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Editorial

Cardiovascular health in New Zealand: areas of concern and targets for improvement in 2008 and beyond

Chris J Ellis, Andrew W Hamer

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Original Articles

Differences in cardiovascular mortality between Australia and New Zealand according to socioeconomic status: findings from the Long-Term Intervention with Pravastatin in Ischaemic Disease (LIPID) Study

Ralph A H Stewart, Fiona M North, Katrina J Sharples, R John Simes, Andrew M Tonkin, Harvey D White; for the Long-term Intervention with Pravastatin in Ischaemic Disease (LIPID) Study Investigators

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Gaps in primary care documentation of cardiovascular risk factors

Natasha Rafter, Susan Wells, Alistair Stewart, Vanessa Selak, Robyn Whittaker, Dale Bramley, Paul Roseman, Sue Furness, Rod Jackson

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Survey of clinical echocardiography in New Zealand (SCANZ)

Paul G Bridgman, Akbar N Ashrafi, Stewart Mann, Gillian A Whalley; on behalf of the SCANZ collaborators

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Comparison of different markers of socioeconomic status with cardiovascular disease and diabetes risk factors in the Diabetes, Heart and Health Survey

Patricia A Metcalf, Robert R K Scragg, David Schaaf, Lorna Dyall, Peter N Black, Rod T Jackson

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Informed consent for vascular intervention: completing one audit loop

Katie Carter, Justin A Roake, Timothy Buckenham, Christopher M Frampton, David R Lewis

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Case Reports

Endovascular repair of mycotic aortic aneurysms

David Yong, Justin A Roake, Timothy Buckenham, David R Lewis

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Deep inguinal infection after percutaneous coronary intervention

Ibrahim Sari, Vedat Davutoglu, Serdar Soydinc, Mehmet Aksoy

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Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome in association with tuberous sclerosis

Pazhanivel Mohan, Kunchithapatham Raghavan, Haritha Sagili

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100 Years Ago in the NZMJ

The recent outbreak of plague in Auckland (part 2)

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Medical Images

An unusual case of leg ischaemia and congestive heart failure

Andrei M Beliaev

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Anterior mediastinal mass

Turgay Celik, Atila Iyisoy, Hurkan Kursaklioglu, Ersoy Isik

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Methuselah

Selected excerpts from Methuselah

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Letters

White-Tail Tales

José G B Derraik, Phil Sirvid, Cor Vink, Grace Hall

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Transmission of HBV from patient to healthcare worker

Ed Gane, Lester Calder

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Cost-benefit analysis when the conclusion drives the method: a review of “Report on tobacco taxation in New Zealand”

Eric Crampton

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Mother Teresa

Shuichi Suetani

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Obituaries

Herbert John Hall Hiddlestone

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Bernard (Bernie) Vance Kyle

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Book Reviews

Medical Self-Regulation: Crisis and Change (Mark Davies)

Jonathan Potter

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Practical Paediatrics (6th edition; Don M Roberton, Michael South)

Maud Meates-Dennis

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