Clinical diagnostic tests

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Systematic review
64-Slice computed tomography angiography in the diagnosis and assessment of coronary artery disease: systematic review and meta-analysis

G Mowatt, J A Cook, G S Hillis, S Walker, C Fraser, X Jia, and N Waugh
Heart 2008 94: 1386 -1393; published online before print as 10.1136/hrt.2008.145292 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [ web only appendix ]  

Original articles
Acute hyperglycaemia prevents the protective effect of pre-infarction angina on microvascular function after primary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction

T Takahashi, Y Hiasa, Y Ohara, S Miyazaki, K Mahara, R Ogura, H Miyajima, K Yuba, N Suzuki, S Hosokawa, K Kishi, and R Ohtani
Heart 2008 94: 1402 -1406; published online before print as 10.1136/hrt.2008.142158 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original articles
Predictors of in-hospital mortality for patients admitted with ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a real-world study using the Myocardial Infarction National Audit Project (MINAP) database

C P Gale, S O M Manda, P D Batin, C F Weston, J S Birkhead, and A S Hall
Heart 2008 94: 1407 -1412; published online before print as 10.1136/hrt.2007.127068 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original articles
Preoperative tissue Doppler imaging differentiates beneficial from detrimental left ventricular hypertrophy in patients with surgical aortic stenosis. A postoperative morbidity study

F Bauer, F Mghaieth, N Dervaux, E Donal, G Derumeaux, A Cribier, and J-P Bessou
Heart 2008 94: 1440 -1445; published online before print as 10.1136/hrt.2007.121442 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original articles
Fetal pulmonary venous Doppler patterns in hypoplastic left heart syndrome: relationship to atrial septal restriction

K Chintala, Z Tian, W Du, D Donaghue, and J Rychik
Heart 2008 94: 1446 -1449; published online before print as 10.1136/hrt.2007.123497 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original articles
Coronary vasospasm as the underlying cause for chest pain in patients with PVB19 myocarditis

A Yilmaz, H Mahrholdt, A Athanasiadis, H Vogelsberg, G Meinhardt, M Voehringer, E-M Kispert, C Deluigi, H Baccouche, E Spodarev, K Klingel, R Kandolf, and U Sechtem
Heart 2008 94: 1456 -1463; published online before print as 10.1136/hrt.2007.131383 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original articles
Improvement of left ventricular myocardial short-axis, but not long-axis function or torsion after cardiac resynchronisation therapy: an assessment by two-dimensional speckle tracking

Q Zhang, J W-H Fung, G W K Yip, J Y-S Chan, A P-W Lee, Y-Y Lam, L-W Wu, E B Wu, and C-M Yu
Heart 2008 94: 1464 -1471; published online before print as 10.1136/hrt.2007.127498 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original articles
Detection of inflammation in patients with acute aortic syndrome: comparison of FDG-PET/CT imaging and serological markers of inflammation

H Kuehl, H Eggebrecht, T Boes, G Antoch, S Rosenbaum, S Ladd, A Bockisch, J Barkhausen, and R Erbel
Heart 2008 94: 1472 -1477; published online before print as 10.1136/hrt.2007.127282 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Education in Heart
How to manage ischaemic mitral regurgitation

Patrizio Lancellotti, Thomas Marwick, and Luc A Pierard
Heart 2008; 94: 1497-1502. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] BMJ Learning: Take this module on BMJ Learning  

Education in Heart
Cardiotoxic drugs: clinical monitoring and decision making

Audrey H Wu
Heart 2008; 94: 1503-1509. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] BMJ Learning: Take this module on BMJ Learning