Ethnicity Is Associated With Differing Presentation and Outcomes of Patients Undergoing Aortic Valve Replacement for Calcific Aortic Stenosis in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Aim: Surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) has been the gold standard for treatment of severe symptomatic aortic stenosis (AS) for decades. We examined whether ethnic differences exist in the presentation and outcomes of patients undergoing aortic valve replacement (AVR) for AS in New Zealand.

Methods: Patients of New Zealand European, Māori, and Pacific Island ethnicities undergoing SAVR with or without other procedures in New Zealand public hospitals from 2017 to 2019 were included.

Clinically Acquired High Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin T is a Poor Predictor of Reduced Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction After ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A National Cohort Study-ANZACS-QI 65.

Objective: Cardiac troponins (cTn) have been used historically to estimate infarct size in ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Within a resource constrained health care environment, cTn could therefore be used for prioritisation of patients for cardiac imaging, in particular echocardiography. We aimed to determine how useful routinely collected cTn would be in predicting significant left ventricular (LV) impairment.

Hilotherapy following orthognathic surgery - patient and cost perspective.

A meta-analysis evaluating the effect of hilotherapy following orthognathic surgery demonstrated improvements in postoperative pain and swelling. In this prospective survey, we investigated the patient experience with hilotherapy following orthognathic surgery. Forty-five respondents completed the questionnaire.

Football-related maxillofacial injuries.

Maxillofacial injuries sustained playing sports are becoming increasingly common, and in the UK where football is the most popular team sport, associated maxillofacial injuries are a regular occurrence. This study retrospectively examined data on patients who were referred with facial injuries sustained playing football between 2007 and 2019 (n = 265). Demographics, mechanism of injury, diagnosis, and treatment received were analysed.

Association of Neurocognitive and Physical Function With Gait Speed in Midlife.

Importance: Gait speed is a well-known indicator of risk of functional decline and mortality in older adults, but little is known about the factors associated with gait speed earlier in life.

Objectives: To test the hypothesis that slow gait speed reflects accelerated biological aging at midlife, as well as poor neurocognitive functioning in childhood and cognitive decline from childhood to midlife.

Design, Setting, And Participants: This cohort study uses data from the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study, a population-based study of a representative 1972 to 1973 birth cohort in New Zealand that observed participants to age 45 years (until April 2019).