Associate Professor Rebecca Kozor
Northern Clinical School
Address:
Kolling building, Level 12
Royal North Shore Hospital
St Leonards NSW 2065
Australia
Assistant: cmr-group.admin@sydney.edu.au
Associate Professor Rebecca Kozor is a consultant cardiologist at Royal North Shore Hospital Sydney with specialist expertise in cardiac imaging, including cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR), cardiac CT, and echocardiography. She co-directs the University of Sydney CMR Group, and leads cardiovascular research with the support of multiple grants.
Cardiac imaging: CMR, cardiac CT, echocardiography
Heart muscle disease
Fabry disease
Chest pain
Women's heart health
Cardiovascular disease and climate change
Environmental sustainability in healthcare
Medical students - MD research program
Higher degree research students
Cardiac imaging - CMR, CTCA, echocardiography
Rapid access chest pain clinics in Australia
Advanced ECG in chest pain
Cardiac involvement in Fabry disease
Clinical trials involving CMR
Environmental sustainability in healthcare
Homeward Bound - STEMM Women in Leadership #HB8 Cohort
(Barts Heart Centre) Professor James Moon | |
(Birmingham University) Dr Richard Steeds |
Project title | Research student |
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State-of-the-art cardiac diagnostic techniques to improve diagnosis and management of heart disease | Manoj RAJAMOHAN |
Coronary microvascular dysfunction and risk factors | Sascha Swaraj SWARAJ |
Publications
Journals
- Nguyen, E., Shah, D., Stojanovska, J., Valente, A., Westwood, M., Plein, S., Ordovas, K., Herbst, P., Kozor, R., Ng, M., et al (2024). Competency based curriculum for cardiovascular magnetic resonance: A position statement of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, 26(1), 100006. [More Information]
- Lindow, T., Manouras, A., Lindqvist, P., Manna, D., Wieslander, B., Kozor, R., Strange, G., Playford, D., Ugander, M. (2024). Echocardiographic estimation of pulmonary artery wedge pressure: invasive derivation, validation, and prognostic association beyond diastolic dysfunction grading. European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging, 25(4), 498-509. [More Information]
- Johnson, J., Zahr, R., Hussain, N., Tadikamalla, R., Farah, V., Dzelebdzic, S., Muniz, J., Lee, M., Williams, J., Lee, S., Kozor, R., et al (2024). Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 2022 Cases of SCMR case series. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, 26(1), 100007. [More Information]
2024
- Nguyen, E., Shah, D., Stojanovska, J., Valente, A., Westwood, M., Plein, S., Ordovas, K., Herbst, P., Kozor, R., Ng, M., et al (2024). Competency based curriculum for cardiovascular magnetic resonance: A position statement of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, 26(1), 100006. [More Information]
- Lindow, T., Manouras, A., Lindqvist, P., Manna, D., Wieslander, B., Kozor, R., Strange, G., Playford, D., Ugander, M. (2024). Echocardiographic estimation of pulmonary artery wedge pressure: invasive derivation, validation, and prognostic association beyond diastolic dysfunction grading. European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging, 25(4), 498-509. [More Information]
- Johnson, J., Zahr, R., Hussain, N., Tadikamalla, R., Farah, V., Dzelebdzic, S., Muniz, J., Lee, M., Williams, J., Lee, S., Kozor, R., et al (2024). Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 2022 Cases of SCMR case series. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, 26(1), 100007. [More Information]
2023
- Parwani, P., Ricci, F., Moharem-Elgamal, S., Liberato, G., Narang, A., Ojha, V., Ducci, C., Plein, S., Ordovas, K., Chen, T., Kozor, R., et al (2023). Challenges and opportunities for early career medical professionals in cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging: a white paper from the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, 25(1), 65. [More Information]
- Nickander, J., Cole, B., Nordin, S., Vijapurapu, R., Steeds, R., Moon, J., Kellman, P., Ugander, M., Kozor, R. (2023). Increased cardiac involvement in Fabry disease using blood-corrected native T1 mapping. Scientific Reports, 13(1). [More Information]
