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• Abstracts for the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand Annual Scientific Meeting, 13-16 August 2009, Sydney

  • ·NADPH Oxidase/ROS/p38MAPK Mediates Development of Cardiac Failure in Hearts Subjected to Chronic β₂-Adrenergic Activation

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    Qi Xu, Andrea Dalic, Karen Lu Fang, Helen Kiriazis, Rebecca H. Ritchie, Kenneth Sim, Xiaoming Gao, Grant Drummond, Anthony M. Dart, Xiao-Jun Du

    
  • ·Role of DHCR24 in Mediating the Anti-inflammatory Effects of HDL in Human Coronary Artery Endothelial Cells

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    J.T.M. Tan, K.A. Rye, P.J. Barter, A.K. Heather

    
  • ·Sca1+/CD31−/PDGFRa+ Cardiac Stem Cells are from an Epicardial/Mesodermal but not Neural-crest, Cardiomyocyte or Bone-marrow Origin

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    James Chong, Owen Prall, Vashe Chandrakanthan, Munira Xaymardan, Ishtiaq Ahmed, Chris Scarlett, Emily Colvin, Mark Pinese, Andrew Biankin, Richard Harvey

    
  • ·Cardiovascular Mortality during Long-term Follow-up of 1112 Patients with Acute Pulmonary Embolism

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    A.C.C. Ng, H. Wong, T. Chung, L. Kritharides

    
  • ·Genome-wide Linkage Analysis Identifies ⍺-Actinin-2 as a Causative Gene in Familial Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

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    Christine Chiu, Joanne M. Lind, Richard D. Bagnall, Jodie Ingles, Laura Yeates, Marina Kennerson, Mika Jormakka, Jennifer A. Donald, Christopher Semsarian

    
  • ·Localised High-Density Activation Mapping of Dominant Frequency Sites during Atrial Fibrillation in Humans

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    P. De Sciscio, P. Kuklik, A.G. Brooks, M.K. Stiles, C.X. Wong, B. John, D.H. Lau, L. Wilson, G.D. Young, P. Sanders

    
  • ·Importance of Anisotropy in the Enhanced Vulnerability to Reentry in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

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    C.X. Wong, M.K. Stiles, B. John, A.G. Brooks, D.H. Lau, P. Kuklik, H. Dimitri, S.R. Willoughby, G.D. Young, P. Sanders

    
  • ·National Survey of Australian Cardiologists’ Beliefs and Practice Regarding Screening, Diagnosis and Management of Depression

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    A. Stewart, A. Driscoll, D.L. Hare

    
  • ·Outcome of Cardiac Electrophysiology Abstracts and Impact on the Literature

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    C.X. Wong, M.X. Wong, N.X. Wong, M.T. Sun, P. Kuklik, A.G. Brooks, M.K. Stiles, D.H. Lau, P. Sanders

    
  • ·Strain Differences in Physiological versus Pathological Left Ventricular Hypertrophy using Echocardiography

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    A.L. Penhall, R. Perry, L. Brown, C. De Pasquale, J.B. Selvanayagam, M.X. Joseph

    
  • ·An Evaluation of Psychological and Physiological Determinants of Cardiovascular Risk in Early Bereavement

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    T. Buckley, A.S. Mihailidou, R. Bartrop, C. Ward, M.C. Morel-Kopp, S. McKinley, M. Spinaze, G. Tofler

    
  • ·Does Experience Necessarily Equal Better Self-care in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure?

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    J. Cameron, L. Worrall-Carter, K. Page, S. Stewart

    
  • ·Prevalence of ICD and/or CRT Device Therapy in HF Patients: Interim Results of an Australian Multicentre Study

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    A. Driscoll, M. Elsik, C. Reid, H. Heynen, D.L. Hare, W. Abhayaratna, D. Prior, D. O’Donnell, P. Kistler, S. Bohra, H. Krum

    
  • ·Prevalent Depression in Patients with Chronic Heart Disease: Baseline Profile of the TAKE-HEART in Primary Care Study Cohort

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    Kerena Eckert, Geoffrey Schrader, David Wilkinson, Deborah Askew, Marie-Louise Dick, Tony Wade, Thomas Marwick, Paul Scuffham, Claire Jackson, Philip Schluter, Robert Goldney, Else Jansen, Tania Stewart, Simon Stewart

    
  • ·Apical Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy is a Morbid Disease Characterised by Late Morphological Evolution and Coronary-Fistulae

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    T. Chung, J. Yiannikas, S.B. Freedman, L. Kritharides

    
  • ·Does Atrial Fibrillation Alter Left Atrial Size and Function in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy?

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    S. Eshoo, D.L. Ross, C. Semsarian, L. Thomas

    
  • ·Fabry Disease is Indistinguishable form Hypertensive Heart Disease based on Left Ventricular Mass and Left Atrial Volumes

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    S. Eshoo, N. Sadick, D. Sillence, C. Semsarian, D.L. Ross, L. Thomas

    
  • ·Fitness in Childhood and Change in Fitness from Childhood to Adulthood are Associated with Left Ventricular Mass in a Population-based Sample of Young Adults

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    Siddharth Trivedi, Costan Magnussen, Petr Otahal, Terry Dwyer, Olli Raitakari, Alison Venn

    
  • ·Left Ventricular (LV) Geometry in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Cross-sectional Study of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes (T2DM) in the Community

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    S. Bhattacharyya, J.B. Somaratne, G.A. Whalley, K. Poppe, W. Bagg, R.N. Doughty

    
  • ·Left Ventricular Outflow Tract (LVOT) Obstruction without Severe Hypertrophy: Relationship to Mitral Valve Coaptation Point (MVCP) and Response to Negative Ionotropic Agents

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    Isuru Ranasinghe, Thomas Yeoh, Leonard Kritharides, John Yiannikas

    
  • ·Evaluation of a Novel Two-dimensional Echocardiographic Method to Measure Mitral Valve Area in Rheumatic Mitral Stenosis using a Simple Ellipse Calculation

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    D. Schlosshan, G. Aggarwal, G. Mathur, C. Alexopoulos, R. Allan, G. Cranney

    
  • ·320-Slice Cardiac CT Assessment of LA Volume: Influence of Acquisition Timing and Comparison with Echocardiography

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    S.M. Lockwood, S. Moir, M. Crossett, W. Thai, S.K. Seneviratne, P.M. Mottram

    
  • ·3D TOE Assessment of PFO Anatomy: Surprising Results with Implications for Percutaneous Closure

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    S.M. Lockwood, W. Thai, S. Moir, I.T. Meredith, R.W. Harper, P.M. Mottram

    
  • ·64 Slice CT Coronary Angiography—Marked Reduction in Radiation Dose using Prospective Gating

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    A.P. Freeman, R. Comerford, J. Lambros, S. Eggleton, D. Friedman

    
  • ·Development of a Core Set of Cardiac Angiographic Views that Balances Clinical Information Yield and Radiation Risk

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    J. Rivers, J. Cameron, I. Smith

    
  • ·A Magnetic Resonance Iron Oxide Imaging Agent Targeting Activated GPIIb/IIIa on Platelets Allows In vivo Detection of Thrombosis and Monitoring of Thrombolysis

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    C. von zur Muhlen, D. von Elverfeldt, J.A. Moeller, C.E. Hagemeyer, K. Peter

    
  • ·A Novel Parasternal Transthoracic Echocardiographic Window for Detecting Coronary Ostial Dilation after Modified Bentall Surgery

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    A.C.C. Ng, D. Hanzek, A. Yong, L. Kritharides, J. Yiannikas

    
  • ·Detection of Abnormal Global and Regional Left Ventricular Systolic Function: A Comparison Between Cardiac CT and Transthoracic Echocardiography

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    R. Poulter, A. Lo, M. Fuentes, M. Dooris, J.F. Younger

    
  • ·Abnormal Left Atrial Contraction in Friedreich Ataxia—Relation with Both Alleles of the FXN Gene

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    R.E. Peverill, L. Donelan, J.S. Gelman, P.M. Mottram, L.A. Corben, M.B. Delatycki

    
  • ·Age Related Exercise Induced Changes on Right Ventricular Systolic and Diastolic Function in a Healthy Adult Population

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    E.M. Chia, C. Hsieh, D. Leung, L. Thomas

    
  • ·Alterations in Phasic Left Atrial Volumes in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease

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    Shruti Kapila, Tuan Nguyen, Anita Boyd, Dominic Leung, Liza Thomas

    
  • ·Alternative Methods for Measurement of Tissue Doppler Signals on the IE33 and Sonos 5500—A Comparison with M-mode Echocardiography

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    W. Thai, C. Mylrea, S.M. Lockwood, P.M. Mottram, R.E. Peverill

    
  • ·An Evaluation of Radiation Exposure during Coronary Angiography Procedures in a Private Hospital Setting

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    J.E. Ivanovic, P. Antonis, I.T. Meredith, S.A. Hope

    
  • ·Are Cardiac MRI and Echocardiographic Assessment of Aortic Stenosis Severity Equivalent?

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    L.G. Kearney, B. Wai, S.K. Patel, G. Smith, M. Molan, M. Ord, C. McCormack, L.M. Burrell, P.M. Srivastava

     
  • ·Elective Arterio-Venous Fistula Closure following Successful Renal Transplantation is Associated with Improvements in Cardiac, but not Vascular, Structure and Function: A Cardiovascular MRI Study

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    B.K. Dundon, M.I. Worthley, D.K. Torpey, R.F. Duncan, A.J. Nelson, P. Molaee, D.T.L. Wong, K.M. Bannister, R.J. Faull, S.G. Worthley

    
  • ·Elective Arterio-Venous Fistula Creation in Chronic Kidney Disease is Associated with Maladaptive Cardiovascular Compensation and may Independently Increase Overall Cardiovascular Risk: A Cardiovascular MRI Study

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    B.K. Dundon, M.I. Worthley, D.K. Torpey, R.F. Duncan, A.J. Nelson, R. Das, D.T.L. Wong, K.M. Bannister, R.J. Faull, S.G. Worthley

    
  • ·Assessment of Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) Function and Detection of Complications using Transoesophageal Echocardiography (TOE)

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    D. Platts, C. Hamilton Craig, B. Bell, T. Boga, J. Bancroft, D. Burstow

    
  • ·Assessment of Paravalvular Prosthetic Mitral Regurgitation with Multi-Modality Imaging: Procedural and Follow-up Results

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    Akshay Mishra, Richard Slaughter, Christian Hamilton-Craig, Tau Boga, Greg Scalia, Darryl Burstow, Darren Walters

    
  • ·Assessment of the Variability of the Coronary Sinus by Cardiac Computed Tomography

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    R. Poulter, M. Dooris, J.F. Younger

    
  • ·Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Leads to reverse Remodelling of Cardiac Chambers: A Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Study

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    P. Molaee, K.S.L. Teo, P. Kuklik, S.G. Worthley, P. Sanders

    
  • ·Automated Two-dimensional Speckle Tracking Strain Imaging for Coronary Artery Disease in Patients undergoing Dobutamine Echocardiography

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    Arnod C.T. Ng, Phuong Pham, Jane Vidaic, Christine Allman, Melissa Leung, Liza Thomas, Dominic Leung

     
  • ·Baseline Echocardiographic Parameters as Predictors of Arrhythmia Recurrence following Left Atrial Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation

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    V.A. See, T.W. Lim, S.P. Thomas, D.L. Ross, L. Thomas

    
  • ·Can Left Atrial Volume be used as a Surrogate Marker of Left Ventricular End Diastolic Pressure?

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    K.K. Kadappu, A.C. Boyd, C. Allman, S. Lo, D. Leung, L. Thomas

    
  • ·Cardiac CT Differences in Patients with Calcium Score 0 Vs. Small Amount of Coronary Calcium

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    G. Szto, V. O’Shea, G. Hall, L. Valerio

    
  • ·Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging predicts Improvement in Left Ventricular Remodeling following Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

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    Michelle J. Butler, Maros Elsik, Chiew Wong, Angeline Leet, Archer Broughton, Peter Kistler, Heinz Pfluger, Andrew Taylor

    
  • ·Changes in Left Atrial Function in Severe Valvular Mitral Regurgitation

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    E.M. Chia, J. Vidaic, D. Leung, L. Thomas

    
  • ·Changes in Left Atrial Mechanical Function Early After Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction

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    Melissa Leung, Arnold C.T. Ng, Dominic Y. Leung

    
  • ·Changes in Left Atrial Size and Function with Chronic Kidney Disease

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    Tuan Nguyen, Shruti Kapila, Anita Boyd, Dominic Leung, Liza Thomas

    
  • ·Clinical and Echocardiographic Predictors of Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Severe Chronic Kidney Disease

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    B. Jacobson, A. Farshid, G. Talaulikar, M. Alasady, P. Johnson, J. Craig, S. Searle, U. Musial

    
  • ·Clinical Characteristics of Patients with Prior CABG as Determined by CT Coronary Angiography

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    G. Szto, V. O’Shea, G. Hall, L. Valerio

    
  • ·Clinical Utility of a Characteristic Echocardiographic Sign in Pulmonary Embolism

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    M.X. Joseph, M. Winter, R. Perry, A.L. Penhall, S. Carlsen, D.P. Chew, C. De Pasquale

    
  • ·Clinical Utility of Biplane and Real-time 3D Transoesophageal Echocardiography

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    Julie Humphries, Ramesh Bansal, Christopher Kramer, Krishnaswamy Chandrasekaran

    
  • ·Comparing Tissue Doppler Imaging with Speckle Tracking in Estimating Left Ventricular End Diastolic Pressure

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    K.K. Kadappu, A.C. Boyd, C. Allman, S. Lo, D.Y.C. Leung, L. Thomas

    
  • ·Comparison of Atrial Strain and Strain Rate and Volumes to Measure Phasic Atrial Function

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    A.C. Boyd, D.L. Ross, D.Y. Leung, L. Thomas

    
  • ·Comparison of Simultaneous Transthoracic Echocardiographic (TTE) and Right Heart Catheter Evaluation of Right Heart Haemodynamics

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    M. Brown, D. Platts, F. Kermeen, G. Javorsky, D. Sathianathan, C. Hamilton-Craig, C. West, N. Kelly, D. Burstow

    
  • ·Comparison of Tissue Doppler ‘On Line’ Versus ‘Off Line’ Echocardiographic Estimation of Left Ventricular End Diastolic Pressure

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    K.K. Kadappu, A.C. Boyd, C. Allman, S. Lo, D.Y.C. Leung, L. Thomas

    
  • ·Can CT Coronary Angiography and Cardiac MRI Effectively Exclude Ischaemia in LV Dysfunction? A Prospective Trial

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    C. Hamilton-Craig, J. Layland, M. Seleem, M. Hansen, W. Strugnell, D.L. Walters, R. Slaughter

    
  • ·CT Coronary Angiography versus Stress Echocardiography—A Prospective Comparative Trial of 82 Patients

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    M. Hansen, T. Boga, C. Hamilton-Craig, J. Ginns, D.J. Burstow, R. Slaughter

    
  • ·CTCA Provides Predictive Information For Perioperative MI In Patients Undergoing Routine Hip/Knee Replacement

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    R. Slaughter, M. Hansen, M. Ray, D. Walters, T. Sirisena, S. Crawford, L. Calabro, D. Enever, R. Crawford

    
  • ·Diagnostic Accuracy of 320-slice CT Coronary Angiography: A Comparison with Invasive Coronary Angiography

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    A. Nasis, M.C. Leung, P.R. Antonis, J.D. Cameron, I.T. Meredith, W.S. Moir, S.A. Hope, J.M. Troupis, M.P. Crossett, S.K. Seneviratne

    
  • ·Diagnostic Accuracy of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Diagnosis of Myocarditis—A Real World Australian Experience

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    S.C. McKenzie, M. Butler, H. Pfluger, A.J. Taylor

    
  • ·Diagnostic Performance of Multisequential Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Acute Cardiac Allograft Rejection

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    Andrew J. Taylor, Gautam Vaddadi, Heinz Pfluger, Michele Butler, Peter Bergin, Angeline Leet, Meroula Richardson, David M Kaye, Joshi Cherayath, Leah Iles

    
  • ·Distal LM Stem and Ostial LAD/LCx Lesions are More Calcified—Lessons from IVUS

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    Y. Malaiapan, M. Leung, W. Ahmar, M. Zhang, I.T. Meredith

    
  • ·Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography in Post-recovery Apical Ballooning Syndrome

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    J.L. Looi, A. Khan, A. To, S. Takau, R.A.H. Stewart, A.J. Kerr

    
  • ·Does Successful Percutaneous Aortic Valve Replacement with CoreValve have an Immediate Impact on Cardiac Function?

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    S.M. Lockwood, I.T. Meredith, P. Antonis, S. Chiavarella, P.M. Mottram, S. Moir

    
  • ·Early and Late Cardiac Perforation by Amplatzer ASD and PFO Devices

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    C. Hamilton-Craig, E.L. Ivens, T. Boga, C. Aroney, D.L. Walters, D.J. Bustow

    
  • ·Early Experience with the Aquilion One 320 Slice Computerised Tomography Scanner in Congenital Heart Disease

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    S.A. Hope, A. Cochrane, I.T. Meredith, S.K. Seneviratne

    
  • ·Echo Assessment Raised Pulmonary Vascular Resistance: Diagnosis or Surveillance?

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    Arun Dahiya, William Vollbon, Alex Gauld, Harry Gibbs, Thomas Marwick

    
  • ·Echocardiographic Findings in Obstructive Sleep Apnea

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    K.A. Nowakowski, R.R. Yadav, J.M. Minei

    
  • ·Echocardiographic Optimization of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy: The Importance of Mechanical Synchrony

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    T. Stanton, B. Haluska, R. Leano, K. Dauber, S. Doneva, W. Stafford, P.A. Gould, G. Kaye, J.N. Hill, T.H. Marwick

    
  • ·Effect of Age on Right Ventricular Long Axis Function

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    R.E. Peverill, L. Donelan

    
  • ·320 Multi-slice Coronary Computed Tomography (MSCT) in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: Initial Experience

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    Sundeep S. Pasricha, Deepali Nandurkar, Sujith Seneviratne, Marcus Crossett, Michal E. Schneider-Kolsky, James D. Cameron, John Troupis

    
  • ·Evaluation of the Appropriateness Criteria of SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Imaging in a Large Asian Academic Hospital: A Pilot Prospective Study

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    M. Chew, A.S. Koh, J.L. Salunat-Flores, F.Y. Keng, T.S. Chua

    
  • ·Gated Cardiac CT is Useful for Assessment of Mechanical Aortic Valve Obstruction

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    J. Harker, T. Boga, C. Hamilton-Craig, J. Layland, M. Hansen, R. Slaughter

    
  • ·How Does the Interpretability of Coronary Arteries on a 320-Slice Aquilion One CT Scanner Compare in Older and Younger Patients?

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    W. Thai, S. Seneviratne, S.A. Hope, A. Nasis, M.P. Crossett, J.D. Cameron, I.T. Meredith, M.C. Leung

    
  • ·Indices of Ventricular Compliance Assessed by Cardiac MRI: A Validation Study

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    Rajesh Puranik, Victor Tsang, Vivek Muthurangu, Seamus Cullen, Phillip Bonhoeffer, Andrew M. Taylor

    
  • ·Influence of Body Mass Index on Early Diastolic Untwisting Velocity in Healthy Children

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    Christine O’Reilly, Katrina Hayes, Satoru Sakuragi, Richard D. Telford, Walter P. Abhayaratna

    
  • ·Left Ventricular Dysplasia is Associated with Congenital Aortic Coarctation

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    T. Wood, A. Litzow, J. Harker, C. Hamilton-Craig, M. Hansen, R. Slaughter

    
  • ·Left Ventricular Torsional Dynamics During Exercise Using 2D Strain Imaging Predicts Exercise Tolerance Better than E/E′ Estimation

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    M. Asrar ul Haq, T. Lin, N. Anavekar, C. Wong

    
  • ·MRI and Histopathological Assessment of Embolic Debris Captured during Carotid Artery Intervention

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    G. Liew, K. Teo, A. Thomas, J. Anderson, R. Fitridge, S. Worthley

    
  • ·Multi-slice Cardiac CT Angiographic and Clinical Findings in Diabetics vs. Non-diabetics

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    G. Szto, V. O’Shea, A. Watson, L. Valerio

    
  • ·MVR Index: An Accurate Tool for Detection of Mitral Prosthesis Dysfunction by Transthoracic Echocardiography.

