March 2020

Peer Reviewed Feature Articles
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Cardiovascular medicine

Sudden cardiac death. Recognising and mitigating the risk

Tejas Deshmukh, Pramesh Kovoor, Sarah Zaman
The GP is at the forefront with regard to sudden cardiac death (SCD) in the community and is an integral member of the multidisciplinary team caring for families affected by SCD and survivors of cardiac arrest.
Peer Reviewed Regular Series
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Perspectives

MINOCA. A new type of myocardial infarction

Sivabaskari Pasupathy, Rosanna Tavella, John F. Beltrame
Some patients with acute myocardial infarction do not have obstructive coronary artery disease; the term MINOCA (myocardial infarction with nonobstructive coronary arteries) was coined to describe such patients.
ECG education

Drugs and the heart

Vivienne Miller
What is the significance of a short PR interval on the ECG of a 50-year-old woman with a past history of ‘heart attack’ presumed to be due to an overdose of methadone?