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Editorials

  • The cost of cardiovascular disease: rising, declining or staying still?

    • G Lyratzopoulos
    Heart 2006;92:10 1361-1362 Published Online First: 15 May 2006 doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.085563

  • Mitral regurgitation and left ventricular dyssynchrony: implications for treatment

    • J J Bax,
    • D Poldermans
    Heart 2006;92:10 1363-1364 Published Online First: 18 May 2006 doi:10.1136/hrt.2006.089805

  • The changing face of infective endocarditis

    • E Cecchi,
    • M Imazio,
    • R Trinchero
    Heart 2006;92:10 1365-1366 doi:10.1136/hrt.2006.092635

  • Harnessing the preconditioning phenomenon: does remote organ ischaemia provide the answer?

    • A Burdess,
    • D Newby
    Heart 2006;92:10 1367-1368 Published Online First: 13 September 2005 doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.064931

Heart reviews

  • Percutaneous valve repair and replacement techniques

    • B Munt,
    • J Webb
    Heart 2006;92:10 1369-1372 Published Online First: 9 December 2005 doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.067371

  • Surgical reconstruction of the mitral valve

    • S M Tuladhar,
    • P P Punjabi
    Heart 2006;92:10 1373-1377 Published Online First: 9 December 2005 doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.067421

Rapid communication

  • Bypassing the emergency room reduces delays and mortality in ST elevation myocardial infarction: the USIC 2000 registry

    • P G Steg,
    • J-P Cambou,
    • P Goldstein,
    • E Durand,
    • P Sauval,
    • Z Kadri,
    • D Blanchard,
    • J-M Lablanche,
    • P Guéret,
    • Y Cottin,
    • J-M Juliard,
    • G Hanania,
    • L Vaur,
    • N Danchin
    Heart 2006;92:10 1378-1383 Published Online First: 16 August 2006 doi:10.1136/hrt.2006.101972

Cardiovascular medicine

  • Cost of cardiovascular diseases in the United Kingdom

    • R Luengo-Fernández,
    • J Leal,
    • A Gray,
    • S Petersen,
    • M Rayner
    Heart 2006;92:10 1384-1389 Published Online First: 15 May 2006 doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.072173

  • Role of regional mechanical dyssynchrony as a determinant of functional mitral regurgitation in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction

    • E Agricola,
    • M Oppizzi,
    • M Galderisi,
    • M Pisani,
    • A Meris,
    • C Pappone,
    • A Margonato
    Heart 2006;92:10 1390-1395 Published Online First: 31 January 2006 doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.082115

  • Cardiovascular disease risk assessment in older women: can we improve on Framingham? British Women’s Heart and Health prospective cohort study

    • M May,
    • D A Lawlor,
    • P Brindle,
    • R Patel,
    • S Ebrahim
    Heart 2006;92:10 1396-1401 Published Online First: 17 March 2006 doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.085381

  • Effect of aggressive risk factor modification on cardiac events and myocardial ischaemia in patients with chronic kidney disease

    • D J Rakhit,
    • T H Marwick,
    • K A Armstrong,
    • D W Johnson,
    • R Leano,
    • N M Isbel
    Heart 2006;92:10 1402-1408 Published Online First: 10 April 2006 doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.074393

  • Metabolic syndrome and risk for heart failure in middle-aged men

    • E Ingelsson,
    • J Ärnlöv,
    • L Lind,
    • J Sundström
    Heart 2006;92:10 1409-1413 Published Online First: 22 May 2006 doi:10.1136/hrt.2006.089011

  • Relationship between myocardial perfusion and dysfunction in diabetic cardiomyopathy: a study of quantitative contrast echocardiography and strain rate imaging

    • S Moir,
    • L Hanekom,
    • Z-Y Fang,
    • B Haluska,
    • C Wong,
    • M Burgess,
    • T H Marwick
    Heart 2006;92:10 1414-1419 Published Online First: 10 April 2006 doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.079350

  • Circulating adiponectin concentrations in patients with congestive heart failure

    • J George,
    • S Patal,
    • D Wexler,
    • Y Sharabi,
    • E Peleg,
    • Y Kamari,
    • E Grossman,
    • D Sheps,
    • G Keren,
    • A Roth
    Heart 2006;92:10 1420-1424 Published Online First: 18 April 2006 doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.083345

  • Excessive breathlessness in patients with diastolic heart failure

    • K K A Witte,
    • N P Nikitin,
    • J G F Cleland,
    • A L Clark
    Heart 2006;92:10 1425-1429 Published Online First: 18 April 2006 doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.081521