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    D.J. Burstow, J. Harker, M.W. Ischenko, C.A. West, G.M. Scalia

    
  • ·The “MVR Index”—A Flow Independent Parameter for Mitral Prosthesis Function: Normal Range Values in 444 Patients

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    C.A. West, G.M. Scalia, D.J. Burstow

    
  • ·Myocardial Deformation at Rest and Stress: The Reproducibility of Endocardial and Epicardial Deformation using VVI

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    T. Stanton, B.B.A. Kareem, D.J. Holland, J.L. Hare, B. Haluska, T.H. Marwick

    
  • ·Myocardial Delayed Enhancement Occurs in Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy—A Previously Unreported Finding

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    T. Wood, C. Hamilton-Craig, A. Litzow, M. Hansen, J. Harker, J. Layland, W. Strugnell, R. Slaughter

    
  • ·Myocardial Oedema Predicts Myocardial Injury and Ventricular Function after Primary Percutaneous Intervention following ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction as assessed by T-2 Weighted Cardiac MRI

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    R. Das, D. Wong, M.C. Leung, K. Williams, G. Liew, P. Molaee, B. Dundon, K.S. Teo, M.I. Worthley, S.G. Worthley

    
  • ·Evaluation of Myocardial Salvage and Intramyocardial Haemorrhage on T2 Weighted Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging after Reperfused STEMI

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    A. French, J. Weaver, D. Ramsay, M. Binnekamp, D. Rees, A. Prasan, J. McCrohon

    
  • ·Myocardial Steatosis and Left Ventricular Function in Asymptomatic Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

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    Arnold C.T. Ng, Victoria Delgado, Rutger W. van der Meer, Matteo Bertini, Gaetano Nucifora, Dominic Y. Leung, Nico R. van de Veire, Hildo J. Lamb, Martin J. Schalij, Jeroen J. Bax

    
  • ·Myocardial Strain Imaging with Speckle-tracking Echocardiography Detects Subclinical Myocardial Dysfunction in Subjects with Aortic Stenosis

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    L.G. Kearney, B. Wai, S.K. Patel, M. Ord, C. McCormack, T. Muir, L.M. Burrell, P.M. Srivastava

     
  • ·Non-contrast T1 Mapping using a Cardiac MRI Distinguishes Normal from Cardiomyopathic Hearts, in a Sheep Model of Heart Failure

    Página :S42

    Maros Elsik, Henry Krum, Melissa Byrne, John Power, David Kaye, Andrew Taylor

    
  • ·Noninvasive Estimation of Mean Pulmonary Arterial Pressure and Capacitance in Elderly Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension

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    W. Zhao, T. Chung, B. Costa, L. Kritharides

    
  • ·Novel Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Indices of Ventricular Arrhythmogenicity after Infarct PCI

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    D.T.L. Wong, R. Das, M.C. Leung, B.K. Dundon, P. Molaee, G.Y. Liew, K.S. Teo, M.I. Worthley, P. Sanders, S.G. Worthley

    
  • ·Clinical and Echocardiographic Characteristics of Significant Pericardial Effusions and Outcomes Following CT Fluoroscopy Guided Pericardiocentesis—Experience at a Single Centre over 5 Years

    Página :S43

    G. Aggarwal, A. French, D. Glenn, G. Youssef

    
  • ·Transient Ischaemic Dilation on Tc99m Adenosine Myocardial Perfusion Imaging is not due to Left Ventricular Cavity Dilation or Stunning: Comparison of Echocardiography and Myocardial Perfusion Imaging

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    L. Emmett, A. Ng, R. Russo, W. Zhang, A. Yong, S. Ben Freedman, L. Kritharides

    
  • ·Percutaneous Aortic Valve Replacement is Associated with Improved Myocardial Function Detectable by 2D Strain

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    Dion Stub, Lisa Lefkovits, Anthony Walton, Stephen J. Duffy, Tanya Pereira, Anthony M. Dart, Chiew Wong

    
  • ·Perflutren Microsphere Contrast Echocardiography in Australian Hospital Practice—An Institutional Experience

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    C. Hamilton-Craig, D. Burstow, T. Boga, C. West, N. Kelly, R. Anscombe, D. Platts

    
  • ·Permanent Septal Pacing Results in more Impaired Left Ventricular Systolic Function and Dyssynchrony than Apical Pacing

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    Arnold C.T. Ng, Jane Vidaic, Hui Tie, Christine Allman, Andrew Hopkins, Melissa Leung, Liza Thomas, Dominic Leung

    
  • ·Pharmacological Stress with Adenosine in Myocardial Perfusion Imaging—Experience in Bangladesh

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    S.M.E. Al Baker, K.M.H.S. Sirajul Haque, M.M. Rahman, K. Ahmed, F. Nasreen

    
  • ·Prediction of Life-threatening Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias and Death in Patients with Previous Myocardial Infarction by Left Ventricular Longitudinal Strain Analysis

    Página :S46

    Arnold C.T. Ng, Matteo Bertini, C. Jan Willem Borleffs, Victoria Delgado, Gaetano Nucifora, Giuseppe Boriani, Dominic Y. Leung, Martin J. Schalij, Jeroen J. Bax

    
  • ·Prediction of Mortality from Global Longitudinal Strain: Comparison with Ejection Fraction and Wall Motion Scoring

    Página :S46

    T. Stanton, R. Leano, T.H. Marwick

    
  • ·Prevalence and Follow-up of Incidental Non-cardiac Findings Detected on CT Coronary Angiography

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    A. Nasis, J.M. Troupis, N. Nerlekar, J.D. Cameron, I.T. Meredith, S.K. Seneviratne

    
  • ·Prognostic Values of Left Ventricular Dyssynchrony Early after Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction

    Página :S47

    Arnold C.T. Ng, Phuong Pham, Jane Vidaic, Christine Allman, Melissa Leung, Liza Thomas, Dominic Y. Leung

    
  • ·Radiation Dose in 320-slice Multidetector Cardiac CT: Experience from the First 200 Cases

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    J.D. Cameron, A. Nasis, S.A. Hope, M. Crossett, J.M.L. Casan, I.T. Meredith, S. Seneviratne

    
  • ·Real Time Three-dimensional Echocardiographic (RT3DE) Guidance during Right Ventricular Endomyocardial Biopsy

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    D. Platts, M. Brown, G. Javorsky, C. West, N. Kelly, D. Burstow

    
  • ·The Reduction in Aortic Compliance in Chronic Kidney Disease without Symptomatic Cardiovascular Disease is Equivalent to that Seen in Patients with Established Coronary Artery Disease

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    B.K. Dundon, M.I. Worthley, A.J. Nelson, B. Paul, R.F. Duncan, P. Molaee, R. Das, R. Puri, G.Y. Liew, S.G. Worthley

    
  • ·Right Ventricular Analysis using 320 Slice MSCT: A Comparison of Three Post-processing Methods

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    M.P. Crossett, N. Ardley, J.D. Cameron, I.T. Meredith, S.A. Hope

    
  • ·Right Ventricular Size and Function using VVI in Systemic Amyloidosis

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    E.M. Chia, M.W. Lin, J. Taper, D. Gottlieb, R. Phoon, G. Stewart, D.A.B. Richards, L. Thomas, On behalf of the Amyloid investigator group at Westmead Hospital

    
  • ·Role of Exercise E/e′ and Ischaemia in Predicting Outcome in Patients Undergoing Exercise Echocardiography

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    D.J. Holland, S.B. Prasad, T.H. Marwick

     
  • ·Safety and Tolerability of Giving Acute Beta Blockade to Unselected Adult Patients Prior to Dynamic Volume 320-slice CT Coronary Angiography

    Página :S51

    A.G. Mennen, A. Nasis, I.T. Meredith, J.D. Cameron, S.K. Seneviratne

    
  • ·Safety of Adenosine Stress Cardiac MRI (AS-CMR) Early after Acute ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) Post-primary Angioplasty

    Página :S51

    D.T.L. Wong, R. Das, M.C. Leung, K. Williams, B.K. Dundon, P. Molaee, G.Y. Liew, K.S. Teo, M.I. Worthley, S.G. Worthley

    
  • ·Saphenous Vein Graft Plaque Characterization by Multi-detector Computed Tomography with Histopathological Correlation of Embolic Debris during Intervention

    Página :S52

    G. Liew, C. Hammett, A. Thomas, B. Dundon, M. Worthley, A. Zaman, S. Worthley

    
  • ·Short-term Comparison of Left Atrial Function in Two Left Atrial Ablation Patterns for Atrial Fibrillation

    Página :S52

    V.A. See, T.W. Lim, S.P. Thomas, D.L. Ross, L. Thomas

    
  • ·Short-term Comparison of Left Atrial Remodelling Following Two Left Atrial Ablation Patterns for Atrial Fibrillation

    Página :S53

    V.A. See, T.W. Lim, S.P. Thomas, D.L. Ross, L. Thomas

    
  • ·Simpson’s Biplane Method Accurately Assesses Left Atrial Volume in Hypertension and Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

    Página :S53

    S. Eshoo, D.L. Ross, C. Semsarian, L. Thomas

    
  • ·Staphylococcal aureus Bacteraemia: A Prospective Study of the Role of Transoesophageal Echocardiography in Identifying Clinically Unsuspected Endocarditis

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    A. Incani, C. Hair, P. Purnell, D. O’Brien, A. Cheng, A. Appelbe, E. Athan

    
  • ·Strain and strain rate evaluation of atrial phasic function in normal aging

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    A.C. Boyd, D.L. Ross, L. Thomas

    
  • ·Strain and Strain Rate: Effect of Load and Relation with Invasive Indices of Cardiac Function

    Página :S54

    Andrew T. Burns, Andre La Gerche, David L. Prior, Andrew I. MacIsaac

    
  • ·Strain Imaging with Velocity Vector Imaging for Detection of Early Cardiotoxicity in Patients receiving Doxorubicin

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    Christine Allman, Arnold Chin Tse Ng, Michael Harvey, Dominic Y. Leung

    
  • ·The accuracy of computed tomography coronary angiography has been underestimated by standard trial methodology

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    J. Otton, Andrew Hayen, M. Feneley

    
  • ·The Effect of Aging on RV Function Using VVI

    Página :S55

    E. Chia, D. Leung, L. Thomas

     
  • ·The Effect of Left Ventricular Geometry on Mitral Valve Function as Assessed by Transthoracic Echocardiography and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging

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    J. Habersberger, D. Kaye

    
  • ·The Effect of Mitral Valve Surgery on Left Atrial Volume and Function in Severe Mitral Regurgitation

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    E.M. Chia, J. Vidaic, A. Boyd, D. Leung, L. Thomas

    
  • ·The Role of 3-Dimensional Transoesophageal Echocardiography During Percutaneous Closure of Paravalvular Mitral Regurgitation

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    C. Hamilton-Craig, T. Boga, G.M. Scalia, D.L. Walters, D. Platts, D.J. Burstow

    
  • ·Trans-oesophageal Echo for Identifying a Cardiac Source of Unexplained Stroke: A Single-centre Real-life Study

    Página :S57

    N. Stoyanov, C. Stanley, K. Ireland, G. Hankey, X. Xu

    
  • ·Underestimation of Aortic Flow by CMR in Aortic Stenosis—Implications for Aortic Valve Area Assessment

    Página :S57

    A.J. Kerr, K. O’Brien, R. Gabriel, B. Cowan, A. Young

    
  • ·Unique Capability of Aquilion One 320 Slice Cardiac Computed Tomography Scanning to Emulate Conventional Angiography

    Página :S58

    S.A. Hope, M. Crossett, S.K. Seneviratne

    
  • ·Use of a Modified Imaging Protocol for 64-Slice CT Cardiac Angiography Results in Significant Reduction in Radiation Dose

    Página :S58

    N. Van Pelt, C.J. Ellis, M.E. Legget, C. Edwards, J.A. Ormiston, J. Christiansen, H. Winch, M. Osborne, G. Gamble

    
  • ·Use of Cardiac MR Imaging to Evaluate the Presence of Myocarditis in Autoimmune Myositis: 3 Cases

    Página :S59

    Catherine Toong, Rajesh Puranik, Stephen Adelstein

    
  • ·Utility of 128-Detector Cardiac Computed Tomography for Assessment of Patients Pre-percutaneous Aortic Valve Replacement

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    G. Liew, B. Lorraine, R. Das, J. Montarello, S. Worthley

    
  • ·Utility of Calcium Score Examination to Reduce Total Radiation Dose During Cardiac CT Angiography

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    K. Dobeli, M. Fuentes, J. Younger

    
  • ·Utility of Real Time Three-dimensional Transoesophageal Echocardiography for Assessment of Mitral Valve Area in Mitral Stenosis

    Página :S60

    G. Aggarwal, D. Schlosshan, G. Mathur, C. Alexopoulos, R. Allan, G. Cranney

    
  • ·The Different Patterns of Myocardial Velocity Curves as Assessed by Colour Tissue Velocity Imaging

    Página :S60

    J. Ng, G. Jenkins, A. Turnbull, L. Lansdown, B. McQuillan

    
  • ·Velocity Vector Imaging Assessment of Left Ventricular Diastolic Function

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    A. Forshaw, J. Wright, M. Davis, R.D. Pascoe

    
  • ·What is the Best Method to Determine Aortic Annular Diameter for CoreValve Percutaneous Aortic Valve Replacement?—A Multi-modality Imaging Study Utilizing Aortography, TTE, TOE and 320 Slice Cardiac CT

    Página :S61

    S.M. Lockwood, I.T. Meredith, P. Antonis, S. Ciavarella, S.K. Seneviratne, P.M. Mottram, S. Moir

    
  • ·Review of 18 Years Experience with Cryopreserved Aortic Homografts for the Treatment of Severe Aortic Root Endocarditis

    Página :S62

    Emily Granger, Phillip Spratt, Paul Jansz, Peter Macdonald, Andrew Jackson, Helmi Albrecht, Alan Farnsworth

    
  • ·320 Slice CT Angiography Avoids the Need for Coronary Angiography in Selected Cardiac Surgical Patients

    Página :S62

    A.D. Cochrane, A. Nasis, J.A. Smith, J. Cameron

    
  • ·Bioengineering a Human Elastin-derived Small-diameter Conduit with Biomechanical and Biological Properties of a Native Human Artery

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    M. Byrom, S. Wise, A. Waterhouse, P. Bannon, A. Weiss, M.K.C. Ng

     
  • ·Cardiac Surgery in Octogenerians: 1996–2008

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    S. Jamil, D. Steptoe, J.M. Alvarez

    
  • ·Cardiac Tumours in Adults: Case Series and Review of Literature

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    M. Matebele, Julie Mundy, Pallav Shah

    
  • ·Conduit Choice for the Right Coronary System: An 8-year Analysis from the Randomised RAPCO Trial

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    Ignatius E. Hadinata, Philip A.R. Hayward, Brian F. Buxton, George S. Matalanis, Siven Seevanayagam, Alexander Rosalion, David L. Hare

    
  • ·Contemporary Results Following Repair of Acute type A Aortic Dissection (AAAD): A Single Centre Experience

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    A. Campbell-Lloyd, N. Pinto, S. Strahan, J. Mundy, P. Shah

    
  • ·The Majority of Elderly Patients With Severe Symptomatic Aortic Stenosis Do Not Undergo Valvular Replacement—A Metropolitan Australian Perspective

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    J. Morton, M.K.C. Ng

    
  • ·Defining Myocardial Injury Following Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Insights from Serial Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Biochemical Assessment

    Página :S65

    Tammy J. Pegg, Zoe Maunsell, Theodoros D. Karamitsos, Richard P. Taylor, Tim James, Jane M. Francis, David P. Taggart, Stefan Neubauer, Joseph B. Selvanayagam

    
  • ·Does Prior Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Adversely Affect Early and Long-term Survival After Coronary Artery Surgery?

    Página :S65

    Cheng-Hon Yap, Bryan P. Yan, Enoch Akowuah, Diem T. Dinh, Julian A. Smith, Gilbert C. Shardey, James Tatoulis, Peter D. Skillington, Christopher M. Reid

    
  • ·Effects of Surface Attachment of Recombinant Human Elastin on the Thrombogenicity of Synthetic Vascular Conduits

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    M. Byrom, S. Wise, A. Waterhouse, D. Bax, P. Bannon, A. Weiss, M. Bilek, M.K.C. Ng

    
  • ·Enhanced Myocardial Protection by Supplementation of Celsior with Erythropoietin

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    A.J. Watson, L. Gao, J. Tsun, A. Jabbour, J. Kwan, L. Sun, M. Hicks, P.S. Macdonald

     
  • ·HbA1c: Is it a Predictor of Short Term Outcomes in Diabetic Patients Undergoing Primary CABG?

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    S. Strahan, P. Floros, T. Lincoln, A. Campbell-Lloyd, J. Mundy, P. Shah

    
  • ·Leaflet Prolapse Correction Extends the Spectrum of Patients Suitable for Valve Sparing Aortic Root Replacement

    Página :S67

    George Matalanis, William Y. Shi, Philip A. Hayward

    
  • ·Long-term Radial Artery Patency in Coronary Surgery: Results from Angiograms Over 10 Years

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    James Tatoulis, Brian F. Buxton, John A. Fuller, Manish Meswani, Sanjay Theodore, Nikunj Powar, Rochelle Wynne

    
  • ·Outcomes for the Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation Using Cryoablation During Concomitant Cardiac Procedures

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    N. Rahman, R.B. Chard, S.P. Thomas

    
  • ·Outcomes of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) Compared With Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) in Patients with Multi-vessel Coronary Disease (MVD)

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    M. Freeman, H.M.O. Farouque, J.A. Smith, D. Dinh, N. Andrianopoulos, C. Reid, A.E. Ajani, S.J. Duffy, B.F. Buxton, D.J. Clark

    
  • ·Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) Versus Redo Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) in “Protected” Left Main (PLM) Coronary Disease

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    M. Freeman, H.M.O. Farouque, G.C. Shardey, J.A. Smith, N. Andrianopoulos, C. Reid, A.E. Ajani, S.J. Duffy, A. Brennan, D.J. Clark

    
  • ·Plasma Treatment of ePTFE for Covalent Attachment of Human Elastin, and its Effects on Endothelialisation

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    M. Byrom, S. Wise, A. Waterhouse, P. Bannon, A. Weiss, M. Bilek, M.K.C. Ng

     
  • ·Prediction of Global Left Ventricular Functional Recovery in Patients with Heart Failure Undergoing Surgical Revascularization, Based on the Number of Viable Segments Assessed by Late Gadolinium Enhancement Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

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    Tammy J. Pegg, Jennifer Joslin, Jane M. Francis, Theodoros D. Karamitsos, Erica Dall’Armellina, Karen L. Smith, David P. Taggart, Stefan Neubauer, Joseph B. Selvanayagam

    
  • ·Pre-surgical Cardiopulmonary Exercise (CPEX) Testing Predicts Outcomes in Complex Heart Valve Disease

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    Naylin Bissessor, R. Jayasinghe, Y. Shen-Wee, L. Howes, R. Stewart, A. Kerr, J. Kolbe, K. Ellyett, I. Zeng, H. White

    
  • ·Recombinant Activated Factor VII and ECMO Following Paediatric Cardiac Surgery

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    J.R. Egan, A.D. Cole, D.S. Winlaw

    
  • ·Six Years of Infections Surveillance Following Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery (CABGS) in Victoria—An Overview

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    J. Brett, A. Bull, C. Boardman, C. Dunkley, L. Worth, M. Richards

    
  • ·Transapical Aortic Valve Implantation: New Zealand Experience

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    N. Kejriwal, G. Devlin, R. Fisher, S. Pasupati

    
  • ·Venous–Pulmonary Artery ECMO for Right Heart Failure Post-centrifugal Continuous Flow LVAD Insertion

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    E. Granger, P. Macdonald, P. Spratt, P. Jansz, C. Hayward, C. Soto

    
  • ·A Novel Technique for Estimation of Left Atrial Dimensions Using Standard 12-lead ECG Data

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    A. Diery, A. Forshaw, A. Mullins, G. King, G. Stewart, R.D. Pascoe

    
  • ·Accuracy of Non-fluoroscopic Catheter-based Electromechanically-guided (NOGA) Mononuclear Cell Endocardial Injection in a Swine Myocardial Infarction Model Assessed by MRI

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    George T. Lau, Ryuichi Yoneyama, Yoshiaki Kawase, Hung Q. Ly, Kozo Hoshino, Irina Pomerantseva, Kenneth Cohen, Roger J. Hajjar, Douglas E. Drachman

     
  • ·Arterial Compliance vs Arterial Distensibility as a Determinant of Outcome

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    B.A. Haluska, L. Jeffriess, S.G. Carlier, T.H. Marwick

    
  • ·Cardiac Repair with Intramyocardial Injection of Allogeneic Mesenchymal Precursor Cells for Experimental Nonischaemic Cardiomyopathy

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    Peter J. Psaltis, Adam J. Nelson, Angelo Carbone, Dennis H. Lau, Troy Jantzen, Kerry Williams, Silviu Itescu, Prashanthan Sanders, Stan Gronthos, Andrew C.W. Zannettino, Stephen G. Worthley

    
  • ·Continuous Real-time Recording of the Intracoronary Electrocardiogram to Detect Ischemia During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

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    A.S.C. Yong, A.C.C. Ng, M. Fenton, J. Yiannikas, M.K.C. Ng, S.B. Freedman, H.C. Lowe, L. Kritharides

    
  • ·Cost-effectiveness of CIED Home Monitoring—A Pilot Study in Two Australian Centres

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    R. Kozor, E. Barin, J. Sharp, P. Illes

    
  • ·Does Home Monitoring Obviate the Routine CIED Clinic Visit?

