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• Abstracts from the 'Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand Annual Scientific Meeting'; in Rotorua, New Zealand; 23–25 June 2016

  • ·Management of Aortic Stenosis: Wellington Hospital Population

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    Shakiya Ershad, Phillip Matsis, Catherine Goggin, Brett Adams, Mary Heeney, Shona Paxton, Mariusz Wolbinski, Alexander Sasse

    
  • ·Contemporary Revascularisation Practice in Diabetics and Non-diabetics after ACS in New Zealand: An ANZACS-QI Sub-study

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    Michael Stubbs, Andrew Kerr, Mark Webster, Mildred Lee

    
  • ·Resurrect: Resumption of Platelet Function by Verify Now P2Y12 Assay After the Cessation of Ticagelor in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome Awaiting Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery

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    Usman Bhutta, Marcus Lee, Liz Low, Liz Wanner, Kat Raman, Vijay Pera, Kashif Khokhar, T.V. Liew, Cherian Sebastian, Spencer Heald, Christopher Nunn, Gerard Devlin

    
  • ·Inter-observer Agreement and Variability Using 3D Echocardiography Based Mitral Valve Reconstruction

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    Mariusz Wolbinski, Ali Al-Sinan, Ben Wilkins, Shakiya Ershad, Catherine Goggin, Alexander Sasse

    
  • ·Feasibility and Benefits of Changing from a Femoral Vein to Basilic Vein Approach in Patients Undergoing Right Heart Catheterisation at Tauranga Hospital

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    Jason Money, Graeme Porter, Emma Aiken, James Gilling

    
  • ·The ERUPT Study - Evaluating the Rate of Undiagnosed Type 2 Diabetes in Patients (Erupt) Referred for Coronary Angiograms

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    Cathrine Patten

    
  • ·Exercise Treadmill Tests in Patients with Low Cardiovascular Risk: Are We Wasting Our Time?

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    Rachel Forrest, Bob Marshall, Judy Searle, Sarah Dixon

    
  • ·Tricuspid Annular Plane Systolic Excursion (TAPSE) by 2-Dimensional (2D) Echocardiography

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    Laura Perston, John Lainchbury, Richard Troughton

    
  • ·Farewell to Legs? 1 year Experience of Femoral Access in the Cardiovascular Unit North Shore Hospital – Safe to Reduce Further?

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    Ruth Newcombe, Tony Scott, Seif El Jack, Tim Glenie

    
  • ·A Novel Form of High Intensity Interval Training for Improving Cardiorespiratory Fitness in CAD Patients

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    Brendon Roxburgh, Thomas Meder, Tyler Elliott, Graeme Carrick-Ranson, Stacey Reading

    
  • ·Risk Factor Burden in Young First-acute Coronary Syndrome Patients: The ANZACS-QI New Zealand National Cohort

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    Nikki Earle, Katrina Poppe, Malcolm Legget, Rob Doughty, Anna Rolleston, Andrew Kerr

    
  • ·System Change to Deliver Timely Reperfusion for Myocardial Infarction in Regional New Zealand: The NMDHB STEMI Pathway Experience

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    Tammy Pegg, Kris Gagliardi, Gilda McArthur, Nick Fisher

    
  • ·Paramedic-initiated Helivac to Tertiary Hospital for Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Strategy for Improving Treatment Delivery Times

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    Paul Davis, Peter Ruygrok, Stephen Jennison, Ryan Howard, Graham Howie

    
  • ·Comparison of Procedural Success and Outcomes in Contemporary Coronary CTO PCI in a New Zealand Tertiary Referral Centre

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    Sarah Fairley, Scott Harding

    
  • ·CT Coronary Angiography can Safely Exclude Significant Coronary Artery Disease in Patients Undergoing Isolated Valve or Ascending Aorta Surgery

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    Adele Pope, Amelia Shin, Pete Barr, Alexander Smith, Andrew Fyfe, Francis Wu, Jen Li Looi, Ruvin Gabriel, Niels van Pelt

    
  • ·Improving Discharge Medication Prescription Rates for ACS Patients at Tauranga Hospital, a Quality Improvement Initiative- ANZACS-QI

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    Chethan Kasargod, Jennifer Goodson, Jonathan Tisch

    
  • ·Investigation Into Resuscitated Sudden Death; How Are We Doing?

