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• • ·Editorial Board

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• • ·Contents

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• • ·Forthcoming Events

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• • ·Guide for Authors

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• Editorial

  • ·Innovation and Renewal in the Journal

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    Andrew Cochrane

    Mappa Mappa

• Mini-Symposium

  • ·The 56th Cardiac Society of ANZ Annual Scientific Meeting: Focused Symposia on Basic and Clinical Science

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    John F Beltrame, John D Horowitz

    
  • ·The L-type Ca²⁺ Channel as a Potential Mediator of Pathology During Alterations in Cellular Redox State

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    Livia C. Hool

    Riassunto Riassunto Mappa Mappa  
  • ·Evidence for a Causal Role of Oxidative Stress in the Myocardial Complications of Insulin Resistance

    Pagina :11-18

    Rebecca H. Ritchie

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  • ·Advances in Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction

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    John F. Beltrame, Filippo Crea, Paolo Camici

    Riassunto Riassunto Mappa Mappa

• Original Articles

  • ·Epicardial High-intensity Focused Ultrasound Cardiac Ablation for Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation

    Pagina :28-31

    Sergei Mitnovetski, Aubrey A. Almeida, Jacob Goldstein, Adrian W. Pick, Julian A. Smith

    Riassunto Riassunto Mappa Mappa
  • ·Differences in Treatment and Management of Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Patients Presenting with Chest Pain: Results of the Heart Protection Partnership (HPP) Study

    Pagina :32-37

    Isuru Ranasinghe, Derek Chew, Con Aroney, Steven Coverdale, Roger Allen, Darren Walters, David Brieger

    Riassunto Riassunto Mappa Mappa
  • ·Changes in Tissue-Doppler Echocardiographic Assessment of Left Ventricular Filling During NT-proBNP Guided Heart Failure Treatment Titration: A Pilot Study

    Pagina :38-44

    Cara A. Wasywich, Gillian A. Whalley, Helen A. Walsh, Greg D. Gamble, Robert N. Doughty

    Riassunto Riassunto Mappa Mappa  
  • ·Pulmonary Haemorrhage Associated with Neonatal Neurological Disease

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    Abhay Lodha, Prakesh S. Shah, Jonathan Hellmann

    Riassunto Riassunto Mappa Mappa

• Images

  • ·Resolution of Large Intra-Aortic Thrombus Following Anticoagulation Therapy

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    Anand P. Iyer, Dinesh Sadasivan, Umar Kamal, Sanjay Sharma

     
  • ·Quadricuspid Aortic Valve: A Rare Clinical Entity

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    Pankaj Saxena, Igor E. Konstantinov, Stuart Downie, Mark A.J. Newman

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• Case Reports

  • ·Giant Saphenous Vein Graft Pseudoaneurysm Rupture Presenting with Cardiac Tamponade

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    R. Puri, B.K. Dundon, D.P. Leong, S.G. Worthley, M.I. Worthley

    Riassunto Riassunto Mappa Mappa  
  • ·Tension Chylothorax: A Rare Life Threatening Entity After Pneumonectomy

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    Somsupha Kanjanauthai, Tony Kanluen, Michael Bergman

    Riassunto Riassunto Mappa Mappa  
  • ·The Curative Excision of Left Ventricular Hydatic Cyst

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    Osman Tiryakioglu, Hakan Vural, Ahmet F. Ozyazicioglu

    Riassunto Riassunto Mappa Mappa  
  • ·Cardiac Echinococcosis with Negative Serologies: A Report of Two Cases

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    Mehrdad Salehi, Aliakbar Soleimani

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• Letters to the Editor

  • ·Modified Blalock–Taussig Shunt in Neonates

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    Antoine Soueidi, Issam El-Rassi

    
  • ·Modified Blalock–Taussig Shunt in Neonates

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    Sachin Talwar, Shiv Kumar Choudhary, Balram Airan

    

• Abstracts

  • ·Long term survival analysis of cardiac surgical patients from 1994 to 2005 using the national death index

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    C. Foot, D. Mullany, J. Johnson, A. Barnett, P. Tesar

     
  • ·Complication in octogenarians after isolated CABG surgery—Analysis of data from the ASCTS database project