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    R. Kozor, E. Barin, J. Sharp, P. Illes

    
  • ·Electromechanical Characterisation of Fibrosis in an Ovine Model of Nonischaemic Cardiomyopathy

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    Peter J. Psaltis, Adam J. Nelson, Angelo Carbone, Troy Jantzen, Dennis H. Lau, Jim Manavis, Prashanthan Sanders, Stan Gronthos, Andrew C.W. Zannettino, Stephen G. Worthley

    
  • ·Implanted, Non-blood Contacting Direct Cardiac Compression Device (DCCD) Confers Passive Systolic LV Offloading

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    James Mau, Stuart Menzie, Yifei Huang, Stephen Hunyor

     
  • ·Left Ventricular Volume and Ejection Fraction Evaluation with Non-fluoroscopic Catheter-based Electromechanical Mapping (NOGA) and MRI

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    George T. Lau, Ryuichi Yoneyama, Yoshiaki Kawase, Hung Q. Ly, Kozo Hoshino, Roger J. Hajjar, Douglas E. Drachman

     
  • ·Localisation of Focal Atrial Tachycardia Using the Electroview Mapping System

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    Narayanan Namboodiri, Lauren Wilson, Pawel Kuklik, Anthony G. Brooks, Nicole Kyriacou, Bobby John, Hany Dimitri, Dennis H. Lau, Glenn Young, Prashantham Sanders

    
  • ·Non-invasive Assessment of Preload Recruitable Stroke Work Relations in Preclinical Cardiomyopathy

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    C.S. Hayward, T. Yeoh, V.L. Benson, A.M. Keogh, P.S. Macdonald, M.P. Feneley, D. Fatkin

    
  • ·Obstacles and Human Factors in Using CIED Home Monitoring

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    R. Kozor, E. Barin, J. Sharp, P. Illes

    
  • ·STRO-1 Immunoselection Enhances the Biological Properties and Cardiovascular Paracrine Effects of Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Cells

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    Peter J. Psaltis, Fiona See, Sharon Paton, Timothy P. Martens, Agnes Arthur, Silviu Itescu, Stephen G. Worthley, Stan Gronthos, Andrew C.W. Zannettino

    
  • ·The Accuracy of CARTO-sound Compared to Conventional CARTO Mapping

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    Anthony Brooks, Nicholas Chia, Lauren Wilson, Bobby John, Hany Dimitri, Peter H. Lim, Paolo De Scicsio, Gautam Sharma, Dennis H. Lau, Glenn D. Young, Prashanthan Sanders

    
  • ·Butyrylcholinesterase-K Variant and APOE-4 Allele Work in Synergy to Increase Risk of Coronary Artery Disease

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    Asad Vaisi-Raygani, Z. Rahimi, H. Tavilani, A.A. Vaisi-Raygani, S. Gharb

    
  • ·Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in Patients with Fabry Disease

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    A.C. Scott, C. Denaro, L. Mitchell, A. Lo, J. Atherton, W. Parsonage

    
  • ·Index

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  • ·Genetic Studies of “Dead in Bed Syndrome” in Young Australians with Type 1 Diabetes

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    E. Tu, J. Duflou, M. Lynch, S.M. Twigg, C. Semsarian

    
  • ·Mapping of Familial Ventricular Septal Defects and Aneurysms to Chromosome 10

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    D. Radford, G. Andelfinger, J. Ginns, M. Nicolae, T. Malpas, M. Thibeault, R. Gendron, S. Yang, M. Hitz, G. Asselin, M. Dube

    
  • ·Modifier Genes in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Tag SNP Analysis of ACE, ACE2 and Chymase

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    Matthew Kelly, Richard D. Bagnall, Sheila K. Patel, Laura Yeates, Louise M. Burrell, Chris Semsarian

    
  • ·Posthumous Diagnosis of Long QT Syndrome from the Neonatal Screening Card

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    J.R. Skinner, J. Crawford, A. Vaughan, P. Gladding, C.-A. Eddy, D. Love, M. Rees, A. Shelling

    
  • ·The National Genetic Heart Disease Registry: Progress to Date

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    J. Ingles, L. Yeates, V. Connell, T. Thompson, J.M.M. Cheng, I. Macciocca, J. McGaughran, A. Davis, R. Weintraub, J. Vohra, I. Winship, J. Atherton, C. Semsarian

    
  • ·The Role of Large Gene Deletions and Duplications in Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

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    Richard D. Bagnall, Laura Yeates, Christopher Semsarian

    
  • ·Unexplained Cardiac Hypertrophy: How Genetics Can Change Clinical Diagnosis and Management

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    Laura Yeates, Carolyn Ho, Christopher Semsarian

    
  • ·A Simple Weigh to Prevent Pulmonary Oedema

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    Susan Kelman

    
  • ·An Evaluation of a Point of Use Inventory Management System in the Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory

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    Carolyn Naismith, Monica Nolen, Lorelle Martin, Evelyn Zgoznik, Andrew Tinney, John Basile, David Clark, Mark Horrigan, Omar Farouque

    
  • ·An Evaluation of the Phase One Cardiac Rehabilitation from the Patients Perspective: Pilot Study

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    M.C. Murphy, A.F. Street, T. Anderson, E. Pascoe, N. Langdon, H.G. Storen, P. Connors, O. Farouque

    
  • ·Bleeding Events in Patients Randomised to Mobilise 4 or 6 h After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI)

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    C. Harris, M. Hart, D. Smyth, J.M. Elliott, M. Richards, J. Blake, C. Bycroft

    
  • ·Can An Acute Cardiac Assessment Nurse Reduce Time Spent in ED for Patients Presenting with Chest Pain?

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    D. Wright, A.M. Kucia, D. Northey, K. Ooi, J.D. Horowitz

    
  • ·Day Case Coronary Angiography is Not Associated with a Higher Bleeding Complication Rate

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    S. Gamble, M. Lawrence, W. Ahmar, A. Hutchison, A. Nasis, M. Baldi, Y. Malaiapan, I.T. Meredith

    
  • ·Effectiveness of MPatcH on Haemostasis and Mobilisation Following Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology Procedures

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    M. Hart, C. Harris, D. Smyth, J.M. Elliott, M. Richards, J. Blake, C. Bycroft

    
  • ·Improving Intermediate Risk ACS Management Across Two Hospitals: Networking the Cardiac Assessment Nurse Role

    Página :S86

    Justin Gardiner, Fiona Beattie, Glenn Paull, Mark Pitney

    
  • ·Is Cognitive Function a Predictor of Self-care in Patients with Heart Failure?

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    J. Cameron, L. Worrall-Carter, K. Page, B. Riegel, S. Stewart

    
  • ·Nurse-led Outpatient Chest Pain Clinic: Safety and Efficacy

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    Lorinda Ball, Elena Griner, Colin Edwards, Kok Lam Chow, Guy Armstrong

    
  • ·Preventing Hospital Readmissions and Premature Mortality in Privately Insured Patients: The Young@Heart Study

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    M. Carrington, S. Stewart

    
  • ·Profile and Efficacy of the Cardiac Medical Assessment Unit at Prince of Wales Hospital

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    B. Armit, R. Huntington, M. Pinfold, R. Proctor, G. Fairbrother

    
  • ·Re-designing the Elective Cardioversion Service to Meet Best Practice Guidelines

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    Serina Cecchin, Kath Cowie

    
  • ·Short Acting Nitrate Prescription and Patient Knowledge

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    R. Gallagher, J. Belshaw, A. Kirkness, K. Roach, L. Sadler, D. Warrington

    
  • ·The Experiences and Perceptions of Health and Illness in Patients Suffering Their First Acute Myocardial Infarction and Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

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    Ann-Charlotte Vittrup

    
  • ·The Nurse-led Intervention for Less Chronic Heart Failure (NIL-CHF) Study

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    M. Carrington, G. Lee, G. Jennings, S. Stewart, On behalf of the NIL-CHF Investigators

    
  • ·The Use of ACE inhibitors and Beta Blockers in A Heart Failure Population

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    Rhonda Burke, Anne Sullivan, Susan Hales, Geraldine Gillies, Vanessa Baker, Geoffrey Tofler

    
  • ·A Multicentre Randomized Trial Comparing Anticoagulation Versus Aspirin as Primary Thromboprophylaxis for Two Years After Fontan Procedure in Children

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    Andrew Cochrane, Paul Monagle, Robin Roberts, Barbara Szechtman, Michael Gent, Maureen Andrew, Brian McCrindle

    
  • ·Achieving Aggressive LDL Targets in Secondary Prevention: Are We Meeting the LDL Guidelines?

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    S.-L. Ching, L. Roberts, M.S. Cheah, R.K. Purba, P. Naidu, C. Martin, J.C. Cooke, D. Fernando, Y.M. Cheong, G. New

    
  • ·Assessment of Asymptomatic Heart Murmurs in Adult Outpatients

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    A. Coverdale

    
  • ·Atrial Fibrillation Following Lung Transplantation: Double Lung Transplant Prevents Long-term Development of Atrial Fibrillation

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    Geoffrey Lee, Harry Wu, Trevor Williams, Greg Snell, Jonathon M. Kalman, Peter M. Kistler

     
  • ·Beliefs Regarding Medications Influence Patients’ Adherence to Medical Therapy One Year Following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

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    M.A. Austin, J.M.L. Casan, M.A. Baldi, I.T. Meredith, S.A. Hope

    
  • ·Bicuspid Aortic Valve: Prevalence and Subtype in First Degree Relatives

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    Samual Hayman, Geraldine Wright, Darryl Burstow, Malcolm West

     
  • ·Brain Natriuretic Peptide and Troponin I as Predictors of Right Ventricular Dysfunction and Long Term Adverse Events After Pulmonary Embolism

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    P. Ding, S.P. Wong, P. Casey, C. Wong, J. White, I. Zeng, T. Sutton

    
  • ·Cardiac Sarcoidosis may be Associated with Spontaneous Left Atrial Flutter

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    Narayanan Namboodiri, Suchi Khurana, Martin Stiles, Anthony G. Brooks, Glenn Young, Prashantham Sanders

    
  • ·CD40 Ligand Expression on Platelets Predicts Cardiac Complications After Total Hip or Knee Arthroplasty

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    M. Ray, D. Walters, T. Sirisena, S. Crawford, L. Calabro, D. Enever, R. Crawford

    
  • ·Incidence and Characteristics of Newly Diagnosed Rheumatic Heart Disease in Urban African Adults: Insights from the Heart of Soweto Study

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    S. Stewart, K. Sliwa, M. Carrington, B. Myosi, E. Zigriades, R. Mvungi

    
  • ·Clinical Application of 320-Slice Dynamic Volume Computed Tomography: The First 200 Cases Performed in Australia

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    A. Nasis, S.K. Seneviratne, S.A. Hope, J.M. Troupis, I.T. Meredith, J.D. Cameron

    
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    J. Layland, T. Boga, J. Ginns, M. Hansen, J. Harker, C. Hamilton-Craig, R. Slaughter

    
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    Maria C. Santos, Hui-Chen Han, Angas Hamer

    
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    Antonio Tiberio, Fernando San Gil, A. Astin Lee

    
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    F.D. Kermeen, C. Franks, K. O’Brien, H. Seale, K. Hall, K. McNeil, D. Radford

    
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    C. Hiew, R. Bhagwandeen, G. Bellamy, S. Thambar, S. Mylabathula, T. Williams, H. Wardlaw, N. Bull, F. Baker, N. Collins

     
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    Harry Wu, Geoffrey Lee, Greg Snell, Trevor Williams, Jonathon Kalman, Peter M. Kistler

    
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    Namal Wijesinghe, Karthigesh Sree Raman, Eve Fifield, Suresh Perera, Gerard Devlin

    
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    K.L. Chow, K.L. Looi, J.L. Looi, S. Haliday, M. Lee, G. Gamble, H.D. White, C.J. Ellis

    
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    Vincent Chow, Isuru Ranasinghe, Jerrett Lau, Hughina Stowe, Nick Hendel, Leonard Kritharides

    
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    D O h-Ici, K. Harrison, C. Senanayake, Y.L. Lim, B. Zakhem

    
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    Emma L. Ivens, Tau Boga, Christian Hamilton-Craig, Daryl Burstow, Darren Walters

    
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    L.J. Chiang, C. Aspinall, T.P. Harland, H.C. Lowe

    
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    D O h-Ici, C. Senanayake, K. Harrison, Y.L. Lim, B. Zakhem

    
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    Helena M.H. Choi, William Y.S. Wang, Harry C. Lowe

    
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    C.W. Wong, A. Khan, J.L. Looi, I. Zeng, A.J. Kerr

    
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    D. Isacson, R. Sy, A. Yong, T. Chung, L. Kritharides

    
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    W. Chan, T. Campbell, S. MacDonald, I. Crozier

    
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    Andrew Tonkin, Julie Yallop, Andrea Driscoll, Andrew Forbes, Joanne Croucher, Bianca Chan, Simon Stewart, Robyn Clark, Luan Huynh, Adam Meehan, Helen Egan, Leon Piterman, Ed Kasper, Henry Krum

    
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    N. Varma, A. Epstein, A. Irimpen, L. Gibson, C. Love

    
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    Rohan Gupta, Patrick Diu, Tuan Nguyen, Kishor Kadappu, Saissan Rajendran, Sidney Lo, Dominic Leung, John French, Craig Juergens

    
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    Patrick Gladding, Mark Webster, John Ormiston, Jim Stewart, Peter Ruygrok, Ken Fu, Ruth Baak

    
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    Geoffrey Schrader, Kerena Eckert, David Wilkinson, Deborah Askew, Marie-Louise Dick, Tony Wade, Thomas Marwick, Paul Scuffham, Claire Jackson, Philip Schluter, Robert Goldney, Else Jansen, Tania Stewart, Simon Stewart

    
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    A.J. Kerr, J.L. Looi, M. Lee, R. Pylypchuk, A. McLachlan

    
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    K.H. Chan, C. Chawantanpipat, T. Gattorna, T. Chantadansuwan, A. Kirby, A. Madden, A. Keech, M.K.C. Ng

     
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    Ding-Li Xu, Jin-Xiong Gao, Ya-Hui Shao, Wen-Yan Lai, Qian-Bo Shen, Hao Ren

    
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    Cheuk-Kit Wong, Harvey D. White, HERO-2 investigators

    
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    A. Mohamed, R. Koundinya, F. Junius, W. Dyer, A. Yong, J. Ho, L. Kritharides, B. Freedman, C. dos Remedios

    
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    Ruba Haddard, Seshasayee Narasimhan, Trent Williams, Lindsay Savage

    
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    Jun Ni, Alla Waldman, Levon M. Khachigian

    
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    G. Pennings, A. Yong, L. Kritharides

    
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    S. Gupta, S. Lockwood, I. Jayasuriya, J. Cameron, R. Aroni, H. Teede

    
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    Xiao Luo, Hong Cai, Harry C. Lowe, Colin N. Chesterman, Levon M. Khachigian

    
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    P. Simpson, A.S.C. Yong, C. Chawantanpipat, K. Chan, C.J. Hsu, P.K. Lim, L. Dunn, M.K.C. Ng

    
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    S. Chih, J. McCrohon, P. Macdonald, M. Feneley, R.M. Graham

     
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    S.M. Clayton, N.P. Lucic, K.J. de Bruijn, A. Hamer, D.E. Hampson, C.A. Johansen, T.M. Lawson, N. Fisher

    
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    A. Nasis, S.K. Seneviratne, S.G. Healy, S.A. Hope, J.M. Troupis, I.T. Meredith, J.D. Cameron

    
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    T.L. Brancato, J.E. Sharman, J.S. Coombes, T.H. Marwick

     
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    B.K. Smith, K. Peter, M. Al-Tamimi, I. Ahrens, R.K. Andrews, E.E. Gardiner

     
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    S.B. Prasad, D.A.B. Richards, N. Sadick, P. Kovoor

    
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    A.S.C. Yong, G. Pennings, T. Chung, D. Brieger, M.K.C. Ng, H.C. Lowe, L. Kritharides

    
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    D. Kotecha, G. New, M. Flather, J. Pepper, D. Eccleston, H. Krum

    
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    J. Habersberger, S. Eisenhardt, A. Murphy, Y. Chen, N. Bassler, K. Woollard, H. Qian, C. Hagemeyer, I. Ahrens, J. Chin Dusting, A. Bobik, K. Peter

    
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    Lee-Jen Luu, Scott Willoughby, James Cameron, Adam Nelson, Stephen Worthley, Matthew Worthley

    
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    A.C.C. Ng, A. Yong, R. Alcock, V. Chow, C. Cheruvu, B. Aliprandi-Costa, L. Kritharides, H. Lowe, D. Brieger

    
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    B. Aliprandi-Costa, I. Ranasinghe, V. Chow, C. Juergens, G. Devlin, J. Counsell, B. McGarity, D. Brieger

    
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    J. Habersberger, S. Eisenhardt, N. Bassler, Y.C. Chen, J.D. Hohmann, I. Ahrens, K. Peter

    
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    D. Eccleston, D. Clark, M. Horrigan, T. Rafter, S. Worthley, P. Sage, G. Holt, For the Heart Care Group Investigators

    
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    Kok Lam Chow, Lorinda Ball, Elina Griner, Colin Edwards, Guy Armstrong

    
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    Catriona J. Marshall, Mark Nallaratnam, Tessa Mocatta, David Smyth, Mark Richards, John M. Elliott, James Blake, Christine Winterbourn, Anthony J. Kettle, Dougal R. McClean

    
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    T. Briffa, S. Ridout, A. Tonkin, F. Sanfilippo, M. Hobbs

    
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    V. Chow, I. Ranasinghe, B. Aliprandi-Costa, J. Lefkovits, J. Waites, C. Juergens, D. Brieger

     
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    Cheuk-Kit Wong, Harvey D. White, HERO-2 investigators

    
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    R. Tavella, N. Cutri, J.F. Beltrame

    
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    J. French, I. Ranasinghe, I. Shugman, M. Leung, C. Juergens, B. Aliprandi-Costa, G. Devlin, D. Brieger

    
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    S. Aldous, M. Than

    
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    Namal Wijesinghe, Janice Swampillai, Cherian Sebastian, Gerard Devlin

    
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    A. Mortada, A. Jackson, N. Nadarajah, S. Anand, R. Whitbourn, D. Liew, A. MacIsaac

    
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    F. Tabet, A.T. Remaley, P.J. Barter, K.A. Rye, G. Lambert

    
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    M. Chang, A.S.C. Yong, L. Ridley, G. Lau, L. Kritharides

    
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    G. Sivagangabalan, A. Shakeel, S. Kumar, A. Narayan, T.W. Lim, P. Kovoor

    
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    Yusuke Sata, Yu Kataoka, Nobuhito Yagi, Noriaki Kokubu, Youichiro Kasahara, Mitsuru Abe, Junichiro Kobayashi, Hiroshi Nonogi, Yoritaka Otsuka, Hitonobu Tomoike

     
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    K.H. Chan, C. Chawantanpipat, T. Gattorna, T. Chantadansuwan, A. Kirby, A. Madden, A. Keech, M.K.C. Ng

     
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    B.R. Gray, B.P. Bailey, P.J. Harris, M. Ng, M.R. Adams

    
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    C. Marshall, S. Fisher, T.G. Yandle, D. Smyth, J. Blake, A.M. Richards, D.R. McClean

    
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    I. Ranasinghe, V. Chow, B. Aliprandi-Costa, J. Elliott, J. Waites, J. Counsell, D. Brieger

    
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    Geoffrey Tofler, S.Y. Soo Hoo, Thomas Buckley, Alex O’Farrell, Elizabeth Shaw, Monica Spinaze, Peter Hansen

    
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    M.C. Nguyen, Y.B. Pride, S.A. Murphy, D. Brieger, E.M. Antman, E. Braunwald, C.M. Gibson

    
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    N.J. Shipp, M. Baumert, A.G. Brooks, P. Kuklik, L. Wilson, K. Drury, A.J. Paukner, N. Namboodiri, D.H. Lau, H. Dimitri, G.D. Young, P. Sanders

    
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    D.H. Lau, L. Mackenzie, D.J. Kelly, P.J. Psaltis, A.J. Nelson, D.R. Kelly, Y. Zhang, D.A. Saint, S.G. Worthley, P. Sanders

    
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    Nicholas J. Shipp, Bobby John, Narayanan Namboodiri, Anthony G. Brooks, Gautam Sharma, Muayad Alasady, Aimie J. Paukner, Lauren Wilson, Karen Drury, Prashanthan Sanders

    
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    Muayad Alasady, Lorraine Mackenzie, Anthony Brooks, Dennis H. Lau, Walter Abhayaratna, Prashanthan Sanders

    
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    D.H. Lau, P.J. Psaltis, L. Mackenzie, Y. Zhang, D.J. Kelly, A.J. Nelson, A. Carbone, P. Kuklik, S.G. Worthley, P. Sanders

    
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    G.A. Figtree, A. Garcia, C. Liu, H. Bundgaard, E.J. Hamilton, K.K.M. Chia, H.H. Rasmussen

    
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    L. Pretorius, X.J. Du, E.A. Woodcock, H. Kiriazis, R.C.Y. Lin, S. Marasco, G.A. Head, A.M. Dart, G.L. Jennings, J.R. McMullen

    
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    Scott Willoughby, Ross Roberts-Thomson, Han Sung Lim, Anisha Prabhu, Bobby John, Martin K. Stiles, Prashanthan Sanders

     
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    P. Kuklik, L. Szumowski, J.J. Żebrowski, P. Sanders

    
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    Pawel Kuklik, Christopher X. Wong, Anthony G. Brooks, Nicholas Shipp, Jan Jacek Żebrowski, Prashanthan Sanders

    
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    H.S. Lim, S.R. Willoughby, C. Schultz, R. Roberts-Thomson, P. De Sciscio, D.H. Lau, M. Alasady, G.D. Young, M.I. Worthley, P. Sanders

    
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    H.S. Lim, S.R. Willoughby, A. Prabhu, P. De Sciscio, C. Schultz, D.H. Lau, M. Alasady, G.D. Young, M.I. Worthley, P. Sanders

    
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    C. Hsieh, J. Pouliopoulos, K. Huang, M.A. Barry, J. Lu, P. Kovoor

    
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    M.J. Perrin, T.J. Campbell, A.P. Hill, J.I. Vandenberg

    
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    A.N. Ganesan, G. Wu, K. Liou, S.P. Thomas

    
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    Narayanan Namboodiri, Kurt C. Roberts-Thomson, Bobby John, Pawel Kuklik, Anthony G. Brooks, Glenn Young, Stephen G. Worthley, Prashantham Sanders

    
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    P.M. Connolly, A.G. Brooks, P. De Sciscio, N.J. Shipp, P. Kuklik, B. John, H. Dimitri, C.X. Wong, Martin K. Stiles, L. Wilson, G.D. Young, P. Sanders

     
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    K. Dauber, P.A. Gould, C. Jenkins, S. Doneva, G. Kaye, J. Hill, T. Marwick

    
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    C. Medi, J.M. Kalman, P.M. Kistler

    
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    B. John, C.X. Wong, M.K. Stiles, A.G. Brooks, P. Sciscio, N.J. Shipp, P. Kuklik, P. Sanders

    
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    H. Dimitri, M. Baumert, M. Ng, J. Parnell, B. John, D. Lau, A. Brooks, H. Lim, M. Alasady, A. Thornton, R. Antic, P. Sanders

    
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    Liang-han Ling, Andrew Taylor, Caroline Medi, Andrew Teh, Peter M. Kistler

    
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    C.X. Wong, B. John, M.K. Stiles, A.G. Brooks, P. Kuklik, D.H. Lau, H. Dimitri, G.D. Young, P. Sanders

    
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    M. Alasady, W. Abhayaratna, A. Brooks, L. Mackenzie, M. Worthley, D. Chew, P. Sanders

    
  • ·Atypical ECG Characteristics of Atrial Flutter as an Exclusion to Ablation—A Missed Opportunity

    Página :S140

    Stephen A. Joseph, Yanfei Yang, Ramford K. Ng, Sanjiv M. Narayan, Paul Varosy, Uday Kumar, Rajni Rao, Mintu Turakhia, Edmund C. Keung, Nitish Badhwar, Byron K. Lee, Zian H. Tseng, Randall J. Lee, Jeffrey E. Olgin, Melvin M. Scheinman

    
  • ·Cartosound Imaging during Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Identifies the Real-time Left Atrial–oesophageal Relationship

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    L. Wilson, N. Kyriacou, A. Brooks, B. John, H. Dimitri, D. Lau, H. Lim, M. Alasady, G. Sharma, N. Namboodiri, G. Young, P. Sanders

    
  • ·Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: Results from the Cleveland Clinic Technique

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    S. Townsend, S. Pavia, K. Phillips

    
  • ·Characterisation and Treatment of Atrial Flutter in Adults with Repaired Congenital Heart Disease

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    R. Cordina, D.S. Celermajer, M. McGuire

    
  • ·Characterisation and Treatment of Atrioventricular Nodal Re-entry Tachycardia in Adults with Atrioventricular Septal Defect

    Página :S142

    R. Cordina, D.S. Celermajer, M. McGuire

    
  • ·Circumferential Pulmonary Vein Isolation for Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation: Five Year Cure Comparable to One Year Cure

    Página :S142

    C. Medi, P.B. Sparks, J.B. Morton, P.M. Kistler, K. Halloran, R. Rosso, J.K. Vohra, J.M. Kalman

     
  • ·Common and Distinguishing Features in the Substrate of Atrial Fibrillation and Atrial Flutter

    Página :S143

    M.K. Stiles, C.X. Wong, B. John, P. Kuklik, A.G. Brooks, H. Dimitri, D.H. Lau, L. Wilson, G.D. Young, P. Sanders

    
  • ·Conduction Abnormalities in Patients with Myotonic Dystrophy Attending a Large Neurogenetics Center

    Página :S143

    N. Stoyanov, J. Ng, J. de Franck, P. Lamont, A. Powell

    
  • ·Design and Establishment of a Remote Monitoring System for Implantable Cardiac Devices: The MonashHeart Experience

    Página :S144

    L. Bittinger, S.A. Allen, N. Youngs, G. Lee, J. Alison

    
  • ·Development of a Novel Simultaneous Biventricular Mapping and Ablation Technique for Septal Ventricular Tachycardia (VT)

    Página :S144

    G. Sivagangabalan, J. Pouliopoulos, K. Huang, M.A. Barry, J. Lu, S.P. Thomas, D.L. Ross, A. Thiagalingam, P. Kovoor

    
  • ·Differences in Left Ventricular Dyssynchrony between Apical and Septal Right Ventricular Pacing

    Página :S145

    Darryl P. Leong, Anne-Marie Mitchell, Hany Dimitri, Bobby John, Gautam Sharma, Malcolm Barlow, James Leitch, Prashanthan Sanders, Glenn D. Young

    
  • ·Dominant Frequency Guided Substrate Modification in Permanent Atrial Fibrillation Ablation

    Página :S145

    P. De Sciscio, A.G. Brooks, P. Kuklik, M.K. Stiles, L. Wilson, B. John, H. Dimitri, C.X. Wong, G.D. Young, P. Sanders

    
  • ·Early Experience with the Arctic Front Cryoablation Balloon Catheter for Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation

    Página :S146

    Malcolm Barlow, James Leitch

    
  • ·Outcomes of Early Risk Stratification and Targeted Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Implantation after ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction Treated with Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

    Página :S146

    Sarah Zaman, Gopal Sivagangabalan, Arun Narayan, Aravinda Thiagalingam, David L. Ross, Pramesh Kovoor

    
  • ·Unique Strategy of Early Risk Stratification for the Primary Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death Post-myocardial Infarction

    Página :S146

    Saurabh Kumar, Sarah Zaman, Gopal Sivagangabalan, Vicki Eipper, Arun Narayan, Pramesh Kovoor

    
  • ·ECG and Electrophysiological Characterisation and Radiofrequency Ablation of Atrial Arrhythmias Late after Orthotopic Heart Transplantation

    Página :S147

    Andrew W. Teh, Caroline Medi, Raphael Rosso, Geoffrey Lee, Paul B. Sparks, Joseph B. Morton, Jitendra K. Vohra, Jonathan M. Kalman, Peter M. Kistler

     
  • ·Electrogram Frequency Characteristics Associated with Scarring and Inducibility of Ventricular Tachycardia in a Post-myocardial Infarct Ovine Model

    Página :S147

    J. Morellato, G. Sivagangabalan, K. Huang, M.A. Barry, J. Lu, P. Kovoor, J. Pouliopoulos

    
  • ·Electrophysiological Characterisation of Atrial Fibrillation in Rheumatic Mitral Stenosis

    Página :S148

    B. John, C.X. Wong, M.K. Stiles, A.G. Brooks, P. Sciscio, N.J. Shipp, P. Kuklik, P. Sanders

    
  • ·Electrophysiological Determinants of Ventricular Re-entry During Extrastimuli in a Chronic Post-myocardial Infarct Ovine Model

    Página :S148

    Jim Pouliopoulos, G. Sivagangabalan, K. Huang, M.A. Barry, J. Lu, K. Byth, A. Thiagalingam, P. Kovoor

    
  • ·High-density Mapping to Characterize Dominant Frequency Sites in Permanent Atrial Fibrillation: Effect of Ablation

    Página :S149

    P. De Sciscio, A.G. Brooks, P. Kuklik, M.K. Stiles, C.X. Wong, B. John, H. Dimitri, L. Wilson, G.D. Young, P. Sanders

    
  • ·High-density Non-contact Mapping to Characterise Atrial Remodelling due to Chronic Atrial Flutter

    Página :S149

    M.K. Stiles, A.G. Brooks, B. John, D.H. Lau, H. Dimitri, C.X. Wong, P. Kuklik, L. Wilson, G.D. Young, P. Sanders

    
  • ·Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Recipients: Are the Current Guidelines Appropriately Risk Stratifying Patients?

    Página :S150

    Hussam Tayeb, Peter Psaltis, Daniel Scherer, Darryl Leong, Benjamin Dundon, Dennis Wong, Glenn Young, Sepher Shakib, Prashanthan Sanders

    
  • ·Effects of Transmurality and Pacing Distance on Unipolar Electrogram Characteristics

    Página :S150

    Jim Pouliopoulos, William Chik, Karen Byth, Pramesh Kovoor, Aravinda Thiagalingam

    
  • ·Incessant Focal Atrial Tachycardia: Prevalence and Outcomes

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    C. Medi, J.M. Kalman, H. Haqqani, J.K. Vohra, J.B. Morton, P.B. Sparks, P.M. Kistler

    
  • ·Incidence and Implications of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea in Patients Presenting for Atrial Fibrillation Ablation: A Prospective Study

    Página :S151

    H. Dimitri, D. Leong, M. Shirazi, M. Ng, J. Parnell, B. John, D. Lau, A. Brooks, H. Lim, M. Alasady, R. Antic, P. Sanders

    
  • ·Late Gadolinium Enhancement in Non-Ischaemic Cardiomyopathy and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Event Occurrence

    Página :S151

    R. Perel, R. Gomes, C. Chao, K. Mallitt, R. Denman, P. Martin, R. Slaughter

    
  • ·Left Atrial Expansion Index in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation is a Predictor of Sinus Rhythm Maintenance after Cardioversion

    Página :S152

    M. Govindan, A.J. Camm

    
  • ·Long Term Outcome Following Ablation of Atrial “Flutter” Late after Surgical Atrial Septal Defect Repair: High Incidence of Late AF

    Página :S152

    C. Medi, P.B. Sparks, J.B. Morton, J.K. Vohra, P.M. Kistler, J.M. Kalman

    
  • ·Regional and Global LV Endocardial Conduction Patterns in Cardiomyopathy Patients with Left Bundle Branch Block and with Narrow QRS: Implications for Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

    Página :S153

    H.M. Haqqani, K.C. Roberts-Thomson, R.L. Snowdon, R.N. Balasubramanian, R. Rosso, P.B. Sparks, J.K. Vohra, J.M. Kalman, J.B. Morton

    
  • ·Management of Cardiac Implantable Electrical Devices in the Perioperative Period

    Página :S153

    V. Nadurata, J. Mekel, A. Mortada, N. Sharma, C. McDonald, M. Bell, M. Constatine, E. Riordan

    
  • ·Marked Periannular Endocardial Substrate Differences in Non-Ischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy Patients With and Without Clinical Ventricular Tachycardia

    Página :S153

    H.M. Haqqani, J.M. Kalman, K.C. Roberts-Thomson, R.L. Snowdon, R.N. Balasubramanian, R. Rosso, P.B. Sparks, J.K. Vohra, J.B. Morton

    
  • ·Multiple Foci of Focal Atrial Tachycardias—Just Too Many, Instead of One?

    Página :S154

    Narayanan Namboodiri, Lauren Wilson, Pawel Kuklik, Bobby John, Hany Dimitri, Gautam Sharma, Nicole Kyriacou, Dennis H. Lau, Glenn Young, Prashantham Sanders

    
  • ·New Method of Quantitative Description of Regional Mechanics of Atria by Means of Electroanatomical Mapping

    Página :S154

    P. Kuklik, P. Molaee, A.G. Brooks, G.D. Young, S. Worthley, P. Sanders

    
  • ·Non-Invasive Prediction of Successful Cardioversion of Atrial Fibrillation by Surface Electrocardiogram Analysis

    Página :S155

    C.X. Wong, M.K. Stiles, P. Kuklik, A.G. Brooks, B. John, G.D. Young, P. Sanders

    
  • ·P Wave Duration and AUC Varies with Electrical Isolation of the Posterior Left Atrium

    Página :S155

    T.W. Lim, G. Wu, D.L. Ross, S.P. Thomas

    
  • ·Pacing from the Right Ventricular Septum: Is There a Danger to the Coronary Arteries?

    Página :S155

    Andrew W. Teh, Caroline Medi, Raphael Rosso, Geoffrey Lee, Ronen Gurvitch, Harry G. Mond

     
  • ·Patient Derived Benefits and Feasibility of a Remote Monitoring Program for Implantable Cardiac Devices

    Página :S156

    L. Bittinger, S.A. Allen, N. Youngs, G. Lee, J. Alison

    
  • ·Post-Myocardial Injury Syndrome Following Atrial Fibrillation Ablation

    Página :S156

    H.S. Lim, A. Verma, B. John, D.H. Lau, M. Alasady, D. Leong, G.D. Young, P. Sanders

    
  • ·Preexcitation Index Derived from Parahisian Region Reliably Dichotomise the Junctional Reentrant Tachycardias

    Página :S157

    Narayanan Namboodiri, Richard Hillock, Shomu Bohora, Valaparambil Ajitkumar, Jaganmohan A. Tharakan, Glenn D. Young, Prashantham Sanders

    
  • ·Primary Prevention ICD Therapy Rates in a Single Centre Cohort

    Página :S157

    K. Dauber, P.A. Gould, S. Doneva, J. Hill, G. Kaye

    
  • ·Pulmonary Vein Isolation Using the ArcticFront Cryoballoon: The MonashHeart Experience

    Página :S158

    L. Bittinger, G. Lee, D. Adam, J. Alison

    
  • ·Real World Experiences with Right Ventricular Septal Lead Implantation: ECG Characteristics, Lead Parameters and Complications

    Página :S158

    Geoffrey Lee, Logan Bittinger, Stuart Allen, Nick Youngs, Damian Haldane, Emily Kotschet, David Adam, Jack Krafchek, Jeff Alison

     
  • ·Regional Left Atrial Conduction Velocity and Its Relationship to CFAE

    Página :S158

    Anthony Brooks, Patrick Connolly, Paolo De Scisio, Pawel Kuklik, Hany Dimitri, Bobby John, Nicholas J. Shipp, Nicholas Chia, Glenn D. Young, Prashanthan Sanders

    
  • ·Repeat Circumferential Pulmonary Vein Isolation for Recurrent Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation: A Highly Effective Strategy

    Página :S159

    C. Medi, P.B. Sparks, J.M. Morton, P.M. Kistler, K. Halloran, R. Rosso, J.K. Vohra, J.M. Kalman

    
  • ·Right Ventricular Pacing Induces Left Ventricular Dyssynchrony, Impaired Left Atrial Function, and Adverse Left Atrial Remodelling

    Página :S160

    Darryl P. Leong, Anne-Marie Mitchell, Gautam Sharma, Hany Dimitri, Bobby John, Martin K. Stiles, Prashanthan Sanders, Glenn D. Young

    
  • ·Safety of Diathermy-Assisted Interatrial Transseptal Puncture

    Página :S160

    S. Townsend, K. Phillips

    
  • ·Single Operator Results of Pacemaker (PPM) Implantation. Comparison with Clinical Excellence Commission (CEC) Report

    Página :S160

    James Leitch

    
  • ·Smoking in Non-Ischaemic Cardiomyopathy and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Event Occurrence

    Página :S161

    C. Chao, R. Gomes, R. Perel, K. Mallitt, R. Denman, P. Martin

    
  • ·ST Segment Changes Associated with the Use of a Multi-Electrode Basket Catheter during Atrial Fibrillation Ablation

    Página :S161

    Stephen A. Joseph, Byron K. Lee, Jeffrey E. Olgin, Randall J. Lee, Nitish Badhwar

    
  • ·Strategies to Minimise Infection at Pacemaker/Defibrillator Device Implants

    Página :S162

    P. Kertes, H. Lucas, K. Powson

    
  • ·Stretch Related Pulmonary Vein Remodelling in Humans

    Página :S162

    P. De Sciscio, F. Sacher, P. Jaïs, A.G. Brooks, L. Hsu, M. Hocini, M. Haïssaguerre, P. Sanders

    
  • ·Takotsubo Syndrome Complicating Atrial Fibrillation Ablation

    Página :S162

    Darryl P. Leong, Bobby John, Hany Dimitri, Martin K. Stiles, Glenn D. Young, Prashanthan Sanders

    
  • ·Template Matching Index Identifies Sites with the Greatest Impact During Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation

    Página :S163

    Anthony Brooks, Pawel Kuklik, Paolo De Sciscio, Martin K. Stiles, Hany Dimitri, Bobby John, Nicholas J. Shipp, Patrick Connolly, Glenn D. Young, Prashanthan Sanders

    
  • ·Temporal Changes in the Left Atrial–Oesophageal Relationship at Annual Review Post-Atrial Fibrillation Ablation

    Página :S163

    L. Wilson, A. Brooks, N. Kyriacou, B. John, H. Dimitri, D. Lau, H. Lim, M. Alasady, G. Sharma, N. Namboodiri, G. Young, P. Sanders

    
  • ·Temporal Characteristics of Atrial Frequency and Fractionation during Atrial Fibrillation in Conscious Chronic Hypertensive Sheep

    Página :S164

    D.H. Lau, L. Mackenzie, C.X. Wong, P. Kuklik, H. Dimitri, H.S. Lim, M. Alasady, N.J. Shipp, A.G. Brooks, P. Sanders

    
  • ·The Efficacy of Routine Linear Ablation during Pulmonary Vein Isolation for Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation

    Página :S164

    Taching Tan, Toon Wei Lim, Choon Hiang Koay, Valerie A. See, Rebecca McCall, David L. Ross, Stuart P. Thomas

    
  • ·Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Tachycardia Originating from the Non-coronary Cusp—Electrocardiographic and Electrophysiological Characterization and Radiofrequency Ablation

    Página :S164

    M. Alasady, Cameron B. Singleton, Andrew McGavigan

    
  • ·The Significance of QRS Prolongation During Ajmaline Testing in Patients Suspected of Brugada Syndrome

    Página :S165

    M. Govindan, V. Batchvarov, E. Behr, J. Camm

    
  • ·Two Different Paradigms of Ventricular Tachycardia Storm Immediately After Initiation of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

    Página :S165

    Stephen A. Joseph, Gregory M. Marcus, Nitish Badhwar

    
  • ·Utility of Intracardiac Echocardiography in Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation

    Página :S166

    S. Townsend, N. Wessel, G. Scalia, K. Phillips

    
  • ·Vagal Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation: Prevalence and Ablation Outcome in Patients Without Structural Heart Disease

    Página :S166

    Raphael Rosso, Paul B. Sparks, Joseph B. Morton, Peter M. Kistler, Jitendra K. Vohra, Karen Halloran, Caroline Medi, Jonathan M. Kalman

    
  • ·Validation of Template Matching for Assessment of Local Wave Front Stability

    Página :S166

    P. De Sciscio, P. Kuklik, A.G. Brooks, M.K. Stiles, C.X. Wong, B. John, D. Lau, H. Dimitri, G.D. Young, P. Sanders

    
  • ·Value of the Ventricular High Leads in the Diagnosis of Brugada Syndrome

    Página :S167

    M. Govindan, V. Batchvarov, E. Behr, J. Camm

    
  • ·A Local Experience with Peripartum Cardiomyopathy: Are the Tides Turning?

