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outcomes were collected by telephone follow-up, examination of national admissions data base and medical records. Results: There were 73 patients who had unplanned readmissions (5.9%) within 30 days. There was a higher readmission rate in females (9.5%) than males (4.4%, odds ratio 2.2, 1.4-3.6, p = 0.001), but no other demographic features were predictive of readmission. 44 (60%) of the readmissions were associated with new pathology including 4 with recurrent MI, 6 arrhythmias, 5 post-CABG complications, 4 with medication side effects and the remainder non-cardiac presentations. However in 29 readmissions (40%) the presenting complaint was non-specific chest pain and no new pathology was identified. Conclusion: Unplanned readmission to hospital within 30 days of MI was common, with a higher rate in females than in males. 60% of the readmissions were due to new pathology, suggesting the group has high risk. Some readmissions with non-specific chest pain may be avoidable with better patient education.

Results: The 25 patients were 53 ± 15 years old, 68% were male and average BMI was 29.23 ± 5.9 kg/m 2. In 23 of the 25 patients image quality was sufficient for RV reconstruction. Compared to MRI, RV reconstruction underestimated RVEDV by 14.6 ml (±41.2 ml), RVESV by 9.7 ml (±24.7 ml) and RVEF by 0.7% (±10.3%). Chronbach alpha ranged values were 0.82 for RVEDV 0.87 for RVESV and 0.79 for RVEF. Conclusion: We found the RV can generally be reconstructed from echocardiography to assess size and function using this software. Volumetric parameters were underestimated, with levels of variance that are higher than desirable. Chronbach alpha showed acceptable levels of agreement between four independent observers, suggesting measurements are reproducible.

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