Antiarrhythmic preferences and outcomes post DC cardioversion for atrial fibrillation, an Australian rural perspective.

Introduction: Direct current cardioversion (DCCV) remains one of the recommended management strategies for symptomatic atrial fibrillation (AF). Antiarrhythmic drugs (AAD) are prescribed post procedure to maintain sinus rhythm (SR). Limited literature exists on the AAD prescribing practices and their efficacy, post-DCCV in rural Australia.

Twenty-first-century projections of shoreline change along inlet-interrupted coastlines.

Sandy coastlines adjacent to tidal inlets are highly dynamic and widespread landforms, where large changes are expected due to climatic and anthropogenic influences. To adequately assess these important changes, both oceanic (e.g.

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: an Australian single centre experience with medium term follow up.

Background: Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TC) is increasingly recognised in patients presenting with features of acute coronary syndrome. We present a single centre experience of TC with medium term follow up.

Methods: Fifty-two consecutive patients presenting with a diagnosis of TC were included.

Pre-operative platelet-bound CD40 ligand is probably associated with peri-operative cardiac events in hip and knee arthroplasty.

Background: Peri-operative cardiac events are common and associated with significant morbidity. A predictive biomarker would assist in pre-operative risk stratification of surgical patients. This study explored the utility of pre-operative measurements of platelet-bound CD40 ligand and other biomarkers for predicting peri-operative cardiac events in total hip or knee arthroplasty.