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17 February 2006

Peter M Engelfriet, Eric Boersma, Jan G Tijssen, Berto J Bouma, and Barbara J.M. Mulder: Beyond the root: Dilatation of the distal aorta in the marfan syndrome
Heart Published Online First: 17 February 2006. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.081638 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Walter P Abhayaratna, Thomas H Marwick, Wayne T Smith, and Niels G Becker: Characteristics of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in the community: an echocardiographic survey
Heart Published Online First: 17 February 2006. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.080150 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Roberta Montisci, Lijun Chen, Massimo Ruscazio, Paolo Colonna, Christian Cadeddu, Carlo Caiati, Massimo Montisci, Luigi Meloni, and Sabino Iliceto: Non-invasive coronary flow reserve is correlated with microvascular integrity and myocardial viability after primary angioplasty in acute myocardial infarction
Heart Published Online First: 17 February 2006. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.078246 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Chim C Lang and Donna M Mancini: NonCardiac comorbidities in heart failure
Heart Published Online First: 17 February 2006. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.068296 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Graham J ROBERTS, Emma JAFFRAY, David A SPRATT, Aviva PETRIE, Catherine GREVILLE, Michael WILSON, and Victoria Sorrell LUCAS: Duration, prevalence, intensity and identity of bacteraemia following dental extractions in children
Heart Published Online First: 17 February 2006. doi:10.1136/hrt.2004.046581 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

8 February 2006

Robert A Kloner: Can we trigger an acute coronary syndrome?
Heart Published Online First: 8 February 2006. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.086652 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Mark A Walsh, Jacek Bialkowski, Malgorzata Szkutnik, Malgorzata Pawelec-Wojtalik, Waldemar Bobkowski, and Kevin Walsh: Atrioventricular block following transcatheter closure of perimembranous ventricular septal defects
Heart Published Online First: 8 February 2006. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.084988 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Georgios Lyratzopoulos, Richard F Heller, Patrick McElduff, Margaret Hanily, and Philip S Lewis: Deprivation and trends in blood pressure, cholesterol, body mass index and smoking among participants of a UK primary-care based cardiovascular risk factor screening programme: Both narrowing and widening in cardiovascular risk factor inequalities
Heart Published Online First: 8 February 2006. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.081042 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Jari A Laukkanen, Sudhir Kurl, Jukka T Salonen, Timo A Lakka, and Rainer Rauramaa: Peak oxygen pulse during exercise as a predictor for coronary heart disease and all-cause death in men
Heart Published Online First: 8 February 2006. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.077487 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

