Hypertension

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Original articles
Blood pressure-independent relations of left ventricular geometry to the metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance: a population-based study

J Sundström, J Ärnlöv, K Stolare, and L Lind
Heart 2008 94: 874 -878; published online before print as 10.1136/hrt.2007.121020 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original articles
B-type natriuretic peptide and left ventricular dysfunction on exercise echocardiography in patients with chronic aortic regurgitation

R S Gabriel, A J Kerr, V Sharma, I S L Zeng, and R A H Stewart
Heart 2008 94: 897 -902; published online before print as 10.1136/hrt.2007.126508 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original articles
Role of the C-344T aldosterone synthase gene variant in left ventricular mass and left ventricular structure-related phenotypes

S Sookoian, T F Gianotti, and C J Pirola
Heart 2008 94: 903 -910; published online before print as 10.1136/hrt.2007.119545 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [ web only figure ]  

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]  

Featured correspondence
The authors’ reply:

A Norhammar and L Rydén
Heart 2008; 94: 935-a. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Featured correspondence
Not only after myocardial infarction

V Barrios and C Escobar
Heart 2008; 94: 935. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Education in Heart
Fractional flow reserve: a review

B De Bruyne and J Sarma
Heart 2008; 94: 949-959. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [ web only appendix ] BMJ Learning: Take this module on BMJ Learning  

Editorials
Relevance of platelet activation in obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Perry Elliott
Heart 2008; 94: 688-689. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorials
How stiffening of the aorta and elastic arteries leads to compromised coronary flow

Michael F O’Rourke
Heart 2008; 94: 690-691. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Global burden of cardiovascular disease
Epidemiology of stroke and high blood pressure in Africa

G A Mensah
Heart 2008 94: 697 -705; published online before print as 10.1136/hrt.2007.127753 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]