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Cardiovascular diseases

Guideline summary

National Heart Foundation of Australia and Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand: Australian Clinical Guideline for Diagnosing and Managing Acute Coronary Syndromes 2025

David B. Brieger, Louise A. Cullen, Tom G. Briffa, Sarah Zaman, Ian A. Scott, Cynthia Papendick, Elaine Ho, Victoria Leitch, Dannii Dougherty, Garry Jennings

Med J Aust 2026; 224 (2): Free

Perspective

Integrating Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring Into Cardiovascular Prevention in Australia

Shaun Khanna, Tej Dugal, Jason Kaplan, Aditya Bhat

Med J Aust 2026; 224 (2):

Scoping review

Scoping review of variation in clinical guidelines for delivery of injectable long‐acting penicillin across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand

Shriyutha Vaka, Lisa J Whop, Sophie J Kirk, Laurens Manning and Rosemary Wyber

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (11): 646-652 Free

Research

Cause‐specific mortality among Queensland people with cirrhosis, by cirrhosis aetiology and decompensation status, 2007–22: a retrospective cohort study

Vikas Bhasker, Jessica R Fong, Paul J Clark, Gunter F Hartel, Richard Skoien, James O’Beirne, Elizabeth E Powell and Patricia C Valery

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (9): 473-483 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

A case of Lyme carditis in a returned traveller: a rare cause of reversible heart block in Australia

Eunice Chuah, Hari Sritharan, Zachariah Seidman, Avedis A Ekmejian and Karin Chia

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (8): 397-399 Free

Research letter

Medication delivery and dispensing interval preferences of people who use antihypertensive medications in Australia: a survey study

Carissa Bonner, Michael A Fajardo, Rachael M Keast, Emily Atkins, Niamh Chapman, Kristie R Weir, Anthony Rodgers and Aletta E Schutte

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (8): 423-425 Free

Research

An Aboriginal women‐led approach to design a maternal and child health model when cardiometabolic complications are experienced in pregnancy in South Australia

Karrina DeMasi (Barkandji), Dana Shen (Ngarrindjeri), Phoebe McColl, Amanda Richards‐Satour (Adnyamathanha and Barngarla), Carolyn Renehan (Central Arrernte), Kim Morey (Anmatyerr and Eastern Arrernte), Karen Glover (Mein:tnk and Wotjobaluk), Cathy Leane (Dharug), Kristine Woods‐Hampton (Anmatijerre), Lorraine Garay (Anangu), Eloise Baker (Adnyamathanha and Barngarla), Rebecca Nielsen (Kalkadoon) and Katharine Brown

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (6): 312-319 Free

Narrative review

The public health impacts of mining in Australia

Javier Cortes‐Ramirez, Ruby N Michael, Leisa‐Maree Toms and Melissa Haswell

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (10): 541-549 Free

Research

Development and calibration of the 2023 Australian cardiovascular disease risk prediction equations: a model updating study

Ellie Paige, Emily Banks AM, Yuehan Zhang, Anushka Patel, Mark Woodward, Natalie Raffoul, Garry Jennings and Rodney T Jackson

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (4): 197-204 Free

Perspective

New evidence supports a greater focus on streptococcal skin infections to prevent rheumatic fever

Michael G Baker, Julie Bennett, Teuila Percival, Alison Leversha, Jason Gurney and Nicole J Moreland

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (3): 114-116 Free

Editorial

Biology–society–environment: a changing paradigm for the changing Australian climate

Arnagretta Hunter

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (2): 75-76 Free

Research

Promoting resilience to weather‐related and seasonal provocations to health in people with multimorbid heart disease: a prospective pragmatic, randomised trial

Simon Stewart, Sheila K Patel, Terase F Lancefield, Thalys Sampaio Rodrigues, Nicholas Doumtsis, Nasreen Moini, Ashleigh Harley, Emily‐Rose Vaughan‐Fowler, Yih‐Kai Chan, Alexander Chen, David Chye, David FL Liew, Christopher McMaster, Jay Ramchand, Paul A Yates, Jason C Kwong, Christine F McDonald and Louise M Burrell