31 January 2006

Willem Drenthen, Petronella G. Pieper, Jolien W. Roos-Hesselink, Willem A van Lottum, Adriaan A Voors, Barbara JM Mulder, Arie PJ van Dijk, Hubert W. Vliegen, Krystyna M Sollie, Philip Moons, Tjark Ebels, and Dirk J van Veldhuisen: Pregnancy and delivery in women after Fontan palliation
Heart Published Online First: 31 January 2006. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.085407 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Franz F. Immer: Is there a place for D-dimers in acute type A aortic dissection?
Heart Published Online First: 31 January 2006. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.084483 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Vinay Kumar Bhatia and Carlo Di Mario: Darwin and the survival of the fittest in modern interventional cardiology
Heart Published Online First: 31 January 2006. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.083923 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Hiroyuki Okura, Yuko Takada, Tomoichiro Kubo, Kazuya Iwata, Shin Mizoguchi, Haruyuki Taguchi, Iku Toda, Junichi Yoshikawa, and Kiyoshi Yoshida: Tissue doppler derived index of left ventricular filling pressure, e/e', predicts survival in patients with non- valvular atrial fibrillation
Heart Published Online First: 31 January 2006. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.082594 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Franck Boccara, Emmanuel Teiger, and Ariel Cohen: Role of drug eluting stents in diabetic patients
Heart Published Online First: 31 January 2006. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.082172 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Eustachio Agricola, Michele Oppizzi, Maurizio Galderisi, Matteo Pisani, Alessandra Meris, Carlo Pappone, and Alberto Margonato: Role of regional mechanical dyssynchrony as determinant of functional mitral regurgitation in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction
Heart Published Online First: 31 January 2006. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.082115 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Johannes B Dahm, Joerg Ruppert, Stefanie Hartmann, Dirk Vogelgesang, Astrid Hummel, and Stephan B Felix: Directional atherectomy facilitates the interventional procedure and leads to a low rate of recurrent stenosis in LAD and LCX ostium stenoses - a subgroup analysis of the FLEXI-CUT study
Heart Published Online First: 31 January 2006. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.081752 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Emma Houslay, Sarah Joanna Cowell, Robin Prescott, John Reid, Judith Burton, David B Northridge, Nicholas A Boon, and David E Newby: Progressive coronary calcification despite intensive lipid-lowering therapy: a randomised controlled trial
Heart Published Online First: 31 January 2006. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.080929 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Nicolas Amabile, Alain Fraisse, Julien Bouvenot, Philippe Chetaille, and Caroline Ovaert: Outcome of acute fulminant myocarditis in children
Heart Published Online First: 31 January 2006. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.078402 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Kate L Brown, Deborah A Ridout, Aparna Hoskote, Lynda Verhulst, Marco Ricci, and Catherine Bull: Delayed diagnosis of congenital heart disease worsens pre-operative condition and outcome of surgery in neonates
Heart Published Online First: 31 January 2006. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.078097 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Josef Georg Heckmann, Matthias Stadter, Udo Reulbach, Matthias Duetsch, Uwe Nixdorff, and Juergen Ringwald: Increased frequency of cardioembolism and patent foramen ovale in stroke patients with positive travel history suggesting Economy Class Stroke Syndrome (ECSS)
Heart Published Online First: 31 January 2006. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.077131 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Soon Jun Hong, Moo Hyun Kim, Tae Hoon Ahn, Young Keun Ahn, Jang Ho Bae, Wan Joo Shim, Young Moo Ro, and Do-Sun Lim: Multiple predictors of coronary restenosis after drug- eluting stent implantation in diabetic patients
Heart Published Online First: 31 January 2006. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.075960 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Rahul Shetty, Andrée Pépin, Allain Charest, Jean Perron, Daniel Doyle, Pierre Voisine, François Dagenais, Philippe Pibarot, and Patrick Mathieu: Expression of bone-regulatory proteins in human valve allografts
Heart Published Online First: 31 January 2006. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.075903 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Kunadian Vijayalakshmi, Victoria J Whittaker, Babu Kunadian, Jane Graham, Robert A Wright, James A Hall, Andrew GC Sutton, and Mark A de Belder: A prospective, randomised, controlled trial to study the effect of intra-coronary injection of verapamil and adenosine on coronary blood flow during percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with acute coronary syndromes
Heart Published Online First: 31 January 2006. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.075077 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Petar Otasevic, Zoran B. Popovic, Jovan D. Vasiljevic, Lorenza Pratali, Alja Vlahovic-Stipac, Srdjan D. Boskovic, Nebojsa Tasic, and Aleksandar N. Neskovic: Head-to-head comparison of indices of left ventricular contractile reserve assessed by high-dose dobutamine stress echocardiography in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy: five-year follow-up
Heart Published Online First: 31 January 2006. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.073999 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

MARK H WILLIAMS, CLARE DAS, CLIVE E HANDLER, MOHAMMED R AKRAM, JOSEPH DAVAR, CHRISTOPHER P DENTON, COLETTE J SMITH, CAROL M BLACK, and JOHN G COGHLAN: Systemic sclerosis associated pulmonary hypertension: improved survival in the current era
Heart Published Online First: 31 January 2006. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.069484 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Nickolaos Giatrakos, Maria Kinali, David A Stephens, David Dawson, Francesco Muntoni, and Petros Nihoyannopoulos: Cardiac tissue velocities and strain rate in the early detection of myocardial dysfunction of asymptomatic boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy: relation to clinical outcome
Heart Published Online First: 31 January 2006. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.067710 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Justin M.S. Lee and Robin P. Choudhury: Prospects for atherosclerosis regression: HDL elevation and other emerging therapeutic technologies
Heart Published Online First: 31 January 2006. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.066050 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Steve W Parry, Nick Steen, Mary Baptist, Kathia Fiaschi, Olwen Parry, and Rose Anne Kenny: Cerebral autoregulation is impaired in cardioinhibitory carotid sinus syndrome
Heart Published Online First: 31 January 2006. doi:10.1136/hrt.2004.053348 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

19 January 2006

Daisy L Whitehead, Linda Perkins-Porras, Philip C Strike, and Andrew Steptoe: Post-traumatic stress disorder in cardiac patients: Predicting vulnerability from emotional responses during admission for acute coronary syndromes
Heart Published Online First: 19 January 2006. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.070946 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

