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Cardiovascular diseases

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

Perspectives

Defibrillator access across Australia: the first step in avoiding a chain of fatality

Elizabeth Paratz, Gregory J Page and Garry LR Jennings

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (4): 146-148 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Seven vessel spontaneous coronary artery dissection and concurrent transient global amnesia after an emotional trigger

Nikolaos Papadopoulos, Ashleigh Dind, Karam Alzuhairi and Peter Caspari

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (11): 503-504

Narrative review

Cardiovascular risk management in the peri‐operative setting

Shehane Mahendran, Aravinda Thiagalingam, Graham Hillis, Richard Halliwell, Henry CC Pleass and Clara K Chow

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (1): 30-39 Free

Research letter

Myocarditis in Australian children following SARS‐CoV‐2 infection or COVID‐19 vaccination: a retrospective case series

Patrick Walker, Timothy C Lai, Silja Schrader, Nigel Crawford and Daryl R Cheng

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (10): 482-483 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Hypertensive retinopathy in the paediatric setting

Nandini Singh, Kanika Chaudhri and Caroline Catt

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (9): 392-393

Narrative review

Cardiovascular risk management following gestational diabetes and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: a narrative review

Simone Marschner, Anushriya Pant, Amanda Henry, Louise J Maple‐Brown, Lisa Moran, N Wah Cheung, Clara K Chow and Sarah Zaman

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (10): 484-491 Free

Editorial

Coronary calcium scoring for guiding lipid‐lowering therapy is cost‐effective: time to remove barriers to its use

Erfan Tasdighi and Michael J Blaha

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (5): 214-215

Research

The cost‐effectiveness of coronary calcium score‐guided statin therapy initiation for Australians with family histories of premature coronary artery disease

Prasanna Venkataraman, Amanda L Neil, Geoffrey K Mitchell, Tony Stanton, Stephen Nicholls, Andrew M Tonkin, Gerald F Watts and Thomas H Marwick

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (5): 216-222

Letters

Historic breakthrough for public access defibrillation in Australia

Joshua G Kovoor, Gregory J Page and Pramesh Kovoor

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (5): 238-238 Free

Perspectives

Cardiovascular disease risk screening in Australia: evidence and data gaps

Ellie Paige, Natalie Raffoul, Emma Lonsdale and Emily Banks

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (3): 103-105 Free

Research

Emergency department presentations during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Queensland (to June 2021): interrupted time series analysis

Amy L Sweeny, Gerben Keijzers, Andrea Marshall, Emma J Hall, Jamie Ranse, Ping Zhang, Gary Grant, Ya‐Ling Huang, Dinesh Palipana, Yang D Teng, Benjamin Gerhardy, Jaimi H Greenslade, Philip Jones and Julia L Crilly

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (3): 120-125 Free

Research

Increasing screening for atrial fibrillation in general practice: the Atrial Fibrillation Self‐Screening, Management And guideline‐Recommended Therapy (AF Self‐SMART) study

Katrina Giskes, Nicole Lowres, Jessica Orchard, JiaLin Li, Kirsty McKenzie, Charlotte Mary Hespe and Ben Freedman

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (1): 27-32 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Native valve infective endocarditis: a rare complication of rat bite fever caused by Streptobacillus moniliformis

Caitlin Paul, Joseph O'Brien, Sarah Huffam and Daryl Ridley

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (11): 584-585 Free

Editorials

The long term implications of fertility therapy for the health of women

Robert J Norman

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (10): 520-521

Research

Long term all‐cause and cardiovascular disease mortality among women who undergo fertility treatment

Stephanie R Yiallourou, Dianna Magliano, Tilahun N Haregu, Melinda J Carrington, Daniel L Rolnik, Luk Rombauts, Andre Rodrigues, Jocasta Ball, Fiona J Bruinsma and Fabricio Da Silva Costa

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (10): 532-537 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Systemic amyloidosis in a patient presenting with myopathy, peripheral oedema and proteinuria

Laura Bywater, Anthea C Gist, Rahul G Muthalaly, Joanna Loh, Ian Simpson, Anthony J White and Andy KH Lim

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (5): 232-234 Free

Consensus statement

Consensus statement on the current pharmacological prevention and management of heart failure

Andrew P Sindone, Carmine De Pasquale, John Amerena, Christine Burdeniuk, Alicia Chan, Andrew Coats, David L Hare, Peter Macdonald, Aaron Sverdlov and John J Atherton

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (4): 212-217 Free

Research

Differences in the pre‐hospital management of women and men with stroke by emergency medical services in New South Wales

Xia Wang, Cheryl Carcel, Benjumin Hsu, Sultana Shajahan, Matthew Miller, Sanne Peters, Deborah A Randall, Alys Havard, Julie Redfern, Craig S Anderson, Louisa Jorm and Mark Woodward

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (3): 143-148 Free

Perspectives

Sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors in type 1 diabetes: a missed opportunity for cardiovascular protection?

Jennifer R Snaith and Jerry R Greenfield

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (3): 126-128 Free

Editorials

Low risk chest pain? Make the negative a positive

Christopher Zeitz and Angus Baumann

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (1): 28-29 Free

Research

The influence of ambulance offload time on 30‐day risks of death and re‐presentation for patients with chest pain

Luke P Dawson, Emily Andrew, Michael Stephenson, Ziad Nehme, Jason Bloom, Shelley Cox, David Anderson, Jeffrey Lefkovits, Andrew J Taylor, David Kaye, Karen Smith and Dion Stub

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (5): 253-259 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Ulcerative colitis and acute perimyocarditis

Kenneth K Cho, Yanna Ko, Kelly Nilsen, Christine Verdon and Giuseppe Femia

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (11): 559-561