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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

Research letters

Value of single troponin values in the emergency department for excluding acute myocardial infarction in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Jaimi H Greenslade, Sara Berndt, Laura Stephensen, Katrina Starmer, Greg Starmer, William Parsonage, Victor Lau, Tileah Drahm‐Butler, Tania Davis, Virginia Campbell, Richard Stone, Robert Bonnin, Sarah Ashover, Tanya Milburn, Elizabeth Mowatt, Karlie Proctor, Anthony Brazzale and Louise Ann Cullen

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (1): 48-49 Free

Letters

Uncontrolled blood pressure in Australia: a call to action

Jodie Bailie, Veronica Matthews and Ross S Bailie

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (9): 487-488

Letters

Uncontrolled blood pressure in Australia: a call to action

Aletta E Schutte, Garry Jennings and Markus Schlaich

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (9): 488-488

Editorials

Poor achievement of lipid targets after acute coronary syndrome: what can we improve?

Sher May Ng, Jiliu Pan and Ajay K Gupta

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (9): 458-459

Research letters

Doctors with borders: the impact of international border closures on Timorese people who need cardiac procedures

Elizabeth Paratz, Joaquina Maurays, Ricardo Flavio, Alan Appelbe and Noel Bayley

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (11): 583-584 Free

Perspectives

Emerging evidence for the use of colchicine for secondary prevention of coronary heart disease

Stefan M Nidorf, Jamie Layland, Philip C Robinson, Sanjay Patel, Peter J Psaltis and Peter L Thompson

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (8): 385-387 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Plasma aldosterone to renin ratio for the detection of primary aldosteronism in patients with drug‐resistant hypertension

Kay W Choy, Renata Libianto, Ian Simpson and Jun Yang

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (8): 399-400

Editorials

If you look for primary aldosteronism, you find it

Mark R Nelson

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (8): 405-406

Medical education

Common conditions that mimic asthma

Helen K Reddel

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (7): 337-340 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Abdominal discomfort leading to the incidental finding of complete heart block

Angus AW Baumann, Nicholas J Montarello and Glenn D Young

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (7): 340-342

Research

Detecting primary aldosteronism in Australian primary care: a prospective study

Renata Libianto, Grant M Russell, Michael Stowasser, Stella M Gwini, Peta Nuttall, Jimmy Shen, Morag J Young, Peter J Fuller and Jun Yang

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (8): 408-412 Free

Research

Achieving lipid targets within 12 months of an acute coronary syndrome: an observational analysis

Noor Alsadat, Karice Hyun, Farzaneh Boroumand, Craig Juergens, Leonard Kritharides and David B Brieger

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (9): 463-468 Free

Medical education / Snapshot

A massive pulmonary arteriovenous malformation with platypnoea–orthodeoxia: an important and reversible cause of refractory hypoxaemia

Michael Toolis

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (1): 19-19

Research letters

Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in Victoria, 2006–18

Jane Oliver, Myra Hardy, Joshua Osowicki, Daniel Engelman, Andrew C Steer and Katherine Gibney

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (4): 201-202 Free

Christmas competition / Winner

A guide to the management of atrial fibrillation in Santa Claus

Mark T Mills and David R Warriner

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (11): 529-531 Free

Perspectives

Uncontrolled blood pressure in Australia: a call to action

Aletta E Schutte, Ruth Webster, Garry Jennings and Markus P Schlaich

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (2): 61-63

Research

Incidence and causes of early unplanned readmission after hospitalisation with peripheral arterial disease in Australia and New Zealand

Vanessa Woelk, Peter Speck, Billingsley Kaambwa, Robert A Fitridge and Isuru Ranasinghe

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (2): 80-86 Free

Letters

Absolute risk assessment for guiding cardiovascular risk management in a chest pain clinic

Penni L Blazak and Kim Greaves

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (10): 486-486