of lockdown in Australia (16 March–15 April 2020; referred to herein as COVID-era) at a
tertiary hospital cardiac catheterization laboratory in Melbourne with a core catchment …

Background: Low socioeconomic status (SES) has been previously shown to be associated
with worse cardiovascular outcomes. However, unlike in Australia, many of these studies …

Background The Victorian Cardiac Outcomes Registry (VCOR) was established in 2012 to
ensure the safety and quality of cardiac based therapies across Victoria. As a clinical quality …

The no reflow phenomenon is reported to occur in> 2% of all percutaneous coronary
interventions (PCIs) and portends a poor prognosis. We analyzed data from 5,286 …

Since the call for a National Cardiac Procedures Database in 2001, much work has been
accomplished in both cardiac surgery and interventional cardiology in an attempt to …

Abstract Background and Aims The optimal revascularization strategy in patients with
ischaemic cardiomyopathy remains unclear with no contemporary randomized trial data to …

Coronary catheterization is the gold standard for diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular
conditions. The development of a catheterization and percutaneous coronary intervention …

Background Repeat hospitalizations for recurrent acute coronary syndrome (ACS) or
unplanned revascularization after acute myocardial infarction (MI) are common, costly and …

Background: High systolic blood pressure (SBP) increases cardiac afterload, whereas low
diastolic blood pressure (DBP) may lead to impaired coronary perfusion. Thus, wide pulse …

Background Door-to-balloon time (DTBT) less than 90 min remains the benchmark of timely
reperfusion in ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). The relative long-term benefit of …