2018

Contents Pages

Long-Term Outcome of Patients from the Auckland Region with Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection

• Ammar Alsamarrai,
• Mark Webster,
• Guy Armstrong,
• ...
• Jithendra Somaratne,
• Frederic Devroey,
• Tim Watson

Assessment of the Right Ventricle Using 3D Reconstruction

• Shakiya Ershad,
• Peter Larsen,
• Alyssa Kirby,
• ...
• Ashley Winker,
• Shona Paxton,
• Erin Mollman

Rescue Percutaneous Intervention in ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction-Impact of Regional Transfer Delays in the Midland Region-Time Does Matter

• Amit Michael,
• Karl Coley,
• Madhav Menon,
• Gerard Devlin,
• Chris Nunn

Utilisation and Prognostic Value of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Myocarditis

• Bernard Wong,
• Jonathan Christiansen

A Nurse-Led Approach to the Management of Patients with Atrial Fibrillation - One Decade On

• Jennie Dean,
• Katherine Ferrier

Do Cardiac Rehabilitation Exercise Programmes in New Zealand Follow International Recommendations?

• Wendy Marshall,
• Cathy Gasparini,
• Yvonne Johansen,
• Susan Reed,
• Lisa Moodie,
• Jocelyne Benatar

Measured Implementation of an Accelerated Chest Pain Diagnostic Pathway in Primary Care

• Tim Norman,
• Gerry Devlin,
• Martin Than,
• ...
• John Pickering,
• Fraser Hamilton,
• Jo Scott-Jones

Remote Cardiac Rhythm Monitoring – Establishing Remote Cardiac Monitoring Criteria for Embolic Stroke Unknown Source (ESUS) Patients at Auckland City Hospital

• Rebecca Mitchell,
• Shaheeda Ali,
• Sleshni Chand,
• Shinu Kurian,
• Esther Lee,
• Kim Marshall

Waikato Hospital Experience of Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Patients with Non-MRI Conditional Pacemakers and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators

• Christine Whiteley

Body Mass Index and Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome

• Mesfer Alfadhel,
• Mildred Lee,
• Andrew Kerr,
• Michael J.A. Williams

The Role of Stress as a Precipitating Factor in Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection

• Caroline Allan,
• John Lainchbury,
• Cameron Mcalister,
• Ruth Davison,
• Wendy Maginness,
• Aniket Puri

Infective Endocarditis: A Retrospective Audit of Investigation and Management of at Risk Patients

• Andrew Borrie,
• Tammy Pegg

A Propensity-Matched Nested Case-Control Study of Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients Genotyped for CYP2C19

• Kate Kilpatrick,
• Kevin Smith,
• John Mackay,
• ...
• Luke Boyle,
• Zina Ayar,
• Patrick Gladding

Screening for Cardiac Disease with Genetic Risk Scoring, Advanced ECG, Echocardiography, Protein Biomarkers and Metabolomics

• Patrick Gladding,
• Clementina Dugo,
• Yvonne Wynne,
• ...
• Erica Zarate,
• Peter Larsen,
• Silas Vilas-Boas

The Investigation and Treatment of Women who Present with Acute Chest Pain, Varies Little Compared with Men when Stratified by Risk

• Sally Aldous,
• John Pickering,
• Louise Cullen,
• Mark Richards,
• Martin Than

Confirming LV Function Assessment During Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) Admission at BOPDHB Hospitals

• Jayden Batey,
• Jennifer Goodson,
• Graeme Porter

Outcomes in Working Age First-Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients: The ANZACS-QI New Zealand National Cohort

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

Management of Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) in the Elderly

• Hassan Fahmi,
• Barry Kneale,
• Jennifer Goodson,
• Yuanye Xu

Instantaneous Wave-Free Ratio Guided Management of Coronary Lesions - A Single Centre Experience

• Charlotte Greer,
• Aniket Puri,
• Bijan Jahangiri,
• ...
• Dougal McClean,
• John Elliott,
• David Smyth

Impact of Outcome Measure and Duration of Follow-up on the Reliability of Clinical Trials Assessing the Efficacy and Safety of Coronary Artery Stents

• Evelyn Lesiawan,
• Ralph Stewart,
• Mark Webster

Angiographic Characteristics of Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection

• Cameron McAlister,
• Aniket Puri,
• James Blake,
• Dougal McClean,
• John Elliott,
• David Smyth

Reperfusion Practice for ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) in New Zealand: Observations from ANZACS-QI

• Thu Rein Tun,
• Gerry Devlin,
• Andrew Kerr,
• Nick Fisher

Comparison of Octogenarians and Septuagenarians Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

• Tom Kai Ming Wang,
• Tharumenthiran Ramanathan,
• Harvey White

Electrophysiology Studies in New Zealand: A 3 year Analysis of Case Type and Volume Across New Zealand on Behalf of Heart Rhythm New Zealand (HRNZ)

• Fang Shawn Foo,
• David Heaven,
• Dean Boddington

Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) Use in New Zealand: A 3 Year Analysis from the All New Zealand Acute Coronary Syndrome- Quality Improvement Device Registry (ANZACS-QI DEVICE)

• Fang Shawn Foo,
• Jamie Voss,
• Martin Stiles,
• ...
• Susan Sinclair,
• Dean Boddington,
• Andrew Kerr

Atrial Fibrillation - A Midlands Wide Audit, How Badly Are We Doing?

