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Management and outcomes of lower risk patients presenting with acute coronary syndromes in a multinational observational registryG Devlin
Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand
Heart 91:1394-9. 2005..To document patterns of risk stratification, management practices, and outcomes among patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) presenting without high risk features...
Women and elderly: subgroups under-represented in clinical trialsGerard Devlin
University of Auckland Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand
Curr Opin Cardiol 25:335-9. 2010..This manuscript reviews the currently available evidence base in the management of both groups presenting with ischaemic heart disease and heart failure...
Management and 6-month outcomes in elderly and very elderly patients with high-risk non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes: The Global Registry of Acute Coronary EventsGerard Devlin
Department of Cardiology, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand
Eur Heart J 29:1275-82. 2008....
Medium to long-term clinical outcomes with everolimus-eluting stents in real-life percutaneous coronary interventionMichael Liang
Department of Cardiology, Waikato Hospital, Pembroke and Selwyn Sts, Hamilton, New Zealand
Ann Acad Med Singapore 41:252-7. 2012..We measured the medium to long-term major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) defined as all-cause mortality, myocardial infarction (MI) and target vessel revascularisation (TVR) and stent thrombosis. Materials and..
The incidence of transcatheter aortic valve implantation-related heart block in self-expandable Medtronic CoreValve and balloon-expandable Edwards valvesMichael Liang
Department of Cardiology, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand
J Invasive Cardiol 24:173-6. 2012..This observational study reports and compares the incidence of heart block in both Medtronic and Edwards transcatheter valves...
Patients admitted with an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in New Zealand in 2007: results of a second comprehensive nationwide audit and a comparison with the first audit from 2002Chris Ellis
Cardiology Department, Green Lane CVS Services, Level 3, Auckland City Hospital, Grafton, Auckland 1023, New Zealand
N Z Med J 123:25-43. 2010..To compare patient management in 2007 with the 1st NZ Cardiac Society ACS Audit from 2002...
The use of amino-terminal fraction brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) assays in general practices in Waikato, New ZealandVeronique Gibbons
Waikato Clinical School, Peter Rothwell Academic Centre, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, Waikato
N Z Med J 120:U2555. 2007..To assess the use of the amino-terminal fraction brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) assay in the management of patients with suspected heart failure in general practice in Waikato District Health Board (DHB)...
ACS patients in New Zealand experience significant delays to access cardiac investigations and revascularisation treatment especially when admitted to non-interventional centres: results of the second comprehensive national audit of ACS patientsChris Ellis
Cardiology Department, Green Lane CVS Services, Level 3, Auckland City Hospital, Grafton, Auckland 1023, New Zealand
N Z Med J 123:44-60. 2010..To compare the management of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients presenting to interventional versus non-interventional New Zealand hospitals, with emphasis, on access delays for invasive assessment and revascularisation treatments...
Outcomes of patients with untreated severe aortic stenosis in real-world practiceSuresh Perera
Department of Cardiology, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand
N Z Med J 124:40-8. 2011..We describe the burden of untreated severe aortic stenosis at a tertiary care hospital in New Zealand...
Loss of short-term symptomatic benefit in patients with an occluded infarct artery is unrelated to non-protocol revascularization: results from the Occluded Artery Trial (OAT)Gerard Devlin
Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand
Am Heart J 161:84-90. 2011..Angina rates were lower in PCI early, but the advantage over MED was lost by 3 years...
Unusually virulent coagulase-negative Staphylococcus lugdunensis is frequently associated with infective endocarditis: a Waikato series of patientsMichael Liang
Department of Cardiology, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand
N Z Med J 125:51-9. 2012..The aim of this study was to review cases of S. lugdunensis bacteraemia isolated from a New Zealand tertiary institution and describe the clinical presentation, diagnosis and treatment of the patients...
Mitral stenosis as a risk factor for embolic myocardial infarction--anticoagulation for some patients, individual treatment for allMichael Liang
Department of Cardiology, Waikato Hospital, Pembroke and Selwyn Streets, Hamilton 3240, New Zealand
Heart Lung Circ 20:728-30. 2011..The management of embolic myocardial infarction is discussed along with the risks of embolism in patients with mitral stenosis who remain in sinus rhythm...
Primary percutaneous balloon pericardiotomy for malignant pericardial effusionNeil Swanson
Department of Cardiology, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand
Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 71:504-7. 2008..Over a 16-year period, we have adopted a strategy of managing such patients with balloon pericardiotomy as the initial preferred treatment. The results are described and compared to alternative management strategies...
Mechano-growth factor reduces loss of cardiac function in acute myocardial infarctionViolaine Carpenter
Waikato Clinical School, Private Bag 3200, Hamilton, New Zealand
Heart Lung Circ 17:33-9. 2008..Our objective was to determine if MGF would reduce the area of 'at-risk' myocardium and improve cardiac function in the post-infarct heart...
Percutaneous closure of left ventricular free wall rupture with associated false aneurysm to prevent cardioembolic strokeWil Harrison
Greenlane Cardiovascular Service, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
Heart Lung Circ 17:250-3. 2008..The primary aim of treatment was to prevent recurrent embolic event...
Usefulness of quantitative versus qualitative ST-segment depression for risk stratification of non-ST elevation acute coronary syndromes in contemporary clinical practiceRaymond T Yan
Canadian Heart Research Centre and Terrence Donnelly Heart Centre, Division of Cardiology, St Michael s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Am J Cardiol 101:919-24. 2008..In conclusion, the findings do not support the quantification of STD in routine clinical practice beyond simple evaluation for the presence of STD as an integral part of comprehensive risk stratification using the GRACE risk score...
