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Cardiovascular diseases

Notable cases

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy complicated by Dressler’s syndrome

Edmund J Lee, Randall Hendriks and Alan P Whelan

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (12): 725-727 Free

Editorials

Acute coronary syndromes: exploring the best way forward in optimising care

Ian A Scott

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (12): 686-687

Snapshot

In-vivo characterisation of coronary atherosclerosis with optical coherence tomography

Peter Barlis, Giuseppe Ferrante, Francesca Del Furia and Carlo Di Mario

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (12): 728 Free

Editorials

Cardiac repolarisation: the long and short of it

Warren M Smith

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (12): 688-689

Dr Ross Ingram Memorial Essay Competition

The heart of the matter is, that it’s a matter of the heart

Barry N Fewquandie

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (10): 580-582 Free

Obituary

Sydney Ralph Reader CMG, MB BS, MD(Hon), PhD, FRACP, FRCP

Warwick P Anderson, John S Horvath and Phil Mayne

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (9): 513 Free

Snapshots

Delay in development of cardiac tamponade due to coexisting pulmonary embolism

Namal Wijesinghe, Cherian Sebastian and Hugh McAlister

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (9): 536 Free

Editorials

Will prasugrel supersede clopidogrel for acute coronary syndromes?

Graeme J Hankey, John W Eikelboom and Paul E Langton

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (7): 381-382

Snapshot

Haemopericardium in blue rubber bleb naevus syndrome (Bean syndrome)

Pankaj Malhotra, Madhav C Menon, Subramaniyan S Anand, Arshjyot Narula and Subhash Varma

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (7): 416 Free

Book reviews

Help for heart failure patients

Michael A Ashby

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (7): 425

Editorials

Obstructive sleep apnoea — getting to the heart of the matter?

Ronald R Grunstein and Craig L Phillips

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (6): 324-325

Letters

Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy: how stress can mimic acute coronary occlusion

Laven Padayachee

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (6): 374-375

Letters

Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy: how stress can mimic acute coronary occlusion

Michael R Ward

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (6): 374-375

Clinical update

2007 addendum to the National Heart Foundation of Australia/Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand Guidelines for the management of acute coronary syndromes 2006

Constantine N Aroney, Philip Aylward, Derek P Chew, Nancy Huang, Anne-Maree Kelly, Harvey White and Michelle Wilson

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (5): 302-303 Free

Research

Trends in coronary artery bypass graft surgery in Victoria, 2001–2006: findings from the Australasian Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons database project

Diem T Dinh, Geraldine A Lee, Baki Billah, Julian A Smith, Gilbert C Shardey and Christopher M Reid

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (4): 214-217 Free

Research

Variations in the application of cardiac care in Australia

Darren L Walters, Constantine N Aroney, Derek P Chew, Linden Bungey, Steven G Coverdale, Roger Allan and David Brieger

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (4): 218-223 Free

Health care

Persistence with antihypertensive medication: Australia-wide experience, 2004–2006

Leon A Simons, Michael Ortiz and Gordon Calcino

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (4): 224-227 Free

Letters

A shift in the use of drug-eluting stents in Australian private hospitals

Suzanne M McLean and David J Clark

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (2): 127

Letters

How should stable coronary artery disease be managed in the modern era?

Richard W Harper, Esther M Briganti and Brett H R Forge

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (2): 122-123

Letters

How should stable coronary artery disease be managed in the modern era?

Keith V Woollard and Mark A J Newman

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (2): 122-123

Emergency medicine

Cardiac arrest and chewing gum — an unfortunate combination

Angus G Thompson, Shakeeb Razak and Rohan Jayasinghe

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11): 635

Snapshots

Arrhythmogenic left ventricular false tendon

Robin A P Weir, Henry J Dargie and Iain N Findlay

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (10): 591 Free

Letters

Discordance between level of risk and intensity of evidence-based treatment in patients with acute coronary syndromes

Ian A Scott

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (8): 479

Lessons from practice

Breast implant mimicking pericardial effusion in a cancer patient undergoing gated heart pool radionuclide study

Kiran Swaraj, Hosen Kiat, Michael Lin, Peter Lin, Ivan Ho-Shon, Sithoeun Sam and John Chu

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (8): 465-466 Free

Letters

Discordance between level of risk and intensity of evidence-based treatment in patients with acute coronary syndromes

V Michael Jelinek

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (8): 479