Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L00016:reg:9:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L00016
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 9 (pt 2/8)
Character Range: 8065–11100

the clinical onset of atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter;
Note: binge drinking is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.
(14)      having a thoracic surgical procedure or an invasive cardiac procedure within the 1 year before the clinical onset of atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter;
Note 1: Examples of thoracic surgical procedures include vascular, mediastinal, pulmonary and chest wall surgery.
Note 2: Examples of invasive cardiac procedures include:
(a)             coronary artery bypass grafting;
(b)            heart transplant;
(c)             open heart surgery; and
(d)            transcatheter aortic valve implantation.
(15)      having a non-cardiothoracic surgical procedure involving general or regional anaesthesia, within the 30 days before the clinical onset of atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter;
Note: Examples of non-cardiothoracic surgical procedures include emergency or elective orthopaedic and abdominal surgery and neurosurgery.
(16)      having chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at the time of the clinical onset of atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter;
(17)      having asthma of sufficient severity to require maintenance therapy at the time of the clinical onset of atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter;
(18)      undertaking strenuous physical activity greater than 6 METs, for an average of at least 20 hours per week for a continuous period of at least the 5 years before the clinical onset of atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter;
Note: MET is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.
(19)      inability to undertake any physical activity greater than 3 METs for at least the 1 year before the clinical onset of atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter;
Note: MET is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(20)      having sick sinus syndrome at the time of the clinical onset of atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter;
(21)      having a benign or malignant neoplasm involving the cardiac atrium at the time of the clinical onset of atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter;
Note: A neoplasm involving the cardiac atrium can be primary or metastatic. An example of a primary neoplasm involving the heart is cardiac lymphoma.
(22)      having a non-neoplastic lesion involving the cardiac atrium at the time of the clinical onset of atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter;
Note: Examples of non-neoplastic lesions which can involve the cardiac atrium include cardiac tamponade and coronary artery aneurysm.
(23)      having a malignant neoplasm, excluding non-melanotic malignant neoplasm of the skin, at the time of the clinical onset of atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter;
(24)      undergoing a course of therapeutic radiation for cancer, where the heart was in the field of radiation, before the clinical onset of atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter;
(25)      having diabetes mellitus for at least the 5 years before the clinical onset of atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter;
(26)      experiencing penetrating trauma to the heart within the 1 year before the clinical onset of