6 January 2006

Niamh F Murphy, Colin R Simpson, Kate MacIntyre, Finlay A McAlister, Jim Chalmers, and John JV McMurray: Prevalence, incidence, primary care burden and medical treatment of angina in Scotland: age, sex and socioeconomic disparities - a population based study
Heart Published Online First: 6 January 2006. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.069419 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Philip C Strike, Linda Perkins-Porras, Daisy L Whitehead, Jean R McEwan, and Andrew Steptoe: Triggering of acute coronary syndromes by physical exertion and anger: clinical and sociodemographic characteristics
Heart Published Online First: 6 January 2006. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.077362 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Ron Waksman, Ian Leitch, John Roessler, Hamid Yazdi, Rufus Seabron, Fermin Tio, Robert W. Scott, Robert I. Grove, Steve Rochnovsky, Byron Robinson, Rajbabu Pakala, and Edouard Cheneau: Intracoronary photodynamic therapy reduces neointimal growth without suppressing re-endothelialization in a porcine model
Heart Published Online First: 6 January 2006. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.073486 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Gaetano Antonio Lanza: Cardiac syndrome X: a critical overview and future perspectives
Heart Published Online First: 6 January 2006. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.067330 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

30 December 2005

Cheng Lin Hu, Hong Jiang, Qi Zhu Tang, Qin Hua Zhang, Jiang Bing Chen, Cong Xing Huang, and Geng Shan Li: A comparison of rate control and rhythm control in patients with atrial fibrillation after percutaneous mitral balloon valvotomy: a randomised controlled study
Heart Published Online First: 30 December 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.080325 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Helen C Routledge and Jonathan N Townend: Why does the heart rate response to exercise predict adverse cardiac events?
Heart Published Online First: 30 December 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.079400 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Joanna N Tenkorang, Kevin F Fox, Tim J Collier, and David A Wood: A rapid access cardiology service for chest pain, heart failure and arrhythmias accurately diagnoses cardiac disease and identifies patients at high risk: a prospective cohort study
Heart Published Online First: 30 December 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.079376 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Derek P Chew, D L Bhatt, A. Michael Lincoff, Katherine Wolski, and Eric J Topol: Clinical endpoint definitions following percutaneous coronary intervention and their relationship to late mortality: an assessment by attributable risk
Heart Published Online First: 30 December 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.078758 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Reginald Liew, Sreekumar Sulfi, Kulasegaram Ranjadayalan, Jackie Cooper, and Adam D Timmis: Declining case fatality rates for acute myocardial infarction in south Asians and whites in the last 15 years
Heart Published Online First: 30 December 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.078634 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

John Chambers, John Klein, Sean Bennett, Mark Monaghan, and James Roxburgh: Is antibiotic prophylaxis really necessary before transoesophageal echocardiography?
Heart Published Online First: 30 December 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.077446 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Yang Yuejin, Zhao jinglin, You Shijie, Wu Yongjian, Jing Zhicheng, Yang Weixian, Meng Liang, Wang Yanwu, and Gao Runlin: Different effect of Tirofiban and aspirin plus Clopidogrel on myocardial no-reflow in a mini-swine model of acute myocardial infarction and reperfusion
Heart Published Online First: 30 December 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.077164 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Michael Becker, Eva Bilke, Harald Kühl, Markus Katoh, Rafael Kramann, Andreas Franke, Arnold Bücker, Peter Hanrath, and Rainer Hoffmann: Analysis of myocardial deformation based on pixel tracking in 2D echocardio-graphic images allows quantitative assessment of regional left ventricular function
Heart Published Online First: 30 December 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.077107 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

J J Bax, R S Beanlands, F J Klocke, J Knuuti, A A Lammertsma, M A Schaefers, H R Schelbert, G K Von Schulthess, L J Shaw, G Z Yang, and P G Camici: Diagnostic and clinical perspectives of fusion imaging in cardiology: is the total greater than the sum of its parts?
Heart Published Online First: 30 December 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.075283 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Dogan Erdogan, Hakan Gullu, Mustafa Caliskan, Ibrahim Yildirim, Derya Tok, and Haldun Muderrisoglu: Coronary flow reserve is preserved in white-coat hypertension
Heart Published Online First: 30 December 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.074914 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

John E Sanderson: Heart failure with a normal ejection fraction
Heart Published Online First: 30 December 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.074187 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Alexandra Oudot, Philippe Gabriel Steg, Nicolas Danchin, Gilles Dentan, Marianne Zeller, Pierre Sicard, Philippe Buffet, Yves Laurent, Luc Janin-Manificat, Isabelle L'Huillier, Jean-Claude Beer, Hamid Makki, Pascal Morel, and Yves Cottin: Impact of chronic oral anticoagulation on management and outcomes of patients with acute myocardial infarction: data from the RICO survey
Heart Published Online First: 30 December 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.074070 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Pamela J Bradshaw, Dennis T Ko, Alice M Newman, Linda R Donovan, and Jack V Tu: Validity of the GRACE acute coronary syndrome prediction model for 6-month post-discharge death in an independent data set
Heart Published Online First: 30 December 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.073122 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Pierre V Ennezat, Benjamin Gal, Claude Kouakam, Christelle Marquié, Thierry LeTourneau, Didier Klug, Dominique Lacroix, Damien Logeart, Alain Cohen-Solal, Stéphane Dennetière, Eric Van Belle, Ghislaine Deklunder, Philippe Asseman, Pascal de Groote, Salem Kacet, and Thierry LeJemtel: Cardiac resynchronization therapy reduces functional mitral regurgitation during dynamic exercise in patients with chronic heart failure: an acute echocardiographic study
Heart Published Online First: 30 December 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.071654 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Gaetano Antonio Lanza, Domenico Cianflone, Antonio Giuseppe Rebuzzi, Giulia Angeloni, Alfonso Sestito, Giuseppe Ciriello, Giuseppe La Torre, Filippo Crea, and Attilio Maseri: Prognostic value of ventricular arrhythmias and heart rate variability in patients with unstable angina
Heart Published Online First: 30 December 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.070714 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Stephen DeWilde, Iain M Carey, Cathy Emmas, Nicky Richards, and Derek G Cook: Trends in the prevalence of diagnosed atrial fibrillation, its treatment with anticoagulation, and predictors of such treatment in UK primary care
Heart Published Online First: 30 December 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.069492 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript] [Web-only tables and figure]

