Clinical diagnostic tests

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Editorials
Duchenne muscular dystrophy: how bad is the heart?

Elizabeth M McNally
Heart 2008; 94: 976-977. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original articles
Restoration of left ventricular synchronous contraction after acute myocardial infarction by stem cell therapy: new insights into the therapeutic implication of stem cell therapy for acute myocardial infarction

S-A Chang, H-K Kim, H-Y Lee, S-Y Choi, B-K Koo, Y-J Kim, D-W Sohn, B-H Oh, Y-B Park, Y-S Choi, H-J Kang, and H-S Kim
Heart 2008 94: 995 -1001; published online before print as 10.1136/hrt.2007.124701 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original articles
The impact of private-sector provision on equitable utilisation of coronary revascularisation in London

J Mindell, E Klodawski, J Fitzpatrick, N Malhotra, M McKee, and C Sanderson
Heart 2008 94: 1008 -1011; published online before print as 10.1136/hrt.2007.119875 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original articles
Association of the arterial access site at angioplasty with transfusion and mortality: the M.O.R.T.A.L study (Mortality benefit Of Reduced Transfusion after percutaneous coronary intervention via the Arm or Leg)

A J Chase, E B Fretz, W P Warburton, W P Klinke, R G Carere, D Pi, B Berry, and J D Hilton
Heart 2008 94: 1019 -1025; published online before print as 10.1136/hrt.2007.136390 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original articles
Diastolic filling pattern and left ventricular diameter predict response and prognosis after cardiac resynchronisation therapy

R Gradaus, V Stuckenborg, A Löher, J Köbe, F Reinke, S Gunia, C Vahlhaus, G Breithardt, and C Bruch
Heart 2008 94: 1026 -1031; published online before print as 10.1136/hrt.2007.126193 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original articles
Aortic distensibility and arterial–ventricular coupling in early chronic kidney disease: a pattern resembling heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

N C Edwards, C J Ferro, J N Townend, and R P Steeds
Heart 2008 94: 1038 -1043; published online before print as 10.1136/hrt.2007.137539 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original articles
Assessment of left ventricular mass and volumes by three-dimensional echocardiography in patients with or without wall motion abnormalities: comparison against cine magnetic resonance imaging

A-C Pouleur, J-B le Polain de Waroux, A Pasquet, B L Gerber, O Gérard, P Allain, and J-L J Vanoverschelde
Heart 2008 94: 1050 -1057; published online before print as 10.1136/hrt.2007.123711 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Technology and guidelines
Technological advances in tissue Doppler imaging echocardiography

N R Van de Veire, J De Sutter, J J Bax, and J R T C Roelandt
Heart 2008 94: 1065 -1074; published online before print as 10.1136/hrt.2007.120758 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Featured correspondence
The authors' reply:

A Steptoe and J Halcox
Heart 2008; 94: 1075-a. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Education in Heart
Defining myocardial infarction: a work in progress

Paul W Armstrong
Heart 2008; 94: 1076-1079. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] BMJ Learning: Take this module on BMJ Learning