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    D.T. Dinh, B. Billah, C.H. Yap, G.C. Shardey, C. Reid, On behalf of the ASCTS Database Group

    
  • ·Surgeons should use Cumulative Incidence (Actual) rather than Kaplan–Meier (Actuarial) statistical analysis for non-fatal competing event analysis

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    John Ludbrook, Alistair Royse

    
  • ·Transfusion of red blood cells and other blood products is associated with attributable mortality and morbidity in cardiac surgical patients: A single centre Australasian study

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    J.F. Fraser, D. Mullany, L. Fung, P. Tesar

    
  • ·Trends in coronary artery revascularisation

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    Thomas A. Pfeffer

     
  • ·Bilateral internal mammary artery T grafts: Results in 932 patients

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    R. Naidoo, H.S. Paterson, J. Passage, L. Robinson

    
  • ·No late ulnar artery atheroma following radial artery harvest for coronary artery bypass surgery

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    Alistair Royse, Gregory Chang, Danielle Nicholas, Colin Royse

    
  • ·Cerebrovascular reactivity and coronary artery bypass surgery

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    Sean D. Galvin, Philip N. Ainslie, Leo A. Celi, Kate Thomas, Tom Clendon, Ivor F. Galvin, Richard W. Bunton

    
  • ·Aortic leaflet replacement with the ATS 3f valve: Early results and implantation technique

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    Ravi Pillai, Chandi Ratnatunga, X.Y. Jin

    
  • ·Nanomedicine and nano-technology in cardiovascular medicine

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    Ratnesh Lal

    
  • ·Should home warfarin self-management be routine practice? : Rationale and progress of the Warfarin S.M.A.R.T. study

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    Rebecca Dignan, Anthony Keech, Val Gebski, Catherine Powell, Lisa Turner, Paul Bannon, Matthew Bayfield, Clifford Hughes

    
  • ·Correction of posteromedial papillary muscle displacement in ischaemic mitral regurgitation

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    Silvana Marasco, Frank Rosenfeldt, Kiat Lim, Mark Mennen, Sesto Cairo, Chris Bain, Alicia Calderone

    
  • ·LVOTO following mitral prosthetic insertion with full retention of the native valve apparatus

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    H. Paterson, V. See, M. Seitz, M. Symes, J. Lu, L. Thomas

    
  • ·Leaflet preservation in posterior leaflet repair for degenerative mitral regurgitation

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    Michael Gardner, Trevor Fayers

    
  • ·Estimating the intertrigonal distance of the mitral valve non-invasively: An observational study

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    Shamil D. Cooray, Elli Tutungi, Joseph Mezzatesta, Randall Moshinsky, Aubrey A. Almeida

    
  • ·Single chamber cardioablation for atrial arrythmias

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    Duncan Thomson, Ross Mejia, Stephen Barnett

    
  • ·Painbuster^® in-wound catheter system: An alternative to thoracic epidural

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    C.A. Jurisevic

    
  • ·Brain Stem Death induced pulmonary hypertension—More pronounced and prolonged than left ventricular changes in an ovine model

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    J.F. Fraser, M. Nataatmadja, M. Passmore, A. Corley, J. Dunning, F. Kermeen

    
  • ·Right atrial pacing for prevention of postoperative atrial fibrillation following coronary artery bypass grafting: A prospective observational trial

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    Pawan Singhal, Nand Kejriwal

    
  • ·Inferior ventricular septal rupture : An alternative technique for an old problem

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    N. Roubos, J.C. Negri

    
  • ·Cardio-pulmonary bypass causes dampening of neutrophil responsiveness—A prospective observational study

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    J.F. Fraser, L. Fung, R. Mitchinson, P. Woods, P. Fayers

    
  • ·Transmyocardial laser revascularisation

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    Thomas A. Pfeffer

     
  • ·Endovascular repair of traumatic aortic transaction using a thoracic device: A single centre experience

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    P. Shah, A. Azizzadeh, A. Estera, H. Safi

    
  • ·Open repair for failed endovascular repair of traumatic aortic dissection with stent grafts: Liverpool hospital experience

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    K.M. Bhattarai, B. French

    
  • ·Liberal use of axillary artery cannulation for aortic and complex cardiac surgery

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    L. Bassin, M. Mathur

    
  • ·Long-term quality of life in octogenarians after cardiac surgery

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    Scott Graham, Hugh Cullen, John L. Knight, Robert A. Baker

    
  • ·Minimally invasive cardiac surgery

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    K.S. Rathore, M. Worthington, R. Stuklis, J. Edwards

    
  • ·Towards development of a novel bio-engineered vascular bypass conduit

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    Michael J. Byrom, Steven Wise, Martin K.C. Ng, Paul G. Bannon, Anthony Weiss

    
  • ·Epicardial high intensity focused ultrasound cardiac ablation for treatment of atrial fibrillation

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    Sergei Mitnovetski, Aubrey Almeida, Julian Smith, Adrian Pick

    
  • ·Intrapleural streptokinase for recurrent multiloculated malignant pleural effusions (MMPE)

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    A.M. Alizzi, L.A. Sposato, J.M. Hemli, A.H. Al-Masri, M.M. Murton, A.S. Dixit, M. Windsor, K. Matar, D.C. McKenzie

    
  • ·Do webbed shods improve dexterity and speed?

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    Justine Bradley

    
  • ·Ascending and transverse arch repair under hypothermic circulatory arrest in octogenarians

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    P. Shah, A. Estrera, H. Safi

    
  • ·Mitral valve repair with a 3-dimensional rigid annuloplasty ring: Initial experience using the St Jude saddle annuloplasty ring

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    Simon C. Moten, Debasis Das

    
  • ·Single interspace videoscopic lobectomy

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    C.A. Jurisevic

    
  • ·Patient follow-up after cardiothoracic surgery: A comparison of patients that are seen in the cardiothoracic outpatient department or by the general practitioner after discharge

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    David Sharp, Shane Anderson, Paul Peters, Masashi Ura

    
  • ·Left Ventricular Assist Devices—Patient discharge and distance education within New South Wales community locations

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    C. Axisa, P. Jansz, E. Granger, C. Hayward, A. Keogh, E. Kotlyar, P. Macdonald, P. Spratt

    
  • ·ECMO as a bridge to primary lung transplant: Three consecutive, successful cases

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    Andrew Jackson, Emily Granger, Jonathan Cropper, Phillip Spratt

    
  • ·Initial acute in vivo animal experience with the BiVACOR rotary bi-ventricular assist device

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    B. Thomson, J.F. Fraser, D. Timms, J. Dunning, K. Dunster

    
  • ·Review of descending thoracic aortic (DTAA) and thoraco-abdominal aortic (TAAA) surgery at a major US Aortic Surgical Centre—Emphasis on impact of adjunctive measures on paraplegia risk

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    P. Shah, A. Estrera, H. Safi

     
  • ·The Danish on-pump off-pump randomisation study (DOORS): A randomised trial on safety, medical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of off-pump coronary artery by-pass surgery

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    K. Houlind, B.J. Kjeldsen, S. Madsen, B.S. Rasmussen, S. Holme, P.E. Mortensen, DOORS Study Group

    
  • ·Blood product utilisation in cardiac surgery—Findings from the ASCTS database project

    Pagina :85-86

    D.T. Dinh, B. Billah, C.H. Yap, G.C. Shardey, C. Reid, on behalf of the ASCTS Database Group

    
  • ·The effect of recombinant activated factor VII (NOVOSEVEN^®) on outcomes and adverse events in cardiac surgery patients

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    L. Phillips, D. Dinh, B. Billah, C. Reid, P. Cameron

    
  • ·A case of cerebral gas embolism and successful hyperbaric oxygen therapy beyond 50 h

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    Indra A.J. Nordstrand, Rao V. Ketana, Peter W. Peres, P. David Cooper, Mark M. Murton, Zakir Akhunji

    
  • ·History of development of hypothermia in cardiac surgery and the use of cardiopulmonary bypass in the management of accidental hypothermia

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    Pankaj Saxena, Adam Boyt, Mark Newman

    
  • ·Type B aortic dissection: Early and mid-term results

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    P. Shah, A. Estrera, H. Safi

    

• Societies

  • ·The Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand

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  • ·Heart Foundation

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