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Editorial
Grading heart murmurs must always indicate the grading system used, 12 February 2009 Tsung O. Cheng pages 143-145 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (269 KB)
Reviews
Cardiac MRI studies of transient left ventricular apical ballooning syndrome (takotsubo cardiomyopathy): A systematic review, 29 April 2009 Guillaume Leurent, Antoine Larralde, Dominique Boulmier, Claire Fougerou, Bernard Langella, Romain Ollivier, Marc Bedossa, Hervé Le Breton pages 146-149 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (175 KB)
Original Articles
Increased subcutaneous fat accumulation has a protective role against subclinical atherosclerosis in asymptomatic subjects undergoing general health screening, 02 July 2008 Hiroya Narumi, Katsuya Yoshida, Naotake Hashimoto, Isao Umehara, Nobusada Funabashi, Shouji Yoshida, Issei Komuro pages 150-155 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (216 KB)
Elevated serum alkaline phosphatase and peripheral arterial disease in the United States National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999–2004, 24 June 2008 Bernard M.Y. Cheung, Kwok Leung Ong, Louisa Y.F. Wong pages 156-161 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (143 KB)
Differential associations of renal function with coronary and peripheral atherosclerosis, 01 July 2008 Kimon S. Stamatelopoulos, John P. Lekakis, Paraskevi Tseke, Ignatios Ikonomidis, George E. Kollias, Maria Alevizaki, Ioannis Kanakakis, Paraskevi Voidonikola, Nikolaos Zakopoulos, Christos M. Papamichael pages 162-164 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (100 KB)
Diagnostic performance and cost effectiveness of measurements of plasma N-terminal pro brain natriuretic peptide in patients presenting with acute dyspnea or peripheral edema, 07 July 2008 Michael Behnes, Martina Brueckmann, Parviz Ahmad-Nejad, Siegfried Lang, Christian Wolpert, Elif Elmas, Thorsten Kaelsch, Joachim Gruettner, Christel Weiβ, Martin Borggrefe, Michael Neumaier pages 165-174 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (403 KB)
Financial strain predicts recurrent events among women with coronary artery disease, 14 July 2008 Anastasia Georgiades, Imre Janszky, May Blom, Krisztina D. László, Staffan Ahnve pages 175-183 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (198 KB)
Secondary prevention of coronary artery disease in urban Indian primary care, 14 July 2008 Rajeev Gupta pages 184-186 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (106 KB)
Delayed anti-arrhythmic effect of nitroglycerin in anesthetized rats: Involvement of CGRP, PKC and mKATP channels, 27 June 2008 Babak Baharvand, Mansour Esmaili Dehaj, Bahram Rasoulian, Mehrdad Namdari, Yaghoob Shikhani, Ali Asghar Kiani pages 187-192 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (297 KB)
Right ventricular contractile reserve in mitral stenosis: Implications on hemodynamic burden and clinical outcome, 14 July 2008 Leyla Elif Sade, Bülent Özin, Taner Ulus, Sadık Açıkel, Bahar Pirat, Muhammed Bilgi, Melek Uluçam, Haldun Müderrisoğlu pages 193-201 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (522 KB)
Association of plasma level of malondialdehyde-modified low-density lipoprotein with coronary plaque morphology in patients with coronary spastic angina: Implication of acute coronary events, 09 July 2008 Shigemasa Tani, Ken Nagao, Takeo Anazawa, Hirofumi Kawamata, Shingo Furuya, Takeshi Fuji, Hiroshi Takahashi, Kiyoshi Iida, Michiaki Matsumoto, Takamichi Kumabe, Yuichi Sato, Atsushi Hirayama pages 202-206 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (282 KB)
Congenital heart disease: Correlation with fluctuations in cosmophysical activity, 1995–2005, 26 June 2008 Elyiahu Stoupel, Einat Birk, Anna Kogan, Gil Klinger, Evgeny Abramson, Peter Israelevich, Jaqueline Sulkes, Nehama Linder pages 207-210 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (117 KB)
Independent prediction of metabolic syndrome by plasma fibrinogen in men, and predictors of elevated levels, 26 June 2008 Altan Onat, Hakan Özhan, Enver Erbilen, Sinan Albayrak, Zekeriya Küçükdurmaz, Günay Can, İbrahim Keleş, Gülay Hergenç pages 211-217 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (153 KB)
Coronary heart disease benefits from blood pressure and lipid-lowering, 23 February 2009 Peter S. Sever, Neil R. Poulter, Stylianos Mastorantonakis, Choon Lan Chang, Bjorn Dahlof, Hans Wedel, On behalf of the ASCOT Investigators pages 218-222 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (157 KB)
