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Editorials

Interventions for severe coronary artery disease: it’s not a question of can but a question of should

Richard Bunton

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Clopidogrel and stent thrombosis after percutaneous coronary intervention

Patrick Gladding, Mark Webster

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Original Articles

Timing of thrombotic events in patients receiving 2 weeks of clopidogrel therapy post bare metal coronary artery stenting: a New Zealand retrospective study

Stuart Tie, Cheuk-Kit Wong, Joel Yap, Gerard Wilkins, Michael Williams, Patrick Kay

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The use of amino-terminal fraction brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) assays in general practices in Waikato, New Zealand

Veronique Gibbons, Gerard Devlin, John Speed, Ross Lawrenson

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Living alone following first-ever stroke: a prospective study in Turkey identifying the risk factors and evaluating their effects

Ülkü Türk Börü, Esat Öztürk, Mustafa Taşdemir, Haydar Sur

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Case Reports

Two cases of endocarditis due to Bartonella henselae

James Fu, Sharmini Muttaiyah, Sushil Pandey, Mark Thomas

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Fever following appendicectomy: think about thoracic empyema

Kenneth Wong, Rajendra Kumar

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Hepatocutaneous fistula: a complication after radiofrequency ablation therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma

Hsu-Kai Huang, Chien-Hua Lin, Chia-Chun Hsu, Jyh-Cherng Yu, Yao-Chi Liu, Teng-Wei Chen, Chung-Bao Hsieh

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Viewpoints

Surgery or percutaneous coronary intervention for three-vessel and left main coronary artery disease: a critical appraisal of the literature

Peter Alison, David Sidebotham

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The pre-hospital phase of acute myocardial infarction: a national audit is needed in New Zealand

Robin Norris

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100 Years Ago in the NZMJ

Case of anencephalus infant with excessive liq. amnii and severe albuminuria

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Proceedings

Proceedings of the 187th Scientific Meeting of the Otago Medical School Research Society, Thursday 17 May 2007

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Medical Image

“Hot cross bun” sign

Roongroj Bhidayasiri, Susan Perlman

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Methuselah

Selected excerpts from Methuselah

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Letters

What's the cost of a fees review?

Stephen Hoskin

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Rapid determination of fluconazole susceptibilities for clinical specimens with possible polymicrobial Candida spp

Yoke-Fong Chiew, Holly Inwood

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Still room for improvement in our handover practices

Kuang-Chih Hsiao, Barbara Crawford

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A fatal error

Roger Ridley-Smith

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Rational pharmacoeconomics?

Bill Douglas

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Obituary

Selwyn Howard Hope

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Notices

Calling obituary writers

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University of Otago Faculty of Medicine Freemasons Postgraduate Fellowships in Paediatrics and Child Health for 2008

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A reminder to book review writers

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Book Review

There’s a lot of it about: acute respiratory infections in primary care (Graham Worrall)

Jennifer Helm, Lutz Beckert

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