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    Amanda Graham, Mark Bekhit, Anna Wilson, Janice Swampillai, Spencer Heald, Martin. K. Stiles

    
  • ·Outcome Comparison Between Endotracheal Intubation and Laryngeal Mask Airway Use in Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest: A New Zealand Registry Study

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    Paul Davey, Bridget Dicker

    
  • ·Atrial Fibrillation in New Zealand Primary Care

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    Katrina Poppe, Rob Doughty, Jeff Harrison, Matire Harwood, Rod Jackson

    
  • ·Reduced Hospitalisation and Improved Documentation of Risk Stratification – Impact of a New Acute Atrial Fibrillation (AF) Pathway

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    Muhammad Arshad, David Smyth, Iain Melton, Scott Pearson, Richard Troughton

    
  • ·Computed Tomography Coronary Angiogram to Exclude Significant Coronary Artery Disease in Prospective Renal Transplant Candidates

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    Amelia Shin, Adele Pope, Pete Barr, Alexander Smith, Andrew Fyfe, Francis Wu, Jen Li Looi, Ruvin Gabriel, Niels van Pelt

    
  • ·A Multiscale Computational Model of the Heart: Exploring Space Medicine and Terrestrial Applications

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    Patrick Gladding, Sarah Gleeson, Yi-Wen Liao, Clementina Dugo, Andrew Cave, Lifeng Zhou, Martin Orr, Kazuaki Negishi, Alan Borowski, Jagir Hussan, Peter Hunter, Mohammed Kassemi, David Martin, Benjamin Levine, Todd Schlegel, James Thomas

    
  • ·Machine Learning Applied to Advanced ECG and Echocardiographic Metadata, in Patients with Left Ventricular Dysfunction

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    Sarah Gleeson, Yi-Wen Liao, Clementina Dugo, Andrew Cave, Lifeng Zhou, Zina Ayar, Jonathan Christiansen, Tony Scott, Liane Dawson, Andrew Gavin, Todd Schlegel, Patrick Gladding

    
  • ·Initial Trial of a Simple Echocardiogram Severity Score Assessment by Cardiac Sonographers at Waikato and Tairawhiti District Health Boards Matches Cardiologist Gradings Reasonably Well, Gives Helpful Information on Pathology Load and Demonstrates Regional Cardiologist Reporting Inequity

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    Mark Davis, Jackie Toy, Kyle Forster, Jill Eastham, Tom Mortemore, Tracy Low

    
  • ·The Natural and Unnatural History of Acute Rheumatic Fever in the Modern Era

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    Abigail North, Walston Martis, Tim Sutton, Dianna Lennon, Briar Peat, Vigna Vignakumar, Ross Nicholson

    
  • ·Performance of Contemporary Risk Scores for Mitral Valve Surgery

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    Tom Kai Ming Wang, Sophie Harmos, Tharumenthiran Ramanathan, Peter Ruygrok

    
  • ·Low Pressure Radial Artery Haemostasis: Safe or too Minimalistic?

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    Tonia Bromley

    
  • ·Long-term Survival and Outcomes for Patients Receiving Consecutive Bio-prosthetic Aortic Valve Replacements

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    Matthew Haydock, Carissa Wilkes, Indran Ramanathan, David Haydock

    
  • ·PFO Closure in Cryptogenic Embolic Events, Wellington Registry 2008-2016

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    Andrew Borrie, Phillip Matsis, Scott Harding, Peter Larsen, Alexander Sasse

    
  • ·How Many Patients are Discharged with 5 Secondary Prevention Medications after ACS in NZ?

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    Aleksandar Cicovic, Chethan Kasargod, Mildred Lee, Barry Kneale, Jennifer Goodson, Andrew Kerr

    
  • ·NZ Clinicians Prefer Clopidogrel to Ticagrelor after ACS in the Elderly and in Renal Impairment: An ANZACS-QI Substudy

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    Aleksandar Cicovic, Chethan Kasargod, Mildred Lee, Barry Kneale, Jennifer Goodson, Andrew Kerr

    
  • ·A Systematic Literature Review Examining Antithrombotic Therapy in Atrial Fibrillation (AF) Patients with an Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS)

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    Aimee Fake, Peter Larsen, Scott Harding

    
  • ·Recurrent Ischaemic Heart Disease Hospitalisations in New Zealand are Declining More Rapidly than First Hospitalisations: An ANZACS-QI National Data-Linkage Study

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    Corina Grey, Rod Jackson, Sue Wells, Wing Cheuk Chan, Harvey White, Yannan Jiang, Andrew Kerr

    
  • ·Variation in the Use of Ticagrelor after Myocardial Infarction Across NZ: ANZACS-QI Registry Data

