Gender Differences in Medical Student Perceptions of a Career in Cardiology.

Background: Worldwide, the cardiology profession has an under-representation of women. We assessed medical students' perceptions of cardiology as a career choice with the aim of identifying barriers to gender diversity.

Method: An anonymous survey was distributed to medical students studying at three Australian medical universities.

Gender equity within medical specialties of Australia and New Zealand: cardiology's outlier status.

Background: Gender disparity remains a prominent medical workforce issue, extending beyond surgical specialties with low proportions of female doctors.

Aims: To examine female representation within Australia and New Zealand (NZ) among physician specialties and certain comparator surgical specialties with a focus on cardiology as an outlier of workforce gender equality.

Methods: Data of practising medical specialists, new consultants and trainees were sought from the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency, the Medical Council of NZ and the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (2015-2017).

Steal syndrome secondary to coronary artery fistulae associated with giant aneurysm.

Giant coronary artery aneurysms and coronary artery fistulae are uncommon pathologies. We present the case of an elderly woman who was referred to cardiology for investigation of possible ischaemic heart disease prior to orthopaedic surgery. The patient had developed chest pain in the setting of a septic total knee replacement associated with changes on electrocardiography.