Autologous transplantation of EPCs encoding FGF1 gene promotes neovascularization in a porcine model of chronic myocardial ischemia, 02 February 2009 Shu-Yan Chen, Fei Wang, Xue-Yun Yan, Qing Zhou, Qiang Ling, Ji-Xian Ling, Ye-Zhi Rong, Yi-Gang Li pages 223-232 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (559 KB)
Letters to the Editor
Muscle wastage in heart failure: Orphan of the heart failure, 06 May 2008 Turgay Celik, Atila Iyisoy, Murat Celik, U.Cagdas Yuksel, Ersoy Isik pages 233-236 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (108 KB)
Who has inflamed my heart and makes my body burn? The Othello's dilemma in heart failure, 05 August 2008 Giorgio Vescovo, Luciano Dalla Libera pages 236-237 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (62 KB)
Bradycardia and B-type natriuretic peptide, 07 July 2008 Tímea Kováts, János Tomcsányi pages 238-239 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (109 KB)
Caucasian patients suffering from coronary vasospastic angina have an intact peripheral endothelium-dependent vasoreactivity, 18 June 2008 Ali Yilmaz, Matthias Vöhringer, Anastasios Athanasiadis, Peter Ong, Rimma Merher, Dieter Ratge, Cornelius Knabbe, Udo Sechtem pages 240-242 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (118 KB)
Distribution pattern of neointimal hyperplasia following sirolimus-eluting stent implantation assessed by 3-dimensional intravascular ultrasound, 20 June 2008 Hideaki Kaneda, Junya Ako, Mitsuyasu Terashima, Katsuhisa Waseda, Paul G. Yock, Peter J. Fitzgerald pages 243-245 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (93 KB)
HVJ-AVE liposome-mediated Tissue Factor Pathway Inhibitor (TFPI) gene transfer with recombinant TFPI (rTFPI) irrigation attenuates restenosis in atherosclerotic arteries, 01 July 2008 Xinhua Yin, Yu Fu, Chikao Yutani, Yoshihiko Ikeda, Keiichi Enjyoji, Hisao Kato pages 245-248 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (190 KB)
Adiponectin and marine n−3 fatty acids in patients referred for coronary angiography, 25 June 2008 Jeppe Grøndahl Rasmussen, Jeppe Hagstrup Christensen, Erik Berg Schmidt pages 248-250 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (92 KB)
Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy may be associated with cardiac geometric features as observed in hypertensive heart disease, 01 July 2008 Fatih Yalçin, Haldun Muderrisoğlu pages 251-252 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (63 KB)
Is there a geographic variation in the seasonal distribution of acute myocardial infarction and sudden cardiac death?, 26 June 2008 Christos Savopoulos, George Ntaios, Apostolos Hatzitolios pages 253-254 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (57 KB)
Sulfotanshinone Sodium Injection could decrease fibrinogen level and improve clinical outcomes in patients with unstable angina pectoris, 15 September 2008 Fang-fang Yan, Yun-Fang Liu, Yan Liu, Yu-Xia Zhao pages 254-255 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (64 KB)
Enhanced external counterpulsation is an effective treatment for Syndrome X, 01 July 2008 Kenneth D. Kronhaus, William E. Lawson pages 256-257 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (143 KB)
Chagas disease alters the relationship between heart rate variability and daily physical activity, 01 July 2008 Lidiane Sousa, Manoel Otávio da Costa Rocha, Raquel Rodrigues Britto, Federico Lombardi, Antonio L. Ribeiro pages 257-259 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (95 KB)
Is there a beneficial effect of folic acid on carotid intima-media thickness?, 27 June 2008 George Ntaios, Christos Savopoulos, Apostolos Hatzitolios, Anastasia Chatzinikolaou, Dimitrios Karamitsos pages 260-261 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (79 KB)
Association between suicide and cardiovascular disease: Time series of 27 years, 24 June 2008 Andrea Placido, Andrei C. Sposito pages 261-262 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (58 KB)
Progress in the management of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction during economic transition in Poland between 1992 and 2006, 14 July 2008 Marianna Janion, Anna Polewczyk, Mariusz Gąsior, Lech Poloński pages 263-265 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (128 KB)