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    Chethan Kasargod, Jennifer Goodson, Mildred Lee, Barry Kneale, Andrew Kerr

     
  • ·Time to Reperfusion in Patients with ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction Presenting via Different and Distinct Logistic Pathways

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    Matthew Kent, Peter Ruygrok, Karishma Sidhu, Jim Stewart, Anil Nair, Chris Ellis, Mark Webster

    
  • ·Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) Outcomes in the Very Elderly in the Bay of Plenty

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    Barry Kneale, Josh Nicholson, Jennifer Goodson

    
  • ·Evolving Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI)- Mercy Experience 2008–2016

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    John Ormiston, Malcolm Legget, Bruce Webber, Mark Webster, Jim Stewart, Indran Ramanathan, Parma Nand, Nelis Kruger

    
  • ·How Effectively are we Picking Low-Hanging Fruit? An Audit of Diabetes Screening in ACS Patients at BOPDHB

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    Allan Plant, Jennifer Goodson, Jonathan Tisch

    
  • ·STEMI in Christchurch: A Retrospective Study of Delay

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    Maxine Rhodes

    
  • ·PCI Practice in New Zealand after ACS – More Complex in those with Diabetes? (ANZACS-QI)

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    Michael Stubbs

    
  • ·Surgical Risk Scores in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: Meta-analysis of Performance

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    Tom Kai Ming Wang, Peter Ruygrok

    
  • ·Dialysis-requiring Acute Kidney Injury after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Performance of Six Risk Models

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    Tom Kai Ming Wang, Tharumenthiran Ramanathan, Harvey White

    
  • ·Percutaneous MitraClip Versus Mitral Valve Surgery: Meta-analysis of Treating Severe Mitral Regurgitation

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    Tom Kai Ming Wang, Michael Tzu Min Wang, Peter Ruygrok

    
  • ·Sonographer Led Valve Follow-Up Clinic, 10 Years Experience

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    Steve White, Tammy Pegg, Nick Fisher

    
  • ·Left Atrial Appendage Closure. Experience from Wellington Regional Hospital

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    Ben Wilkins, Phillip Matsis, Alexander Sasse

    
  • ·Heart Failure Diagnoses in Primary Care: Can we Help the Queries?

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    Raewyn Fisher, Catherine Callagher, Julie Jay

    
  • ·Heart Failure in Primary Care: Improving Management (a Pilot Study)

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    Raewyn Fisher, Julie Jay, Catherine Callagher

    
  • ·Impact of a Heart Failure Discharge Pathway on Quality of Care Markers Among Heart Failure Patients Admitted to General Medicine

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    Sajith Senadeera, Richard Troughton, Anthony Spencer

    
  • ·An Audit of Clinical Utilisation of Amino-terminal Fraction Brain Natriuretic Peptide (NT-proBNP) Assays in Taranaki Base Hospital

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    Pavan Thaneeru

    
  • ·Atrial Fibrillation After Cardiac Surgery

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    Mohammed Alawami, Rajaie Ghashi, Laurence Walker

    
  • ·What a Shocker - Six Months of Direct Current Cardioversion (DCCV) at Tauranga Hospital

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    Rory Bennett, Catherine Moore

    
  • ·Longevity Study in Elderly(>79 years) Patients Following Permanent Pacemaker Insertion

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    Chethan Kasargod, Dean Boddington, Sheryl Tait, Kate Swinson, Tracey Cumming, Jennifer Goodson

    
  • ·Improving Pacing Services in NZ

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    Dean Boddington, Jonathan Tisch, Sheryl Tait, Tracey Cumming, Kate Swinson

    
  • ·First 100 Cryoablation Procedures for AF by an AF Ablation Novice Operator

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    Dean Boddington, Sergej Cicovic

    
  • ·Provision of Pacemaker Services to Fiji

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    Dean Boddington, Fiona Riddell

    
  • ·Superior Vena Cava Isolation In Atrial Fibrillation Ablation: The Auckland Experience

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    Hilary Goh, Christine Jones, Khang Li Looi, Andrew Gavin, Nigel Lever

    
  • ·Prolonged Temporary Pacing: Auckland Experience

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    Kelly Turner, Maree Oliver, Margaret Hood, Nigel Lever, Khang Li Looi

    
  • ·Outcomes of Atrial Fibrillation Ablation: The Auckland Experience

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    Hilary Goh, Christine Jones, Khang Li Looi, Andrew Gavin, Nigel Lever

    
  • ·Routine Echocardiography Post Atrial Fibrillation Ablation is of Low Utility

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    Hilary Goh, Christine Jones, Khang Li Looi, Nigel Lever

    
  • ·Catch Me if You Can!

