2021). Long-chain acylcarnitine 18:1 acutely increases human atrial myocardial contractility and arrhythmia susceptibility. American Journal of Physiology: Heart & Circulatory Physiology, 321, H162-H174. doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.00184.2021

Journal - Research Article

Coffey, S., Dixit, P., Saw, E. L., Babakr, A. A., van Hout, I., Galvin, I. F., Saxena, P., Bunton, R. W., Davis, P. J., Lamberts, R. R., Katare, R., & Williams, M. J. A. (2021). Thiamine increases resident endoglin positive cardiac progenitor cells and atrial contractile force in humans: A randomised controlled trial. International Journal of Cardiology, 341, 70-73. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2021.08.039

Journal - Research Article

Purvis, N., Kumari, S., Chandrasekera, D., Bellae Papannarao, J., Gandhi, S., van Hout, I., Coffey, S., Bunton, R., Sugunesegran, R., Parry, D., Davis, P., Williams, M. J. A., Bahn, A., & Katare, R. (2021). Diabetes induces dysregulation of microRNAs associated with survival, proliferation and self-renewal in cardiac progenitor cells. Diabetologia, 64, 1422-1435. doi: 10.1007/s00125-021-05405-7

Journal - Research Article

Saw, E. L., Pearson, J. T., Schwenke, D. O., Munasinghe, P. E., Tsuchimochi, H., Rawal, S., Coffey, S., … Bunton, R., Van Hout, I., … Williams, M. J. A., … Fronius, M., & Katare, R. (2021). Activation of the cardiac non-neuronal cholinergic system prevents the development of diabetes-associated cardiovascular complications. Cardiovascular Diabetology, 20, 50. doi: 10.1186/s12933-021-01231-8

Journal - Research Article

Aitken-Buck, H. M., Babakr, A. A., Fomison-Nurse, I. C., van Hout, I., Davis, P. J., Bunton, R. W., Williams, M. J. A., Coffey, S., Jones, P. P., & Lamberts, R. R. (2020). Inotropic and lusitropic, but not arrhythmogenic, effects of adipocytokine resistin on human atrial myocardium. American Journal of Physiology: Endocrinology & Metabolism, 319, E540-E547. doi: 10.1152/ajpendo.00202.2020

Journal - Research Article

Babakr, A. A., Fomison-Nurse, I. C., van Hout, I., Aitken-Buck, H. M., Sugunesegran, R., Davis, P. J., Bunton, R. W., Williams, M. J. A., Coffey, S., Stiles, M. K., Jones, P. P., & Lamberts, R. R. (2020). Acute interaction between human epicardial adipose tissue and human atrial myocardium induce arrhythmic susceptibility. American Journal of Physiology: Endocrinology & Metabolism, 318, E164-E172. doi: 10.1152/ajpendo.00374.2019

Journal - Research Article

Lal, S., Gray, A., Kim, E., Bunton, R. W., Davis, P., Galvin, I. F., & Williams, M. J. A. (2020). Frailty in elderly patients undergoing cardiac surgery increases hospital stay and 12-month readmission rate. Heart, Lung & Circulation, 29, 1187-1194. doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2019.10.007

Journal - Research Article

McQuaig, R., Dixit, P., Yamauchi, A., Van Hout, I., Bellae Papannarao, J., Bunton, R., Parry, D., Davis, P., & Katare, R. (2020). Combination of cardiac progenitor cells from the right atrium and left ventricle exhibits synergistic paracrine effects in vitro. Cell Transplantation, 29. doi: 10.1177/0963689720972328

Journal - Research Article

Aitken-Buck, H. M., Moharram, M., Babakr, A. A., Reijers, R., Van Hout, I., Fomison-Nurse, I. C., Sugunesegran, R., … Bunton, R. W., Williams, M. J. A., … Jones, P. P., Coffey, S., & Lamberts, R. R. (2019). Relationship between epicardial adipose tissue thickness and epicardial adipocyte size with increasing body mass index. Adipocyte, 8(1), 412-420. doi: 10.1080/21623945.2019.1701387

