January 31, 2007

Editorial Board
Published in issue: January 31, 2007
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ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Polymorphism of p53 gene codon 72 in Kuwaiti with coronary artery disease and diabetes
• Moussa Alkhalaf,
• Suzanne Al-Bustan,
• Hesham Hamoda,
• Nabila Abdella
Published online: June 24, 2006
p1-6
A novel haplotype in ABCA1 gene effects plasma HDL-C concentration
• Danish Saleheen,
• Shaheen Khanum,
• Shajjia R. Haider,
• ...
• Kamran Shahid,
• Aisha Habib,
• Philippe M. Frossard
Published online: June 24, 2006
p7-13
Factors associated with in-hospital mortality in patients with acute aortic syndrome involving the ascending aorta
• Jae-Kwan Song,
• Soo-Jin Kang,
• Jong-Min Song,
• ...
• Cheol Hyun Chung,
• Jae Won Lee,
• Meong Gun Song
Published online: May 31, 2006
p14-18

The association between right coronary artery morphology and endothelial function
• Yaron Arbel,
• Danny Dvir,
• Micha S. Feinberg,
• Roy Beigel,
• Michael Shechter
Published online: June 06, 2006
p19-23

Parallel gene expressions of IL-6 and BNP during cardiac hypertrophy complicated with diastolic dysfunction in spontaneously hypertensive rats
• E. Haugen,
• J. Chen,
• J. Wikström,
• J. Grönros,
• L.M. Gan,
• L.X.M. Fu
Published online: June 06, 2006
p24-28

Effect of probucol on HDL metabolism and class B type I scavenger receptor (SR-BI) expression in the liver of hypercholesterolemic rabbits
• Shao-cai Hong,
• Shui-ping Zhao,
• Zhi-hong Wu
Published online: June 15, 2006
p29-35

Blood oxygen level-dependent (BOLD) magnetic resonance imaging in patients with dypiridamole induced ischaemia; a PET comparative study
• M. Egred,
• G.D. Waiter,
• S.I.K. Semple,
• ...
• M.Y. Norton,
• M.J. Metcalfe,
• S. Walton
Published online: July 07, 2006
p36-41
Effects of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids on metabolically active hormones in patients post-myocardial infarction
• Jeetesh V. Patel,
• Kaeng W. Lee,
• Joseph Tomson,
• Kiran Dubb,
• Elizabeth A. Hughes,
• Gregory Y.H. Lip
Published online: June 16, 2006
p42-45

Depression in patients with acute myocardial infarction: Influence on autonomic nervous system and prognostic role. Results of a five-year follow-up study
• Stefano Drago,
• Serena Bergerone,
• Matteo Anselmino,
• ...
• Luigi Palumbo,
• Giuseppe Angelini,
• Paolo G. Trevi
Published online: June 24, 2006
p46-51
The clinical study of autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation by intracoronory infusion in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI)
• Li Zhan-quan,
• Zhang Ming,
• Jing Yuan-zhe,
• ...
• Liu Xian-zhi,
• Yu Xian,
• Hu Tie-shi
Published online: July 07, 2006
p52-56

Intravenous N-acetylcysteine for preventing contrast-induced nephropathy: A randomised trial
• Nieves Carbonell,
• Marisa Blasco,
• Rafael Sanjuán,
• ...
• Julio Núñez,
• Rafael García-Ramón,
• Alfonso Miguel
Published online: June 29, 2006
p57-62
Association among C-reactive protein, oxidative stress, and traditional risk factors in healthy Japanese subjects
• Yasuaki Dohi,
• Hiroyuki Takase,
• Koichi Sato,
• Ryuzo Ueda
Published online: June 06, 2006
p63-66

Evaluation of pulmonary vascular response to inhaled iloprost in heart transplant candidates with pulmonary venous hypertension
• S. Braun,
• H. Schrötter,
• A. Schmeisser,
• R.H. Strasser
Published online: June 24, 2006
p67-72

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Value of primary care electrocardiography for the prediction of left ventricular systolic dysfunction in patients with suspected heart failure
• Tiong Keng Lim,
• Paul O. Collinson,
• Esra Celik,
• David Gaze,
• Roxy Senior
Published online: June 15, 2006
p73-74
A study of pulmonary arterial hypertension in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
• Nasir Shariff,
• Ashok Kumar,
• Rajiv Narang,
• Arun Malhotra,
• Sima Mukhopadhyaya,
• Surendra K. Sharma
Published online: May 31, 2006
p75-76

