Sommario

• • ·Editorial Board

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• • ·Instructions to Authors

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• Editorial

  • ·How Cool is Cryoablation?

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    Stuart P. Thomas

    

• Original Articles

  • ·Treating Atrial Fibrillation: Pulmonary Vein Isolation with the Cryoballoon Technique

    Pagina :427-432

    Nick Jackson, Malcolm Barlow, James Leitch, John Attia

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  • ·Does Pregnancy Contribute to Systemic Right Ventricular Dysfunction in Adults with an Atrial Switch Operation?

    Pagina :433-438

    Dominica Zentner, Miriam Wheeler, Leeanne Grigg

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  • ·A Comparison of Precipitants and Mortality When Acute Decompensated Heart Failure Occurs in the Community and Hospital Settings

    Pagina :439-443

    D.McD. Taylor, M. Ng Tang Fui, A.R. Chung, L. Gani, J.D. Zajac, L.M. Burrell

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  • ·Single High Oral Dose Amiodarone for Cardioversion of Recent Onset Atrial Fibrillation

    Pagina :444-448

    Kugathasan Nadarasa, Michael J.A. Williams

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• Reviews

  • ·A Suggested Paradigm for Coronary Risk Screening in Asymptomatic Persons—Assessment of Total Coronary Atheromatous Burden

    Pagina :449-454

    Constantine N. Aroney

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  • ·Assessment of Platelet Function in Patients on Antiplatelet Therapy Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: A Review

    Pagina :455-462

    Ravi Patni, M. Asghar Nawaz, Antanas Macys, K.M. John Chan, P. Punjabi

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  • ·Novel Anticoagulants for Non-valvular Atrial Fibrillation

    Pagina :463-467

    Bo Xu, Robert Whitbourn

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  • ·Myocardial Viability Imaging: Does It Still Have a Role in Patient Selection Prior to Coronary Revascularisation?

    Pagina :468-479

    Suchi Grover, Govin Srinivasan, Joseph B. Selvanayagam

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• Abstracts of The Cardiac Society of New Zealand, New Zealand Annual Scientific Meeting, 15-17 June 2012, Auckland, New Zealand

  • ·Medium-Term Follow up of Transcoronary Alcohol Septal Ablation for Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy

    Pagina :481

    P.D. Adamson, D. Smyth, J. Lainchbury

    
  • ·The Evaluation of Documentation in a Nurse and Medical Post Acute Coronary Syndrome Discharge Clinic

    Pagina :481

    C. Aldridge, A. Kerr, S. Oster, A. McLachlan

    
  • ·Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia at Waikato Hospital

    Pagina :481-482

    R.F. Allen, S.C. Heald, D. Boddington, M.R. Webber, M.K. Stiles

    
  • ·Clinical Utilisation of Pro-BNP in the Exclusion of Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)

    Pagina :482

    C. Tromop van Dalen, A. Falloon, T. Boga

    
  • ·Urocortin-2 Increases Muscle Sympathetic Nerve Activity [MSNA] in Healthy Man

    Pagina :482

    W. Chan, D. Jardine, J. Butler, C. Charles, R. Troughton, M. Richards

    
  • ·Twenty-one Cases of Stress Cardiomyopathy Following the Christchurch, New Zealand 2011 Earthquake—Self Reported Health Outcome at 1 Year

    Pagina :482-483

    C. Chan, P. Bridgman, R. Troughton, J. Elliott

    
  • ·Integrated Effects of Urocortin-2 Infusion in Patients with Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: Findings from a Randomised Controlled Clinical Trial

    Pagina :483

    W. Chan, R. Troughton, C. Frampton, I. Crozier, M. Richards

    
  • ·Comparison of the Multiplate and VerifyNow Assays for Monitoring Residual Platelet Reactivity after Clopidogrel

    Pagina :483-484

    M. Chen-Xu, L. Johnston, A. Holley, A. Sasse, P.D. Larsen, S.A. Harding

     
  • ·Elevated Plasma Active Matrix Metalloproteinase 9 Level is Associated with Increased Diastolic Dysfunction Independent of Hypertension and Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Patients with Coronary Artery

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    J.W. Chu, G.T. Jones, G.P. Tarr, L.V. Phillips, G.T. Wilkins, A.M. van Rij, M.J.A. Williams