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    Chethan Kasargod, Barbara Barker, Michelle Bayles, Graeme F. Porter

    
  • ·Minimally-invasive MAZE Procedure for Atrial Fibrillation: A Meta-analysis

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    Tom Kai Ming Wang, Tivya Kulasegaran, Michael Tzu Min Wang, Tharumenthiran Ramanathan

    
  • ·Nurse-led Elective Direct Current Cardioversion in the Era of Novel Anticoagulants – a 4-year Analysis

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    Gary T.E. Lau, Warren Smith, Steph Madenholt-Titley

    
  • ·Long-term Follow-up of Primary and Secondary Prevention Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator in Patients with Heart Failure

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    Khang-Li Looi, Lisa Cooper, Karishma Sidhu, Liane Dawson, Debbie Slipper, Andrew Gavin, Nigel Lever

     
  • ·Trends in the Use and Outcomes of Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy in Patients with Heart Failure in the Northern Region of New Zealand

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    Khang-Li Looi, Lisa Cooper, Karishma Sidhu, Liane Dawson, Debbie Slipper, Andrew Gavin, Nigel Lever

     
  • ·Implantation of Complex Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices: Provision of Service at a Regional Cardiac Centre

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    Khang-Li Looi, Lisa Cooper, Karishma Sidhu, Liane Dawson, Debbie Slipper, Margaret Hood, Nigel Lever, Andrew Gavin

     
  • ·Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy in Heart Failure Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease

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    Khang-Li Looi, Lisa Cooper, Karishma Sidhu, Liane Dawson, Debbie Slipper, Andrew Gavin, Nigel Lever

     
  • ·Underuse of Primary Prevention Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator in Women With Heart Failure

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    Khang-Li Looi, Lisa Cooper, Karishma Sidhu, Liane Dawson, Debbie Slipper, Andrew Gavin, Nigel Lever

    
  • ·Direct Access to Echocardiography in Line with New Zealand Regional Minimum Standards Leads to Early Detection and Treatment of Valvular Pathology. We Provided Quantitative Data to Facilitate Planning of Similar Care Pathways

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    Danielle Gelbart, Tammy Pegg, Nick Fisher, Steve White

    
  • ·The Establishment of CTCA at Northland District Health Board

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    Stephen Jennison, Samraj Nandra, Erin Doherty, Bruce O’Brien, Natalie Presnall

    
  • ·Enhancing Echocardiography Services in a Regional Hospital in New Zealand

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    Bernhard Kuepper, Adam Simpson

    
  • ·Prevalence and Predictors of Left Atrial Thrombus Prior to DC Cardioversion for Atrial Fibrillation >48 hrs Duration: Do All Patients Need Transoesophageal Echocardiography?

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    Jessica Lovatt, Richard Troughton, John Lainchbury, Paul Bridgman, Christina Chan, Muhammad Arshad

    
  • ·Improvement in Risk Assessment and Management of Anticoagulation in Patients with AF in an Australasian Setting: Impact of a New Acute AF Pathway

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    Muhammad Arshad, David Smyth, Iain Melton, Scott Pearson, Richard Troughton

    
  • ·Accelerated Diagnostic Protocol Driven Chest Pain Units: An Effective But Underutilised Potential

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    Ken Jin Boon, Sally Aldous

    
  • ·Early versus Delayed Surgery for Infective Endocarditis Complicated by Cerebral Embolism: A Meta-Analysis

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    Michael Tzu Min Wang, Tom Kai Ming Wang, James Pemberton

    
  • ·Meta-analysis of Mitral Valve Repair versus Replacement for Infective Endocarditis

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    Michael Tzu Min Wang, Tom Kai Ming Wang, James Pemberton

    
  • ·Utility of Endocarditis-specific Risk Scores to Predict Mortality and Morbidity After Infective Endocarditis Surgery

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    Tom Kai Ming Wang, Timothy Oh, Jamie Voss, Nicholas Kang, James Pemberton

    
  • ·Meta-analysis of Risk Scores at Predicting Mortality After Surgery for Infective Endocarditis

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    Tom Kai Ming Wang, Michael Tzu Min Wang, James Pemberton

    
  • ·Renal Failure After Isolated Aortic Valve Replacement: Predictors and Outcomes

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    Tom Kai Ming Wang, David Choi, Tharumenthiran Ramanathan