Quantification of aortic valve area with ECG-gated multi-detector spiral computed tomography in patients with aortic stenosis and comparison of two image analysis methods, 14 July 2008 Laurent Leborgne, Yoann Choplin, Cédric Renard, Mathieu Claeys, Franck Levy, Geneviéve Jarry, Jean-luc Rey, Alexandre Remond, Jean-claude Quiret, Christophe Tribouilloy pages 266-269 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (218 KB)
Relationship of heart rate turbulence, heart rate variability and the number of ventricular premature beats in patients with mitral valve prolapse and non-significant regurgitation, 07 July 2008 Hung Yi Chen pages 269-271 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (67 KB)
Morning blood pressure surge varies with age and gender in hypertensive individuals, 07 July 2008 Ningling Sun, Yang Xi, Shan Jing, Xining Lu pages 272-273 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (68 KB)
Role of inflammation in the extent of microvascular obstruction in patients undergoing primary PCI, 27 June 2008 Turgay Celik, Atila Iyisoy, Basri Amasyali, Baris Bugan, Ersoy Isik pages 273-275 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (71 KB)
Enalapril-induced cough is associated with non-severe heart failure, 08 July 2008 Tsuneaki Sadanaga, Michihiro Yoshimura, Tomohiro Sakamoto, Hitoshi Sumida, Hisao Ogawa pages 275-276 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (63 KB)
Online Letters to the Editor
Intermittent changing axis deviation with intermittent left anterior hemiblock during atrial flutter with subclinical hyperthyroidism, 24 June 2008 Salvatore Patanè, Filippo Marte pages e37-e39 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (396 KB)
Left ventricular wall motion abnormality and myocardial dysfunction in stress cardiomyopathy: New pathophysiological aspects suggested by echocardiography, 10 July 2008 Michael Dandel, Hans Lehmkuhl, Christoph Knosalla, Roland Hetzer pages e40-e43 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (337 KB)
A large left ventricular thrombus, 02 July 2008 Salvatore Patanè, Filippo Marte pages e44-e46 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (193 KB)
Coronary saddle embolism causing myocardial infarction in a patient with mechanical mitral valve prosthesis: Treatment with thrombolytic therapy, 10 July 2008 Mehmet Dogan, Sadik Acikel, Murat Muhammed N. Aksoy, Goksel Cagirci, Harun Kilic, Asuman Yesilay, Ramazan Akdemir pages e47-e48 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (121 KB) | Add-Ons
Electrolytically detachable coils for closure of a modified baffle fenestration in patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), 07 July 2008 Florian Gundel, Thomas Liebig, Andreas Eicken, Walter Sebening, John Hess pages e49-e51 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (197 KB)
Unexpected pulsatile intracardiac mass, 14 July 2008 Harald Bär, Hugo A. Katus, Derliz Mereles pages e52-e54 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (329 KB) | Add-Ons
Drug-eluting stent thrombosis after cilostazol withdrawal in a patient previously treated with triple antiplatelet therapy, 27 June 2008 Eui Im, Sang-Hak Lee, Jung-Sun Kim, Donghoon Choi, Yangsoo Jang pages e55-e57 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (187 KB)
Lemon juice as an alternative therapy in hypertension in Turkey, 02 July 2008 Zelal Adibelli, Melda Dilek, Tekin Akpolat pages e58-e59 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (100 KB)
Dysfunction of a bileaflet mechanical valve in mitral position: Absence of symptoms despite a completely fixed leaflet, 25 July 2008 Julien Magne, Philippe Pibarot, Sylvain Trahan, Mario Sénéchal pages e60-e61 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (198 KB) | Add-Ons
An accordion phenomenon with ST-segment elevation of electrocardiogram and anginal chest pain: A case report, 09 July 2008 Yoshinori Yasuoka, Daisuke Morisawa, Hirokazu Kitada, Susumu Hattori, Yoshiki Noda, Hidenori Adachi, Haruhiko Abe, Hiroaki Irino, Tatsuya Sasaki, Kunio Miyatake pages e62-e64 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (209 KB)
Late occlusive in-stent restenosis of a bare-metal stent presenting with ST-elevation anterior MI: Is restenosis better than a late stent thrombosis?, 23 July 2008 Daniela Trabattoni, Antonio L. Bartorelli pages e65-e67 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (175 KB)
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