Jeffrey M. Schussler and Paul A Grayburn: CT imaging of the coronary arteries
Heart Published Online First: 30 December 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.069195 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Kerstin Boengler, Rainer Schulz, and Gerd Heusch: Connexin 43 signaling and cardioprotection
Heart Published Online First: 30 December 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.066878 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Betina Nørager, Mirza Husic, Jacob E Møller, Annebirthe Bo Hansen, Patricia A Pellikka, and Kenneth Egstrup: Changes in the Doppler myocardial performance index during dobutamine echocardiography: association with neurohormonal activation and prognosis after acute myocardial infarction
Heart Published Online First: 30 December 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.066225 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Kazuo Komamura, Tatsuya Sasaki, Akihisa Hanatani, Jiyoong Kim, Kazuhiko Hashimura, Yoshio Ishida, Yasuhiko Ohkaru, Kumiko Asayama, Takao Tanaka, Akiko Ogai, Takeshi Nakatani, Soichiro Kitamura, Kenji Kangawa, Kunio Miyatake, and Masafumi Kitakaze: Heart-type fatty acid binding protein is a novel prognostic marker in patients with non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy
Heart Published Online First: 30 December 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2004.043067 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

9 December 2005

Zena Kadri, Nicolas Danchin, Laurent Vaur, Yves Cottin, Pascal Guéret, Marianne Zeller, Jean-Marc Lablanche, Didier Blanchard, Guy Hanania, Nathalie Genès, and Jean-Pierre Cambou: Major impact of admission glycaemia on 30-day and one-year mortality in non diabetic patients admitted for myocardial infarction: results from the nationwide French USIC 2000 study
Heart Published Online First: 9 December 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.073791 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Jean-Paul Schmid, Markus Noveanu, Raymond Gaillet, Gerrit Hellige, Andreas Wahl, and Hugo Saner: Safety and exercise tolerance of acute high-altitude exposure (3454m) in patients with coronary artery disease
Heart Published Online First: 9 December 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.072520 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Peter D Larsen and Duncan C Galletly: The sound of silence is music to the heart
Heart Published Online First: 9 December 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.071902 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Bushra S Rana, Justine I Davies, Margaret M Band, Stuart Pringle, Andrew D Morris, and Allan D D Struthers: B-type Natriuretic Peptide can detect silent myocardial ischaemia in asymptomatic type II diabetic patients
Heart Published Online First: 9 December 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.071423 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Giuseppe Santoro, Marco Pascotto, Salvatore Saputo, Fabiana Cerrato, Maurizio Cappelli Bigazzi, Maria Teresa Palladino, Carola Iacono, Giuseppe Caianiello, Marianna Carrozza, Maria Giovanna Russo, and Raffaele Calabrò: Similar cardiac remodelling after transcatheter atrial septal defect closure in children and young adults
Heart Published Online First: 9 December 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.070169 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Allan D Struthers: Angiotensin blockade or aldosterone blockade as the third neuroendocrine blocking drug in mild but symptomatic heart failure patients?
Heart Published Online First: 9 December 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.068668 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Sampurna M Tuladhar and Prakash P Punjabi: Surgical reconstruction of the mitral valve
Heart Published Online First: 9 December 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.067421 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Brad Munt and John G. Webb: Percutaneous valve repair and replacement techniques
Heart Published Online First: 9 December 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.067371 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Charalambos Vlachopoulos, Konstantinos Aznaouridis, and Christodoulos Stefanadis: Clinical appraisal of arterial stiffness: the Argonauts in front of the Golden Fleece
Heart Published Online First: 9 December 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.067025 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Luca A Gondoni, Antonio Liuzzi, Anna Maria Titon, Olga Taronna, Ferruccio Nibbio, Paola Ferrari, and Gastone Leonetti: A simple tool to predict exercise capacity in obese patients with ischemic heart disease
Heart Published Online First: 9 December 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.064758 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Sanjay K Prasad, Henry J Dargie, Gillian C Smith, Marianne M Barlow, Frank Grothues, Bjoern A Groenning, John GF Cleland, and Dudley J Pennell: Comparison of the dual receptor endothelin antagonist enrasentan with enalapril in asymptomatic left ventricular systolic dysfunction: a cardiovascular magnetic resonance study
Heart Published Online First: 9 December 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2004.049734 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

24 November 2005

Kerry J Stewart, Pamela Ouyang, Anita C Bacher, Sandra Lima, and Edward P Shapiro: Exercise effects on cardiac size and left ventricular diastolic function: relationships to changes in fitness, fatness, blood pressure, and insulin resistance
Heart Published Online First: 24 November 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.079962 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Catherine M Simpson, Daniel James Penny, Christian F Stocker, and Lara S Shekerdemian: Urotensin-II is elevated in children with congenital heart disease
Heart Published Online First: 24 November 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.074039 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Robert R West, Gethin R Ellis, and Nicholas Brooks: Complications of diagnostic cardiac catheterisation: results from a confidential enquiry into cardiac catheter complications
Heart Published Online First: 24 November 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.073890 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

11 November 2005

Anna Maltagliati, Claudia Agnese Galli, Gloria Tamborini, Alfreda Ida Calligaris, Elisabetta Doria, Rezvanieh Salehi, and Mauro Pepi: Usefulness of transoesophageal echocardiography prior to cardioversion in patients with atrial fibrillation and different anticoagulant therapies
Heart Published Online First: 11 November 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.071860 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Steffen P Schoen, Thomas Kittner, Steffen Bohl, Martin U Braun, Gregor Simonis, Alexander Schmeisser, and Ruth H Strasser: Transcatheter closure of atrial septal defects improves right ventricular volume, mass, function, pulmonary pressure and functional class: A MRI study
Heart Published Online First: 11 November 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.070060 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

8 November 2005

Angelo Micheletti, Alison Hislop, Astrid Lammers, Phillip Bonhoeffer, Graham Derrick, Phillip Rees, and Sheila G. Haworth: Role of atrial septostomy in the treatment of children with pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heart Published Online First: 8 November 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.077669 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Helena M Gardiner, Lucia Pasquini, Joanne Wolfenden, Elena Kulinskaya, Wei Li, and Michael Y Henein: Increased periconceptual maternal glycosolated haemoglobin in diabetic mothers reduces fetal long axis cardiac function
Heart Published Online First: 8 November 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.076885 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Anna N Seale, Piers E F Daubeney, Alan G Magee, and Michael L Rigby: Pulmonary vein stenosis: Initial experience with cutting balloon angioplasty
Heart Published Online First: 8 November 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.073973 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Juan Pablo Kaski, Joanne Wolfenden, Manjit Josen, Piers E F Daubeney, and Elliot A Shinebourne: Can atrioventricular septal defects exist with intact septal structures?
Heart Published Online First: 8 November 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.069278 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

3 November 2005

George David Batty, Martin Shipley, John Jarrett, Elizabeth Breeze, Michael Marmot, and George Davey Smith: Obesity and overweight in relation to disease-specific mortality in men with and without existing coronary heart disease in London: The original Whitehall study
Heart Published Online First: 3 November 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.072637 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Gabriella Agnoletti, Younes Boudjemline, Phalla Ou, Damien Bonnet, and Daniel Sidi: Right to left shunt through interatrial septal defects in patients with congenital heart disease: Results of interventional closure
Heart Published Online First: 3 November 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.071092 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Antonio Franco Folino: Cerebral autoregulation in neurally mediated syncope: victim or executioner?
Heart Published Online First: 3 November 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.069179 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

26 October 2005

Marco A. S. Cordeiro, Julie M. Miller, André Schmidt, Albert C. Lardo, Boaz D. Rosen, David E. Bush, Jeffrey A. Brinker, David A. Bluemke, Edward P. Shapiro, and João A. C. Lima: Noninvasive half-millimeter 32-detector-row CT angiography accurately excludes significant stenoses in patients with advanced coronary artery disease and high calcium scores
Heart Published Online First: 26 October 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.074336 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Ben Bridgewater, Tim Hooper, Chris Munsch, Steve Hunter, Ulrich von Oppell, Steve A Livesey, Bruce E Keogh, Frank Wells, Mark Patrick, John Kneeshaw, John Boyd Chambers, Navroz Masani, and Simon G Ray: Mitral repair best practice : proposed standards
Heart Published Online First: 26 October 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.076109 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Leonardo De Luca, Gennaro Sardella, Charles J. Davidson, Giovanni De Persio, Monica Beraldi, Tiziana Tommasone, Massimo Mancone, Bich Lien Nguyen, Luciano Agati, Mihai Gheorghiade, and Francesco Fedele: Impact of intracoronary aspiration thrombectomy during primary angioplasty on left ventricular remodelling in patients with anterior ST-elevation myocardial infarction
Heart Published Online First: 26 October 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.074716 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Simon G Ray: Natriuretic peptides in heart valve disease
Heart Published Online First: 26 October 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.074161 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Erik Björklund, Tomas Jernberg, Per Johanson, Per Venge, Mikael Dellborg, Lars Wallentin, and Bertil Lindahl: Admission NT-proBNP and its interaction with admission Troponin T and ST-segment resolution for early risk stratification in ST-elevation myocardial infarction
Heart Published Online First: 26 October 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.072975 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Christoph Stettler, Sabin Allemann, Matthias Egger, Stephan Windecker, Bernhard Meier, and Peter Diem: Efficacy of drug eluting stents in patients with and without diabetes mellitus: indirect comparison of randomised controlled trials
Heart Published Online First: 26 October 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.070698 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Yongzhong Wang, Hans Erik Johnsen, Steen Mortensen, Lene Bindslev, Rasmus Sejersten Ripa, Mandana HaacK-Sørensen, Erik Jørgensen, Weiyi Fang, and Jens Kastrup: Changes in circulating mesenchymal stem cells, stem cell homing factor, and vascular growth factors in patients with acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention
Heart Published Online First: 26 October 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.069799 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Fatima El Fakiri, Marc A Bruijnzeels, and Arno W Hoes: Prevention of cardiovascular diseases: focus on modifiable cardiovascular risk
Heart Published Online First: 26 October 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.068114 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Philippe Pibarot and Jean G Dumesnil: Prosthesis-patient mismatch: definition, clinical impact, and prevention
Heart Published Online First: 26 October 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.067363 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Nikolay P Nikitin, Poay Huan Loh, Ramesh de Silva, Justin Ghosh, Olga Y Khaleva, Kevin Goode, Alan S Rigby, Farqad Alamgir, Andrew L Clark, and John GF Cleland: The prognostic value of systolic mitral annular velocity measured with Doppler tissue imaging in patients with chronic heart failure due to left ventricular systolic dysfunction
Heart Published Online First: 26 October 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.067140 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

10 October 2005

Dimitris Tousoulis, Marietta Charakida, and Christodoulos Stefanadis: Endothelial function and inflammation in coronary artery disease
Heart Published Online First: 10 October 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.066936 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Shreesha Maiya, Alison A Hislop, Yvette Flynn, and Sheila G Haworth: Response to bosentan in children with pulmonary hypertension
Heart Published Online First: 10 October 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.072314 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Cécile Roiron, Paola Sanchez, Anissa Bouzamondo, Philippe Lechat, and Gilles Montalescot: Drug-eluting stents: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
Heart Published Online First: 10 October 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.061622 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Rajan Sharma, David C Gaze, Denis Pellerin, Raj Metha, Helen Gregson, Christopher P Streather, Paul O Collinson, and Stephen J Brecker: Cardiac structural and functional abnormalities in end stage renal disease patients with elevated cardiac troponin T
Heart Published Online First: 10 October 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.069666 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Perry M Elliott, Juan R Gimeno, Rajesh Thaman, Jaymin Shah, Deidre Ward, Shaughan Dickie, Maria T Tomé, and William J McKenna: Historical trends in reported survival rates in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Heart Published Online First: 10 October 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.068577 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript] [Web-only table]

Li Wei, Michael J Murphy, and Thomas M MacDonald: The impact on cardiovascular events of increasing high-density lipoprotein cholesterol with and without lipid-lowering drugs
Heart Published Online First: 10 October 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.068411 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Rafik R Anis and Karl R Karsch: The future of drug eluting stents
Heart Published Online First: 10 October 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.068288 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Daiju Fukuda, Minoru Yoshiyama, Kenei Shimada, Hajime Yamashita, Shoichi Ehara, Yasuhiro Nakamura, Kimio Kamimori, Atsushi Tanaka, Takahiko Kawarabayashi, and Junichi Yoshikawa: Relationship between aortic stiffness and coronary flow reserve in patients with coronary artery disease
Heart Published Online First: 10 October 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.067934 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Divaka Perera, Pieter Postema, Rizwan Rashid, Sundip Patel, Lucy Blows, Michael Marber, and Simon Redwood: Does a well developed collateral circulation predispose to restenosis after percutaneous coronary intervention? An intravascular ultrasound study
Heart Published Online First: 10 October 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.067322 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Bernard D Prendergast: The changing face of infective endocarditis
Heart Published Online First: 10 October 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.067256 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Michael Weber, Thorsten Dill, Anja Deetjen, Thomas Neumann, Okan Ekinci, Jochen Hansel, Albrecht Elsaesser, Veselin Mitrovic, and Christian Hamm: Left ventricular adaptation after ASD closure assessed by elevated levels of NT-proBNP and cardiac MRI in adult patients
Heart Published Online First: 10 October 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.065607 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Mauricio Avendano, Anton E Kunst, Martijn Huisman, Frank V Lenthe, Matthias Bopp, Enrique Regidor, Myer Glickman, Giuseppe Costa, Teresa Spadea, Patrick Deboosere, Carme Borrell, Tapani Valkonen, Richard Gisser, Jens-Kristian Borgan, Sylvie Gadeyne, and Johan P Mackenbach: Socioeconomic status and ischaemic heart disease mortality in 10 western European populations during the 1990s
Heart Published Online First: 10 October 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.065532 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Lilian Grigorian Shamagian, Alfonso Varela Roman, Jose Maria Garcia Acuña, Carlos Peña Gil, Alejandro Virgos Lamela, and Jose Ramon Gonzalez-Juanatey: Anemia is associated with higher mortality among hospitalized heart failure patients with preserved systolic function
Heart Published Online First: 10 October 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.064394 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

J Hippisley-Cox and Carol Coupland: The effect of statins on the mortality of patients with ischaemic heart disease: population based cohort study with nested case control analysis
Heart Published Online First: 10 October 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.061523 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Kenneth YK Wong, Steve McSwiggan, Norman SJ Kennedy, Ronald S MacWalter, and Allan D Struthers: BNP identifies silent myocardial ischaemia in stroke survivors
Heart Published Online First: 10 October 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.060350 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

30 September 2005

Luciano Bernardi, Cesare Porta, and Peter Sleight: Cardiovascular, cerebrovascular and respiratory changes induced by different types of music in musicians and non- musicians: The importance of silence
Heart Published Online First: 30 September 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.064600 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript] [Web-only figures]

14 September 2005

Panagiotis Korantzopoulos, Theofilos M Kolettis, Athanasios Papathanasiou, Katerina K Naka, Panagiotis Kolios, Ioannis Leontaridis, Antonios Draganigos, Christos S Katsouras, and John A Goudevenos: Propafenone added to ibutilide increases conversion rates of persistent atrial fibrillation
Heart Published Online First: 14 September 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.072322 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

13 September 2005

Nicole Mueller-Lenke, Jasna Rudez, Daniel Staub, Kirsten Laule-Kilian, Theresia Klima, André P Perruchoud, and Christian Mueller: Use of chest X-ray in the emergency diagnosis of acute congestive heart failure
Heart Published Online First: 13 September 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.074583 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

John M Morgan, J Campbell Cowan, A John Camm, and Janet McComb: Sudden cardiac death - opportunities for prevention
Heart Published Online First: 13 September 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.073726 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Gregory H Tatum, Gunnlaugur Sigfússon, José A Ettedgui, John L Myers, Steven E Cyran, Howard S Weber, and Steven A Webber: Pulmonary artery growth fails to match the increase in body surface area after the Fontan operation
Heart Published Online First: 13 September 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.070243 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Dirk Skowasch, Stephanie Schrempf, Claus J Preusse, James A Likungu, Armin Welz, Berndt Lüderitz, and Gerhard Bauriedel: Tissue-resident C-reactive protein within degenerative aortic valves: correlation with serum CRP levels and modification by statins
Heart Published Online First: 13 September 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.069815 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Amanda Black, Liam J Murray, Christopher Cardwell, George Davey Smith, and Peter McCarron: Secular trends in heart rate in young adults, 1949 to 2004: analyses of cross-sectional studies
Heart Published Online First: 13 September 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.067777 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Dorothee Twardella, Henrike Merx, Harry Hahmann, Bernd Wüsten, Dietrich Rothenbacher, and Hermann Brenner: Long-term adherence to dietary recommendations after in-patient rehabilitation: prospective follow-up study in patients with coronary heart disease
Heart Published Online First: 13 September 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.067611 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Mika Kivimäki, George Davey Smith, Markus Juonala, Jane E. Ferrie, Liisa Keltikangas-Järvinen, Marko Elovainio, Laura Pulkki-Råback, Jussi Vahtera, Marketta Leino, Jorma S.A. Viikari, and Olli T. Raitakari: Socioeconomic position in childhood and adult cardiovascular risk factors, vascular structure and function: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study
Heart Published Online First: 13 September 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.067108 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Lesek Purek, Kirsten Laule-Kilian, Andreas Christ, Theresia Klima, Matthias E Pfisterer, André P Perruchoud, and Christian Mueller: Coronary artery disease and outcome in acute congestive heart failure
Heart Published Online First: 13 September 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.066464 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Antony Grayson, Roger Moore, Mark Jackson, Sudhir Rathore, Sanjay Sastry, Timothy Gray, Ian Schofield, Anoop Chauhan, Farzin Ordoubadi, Bernard Prendergast, and Rodney Stables: Multivariate prediction of major adverse cardiac events after 9,914 percutaneous coronary interventions in the north-west of England
Heart Published Online First: 13 September 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.066415 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Anne Burdess and David E Newby: Harnessing the preconditioning phenomenon - does remote organ ischaemia provide the answer?
Heart Published Online First: 13 September 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.064931 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Philippine Kiès, Christophe Leclercq, Gabe B Bleeker, Christophe Crocq, Sander G Molhoek, C Poulain, Lieselot van Erven, Marianne Bootsma, Katja Zeppenfeld, Ernst E van der Wall, Jean-Claude Daubert, Martin J Schalij, and Jeroen J Bax: Cardiac resynchronization therapy in chronic atrial fibrillation: impact on left atrial size and reversal to sinus rhythm
Heart Published Online First: 13 September 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.064816 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Po-Hsun Huang, Hsin-Bang Leu, Jaw-Wen Chen, Tao-Cheng Wu, Tse-Min Lu, Yu-An Ding, and Shing-Jong Lin: Comparison of endothelial vasodilator function, inflammatory markers and N-terminal-pro-brain natriuretic peptide in patients with or without chronotropic incompetence to exercise test
Heart Published Online First: 13 September 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.064147 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