    Página :S167

    Terase Lancefield, Omar Farouque, Alicia Dennis, Leslie Oliver, Anthony Dortimer, Elizabeth Jones, Jennifer Johns

    
  • ·A Recombinant Human Neuregulin-1 Peptide Improves Preservation of the Transplanted Rat Heart After Prolonged Hypothermic Storage

    Página :S168

    A. Jabbour, L. Gao, J. Kwan, A. Watson, L. Sun, X. Liu, M. Zhou, R.M. Graham, M. Hicks, P. Macdonald

     
  • ·Acetazolamide: Obsolete or Overlooked as a Diuretic in Heart Failure?

    Página :S168

    Margaret Lucas

    
  • ·An Ovine Model of Anthracycline-Induced Cardiotoxicity—Applicability as a Preclinical Surrogate for Nonischaemic Cardiomyopathy

    Página :S169

    Peter J. Psaltis, Angelo Carbone, Adam J. Nelson, Dennis H. Lau, Kerry Williams, Karen S. Teo, Prashanthan Sanders, Stan Gronthos, Andrew C.W. Zannettino, Stephen G. Worthley

    
  • ·Atrial Fibrillation Initiates an Adverse Pattern of Molecular Remodelling in the Failing Human Heart

    Página :S169

    S. Fatemeh Amirahmadi, Tanneale Marshall, Yinan Zhang, Lauren Stevenson, Cris dos Remedios, David M. Kaye

    
  • ·Best Practice for Australian Chronic Heart Failure Management Programs

    Página :S170

    A. Driscoll, P.M. Davidson, S. Hood, N. Huang, Z. Aho, John Atherton, Simon Stewart, Andrew Sindone, Henry Krum, On behalf of the Joint Heart Failure Program

    
  • ·Beta-Blockers in Systemic Right Ventricular Dysfunction Post-Atrial Switch Repair for Transposition of Great Arteries

    Página :S170

    W. Wilson, D. Zentner, D. Sivaratnam, M. Wheeler, L. Grigg

    
  • ·BNP-Guided Heart Failure Therapy: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Control Trials

    Página :S171

    P. Porapakkham, P.L. Porapakkham, H. Zimmet, B. Billah, H. Krum

    
  • ·Bosentan Improves Pulmonary Microvascular Endothelial Function in Adults with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

    Página :S171

    Rahn Ilsar, Joe Levitt, Mark R. Adams, David S. Celermajer

     
  • ·Carvedilol-Treatment in Asymptomatic Early Familial Dilated Cardiomyopathy: A Randomised Double-Blind Placebo Controlled Trial

    Página :S172

    T. Yeoh, C.S. Hayward, V. Benson, P.S. Macdonald, M.P. Feneley, A. Keogh, D. Fatkin

    
  • ·Changes in the Level of Osteopontin, A Matricellular Protein, Reflect the Remodelling Response in Patients Following Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy—A Multicentre Study

    Página :S172

    M. Elsik, H. Pfluger, C. Hayward, D.L. Prior, B.M. Yii, H. Schneider, A. Broughton, C. Wong, A. Taylor, H. Krum

    
  • ·Coculture with Mesenchymal Precursor Cells Favourably Modulates Cytokine Gene Expression of Endotoxin Activated Monocyte Lineage Cells

    Página :S173

    Hendrik Zimmet, Bing Wang, Andrew Kompa, Andrew Zannettino, Silviu Itescu, Henry Krum

    
  • ·Comparison of the Ejection Duration as Measured by Applanation Tonometry and by Echocardiography

    Página :S173

    U. Allahwala, R. Walker, C. Coates, C.S. Hayward

    
  • ·Declining Mortality in Patients with Heart Failure after Myocardial Infarction in Western Australia

    Página :S174

    Tiew-Hwa Katherine Teng, Joseph Hung, Michael Hobbs, Judith Finn

    
  • ·Does Indoxyl Sulfate, A Uremic Toxin, Have Direct Effects on Cardiac Fibroblasts & Myocytes?

    Página :S174

    S. Lekawanvijit, A. Adrahtas, D.J. Kelly, A.R. Kompa, H. Krum, B. Wang

    
  • ·Index

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  • ·Echocardiographic Assessment of Asymptomatic Early Dilated Cardiomyopathy

    Página :S175

    T. Yeoh, C.S. Hayward, V. Benson, P.S. Macdonald, M.P. Feneley, A. Keogh, D. Fatkin

    
  • ·Effect of Alteration in Pump Speed on Pump Output and Left Ventricular Filling with Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device

    Página :S175

    C.S. Hayward, R. Salamonsen, A.M. Keogh, J. Woodard, P. Ayre, R. Prichard, R. Walker, E. Kotlyar, P.S. Macdonald, P. Jansz, P. Spratt

    
  • ·Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agents Improve Left-Ventricular Function and Exercise Tolerance in Anaemic Heart Failure Patients

    Página :S176

    K. Ngo, D. Kotecha, J.A.E. Walters, L. Manzano, A. Palazzuoli, D.J. van Veldhuisen, M. Flather

    
  • ·Fibrocyte Recruitment to the Failing Heart: Role of Stromal Derived Factor-1 in Cardiac Fibrosis

    Página :S176

    Po-Yin Chu, Justin Mariani, Samara Finch, Julie R. McMullen, Junichi Sadoshima, Tanneale Marshall, David M. Kaye

    
  • ·Global Longitudinal Strain as a Marker of Severe Left Ventricular Dysfunction: Outcomes Over 5-Year Follow-up

    Página :S176

    R. Leano, T. Stanton, T.H. Marwick

    
  • ·Heart Failure and Altered Cardiac Energetics—A New Mouse Model for Inducible Sarcomeric Mitochondrial Creatine Kinase (Mt-CK)

    Página :S177

    Imre Hunyor, Kimmo Makinen, Ben Davies, Debra Medway, Craig Lygate, Dirk Isbrandt, Stefan Neubauer

    
  • ·Heart Failure Audit Lower Hutt Hospital Sept–December 2007

    Página :S177

    William Kong, Tim O’Meeghan, Kathy Ferrier, Russell Anscombe, Judy Dewar

    
  • ·Heart Failure Patients: Their Learning Style and Learning Needs

    Página :S178

    M. Boyde, A. Tuckett, R. Peters, D.R. Thompson, C. Turner, S. Stewart

    
  • ·Impact of MRI Results on Management of Patients Referred to an Advanced Heart Failure Unit

    Página :S178

    D. Arumugam, R. Slaughter, A. Galbraith, M. Brown, G. Javorsky, J. Harker, M. Francke, D. Platts

    
  • ·Impact of Perhexiline Therapy on Left Ventricular Function and Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Refractory Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)

    Página :S178

    P.K. Pati, A. Sverdlov, J.D. Horowitz

    
  • ·Impact of Serum Iron Availability on Haemoglobin and Haemdoynamics in Patients with Advanced Heart Failure

    Página :S179

    Micha T. Maeder, David M. Kaye

    
  • ·Improvements in Functional Class and Ejection Fraction with Adherence to Heart Failure Treatment Guidelines

    Página :S179

    R. Sanders, D. Prior

    
  • ·Is Increased Filling Pressure with Exercise Merely a Consequence of Changes in Afterload?

    Página :S180

    D.J. Holland, S.B. Prasad, T.H. Marwick

    
  • ·Long-term Monitoring of Cardiac Toxicity Following Trastuzumab (Herceptin) Chemotherapy

    Página :S180

    T. Chung, P. Beale, L. Kritharides

    
  • ·Multi-centre Crossover Comparison of Carvedilol, Metoprolol Succinate and Bisoprolol in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure

    Página :S181

    A. Jabbour, P.S. Macdonald, A.M. Keogh, E. Kotlyar, S. Mellemkjaer, C.F. Coleman, M. Elsik, H. Krum, C.S. Hayward

    
  • ·Nitric Oxide-Activated Guanylyl Cyclase Modulates NAD(P)H Oxidase and Oxidative Inhibition of the Na⁺–K⁺ Pump in Ventricular Myocytes in a Phosphatase Dependent Manner

    Página :S181

    Karin K.M. Chia, Elisha Halmilton, Alvaro Garcia, Dennis Wang, Chia-Chia Liu, Gemma Figtree, Helge Rasmussen

    
  • ·Nonischaemic Cardiomyopathy is Associated with Purkinje Fibre Injury and Electrical Remodelling: Implications for Sudden Cardiac Death

    Página :S182

    Peter J. Psaltis, Angelo Carbone, Adam J. Nelson, Troy Jantzen, Dennis H. Lau, Jim Manavis, Kerry Williams, Stan Gronthos, Andrew C.W. Zannettino, Prashanthan Sanders, Stephen G. Worthley

    
  • ·Older Age is Associated with Suboptimal Outcomes on Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices

    Página :S182

    J. Baumwol, P.S. Macdonald, A.M. Keogh, E. Kotlyar, P. Spratt, P. Jansz, C. Axisa, C.S. Hayward

    
  • ·Optimising Medical Management of the Advanced Heart Failure Patient—The Nurse Practitioner Role

    Página :S183

    Niki Parle

    
  • ·Diffuse Fibrosis Imaged with Cardiac MRI Utilising a T1 Mapping Sequence Correlates with Plasma Levels of Osteopontin in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure

    Página :S183

    M. Elsik, H. Pfluger, H. Schneider, H. Krum, A. Taylor

    
  • ·Out Patient Clinical Nurse Consultant Service in Management of Heart Failure Significantly Reduces Hospital Admissions

    Página :S183

    Linda Gardiner, Krishna K. Kadappu, Rohan Rajaratnam

    
  • ·Patients Presenting with Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) and a History of Congestive Heart Failure (CHF): Is This High-Risk Population Being Under Treated?

    Página :S184

    C. Naoum, I. Ranasinghe, G. Devlin, B. McGarity, J. Lefkovits, B. Aliprandi-Costa, D. Brieger, A.P. Sindone

     
  • ·Peptidomic Profiles of Plasma from Post-myocardial Infarction Rats Using MALDI-ToF Mass Spectrometry

    Página :S184

    Bing H. Wang, Simone Reisman, Mustafa Ayhan, Andrew Kompa, Henry Krum, Greg Rice

    
  • ·Point-of-Care B-Natriuretic Peptide Predicts 30 Day Mortality in Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department with Acute Dyspnoea

    Página :S185

    K. Evans, C. Reid, A. Brennan, A. Finlay, J. Miels, D. Smit, N. Andrianopoulos, H. Krum, D. Eccleston

    
  • ·Prediction of Adverse Events in Heart Failure Patients Using NT-proBNP Measurements At and After Hospital Discharge

    Página :S185

    A.A. Bennett, G.R.D. Jones, P.S. Macdonald, J.E. Brien

    
  • ·Quantification of Regional Function and Structure Following Myocardial Infarction in Rats

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    B.L. Leonard, H.I. Lam, B.H. Smaill, I.J. LeGrice

    
  • ·Readmission Rates for Patients Enrolled in a Multidisciplinary Community-Based HF Program

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    Carol Whitfield, Kimberley Bardsley, Phillip Newton, Peter Macdonald

    
  • ·Recirculating Delivery of AAV-BARKct for the Treatment of Heart Failure in a Large Animal Model

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    M. Byrne, R. Idrizi, G. Akita, R. Kelly, J. Power, D.M. Kaye

    
  • ·Reduced Ejection Fraction and Lack of ACE Inhibitor or ARB Use is Associated with Appropriate Defibrillator Therapy in the Primary Prevention Population

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    Manoj N. Obeyesekere, W. Chan, D. Stub, S. Prabhu, E.P. Teo, G. Toogood, J. Mariani, A. Broughton, Peter Kistler

    
  • ·Refinement of Current Guidelines for the Diagnosis of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF): Incorporation of Ischaemia and Exercise E/e′

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    D.J. Holland, S.B. Prasad, T.H. Marwick

     
  • ·Right Ventricular Performance in Patients with Malignant Tumors Treated with Epirubicin. An Echocardiographic Study

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    D. Radulescu, S. Pripon, Elena Buzdugan, Andreea Parv, Maria Radulescu, Paula Mitrea, L. Stoicescu, M. Mihaiu, C. Cosma, Gh Sebesteyn

    
  • ·Six-Minute Walk Distance Predicts VO₂max in Patients Supported with Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices

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    R. Prichard, M. Juul, G. Gazibarich, R. Walker, R. Salamonsen, E. Kotlyar, A.M. Keogh, P.S. Macdonald, C.S. Hayward, J. Woodard, P. Ayre

    
  • ·Selection of Therapeutic Options by Considering Systemic Vascular Resistance as a Clinical Parameter in Patients with Acute Heart Failure

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    M. Watanabe, H. Hashimura, M. Amaki, T. Ohara, T. Hasegawa, H. Kanzaki, M. KItakaze

    
  • ·Temporal Trends in Treatments and Outcomes in Patients with a History of Congestive Heart Failure who Present with Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS): Insights from the Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE)

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    I. Ranasinghe, C. Naoum, B. Aliprandi-Costa, J. Elliott, Bruce McGarity, Jeff Lefkovits, D. Brieger, A.P. Sindone

     
  • ·Testing of Intra-Myocardial Cell Therapy in a Large Animal Model of Myocardial Infarction

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    Anthony J. White, Shuo-Tsan Lee, Satoshi Matsushita, Eduardo Marbán, Raj Makkar

    
  • ·The Effects of BNP Testing at ED for Acute SOB Patients on Clinical Outcomes (Meta-analysis)

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    Louisa L. Lam, Hans G. Schneider, Nick Andrianopoulos, Henry Krum, Michael J. Abramson, Christian Mueller, Peter A. Cameron

    
  • ·The New Zealand Heart Failure Registry: Two Years On

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    G.P. Devlin, R. Troughton, M. Lund, R. Doughty, On behalf of the NZHFR Investigators

    
  • ·The Role of Endothelial Dysfunction in the Development of Myocardial Fibrosis in Dilated Cardiomyopathy

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    Darryl P. Leong, Scott R. Willoughby, Adhiraj Chakrabarty, Mitra Shirazi, Amy Penhall, Rebecca Perry, Glenn D. Young, Matthew I. Worthley, Joseph B. Selvanayagam, Prashanthan Sanders

    
  • ·The Role of Measuring Stroke Volume in Echocardiographic Optimisation of Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy

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    Darryl P. Leong, Mitra Shirazi, Adhiraj Chakrabarty, Amy Penhall, Rebecca Perry, Anthony G. Brooks, Carmine G. De Pasquale, Glenn D. Young, Joseph B. Selvanayagam, Prashanthan Sanders

    
  • ·The Safety and Efficacy of Recombinant Human Neuregulin-1 in Patients with Stable Chronic Heart Failure

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    A. Jabbour, C.S. Hayward, A.M. Keogh, E. Kotlyar, J. McCrohon, J.F. England, R. Amor, X. Liu, R.M. Graham, P.S. Macdonald

    
  • ·Thermodilution-Derived Resistance and Flow Indices Detect Pulmonary Microvascular Obliteration in High Primates

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    Rahn Ilsar, Chirapan Chawantanpipat, Kim H. Chan, Tim A. Dobbins, Richard Waugh, Annemarie Hennessy, David S. Celermajer, Martin K.C. Ng

    
  • ·Transforming Growth Factor-β1 Increases Thioredoxin-Interacting Protein in Calcifying Aortic Valve Cells: Attenuation by Nitric Oxide

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    N.S. Kanagasingam, J.D. Horowitz, J.A. Kennedy

    
  • ·Trends and Effect of Medication Use on Long-Term Survival Outcome in Heart Failure Patients

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    Tiew-Hwa Katherine Teng, Judith Finn, Joseph Hung

    
  • ·What is the Main Pathophysiological Determinant of Cardiac B-type Natriuretic Peptide Release?

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    Micha T. Maeder, David M. Kaye

    
  • ·A Study of Outcomes Following Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (PCI) in the Indigenous Population of North Queensland

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    V. Venkatachalam, R. Yadav, A. Gangasandra, T. Farley, S. Baveja, S. Latouf

    
  • ·Heart Health Screening Clinics

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    C. Buchanan, T. Manion, R. Jayasinghe

    
  • ·Identifying and Responding to the Information Needs of Indigenous Australians with Chronic Heart Failure (CHF)

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    Vicki Wade, On behalf of the Heart Foundation Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander Chronic Heart Failure Working Group, the Joint Heart Failure Program

    
  • ·Management and 12-Month Outcomes of Indigenous Australians Presenting with Acute Coronary Syndrome: The ACACIA Registry

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    Sam J. Lehman, Derek P. Chew, David Brieger, John Amerena, Steve Coverdale, Jamie Rankin, Alex Brown

    
  • ·Predictive Value of Exercise Stress Test ECG in the Indigenous Population in North Queensland

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    A. Gangasandra Basavaraj, V. Venkatachalam, S. Baveja

    
  • ·Epidemiology of Heart Failure and Asymptomatic Ventricular Dysfunction in Aboriginal Australians of Central Australia: Interim Data from Town Camps

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    Michele McGrady, Simon Stewart, Henry Krum, Melinda Carrington, Chris Zeitz, Alex Brown

    
  • ·Rethinking Cardiology Care for Indigenous Clients

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    S.C. Thompson, K. Taylor, J. Smith, M. Wood, L. Dimer, N. Wilson, M. Ali

    
  • ·Screening for Cardiovascular Disease in Maori Communities: The Community Heart Study

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    Allamanda Faatoese, Elisabeth Wells, Suzanne Pitama, Matea Gilles, Rob Doughty, Richard Troughton, Mark Richards, Vicky Cameron

    
  • ·The Excess Burden of Coronary Disease in New Zealand Maori: Incidence, Prevalence and Survival

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    M. Tobias, L.-C. Yeh, C. Wright, T. Riddell, W.C. Chan, R. Jackson, S. Mann

    
  • ·A comparison of clinical outcomes in STEMI patients treated with primary angioplasty with and without post stent balloon dilatation

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    B. Ko, A. Hutchison, S. Healy, A. Nasis, J.M. Zhang, J. Cameron, I. Meredith, Y. Malaiapan

    
  • ·Development of a risk adjustment model for lesion success in PCI and its application to sequential performance monitoring

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    J. Cameron, J. Rivers, I. Smith

    
  • ·Alcohol septal ablation for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy: The Auckland experience

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    M. Ratnayake, R. Garg, S. Greaves, I. Gerber, M. Webster

    
  • ·An objective approach to haemostasis following trans-radial cardiac catheterization

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    Chris Carrington, Rose Mann, Seif El-Jack

    
  • ·Field 12 lead ECG and ED activation of the infarct team in STEMI improves door to balloon times: An update of the MonashHEART acute myocardial infarction (Mon-AMI) 12 lead project

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    A. Hutchison, Y. Malaiapan, B. Barger, G. Braitberg, J.D. Cameron, I.T. Meredith

    
  • ·Analysis of short-term outcomes in patients treated with percutaneous intervention for aortic coarctation

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    T. Sirisena, J. Sedgwick, C. Raffel, S. Amarasekera, D. Walters

    
  • ·Balloon aortic valvuloplasty—An underutilised procedure?

