Cardiovascular disease, which includes heart, stroke and blood vessel disease, is the leading cause of death in Australia: it affects more than 3.5 million, or one in five, Australians.

When the St Vincent's Cardiologists and Radiologists approached the Curran Foundation with a proposal for a “quantum leap forward” in their diagnostic services for cardiovascular disease, the Curran Foundation undertook a special project fundraising appeal to support the acquisition of a new diagnostic platform for the Campus.

The Curran Foundation has been successful in the achieving the $3.75 million target for the technology and the first device, the Toshiba Aquilion ONE CT was installed at St Vincent's in July 2009. The new device provides greater diagnostic confidence and speed for many life threatening conditions such as heart attack and stroke. St Vincent’s is the only public hospital in the state currently operating this diagnostic service. Below: Major benefactors to the Cardiac CT Appeal with the new Toshiba device installed at St Vincent's Hospital.