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Cardiovascular medicine

• Social deprivation increases cardiac hospitalisations in chronic heart failure independent of disease severity and diuretic non-adherence (1 January, 2000)

  A D Struthers, G Anderson, P T Donnan, T MacDonald
• Relation between duration and intensity of first exercise and “warm up” in ischaemic heart disease (1 January, 2000)

  P Kay, J Kittelson, R A H Stewart
• Diagnosis of carotid sinus hypersensitivity in older adults: carotid sinus massage in the upright position is essential (1 January, 2000)

  S W Parry, D A Richardson, D O'Shea, B Sen, R A Kenny
• Clinical features of adenosine sensitive syncope and tilt induced vasovagal syncope (1 January, 2000)

  M Brignole, G Gaggioli, C Menozzi, A Del Rosso, S Costa, A Bartoletti, N Bottoni, G Lolli
• Ventricular pre-excitation in the general population: a study on the mode of presentation and clinical course (1 January, 2000)

  J A Goudevenos, C S Katsouras, G Graekas, O Argiri, V Giogiakas, D A Sideris
• The grade of worsening of regional function during dobutamine stress echocardiography predicts the extent of myocardial perfusion abnormalities (1 January, 2000)

  A Elhendy, R T van Domburg, J J Bax, D Poldermans, P R Nierop, M L Geleijnse, J R T C Roelandt
• Dobutamine magnetic resonance imaging as a predictor of myocardial functional recovery after revascularisation (1 January, 2000)

  R J Trent, G D Waiter, G S Hillis, F I McKiddie, T W Redpath, S Walton