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Original articles

Clinical trials

• Original article: Prevention of peptic ulcers with esomeprazole in patients at risk of ulcer development treated with low-dose acetylsalicylic acid: a randomised, controlled trial (OBERON) (17 March, 2011)

  James M Scheiman, P J Devereaux, Johan Herlitz, Peter H Katelaris, Angel Lanas, Sander Veldhuyzen van Zanten, Emma Nauclér, Lars-Erik Svedberg

Acute coronary syndromes

• Original article: Effects of intensive glucose control on platelet reactivity in patients with acute coronary syndromes. Results of the CHIPS Study (“Control de Hiperglucemia y Actividad Plaquetaria en Pacientes con Síndrome Coronario Agudo”) (4 March, 2011) Free

  David Vivas, Juan C García-Rubira, Esther Bernardo, Dominick J Angiolillo, Patricia Martín, Alfonso Calle-Pascual, Iván Núñez-Gil, Carlos Macaya, Antonio Fernández-Ortiz
• Original article: Utility of cardiac biomarkers for the diagnosis of type V myocardial infarction after coronary artery bypass grafting: insights from serial cardiac MRI (4 March, 2011)

  Tammy J Pegg, Zoe Maunsell, Theodoros D Karamitsos, Richard P Taylor, Tim James, Jane M Francis, David P Taggart, Harvey White, Stefan Neubauer, Joseph B Selvanayagam
• Original article: Effects of spironolactone on cardiac sympathetic nerve activity and left ventricular remodelling after reperfusion therapy in patients with first ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (3 March, 2011)

  Shu Kasama, Takuji Toyama, Hiroyuki Sumino, Hisao Kumakura, Yoshiaki Takayama, Kazutomo Minami, Shuichi Ichikawa, Naoya Matsumoto, Yuichi Sato, Masahiko Kurabayashi

Coronary artery disease

• Original article: Determinants of troponin release in patients with stable coronary artery disease: insights from CT angiography characteristics of atherosclerotic plaque (30 September, 2010)

  Grigorios Korosoglou, Stephanie Lehrke, Dirk Mueller, Waldemar Hosch, Hans-Ulrich Kauczor, Per M Humpert, Evangelos Giannitsis, Hugo A Katus
• Original article: Exercise duration as a determinant of vascular function and antioxidant balance in patients with coronary artery disease (25 February, 2011)

  A P Michaelides, D Soulis, C Antoniades, A S Antonopoulos, A Miliou, N Ioakeimidis, E Chatzistamatiou, C Bakogiannis, K Marinou, C Liakos, C Stefanadis

Valvular heart disease

• Original article: Cardiogenic shock in the setting of severe aortic stenosis: role of intra-aortic balloon pump support (20 October, 2010)

  Olcay Aksoy, Rayan Yousefzai, Dhssraj Singh, Shikhar Agarwal, Bridget O'Brien, Brian P Griffin, Samir R Kapadia, Murat E Tuzcu, Marc S Penn, Steven E Nissen, Venu Menon

Cardiomyopathy

• Original article: Plakophilin 2A is the dominant isoform in human heart tissue: consequences for the genetic screening of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (3 March, 2011)

  E Gandjbakhch, P Charron, V Fressart, G Lorin de la Grandmaison, F Simon, F Gary, A Vite, B Hainque, F Hidden-Lucet, M Komajda, E Villard