Journal - Research Article

Rawal, S., Nagesh, P. T., Coffey, S., Van Hout, I., Galvin, I. F., Bunton, R. W., Davis, P., Williams, M. J. A., & Katare, R. (2019). Early dysregulation of cardiac-specific microRNA-208a is linked to maladaptive cardiac remodelling in diabetic myocardium. Cardiovascular Diabetology, 18, 13. doi: 10.1186/s12933-019-0814-4

Journal - Research Article

Fomison-Nurse, I., Saw, E. E. L., Gandhi, S., Munasinghe, P. E., Van Hout, I., Williams, M. J. A., Galvin, I., Bunton, R., Davis, P., Cameron, V., & Katare, R. (2018). Diabetes induces the activation of pro-ageing miR-34a in the heart, but has differential effects on cardiomyocytes and cardiac progenitor cells. Cell Death & Differentiation, 25, 1336-1349. doi: 10.1038/s41418-017-0047-6

Journal - Research Article

Dixit, P., Donnelly, H., Edamatsu, M., Galvin, I., Bunton, R., & Katare, R. (2017). Progenitor cells from atria, ventricle and peripheral blood of the same patients exhibit functional differences associated with cardiac repair. International Journal of Cardiology, 228, 412-421. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.11.178

Journal - Research Article

Rawal, S., Munasinghe, E. P., Nagesh, P. T., Lew, J. K. S., Jones, G. T., Williams, M. J. A., Davis, P., Bunton, R. W., Galvin, I. F., Manning, P., Lamberts, R. R., & Katare, R. (2017). Downregulation of miR-15a/b accelerates fibrotic remodelling in the Type-2 diabetic human and mouse heart. Clinical Science, 131(9), 847-863. doi: 10.1042/cs20160916

Journal - Research Article

Rawal, S., Munasinghe, P. E., Shindikar, A., Paulin, J., Cameron, V., Manning, P., Williams, M. J. A., Jones, G. T., Bunton, R., Galvin, I., & Katare, R. (2017). Down-regulation of proangiogenic microRNA-126 and microRNA-132 are early modulators of diabetic cardiac microangiopathy. Cardiovascular Research, 113(1), 90-101. doi: 10.1093/cvr/cvw235

Journal - Research Article

Coffey, S., Williams, M. J. A., Phillips, L. V., Galvin, I. F., Bunton, R. W., & Jones, G. T. (2016). Integrated microRNA and messenger RNA analysis in aortic stenosis. Scientific Reports, 6, 36904. doi: 10.1038/srep36904

Journal - Research Article

Munasinghe, P. E., Riu, F., Dixit, P., Edamatsu, M., Saxena, P., Hamer, N. S. J., Galvin, I. F., Bunton, R. W., Lequeux, S., Jones, G., Lamberts, R. R., … Katare, R. (2016). Type-2 diabetes increases autophagy in the human heart through promotion of Beclin-1 mediated pathway. International Journal of Cardiology, 202, 13-20. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.08.111

Journal - Research Article

Rawal, S., Parshu Ram, T., Coffey, S., Williams, M. J. A., Saxena, P., Bunton, R. W., Galvin, I. F., & Katare, R. (2016). Differential expression pattern of cardiovascular microRNAs in the human type-2 diabetic heart with normal ejection fraction. International Journal of Cardiology, 202, 40-43. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.08.161

Journal - Research Article

Bussey, C. T., Hughes, G., Saxena, P., Galvin, I. F., Bunton, R. W., Noye, M. K., Coffey, S., Williams, M. J. A., Baldi, J. C., Jones, P. P., & Lamberts, R. R. (2015). Chamber-specific changes in calcium-handling proteins in the type 2 diabetic human heart with preserved ejection fraction. International Journal of Cardiology, 193, 53-55. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.05.053

Journal - Research Article

Lamberts, R. R., Lingam, S. J., Wang, H.-Y., Bollen, I. A. E., Hughes, G., Galvin, I. F., Bunton, R. W., Bahn, A., Katare, R., Baldi, J. C., Williams, M. J. A., Saxena, P., Coffey, S., & Jones, P. P. (2014). Impaired relaxation despite upregulated calcium-handling protein atrial myocardium from type 2 diabetic patients with preserved ejection fraction. Cardiovascular Diabetology, 13, 72. doi: 10.1186/1475-2840-13-72

