Lung and Circulation - CSANZ

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7 To learn more about existing agreements and policies please visit The paper used in this publication meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO (Permanence of Paper)For a full and complete Guide for Authors, please go to: Lung and CirculationCardiology EditorsJohn AthertonGemma FigtreeHarry LoweWilliam ParsonagePeter PsaltisMichael WardCardiac Electrophysiology EditorsKim ChanHaris HaqqaniCardiothoracic Surgery EditorsJohn AlvarezAndrew CochraneAlistair RoyseJulian SmithPaediatric Cardiology and Surgery EditorsMichael CheungYves D UdekemRobert JustoCardiac Imaging EditorsDaniel FriedmanJoseph SelvanayagamTony StantonBasic Cardiovascular Science EditorSalvatore PepeEditors for Indigenous Cardiovascular HealthNadarajah KangaharanWarren WalshEditor for Asian Cardiovascular HealthLexin WangCardiovascular Nursing EditorPatricia DavidsonAllied Health EditorJulie RedfernEditorial Office address.

8 Heart, Lung and CirculationSuite 601, Level 6, 1 Castlereagh StreetSydney NSW 2000 Email: EditorAnn GregoryEditorial ManagerDeborah EdwardCon Aroney, Brisbane, AustraliaRavinay Bhindi, Sydney, AustraliaAlex Brown, Adelaide, AustraliaFadi Charchar, Ballarat, AustraliaLea Delbridge, Melbourne, AustraliaBen Freedman, Sydney, AustraliaLivia Hool, Perth, AustraliaMasatsugu Hori, Osaka, JapanJohn Horowitz, Adelaide, AustraliaGarry Jennings, Melbourne, AustraliaRichmond Jeremy, Sydney, AustraliaSimon Knight, Melbourne, AustraliaLen Kritharides, Sydney, AustraliaEdward Lakatta, Baltimore, USAY eung Leng Lim, SingaporePeter MacDonald, Sydney, AustraliaChristian Mussap, Sydney, AustraliaJonathan Mynard, Melbourne, AustraliaBenjamin Ng, Sydney, AustraliaAndrew TL Ong, Sydney, AustraliaJason Peart, Southport.

9 AustraliaDaniel Penny, Houston, USAM artin Vila Petroff, La Plata, ArgentinaA Mark Richards, Christchurch, NZPeter Ruygrok, Auckland, NZRyan Schrale, Townsville, AustraliaAaron Sverdlov, Adelaide, AustraliaLiza Thomas, Sydney, AustraliaPeter Thompson, Perth, AustraliaElmer Villanueva, Suzhou, ChinaDarren Walters, Brisbane, AustraliaGillian Whalley, Auckland, NZHarvey White, Auckland, NZ Gavin Wright, Melbourne, AustraliaRui-Ping Xiao, Baltimore, USAM agdi Yacoub, London, UK Dimitry Zorov, Moscow, Russia Editorial Board Section Editors BoardOfficial Journal ofCardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand and the Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic SurgeonsAffiliated Journal of National Heart Foundation of AustraliaEditor-in-ChiefA.

10 Robert Denniss, Sydney, AustraliaPrevious Editors-in-ChiefFranklin Rosenfeldt (1991 2003)Richmond Jeremy (2004 2011) For submission instructions, bibliographic and subscription information please go to: Institutional Subscribers the Journal is available Online at: Subscribers may access FREE Table of Contents, Abstracts and Sample Copies at by Markono Print Media Pte Ltd, SingaporeThe Cardiac Society ofAustralia and New ZealandAustralian and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic SurgeonsAUSTRALIAN & NEW ZEALANDSOCIETY OF CARDIAC & THORACIC SURGEONSA vailable online at He artLung and Circulation Contents Vol . 25 No . 9 ( September 2016 ) NATIONAL HEART FOUNDATION OF AUSTRALIA AND CARDIAC SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND: AUSTRALIAN CLINICAL GUIDELINES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES 2016895 National Heart Foundation of Australia & Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand: Australian Clinical Guidelines for the Management of Acute Coronary Syndromes 2016 NHFA/ CSANZ ACS Guideline 2016 Executive Working Group: Derek P.