Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L00016:reg:9:p6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L00016
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 9 (pt 6/8)
Character Range: 19194–22157

time of the clinical worsening of atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter;
(61)      having asthma of sufficient severity to require maintenance therapy at the time of the clinical worsening of atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter;
(62)      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 worsening of atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter;
Note: MET is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.
(63)      inability to undertake any physical activity greater than 3 METs for at least the 1 year before the clinical worsening of atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter;
Note: MET is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(64)      having sick sinus syndrome at the time of the clinical worsening of atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter;
(65)      having a benign or malignant neoplasm involving the cardiac atrium at the time of the clinical worsening 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.
(66)      having a non-neoplastic lesion involving the cardiac atrium at the time of the clinical worsening 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.
(67)      having a malignant neoplasm, excluding non-melanotic malignant neoplasm of the skin, at the time of the clinical worsening of atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter;
(68)      undergoing a course of therapeutic radiation for cancer, where the heart was in the field of radiation, before the clinical worsening of atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter;
(69)      having diabetes mellitus for at least the 5 years before the clinical  worsening of atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter;
(70)      experiencing penetrating trauma to the heart within the 1 year before the clinical worsening of atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter;
(71)      experiencing a blunt chest injury within the 7 days before the clinical  worsening of atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter;
Note: blunt chest injury is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.
(72)      having a spinal cord injury before the clinical worsening of atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter;
Note: spinal cord injury is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.
(73)      having sepsis, or an injury or illness requiring admission to an intensive care unit or mechanical ventilation within the 30 days before the clinical worsening  of atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter;
Note: sepsis is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.
(74)      having infiltration of the myocardium due to:
(a)          amyloidosis;
(b)          haemochromatosis; or
(c)          sarcoidosis;
at the time of the clinical worsening of atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter;