Doctors from Wagga Wagga have won first prize at the Australia-New Zealand Medicine Research awards. Dr Lachlan Weir, Dr George Mallat and Associate Professor Joseph Suttie were grateful for all the local support. Research co-ordinator Simon Paton said, “We have seen an absolute explosion...

Dong Fang Zhao,  James Edelman, Michael Seco, Paul G. Bannon, Michael K. Wilson, Michael J. Byrom, Vinod Thourani, Andre Lamy, David P. Taggart, John D. Puskas, Michael P. Vallely Background Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) remains the standard of treatment for three-vessel and left...

Ruan Vlok Background Body Mass Index (BMI) has been shown to be associated with an obesity paradox in cardiothoracic surgical patients mortality. This is important, as it is commonplace to recommend weight loss pre-operatively.  Body Surface Area (BSA) has been shown to be a...

Ruan Vlok Introduction Out of hospital cardiac arrest is a time critical and heterogenous presentation. The most appropriate management strategies remain an issue for debate. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to determine the association of epinephrine versus placebo with return...

Ruan Vlok Importance Currently there is no clear evidence as to which advanced airway device should be used during an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA).To assess the difference in survival and neurological outcomes between endotracheal tube (ETT) intubation and supraglottic airway (SGA) devices used during...

Haidar Al Saffar, Joseph Suttie Background Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a major disease burden worldwide highlighting the importance of early diagnosis and management. Of all patients suffering CAD, young patients (aged under 45) present a small but important subset requiring characterisation to prevent...

A/Prof Joseph Suttie, Siobhan Lee, Soraya Joseph Purpose To review the use of novel CT technologies as tools for screening cardiovascular risk in rural populations. Approach The application of two new CT technologies – “Snapshot Freeze” and “Dual Energy CT” – as tools for...

James Carroll Background There is a paucity of literature comparing how patients with surgical management of concurrent AS and CAD compare to patients who are managed with percutaneous TAVI and PCI.   Aim To determine if TAVI and PCI has comparable outcomes to SAVR...

James Carroll Background Transcatheter aortic valves have become an excellent alternative to failing bioprosthetic surgical valves, avoiding the increased risk of re-entry sternotomy.  Aim This study aims to retrospectively analyse outcomes of VIV TAVI replacements in a single Australian centre. Methods All patients who...

Durre Shahwar Introduction Dobutamine is a relatively unrecognised cause of eosinophilic myocarditis (ESM) which can be an especially significant cause for acute decompensation in heart-failure patients who already have a poor cardiac reserve. Case Anecdote 76 year old woman with end-stage dilated cardiomyopathy was...