Contact Details
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- Position
- ALM5 Module Convener; Clinical Senior Lecturer
- Department
- Department of Medicine (Wellington)
- Qualifications
- MB ChB; FRACP; FCSANZ
- Research summary
- Involved in research projects within the cardiology department at Wellington Hospital – largely audit-based.
- Teaching
- Convener of 5th-year General Medicine and Subspecialties Module. Co-ordinator of the cardiology teaching within the module.
- I supervise trainee interns / Resident Medical officers and registrars (both basic training as well as advanced trainees in cardiology)
- Clinical
- Cardiologist at Wellington Hospital. I have particular interests in adult congenital heart disease ; heart failure and pulmonary hypertension. I also have an interest in obstetric cardiology.
Research
Currently co-author in review of management of patients with prosthetic valve replacements during pregnancy (submitting for publication).
Supervisor and co-author for 2 posters being presented at cardiac Society meeting June 2026:
- Pharmacological management of new Heart Failure patients admitted to Wellington Hospital: A retrospective Audit of 100 patients
- Assessment of Appropriateness of Referrals for Palliative Care in a cohort of patients admitted to Wellington Hospital with heart failure
Publications
Carleton, O., & Aitken, A. (2024). Long term outcomes of adults with isolated unrepaired ventricular septal defects in the Wellington region. Heart, Lung & Circulation, 33(Suppl. 4), 805. doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2024.06.809 Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Carleton, O., & Aitken, A. (2024). Long-term outcomes of adults with isolated unrepaired ventricular septal defects in the Wellington region. Heart, Lung & Circulation, 33(Suppl. 2), (pp. S71). doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2024.04.247 Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
El Din Morad, D., Aitken, A., Kirby, A., & Chen, A. (2024). Establishment of a combined liver / ACHD Fontan clinic: The Wellington experience. Heart, Lung & Circulation, 33(Suppl. 2), (pp. S72). doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2024.04.249 Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Wilson, V., Jacob, A., Van Der Walt, L., Sasse, A., & Aitken, A. (2022). Diagnostic challenge of a ruptured sinus of valsalva aneurysm (RSOVA) in the presence of concurrent valvular pathology: The utility of multimodality imaging. Heart, Lung & Circulation, 31(Suppl. 2), (pp. S35). doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2022.05.036 Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Mitchell, J., & Aitken, A. (2022). Transposition of the great arteries in the 3DHB region. Heart, Lung & Circulation, 31(Suppl. 2), (pp. S32). doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2022.05.028 Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract