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8 January 2009

Michael Weidenbach, Vit Rázek, Florentine Wild, Sachin Khambadkone, Thomas Berlage, Jan Janou $s$ ek, and Jan Marek: Simulation of Congenital Heart Defects - A Novel Way of Training Echocardiography
Published Online First: 8 January 2009. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.156919 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Isidre Vilacosta, Paloma Aragoncillo, Victoria Cañadas Godoy, Jose Alberto San Román, Joaquín Ferreirós, and Enrique Rodríguez: Acute Aortic Syndrome: a new sight to an old conundrum
Published Online First: 8 January 2009. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.153650 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Anushka A Patel: Cardiovascular risk – who should we treat and how much should we stratify?
Published Online First: 8 January 2009. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.148387 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Ali Khavandi, Kaivan Khavandi, Adam Greenstein, Karl Karsch, and Anthony Heagerty: n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids are still underappreciated and underused post myocardial infarction
Published Online First: 8 January 2009. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.161430 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Dai Yumino, Hanqiao Wang, John S Floras, Gary E Newton, Susanna Mak, Pimon Ruttanaumpawan, John D Parker, and T D Bradley: Relationship between sleep apnea and mortality in patients with ischemic heart failure
Published Online First: 8 January 2009. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.160952 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Anis Rassi Jr, Joao Carlos Pinto Dias, Jose Antonio Marin-Neto, and Anis Rassi: Challenges and opportunities for primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention of Chagas disease
Published Online First: 8 January 2009. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.159624 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Kay Tee Khaw and Paul Foster: The Eye - window to the soul or a mirror of systemic health? Or:What weight to give retinopathy as a risk factor for IHD
Published Online First: 8 January 2009. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.158121 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Harry Hemingway: States, rates and traits: prognosis research and chronic stable angina
Published Online First: 8 January 2009. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.152579 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

5 January 2009

Cengiz Ermis and David G Benditt: Recurrent Falls: Pace Now or Wait for Another Fall? Editorial on HEARTJNL/2008/153189
Published Online First: 5 January 2009. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.154948 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Steve W Parry, Nick Steen, Rodney Bexton, Margaret Tynan, and Rose Anne Kenny: Pacing in Elderly Recurrent Fallers with Carotid Sinus Hypersensitivity (PERF- CSH): A Randomised, Double-blind, Placebo Controlled Cross-over Trial
Published Online First: 5 January 2009. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.153189 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

22 December 2008

Robert K Riezebos, Eelko Ronner, Edske Ter Bals, Ton Slagboom, Pieter C Smits, Jurrien M ten Berg, Ferdinand Kiemeneij, Giovanni Amoroso, Mark S Patterson, Maarten J Suttorp, Jan GP Tijssen, and Gerrit Jan Laarman: Immediate versus deferred coronary angioplasty in non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes
Published Online First: 22 December 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.154815 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Reiko Mizuno, Shinichi Fujimoto, Yoshihiko Saito, and Shinobu Nakamura: Depressed recovery of subendocardial perfusion in persistent heart failure after complete revascularization in diabetic patients with hibernating myocardium
Published Online First: 22 December 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.155044 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

19 December 2008

Cheuk-Kit Wong, Wanzhen Gao, Ralph A H Stewart, John K French, Philip E G Aylward, and Harvey D White: Relationship of QRS duration at baseline and changes over 60 minutes after fibrinolysis to 30-day mortality with different locations of ST elevation myocardial infarction: Results from the HERO-2 trial
Published Online First: 19 December 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.146365 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

18 December 2008

Kenichi Yamahara, Kyung Duck Min, Hitonobu Tomoike, Kenji Kangawa, Soichiro Kitamura, and Noritoshi Nagaya: Pathological Role of Angiostatin in Heart Failure: An Endogenous Inhibitor of MSC Activation
Published Online First: 18 December 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.152223 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Paul G Shekelle: Appropriateness Criteria: A Useful Tool for Cardiology
Published Online First: 18 December 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.162230 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Masoud Mirzaei, Stewart Truswell, Richard Taylor, and Stephen R Leeder: Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) epidemics: not all the same
Published Online First: 18 December 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.154856 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Yat Yin Lam, Mike J Mullen, Mehmet Kaya, Wei Li, Michael A Gatzoulis, and Michael Y Henein: Left ventricular long axis dysfunction in adults with corrected aortic coarctation is related to an older age at intervention and increased aortic stiffness
Published Online First: 18 December 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.158287 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Konrad Frank and Jochen Müller-Ehmsen: EDITORIAL on HEARTJNL/2008/152223 Angiostatin – Drying out the Roots in Cardiac Muscle
Published Online First: 18 December 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.154013 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Claire McKenna, Stephen Palmer, Mark Rodgers, Duncan Chambers, Neil Hawkins, Su Golder, Susan Van Hout, Chris Pepper, Derick Todd, and Nerys Woolacott: Cost-effectiveness of radiofrequency catheter ablation for the treatment of atrial fibrillation in the UK
Published Online First: 18 December 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.147165 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

15 December 2008

Ai Ikeda, Hiroyasu Iso, Ichiro Kawachi, Kazumasa Yamagishi, Manami Inoue, and Shoichiro Tsugane: Living arrangement and coronary heart disease: The JPHC Study
Published Online First: 15 December 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.149575 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Naomi Achong, Sudhir Wahi, and Thomas H Marwick: Evolution and Outcome of Diastolic Dysfunction
Published Online First: 15 December 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.159020 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Vanina Bongard, Jacques Puel, Dominique Savary, Loic Belle, Sandrine Charpentier, Yves Cottin, Louis Soulat, Meyer Elbaz, Darko Miljkovic, and Philippe-Gabriel Steg: Predictors of infarct artery patency after prehospital thrombolysis. The multicentre, prospective, observational OPTIMAL study
Published Online First: 15 December 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.152504 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Cees B De Vos, Bob Weijs, Harry JGM Crijns, Emile C Cheriex, Andrea Palmans, Jos Habets, Martin H Prins, Ron Pisters, Robby Nieuwlaat, and Robert G Tieleman: Atrial Tissue Doppler Imaging For Prediction Of New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation
Published Online First: 15 December 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.148528 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

E Magnus Ohman and Jonathan Piccini: EDITORIAL on HEARTJNL/2008/146365 - Relationship of QRS duration at baseline and changes over 60 minutes after fibrinolysis to 30-day mortality with different locations of ST elevation myocardial infarction: Results from the HERO-2 trial
Published Online First: 15 December 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.153049 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

9 December 2008

David J. Kurz, Abraham Bernstein, Katrin Hunt, Dragana Radovanovic, Paul Erne, Zbigniew Siudak, and Osmund Bertel: Simple point of care risk stratification in acute coronary syndromes: The AMIS model
Published Online First: 9 December 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.145904 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

3 December 2008

Michel Habis, Andre Capderou, Anne Sigal-Cinqualbre, Said Ghostine, Saliha Rahal, Jean Yves Riou, Philippe Brenot, Claude Yves Angel, and Jean François Paul: Comparison of delayed enhancement patterns on multislice computed tomography immediately after coronary angiography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in acute myocardial infarction
Published Online First: 3 December 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.144097 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

27 November 2008

Frederic Franceschi, Jean-Claude Deharo, Roch Giorgi, Youlet By, Colette Monserrat, Jocelyne Condo, Zouher Ibrahim, Alain Saadjian, and Régis Guieu: Peripheral plasma adenosine release in patients with chronic heart failure
Published Online First: 27 November 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.155242 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

26 November 2008

Christian Pristipino, Carlo Trani, Marco S Nazzaro, Andrea Berni, Giuseppe Patti, Roberto Patrizi, Bruno Pironi, Pietro Mazzarotto, Gaetano Gioffrè, Giuseppe GL Biondi-Zoccai, and Giuseppe Richichi: Major improvement of percutaneous cardiovascular procedures outcomes with radial artery catheterisation. Results from the PREVAIL study
Published Online First: 26 November 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.150714 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Jaco C Lekkerkerker, Cees van Nieuwkoop, Serge A. Trines, Johanna G. van der Bom, Alexandre Bernards, Enno T van der Velde, Marianne Bootsma, Katja Zeppenveld, Wouter Jukema, Jan-Willem Borleffs, Martin J. Schalij, and Liselot van Erven: Risk factors and time delay associated with cardiac device infections. Leiden Device Registry
Published Online First: 26 November 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.151985 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

25 November 2008

Michiel M Winter, Berto J Bouma, Maarten Groenink, Thelma C Konings, Jan GP Tijssen, Dirk J van Veldhuisen, and Barbara JM Mulder: Latest insights in therapeutic options for systemic right ventricular failure: a comparison with left ventricular failure
Published Online First: 25 November 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.156265 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Masoor Kamales: Diabetes and prognosis- Are systolic and diastolic heart failure different?
Published Online First: 25 November 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.152686 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

24 November 2008

Nicolas Danchin and Denis Chemla: editorial on: HEARTJNL/2008/148742 Challenging the doctors' lifelong habits may be good for their patients: oxygen therapy in acute myocardial infarction
Published Online First: 24 November 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.153742 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Linda G Mellbin, Klas Malmberg, Anders Waldenström, Hans Wedel, and Lars Rydén: Prognostic implications of hypoglycemic episodes during hospitalisation for myocardial infarction in patients with type 2 diabetes. A report from the DIGAMI 2 trial
Published Online First: 24 November 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.152835 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

John S. Floras: Should sleep apnoea be a specific target of therapy in heart failure?
Published Online First: 24 November 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.142729 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

21 November 2008

Manjari Mukherjee, Scott Brouilette, Suzanne Stevens, K. Raghurama Shetty, and Nilesh J Samani: Association of shorter telomeres with coronary artery disease in Indians subjects
Published Online First: 21 November 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.150250 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

13 November 2008

Gianluca Perseghin, Francesco De Cobelli, Antonio Esposito, Elena Belloni, Guido Lattuada, Tamara Canu, Pietro Luigi Invernizzi, Francesca Ragogna, Antonio La Torre, Paola Scifo, Giampietro Alberti, Alessandro Del Maschio, and Livio Luzi: Left ventricular function and energy metabolism in middle-age men undergoing long lasting sustained aerobic oxidative training
Published Online First: 13 November 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.154716 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

10 November 2008

Hanna Maria Blackledge and Iain B Squire: Improving long-term outcomes following coronary artery bypass graft or percutaneous coronary revascularisation; Results from a large, population-based cohort with first intervention 1995 - 2004
Published Online First: 10 November 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2007.127928 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Reed E. Pyeritz: Marfan Syndrome: 30 Years of Research = 30 Years of Additional Life Expectancy
Published Online First: 10 November 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.160515 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Tadafumi Sugimoto, Takashi Tanigawa, Katsuya Onishi, Naoki Fujimoto, Akimasa Matsuda, Shiro Nakamori, Koji Matsuoka, Tomoaki Nakamura, Takakazu Koji, and Masaaki Ito: Serum Intact Parathyroid Hormone levels predict hospitalization for heart failure
Published Online First: 10 November 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.147652 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

31 October 2008

Ted S N Lo, Jim Nolan, Evangelos Fountzopoulos, Miles Behan, Rob Butler, Simon L Hetherington, Kunadian Vijayalakshmi, Rajagopal Rajinikanth, Douglas Fraser, Azfar G Zaman, and David J.R. Hildick-Smith: Radial artery anomaly and its influence on transradial coronary procedural outcome
Published Online First: 31 October 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.150474 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Aaron Baggish and P D Thompson: Thick Hearts, High Stakes, Great Uncertainties: Screening Athletes for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Published Online First: 31 October 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.158964 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Honey E Thomas, Peter Avery, Javed Ahmed, Richard Edwards, Ian Purcell, Azfar Zaman, Helen Arthur, and Bernard Keavney: Local vessel injury following PCI does not promote early mobilisation of endothelial progenitor cells in the absence of myocardial necrosis
Published Online First: 31 October 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.146662 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Bas M van Dalen, Osama I.I. Soliman, Wim B Vletter, Michelle Michels, Folkert J ten Cate, and Marcel L Geleijnse: Influence of the Pattern of Hypertrophy on Left Ventricular Twist in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Published Online First: 31 October 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.152777 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Edimar Bocchi, Guilherme Guimarães, Flávio Tarasoutshi, Guilherme Spina, Sandrigo Mangini, and Fernando Bacal: Cardiomyopathy, Adult Valve Disease, and Heart Failure In South America
Published Online First: 31 October 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.151225 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

24 October 2008

Vivian Chu, Jose M Miro, Bruno Hoen, Christopher H. Cabell, Paul A Pappas, Phillip Jones, Martin E Stryjewski, Ignasi Anguera, Sandra Braun, Patricia Munoz, Patrick Commerford, Pilar Tornos, Johnson Francis, Miguel Oyonarte, Christine Selton-Suty, Arthur J Morris, Gilbert Habib, Benito Almirante, Daniel J Sexton, Gordon R Corey, and Vance G Fowler Jr: Coagulase-negative Staphylococcal Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis: A Contemporary Update based on the International Collaboration on Endocarditis – Prospective Cohort Study
Published Online First: 24 October 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.152975 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Wissam A Jaber, Eric H Yang, Rick A Nishimura, Paul Sorajja, Charanjit S Rihal, Ahmad Elesber, Eric Eeckhout, and Amir Lerman: Immediate improvement in coronary flow reserve after alcohol septal ablation in patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy
Published Online First: 24 October 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.148239 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Sheila G Haworth and Alison A Hislop: Treatment and survival in children with pulmonary arterial hypertension: The UK Pulmonary Hypertension Service for Children 2001-2006
Published Online First: 24 October 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.150086 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Masood Sadiq, K Islam, R Abid, F Latif, A U Rehamn, A Waheed, M Azhar, and J S Khan: Prevalence of Rheumatic Heart Disease in School Children of Urban Lahore
Published Online First: 24 October 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.143982 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

23 September 2008

Azeem Latib, Antonio Colombo, and Giuseppe Sangiorgi: Bifurcation stenting: Current Strategies and New Devices
Published Online First: 23 September 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.150391 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Pierre Vladimir Ennezat, Sylvestre Marechaux, Bernard Iung, Christophe Chauvel, Thierry H LeJemtel, and Philippe Pibarot: Exercise testing and exercise stress echocardiography in asymptomatic aortic valve stenosis
Published Online First: 23 September 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.150011 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

18 September 2008

Emmanuel Stamatakis, Mark Hamer, and Paola Primatesta: Cardiovascular medication, physical activity and mortality: cross-sectional population study with ongoing mortality follow up
Published Online First: 18 September 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.152041 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Martyn R Thomas: Trans-Catheter Aortic Valve Implantation in the UK
Published Online First: 18 September 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.153817 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Julie Redfern, Tom Briffa, Elizabeth Ellis, and Saul Ben Freedman: Choice of secondary prevention improves risk factors after acute coronary syndrome: one year follow-up of the CHOICE (Choice of Health Options In prevention of Cardiovascular Events) randomised controlled trial
Published Online First: 18 September 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.150870 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Neil Swanson, Gilles Montalescot, Kim A Eagle, Shaun Goodman, Wei Huang, David Brieger, and Gerard P Devlin: Delay to angiography and outcomes following presentation with high-risk, non-ST elevation acute coronary syndromes (NSTE-ACS). Results from the Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events
Published Online First: 18 September 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.149922 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Makoto Saito, Hideki Okayama, Kazuhisa Nishimura, Akiyoshi Ogimoto, Tomoaki Ohtsuka, Katsuji Inoue, Go Hiasa, Takumi Sumimoto, Junichi Funada, Yuji Shigematsu, and Jitsuo Higaki: Determinants of Left Ventricular Untwisting Behavior in Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy: Analysis by Two-dimensional Speckle Tracking
Published Online First: 18 September 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.145979 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

5 September 2008

Tsuyoshi Shiga, Nobuhisa Hagiwara, Hiroshi Ogawa, Atsushi Takagi, Michitaka Nagashima, Takao Yamauchi, Yukio Tsurumi, Ryo Koyanagi, and Hiroshi Kasanuki: Sudden Cardiac Death and Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction During Long-Term Follow-up After Acute Myocardial Infarction in the Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Era. Results from the HIJAMI-II Registry
Published Online First: 5 September 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.145243 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

4 September 2008

Woong Chol Kang, Tae Hoon Ahn, Chan Il Moon, Seung Hwan Han, Eak Kyun Shin, Jung-Sun Kim, Young-Guk Ko, Donghoon Choi, Yangsoo Jang, Byoung-Keuk Kim, Seong Jin Oh, Dong Woon Jeon, and Joo-Young Yang: Comparison of inflammatory markers and angiographic outcomes after implantation of Rapamycin and Paclitaxel-Eluting Stents
Published Online First: 4 September 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.153114 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

2 September 2008

Ioannis A Paraskevaidis, Fotios Panou, Constantinos Papadopoulos, Dimitrios Farmakis, John Parissis, Ignatios Ikonomidis, Aggelos Rigopoulos, Efstathios K Iliodromitis, and Dimitrios T Kremastinos: Evaluation of left atrial longitudinal function in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: A tissue Doppler and two-dimensional strain study
Published Online First: 2 September 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.146548 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

26 August 2008

James H Stein: Carotid Ultrasound in Children: A Window to Arterial Aging
Published Online First: 26 August 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.151787 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

David Hackett: British Cardiovascular Society
Published Online First: 26 August 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.155531 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Pascal Meier, Janine Antonov, Rainer Zbinden, Aléxandre Kuhn, Stephan Zbinden, Steffen Gloekler, Mauro Delorenzi, Rolf Jaggi, and Christian Seiler: Non-Invasive Gene-Expression-Based Detection of Well Developed Collateral Function in Individuals With and Without Coronary Artery Disease
Published Online First: 26 August 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.145383 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

22 August 2008