Metabolic disorders

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Cardiovascular medicine
Post-challenge hyperinsulinaemia rather than hyperglycaemia is associated with the severity of coronary artery disease in patients without a previous diagnosis of diabetes mellitus

H Satoh, H Terada, A Uehara, H Katoh, M Matsunaga, K Yamazaki, F Matoh, and H Hayashi
Heart 2005; 91: 731-736. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cardiovascular medicine
N-acetylcysteine does not prevent contrast induced nephropathy after cardiac catheterisation with an ionic low osmolality contrast medium: a multicentre clinical trial

V O Gomes, C E Poli de Figueredo, P Caramori, R Lasevitch, L C Bodanese, A Araújo, A P Röedel, A P Caramori, F S Brito, Jr, H G Bezerra, P Nery, and A Brizolara
Heart 2005; 91: 774-778. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Basic research
Atorvastatin inhibits calcification and enhances nitric oxide synthase production in the hypercholesterolaemic aortic valve

N M Rajamannan, M Subramaniam, S R Stock, N J Stone, M Springett, K I Ignatiev, J P McConnell, R J Singh, R O Bonow, and T C Spelsberg
Heart 2005; 91: 806-810. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Scientific letters
Impact of asynchronous ventricular activation on pro-inflammatory cytokines and oxidative stress in paced patients

M E Marketou, E N Simantirakis, D Nikitovic, S I Chrysostomakis, E A Zacharis, and P E Vardas
Heart 2005; 91: 817-818. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Scientific letters
Prognostic implications of sonographic characteristics of carotid plaques in patients with acute coronary syndromes

R Komorovsky, A Desideri, S Coscarelli, L Cortigiani, D Tonello, A Visonà, and L Celegon
Heart 2005; 91: 819-820. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Papers
Question and answer session

Heart 2005; 91: ii31. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Scientific letters
Irbesartan significantly reduces C reactive protein concentrations after 1 month of treatment in unstable angina

L M Biasucci, M Lombardi, M Piro, G Di Giannuario, G Liuzzo, and F Crea
Heart 2005; 91: 670-671. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Scientific letters
The natural history of left ventricular systolic function in Anderson-Fabry disease

J S Shah, P Lee, D Hughes, R Thaman, B Sachdev, D Pellerin, A Mehta, and P M Elliott
Heart 2005; 91: 533-534. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Scientific letters
Progression of native coronary plaques and in-stent restenosis are associated and predicted by increased pre-procedural C reactive protein

D Skowasch, A Jabs, R Andrié, B Lüderitz, and G Bauriedel
Heart 2005; 91: 535-536. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cardiovascular medicine
Wine drinking is associated with increased heart rate variability in women with coronary heart disease

I Janszky, M Ericson, M Blom, A Georgiades, J-O Magnusson, H Alinagizadeh, and S Ahnve
Heart 2005; 91: 314-318. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]