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Cardiovascular diseases

Perspectives

Dying of heart failure: how do we improve the experience?

Dominica Zentner, Vithoosharan Sivanathan, Jennifer Philip and Natasha Smallwood

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (11): 546-549 Free

Research

Cardiovascular outcomes for people hospitalised with COVID‐19 in Australia, and the effect of vaccination: an observational cohort study

Hari P Sritharan, Kunwardeep S Bhatia, William Gaal, Leonard Kritharides, Clara K Chow and Ravinay Bhindi

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (10): 517-522 Free

Editorial

Averting infections when implanting cardiac pacemakers and defibrillators

William F Heddle AM

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (10): 507-508 Free

Research

Factors associated with cardiac implantable electronic device‐related infections, New South Wales, 2016–21: a retrospective cohort study

Md Shajedur Rahman Shawon, Oluwadamisola T Sotade, Joan Li, Michelle D Hill, Liesl Strachan, Gabrielle Challis, Kate King, Sze‐Yuan Ooi and Louisa Jorm

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (10): 510-516 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Measurement of digoxin levels falsely affected by enzalutamide

Noor Lammoza, Maria Hormiz, Cherie Chiang, Chris Stead, Mustafa Ayhan and Samuel C Hume

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (9): 455-456 Free

Guideline summary

2023 Australian guideline for assessing and managing cardiovascular disease 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 and Garry Jennings

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (9): 482-490 Free

Narrative review

Genetic testing in cardiovascular disease

Michael P Gray, Diane Fatkin, Jodie Ingles, Elizabeth N Robertson and Gemma A Figtree

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (8): 428-434 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Catheter‐related superior vena cava syndrome: an increasing problem

John J Harvey, John I Vrazas, Elhamy Bekhit, Chris Barnes and Philip J Robinson

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (5): 238-240 Free

Research

First implantable cardiac defibrillator insertions in New South Wales, 2005–2020: an analysis of linked administrative data

Lin Zhu, Andrew Hayen, Bianca Blanch, Nathan Engstrom, Jenny A Doust, Christopher Semsarian and Katy JL Bell

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (5): 249-257 Free

Research letter

Presentations to selected Melbourne hospitals with cardiovascular disease by Indigenous and non‐Indigenous people, 2011–19: a linked administrative data analysis

Eloise Price, Aneta Kotevski, Karen Lamb, Digsu Koye, Georgia Taylor, Gabrielle Ebsworth and Luke Burchill

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (4): 208-210 Free

Perspectives

Who should get the last TAVI valve? Public versus private access to disruptive technologies in the Australian health care system

Jonathon B Ryan

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (5): 231-233 Free

Perspectives

Inflammation: the next target for secondary prevention in coronary artery disease

Samia Kazi, James J H Chong and Clara K Chow

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (3): 115-120 Free

Letters

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 and Abdul Rahman Ihdayhid

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (2): 107-107 Free

Letters

Clinical outcomes and health care costs of transferring rural Western Australians for invasive coronary angiography, and a cost‐effective alternative care model

Rosalie Schultz

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (2): 107-107 Free

Lessons from practice / Lessons from practice

A rare case of peripartum cardiomyopathy complicated by renal and splenic infarctions

Jessica V Yao, Joshua Wong and Anu Aggarwal

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (1): 17-19 Free

Perspectives

Sodium glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor‐induced ketoacidosis is unlikely in patients without diabetes

Lisa M Raven, Christopher A Muir and Jerry R Greenfield

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (7): 293-294 Free

Editorials

Recognising primary aldosteronism as a disorder in its own right

John W Funder

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (6): 259-260

Research

Aldosterone and renin concentrations and blood pressure in young Indigenous and non‐Indigenous adults in the Northern Territory: a cross‐sectional study

Elisabeth Ng, Stella M Gwini, Michael Stowasser, Morag J Young, Peter J Fuller, Gurmeet R Singh and Jun Yang

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (6): 263-269 Free

Perspectives

Controversies and dilemmas in the diagnosis of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

Sandhir B Prasad, David J Holland and John J Atherton

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (4): 142-145 Free

Medical education / Snapshot

Second look diagnosis: dual sinus nodes rhythm in heart transplant patient

Gabriela Strey

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (4): 152-152 Free

Editorial

Can CTCA provide health care equity for people in rural Australia with coronary artery disease?

Taylor Strube and Derek P Chew

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (4): 153-154

Research

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

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 and Abdul Rahman Ihdayhid

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (4): 155-161 Free

Narrative reviews

Evidence supporting the choice of a new cardiovascular risk equation for Australia

Sinan Brown, Emily Banks, Mark Woodward, Natalie Raffoul, Garry Jennings and Ellie Paige

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (4): 173-186 Free

Perspectives

Coronary stenting for stable coronary ischaemia: ain't misbehaving, just misunderstood

Derek P Chew and Sarah Zaman

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (4): 140-141 Free

Narrative reviews

Rapid access chest pain clinics in Australia and New Zealand

Kenneth K Cho, John K French, Gemma A Figtree, Clara K Chow and Rebecca Kozor

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (4): 168-172 Free