Heart failure

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Cardiovascular medicine
Tissue Doppler-derived index of left ventricular filling pressure, E/E', predicts survival of patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation

H Okura, Y Takada, T Kubo, K Iwata, S Mizoguchi, H Taguchi, I Toda, J Yoshikawa, and K Yoshida
Heart 2006 92: 1248 -1252; published online before print as 10.1136/hrt.2005.082594 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cardiovascular medicine
Head-to-head comparison of indices of left ventricular contractile reserve assessed by high-dose dobutamine stress echocardiography in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy: five-year follow up

P Otasevic, Z B Popovic, J D Vasiljevic, L Pratali, A Vlahovic-Stipac, S D Boskovic, N Tasic, and A N Neskovic
Heart 2006 92: 1253 -1258; published online before print as 10.1136/hrt.2005.073999 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cardiovascular medicine
Characteristics of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in the community: an echocardiographic survey

W P Abhayaratna, T H Marwick, W T Smith, and N G Becker
Heart 2006 92: 1259 -1264; published online before print as 10.1136/hrt.2005.080150 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Scientific letters
Raised B-type natriuretic peptide predicts implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy in patients with ischaemic cardiomyopathy

R Klingenberg, C Zugck, R Becker, D Schellberg, G Heinze, R Kell, A Remppis, W Schoels, H A Katus, and T J Dengler
Heart 2006; 92: 1323-1324. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Scientific letters
Ischaemic preconditioning effect of prodromal angina pectoris is lost in patients with prior myocardial infarction

M Ishihara, I Inoue, T Kawagoe, Y Shimatani, S Kurisu, T Hata, Y Nakama, Y Kijima, and E Kagawa
Heart 2006; 92: 973-974. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Scientific letters
Eplerenone inhibits tumour necrosis factor shedding process by tumour necrosis factor converting enzyme in monocytes from patients with congestive heart failure

M Satoh, Y Ishikawa, Y Minami, T Akatsu, and M Nakamura
Heart 2006; 92: 979-980. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Scientific letters
Urotensin II is raised in children with congenital heart disease

C M Simpson, D J Penny, C F Stocker, and L S Shekerdemian
Heart 2006 92: 983 -984; published online before print as 10.1136/hrt.2005.074039 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Education in Heart
Screening children with a family history of sudden cardiac death

Christopher Wren
Heart 2006; 92: 1001-1006. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [ Web-only references ] BMJ Learning: Take this module on BMJ Learning  

Cardiovascular medicine
Effect of statins on the mortality of patients with ischaemic heart disease: population based cohort study with nested case–control analysis

J Hippisley-Cox and C Coupland
Heart 2006 92: 752 -758; published online before print as 10.1136/hrt.2005.061523 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cardiovascular medicine
Anaemia is associated with higher mortality among patients with heart failure with preserved systolic function

L Grigorian Shamagian, A Varela Roman, J M Garcia-Acuña, P Mazon Ramos, A Virgos Lamela, and J R Gonzalez-Juanatey
Heart 2006 92: 780 -784; published online before print as 10.1136/hrt.2005.064394 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]