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (2): 77-84 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Hyperkalaemic cardiac arrest due to cream of tartar ingestion

Daniel Yee Lee Ng, Laksmi Govindasamy, Andrew Hughes and Hwee Min Lee

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (11): 542-544 Free

Research

Geographic remoteness‐based differences in in‐hospital mortality among people admitted to NSW public hospitals with heart failure, 2002–21: a retrospective observational cohort study

Imants Rubenis, Gregory Harvey, Karice Hyun, Vincent Chow, Leonard Kritharides, Andrew P Sindone, David B Brieger and Austin CC Ng

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (7): 348-355 Free

Research

Early cardiovascular collapse after envenoming by snakes in Australia, 2005–2020: an observational study (ASP‐31)

Geoffrey K Isbister, Katherine Z Isoardi, Angela L Chiew, Shane Jenkins and Nicholas A Buckley

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (6): 313-317 Free

Research

The impact of pay‐for‐performance incentives for stroke unit access on public hospital costs and use, Queensland, 2012–17: interrupted time series analysis

Rohan Grimley, Joosup Kim, Helen M Dewey, Nadine E Andrew, Taya A Collyer, Eleanor S Horton, Greg Cadigan and Dominique A Cadilhac

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (5): 249-258 Free

Editorial

Embedding culture in co‐designed chronic disease programs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Rona Macniven and Karla J Canuto

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (4): 181-182 Free

Research

Potentially preventable medication‐related hospitalisations with cardiovascular disease of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, Queensland, 2013–2017: a retrospective cohort study

Jean Spinks, Gabor Mihala, Warren Jennings, Robert S Ware, Lisa M Kalisch Ellett, Elizabeth E Roughead and Daniel Williamson

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (4): 198-204 Free

Perspective

Shortages of benzathine benzylpenicillin G in Australia highlight the need for new sovereign manufacturing capability

Rosemary Wyber, Glenn Pearson and Laurens Manning

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (5): 223-225 Free

Letter to the editor

National Hypertension Taskforce of Australia: a roadmap to achieve 70% blood pressure control in Australia by 2030

Madeleine M Cosgrave, Catherine A Brumby, Matthew A Roberts and Lawrence P McMahon

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (2): 104-104 Free

Letter to the editor

National Hypertension Taskforce of Australia: a roadmap to achieve 70% blood pressure control in Australia by 2030

Aletta E Schutte and Markus Schlaich

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (2): 104-105 Free

Research

Blood pressure in young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: analysis of baseline data from a prospective cohort study

Berhe W Sahle, Emily Banks, Robyn Williams, Grace Joshy, Garry Jennings, Jonathan C Craig, Nicholas G Larkins, Francine Eades, Rebecca Q Ivers and Sandra Eades

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (2): 91-101 Free

Research

Clinical phenotype of COVID‐19 vaccine‐associated myocarditis in Victoria, 2021–22: a cross‐sectional study

Julia Smith, Silja Schrader, Hannah Morgan, Priya Shenton, Annette Alafaci, Nicholas Cox, Andrew J Taylor, James Hare, Bryn Jones, Nigel W Crawford, Jim P Buttery, Hazel J Clothier and Daryl R Cheng

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (1): 23-29 Free

Research

The cost of treating hypertension in Australia, 2012–22: an economic analysis

Emily R Atkins, Long Huy Nguyen, Mary Lou Chatterton, Markus Schlaich, Aletta E Schutte and Anthony Rodgers

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (11): 612-616 Free

Research

Management of people after stroke in 383 Victorian general practices, 2014–2018: analysis of linked stroke registry and general practice data

Muideen T Olaiya, Joosup Kim, Christopher Pearce, Kiran Bam, Dominique A Cadilhac, Nadine E Andrew, Lauren M Sanders, Amanda G Thrift, Mark R Nelson, Seana Gall and Monique F Kilkenny

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (10): 546-553 Free