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Editorial Board
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Population Screening An Important Step In Identifying And Increasing Awareness Of Cardiovascular Disease In Developing Countries
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61-62
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When Oral Anticoagulation Therapy is Needed in Patients With Cardiomyopathies: A Review of Literature
The question whether to anticoagulate patients with cardiomyopathy or not is over 50years old. Multiple clinical trials have demonstrated the superior therapeutic effect of warfarin compared with plac...
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Enrico Vizzardi,
Ivano Bonadei,
Francesca Del Magro,
Silvia Bugatti,
Antonio D’Aloia,
Antonio Curnis,
Livio Dei Cas
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63-69
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Cardiac Computed Tomography—Evidence, Limitations and Clinical Application
Coronary CT angiography and coronary calcium scoring offer a new approach to the diagnosis of coronary artery disease (CAD). They hold significant promise in improving patient outcomes, through identi...
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Christian R. Hamilton-Craig,
Daniel Friedman,
Stephan Achenbach
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70-81
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Lipid Management in High Risk Coronary Patients: How Effective are We at Secondary Intervention?
Objective: To assess the proportion of patients who achieve and maintain target lipid levels during optimum long term follow up after coronary bypass surgery. Methods: From a prospectively compiled da...
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Ying Yan Zhu,
Philip A.R. Hayward,
David L. Hare,
Andrew G. Stewart,
Brian F. Buxton
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82-87
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N-terminal Prohormone B-type Natriuretic Peptide and Cardiovascular Function in Africans and Caucasians: The SAfrEIC Study
Background: This study compared NT-proBNP levels and the association with cardiovascular markers between Africans and Caucasians from South Africa. Methods: This cross-sectional study involved 201 Afr...
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Ruan Kruger,
Rudolph Schutte,
Hugo W. Huisman,
Peter Hindersson,
Michael H. Olsen,
Aletta E. Schutte
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88-95
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Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia
Background: Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia (CPVT) is an inherited arrhythmia syndrome, characterised by polymorphic ventricular tachycardia induced by adrenergic stress. CPVT ca...
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Andreas Pflaumer,
Andrew M. Davis
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96-100
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Short Term Outcomes after Cardiac Surgery in a Jehovah's Witness Population: An Institutional Experience
Background: Minimising blood transfusion has a number of medical and logistical benefits, and is of particular importance for followers of the Jehovah's Witness faith. We examined the short term outco...
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L. Marshall,
C. Krampl,
M. Vrtik,
B. Haluska,
R. Griffin,
J. Mundy,
P. Shah
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101-104
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A Rare Case of Penetrating Atherosclerotic Ulcer of the Aorta
17 October 2011
We are reporting a case of 66 year-old man who presented to a regional hospital with sudden onset of inter-scapular pain, radiating to anterior chest. Initial assessment was unremarkable except for hi...
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Fei Chong,
Matthew Winter,
Philip Puckridge,
Amy Penhall,
Majo Joseph
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105-107
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Approach to the Difficult Transseptal: Diathermy Facilitated Left Atrial Access
17 October 2011
Percutaneous transseptal left atrial (LA) access is increasingly becoming a routine procedure in the electrophysiology and cardiac catheterisation laboratories. Our aim was to review an unselected lar...
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Hany S. Abed,
Muayad Alasady,
Dennis H. Lau,
Han S. Lim,
Prashanthan Sanders
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108-112
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Multivessel Coronary Artery Spasm
17 October 2011
Coronary spasm is increasingly recognised as an important aetiological mechanism causing myocardial ischaemia. Occasionally cases present with evidence of ST segment elevation myocardial infarction, u...
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J.D. Richardson,
A.J. Nelson,
S.G. Worthley,
K.S.L. Teo,
T. Baillie,
M.I. Worthley
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113-116
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Inversion of the Left Atrial Appendage: A Complication of Cardiac Surgery
17 October 2011
An inverted left atrial appendage which fails to revert spontaneously is a rare complication of cardiac surgery. We present a case of an inverted left atrial appendage discovered intraoperatively on t...
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Gemma S. Smiles,
Rahul Basu,
Ian M. Mitchell
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117-119
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Porcelain Aorta, Left Arterio-Venous Fistula and Critical Ostial Coronary Artery Disease
17 October 2011
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120
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Dabigatran for patients with a mechanical valve
We read with great interest the case report by Stewart et al. , describing a 62 year-old Caucasian patient who suffered thrombosis of a mechanical aortic valve and an embolic stroke whilst being treat...
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Frans Van de Werf,
John Eikelboom
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Re: Letter responding to “Dabigatran for patients with a mechanical valve – by F. Van de Werf and J. Eikelboom”
We thank Drs Van De Werf and Eikelboom for drawing attention to the potential for differences in renal function to influence the efficacy as well as safety of dabigatran. Our patient suffered thrombos...
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Ralph Stewart,
Heather Astell,
Laura Young,
Harvey D. White
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121-122
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Heart Foundation
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123
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The Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand
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124-125
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Instructions to Authors
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