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    A. Walton, R. Jabbour

    
  • ·Bivalirudin compared to unfractionated heparin in high-risk ACS patients undergoing PCI regarding anticoagulation mechanisms

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    M. Ray, D. Walters, M. Juneja, N. Bett

    
  • ·Cardiac risks of performing non-cardiac procedures within a year of coronary revascularisation

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    F. Foo, F. Sanfilippo, P. Norman, S. Ridout, S. Sharma, M. Muhlman, T. Bates, J. Rankin

    
  • ·Cardiovascular outcomes in patients with drug eluting coronary stents undergoing non-cardiac surgery

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    N.L. Cruden, S.A. Harding, A.D. Flapan, C. Graham, S. Wild, R. Slack, J. Pell, D.E. Newby

    
  • ·Carotid artery stenting: A 12-year single centre experience

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    David Roy, David Muller, David Baron, Paul Roy

    
  • ·Changing national trends in the use of drug-eluting stents in Australian private hospitals: Balance at last?

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    D. Eccleston, D. Clark, T. Rafter, S. Worthley, P. Sage, G. Holt, M. Horrigan, for the Heart Care Group Investigators

    
  • ·Clinical evaluation of Everolimus eluting stent (Xience V) in a high risk patient population

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    Charles T. Itty, Ahmad Farshid, Paul Marley, Ian Jeffery, Darryl McGill, Simon O’Connor, Ren Tan

    
  • ·Clinical outcomes in patients undergoing rescue PCI compared with primary PCI (PPCI) in STEMI

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    William Chan, David J. Clark, Andrew E. Ajani, Nick Andrianopoulos, Angela L. Brennan, Christopher M. Reid, Thomas Yip, James A. Shaw, Anthony M. Dart, Stephen J. Duffy, On behalf of the Melbourne Interventional Group

    
  • ·Comparison of clinical outcomes with sirolimus (SES) and zotarolimus (ZES) stents in real world practice—One-year follow-up data from a single centre

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    A. French, N. Jepson, Mark Pitney, D. Friedman, A. Lau, R. Giles, R. Allan

    
  • ·Clopidogrel preloading in STEMI treated with PCI improves infarct artery patency and short-term clinical outcomes

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    William Chan, Thomas Yip, Alexander Black, Andrew E. Ajani, David J. Clark, Nick Andrianopoulos, Angela L. Brennan, Christopher M. Reid, Anthony M. Dart, Stephen J. Duffy, On behalf of the Melbourne Interventional Group

    
  • ·Comparative outcomes of staged multiple territory versus single-procedure multiple territory percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI)

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    Scott McKenzie, Angela L. Brennan, Nick Andrianopoulos, Christopher M. Reid, Andrew E. Ajani, David J. Clark, Anthony Walton, Tanya Pereira, Anthony M. Dart, Stephen J. Duffy, On behalf of the Melbourne Interventional Group

    
  • ·Comparison of primary percutaneous coronary intervention with thrombolytic therapy for ST elevation myocardial infarction in Dunedin Hospital 2007

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    H.J. Kwon, V.H.T. Chen, G.T. Wilkins, M.J.A. Williams

    
  • ·Comparison of the procedural and clinical outcomes of bifurcational stenting in primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) versus non-PPCI bifurcational stenting

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    Wally Ahmar, Yuvaraj Malaiapan, Maro Baldi, Ian T. Meredith

    
  • ·Contrast induced nephropathy in patients with pre-existing renal impairment undergoing invasive coronary procedures—A long term follow up

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    Akash Dhawan, Devang Parikh, Ibrahim Shugman, John French, Hisham Hallani, Clyne Fernandes, Craig Juergens

    
  • ·Cost-effectiveness analysis of drug-eluting stents in Australia from the Melbourne Interventional Group Registry

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    Bryan P. Yan, Angela Brennan, Molla Huq, Nick Andrianopolous, Andrew E. Ajani, David Clark, Christopher M. Reid

    
  • ·Does emergency triage of acute myocardial infarction (ETAMI) increase unnecessary coronary angiography? A 5-year comparison of Field Triage versus Emergency Department Triage

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    H. Nojoumian, C. Yu, R. McMahon, S. Hoo, P. Hansen, H. Rasmussen, M. Ward, G. Nelson

    
  • ·Does the obesity paradox exist in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in contemporary Australian practice?

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    Terase Lancefield, David Clark, Nick Andrianopoulos, Angela Brennan, Christopher Reid, Alice Owen, Jennifer Johns, Melanie Freeman, Kerrie Charter, Stephen Duffy, Andrew Ajani, Joseph Proietto, Omar Farouque

    
  • ·Drug eluting stent use in private hospitals—Past, present and future

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    S. McLean, S. Li, A. Dortimer, D. Eccleston, O. Farouque, D. Clark

    
  • ·Early experience with transcatheter aortic valve insertion [TAVI] via transarterial approach in a New Zealand public hospital

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    S. Pasupati, G. Devlin, R. Fisher, R. Linder, M. Liang, N. Kejriwal

    
  • ·Echocardiograph outcomes at 30 days following Percutaneous Aortic Valve Replacement (PAVR) with CoreValve Revalving in Australia and New Zealand

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    C. Aroney, G. Devlin, S. Duffy, J.C. Laborde, G. Manoharan, I. Meredith, D. Mulller, J. Ormiston, S. Pasupati, D.L. Walters, A. Walton, Australian and New Zealand Core Valve Investigators

    
  • ·Effect of contrast volume on radio-contrast induced nephropathy (RCIN) after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)

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    N. Wijesinghe, S. Cherian, G.P. Devlin

    
  • ·Efficacy of a thrombus-burden guided approach to management of angiographically evident thrombus in ST segment elevation myocardial infarction

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    Sam J. Lehman, Yuvi Malaiapan, Peilee See, Michael Zang, Ian T. Meredith

    
  • ·Factors affecting time to mechanical reperfusion for ST elevation myocardial infarction

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    Mark Dooris, Helen Muller, Louise Cullen

    
  • ·First Australian experience with intracoronary optical coherence tomography

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    M. Asrar ul Haq, W. van Gaal, P. Barlis

     
  • ·Fluoroscopy time: A simple predictor of long-term outcome after percutaneous coronary intervention

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    S. Crown, A. Dahiya, V. Indrajith, G. Starmer, P. Garrahy, T. Stanton, R. Lim

    
  • ·Fractional flow reserve and long-term outcomes in the real world

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    Suresh Perera, Aniket Puri, Kirsty Abercrombie, Gerard Devlin

    
  • ·Fractional flow reserve in day-to-day clinical practice

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    B. Herman, C. Nyugen

    
  • ·Gender differences in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in the drug eluting stent (DES) era: Melbourne Interventional Group (MIG) Registry

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    J. Sapontis, S.L. Ching, M.J. Moore, W. Childs, L. Roberts, A. Brennan, N. Adrianopoulos, C. Reid, A. Black, G. New, On behalf of the Melbourne Interventional Group

    
  • ·Haemorrhagic access site complications in transradial compared to transfemoral PCI

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    A. Nasis, Y. Malaiapan, B. Ko, J.D. Cameron, I.T. Meredith

    
  • ·High resolution histopathological quantification and assessment of embolic debris captured during saphenous vein graft intervention

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    G. Liew, C. Hammett, A. Thomas, M. Worthley, A. Zaman, S. Worthley

    
  • ·Hospital survival in patients with out of hospital cardiac arrest undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention

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    H.S. Lim, O. Farouque, C.C.S. Lim, N. Andrianopoulos, A.L. Brennan, M. Moore, G. New, A.E. Ajani, S.J. Duffy, D.J. Clark, On behalf of the Melbourne Interventional Group

    
  • ·Immediate ST resolution on intracoronary ECG during primary PCI predicts extent of myocardial injury using cardiac MRI

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    M.C. Leung, D.T.L. Wong, R. Das, K. Soon, G. Chacko, G.W.H. Liew, M.A. Brown, M.I. Worthley, K.S.L. Teo, S.G. Worthley

    
  • ·Impact of peri-procedural atrial fibrillation (AF) on short-term clinical outcomes following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)

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    William Chan, Andrew E. Ajani, David J. Clark, Nick Andrianopoulos, Angela L. Brennan, Christopher M. Reid, Gishel New, Peter M. Kistler, Anthony M. Dart, Stephen J. Duffy, On behalf of the Melbourne Interventional Group

    
  • ·Impact of PFO closure on the frequency of migraine

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    K.J. Adorini, S.C. Faddy, D.W.M. Muller

    
  • ·Improving the door-to-balloon time—A single centre experience in the development of primary angioplasty quality of service

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    T. Lai, R. Batra, N. Essack, A. Rahman, V. Kapadia, A. Mishra, R. Jayasinghe

    
  • ·Initial outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention in Australian private hospitals; results from a national multi-centre registry

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    D. Eccleston, D. Clark, T. Rafter, S. Worthley, P. Sage, G. Holt, M. Horrigan, for the Heart Care Group Investigators

    
  • ·Intravascular blood sampling using the Export catheter does not induce artifactual platelet activation

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    A.S.C. Yong, G. Pennings, T. Chung, D. Brieger, H.C. Lowe, L. Kritharides

    
  • ·IVUS assessment of coronary plaques and its role in coronary spasm

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    T. David, Y. Malaiapan, M. Zang, I.T. Meredith

    
  • ·Left Bundle Branch Block without superadded ST elevation is rarely associated with significant myocardial injury in the setting of field triage to primary angioplasty

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    R. McMahon, W. Siow, S. Hoo, P. Hansen, H. Rasmussen, G. Nelson, M. Ward

    
  • ·Long-term clinical outcome of elderly patients with acute STEMI treated by primary angioplasty

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    C. Hiew, T. Williams, R. Bhagwandeen, G. Bellamy, S. Thambar, S. Mylabathula, S.M. Russell, S. O’Connor, N. Collins

     
  • ·Long-term clinical outcomes of treatment of in-stent restenosis with drug eluting stents

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    S. Cherian, C. Sebastian, A. Puri, M. Liang, G. Devlin

    
  • ·Long-term clinical outcomes of restricting drug-eluting stent use to patients at highest risk of re-stenosis

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    R. Gurvitch, W. Wilson, P. Roy, B.P. Yan, A. Bowyer, A.E. Ajani, J. Lefkovits, R.J. Warren

    
  • ·Long-term outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention in contemporary Australian practice: Insights from a large multi-centre registry

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    M. Watts, R. Baillieu, H. Pascoe, N. Fountas, D.J. Clark, S. Duffy, N. Andrianopoulos, A. Brennan, C. Reid, A.E. Ajani, On behalf of the Melbourne Interventional Group (MIG) Investigators

    
  • ·Low coronary angiography rates in GRACE patients with prior CABG presenting with acute coronary syndromes

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    M.A. Moharram, I. Ranasinghe, B. Aliprandi-Costa, J. Waites, J. Elliott, J. Counsell, D. Brieger, H.C. Lowe

    
  • ·Major stent deformation/pseudo fracture of 7 crown Endeavor stent: Incidence and causative factors

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    M.R. Pitney, K.J. Pitney, N. Jepson, D. Friedman, N. Dang, J. Matthews, R. Giles

    
  • ·Management and outcomes of early stent thrombosis

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    Rohan Gupta, Patrick Diu, Saissan Rajendran, Maria Gonzalez, Andrew Hopkins, John French, Craig Juergens

    
  • ·Measurement of the index of microcirculatory resistance predicts peri-percutaneous coronary intervention myocardial infarction

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    A.S.C. Yong, C. Chawantanpipat, M.K.C. Ng

    
  • ·Myocardial injury following coronary artery surgery versus angioplasty (MICASA): A randomized trial using biochemical markers and magnetic resonance imaging

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    William van Gaal, Jayanth Arnold, Luca Testa, Theo Karamitsos, Chris Lim, Francis Ponnuthurai, Joseph Selvanayagem, Steve Westaby, Stefan Neubauer, Adrian Banning

    
  • ·Myocardial injury following Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) is comparable in patients with multi-vessel disease compared to single vessel disease

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    R. McMahon, C. Yu, H. Nojoumian, S. Hoo, P. Hansen, H. Rasmussen, M. Ward, G. Nelson, R. Bhindi

    
  • ·Percutaneous aortic valve replacement (PAVR) with CoreValve ReValving in Australia and New Zealand—Initial experience

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    C. Aroney, G. Devlin, S. Duffy, J.C. Laborde, G. Manoharan, I. Meredith, D. Mulller, J. Ormiston, S. Pasupati, D.L. Walters, A. Walton, Australian and New Zealand Core Valve Investigators

    
  • ·Percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale: A single centre experience

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    Kevin Liou, Sze-Yuan Ooi, Gregory Cranney, Roger Allan

    
  • ·Percutaneous closure of secundum atrial septal defects in adults with the Amplatzer septal occluder: Experience from St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney

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    D. Roy, D. Baron, P. Roy, B. Love, J. Boland, D. Muller

    
  • ·Percutaneous patent foramen ovale closure—Long-term follow-up

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    K.J. Adorini, S.C. Faddy, P.R. Roy, D.W. Baron, D.W.M. Muller

    
  • ·Performance of radial percutaneous coronary intervention: A comparison with femoral approach in high volume operators

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    G. Liew, G. Chacko, M. Worthley, S. Worthley

    
  • ·Plasma-mediated immobilisation of recombinant tropoelastin dramatically enhances vascular biocompatibility of metals: Implications for coronary stents

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    A. Waterhouse, S.G. Wise, Y. Yin, M.M. Bilek, A.S. Weiss, M.K.C. Ng

    
  • ·Post-procedural renal failure following percutaneous coronary intervention is associated with increased early and late mortality

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    Dion Stub, Nick Andrianopoulos, Lisa Lefkovits, Catherine Farrington, Philippa Loane, Andrew E. Ajani, David J. Clark, David M. Kaye, Anthony M. Dart, Stephen J. Duffy, On behalf of the Melbourne Interventional Group

    
  • ·Post-procedural Troponin T and Creatine kinase-MB elevations influence late outcomes predominantly in patients with stable coronary heart disease

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    Ibrahim Shugman, Patrick Diu, Jayesh Gohil, Krishna Kishor Kadappu, Melissa Leung, Sidney Lo, Dominic Leung, Andrew Hopkins, Craig Juergens, John French

    
  • ·Prediction of fractional flow reserve using three-dimensional and two-dimensional quantitative coronary angiography

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    A.S.C. Yong, A.C.C. Ng, D. Brieger, H.C. Lowe, M.K.C. Ng, L. Kritharides

    
  • ·Predictive value of preprocedure NTProBNP level for development of no reflow/slow flow phenomenon

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    S.K. Bhatia, V.S. Narain, Aniket Puri, R. Sethi, S. Gupta, S.K. Dwivedi, R.K. Saran, V.K. Puri

    
  • ·Predictors of long-term mortality in elective vs. non-elective patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)

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    R. Alcock, A. Yong, A.C.C. Ng, V. Chow, C. Cheruvu, B. Aliprandi-Costa, L. Kritharides, H. Lowe, D. Brieger

    
  • ·Prevalence and predictors for Helicobacter pylori infection in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention

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    C. Hiew, A. Duggan, T. de malmanche, R. Hatton, R. Haddad, H. Abed, N. Collins

    
  • ·Primary angioplasty for definite stent thrombosis: The Waikato experience

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    Aniket Puri, Micheal Liang, Kirsty Abercrombie, Sue McAllister, Gerard Devlin

    
  • ·Primary percutaneous coronary intervention for myocardial infarction involving the left main coronary artery: Immediate and intermediate term follow-up

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    J. Aithal, W.L. Yeow, N. Stoyanov, K.S. Ung, E. Simillion, G. Yong, S. Shetty, R. Clugston, J. Rankin

    
  • ·Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) in ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI): Use of peri-procedural Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors (GPIIb/IIIa) in patients already pre-treated with clopidogrel

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    Michael Mok, Alexander J. Black, Andrew E. Ajani, Stephen J. Duffy, Nick Adrianopoulos, Angela L. Brennan, Christopher M. Reid, Gishel New, Jeanette Dyson, Thomas Yip, On behalf of the Melbourne Interventional Group (MIG)

    
  • ·Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention is associated with less myocardial injury in an older population

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    C. Yu, R. McMahon, A. Beech, H. Nojoumian, S. Hoo, P. Hansen, H. Rasmussen, M. Ward, G. Nelson, R. Bhindi

    
  • ·Procedural Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor (GPIIb/IIIa) use in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infraction (STEMI) who undergo primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) without clopidogrel pretreatment

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    Michael Mok, Alexander J. Black, David Clark, Andrew E. Ajani, Stephen J. Duffy, James A. Black, Gishel New, Christopher M. Reid, Nick Adrianopoulos, Thomas Yip, On behalf of the Melbourne Interventional Group (MIG)

    
  • ·Prognostic significance of Q waves on the presenting ECG in STEMI treated with primary PCI

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    Saurabh Kumar, Calvin Hsieh, Alisdair Ryding, Arun Narayan, Hera Chan, Andrew T.L. Ong, Norman Sadick, Pramesh Kovoor

    
  • ·Prospective audit of the cost of a protocol driven management of primary PCI

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    Y. Malaiapan, P.L. See, W. Ahmar, J.D. Cameron, I.T. Meredith

    
  • ·Q Wave evolution after primary angioplasty for ST segment elevation myocardial infarction

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    Saurabh Kumar, Hera Chan, Alisdair Ryding, Calvin Hsieh, Arun Narayan, Norman Sadick, Pramesh Kovoor

    
  • ·Radial access for complex coronary intervention is safe and feasible with excellent immediate outcome

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    J. Koutsoubos, Y. Malaiapan, I.T. Meredith

    
  • ·Radial v Femoral approach to primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST elevation myocardial infarction: Safety and outcomes

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    G. Liew, G. Chacko, M. Worthley, S. Worthley

    
  • ·Real world incidence of periprocedural bleeding complications following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)

    Página :S231

    A. French, G. Aggarwal, N. Jepson, M. Pitney, R. Giles, D. Friedman, A. Lau, R. Allan

    
  • ·Real world study of the clinical outcomes in the contemporary use of bare metal stents in primary PCI

    Página :S231

    Pei Lee See, Prashanth Puspanathan, Wally Ahmar, Yuvaraj Malaiapan, Rhiannon Thomas, Shannan Gamble, Kara Zantuck, Kevin White, Maro Baldi, Ian T. Meredith

    
  • ·Risk of stent thrombosis in local vs. transferred patients undergoing primary angioplasty

    Página :S232

    Charles T. Itty, Ahmad Farshid, David Coles, Ian Jeffery, Darryl McGill, Simon O’Connor, Ren Tan

    
  • ·Role of angiographic perfusion score to predict clinical outcomes in ACS patients undergoing PCI

    Página :S232

    L. Fischer, A. Puri, R. Sethi, S.K. Dwivedi, V.S. Narain, R.K. Saran, V.K. Puri

    
  • ·Rotational atherectomy in the era of drug eluting stents: Immediate and 6 month outcome

    Página :S232

    Y. Malaiapan, R. Chin, W. Ahmar, M. Baldi, M. Zhang, I.T. Meredith

    
  • ·Routine rescue angioplasty for ST-elevation myocardial infarction achieves mortality rates comparable to primary PCI

    Página :S233

    Samuel Cheng, Victor Hsieh, Queenie Lo, Ibrahim Shugman, Daniel Tobing, Sidney Lo, Dominic Leung, Andrew Hopkins, Craig Juergens, John French

    
  • ·Short-term analysis of the real world usage of Endeavor stents in primary percutaneous coronary intervention

    Página :S233

    Wally Ahmar, Yuvaraj Malaiapan, Peilee See, Maro Baldi, Ian T. Meredith

    
  • ·Short-term clinical analysis of the use of Endeavor stent vs bare metal stents in primary PCI

    Página :S233

    Wally Ahmar, Yuvaraj Malaiapan, Pei Lee See, Prashanth Puspanathan, Maro Baldi, Ian T. Meredith

    
  • ·Single centre, acute infarct angioplasty procedural success rate and one year clinical outcome to saphenous vein graft occlusion

    Página :S234

    W.L. Yeow, J. Aithal, E. Simillion, G. Yong, S. Shetty, R. Clugston, J. Rankin

    
  • ·ST segment resolution assessment after primary percutaneous coronary intervention: Immediate or at 90 min?