- Lundin, M., Heiberg, E., Nordlund, D., Gyllenhammar, T., Steding-Ehrenborg, K., Engblom, H., Carlsson, M., Atar, D., van der Pals, J., Erlinge, D., Kozor, R., Ugander, M., et al (2023). Prognostic utility and characterization of left ventricular hypertrophy using global thickness. Scientific Reports, 13(1). [More Information]
2022
- Mazhar, J., Ekström, K., Kozor, R., Grieve, S., Nepper-Christensen, L., Ahtarovski, K., Kelbæk, H., Høfsten, D., Køber, L., Vejlstrup, N., Vernon, S., Figtree, G., et al (2022). Cardiovascular magnetic resonance characteristics and clinical outcomes of patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction and no standard modifiable risk factors–A DANAMI-3 substudy. Frontiers in Cardovascular Medicine, 9. [More Information]
- Figtree, G., Redfors, B., Kozor, R., Vernon, S., Grieve, S., Mazhar, J., Thiele, H., Patel, M., Udelson, J., Selker, H., et al (2022). Clinical Outcomes in Patients With ST-Segment Elevation MI and No Standard Modifiable Cardiovascular Risk Factors. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions, 15(11), 1167-1175. [More Information]
- Swaraj, S., Kozor, R., Arnott, C., Di Bartolo, B., Figtree, G. (2022). Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction—Does Sex Matter? Current Heart Failure Reports, 18(6), 345-352. [More Information]
2021
- Kozor, R., Walker, S., Parkinson, B., Younger, J., Hamilton-Craig, C., Selvanayagam, J., Greenwood, J., Taylor, A. (2021). Cost-Effectiveness of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance in Diagnosing Coronary Artery Disease in the Australian Health Care System. Heart, Lung, and Circulation, 30(3), 380-387. [More Information]
- Augusto, J., Johner, N., Shah, D., Nordin, S., Knott, K., Rosmini, S., Lau, C., Alfarih, M., Hughes, R., Seraphim, A., Kozor, R., et al (2021). The myocardial phenotype of Fabry disease pre-hypertrophy and pre-detectable storage. European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging, 22(7), 790-799. [More Information]
2020
- Lembo, R., Gullick, J., Chow, C., Figtree, G., Kozor, R. (2020). A Study of Patient Satisfaction and Uncertainty in a Rapid Access Chest Pain Clinic. Heart, Lung, and Circulation, 29(8), e210-e216. [More Information]
- Dennis, M., Ugander, M., Kozor, R., Puranik, R. (2020). Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Inherited Heart Conditions. Heart, Lung, and Circulation, 29(4), 584-593. [More Information]
- Augusto, J., Nordin, S., Vijapurapu, R., Baig, S., Bulluck, H., Castelletti, S., Alfarih, M., Knott, K., Captur, G., Kotecha, T., Kozor, R., et al (2020). Myocardial Edema, Myocyte Injury, and Disease Severity in Fabry Disease. Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging, 13(3), 1-11. [More Information]
2019
- Vijapurapu, R., Kozor, R., Hughes, D., Woolfson, P., Jovanovic, A., Deegan, P., Rusk, R., Figtree, G., Tchan, M., Whalley, D., et al (2019). A randomised controlled trial evaluating arrhythmia burden, risk of sudden cardiac death and stroke in patients with Fabry disease: the role of implantable loop recorders (RaILRoAD) compared with current standard practice. Trials, 20(1), 1-10. [More Information]
- Baig, S., Vijapurapu, R., Alharbi, F., Nordin, S., Kozor, R., Moon, J., Bembi, B., Geberhiwot, T., Steeds, R. (2019). Diagnosis and Treatment of the Cardiovascular Consequences of Fabry Disease. QJM: Quarterly Journal of Medicine, 112(1), 3-9. [More Information]
- Vijapurapu, R., Nordin, S., Baig, S., Liu, B., Rosmini, S., Augusto, J., Tchan, M., Hughes, D., Geberhiwot, T., Moon, J., Kozor, R., et al (2019). Global longitudinal strain, myocardial storage and hypertrophy in Fabry disease. Heart, 105(6), 470-476. [More Information]
2018
- Nordin, S., Kozor, R., Baig, S., Abdel-Gadir, A., Medina-Menacho, K., Rosmini, S., Captur, G., Tchan, M., Geberhiwot, T., Murphy, E., et al (2018). Cardiac phenotype of prehypertrophic fabry disease. Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging, 11(6), 1-11. [More Information]
- McConnell, E., Every, J., Tchan, M., Kozor, R. (2018). Progressive cardiac involvement in a compound heterozygote Fabry patient: A case report. European Heart Journal - Case Reports, 2(4). [More Information]
- Kozor, R., Moon, J., Treibel, T. (2018). Response by Kozor et al to Letter Regarding Article, “Left Ventricular Hypertrophy Revisited: Cell and Matrix Expansion Have Response to Letter to the Editor Disease-Specific Relationships”. Circulation, 137(24), 2672-2673. [More Information]
2017
