Dennis Lawrence Kuchar (born 7 June 1956) is a cardiologist based in Sydney, Australia. He was one of the first cardiologists to perform research on the signal averaged ECG. This groundbreaking research laid the groundwork for the current paradigm of ECG use for prediction of sudden death.
Kuchar grew up in Coogee, where he was the School Captain at Coogee Public School. He graduated with an MB BS (Honors) from Sydney University in 1978. In 1987,...
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Dennis Lawrence Kuchar (born 7 June 1956) is a cardiologist based in Sydney, Australia. He was one of the first cardiologists to perform research on the signal averaged ECG. This groundbreaking research laid the groundwork for the current paradigm of ECG use for prediction of sudden death.
Kuchar grew up in Coogee, where he was the School Captain at Coogee Public School. He graduated with an MB BS (Honors) from Sydney University in 1978. In 1987, at the age of 29, he received his MD from Sydney University and FRACP from the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.
Kuchar is associated with St Vincent's Hospital, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute and St Vincent's Heart, specializing in cardiac arrhythmias, catheter ablation, pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators.
Mentored by his close friend and colleague Victor Chang, Kuchar was involved in Australia's most famous heart transplant, that of Fiona Coote.
Kuchar made news in April 2007 when he noted that the new...
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