    Página :S234

    S. Kumar, C. Hsieh, G. Sivagangabalan, H. Chan, A. Ryding, A. Narayan, A.T.L. Ong, N. Sadick, P. Kovoor

    
  • ·STEMI–TIMI risk score predicts 30-day mortality in patients treated with primary PCI

    Página :S235

    P. Fahmy, M.C. Leung, A. Hutchinson, J.D. Cameron, Y. Malaiapan, I.T. Meredith

    
  • ·Stent thrombosis rates beyond one year: An analysis of the Melbourne Interventional Group (MIG) registry

    Página :S235

    R. Baillieu, M. Watts, N. Andrianopoulos, N. Fountas, H. Pascoe, B.P.Y. Yan, R. Gurvitch, C. Reid, D. Clark, A.E. Ajani, On behalf of the Melbourne Interventional Group

    
  • ·The Export catheter^® thrombus aspiration in acute myocardial infarction: Single center experience

    Página :S236

    J. Aithal, W.L. Yeow, A. Karunanayaka, S. Kuruvilla, E. Simillion, S. Shetty, G. Yong, J. Rankin, R. Clugston

    
  • ·The first New Zealand experience of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention without onsite cardiac surgery

    Página :S236

    P. Adamson, J. Ayling, J. Gillespie, J. Walker, A. Hamer, N. Fisher

    
  • ·The influence of coronary steal on invasive assessment of the coronary microcirculation

    Página :S236

    A.S.C. Yong, L. Kritharides, M.K.C. Ng

    
  • ·The SHIPEM REGISTRY: Shipping infarcts for primary angioplasty in Eastern Melbourne : Are we meeting the NHF/CSANZ guidelines?

    Página :S237

    L. Roberts, M.J. Moore, S.-L. Ching, J. Sapontis, W. Childs, J. Beale, A. Murray, M. McCormack, G. New

    
  • ·Thirty-day and 1 year MACE follow-up of elective and non-ST elevation ACS

    Página :S237

    S.-L. Ching, J. Sapontis, M.J. Moore, W.Y. Childs, J. Beale, L. Roberts, M. Rowe, C. Goods, G. Proimos, G. New

    
  • ·Time is myocardium: Gender difference in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) who undergo primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI)

    Página :S238

    Michael Mok, James A. Black, James A. Shaw, Omar Farouque, Jeanette Dyson, Tharien Duplessis, Alexander J. Black, On behalf of the Melbourne Interventional Group (MIG)

    
  • ·Transradial primary infarct angioplasty—Characterisation of the 6 Fr Kimny dedicated radial guide catheter

    Página :S238

    Y. Malaiapan, W. Ahmar, M. Zhang, J.D. Cameron, I.T. Meredith

    
  • ·Troponin T and Creatine kinase-MB in the diagnosis of early re-infarction post-PCI

    Página :S238

    Ibrahim Shugman, Patrick Diu, Jayesh Gohil, Krishna Kishor Kadappu, Melissa Leung, Sidney Lo, Dominic Leung, Andrew Hopkins, Craig Juergens, John French

    
  • ·Untreated severe aortic stenosis (AS) is associated with poor outcomes

    Página :S239

    S. Perera, N. Wijesinghe, E. Ly, G. Devlin, S. Pasupati

    
  • ·Validation of the Mayo Clinic Risk Score for in-hospital complications after percutaneous coronary intervention in the drug-eluting stent era using the Melbourne Interventional Group Registry

    Página :S239

    Bryan P. Yan, Nick Andrianopoulos, Thomas J. Kiernan, Andrew E. Ajani, David J. Clark, Stephen J. Duffy, Angela Brennan, Christopher M. Reid, Bernard J. Gersh, On behalf of the Melbourne Interventional Group (MIG)

    
  • ·Zotarolimus Eluting Stent use in small coronary vessels (≤2.5 mm) results in similar 12-month clinical outcomes compared to Sirolimus and Paclitaxel eluting stents

    Página :S240

    R. Gurvitch, W. Wilson, M. Watts, J. Lefkovits, R.J. Warren, R. Iyer, A. Brennan, N. Andrianopoulos, C. Reid, A.E. Ajani, On behalf of the Melbourne Interventional Group (MIG)

    
  • ·Characterising a novel mouse model of the metabolic syndrome

    Página :S240

    Nicola J.A. Scott, Leigh J. Ellmers, Sara Raudsepp, Evan Simpson, A. Mark Richards, Vicky A. Cameron

    
  • ·Do angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors prevent the left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in patients with metabolic syndrome?

    Página :S241

    D. Radulescu, S. Pripon, Elena Buzdugan, Andreea Parv, Maria Radulescu, Paula Mitrea, L. Stoicescu, M. Mihaiu, C. Cosma, Gh. Sebesteyn

    
  • ·Do calcium supplements lead to an increase in coronary calcification?

    Página :S241

    N. Van Pelt, P. Ruygrok, M.J. Bolland, G.D. Gamble, B. Mason, R. Ames, I.R. Reid

    
  • ·Index

    Página :S242

    
  • ·Effect of adding French fries and coke to hamburger on postprandial hyperglycemia and hyperlipemia

    Página :S242

    Atsushi Nishiyama, Sakiko Nishiyama

    
  • ·Fenofibrate improves endothelial function in both conduit and resistance arteries in statin-treated type 2 diabetics

    Página :S242

    Sandra J. Hamilton, Gerard T. Chew, Timothy M.E. Davis, Gerald F. Watts

    
  • ·Framingham and UKPDS equations overestimate the risk of coronary events in a contemporary diabetic population

    Página :S242

    A.P. Kengne, A. Patel, M. Woodward, On behalf of The ADVANCE Collaborative Group

    
  • ·Gene silencing of thioredoxin interacting protein dramatically rescues diabetes-related impairment of angiogenesis in vitro and in vivo

    Página :S243

    L.L. Dunn, A.M. Buckle, P. Simpson, R.W.Y. Chow, D. Sieveking, M.K. Ng

    
  • ·HDL induces anergy to proinflammatory cytokines in endothelial cells through a mild oxidative stress response

    Página :S243

    A.K. Heather, X.H. Li, K.C.Y. McGrath, K.A. Rye, P.J. Barter

    
  • ·High-density lipoprotein modulates glucose metabolism in patients with type 2 diabetes

    Página :S244

    Brian G. Drew, Stephen J. Duffy, Sally A. Penfold, Walter G. Thomas, Josephine M. Forbes, David M. Kaye, Bruce E. Kemp, Dmitri Sviridov, Gregory R. Steinberg, Bronwyn A. Kingwell

    
  • ·Improved cardiac function in diabetic rats following treatment with a selective copper (II) chelator

    Página :S244

    Lin Zhang, Marie-Louise Ward, Mark B. Cannell, Anthony R.J. Phillips, Garth J.S. Cooper

    
  • ·Information technology: A leap of faith or a fall into the abyss?

    Página :S244

    Geoffrey Killington, Stephen Basso, Cathy Miller, Pam Smith, Sue McCullough

    
  • ·Niacin improves microcirculatory endothelial dysfunction and arterial compliance in statin-treated type 2 diabetic subjects

    Página :S245

    Sandra J. Hamilton, Gerard T. Chew, Timothy M.E. Davis, Gerald F. Watts

    
  • ·Obesity is associated with impaired arterial smooth muscle function in young adults

    Página :S245

    J.G. Ayer, J.A. Harmer, C. David, K. Steinbeck, J.P. Seale, D.S. Celermajer

     
  • ·Predictors of improvements in myocardial function in overweight people with and without type 2 diabetes

    Página :S246

    M.D. Hordern, R.L. Leano, T. O’moore-Sullivan, J.S. Coombes, T.H. Marwick

    
  • ·Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in patients presenting with acute coronary syndromes

    Página :S246

    S. Gupta, Aniket Puri, R. Sethi, S.K. Bhatia, S.K. Dwivedi, V.S. Narain, R.K. Saran, V.K. Puri

    
  • ·Progression of cardiac structural and functional parameters in type 2 diabetes mellitus

    Página :S247

    B. Wai, S.K. Patel, L.G. Kearney, M. Ord, P.M. Srivastava, L.M. Burrell

    
  • ·Regulation of Wnt ligands in murine resident-cardiac stem cells (CSC) and cardiogenesis

    Página :S247

    J.H.H. Seow, C. Jackson, S. Hunyor

    
  • ·Screening for cardiovascular disease using hand-carried echocardiography in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

    Página :S248

    J.B. Somaratne, R.N. Doughty, K.K. Poppe, W. Bagg, G.A. Whalley

    
  • ·Serum amyloid A induction of cytokines in monocytes/macrophages and lymphocytes

    Página :S248

    Changjie Song, Kenneth Hsu, Eric Yamen, Weixing Yan, Jianyi Fock, Paul K. Witting, Carolyn L. Geczy, S. Ben Freedman

    
  • ·The anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory properties of lipid-free and lipid-associated apolipoprotein A-I, in diabetes

    Página :S249

    F. Tabet, G. Lambert, A.J. Jenkins, P.J. Barter, K.A. Rye

    
  • ·Type 1 diabetes mellitus is associated with impairment of late outgrowth endothelial progenitor cell function

    Página :S249

    L.L. Dunn, T. Gattorna, J. Levitt, P. Simpson, M.K. Ng

    
  • ·Cardioprotective effects of Na+/H+ exchanger inhibitor Zoniporide in isolated working rat heart is associated with activation of the RISK pathway

    Página :S250

    J. Tsun, L. Gao, L. Sun, A. Watson, J. Kwan, A. Jabbour, M. Hicks, P. Macdonald

    
  • ·Diastolic dysfunction is associated with cardiac autonomic neuropathy in type 2 diabetes

    Página :S250

    J.W. Sacre, B. Franjic, J.S. Coombes, T.H. Marwick

    
  • ·Do all protein bound renal toxins exert physiological effects on cardiac cells?

    Página :S250

    P. Iyngkaran, K.L. Tuck, J. Ma, P. Ho, S. Lekawanvijit, A. Kompa, B. Wang, H. Krum

    
  • ·Human cardiosphere-derived adult stem cells originate within the heart

    Página :S251

    Anthony J. White, Satoshi Matsushita, Lawrence S. Czer, Tarun Chakravarty, Kevin Burton, Ernst R. Schwarz, Darryl R. Davis, Jason Lee, Qi Wang, Nancy L. Reinsmoen, James S. Forrester, Eduardo Marbán, Raj Makkar

    
  • ·Improved recovery of ventricular contractility with injection of self-assembling peptide nanofiber scaffolds after myocardial infarction in a rat model

    Página :S251

    George T. Lau, Fabrice Prunier, Zen Chu, Lisa Spiro, James Birkhead, Toby Freyman, Ince Tan, Roger Hajjar

    
  • ·Islet1, a transcription factor, promotes cardiac differentiation

    Página :S252

    Anthony J. White, Satoshi Matsushita, Tarun Chakravarty, James S. Forrester, Eduardo Marbán, Raj Makkar

    
  • ·Nesprin/actin cytoskeletal network is a critical determinant of cardiac function in lamin A/C deficient mice

    Página :S252

    V. Nikolova-Krstevski, C. Leimena, A. Carlton, C.L. Stewart, C. Shanahan, D. Fatkin

    
  • ·Resolving the structural basis of the excitation–contraction coupling in ventricular myocytes

    Página :S253

    I.D. Jayasinghe, D.J. Crossman, C. Soeller, M.B. Cannell

    
  • ·Reversible oxidative modification: A key mechanism of Na–K pump regulation in the heart

    Página :S253

    G.A. Figtree, C. Liu, S. Bibert, E.J. Hamilton, A. Garcia, K.K.M. Chia, F. Cornelius, K. Geering, H.H. Rasmussen

    
  • ·Selected Egr-1-dependent molecules are increased acutely with acute myocardial infarction

    Página :S253

    V.L. Benson, A.C. McMahon, L.M. Khachigian, H.C. Lowe

    
  • ·Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: An Australian single centre experience with medium term follow-up

    Página :S254

    H. Samardhi, O.C. Raffel, T. Sirisena, D. Walters

    
  • ·The incidence of undiagnosed cardiac sarcoidosis in explanted hearts following heart transplantation

    Página :S254

    D. Arumugam, M. Brown, A. Galbraith, G. Javorsky, D. Platts

    
  • ·Influence of metabolic syndrome on cardiac structure and function and arterial stiffness in healthy children

    Página :S254

    Walter P. Abhayaratna, Satoru Sakuragi, Katrina Hayes, Christine Brown, Richard D. Telford

    
  • ·A systematic review of the effect of aerobic and resistance exercise training on systemic brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) and N-Terminal BNP expression in heart failure patients

    Página :S255

    N. Smart, M. Steele

    
  • ·A working model of how Tai Chi has been incorporated into a Cardiac Rehabilitation program

    Página :S255

    K. McCleary

    
  • ·Cardiovascular mortality and morbidity in New Zealand is higher in winter in all disease subcategories

    Página :S256

    S. Mann, M. Baker, S. Hales, V. Kamalesh, L. Telfar Barnard, J. Zhang, P. Howden-Chapman

    
  • ·Cardiovascular risk benefits of the CHOICE (Choice of Health Options in reducing Cardiovascular Events) program are maintained for 4 years: Randomised controlled trial

    Página :S256

    Lis Neubeck, Julie Redfern, Tom Briffa, Rhoda Ascanio, Ben Freedman

    
  • ·Cardiovascular risk profile(s) of patients admitted to Mt. Druitt Hospital

    Página :S256

    C. De Alwis, S. Murphy, R. Morada, K. Immer, L. Everest, L.M. Davis

    
  • ·Determining the optimal level of compliance with evidence-based treatment in acute coronary syndromes

    Página :S257

    D. Thomson, B. McQuillan, J. Hung, S. Bloomer

    
  • ·Early experiences of a chest pain clinic: Predictors for non-attendance

    Página :S257

    J. Gullick, L. Kritharides, T. Yeoh

    
  • ·Endurance exercise in nonprofessional male athletes decreases circulating endothelial progenitor cells

    Página :S258

    Belinda K. Smith, Ingo Ahrens, Kati Viitaniemi, Karlheinz Peter

    
  • ·Evaluation of a four-month low-impact physical-activity workplace intervention

    Página :S258

    R. Freak-Poli, A. Peeters

    
  • ·Exercise, diet and dental work as precipitants of myocardial infarctions: A case-crossover study

    Página :S258

    M. Horsfall, S.F. Mattschoss, C. Astley, E. Scott, J.C. Vaile, M. Joseph, D.P. Chew

    
  • ·Implementation of a chest pain management service improves patient care and reduces costs

    Página :S259

    A.C. Scott, K. O’Dwyer, J. Gibson, D. Dwyer, A. Brown, C. Denaro, W. Parsonage

    
  • ·Integrative wellness program for cardiac surgery patients: Implementation and evaluation

    Página :S259

    M. Gunawan, L. Braun, D.S. Esmore, F.L. Rosenfeldt

    
  • ·Interventions for maintaining long term physical activity among individuals with coronary heart disease

    Página :S260

    R. Fernandez, S. Shamin, P. Davidson, Y. Salamonson, K. Andrews

    
  • ·Is depression early after acute myocardial infarction associated with long-term deaths? A 25-year follow-up study

    Página :S260

    A. Goble, M. Worcester, P. Elliott, B. Murphy, D. Hare

    
  • ·Lessons from a West Australian statewide assessment of the implementation of the NHMRC recommendations for strengthening cardiac rehabilitation and secondary prevention of aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

    Página :S260

    S. Thompson, J. Smith, M. Di Giacomo, K. Taylor, L. Dimer, F. Eades, M. Ali, M. Wood, T. Leahy, P. Davidson

    
  • ·Recalibration and validation of the SCORE risk chart in the Australian population: The AusSCORE chart

    Página :S261

    L. Chen, D. De Bacquer, P. Mitchell, A. Dobson, G. Giles, P.J. Phillips, J.E. Shaw, D. Simmons, L.A. Simons, A.M. Tonkin

    
  • ·Safety of exercise stress tests early after primary percutaneous coronary intervention

    Página :S261

    A. Kanthan, T.C. Tan, R. Zecchin, A.R. Denniss

    
  • ·Social marketing of cardiac rehabilitation in patients following coronary intervention procedures

    Página :S262

    Pratima Rajan, Ritin Fernandez

    
  • ·The Heart Forecaster—Integrating absolute, relative and long-term CVD risk to support risk communication

    Página :S262

    A.J. Kerr, S. Wells, S. Eadie, A. McLachlan, C. Wiltshire, R. Jackson

    
  • ·Triggering myocardial infarction by infection: A case-crossover study

    Página :S262

    S.F. Mattschoss, M. Horsfall, C. Astley, E. Scott, J.C. Vaile, M. Joseph, D.P. Chew

    
  • ·Undiagnosed, unrecognised influenza and other respiratory viruses as a risk factor for ischaemic vascular events

    Página :S263

    C.R. MacIntyre, T.C. Tan, D. Dwyer, R. Lindley, H. Seale, I. Ridda, S. Ghotane, L. Heron, N. Wood, P. Mitchell, J. Fox, P. Kovoor

    
  • ·Weight loss and fitness in patients with coronary artery disease through cardiac rehabilitation—A long-term follow-up

    Página :S263

    A. Kiat, E. Cook, H. Kiat

    
  • ·Actual cardiac risk in self deemed ‘normal’ population

    Página :S264

    Rebecca Perry, Majo X. Joseph, Amy Penhall, Lynn Brown, Derek P. Chew, Philip E. Aylward, Carmine G. De Pasquale

    
  • ·Delays in patients waiting for in-hospital angiography and CABG results in significant health care cost

    Página :S264

    K.L. Looi, K.L. Chow, J.L. Looi, S. Haliday, M. Lee, G. Gamble, H.D. White, C.J. Ellis

    
  • ·Energy drink effects platelet aggregation and endothelial function: A possible link to increased cardiovascular risk

    Página :S265

    Scott R. Willoughby, Paolo De Sciscio, Anisha Prabhu, Ross Roberts-Thomson, Carlee Schultz, Prashanthan Sanders, Matthew Worthley

    
  • ·How coronary patients rate their future risk of recurrent disease and risk reduction strategies

    Página :S265

    N. Gandhi, S. Dean, S. Mann

    
  • ·Impact of socioeconomic status on medication compliance and major adverse cardiac events following PCI

    Página :S265

    Lisa Lefkovits, Nick Andrianopoulos, Dion Stub, David J. Clark, Andrew E. Ajani, Angela L. Brennan, Bryan P. Yan, Christopher M. Reid, Anthony M. Dart, Stephen J. Duffy, On behalf of the Melbourne Interventional Group

    
  • ·Mapping services to support a patient’s journey through evidence-based care pathways after a cardiac event

    Página :S266

    R.A. Clark, D. Wilkinson, N. Coffee, K. Eckert, P. Astles, M. Milligan, G. Pearce, S. Stewart, D. van Gaans, D. Turner, D. Coombe, C. Aroney, D. Chew, H. Grantham, P. Macdonald, A. MacIsaac, P. Thompson, W. Walsh, A. Tonkin, On behalf of the CARDIAC-ARIA project group

    
  • ·Performance and benefits of remote device follow-up with CareLink

    Página :S266

    Wayne Stafford, Glenn Young, Russell Denman, Stephen Pavia, Voltaire Nadurata, for the ACQUIRE Study Investigators

    
  • ·Return to work issues following an acute cardiac event

    Página :S267

    K. Page, C. Sabine, L. Worrall-Carter

    
  • ·Smoking cessation through a simulated teachable moment: Feasibility and early results of a novel behaviour modification technique using personal identification

    Página :S267

    Robin May, Geoffrey Tofler, Roger Bartrop, Paul Heinreich, John Baird, Simon DeBurgh

    
  • ·24 Hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring: A study of referral patterns and results

    Página :S268

    Zoe Johnson, Stuart Cox, Nick Youngs, J.D. Cameron, Ian T. Merideth

    
  • ·24 hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring: Accuracy of monitors and the impact on patient results

    Página :S268

    Zoe Johnson, Stuart Cox, Nick Youngs, J.D. Cameron, Ian T. Merideth

    
  • ·24 hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring: Dipping patterns observed in a large clinic