    
  • ·Valvular Heart Disease Mortality in New Zealand 1988 to 2007

    Pagina :484

    S. Coffey, B. Cox, M.J.A. Williams

    
  • ·Prognostic Value of Stress Perfusion Imaging with Cardiac MRI

    Pagina :484-485

    P. Ding, C. Edwards, A. To, J.P. Christiansen

     
  • ·One Year Outcomes after Treatment of Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) in 2010 are Improved Compared with Previous Years

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    R. Lane, G. Campbell, C.M. Frampton, D.W. Smyth, J.M. Elliott

    
  • ·Is a “Small” Heart Attack a “Good” Heart Attack? One Year Outcomes after Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) in 2010 in Relation to Biomarker Elevations

    Pagina :485-486

    J.M. Elliott, R. Lane

    
  • ·Costly Time Delays for Weekend Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) Patient Admissions: Implications for Service Delivery

    Pagina :486

    C.J. Ellis, P. Horan, M. Gordon, G. Gamble

     
  • ·Factors Which Predict Individuals Whose Coronary Arteries are “Old Before Their Time”: The Value of Computed Tomographic (CT) Calcium Score Testing

    Pagina :486-487

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

    
  • ·All Cause Mortality Following an Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) Admission: Six Year Follow-Up of the 2002 New Zealand (NZ) Acute Coronary Syndromes Audit

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    C.J. Ellis, G.D. Gamble, G. Devlin, A. Hamer, J.M. Elliott, P. Matsis, M.J.A. Williams, S. Mann, J.K. French, A.M. Richards, H.D. White, For the Cardiac Society NZ ACS Audit Group

     
  • ·Is the Mortality Risk Following an Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) Admission to a Non-intervention Centre Related to Access to Cardiac Angiography? Eighteen Month Follow-up of the 2002/2007 New Zealand (NZ) ACS Audits

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    CJ. Ellis, G.D. Gamble, A. Hamer, G. Devlin, J.M. Elliott, P. Matsis, M.J.A. Williams, S. Mann, J.K. French, A.M. Richards, H.D. White, For the Cardiac Society NZ ACS Audit Group

     
  • ·Acute Predict Cardiac Catheter Lab (CCL) One Year on—An Electronic Real-Time Audit, Quality Improvement Process in Middlemore Hospital CCL

    Pagina :489

    C. Flynn, J. White, S. Graham, A. McLachlan, D. Scott, P. Kay, A.J. Kerr

    
  • ·Reveal Loop Recorders—Should Follow Up Frequency be Driven by Patient Symptoms?

    Pagina :489

    M. Fowler, F. Riddell

    
  • ·Mortality, Morbidity and the Current Standard of Evidence-based Management Amongst Patients Living in Regional New Zealand with Severe Heart Failure (1997–2011): The Nelson Marlborough Heart Failure Study

    Pagina :489-490

    B.T. Grainger, S. White, S. Lake, R. Hipkiss, A. Hamer, N. Fisher, T. Pegg

    
  • ·Prognostic Utility of Cardiac Troponin in Patients with Possible Acute Coronary Syndromes Categorised by Degree of Coronary Artery Stenosis

    Pagina :490

    J.W. Hinton, A. McNally, S. Aldous

    
  • ·Plasma Antioxidant Enzyme Levels in Acute Coronary Syndrome

    Pagina :490

    A.S. Holley, L.R. Johnston, M. Chen-Xu, A. Sasse, P.D. Larsen, S.A. Harding

    
  • ·Subcutaneous ICDs and Shock Therapy: Lessons Learned

    Pagina :490-491

    M.A. Hood, F. Riddell, W.M. Smith

    
  • ·A Dedicated Cardiovascular Quality Assurance Programme in the Catheterisation Laboratory: A Novel Experience in New Zealand

    Pagina :491

    H.C. Humphreys, M. McAleer, S. El-Jack

    
  • ·High Residual Platelet Reactivity on Aspirin in a New Zealand ACS Population

    Pagina :491-492

    L.R. Johnston, A.S. Holley, M. Chen-Xu, A.C. La Flamme, D. Larsen, S.A. Harding

     
  • ·Variability in Platelet Reactivity and Biomarkers in Patients With Peripheral Vascular Disease

    Pagina :492

    L.R. Johnston, A.C. La Flamme, J.K. Wicks, D. Naik, P.D. Larsen, S.A. Harding

    
  • ·Eicosapentaenoic Acid Increases Plasma Adiponectin Concentration in Patients with Hyperlipidaema

