The Cardiac Society is urging Pharmac to fully fund two newer medications, SGLT2 inhibitors and PCSK9 inhibitors, that are very effective in treating people with heart failure to live longer better lives. Listen to NZ Cardiac Society Chair Dr Martin Stiles on Newstalk ZB on 8 July; he says that cardiovascular disease remains the number one killer of New Zealanders […]
Read moreThe NZ Committee of CSANZ, on behalf of the members, were delighted to award Prof A Mark Richards the NZ Cardiac Medal at the ASM in Christchurch in June 2024. In presenting the award, Selwyn Wong outlined Mark’s long and illustrious career in cardiology. Mark has been a Consultant cardiologist in Canterbury since 1987. He has an outstanding research career […]
Read moreAmjad Hamid Traveling Scholarship 2024 to attend CSANZ 2024 in Christchurch I was grateful to attend CSANZ 2024 conference in Christchurch with the support of this scholarship. I work as a nurse specialist–heart failure in a rural area, for Cardiology, Waikato Hospital. CSANZ this year was excellent. I felt a positive vibe throughout the conference with the different cardiology specialities […]
Read moreCongratulations to Dr Jocelyn Benatar co-author on REDUCE-AMI published last month in The New England Journal of Medicine. Subscribers to the journal may access the report here: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2401479
Read moreFemale-specific risk factors for cardiovascular disease in Aotearoa New Zealand This is an exciting opportunity to undertake a fully-funded PhD, to develop skills in health data analysis, and to contribute to more equitable health outcomes for women. Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the primary killer of women in New Zealand (NZ), and the immense burden of CVD on women and […]
Read morePūtahi Manawa is supporting the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ) Allied Health Chapter, led by Stacey Neilson (Team Leader at Te Whatu Ora Lakes) to look at how we can boost Allied Health participation in research. Allied health professionals in cardiology include physiologists, physiotherapists, pharmacists, cardiac technicians and sonographers. While there are increasing pressures in service delivery, […]
Read moreCongratulations to Dr Madhav Menon FRACP, FCSANZ, from Waikato Hospital who is a co-author of “FFR-Guided Complete or Culprit-Only PCI in Patients with Myocardial Infarction” which was published in The New England Journal of Medicine April 8 2024. This was a multinational, registry-based, randomized trial. You can read a summary of the findings by clicking on this link: https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2314149
Read moreThis week, the NZ Region of CSANZ joined other clinical leaders urging the Government to seriously re-consider changes to smoking and vaping legislation after hearing of its plans to axe laws put in place to protect the health of New Zealanders. Respiratory and cardiology clinicians from the Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ, Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ) […]
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Read moreThe NZ Cardiac Medal was awarded to Fiona Riddell at the Annual Scientific Meeting in Auckland in 2023 Fiona began Cardiac Physiology training in 1978 at Green Lane Hospital where the field of pacemakers grabbed her attention from a very early stage. Those were the days of oscilloscope measurement of pacemaker data and no programmability. She was the Charge Cardiac Physiologist […]
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