Journal - Research Article

Moore, A., Shindikar, A., Fomison-Nurse, I., Riu, F., Munasinghe, P. E., Parshu Ram, T., Saxena, P., Coffey, S., Bunton, R. W., Galvin, I. F., Williams, M. J. A., … Katare, R. (2014). Rapid onset of cardiomyopathy in STZ-induced female diabetic mice involves the downregulation of pro-survival Pim-1. Cardiovascular Diabetology, 13, 68. doi: 10.1186/1475-2840-13-68

Journal - Research Article

Galvin, S. D., Celi, L. A., Thomas, K. N., Clendon, T. R., Galvin, I. F., Bunton, R. W., & Ainslie, P. N. (2010). Effects of age and coronary artery disease on cerebrovascular reactivity to carbon dioxide in humans. Anaesthesia & Intensive Care, 38(4), 710-717.

Journal - Research Article

Parry, D. J., Winburn, I. C., Wilkins, G. T., & Bunton, R. W. (2005). Expanding retrograde saphenous vein graft aneurysm treated with endovascular coiling. Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 80, 2374-2376.

Journal - Research Article

Daniels, L. J., Annandale, M., Koutsifeli, P., Li, X., Bussey, C. T., van Hout, I., Bunton, R. W., … Coffey, S., Katare, R., Lamberts, R. R., … Mellor, K. M. (2021). Elevated myocardial fructose and sorbitol levels are associated with diastolic dysfunction in diabetic patients, and cardiomyocyte lipid inclusions in vitro [Brief communication]. Nutrition & Diabetes, 11, 8. doi: 10.1038/s41387-021-00150-7

Journal - Research Other

Ram, T. P., Fomison-Nurse, I., Gandhi, S., Coffey, S., Saxena, P., Galvin, I., Bunton, R., Williams, M. J. A., Lamberts, R. R., & Katare, R. (2017). The diagnostic sensitivity of circulating cardio-enriched microRNAs is increased after normalization of high-density lipoprotein levels [Short communication]. International Journal of Cardiology, 236, 498-500. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2017.01.119

Journal - Research Other

Munasinghe, P. E., Riu, F., Dixit, P., Edamatsu, M., Saxena, P., Hamer, N. S. J., Galvin, I. F., Bunton, R. W., Lequeux, S., Jones, G., Lamberts, R., … Katare, R. (2015). Data supporting the activation of autophagy genes in the diabetic heart [Data article]. Data in Brief, 5, 269-275. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2015.09.003

Journal - Research Other

Bevan, P., Menon, A., & Bunton, R. (2014). Spontaneous chest wall hematoma with dual antiplatelet therapy. Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 30(2), 247.e1-247.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2013.08.021

Journal - Research Other

Chu, J. W., Chen, V. H. T., & Bunton, R. (2012). Thrombosis of a mechanical heart valve despite dabigatran. Annals of Internal Medicine, 157(4), 304. [Letter].

Journal - Research Other

Galvin, S. D., Wademan, B., Chu, J., & Bunton, R. W. (2010). Benign metastasizing leiomyoma: A rare metastatic lesion in the right ventricle [Case report]. Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 89(1), 279-281. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.06.050

Journal - Research Other

Galvin, S., Chen, V., Bunton, R., & Doyle, T. (2010). Sutureless pericardial patch augmentation for impending left ventricular free wall rupture [Case report]. Interactive Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery, 10, 341-343. doi: 10.1510/icvts.2009.217125

Journal - Research Other

Delany, S. G., Doyle, T. C. A., Bunton, R. W., Hung, N. A., Joblin, L. U., & Taylor, D. R. (1993). Pulmonary artery sarcoma mimicking pulmonary embolism [Case report]. Chest, 103(5), 1631-1633. doi: 10.1378/chest.103.5.1631

Journal - Research Other

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