    Pagina :492-493

    Y. Kajikawa, S. Takemoto, M. Ikeda

    
  • ·Role of CTCA in Acute Coronary Syndrome—Predicting Non-Significant Coronary Artery Disease

    Pagina :493

    S.H. Kueh, M. Lee, A.J. Kerr, N. van Pelt

    
  • ·Geographic, Ethnic and Socioeconomic Factors Influencing Access to Implantable-Cardioverter Defibrillators

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    P.D. Larsen, D. Wilson, S.A. Harding, I. Melton, N.A. Lever, D. Boddington, S. Heald, M.K. Stiles

    
  • ·Estimating the Need for Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators

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    P.D. Larsen, L. Presant, S.A. Harding

    
  • ·ICD Therapy in Patients with Mustard and Senning Repair for D-Transposition of Great Arteries. The Greenlane/Auckland Hospital Experience

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    M. Latif, B. Lowe

    
  • ·Cardiac Function in COPD Exacerbations

    Pagina :494-495

    M. Lee, A. Davies, C. Chang, M. Davis, R. Hancox

    
  • ·Percutaneous Lead Extraction: MDT Team Approach in Cardiac Catheter Labs

    Pagina :495

    N.A. Lever, J. Manson, R. Ullal, R. Cameron, S. Heald

    
  • ·Ambulatory Management of Congestive Heart Failure in the Rotorua and Taupo Communities

    Pagina :495

    S. Li, D. Aitken

    
  • ·Do Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients Categorised at High Risk by Grace Receive More Frequent and Earlier Coronary Angiography?

    Pagina :496

    A. Lin, A. Mustafa, G. Devlin, M. Lee, A. McLachlan, A.J. Kerr

    
  • ·How Well Does the Grace Score Perform in a New Zealand Acute Coronary Syndrome Cohort?

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    A. Lin, A. Mustafa, M. Lee, G. Devlin, I. Ternouth, A. McLachlan, A.J. Kerr, on behalf of the all NZ ACS (ANZACS) QI group

    
  • ·Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Patients with St Elevation Myocardial Infarction—Past and Present at Auckland City Hospital

    Pagina :496-497

    A. Lin, J.L. Looi, K.L. Looi, K.L. Chow, F. Roberts, H.D. White, M. Webster, C.J. Ellis

     
  • ·Aortic–Mitral Annular Coupling in Mitral Valve Diseases: A Study with Real-Time 3-Dimensional Transoesophageal Echocardiography (RT3DE-TEE)

    Pagina :497-498

    J.L. Looi, Y.Y. Lam, C.M. Yu, P.W. Lee

     
  • ·Aortic–Mitral Annular Coupling Before and After Mitral Valve Repair: A Study with Real-Time Three-Dimensional Transoesophageal Echocardiography (RT3DE-TEE)

    Pagina :498

    J.L. Looi, Y.Y. Lam, C.M. Yu, P.W. Lee

     
  • ·Compulsory Collection of Key Performance Indicators at Point of Discharge Planning at Nelson Marlborough District Health Board: Do We Need It?

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    K. Majeed, T. Pegg, N. Fisher, A. Hamer

    
  • ·Long-Term Effects of Cardiac Rehabilitation on Exercise Capacity and Cardiovascular Function in Coronary Artery Disease

    Pagina :499

    S. Mandic, M.J.A. Williams, E. Stevens, C. Brown, E.R. Nye, D. Body, L. Barclay, R. Walker

    
  • ·Effects of Community-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation on Physical Function and Body Composition in Coronary Artery Disease: 1.5-Year Follow-Up

    Pagina :499-500

    S. Mandic, C. Hodge, E. Stevens, H. Horwood, R. Walker, E.R. Nye, D. Body, M.J.A. Williams

    
  • ·A Decade of Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy: The Green Lane and Auckland City Hospital Experience

    Pagina :500

    A. Martin, S. Sinclair, M. Hood, N. Lever, J. Stewart

    
  • ·Quality of Life Results after Insertion of Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators at Christchurch Hospital

    Pagina :500

    S. Matthewson, I. Crozier, J. Greenslade, K. Harvey, J. Inglis, I. Melton

    
  • ·Predictors of Mortality in the ICD Population

    Pagina :501

    R. McIntosh, P.-W. Lou, B. Shi, S.A. Harding, P.D. Larsen

     
  • ·Internet and Social Networking Use Amongst Patients Attending a South Auckland Cardiac Rehabilitation Program

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    A. McLachlan, C. Aldridge, L. Ioelu, M. Morgan, K. McLean, L. Morley, J. Poole, A.J. Kerr