    
  • ·Contemporary Characteristics and Outcomes of Mitral Valve Repair and Replacement 2005–2012

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    Tom Kai Ming Wang, Sophie Harmos, Tharumenthiran Ramanathan

    
  • ·Mitral Valve Surgery for Octogenarians and Septuagenarians: 8-Year Cohort Study

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    Tom Kai Ming Wang, Sophie Harmos, Tharumenthiran Ramanathan, Peter Ruygrok

    
  • ·Fontan Follow-up: A Review of Central New Zealand Congenital Care

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    Ben Wilkins, Andrew Aitken

    
  • ·A Waiting Room Questionnaire to Promote a Patient-centered Approach in Cardiology Nurse Clinics

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    Andy Mclachlan, Chris Aldridge, Patricia Sedgewick, Noreen Tully

    
  • ·Prolonged Temporary Tunnelled Pacing: Preventing Pressure Areas and Wound Complications

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    Maree Oliver, Kelly Turner, Nigel Lever

    
  • ·In Your Own Words: What do Patients Priortise for Lifestyle Change Following Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation?

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    Chris Aldridge, Andy McLachlan, Katherine McLean, Lani Ioelu, Renee McEwing, Kylie Beehre, Sree Manmadhan, Mary Morgan

    
  • ·Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in New Zealand: The Challenge of Targeting at Risk Populations

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    Kim Arcus, Gerry Devlin

    
  • ·“A Heart Attack is Not Always as Dramatic as You Think”. Results of a Public Awareness Campaign in New Zealand

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    Kim Arcus, Gerry Devlin, Gina Williams, Janna Alexander, Shameen DeSilva

    
  • ·Improving Engagement with Healthcare Using a Whanau Ora Approach- a Case Report

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    Jocelyne Benatar, Nathan Asrmstrong, Deidre Cameron, Eraina Harbour

    
  • ·Improved Physical and Mental Health in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease Following Participation in a Community-Based Exercise Rehabilitation Program Led by Clinical Exercise Physiologists

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    Tyler Elliott, Brendon Roxburgh, Stacey Reading

    
  • ·A Community Exercise Program in Partnership with Te Hononga o Tamaki Me Hoturoa- a Holistic Approach to Exercise Rehabilitation

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    Cathy Gasparini, Yvonne Johansen, Susan Reed, Wendy Marshall, Jocelyne Benatar, Sugar Te Paa, Nathan Armstrong, Lisa Moodie

    
  • ·Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease – What Happens in the Rest of the World?

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    Fraser Hamilton, Gerry Devlin, Kim Arcus

    
  • ·Treatment Predicts Who Attends Cardiac Rehabilitation- Are We Underplaying CAD that is Medically Managed?

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    Yvonne Johansen, Wendy Marshall, Susan Reed, Cathy Gasparini, Jocelyne Benatar

    
  • ·Cardiovascular Disease Risk Assessment and Management in People Who Experience Serious Mental Illness: An Evidence Review

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    Helen Lockett, Ruth Cunningham, Candace Bagnall, Kim Arcus

    
  • ·Improving Cardiac Rehabilitation Nurse-led Clinics Boost Uptake of Cardioprotective Medications at 6 Months

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    Wendy Marshall, Susan Reed, Yvonne Johansen, Cathy Gasparini Gasparini, Jocelyne Benatar

    
  • ·Referral and Attendance at Cardiac Rehabilitation for ACS Patients in South Auckland

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    Andy Mclachlan, Katherine McLean, Chris Aldridge, Andrew Kerr

    
  • ·A Comparison of Heartrate and Rating of Perceived Exertion-based Methods for Prescribing Exercise Intensity in Individuals with Permanent Atrial Fibrillation

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    Graeme Carrick-Ranson, Stacey Reading, Cindy Morrison

    
  • ·Qualitative Evaluation of Prior Cardiovascular Risk Assessment and its Effectiveness in Patients Presenting with their First Diagnosis of Acute Coronary Syndrome

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    Rosalind Poulgrain, Merrin Rutherford, Stewart Mann

    
  • ·Cardiac Rehabilitation Nurse Clinics

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    Cathy Gasparini, Jocelyne Benatar, Wendy Marshall, Yvonne Johansen, Susan Reed

    
  • ·Experiences of the Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in First Time Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients: Preliminary Findings

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    Merrin Rutherford, Miss Rosalind Poulgrain, Stewart Mann

    

• Author Index

  • ·Author Index

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