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Editorial Board
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Contents
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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
• Qi Xu,
• Andrea Dalic,
• Karen Lu Fang,
• ...
• Grant Drummond,
• Anthony M. Dart,
• Xiao-Jun Du
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Role of DHCR24 in Mediating the Anti-inflammatory Effects of HDL in Human Coronary Artery Endothelial Cells
• J.T.M. Tan,
• K.A. Rye,
• P.J. Barter,
• A.K. Heather
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Sca1+/CD31−/PDGFRa+ Cardiac Stem Cells are from an Epicardial/Mesodermal but not Neural-crest, Cardiomyocyte or Bone-marrow Origin
• James Chong,
• Owen Prall,
• Vashe Chandrakanthan,
• ...
• Mark Pinese,
• Andrew Biankin,
• Richard Harvey
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Cardiovascular Mortality during Long-term Follow-up of 1112 Patients with Acute Pulmonary Embolism
• A.C.C. Ng,
• H. Wong,
• T. Chung,
• L. Kritharides
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Genome-wide Linkage Analysis Identifies α-Actinin-2 as a Causative Gene in Familial Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
• Christine Chiu,
• Joanne M. Lind,
• Richard D. Bagnall,
• ...
• Mika Jormakka,
• Jennifer A. Donald,
• Christopher Semsarian
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Localised High-Density Activation Mapping of Dominant Frequency Sites during Atrial Fibrillation in Humans
• P. De Sciscio,
• P. Kuklik,
• A.G. Brooks,
• ...
• L. Wilson,
• G.D. Young,
• P. Sanders
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Importance of Anisotropy in the Enhanced Vulnerability to Reentry in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
• C.X. Wong,
• M.K. Stiles,
• B. John,
• ...
• S.R. Willoughby,
• G.D. Young,
• P. Sanders
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National Survey of Australian Cardiologists’ Beliefs and Practice Regarding Screening, Diagnosis and Management of Depression
• A. Stewart,
• A. Driscoll,
• D.L. Hare
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Outcome of Cardiac Electrophysiology Abstracts and Impact on the Literature
• C.X. Wong,
• M.X. Wong,
• N.X. Wong,
• ...
• M.K. Stiles,
• D.H. Lau,
• P. Sanders
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Strain Differences in Physiological versus Pathological Left Ventricular Hypertrophy using Echocardiography
• A.L. Penhall,
• R. Perry,
• L. Brown,
• C. De Pasquale,
• J.B. Selvanayagam,
• M.X. Joseph
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An Evaluation of Psychological and Physiological Determinants of Cardiovascular Risk in Early Bereavement
• T. Buckley,
• A.S. Mihailidou,
• R. Bartrop,
• ...
• S. McKinley,
• M. Spinaze,
• G. Tofler
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Does Experience Necessarily Equal Better Self-care in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure?
• J. Cameron,
• L. Worrall-Carter,
• K. Page,
• S. Stewart
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Prevalence of ICD and/or CRT Device Therapy in HF Patients: Interim Results of an Australian Multicentre Study
• A. Driscoll,
• M. Elsik,
• C. Reid,
• ...
• P. Kistler,
• S. Bohra,
• H. Krum
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Prevalent Depression in Patients with Chronic Heart Disease: Baseline Profile of the TAKE-HEART in Primary Care Study Cohort
• Kerena Eckert,
• Geoffrey Schrader,
• David Wilkinson,
• ...
• Else Jansen,
• Tania Stewart,
• Simon Stewart
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Apical Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy is a Morbid Disease Characterised by Late Morphological Evolution and Coronary-Fistulae
• T. Chung,
• J. Yiannikas,
• S.B. Freedman,
• L. Kritharides
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Does Atrial Fibrillation Alter Left Atrial Size and Function in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy?
• S. Eshoo,
• D.L. Ross,
• C. Semsarian,
• L. Thomas
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Fabry Disease is Indistinguishable form Hypertensive Heart Disease based on Left Ventricular Mass and Left Atrial Volumes
• S. Eshoo,
• N. Sadick,
• D. Sillence,
• C. Semsarian,
• D.L. Ross,
• L. Thomas
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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
• Siddharth Trivedi,
• Costan Magnussen,
• Petr Otahal,
• Terry Dwyer,
• Olli Raitakari,
• Alison Venn
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Left Ventricular (LV) Geometry in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Cross-sectional Study of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes (T2DM) in the Community
• S. Bhattacharyya,
• J.B. Somaratne,
• G.A. Whalley,
• K. Poppe,
• W. Bagg,
• R.N. Doughty
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Left Ventricular Outflow Tract (LVOT) Obstruction without Severe Hypertrophy: Relationship to Mitral Valve Coaptation Point (MVCP) and Response to Negative Ionotropic Agents
• Isuru Ranasinghe,
• Thomas Yeoh,
• Leonard Kritharides,
• John Yiannikas
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Evaluation of a Novel Two-dimensional Echocardiographic Method to Measure Mitral Valve Area in Rheumatic Mitral Stenosis using a Simple Ellipse Calculation
• D. Schlosshan,
• G. Aggarwal,
• G. Mathur,
• C. Alexopoulos,
• R. Allan,
• G. Cranney
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320-Slice Cardiac CT Assessment of LA Volume: Influence of Acquisition Timing and Comparison with Echocardiography
• S.M. Lockwood,
• S. Moir,
• M. Crossett,
• W. Thai,
• S.K. Seneviratne,
• P.M. Mottram
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3D TOE Assessment of PFO Anatomy: Surprising Results with Implications for Percutaneous Closure
• S.M. Lockwood,
• W. Thai,
• S. Moir,