    
  • ·Will a High Dose Lipid Lowering Strategy be Tolerated by Both Patients and Clinicians; A Retrospective Audit

    Pagina :501-502

    A. Mclachlan, K. McLean, A.J. Kerr, A.P. Shanmuganathan

    
  • ·The Design and Implementation of a Pacific Cardiac Rehabilitation Program in South Auckland: The First Year

    Pagina :502

    K. McLean, L. Ioelu, L. Morley, A. McLachlan

    
  • ·Early Experience of Dabigatran Use in a Wellington Population

    Pagina :502

    J. Michel, D. Mundell, T. Boga, A. Sasse

    
  • ·New Zealand Cardiac Clinical Prioritisation System: Left Ventricular Impairment Predicts ICU Length of Stay after Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery

    Pagina :503

    J.M. Michel, N.M. Shah, G. Ashton, A. Psirides, B.D. Mahon, P.D. Larsen, A.S. Sasse

     
  • ·Does EuroSCORE Predict Preoperative Complications in Patients Awaiting Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: Lessons from the Clinical Cardiac Prioritisation System Database

    Pagina :503-504

    J.M. Michel, N.M. Shah, G. Ashton, A. Psirides, B.D. Mahon, A.S. Sasse

     
  • ·Evaluation of the Middlemore Hospital Cardiac Rehabilitation (CR) Exercise Program

    Pagina :504

    M. Morgan, I. Zeng, A. McLachlan

    
  • ·Strain and Pacing Study; Role of Pacing Lead Placement in LV Contraction

    Pagina :504-505

    A.M. Morgan, M. Webber, S. Harding, A. Scully, J. Sexton, L. Johnson, P. Larsen, A. Sasse

    
  • ·A Quality Improvement Process: Pacific Community Focused Cardiac Rehabilitation

    Pagina :505

    L. Morley, K. McLean, A. McLachlan

    
  • ·Role of Cardiac MRI in Patients Presenting with Acute Coronary Syndrome with Normal or Minor Coronary Artery Disease

    Pagina :505

    D. Mundell, T. Boga, K. Ferrier

    
  • ·Thrombolysis in STEMI: A Two-Year Clinical Experience in Tauranga Hospital

    Pagina :505-506

    A.H.S. Mustafa, N. Wijesuriya, G.F. Porter, J. Tisch, C. Young, D. Boddington, S. Tie

    
  • ·Ethnicity and Revascularisation Following Acute Coronary Syndromes: A Four-Year Cohort Study

    Pagina :506

    A.H.S. Mustafa, A. Lin, M. Lee, A. McLachlan, A.J. Kerr

    
  • ·The Impact of Direct ECG Transmission from Ambulance to Cardiologist on PAMI Treatment Delays

    Pagina :506

    C.M. Nunn, G.P. Devlin

     
  • ·Surgical Repair of Adult Coarctation in Auckland

    Pagina :506-507

    T. Oh, K. Finucane

    
  • ·“Between a Rock and a Hard Place”: Post ICD Shock Stress Reactions

    Pagina :507

    M.L. Garland, L. Painter, M. Johnson, N. Lever

    
  • ·The Shocking Truth: Psychological Impact of Shocks and Storms for Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) Patients

    Pagina :507

    M.L. Garland, L. Painter, M. Johnson, N. Lever

    
  • ·Medtronic Carelink Remote Monitoring the Auckland City Hospital (ACH) Setup Experience

    Pagina :508

    C. Pearson, S. Sinclair, F. Riddell

     
  • ·Ability of General Physician to Correctly Interpret Pacing Indications

    Pagina :508-509

    J. Pemberton

    
  • ·Prognostic Significance of Atrial Fibrillation in Acute Heart Failure Admissions: The New Zealand Heart Failure Registry

    Pagina :509

    V. Pera, R. Troughton, M. Lund, R. Doughty, G. Devlin, on behalf of the NZHFR Investigators

    
  • ·Prevalence of Hyponatraemia in Acute Heart Failure Admissions and Short Term Outcomes: The New Zealand Heart Failure Registry

    Pagina :509

    V. Pera, R. Troughton, M. Lund, R. Doughty, G. Devlin, on behalf of the NZHFR Investigators

    
  • ·Gender Differences in Acute Heart Failure Admissions and Short Term Outcomes: The New Zealand Heart Failure Registry