The Heyde syndrome: Proposal for a unifying concept explaining the association of aortic valve stenosis, gastrointestinal angiodysplasia and bleeding
• Christoph Sucker
Published online: June 01, 2006
p77-78
How to relevantly measure the relevance of published articles?
• Mitja Lainscak
Published online: June 30, 2006
p79-80

Acute ST elevation myocardial infarction in pregnancy due to coronary vasospasm: A case report and review of literature
• Alessandro Iadanza,
• Alessia Del Pasqua,
• Riccardo Barbati,
• ...
• Rodolfo Gentilini,
• Roberto Favilli,
• Carlo Pierli
Published online: June 15, 2006
p81-85

Feasibility and accuracy of a routine echocardiographic assessment of right ventricular function
• Gloria Tamborini,
• Mauro Pepi,
• Claudia Agnese Galli,
• ...
• Manuela Muratori,
• Salehi Rezvanieh,
• Fabrizio Veglia
Published online: June 02, 2006
p86-89
I applaud another CHAMP
• Tsung O. Cheng
Published online: June 01, 2006
p90
Statins and diastolic heart failure
• Miguel A. Arias,
• Joaquín Sánchez-Gila
Published online: June 01, 2006
p91-92

Application of multislice computed tomography coronary angiography for the diagnostic work-up of acute coronary syndromes
• Gastón A. Rodriguez-Granillo,
• Miguel Rosales,
• Alfredo Rodriguez
Published online: June 06, 2006
p93-94

Successful treatment of acute myocardial infarction due to subocclusive thrombosis over a small atherosclerotic plaque with the “Rinspiration” device, a novel thrombectomy catheter
• Marco De Carlo,
• Bernardo Cortese,
• Gabriele Borelli,
• ...
• Roberto Gistri,
• Nicola Ciabatti,
• Anna Sonia Petronio
Published online: June 01, 2006
p95-96
Eplerenone suppresses neointima after coronary stenting in pigs: Could it be extrapolated to stent restenosis in humans?
• Turgay Celik,
• Atila Iyisoy,
• Hurkan Kursaklioglu,
• Ersoy Isik
Published online: June 24, 2006
p97-98
Eplerenone suppresses neointimal formation after coronary stent implantation in swine, a reply
• Kohei Wakabayashi,
• Hiroshi Suzuki,
• Youichi Takeyama
Published online: June 06, 2006
p99-100

Risk stratification of patients with acute myocardial infarction by quantification of circulating monocyte-platelet aggregates
• Giuseppe Lippi,
• Martina Montagnana,
• Gian Luca Salvagno,
• ...
• Piero Minuz,
• Clara Lechi,
• Gian Cesare Guidi
Published online: July 04, 2006
p101-102
Iranian women with coronary artery disease: Not behind of the men
• M. Maddah,
• M. Chinikar,
• S. Hoda
Published online: June 06, 2006
p103-104

Spontaneous coronary dissection complicating unstable coronary plaque in young women with acute coronary syndrome: Case reports
• Natale Daniele Brunetti,
• Pier Luigi Pellegrino,
• Giovanni Mavilio,
• ...
• Luigi Ziccardi,
• Michele Correale,
• Matteo Di Biase
Published online: June 06, 2006
p105-107

Characterization and morphology of atherosclerotic plaque of coronary arteries: Utility of electron-beam tomography to detect non-calcified plaque: A comparison with conventional coronary angiography and intravascular ultrasound
• Nobusada Funabashi,
• Kazuo Misumi,
• Hiroyuki Ohnishi,
• Miki Asano,
• Issei Komuro
Published online: June 01, 2006
p108-113

Elevated creatine kinase levels in a patient with coronary artery disease and asymptomatic McArdle's disease
• Ioannis Vavouranakis,
• Emmanouil S. Ganotakis,
• Panagiota Manta,
• Athanasios Evangeliou
Published online: June 06, 2006
p114-115
Acute dyspnea on exertion is an angina equivalent
• Tsung O. Cheng
Published online: May 31, 2006
p116

Selective baroreflex failure complicated by unilateral neck irradiation
• Jong Won Park,
• Ji Ho Kim,
• Bong-Seog Kim,
• Hoon Ki Park,
• Keun Lee,
• Joong-Il Park
Published online: June 22, 2006
p117-119

Cold pressor test as a marker for the detection of early stage coronary atherosclerosis
• Dimitris Tousoulis,
• Charalambos Antoniades,
• Marietta Charakida,
• ...
• Gerasimos Siasos,
• George Latsios,
• Christodoulos Stefanadis
Published online: June 22, 2006
p120-122

