Epidemiology

Citations 271-280 of 1580 total displayed.

Original research
Life expectancy and death from cardiomyopathy amongst carriers of Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy in Scotland

S M Holloway, D E Wilcox, A Wilcox, J C S Dean, J N Berg, D R Goudie, M A Denvir, and M E M Porteous
Heart 2008 94: 633 -636; published online before print as 10.1136/hrt.2007.125948 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [ web only appendix ]  

Original research
Impact of patient-prosthesis mismatch on exercise capacity in patients after bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement

S Bleiziffer, W B Eichinger, I Hettich, D Ruzicka, M Wottke, R Bauernschmitt, and R Lange
Heart 2008 94: 637 -641; published online before print as 10.1136/hrt.2007.116673 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Technology and guidelines
Ezetimibe for the treatment of primary (heterozygous-familial and non-familial) hypercholesterolaemia: NICE technology appraisal guidance

Z Charles, E Pugh, and D Barnett
Heart 2008; 94: 642-643. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Education in Heart
Troubleshooting implantable cardioverter-defibrillator related problems

Lieselot van Erven and Martin J Schalij
Heart 2008; 94: 649-660. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [ web only references ] BMJ Learning: Take this module on BMJ Learning  

Editorials
Ejection fraction: a measure of desperation?

Charlotte H Manisty and Darrel P Francis
Heart 2008; 94: 400-401. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorials
Social inequalities and cardiovascular disease in South Asians

Justin Zaman and Eric Brunner
Heart 2008; 94: 406-407. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [ erratum ]  

Rapid communication
Telomere length is shorter in healthy offspring of subjects with coronary artery disease: support for the telomere hypothesis

S W Brouilette, A Whittaker, S E Stevens, P van der Harst, A H Goodall, and N J Samani
Heart 2008; 94: 422-425. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Heart failure and cardiomyopathy
Pulmonary embolism causes endomyocarditis in the human heart

M P V Begieneman, F R W van de Goot, I A C van der Bilt, A Vonk Noordegraaf, M D Spreeuwenberg, W J Paulus, V W M van Hinsbergh, F C Visser, and H W M Niessen
Heart 2008 94: 450 -456; published online before print as 10.1136/hrt.2007.118638 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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]  

Epidemiology
Trends for coronary heart disease and stroke mortality among migrants in England and Wales, 1979–2003: slow declines notable for some groups

S Harding, M Rosato, and A Teyhan
Heart 2008 94: 463 -470; published online before print as 10.1136/hrt.2007.122044 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]