    Pagina :510

    V. Pera, R. Troughton, M. Lund, R. Doughty, G. Devlin, on behalf of the NZHFR Investigators

    
  • ·Reviewing the Use of Pre-Hospital ECG in Management of Patients with Suspected ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI)

    Pagina :510

    S. Plunkett, T. O’Meeghan, T. Boga

    
  • ·Apical Ballooning Syndrome and Stress

    Pagina :510-511

    J. Poole, J. Main, C. Roberts, L. Morley, I. Zeng, K. McLean, C. Aldridge, A. Kerr, A. McLachlan

    
  • ·The Prediction of Fat Free Mass for Indexation of Echo Measurements

    Pagina :511

    K.K. Poppe, R.N. Doughty, G.A. Whalley, C.M. Triggs

     
  • ·Improved Cardiovascular Risk Estimation in People with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Potential Role of Specialised Risk Equations and CT Coronary Calcium Score

    Pagina :511-512

    K.K. Poppe, N. van Pelt, S. Bhattacharyya, G.A. Whalley, R.N. Doughty

     
  • ·Aortic and Left Ventricular Function During Rest and Exercise Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging

    Pagina :512

    P.A. Roberts, M. Peters, A. Okamura, Y. Liu, B. Cowan, A. Young

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  • ·Similar Long-Term Outcomes After ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction Treated with Everolimus Eluting Stents or Bare Metal Stents

    Pagina :512-513

    R.R. Saireddy, J. Elliott, D. Smyth, D. McClean, J. Blake

    
  • ·Validation Study of Cardiac Clinical Prioritisation Score (CPS) for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

    Pagina :513

    A.S. Sasse, J.M. Michel, N.M. Shah, G. Ashton, S.A. Harding, B.D. Mahon, P.D. Larsen

    
  • ·Do Cardiovascular Risk Factors Predict Complications in Patients Awaiting Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

    Pagina :513-514

    N.M. Shah, J.M. Michel, G. Ashton, A. Psirides, B.D. Mahon, P.D. Larsen, A.S. Sasse

     
  • ·Complex Transradial Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Using a Sheathless Guide Catheter

    Pagina :514

    N.M. Shah, A.S. Sasse, P.P. Matsis, P.D. Larsen, S.A. Harding

    
  • ·ECG Markers of Arrhythmogeneic Substrate and Structural Heart Disease

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    B. Shi, K. Ferrier, A. Sasse, S.A. Harding, P.D. Larsen

    
  • ·Predictors of Intervention in Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients with pre-Existing Bypass Grafts

    Pagina :515

    T.A.C. Snow, T. Watson, P.N. Ruygrok, M.W. Webster, J.T. Stewart

    
  • ·The Predictive Value of Microvolt T Wave Alternans in Patients with Implanted Defibrillators

    Pagina :515

    J.A. Sutherand, I.C. Melton, H.J. Earl, K.P. Dredge, S.J. Aldous, S. Matthewson, I.G. Crozier

    
  • ·Medium Term Success Rates of Pulmonary Vein Isolation for Atrial Fibrillation

    Pagina :515-516

    J. Swampillai, I. Gray, M.R. Webber, D. Boddington, S.C. Heald, M.K. Stiles

    
  • ·Diagnostic Yield of Implantable Loop Recorders in Patients with Unexplained Syncope

    Pagina :516

    J. Swampillai, R.F. Allen, S. Levings, M.R. Webber, C.M. Wade, M.K. Stiles, S.C. Heald

    
  • ·Use of Exercise Tolerance Test in Intermediate Risk non-ST Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome

    Pagina :516

    P. Tamuno, J. Mazhar, J. Swampillai, V. Pera, A. Kerr, G. Devlin

    
  • ·Single Versus Multi-Vessel PCI in STEMI Patients with Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease in Dunedin Public Hospital

    Pagina :517

    C.L.H. Tie, V.H.T. Chen, G.T. Wilkins, M.J.A. Williams, C.K. Wong, P. Herbison, E.C. McKay, L. Vardi, A. Middleton

    
  • ·The Essential Roles of Nurse Specialist in Delivering CT Coronary Angiography Service in the Acute Chest Pain Setting

    Pagina :517

    J. Wickham, H. Brannigan, J. Carr, J.P. Christiansen, C. Edwards, D. Cranefield, H.H. Hart, A.C.Y. To

    
  • ·Incorporating CT Coronary Angiography in the Acute Chest Pain Pathway—An Efficient Model of Resource Utilisation

