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Cardiovascular diseases

Research

Utilisation of outpatient cardiac rehabilitation in Queensland

Ian A Scott, Kylie A Lindsay and Hazel E Harden

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (7): 341-345 Free

Letters

Recommended therapeutic digoxin blood levels: a cause for concern

Keith V Woollard

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (6): 328

Clinical update

Lowering blood pressure in 2003

John P Chalmers and Leonard F Arnolda

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (6): 306-312 Free

Research

Untreated hypertension among Australian adults: the 1999–2000 Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study (AusDiab)

Esther M Briganti, John J McNeil, Jonathan E Shaw, Paul Z Zimmet, Steven J Chadban, Robert C Atkins and Timothy A Welborn

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (3): 135-139 Free

Indigenous health

Cardiovascular risk among urban Aboriginal people

Peter L Thompson, Pamela J Bradshaw, Margherita Veroni and Edward T Wilkes

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (3): 143-146 Free

Position statement

Aspirin for cardiovascular disease prevention

Joseph Hung, for the Medical Issues Committee of the National Heart Foundation of Australia

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (3): 147-152 Free

Editorials

Cardiovascular disease in the Asia–Pacific region: challenges for health research and policy

Mark Woodward and Michael A Reid

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (2): 71-72

New Drugs, Old Drugs

Digoxin in heart failure and cardiac arrhythmias

Terence J Campbell and Peter S MacDonald

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (2): 98-102 Free

Clinical update

Pulmonary arterial hypertension: a new era in management

Anne M Keogh, Keith D McNeil, Trevor Williams, Eli Gabbay and Leslie G Cleland

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (11): 564-567 Free

Editorials

Managing atrial fibrillation — redrawing a line in the sand

Michael J Kilborn

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (10): 480-481

Indigenous health

Inflammation and vascular endothelial activation in an Aboriginal population: relationships to coronary disease risk factors and nutritional markers

Kevin Rowley, Jacob Cohen, Alicia J Jenkins, David O'Neal, James D Best, Karen Z Walker, Qing Su and Kerin O'Dea

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (10): 495-500 Free

Research

Impact of a chest-pain guideline on clinical decision-making

Soufiane Boufous, Bin B Jalaludin, Charles H Pain, Susan Ieraci, Anne-Louise Gray, Susan E Harris, Craig P Juergens, Peter W Kelleher and Linda M Dann

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (8): 375-380 Free

Research

Call-to-needle times for thrombolysis in acute myocardial infarction in Victoria

Anne-Maree Kelly, Debra Kerr, Ian Patrick and Tony Walker

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (8): 381-385 Free

Editorials

Improving triage of patients with chest pain

M Andrew Fitzpatrick

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (8): 364-365

Editorials

Changing times in the treatment of myocardial infarction

James W Leitch

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (8): 367-368

Research

Use of an accelerated chest pain assessment protocol in patients at intermediate risk of adverse cardiac events

Con N Aroney, Heather L Dunlevie and JH Nicholas Bett

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (8): 370-374 Free

Position statement

"Stress" and coronary heart disease: psychosocial risk factors

Stephen J Bunker, David M Colquhoun, Murray D Esler, Ian B Hickie, David Hunt, V Michael Jelinek, Brian F Oldenburg, Hedley G Peach, Denise Ruth, Christopher C Tennant and Andrew M Tonkin

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (6): 272-276 Free

Letters

The verdict from ALLHAT

Mark R Nelson

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (6): 304

Letters

Ventricular tachycardia following ingestion of a commonly used antihistamine

Philip T Sager and Enrico P Veltri

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (5): 245-246

Letters

In reply: Ventricular tachycardia following ingestion of a commonly used antihistamine

Dennis L Kuchar, Bruce D Walker and Charles W Thorburn

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (5): 246

Book reviews

Pragmatic approach to clinical audit

Ian A Scott

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (6):

Editorials

Cardiovascular risk factors: when should we treat?

Andrew M Tonkin, Stephen S Lim and Henrik Schirmer

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (3): 101-102

Research

Risk functions for prediction of cardiovascular disease in elderly Australians: the Dubbo Study

Leon A Simons, Judith Simons, Latha Palaniappan, Yechiel Friedlander and John McCallum

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (3): 113-116 Free

Letters

Fatal envenomation by jellyfish causing Irukandji syndrome

Paul M Bailey

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (3): 139-140

Clinical update

Chlamydia pneumoniae and cardiovascular disease

Mikkel M Larsen, Birgitte Moern, Paul L Andersen, Lars J Ostergaard and Andrew Fuller

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (10): 558-562 Free