Dr James Marangou

Honorary Research Fellow

Qualifications:

FRACP, Royal Australasian College of Physicians, 2017; MBBS (hons), University of Western Australia, 2009;

Location:

Darwin – Royal Darwin Hospital

Biography:

Dr James Marangou is a consultant cardiologist at Royal Perth Hospital and an honorary research fellow with Menzies School of Health Research. His PhD candidature with Menzies is supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council post-graduate scholarship. His broad research interests are cardiovascular health in Australian Indigenous populations, focussing particularly on rheumatic heart disease, and rural and remote cardiology service provision. Dr Marangou is a lead author for the 2020 Australian ARF/RHD guidelines and co-first author of the 2023 World Heart Federation guidelines for the echocardiographic diagnosis of RHD. His PhD and current research focus on the implementation and impact of echocardiography screening for rheumatic heart disease during pregnancy care in high-risk populations across Northern Australia and Timor-Leste.

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Research Themes
  1. Rwebembera J, Marangou J, Mwita JC, Mocumbi AO, Mota C, Okello E, Nascimento B, Thorup L, Beaton A, Kado J, Kaethner A, Kumar RK, Lawrenson J, Marijon E, Mirabel M, Nunes MCP, Piñeiro D, Pinto F, Ralston K, Sable C, Sanyahumbi A, Saxena A, Sliwa K, Steer A, Viali S, Wheaton G, Wilson N, Zühlke L, Reményi B. 2023 World Heart Federation guidelines for the echocardiographic diagnosis of rheumatic heart disease. Nat Rev Cardiol. 2024 Apr;21(4):250-263. doi: 10.1038/s41569-023-00940-9. Epub 2023 Nov 2. Erratum in: Nat Rev Cardiol. 2024 May;21(5):347. doi: 10.1038/s41569-024-01018-w. PMID: 37914787.
  2. Marangou J, Rwebembera J, Mwita J, Thorup L, Remenyi B, Nascimento BR, Beaton A, Kumar K, Okello E, Raltson K, Sable C, Wheaton G, Wilson N, Zuhlke L, Mota C, Mocumbi A. The Echocardiographic Diagnosis of Rheumatic Heart Disease: A Review of the Performance of the World Heart Federation Criteria 2012-2023. Glob Heart. 2024 May 13;19(1):47. doi: 10.5334/gh.1327. PMID: 38765776; PMCID: PMC11100538.
  3. Marangou J, Ferguson D, Unger HW, Kaethner A, Ilton M, Remenyi B, Ralph AP. Assessing the Role of Echocardiography in Pregnancy in First Nations Australian Women: Is It an Underutilised Resource? Heart Lung Circ. 2024 Jun 25:S1443-9506(24)00587-0. doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2024.04.301. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38918121.
  4. Francis JR, Fairhurst H, Yan J, Fernandes Monteiro A, Lee AM, Maurays J, Kaethner A, Whalley GA, Hardefeldt H, Williamson J, Marangou J, Reeves B, Wheaton G, Robertson T, Horton A, Cush J, Wade V, Monteiro A, Draper ADK, Morris PS, Ralph AP, Remenyi B. Abbreviated Echocardiographic Screening for Rheumatic Heart Disease by Nonexperts with and without Offsite Expert Review: A Diagnostic Accuracy Study. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2023 Jul;36(7):733-745. doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2023.02.007. Epub 2023 Feb 18. PMID: 36806665.
  5. Eng-Frost J, Marangou J, McMurdock N, Kangaharan N, Ilton M, Wing-Lun E. Inpatient cardiac care for acute coronary syndromes in the Top End of Australia. Intern Med J. 2023 Mar;53(3):383-388. doi: 10.1111/imj.15597. Epub 2022 Aug 13. PMID: 34697864.
  6. Francis JR, Whalley GA, Kaethner A, Fairhurst H, Hardefeldt H, Reeves B, Auld B, Marangou J, Horton A, Wheaton G, Robertson T, Ryan C, Brown S, Smith G, Dos Santos J, Flavio R, Embaum K, da Graca Noronha M, Lopes Belo S, Madeira Santos C, Georginha Dos Santos M, Cabral J, do Rosario I, Harries J, Francis LA, Draper ADK, James CL, Davis K, Yan J, Mitchell A, da Silva Almeida I, Engelman D, Roberts KV, Ralph AP, Remenyi B. Single-View Echocardiography by Nonexpert Practitioners to Detect Rheumatic Heart Disease: A Prospective Study of Diagnostic Accuracy. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2021 Aug;14(8):e011790. doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.120.011790. Epub 2021 Aug 13. PMID: 34384239; PMCID: PMC8373443.
  7. Bradshaw PJ, Tohira H, Marangou J, Newman M, Reményi B, Wade V, Reid C, Katzenellenbogen JM. The use of cardiac valve procedures for rheumatic heart disease in Australia; a cross-sectional study 2002-2017. Ann Med Surg (Lond). 2020 Nov 25;60:557-565. doi: 10.1016/j.amsu.2020.11.055. PMID: 33299561; PMCID: PMC7704359.
  8. Marangou J, Beaton A, Aliku TO, Nunes MCP, Kangaharan N, Reményi B. Echocardiography in Indigenous Populations and Resource Poor Settings. Heart Lung Circ. 2019 Sep;28(9):1427-1435. doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2019.05.176. Epub 2019 Jun 10. PMID: 31272827.
  9. Francis JR, Fairhurst H, Hardefeldt H, Brown S, Ryan C, Brown K, Smith G, Baartz R, Horton A, Whalley G, Marangou J, Kaethner A, Draper AD, James CL, Mitchell AG, Yan J, Ralph A, Remenyi B. Hyperendemic rheumatic heart disease in a remote Australian town identified by echocardiographic screening. Med J Aust. 2020 Aug;213(3):118-123. doi: 10.5694/mja2.50682. Epub 2020 Jul 6. PMID: 32632952.
  10. Marangou J, Redfern A, Haddad T, Rankin JM, Dwivedi G. Heart failure following oncological treatment. Curr Opin Cardiol. 2018 Mar;33(2):237-244. doi: 10.1097/HCO.0000000000000488. PMID: 29251671.