    Pagina :517-518

    A.C.Y. To, J.P. Christiansen, C. Edwards, D. Cranefield, H.H. Hart, J. Wickham

    
  • ·Delay to Surgical Revascularisation Post Acute Coronary Syndromes—Middlemore Hospital

    Pagina :518

    J. Voss, I. Caldwell, A. Kerr

    
  • ·Early Prevent Pilot: Towards the Systemic Use of Dispensing Records to Prevent Treatment Gaps Early After Acute Coronary Syndromes-Proof of Concept

    Pagina :518

    J. Voss, A. McLachlan, T. Riddell, S. Bhattacharya, J. Warren, A.J. Kerr

    
  • ·Mitral Valve Endocarditis Audit—Auckland City Hospital

    Pagina :518-519

    J. Voss, S. Chung, C. Kasargod, J. Pemberton

    
  • ·Bone Density Before and After Heart or Lung Transplantation—A Longitudinal Study

    Pagina :519

    T.K.M. Wang, S. O’Sullivan, G.D. Gamble, P.N. Ruygrok

    
  • ·New Parenthood After Heart Transplantation

    Pagina :519

    A. Ruygrok, H. Gibbs, E. Painter, A. Coverdale, P. Ruygrok, C. Wasywich

    
  • ·Same-Day Discharge is Safe in Patients with Low-Level Troponin Elevation post-PCI

    Pagina :520

    I.G. Webb, M.B. Simmonds, P.D. Larsen, S.A. Harding

    
  • ·Elevated Baseline Cardiac Troponin Levels in the Elderly—Another Variable to Consider?

    Pagina :520-521

    I.G. Webb, S.T. Yam, R. Cooke, A. Aitken, P.D. Larsen, S.A. Harding

     
  • ·Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Registry in New Zealand—Initial Experience

    Pagina :521

    H.S. Millow, M.R. Webber, P.D. Larsen, S.A. Harding, S.C. Heald, M.K. Stiles

    
  • ·Prevalence of Atrial Fibrillation in Maori and non-Maori Inpatients in the Waikato Region

    Pagina :521-522

    M.R. Webber, M. Mannakarra, J. Swampillai, I. Gray, M.K. Stiles

    
  • ·Periprocedural Dabigatran in Patients Undergoing Electrophysiology Procedures

    Pagina :522

    M.R. Webber, I. Gray, M.K. Stiles

    
  • ·Significant Bias Associated with Left Ventricular Volume Measurements by MRI Compared to Echo (2D, 2D-Contrast and 3D)—A Systematic Review

    Pagina :522-523

    S. Anandabaskaran, J. Christiansen, R. Doughty, R. Gabriel, G. Whalley

    
  • ·Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICE) Use in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy—Ten-Year Auckland Experience

    Pagina :523

    J. White, S. Sinclair, F. Riddell, M. Hood, N. Lever, W. Smith

    
  • ·Safety of Conscious Sedation for Cardiology Procedures at Auckland Hospital

    Pagina :523

    J. White, A. Martin, N. Lever

    
  • ·Excessive Cardiovascular Risk and Cardiac Investigations in Asymptomatic Population: A Study in Airline Pilots

    Pagina :524

    I.M.A. Wirawan, S. Aldington, R.F. Griffiths, C.J. Ellis, P.D. Larsen

    
  • ·Vitamins B₁₂ and C Supplementation Improves Arterial Reactivity and Structure in Passive Smokers

    Pagina :524

    K.S. Woo, P. Chook, M.L. Chiu, X.H. Feng, M.L. Evora, K.V. Koon, X.M. Zhang, C.L. Chu, H.C. Leong, T.W.C. Yip, T.Y.K. Chan

    
  • ·VF Waveform Complexity at ICD Implant is Predictive of Future ICD Therapy

    Pagina :525

    E.L. Woodcock, N.A. Lever, P.D. Larsen

     
  • ·Ventricular Fibrillation Characteristics: What Measurements are Best?

    Pagina :525

    E.L. Woodcock, N.A. Lever, P.D. Larsen

    
  • ·Must Low Risk Radial Access Coronary Angiography Outweigh Potentially High Risk Femoral Access as an Approach of Choice? Experiences from Four Years of Angiography and Intervention at North Shore Hospital

    Pagina :525-526

    M.B. McAleer, S. El-Jack, B. O’Shaughnessy

    

• Societies

  • ·Heart Foundation

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  • ·The Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand

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