John Partridge, Gunjan McGahan, Simon Causton, Mark Bowers, Mark Mason, Miles Dalby, and Mitchell Andrew: Radiation dose reduction without compromise of image quality in cardiac angiography and intervention using a flat panel detector without an antiscatter grid
Heart Published Online First: 13 September 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.063909 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Martin D Thomas, Kevin F Fox, David A Wood, J Simon R Gibbs, Andrew J Coats, Michael Y Henein, Philip A Poole-Wilson, and George C Sutton: Echocardiographic features and brain natriuretic peptides in patients presenting with heart failure and preserved systolic function
Heart Published Online First: 13 September 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.063768 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Shu Kasama, Takuji Toyama, Takashi Hatori, Hiroyuki Sumino, Hisao Kumakura, Yoshiaki Takayama, Shuichi Ichikawa, Tadashi Suzuki, and Masahiko Kurabayashi: Comparative effects of valsartan with enalapril on cardiac sympathetic nerve activity and plasma brain natriuretic peptide in patients with congestive heart failure
Heart Published Online First: 13 September 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.062463 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Klaus K Witte, John GF Cleland, and Andrew L Clark: Chronic heart failure, chronotropic incompetence, and the effects of beta-blockade
Heart Published Online First: 13 September 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2004.058073 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

23 August 2005

Serban Stoica, Fay Cafferty, Jago Kitcat, Roger Baskett, Martin Goddard, Linda Sharples, Francis Wells, and Samer Nashef: Octogenarians undergoing cardiac surgery outlive their peers - a case for early referral
Heart Published Online First: 23 August 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.064451 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

5 August 2005

Jian-Jun Li, Chun-Hong Fang, Yi-Shi Li, Rui-Tai Hui, Yue-Jin Yang, Ji-Lin Cheng, and Run-Lin Gao: Effects of simvastatin on anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10 in patients with unstable angina within two weeks
Heart Published Online First: 5 August 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2004.057489 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Johan Defoor, Luc Vanhees, Kevin Martens, Gert Matthijs, Anke Van Vlerken, Dominika Zielinska, Dirk Schepers, Robert Vlietinck, and Robert Fagard: The CAREGENE study: ACE Gene I/D polymorphism and effect of physical training on aerobic power in coronary artery disease
Heart Published Online First: 5 August 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2004.054312 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

1 July 2005

Soichiro Enomoto, Minoru Yoshiyama, Takashi Omura, Ryo Matsumoto, Takanori Kusuyama, Daisuke Nishiya, Yasukatsu Izumi, Kaname Akioka, Hiroshi Iwao, Kazuhide Takeuchi, and Junichi Yoshikawa: Microbubble destruction with ultrasound augments neovascularization by bone marrow cell transplantation in rat hindlimb ischemia
Heart Published Online First: 1 July 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.064162 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Erez Sharoni, Howard Song, Rebeca Peterson, Robert Guyton, and John Puskas: Off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery for significant left ventricular dysfunction: safety, feasibility, and trends in methodology over time - an early experience
Heart Published Online First: 1 July 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.062778 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

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