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Cardiovascular diseases

Editorials

Assessing and modifying cardiovascular risk in people who present to a chest pain clinic with non‐cardiac causes

Johannes T Neumann and Andrew M Tonkin

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (6): 263-264

Research

Factors that influence whether patients with acute coronary syndromes undergo cardiac catheterisation

Michael Ayad, Karice Hyun, Mario D’Souza, Julie Redfern, Janice Gullick, Mark Ryan and David B Brieger

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (7): 310-317 Free

Research

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

J Andrew Black, Julie A Campbell, Serena Parker, James E Sharman, Mark R Nelson, Petr Otahal, Garry Hamilton and Thomas H Marwick

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (6): 266-271 Free

Medical education / Key research skills

Why proper understanding of confidence intervals and statistical significance is important

Karla Hemming and Monica Taljaard

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (3): 116-118.e1 Free

Research

Late mortality in people with cancer: a population‐based Australian study

Bogda Koczwara, Rosie Meng, Michelle D Miller, Robyn A Clark, Billingsley Kaambwa, Tania Marin, Raechel A Damarell and David M Roder

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (7): 318-323 Free

Perspectives

Tenecteplase (and common sense) in short supply during the COVID‐19 pandemic

Mark Parsons, Leonid Churilov, Aletta E Schutte and Christopher Levi

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (10): 442-443.e1 Free

Letters

ECG: essential in care of patients with COVID‐19

Kaitlyn Lam, Sarah McClelland and Michael J Dallo

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (10): 476-476.e1 Free

Guideline summary

The 2020 Australian guideline for prevention, diagnosis and management of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease

Anna P Ralph, Sara Noonan, Vicki Wade and Bart J Currie

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (5): 220-227 Free

Perspectives

Implications of COVID‐19 for an ageing population

Nicolette R Holt, Johannes T Neumann, John J McNeil and Allen C Cheng

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (8): 342-344.e1 Free

Editorials

Should patients with heart failure listen to their gut?

John J Atherton and Chamindie Punyadeera

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (8): 357-358

Meta‐analysis

Gut microbiota‐derived trimethylamine N‐oxide is associated with poor prognosis in patients with heart failure

Wensheng Li, Anqing Huang, Hailan Zhu, Xinyue Liu, Xiaohui Huang, Yan Huang, Xiaoyan Cai, Jianhua Lu and Yuli Huang

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (8): 374-379 Free

Consensus statement

COVID‐19 safety: aerosol‐generating procedures and cardiothoracic surgery and anaesthesia — Australian and New Zealand consensus statement

Joanne F Irons, Warren Pavey, Jayme S Bennetts, Emily Granger, Elli Tutungi and Aubrey Almeida

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (1): 40-44 Free

Letters

COVID‐19 social isolation‐induced takotsubo cardiomyopathy

Jon Rivers and Joshua F Ihle

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (7): 336-336.e1 Free

Research letter

Implementing cardiovascular disease preventive care guidelines in general practice: an opportunity missed

Charlotte M Hespe, Anna Campain, Ruth Webster, Anushka Patel, Lucie Rychetnik, Mark F Harris and David P Peiris

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (7): 327-328 Free

Letters

May–Thurner syndrome: an overlooked cause of venous thromboembolism

Trevor MY Kwok

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (5): 239-239.e1

Medical education / Clinical skills

How to measure blood pressure accurately

Syamkumar D Menon and Sanjay Ganapathi

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (4): 163-165.e1

Editorial

Are we behind the times on cardiovascular risk assessment in Australia?

Harry Klimis and Clara K Chow

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (4): 168-169

Consensus statement

Cardiovascular disease and COVID‐19: Australian and New Zealand consensus statement

Sarah Zaman, Andrew I MacIsaac, Garry LR Jennings, Markus P Schlaich, Sally C Inglis, Ruth Arnold, Saurabh Kumar, Liza Thomas, Sudhir Wahi, Sidney Lo, Carolyn Naismith, Stephen J Duffy, Stephen J Nicholls, Andrew Newcomb, Aubrey A Almeida, Selwyn Wong, Mayanna Lund, Derek P Chew, Leonard Kritharides, Clara K Chow and Ravinay Bhindi

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (4): 182-187 Free

Research

Coronary artery calcium scoring in cardiovascular risk assessment of people with family histories of early onset coronary artery disease

Prasanna Venkataraman, Tony Stanton, Danny Liew, Quan Huynh, Stephen J Nicholls, Geoffrey K Mitchell, Gerald F Watts, Andrew Maxwell Tonkin and Thomas H Marwick

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (4): 170-177 Free

Editorial

Community leadership and empowerment are essential for eliminating rheumatic heart disease

Jonathan R Carapetis and Alex Brown

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (3): 116-117 Free

Medical education / Snapshot

Demonstrating the mechanism of electrical alternans in cardiac tamponade: “the swinging heart”

Jeet Ram Kashyap and Suraj Kumar

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (2): 66-66

Research

Hyperendemic rheumatic heart disease in a remote Australian town identified by echocardiographic screening

Joshua R Francis, Helen Fairhurst, Hilary Hardefeldt, Shannon Brown, Chelsea Ryan, Kurt Brown, Greg Smith, Roz Baartz, Ari Horton, Gillian Whalley, James Marangou, Alex Kaethner, Anthony DK Draper, Christian L James, Alice G Mitchell, Jennifer Yan, Anna Ralph and Bo Remenyi

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (3): 118-123 Free

Research

A computer‐guided quality improvement tool for primary health care: cost‐effectiveness analysis based on TORPEDO trial data

Bindu Patel, David P Peiris, Anushka Patel, Stephen Jan, Mark F Harris, Tim Usherwood, Kathryn Panaretto and Thomas Lung

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (2): 73-78 Free

Perspectives

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19): angiotensin‐converting enzyme inhibitors, angiotensin II receptor blockers and cardiovascular disease

Garry LR Jennings

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (11): 502-503.e1 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

May–Thurner syndrome: an overlooked cause of venous thromboembolism

Farooq Akram and Roshni G Sadashiv

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (9): 402-403.e1