- Kozor, R., Nordin, S., Treibel, T., Rosmini, S., Castelletti, S., Fontana, M., Captur, G., Baig, S., Steeds, R., Hughes, D., Grieve, S., Figtree, G., et al (2017). Insight into hypertrophied hearts: a cardiovascular magnetic resonance study of papillary muscle mass and T1 mapping. European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging, 18, 1034-1040. [More Information]
- Treibel, T., Kozor, R., Menacho, K., Castelletti, S., Bulluck, H., Rosmini, S., Nordin, S., Maestrini, V., Fontana, M., Moon, J. (2017). Left Ventricular Hypertrophy Revisited: Cell and Matrix Expansion Have Disease-Specific Relationships. Circulation, 136(25), 2519-2521. [More Information]
2016
- Kozor, R., Grieve, S., Tchan, M., Callaghan, F., Hamilton-Craig, C., Denaro, C., Moon, J., Figtree, G. (2016). Cardiac involvement in genotype-positive Fabry disease patients assessed by cardiovascular MR. Heart, 102(4), 298-302. [More Information]
- Kozor, R., Grieve, S., Figtree, G., Bhindi, R. (2016). Cardiovascular magnetic resonance, mitral regurgitation and outcomes: the importance of accurate assessment in an era of increasing intervention. Journal of Thoracic Disease, 8(9), E1053-E1056. [More Information]
- Evin, M., Broadhouse, K., Callaghan, F., McGrath, R., Glastras, S., Kozor, R., Hocking, S., Lamy, J., Redheuil, A., Kachenoura, N., Fulcher, G., Figtree, G., Grieve, S. (2016). Impact of obesity and epicardial fat on early left atrial dysfunction assessed by cardiac MRI strain analysis. Cardiovascular Diabetology, 15(1), 1-10. [More Information]
2015
- Kozor, R., Callaghan, F., Nelson, G., Figtree, G., Grieve, S. (2015). 4D Multi-VENC Cardiac MRI: Characterisation of a Functional Stenosis of the Ascending Aorta. Heart, Lung, and Circulation, 24(11), 1134-1135. [More Information]
- Kozor, R., Callaghan, F., Tchan, M., Hamilton-Craig, C., Figtree, G., Grieve, S. (2015). A disproportionate contribution of papillary muscles and trabeculations to total left ventricular mass makes choice of cardiovascular magnetic resonance analysis technique critical in Fabry disease. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, 17(1), 1-7. [More Information]
- Kozor, R., Murphy, J., Choong, C., Hansen, P., Bhindi, R. (2015). Pop goes the balloon: a cautionary tale in transaortic intervention. Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics, 30(1), 82-84. [More Information]
2014
- Kozor, R., Pollock, C., Gill, A., Bhindi, R., Figtree, G. (2014). Fabry disease deposition mimicking a cardiac tumour and precipitating heart block. European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging, 15(8), 869-869. [More Information]
- Kozor, R., Grieve, S., Buchholz, S., Kaye, S., Darke, S., Bhindi, R., Figtree, G. (2014). Regular Cocaine Use Is Associated with Increased Systolic Blood Pressure, Aortic Stiffness and Left Ventricular Mass in Young Otherwise Healthy Individuals. PloS One, 9(4), 1-8. [More Information]
2012
- Kozor, R., Nelson, G., Figtree, G. (2012). Extensive mid-wall myocardial oedema after aborted sudden death in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. International Journal of Cardiology, 154(1), e14-e15. [More Information]
- Murphy, J., Kozor, R., Figtree, G., Ward, M., Bhindi, R. (2012). Percutaneous coronary intervention via the radial artery: comparison of procedural success in emergency versus non-emergency cases. Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine, 13(5), 277-280. [More Information]
- Murphy, J., Kozor, R., Figtree, G., Hansen, P., Rasmussen, H., Ward, M., Nelson, G., Bhindi, R. (2012). Procedural and in-patient outcomes in patients aged 80 years or older undergoing contemporary primary percutaneous coronary intervention. EuroIntervention, 8(8), 912-919. [More Information]
Selected Grants
2022
- Reducing unnecessary investigations in chest pain with state-of-the-art diagnostic cardiac techniques, Kozor R, NSW Health/Early Mid-Career Researcher Grant
- REnal FactORs Modify HEART disease Study - REFORM HEARTS, Rogers N, Dwyer K, Kozor R, Patrick E, Julovi S, Webster A, Thomas L, Meijles D, Department of Health and Aged Care (Federal - administered by NHMRC)/2021 MRFF Cardiovascular Health Mission
2021
- Exercise lung water density by cardiac MRI in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, Kozor R, Cardiac Society of Australia & New Zealand (CSANZ)/Boehringer Ingelheim Cardiovascular Research Innovation Grant