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Cardiovascular diseases
Dying of heart failure: how do we improve the experience?
Cardiologists require competency and confidence in managing not only deteriorating but also end of life, heart failure
Dominica Zentner · Vithoosharan Sivanathan · Jennifer Philip · Natasha Smallwood
Averting infections when implanting cardiac pacemakers and defibrillators
Documenting reasons for implanting CIEDs and detailed discussions with prospective patients about their risks are essential
William F Heddle AM
Factors associated with cardiac implantable electronic device‐related infections, New South Wales, 2016–21: a retrospective cohort study
Recognising specific risk factors for CIED-related infections is needed for informed decisions about procedures and prophylactic measures
Md Shajedur Rahman Shawon · Oluwadamisola T Sotade · Joan Li · Michelle D Hill · Liesl Strachan · Gabrielle Challis · Kate King · Sze‐Yuan Ooi · Louisa Jorm
Cardiovascular outcomes for people hospitalised with COVID‐19 in Australia, and the effect of vaccination: an observational cohort study
Clinical cardiovascular events were infrequent, and their likelihood was not influenced by COVID-19 vaccination
Hari P Sritharan · Kunwardeep S Bhatia · William Gaal · Leonard Kritharides · Clara K Chow · Ravinay Bhindi
Measurement of digoxin levels falsely affected by enzalutamide
A 75-year-old man presented with three days of lethargy and diarrhoea
Noor Lammoza · Maria Hormiz · Cherie Chiang · Chris Stead · Mustafa Ayhan · Samuel C Hume
2023 Australian guideline for assessing and managing cardiovascular disease risk
The 2023 Australian CVD guideline provides a pathway for early detection, clinical assessment and management of CVD risk
Mark R Nelson · Emily Banks · Alex Brown · Clara K Chow · David P Peiris · Nigel P Stocks · Rebecca Davies AO · Natalie Raffoul · Lisa Kalman · Emily Bradburn · Garry Jennings
Genetic testing in cardiovascular disease
Substantial advances have been made associating cardiovascular disease to markers of genetic risk
Michael P Gray · Diane Fatkin · Jodie Ingles · Elizabeth N Robertson · Gemma A Figtree
Catheter‐related superior vena cava syndrome: an increasing problem
A 16-year-old female patient with cystic fibrosis developed recurrent pleural effusions, facial plethora and prominent chest wall veins
John J Harvey · John I Vrazas · Elhamy Bekhit · Chris Barnes · Philip J Robinson
First implantable cardiac defibrillator insertions in New South Wales, 2005–2020: an analysis of linked administrative data
ICDs should be offered only to people for whom the potential benefit outweighs the potential harm
Lin Zhu · Andrew Hayen · Bianca Blanch · Nathan Engstrom · Jenny A Doust · Christopher Semsarian · Katy JL Bell
Presentations to selected Melbourne hospitals with cardiovascular disease by Indigenous and non‐Indigenous people, 2011–19: a linked administrative data analysis
Taking social health determinants into account is important for reducing the CVD burden for Indigenous Victorians
Eloise Price · Aneta Kotevski · Karen Lamb · Digsu Koye · Georgia Taylor · Gabrielle Ebsworth · Luke Burchill
Who should get the last TAVI valve? Public versus private access to disruptive technologies in the Australian health care system
The failure of health technology assessments to bridge the federal–state divide contributes to public–private access gaps
Jonathon B Ryan
Inflammation: the next target for secondary prevention in coronary artery disease
Anti-inflammatory drugs can reduce cardiovascular events, but risks, benefits and mediating mechanisms are still uncertain
Samia Kazi · James J H Chong · Clara K Chow
Clinical outcomes and health care costs of transferring rural Western Australians for invasive coronary angiography, and a cost‐effective alternative care model
Nick S R Lan · Mikhail Alexander · Abdul Rahman Ihdayhid
A rare case of peripartum cardiomyopathy complicated by renal and splenic infarctions
A 41-year-old G1P1 woman presented with two days of dyspnoea four weeks postpartum
Jessica V Yao · Joshua Wong · Anu Aggarwal
Sodium glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor‐induced ketoacidosis is unlikely in patients without diabetes
SGLT2 inhibitor use in heart failure patients without diabetes should have minimal risk of ketoacidosis
Lisa M Raven · Christopher A Muir · Jerry R Greenfield
Recognising primary aldosteronism as a disorder in its own right
We need inexpensive methods for distinguishing between people with hypertension who have primary aldosteronism and those who do not
John W Funder
Aldosterone and renin concentrations and blood pressure in young Indigenous and non‐Indigenous adults in the Northern Territory: a cross‐sectional study
Screening test results for primary aldosteronism were positive for about one-quarter of urban Indigenous and non-Indigenous participants
Elisabeth Ng · Stella M Gwini · Michael Stowasser · Morag J Young · Peter J Fuller · Gurmeet R Singh · Jun Yang
Coronary stenting for stable coronary ischaemia: ain't misbehaving, just misunderstood
Choosing therapies well, with the patient’s preference, requires an understanding of the temporal risk profile of coronary artery disease
Derek P Chew · Sarah Zaman
Controversies and dilemmas in the diagnosis of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
The availability of evidence-based therapies should be seen as a call to action to urgently streamline and unify the diagnosis of HFpEF at the clinical interface
Sandhir B Prasad · David J Holland · John J Atherton
Second look diagnosis: dual sinus nodes rhythm in heart transplant patient
A 76-year-old woman presented to a regional hospital with COVID-19-related symptoms
Gabriela Strey
Can CTCA provide health care equity for people in rural Australia with coronary artery disease?
Improving diagnostic capabilities in rural areas will require a commensurate increase in clinical decision-making and therapeutic capacity
Taylor Strube · Derek P Chew
Clinical outcomes and health care costs of transferring rural Western Australians for invasive coronary angiography, and a cost‐effective alternative care model: a retrospective cross‐sectional study
Local assessment could improve access to cardiac services in rural centres and reduce the costs associated with sending patients to Perth
Mikhail Alexander · Nick S R Lan · Michael J Dallo · Tom G Briffa · Frank M Sanfilippo · Andrew Hooper · Helen Bartholomew · Loletta Hii · Graham S Hillis · Brendan M McQuillan · Girish Dwivedi · James M Rankin · Abdul Rahman Ihdayhid
Evidence supporting the choice of a new cardiovascular risk equation for Australia
Selecting a suitable CVD risk equation for the Australian population
Sinan Brown · Emily Banks · Mark Woodward · Natalie Raffoul · Garry Jennings · Ellie Paige
Rapid access chest pain clinics in Australia and New Zealand
A national framework could be beneficial to provide sites with evidence, possible models, and business cases
Kenneth K Cho · John K French · Gemma A Figtree · Clara K Chow · Rebecca Kozor