Brockenbrough–Braunwald–Morrow phenomenon in tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy
• Satoshi Kurisu,
• Ichiro Inoue,
• Takuji Kawagoe,
• ...
• Yasuharu Nakama,
• Yasufumi Kijima,
• Eisuke Kagawa
Published online: June 06, 2006
p123-125

Selective injection of the conus branch should always be attempted if no collateral filling visualises a chronically occluded left anterior descending coronary artery
• Jun Tanigawa,
• Mario Petrou,
• Carlo Di Mario
Published online: June 16, 2006
p126-127

Release pattern of cardiac biomarkers in left ventricular apical ballooning
• Holger M. Nef,
• Helge Möllmann,
• Michael Weber,
• ...
• Roland Brandt,
• Christian W. Hamm,
• Albrecht Elsässer
Published online: June 15, 2006
p128-129

Sixty-four-slice computed tomography-facilitated percutaneous coronary intervention for chronic total occlusion
• Hideaki Kaneda,
• Shigeru Saito,
• Takaaki Shiono,
• Yusuke Miyashita,
• Saeko Takahashi,
• Hiroshi Domae
Published online: June 06, 2006
p130-132

“Cardiac apple” — On Rosh Hashanah
• Gal Dubnov-Raz,
• Uri Pollak,
• Elhanan Nahum,
• Elchanan Bruckheimer
Published online: June 22, 2006
p133

ONLINE LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Pulmonary hypertension associated with autoimmune hemolytic anemia: A case report
• Yun Zhang,
• Yungang Qui,
• Jianhua Zhu,
• Danchen Gao
Published online: August 10, 2006
E1-E2

Left ventricular free wall rupture in takotsubo cardiomyopathy
• Kazuhiro Shinozaki,
• Akira Tamura,
• Yusei Abe,
• Shoji Yano,
• Junichi Kadota
Published online: August 10, 2006
E3-E4

“The attack of the 52 cm lead”: An unusual case of late cardiac perforation by a passive-fixation permanent pacemaker lead
• Marcellus Francis Ramirez,
• Chi Keong Ching,
• Kah Leng Ho,
• Wee Siong Teo
Published online: August 10, 2006
E5-E7

Angiosarcoma of the pericardium presenting as hemorrhagic pleuropericarditis, cardiac tamponade, and thromboembolic phenomena
• Shernan G. Holtan,
• Rachel D. Allen,
• Danielle M. Henkel,
• ...
• Krishnaswamy Chandrasekaran,
• Charles J. Mullany,
• R. Scott Wright
Published online: August 12, 2006
E8-E9

Simultaneous visualization of myocardial scar, no-reflow phenomenon, ventricular and atrial thrombi by cardiac magnetic resonance
• Gianluca Di Bella,
• Giovanni Donato Aquaro,
• Elisabetta Strata,
• ...
• Daniele De Marchi,
• Massimo Lombardi,
• Alessandro Pingitore
Published online: September 07, 2006
E10-E11

Catheter ablation of atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia in a patient with complete situs inversus, atrial septal defect and “inverse” persistent left superior vena cava
• Yukoh Hirai,
• Chung-Chuan Chou,
• Ming-Shien Wen
Published online: October 13, 2006
E12-E14

Identification of lipomatous metaplasia in old infarcted myocardium by cardiovascular magnetic resonance and computed tomography
• Yen-Wen Wu,
• Eiji Tadamura,
• Masaki Yamamuro,
• ...
• Takeshi Kimura,
• Toru Kita,
• Kaori Togashi
Published online: October 23, 2006
E15-E16

Paradoxical coronary embolism in a young woman
• Lynn D. Greig,
• Stephen J. Leslie,
• Martin A. Denvir
Published online: October 17, 2006
E17-E19

Oozing type of left ventricular rupture via subepicardial aneurysm diagnosed 5 months after myocardial infarction
• Shinichi Takeda,
• Masato Yonezawa,
• Kunimasa Shirasawa,
• ...
• Tetsuya Doi,
• Myung Woo Hwang,
• Chuichi Kawai
Published online: October 13, 2006
E20-E21

Biventricular hypertropic obstructive cardiomyopathy in Noonan syndrome
• Arend F.L. Schinkel,
• Jeroen Vos
Published online: October 23, 2006
E22-E23

Variant angina in a 6-year-old boy
• Chee Wen Terence Lim,
• Cindy Ping Ping Hia,
• Boon Lock Chia,
• Swee Chye Quek
Published online: October 30, 2006
E24-E26