Cardiovascular diseases

Editorial 17 Aug 2020

Are we behind the times on cardiovascular risk assessment in Australia?

Harry Klimis and Clara K Chow

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (4): 168-169

Consensus statement 17 Aug 2020

Cardiovascular disease and COVID‐19: Australian and New Zealand consensus statement

Sarah Zaman, Andrew I MacIsaac, Garry LR Jennings, Markus P Schlaich, Sally C Inglis, Ruth Arnold, Saurabh Kumar, Liza Thomas, Sudhir Wahi, Sidney Lo, Carolyn Naismith, Stephen J Duffy, Stephen J Nicholls, Andrew Newcomb, Aubrey A Almeida, Selwyn Wong, Mayanna Lund, Derek P Chew, Leonard Kritharides, Clara K Chow and Ravinay Bhindi

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (4): 182-187 Free

Research 3 Aug 2020

Coronary artery calcium scoring in cardiovascular risk assessment of people with family histories of early onset coronary artery disease

Prasanna Venkataraman, Tony Stanton, Danny Liew, Quan Huynh, Stephen J Nicholls, Geoffrey K Mitchell, Gerald F Watts, Andrew Maxwell Tonkin and Thomas H Marwick

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (4): 170-177 Free

Editorial 27 Jul 2020

Community leadership and empowerment are essential for eliminating rheumatic heart disease

Jonathan R Carapetis and Alex Brown

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (3): 116-117 Free

Medical education / Snapshot 20 Jul 2020

Demonstrating the mechanism of electrical alternans in cardiac tamponade: “the swinging heart”

Jeet Ram Kashyap and Suraj Kumar

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (2): 66-66

Research 13 Jul 2020

Hyperendemic rheumatic heart disease in a remote Australian town identified by echocardiographic screening

Joshua R Francis, Helen Fairhurst, Hilary Hardefeldt, Shannon Brown, Chelsea Ryan, Kurt Brown, Greg Smith, Roz Baartz, Ari Horton, Gillian Whalley, James Marangou, Alex Kaethner, Anthony DK Draper, Christian L James, Alice G Mitchell, Jennifer Yan, Anna Ralph and Bo Remenyi

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (3): 118-123 Free

Research 6 Jul 2020

A computer‐guided quality improvement tool for primary health care: cost‐effectiveness analysis based on TORPEDO trial data

Bindu Patel, David P Peiris, Anushka Patel, Stephen Jan, Mark F Harris, Tim Usherwood, Kathryn Panaretto and Thomas Lung

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (2): 73-78 Free

Perspectives 25 May 2020

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19): angiotensin‐converting enzyme inhibitors, angiotensin II receptor blockers and cardiovascular disease

Garry LR Jennings

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (11): 502-503.e1 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice 18 May 2020

May–Thurner syndrome: an overlooked cause of venous thromboembolism

Farooq Akram and Roshni G Sadashiv

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (9): 402-403.e1

Perspectives 23 Mar 2020

Clarification of the Australian heart failure guideline recommendation for primary prevention defibrillator implantation in non‐ischaemic cardiomyopathy

Peter M Kistler, John J Atherton and Garry Jennings

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (11): 509-510.e1

Research letters 23 Mar 2020

Unprecedented smoke‐related health burden associated with the 2019–20 bushfires in eastern Australia

Nicolas Borchers Arriagada, Andrew J Palmer, David MJS Bowman, Geoffrey G Morgan, Bin B Jalaludin and Fay H Johnston

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (6): 282-283 Free

Editorials 16 Mar 2020

Time to develop guidelines for screening and management of atrial fibrillation in Indigenous Australians

Nicole Lowres and Ben Freedman

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (5): 212-213 Free

Consensus statement 16 Mar 2020

Cardiovascular disease risk assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults aged under 35 years: a consensus statement

Jason W Agostino, Deborah Wong, Ellie Paige, Vicki Wade, Cia Connell, Maureen E Davey, David P Peiris, Dana Fitzsimmons, C Paul Burgess, Ray Mahoney, Emma Lonsdale, Peter Fernando, Leone Malamoo, Sandra Eades, Alex Brown, Garry Jennings, Raymond W Lovett and Emily Banks

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (9): 422-427 Free

Research letter 9 Mar 2020