• I.T. Meredith,
• R.W. Harper,
• P.M. Mottram
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64 Slice CT Coronary Angiography—Marked Reduction in Radiation Dose using Prospective Gating
• A.P. Freeman,
• R. Comerford,
• J. Lambros,
• S. Eggleton,
• D. Friedman
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Development of a Core Set of Cardiac Angiographic Views that Balances Clinical Information Yield and Radiation Risk
• J. Rivers,
• J. Cameron,
• I. Smith
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A Magnetic Resonance Iron Oxide Imaging Agent Targeting Activated GPIIb/IIIa on Platelets Allows In vivo Detection of Thrombosis and Monitoring of Thrombolysis
• C. von zur Muhlen,
• D. von Elverfeldt,
• J.A. Moeller,
• C.E. Hagemeyer,
• K. Peter
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A Novel Parasternal Transthoracic Echocardiographic Window for Detecting Coronary Ostial Dilation after Modified Bentall Surgery
• A.C.C. Ng,
• D. Hanzek,
• A. Yong,
• L. Kritharides,
• J. Yiannikas
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Detection of Abnormal Global and Regional Left Ventricular Systolic Function: A Comparison Between Cardiac CT and Transthoracic Echocardiography
• R. Poulter,
• A. Lo,
• M. Fuentes,
• M. Dooris,
• J.F. Younger
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Abnormal Left Atrial Contraction in Friedreich Ataxia—Relation with Both Alleles of the FXN Gene
• R.E. Peverill,
• L. Donelan,
• J.S. Gelman,
• P.M. Mottram,
• L.A. Corben,
• M.B. Delatycki
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Age Related Exercise Induced Changes on Right Ventricular Systolic and Diastolic Function in a Healthy Adult Population
• E.M. Chia,
• C. Hsieh,
• D. Leung,
• L. Thomas
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Alterations in Phasic Left Atrial Volumes in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
• Shruti Kapila,
• Tuan Nguyen,
• Anita Boyd,
• Dominic Leung,
• Liza Thomas
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Alternative Methods for Measurement of Tissue Doppler Signals on the IE33 and Sonos 5500—A Comparison with M-mode Echocardiography
• W. Thai,
• C. Mylrea,
• S.M. Lockwood,
• P.M. Mottram,
• R.E. Peverill
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An Evaluation of Radiation Exposure during Coronary Angiography Procedures in a Private Hospital Setting
• J.E. Ivanovic,
• P. Antonis,
• I.T. Meredith,
• S.A. Hope
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Are Cardiac MRI and Echocardiographic Assessment of Aortic Stenosis Severity Equivalent?
• L.G. Kearney,
• B. Wai,
• S.K. Patel,
• ...
• C. McCormack,
• L.M. Burrell,
• P.M. Srivastava
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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
• B.K. Dundon,
• M.I. Worthley,
• D.K. Torpey,
• ...
• K.M. Bannister,
• R.J. Faull,
• S.G. Worthley
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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
• B.K. Dundon,
• M.I. Worthley,
• D.K. Torpey,
• ...
• K.M. Bannister,
• R.J. Faull,
• S.G. Worthley
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Assessment of Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) Function and Detection of Complications using Transoesophageal Echocardiography (TOE)
• D. Platts,
• C. Hamilton Craig,
• B. Bell,
• T. Boga,
• J. Bancroft,
• D. Burstow
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Assessment of Paravalvular Prosthetic Mitral Regurgitation with Multi-Modality Imaging: Procedural and Follow-up Results
• Akshay Mishra,
• Richard Slaughter,
• Christian Hamilton-Craig,
• ...
• Greg Scalia,
• Darryl Burstow,
• Darren Walters
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Assessment of the Variability of the Coronary Sinus by Cardiac Computed Tomography
• R. Poulter,
• M. Dooris,
• J.F. Younger
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Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Leads to reverse Remodelling of Cardiac Chambers: A Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Study
• P. Molaee,
• K.S.L. Teo,
• P. Kuklik,
• S.G. Worthley,
• P. Sanders
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Automated Two-dimensional Speckle Tracking Strain Imaging for Coronary Artery Disease in Patients undergoing Dobutamine Echocardiography
• Arnod C.T. Ng,
• Phuong Pham,
• Jane Vidaic,
• ...
• Melissa Leung,
• Liza Thomas,
• Dominic Leung
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Baseline Echocardiographic Parameters as Predictors of Arrhythmia Recurrence following Left Atrial Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation
• V.A. See,
• T.W. Lim,
• S.P. Thomas,
• D.L. Ross,
• L. Thomas
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Can Left Atrial Volume be used as a Surrogate Marker of Left Ventricular End Diastolic Pressure?
• K.K. Kadappu,
• A.C. Boyd,
• C. Allman,
• S. Lo,
• D. Leung,
• L. Thomas
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Cardiac CT Differences in Patients with Calcium Score 0 Vs. Small Amount of Coronary Calcium
• G. Szto,
• V. O'Shea,
• G. Hall,
• L. Valerio
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Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging predicts Improvement in Left Ventricular Remodeling following Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
• Michelle J. Butler,
• Maros Elsik,
• Chiew Wong,
• ...
• Peter Kistler,
• Heinz Pfluger,
• Andrew Taylor
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Changes in Left Atrial Function in Severe Valvular Mitral Regurgitation
• E.M. Chia,
• J. Vidaic,
• D. Leung,
• L. Thomas
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Changes in Left Atrial Mechanical Function Early After Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction
• Melissa Leung,
• Arnold C.T. Ng,
• Dominic Y. Leung
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