• Ian Ternouth,
• Hannah Berndt,
• Alicia Ferrer Costa,
• Jeffrey Sebastian

Permanent Pacemaker Implantation After Cardiac Surgery: Rates, Predictors and a Novel Risk Score

• Tom Kai Ming Wang,
• Diego Arroyo,
• Andrew Martin,
• Alastair McGeorge,
• Michael Gillham

Mid-range Ejection Fraction Following Acute Coronary Syndrome: Incidence, Management and Outcomes (ANZACS-QI)

• Daniel Chan,
• Mayanna Lund,
• Mildred Lee,
• Andrew Kerr

Heart Failure Readmission Can Be Reduced by Heart Function Service

• Paul Peacock,
• Tammy Pegg,
• Paula Peacock

Salbutamol Prescribing in Primary Care May Represent Undiagnosed Heart Failure

• A.J. Pope,
• A. Tomlin,
• H. Lloyd,
• M. Tilyard,
• R.A.H. Stewart

The Variants of Takotsubo Syndrome Differ in More Ways Than Just the Echo Pattern

• George Watson,
• Christina Chan,
• Kit Doudney,
• Cameron Lacey,
• Paul Bridgman

Does Cardiologist Co-reporting of Near-Normal Transthoracic Echocardiograms Impact on Patient Management at a Tertiary Centre?

• Srija Bhattacharyya,
• Akshat Khurana,
• Mark Davis

Inpatient TAVI During Acute Hospital Admission with Symptomatic Severe Aortic Stenosis

• Bijan Jahangiri,
• Murray Hart,
• Cameron McAlister,
• ...
• Richard Troughton,
• James Blake,
• David Smyth

Clinical Outcomes of Tricuspid Valve (TV) Surgery for Tricuspid Regurgitation (TR): A Retrospective Study

• Akshat Khurana,
• Rabab Al Lawati,
• Janine Miranda,
• ...
• Adam El Gamel,
• Sanjeevan Pasupati,
• Rajesh Nair

Isolated Tricuspid Valve Surgery: Single-Centre 2001-2017 Experience

• Tom Kai Ming Wang,
• Alwin Lim

Mitral Valve Surgery with or without Concurrent Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: 8-year Comparative Cohort Study

• Tom Kai Ming Wang,
• Yi-Wen (Becky) Liao,
• Sophie Harmos,
• David Choi,
• Tharumenthiran Ramanathan

The New Zealand Rheumatic Heart Disease Registry

• Nigel Wilson,
• Bryan Mitchelson,
• Briar Peat,
• ...
• Anneka Anderson,
• Susan Jack,
• Andrew Kerr

From 1000 g to 100 kg: How Does the Heart Cope? Adult Cardiovascular Consequences of Very low Birthweight

• Helen Bray,
• Richard Troughton,
• John Elliot,
• L. John Horwood,
• Brian Darlow

A Titin Truncation Variant Co-segregating with Dilated Cardiomyopathy in a Large Maori Kindred

• Patrick Gladding,
• Helen Wihongi,
• Jon Skinner,
• Todd Schlegel

Five Years of a Non-Physician Cardiovascular Genetics Clinic

• Tom Donoghue,
• Alice Christian

Chest Pain Identified as Low Risk for Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS). Can a HEART Score Pathway Identify More Patients for Early Safe Discharge than the Current TIMI Score Pathway?

• Vijay Dyavadi,
• Marlise Heynike

Evaluation of Dabigatran Reversal and Outcomes in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

• Charles Yao-Cheng Ho,
• Graeme Porter,
• Jennifer Goodson,
• Lauren Assink

Left Ventricular Thrombus (LVT) After ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) in Auckland Region STEMI Network (ARSN)

• Benjamin Liu,
• Ralph A.H. Stewart,
• Jithendra B. Somaratne

Left Ventricular Free Wall Rupture Following Acute Myocardial Infarction: A South Canterbury Experience

• Robyn Scott,
• Ken Boon

Real World Experience with Entresto in Heart Failure Patients from Regional North Queensland

• Mai-lan Tran,
• Christine Clarke,
• Shaneen O’Brien,
• Zhihua Zhang

Left Ventricular Evaluation in ACS Patients: Impact in Patient Discharge and Outcomes

• Thu Rein Tun,
• Sanjeevan Pasupati,
• Tharsika Jayarooban