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Original articles
Limited utilities of N-terminal pro B-type natriuretic peptide and other newer risk markers compared with traditional risk factors for prediction of significant angiographic lesions in stable coronary artery disease

A Peer, G Falkensammer, H Alber, A Kroiss, A Griesmacher, H Ulmer, O Pachinger, and J Mair
Heart 2009 95: 297 -303; published online before print as 10.1136/hrt.2008.145425 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rapid communication
Low-dose CT coronary angiography in the step-and-shoot mode: diagnostic performance

H Scheffel, H Alkadhi, S Leschka, A Plass, L Desbiolles, I Guber, T Krauss, J Gruenenfelder, M Genoni, T F Luescher, B Marincek, and P Stolzmann
Heart 2008 94: 1132 -1137; published online before print as 10.1136/hrt.2008.149971 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original articles
Does the choice of risk-adjustment model influence the outcome of surgeon-specific mortality analysis? A retrospective analysis of 14 637 patients under 31 surgeons

S W Grant, A D Grayson, M Jackson, J Au, B M Fabri, G Grotte, M Jones, and B Bridgewater
Heart 2008 94: 1044 -1049; published online before print as 10.1136/hrt.2006.110478 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original articles
Impact of aortic stenting on peripheral vascular function and daytime systolic blood pressure in adult coarctation

S S M Chen, A E Donald, C Storry, J P Halcox, P Bonhoeffer, and J E Deanfield
Heart 2008 94: 919 -924; published online before print as 10.1136/hrt.2006.109389 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original articles
The cost-effectiveness of an early interventional strategy in non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome based on the RITA 3 trial

M Henriksson, D M Epstein, S J Palmer, M J Sculpher, T C Clayton, S J Pocock, R A Henderson, M J Buxton, and K A A Fox
Heart 2008 94: 717 -723; published online before print as 10.1136/hrt.2007.127340 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [ web only appendix ]  

Epidemiology
Evaluation of the association between the first observation and the longitudinal change in C-reactive protein, and all-cause mortality

C J Currie, C D Poole, and P Conway
Heart 2008 94: 457 -462; published online before print as 10.1136/hrt.2007.118794 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Electronic pages
Management of patients with heart failure in clinical practice: differences between men and women

M J Lenzen, A Rosengren, W J M Scholte op Reimer, F Follath, E Boersma, M L Simoons, J G F Cleland, and M Komajda
Heart 2008 94: e10 ; published online before print as 10.1136/hrt.2006.099523 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Heart rhythm disorders and pacemakers
Effect of cardiac resynchronisation therapy on occurrence of ventricular arrhythmia in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators undergoing upgrade to cardiac resynchronisation therapy devices

G Lin, R F Rea, S C Hammill, D L Hayes, and P A Brady
Heart 2008 94: 186 -190; published online before print as 10.1136/hrt.2007.118372 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rapid communication
Performance of the QRISK cardiovascular risk prediction algorithm in an independent UK sample of patients from general practice: a validation study

J Hippisley-Cox, C Coupland, Y Vinogradova, J Robson, and P Brindle
Heart 2008 94: 34 -39; published online before print as 10.1136/hrt.2007.134890 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rapid communication
Serial long-term evaluation of neointimal stent coverage and thrombus after sirolimus-eluting stent implantation by use of coronary angioscopy

Masamichi Takano, Masanori Yamamoto, Yong Xie, Daisuke Murakami, Shigenobu Inami, Kentaro Okamatsu, Koji Seimiya, Takayoshi Ohba, Yoshihiko Seino, and Kyoichi Mizuno
Heart 2007; 93: 1533-1536. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]