    Página :S269

    Zoe Johnson, Stuart Cox, Nick Youngs, J.D. Cameron, Ian T. Merideth

    
  • ·A novel electronic decision support system to assist General Practitioners in cardiovascular disease risk management—A pilot evaluation

    Página :S269

    D. Peiris, R. Joshi, R. Webster, P. Groenestein, T. Usherwood, F. Turnbull, A. Lipman, E. Heeley, A. Patel

    
  • ·A sex-specific role for androgens in angiogenesis in vitro and in vivo

    Página :S270

    Daniel Sieveking, Patrick Lim, Louise Dunn, Renee Chow, David Celermajer, Martin Ng

     
  • ·Androgens stimulate human endothelial progenitor cell function—Implications for the role of androgens in cardiovascular regeneration

    Página :S270

    C.J. Hsu, D. Sieveking, R. Chow, L. Dunn, D.S. Celermajer, M.K.C. Ng

    
  • ·Atrial fibrillation is associated with endothelial dysfunction which does not improve with cardioversion

    Página :S271

    Scott R. Willoughby, Christopher X. Wong, Sean Jolly, Anisha Prabhu, Han Sung Lim, Adam J. Nelson, Stephen Worthley, Matthew I. Worthley, Prashanthan Sanders

    
  • ·Calcitonin receptor-immunoreactivity associated with specific cells in diseased arteries

    Página :S271

    P.J. Wookey, A. Zulli, D.L. Hare

    
  • ·Cardiac autonomic dysfunction is associated with altered exercise haemodynamics in patients with type 2 diabetes

    Página :S271

    J.W. Sacre, J.S. Coombes, J.E. Sharman

    
  • ·Cardiovascular risk management among female and male patients in Australian General Practice: The AusHEART study

    Página :S272

    F. Turnbull, H. Arima, E. Heeley, D. Peiris, A. Weekes, C. Morgan, A. Cass, C. Anderson, A. Patel, J. Chalmers

    
  • ·Comparison of digital subtraction angiography (DSA), CT angiography (CTA) and MR angiography (MRA) for anatomic risk assessment prior to carotid artery stenting

    Página :S272

    J. Morton, S. McCormack, J.P. Harris, G.H. White, M.K.C. Ng

    
  • ·Defining optimal non-invasive imaging of carotid atherosclerosis: Digital subtraction angiography (DSA) compared to duplex ultrasound (DUS), CT angiography (CTA) and MR angiography (MRA)

    Página :S273

    J. Morton, S. McCormack, J.P. Harris, G.H. White, M.K.C. Ng

    
  • ·Cross-sectional study of segmental variation in age-related increases in aortic stiffness

    Página :S273

    M. Butlin, S. Hickson, M.J. Graves, C.M. McEniery, A.P. Avolio, I.W. Wilkinson

    
  • ·Effect of high dose gamma irradiation on aortic pulse wave velocity in rats

    Página :S273

    Y.-Y. Liu, I. Tan, M. Butlin, K. Ng, K. Xu, A.P. Avolio

    
  • ·Effects of arterial pressure mediated baroreflex heart rate changes on pulse wave velocity in the rat aorta

    Página :S274

    I. Tan, K. Ng, M. Butlin, Y.Y. Liu, K. Xu, A.P. Avolio

    
  • ·Effects of geometry of parent vessels on flow dynamics of saccular aneurysms in cerebral arteries

    Página :S274

    A. Farnoush, Y. Qian, M. Morgan, A. Avolio

    
  • ·Endothelial progenitor cell levels in the systemic and pulmonary circulation

    Página :S275

    K.H. Chan, P. Lim, D.S. Celermajer, M.K.C. Ng

    
  • ·Increased vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension

    Página :S275

    T. Chung, L. Kritharides, M. Govindan, J. Yiannikas

    
  • ·Indices of aortic stiffness assessed by multi-detector 320 slice cardiac computed tomography increase with age

    Página :S275

    S.A. Hope, S. Lockwood, I.T. Meredith, J.D. Cameron

    
  • ·Insulin resistance, arterial stiffness and circulating biomarkers in isolated clinic hypertension

    Página :S276

    C. Martin, J. Cameron, B.P. McGrath

    
  • ·Kynurenine is a novel and important vasodilator in human septic shock

    Página :S276

    Dechaboon Changsiri, Yutang Wang, Clive Woolfe, Dorrilyn Rajbhandari, David S. Celermajer, Roland Stocker

     
  • ·Lower extremity peripheral vascular disease is an independent predictor of adverse outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention

    Página :S277

    Shane Nanayakkara, Rahul Sharma, Stephen J. Duffy, Andrew Ajani, Angela Brennan, Chris Reid, Nick Andrianopoulos, James Shaw, On behalf of the Melbourne Interventional Group (MIG)

    
  • ·Management of proximal hypertension (PHBP) post-COA repair—The role of the hypoplastic arch (HA)

    Página :S277

    T.H. Goh

    
  • ·Mechanisms of age-related blood pressure change in a cross-sectional cohort of 1888 cardiology outpatients

    Página :S278

    Mayooran Namasivayam, Audrey Adji, Michael F. O’Rourke

    
  • ·Modelling study of change in aortic pressure and flow waveforms with age

    Página :S278

    Audrey Adji, Michael F. O’Rourke, Alberto Avolio

    
  • ·Paradoxical blunting of the central pulse pressure response to exercise in patients with chronic kidney disease

    Página :S278

    E. Howden, D. Holland, J.S. Coombes, T.H. Marwick, J.E. Sharman

    
  • ·Percutaneous renal sympathetic denervation for treatment of resistant hypertension

    Página :S279

    R. Whitbourn, H. Krum, M. Schlaich, P.A. Sobotka, J. Sadowski, K. Bartus, B. Kapelak, A. Walton, H. Sievert, S. Thambar, W.T. Abraham, M. Esler

    
  • ·Predictive value of carotid augmentation index and arterial stiffness on left ventricular mass in healthy subjects

    Página :S279

    J. Otton, F. Ali, C.S. Hayward

    
  • ·Current prescribing of Blood Pressure lowering and statin therapies in Australian general practice according to risk level using new guidelines for cardiovascular risk assessment

    Página :S280

    E. Heeley, D. Peiris, A. Weekes, C. Morgan, A. Cass, C. Anderson, A. Patel, J. Chalmers

    
  • ·Prescribing of secondary prevention measures in Australian General Practice is lower in patients following an ischaemic stroke compared to those with a previous myocardial infarction

    Página :S280

    E. Heeley, D. Peiris, A. Weekes, A. Cass, C. Anderson, A. Patel, J. Chalmers

    
  • ·Pressure-dependent amplification of the pressure pulse along the aorta in normotensive and spontaneously hypertensive rats

    Página :S281

    K. Ng, M. Butlin, Y.-Y. Liu, I. Tan, K. Xu, A. Avolio

    
  • ·Prevalence of peripheral artery disease in at risk individuals in the community: Results from a mobile cardiovascular risk assessment program

    Página :S281

    S. Nagendirarajah, M. Carrington, S. Stewart

    
  • ·Prevalence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in scleroderma—Results from the Australian Scleroderma Interest Group

    Página :S282

    R. Padang, J. Byron, W. Stevens, P. Youssef, F. Kermeen, J. Zochling, K. Tymms, E. Gabbay, A. Sturgess, C. Hill, S. Proudman, D.S. Celermajer, on behalf of Australian Scleroderma Interest Group

    
  • ·Pulmonary arterial wave reflections during acute pulmonary hypertension studied with wave intensity analysis

    Página :S282

    Nathan Dwyer, Ah Chot Yong, David Kilpatrick

     
  • ·Reproducibility of applanation tonometry acquired pulse waveform indices in heart failure and in atrial fibrillation

    Página :S282

    U. Allahwala, R. Walker, C. Coates, C.S. Hayward

    
  • ·Reversal of hypoxia by treatment of pulmonary hypertension

    Página :S283

    Nathan Dwyer, David Kilpatrick, Jan Walsh

    
  • ·Right heart catheterisation significantly outperforms echocardiography in the diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension

    Página :S283

    Nathan Dwyer, David Kilpatrick

    
  • ·Simvastatin bypasses the Mas receptor during endothelial dysfunction caused by an atherogenic diet

    Página :S284

    R. Arora, D. Hare, R.E. Widdop, L.M. Burrell, A. Zulli

    
  • ·ApolipoproteinA-I, the major protein component of high density lipoproteins, inhibits tubulogenesis in vitro and neovascularisation in vivo

    Página :S284

    S. Patel, C. Bursill, S. Bao, D. Sieveking, K.-A. Rye, D.S. Celermajer, M.K.-C. Ng

    
  • ·The relationship between 24 hour ambulatory blood pressure and kidney function in adults

    Página :S285

    M.W. Te Kloot, M.J. West, L. Orola

    
  • ·Treating mild pulmonary vascular disease associated with scleroderma

    Página :S285

    Nathan Dwyer, Jan Walsh, David Kilpatrick

    
  • ·Tryptophan metabolism to kynurenine regulates vascular tone in atherosclerosis

    Página :S285

    Yutang Wang, Dechaboon Changsiri, Gavin McKenzie, Sanjay Patel, David S. Celermajer, Roland Stocker

    
  • ·Vascular death in rural Andhra Pradesh, India

    Página :S286

    S. Gandham, R. Dandona, R. Joshi

    
  • ·Screening and treating pulmonary hypertension in a multidisciplinary clinic—The first 198 patients

    Página :S286

    A.J. Low, D. Fowler, M.K. Manghani, P. Youssef, I. Young, R. Garsia, P. Torzillo, D.S. Celermajer

    
  • ·Author Index

    Página :S287

    

• Abstracts for the International Society for Heart Research, Australasian Section, Annual Scientific Meeting, 13-16 August 2009, Sydney

  • ·cGMP Compartmentalization Accounts for the Bi-phasic Effect of ANP on Na⁺–K⁺ Pump in Cardiac Myocytes

    Página :S300

    Elisha J. Hamilton, Alvaro Garcia, Karin K.M. Chia, Chia-Chi Liu, Gemma A. Figtree, Helge H. Rasmussen

    
  • ·Evidence for Mitochondrial Complex III as a Contributor to Increased Production of Superoxide in Cardiac Myocytes after Transient Exposure to Hydrogen Peroxide

    Página :S300

    Helena M. Viola, Peter G. Arthur, Livia C. Hool

    
  • ·Nerve Growth Factor Rescues a Cardiotoxic Model of Heart Failure in Zebrafish

    Página :S300

    Nicholas T. Lam, Nadia A. Rosenthal, Graham J. Lieschke, David M. Kaye

    
  • ·Riluzole Reduces the Incidence of Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Extent of Myocardial Damage in an Open-chest Pig Model of Myocardial Ischaemia–Reperfusion

    Página :S301

    S.M. Weiss, D.A. Saint

    
  • ·Angiotensin II-induced Cardiac Hypertrophy is Associated with Sex-specific Alterations in Calcium-handling in Cardiomyocytes of Aged Transgenic Mice

    Página :S301

    K.M. Mellor, I.R. Wendt, L.M.D. Delbridge

    
  • ·Characterisation of Changes in the Cardiac Proteome after Transient Exposure of Myocytes to Hydrogen Peroxide

    Página :S302

    Vidya Seenarain, Helena Viola, Evan Ingley, Tammy Casey, Richard Lipscombe, Livia Hool

    
  • ·Identification of the Molecular Mechanisms Responsible for the Cardioprotective Properties of Phosphoinositide-3-kinase (p110⍺)

    Página :S302

    L. Pretorius, H. Kiriazis, Z. Ming, N. Cemerlang, J.W. Tan, X.J. Du, J.R. McMullen

    
  • ·Ischemia–Reperfusion of Guinea-pig Heart Results in Glutathionylation of the L-type Ca²⁺ Channel

    Página :S303

    Helen Tang, Helena M. Viola, Livia C. Hool

    
  • ·Riluzole is Positively Inotropic and Positively Lusitropic

    Página :S303

    S.M. Weiss, D.A. Saint

    
  • ·The Role of Grb14 in IGF1–PI3K Signalling and Cardiac Hypertrophy: A Potential Target for the Treatment of Heart Failure?

    Página :S303

    K. Weeks, H. Kiriazis, N. Cemerlang, J.W. Tan, Z. Ming, R.J. Daly, X.J. Du, J.R. McMullen

    
  • ·Light Microscopic Imaging of Cardiac Proteins at 30 nm Resolution

    Página :S304

    D. Baddeley, I.D. Jayasinghe, M. Cannell, C. Soeller

    
  • ·Predictable Myocardial Infarct Model in Sheep: Definition of Coronary Anatomy Using Corrosion Casting

    Página :S304

    J. Tomka, A.J. Turner, A. Doyle, W. Lay, N. Mughal, S. Hunyor

     
  • ·Pressure–Volume (P–V) Loops Assess Cardiac Function & Energetics with ADInstruments/Millar MPVS Ultra System

    Página :S305

    A. Doyle, A.J. Turner, J. Tomka, S.N. Hunyor

     
  • ·Novel Applications of Flow Cytometry in Cardiovascular Disease

    Página :S305

    Daniel Oliver, Tatiana Tsoutsman, Christopher Semsarian

    
  • ·Acute Myocardial Infarction Enhances Production of MMP-9 by Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells

    Página :S306

    Lu Fang, Xiao-Jun Du, Xiao-Ming Gao, Anthony Dart

    
  • ·Inhibition of PMA-induced CD14 Shedding after Clopidogrel

    Página :S306

    B.K. Smith, I. Ahrens, N. Bassler, K. Peter

     
  • ·Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor Plays an Important Role in Mediating Cardiac Ischemia–Reperfusion Injury

    Página :S307

    Xiao-Ming Gao, Yang Liu, Yi-Dan Su, Brian Drew, Lanie Santos, Helen Kiriazis, Ziqiu Ming, Bronwyn Kingwell, Anthony M. Dart, Eric Morand, Xiao-Jun Du

    
  • ·Proteomic Identification of Novel Proteins Involved in ACS Presentation of Coronary Slow Flow Patients

    Página :S307

    V. Kopetz, M. Penno, P. Hoffmann, J.F. Beltrame

    
  • ·Targeted Factor XA Inhibition and Blockade of Activated GPIIB/IIIA Results in Potent Antithrombotic Effects Without Bleeding Time Prolongation

    Página :S308

    C.E. Hagemeyer, S.U. Eisenhardt, N. Bassler, P. Stoll, M. Schwarz, Y.C. Chen, I. Ahrens, C. Bode, K. Peter

    
  • ·Urine Polypeptide Patterns Allow Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease

    Página :S308

    Y.-C. Chen, C.v.z. Muhlen, E. Schiffer, S. Christine, B. Smith, H. Mischak, K. Peter

    
  • ·Comparable but Different Beneficial Effects of Timolol and Propranolol Against Aging-dependent Heart Dysfunction

    Página :S309

    Aytac Seymen, Erkan Tuncay, Belma Turan

    
  • ·Remodelling of the Inferior Left Atrium and Coronary Sinus Due to Heart Failure

    Página :S309

    Lorraine Mackenzie, Dennis H. Lau, Douglas R. Kelly, Anthony G. Brooks, Pawel Kuklik, Prashanthan Sanders

    
  • ·Withdrawn

    Página :S309

    
  • ·The Prevention of Maladaptive Cardiovascular Electrophysiological Changes in Animal Models of Hypertension and Diabetes by Resveratrol

    Página :S309

    Candice Pullen, Rebecca Vella, Andrew Fenning

    
  • ·Confocal Microscopy Analysis of Contracting and Non-contracting Regions of Failing Human Hearts

    Página :S310

    David Crossman, Alistair Young, Peter Ruygrok, Christian Soeller, Mark Cannell

    
  • ·Peptidomic Profiles of Plasma from Post-Myocardial Infarction Rats Using MALDI-ToF Mass Spectrometry

    Página :S310

    Bing H. Wang, Simone Reisman, Mustafa Ayhan, Andrew Kompa, Henry Krum, Greg Rice

    
  • ·Spontaneous Oscillatory Contraction: A Functional Assay of Contractile Function of Human Heart Samples Stored at −190 °C

    Página :S311

    Cristobal G. dos Remedios, Mitsunori Yamane, James Robinson, Jennifer Hughes, Maurizio Stefani, Norio Fukuda, Satoshi Kurihara, Marja Steenman, Shin’ichi Ishiwata

    
  • ·Prevention of Vascular and Gastrointestinal Damage in Diabetic Rats by Stevia

    Página :S311

    Saquiba Yesmine, Maree Bennett, Fiona R. Coulson, Andrew S. Fenning

    
  • ·Achieving Cardiomyocyte Hypoxia in an in vitro Simulated Ischemic Environment

    Página :S312

    I.R. Wendt, K.M. Mellor, C. Barclay, J.R. Bell, L.M.D. Delbridge

    
  • ·An Investigation of the Cross-talk Between δ-opioid and Adenosine A₁ Receptors in Murine Cardiomyocytes

    Página :S312

    G. Williams-Pritchard, J. Peart, K. Ashton, P. Johnson, J. Headrick

    
  • ·Cardioprotective Effects of Combined l-Arginine and Insulin Treatment for Myocardial Ischemia–Reperfusion Injury

    Página :S312

    Kylie M. Venardos, David Williams, David M. Kaye

    
  • ·Effect of Peripheral Opiate Loperamide on Activation of Preconditioning-like p38MAPK and HSP72 Signalling

    Página :S313

    Norman Liaw, Salvatore Pepe

    
  • ·Evidence of Cardiomyocyte Fructose Uptake as an Alternate Glycolytic Substrate

    Página :S313

    K.M. Mellor, I.R. Wendt, R.H. Ritchie, L.M.D. Delbridge

    
  • ·Myocardial Infarction is Associated with Early and Progressive Atrial Structural Remodelling: Implications for Atrial Arrhythmogenesis

    Página :S314

    Lorraine Mackenzie, Rachel Dreyer, Yuen Kwok, Douglas R. Kelly, Pawel Kuklik, Dennis H. Lau, Muayad Alasady, Matthew I. Worthley, Prashanthan Sanders

     
  • ·Prolonged Diabetes in Rats is Associated With Increased Myocardial Fibrosis and Profound Sensitivity to Ischaemia

    Página :S314

    V.L. Benson, A.C. McMahon, L.M. Khachigian, H.C. Lowe

    
  • ·Selective Egr-1 Inhibition Reduces Infarct Size in the Diabetic Rat Heart with Myocardial Ischaemia–Reperfusion Injury

    Página :S315

    V.L. Benson, A.C. McMahon, L.M. Khachigian, H.C. Lowe

    
  • ·Soluble Epoxide Hydrolase Inhibitors Attenuate Cardiomyocyte Hypertrophy and Cardiofibroblast Collagen Synthesis via JNK and NFκB Pathway

    Página :S315

    Pay-yu Ho, Jianyang Ma, Anastasia Adrahtas, Joseph P. Marino Jr, David J. Behm, Steve A. Douglas, Henry Krum, Bing H. Wang

    
  • ·The Slow Force Response to Stretch in Isolated RV Trabeculae from Rat Hearts

    Página :S316

    Xin Shen, Marie-Louise Ward

    
  • ·Tolerance of Isolated Cardiac Myocytes From Male and Female Rats to Simulated Ischemia and Reperfusion

    Página :S316

    J.R. Bell, I.R. Wendt, M. Vila Petroff, C.L. Curl, A. Mattiazzi, L.M.D. Delbridge

    
  • ·Assessment of Changes in Plasma Markers of Inflammation, Oxidative Stress and Nitric Oxide Following a Rural Tertiary Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation Program

    Página :S316

    Andrew Fenning, Anna Voss, Len Knott, Fiona Coulson

    
  • ·Comparison of Physical Activity Prescriptions on Markers of Cardiovascular Disease in Sedentary Middle-aged Women

    Página :S317

    Alannah Somerfield, Mitch Duncan, Kerry Mummery, Andrew Fenning

    
  • ·Prevention of Inflammation, Oxidative Stress and Cardiovascular Damage in Rat Models of Hypertension and Diabetes by Resveratrol

    Página :S317

    Rebecca Vella, Candice Pullen, Andrew Fenning

    
  • ·Vascular Effect of Pravastatin in the Presence of Super Oxide Scavenger

    Página :S318

    Nader Ghaffari, Jennifer A. Kennedy, John F. Beltrame

    
  • ·Author Index

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