  • A history of arterial hypertension does not affect mortality in patients hospitalised with congestive heart failure

    • F Gustafsson,
    • C Torp-Pedersen,
    • M Seibæk,
    • H Burchardt,
    • O Wendelboe Nielsen,
    • L Køber
    Heart 2006;92:10 1430-1433 Published Online First: 18 April 2006 doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.080572

  • Effects of torasemide on cardiac sympathetic nerve activity and left ventricular remodelling in patients with congestive heart failure

    • S Kasama,
    • T Toyama,
    • T Hatori,
    • H Sumino,
    • H Kumakura,
    • Y Takayama,
    • S Ichikawa,
    • T Suzuki,
    • M Kurabayashi
    Heart 2006;92:10 1434-1440 Published Online First: 18 April 2006 doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.079764

  • Glucose and haemoglobin in the assessment of prognosis after first hospitalisation for heart failure

    • J D Newton,
    • I B Squire
    Heart 2006;92:10 1441-1446 Published Online First: 18 April 2006 doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.080895

  • Delayed hyperenhancement in magnetic resonance imaging of left ventricular hypertrophy caused by aortic stenosis and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: visualisation of focal fibrosis

    • K Debl,
    • B Djavidani,
    • S Buchner,
    • C Lipke,
    • W Nitz,
    • S Feuerbach,
    • G Riegger,
    • A Luchner
    Heart 2006;92:10 1447-1451 Published Online First: 10 April 2006 doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.079392

  • Tissue Doppler velocity is superior to displacement and strain mapping in predicting left ventricular reverse remodelling response after cardiac resynchronisation therapy

    • C-M Yu,
    • Q Zhang,
    • Y-S Chan,
    • C-K Chan,
    • G W K Yip,
    • L C C Kum,
    • E B Wu,
    • P-W Lee,
    • Y-Y Lam,
    • S Chan,
    • J W-H Fung
    Heart 2006;92:10 1452-1456 Published Online First: 18 April 2006 doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.083592

  • Infective endocarditis in a Finnish teaching hospital: a study on 326 episodes treated during 1980–2004

    • M Heiro,
    • H Helenius,
    • S Mäkilä,
    • U Hohenthal,
    • T Savunen,
    • E Engblom,
    • J Nikoskelainen,
    • P Kotilainen
    Heart 2006;92:10 1457-1462 Published Online First: 27 April 2006 doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.084715

  • APOE alleles are not associated with calcific aortic stenosis

    • J R Ortlepp,
    • M Pillich,
    • V Mevissen,
    • C Krantz,
    • M Kimmel,
    • R Autschbach,
    • G Langebartels,
    • J Erdmann,
    • R Hoffmann,
    • K Zerres
    Heart 2006;92:10 1463-1466 Published Online First: 10 April 2006 doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.075317

  • Splenectomy: a strong risk factor for pulmonary hypertension in patients with thalassaemia

    • A Phrommintikul,
    • A Sukonthasarn,
    • R Kanjanavanit,
    • W Nawarawong
    Heart 2006;92:10 1467-1472 Published Online First: 18 April 2006 doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.079970

Miscellanea

  • Amiodarone induced skin necrosis

    • S J Russell,
    • S Saltissi
    Heart 2006;92:10 1395 doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.086157

  • Double chambered left ventricle in cardiac magnetic resonance imaging

    • T Hemmers,
    • M Schwaiger,
    • H Stern
    Heart 2006;92:10 1401 doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.079699

  • Mahaim tachycardia and intravenous adenosine

    • T R Betts
    Heart 2006;92:10 1408 doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.080259

  • Giant single coronary artery with terminal fistulous aneurysm: a rare entity

    • L Adamo,
    • M Adamo
    Heart 2006;92:10 1419 doi:10.1136/hrt.2006.091009

  • Implantation of a biventricular defibrillator system in a patient with persistent left and absent right superior vena cava

    • C Sticherling,
    • S Osswald
    Heart 2006;92:10 1424 doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.079129

  • Iron chelating in thalassaemia with left ventricular dysfunction

    • G Cagirci,
    • O Tufekcioglu,
    • M Yetim
    Heart 2006;92:10 1440 doi:10.1136/hrt.2006.088377

  • Simultaneous combined interventional percutaneous left atrial auricle and atrial septal defect closure

    • H von Korn,
    • J Yu,
    • B Lauer
    Heart 2006;92:10 1462 doi:10.1136/hrt.2006.087635

  • Aortic valvular endocarditis visualised by 16-row detector multislice computed tomography

    • L Christiaens,
    • P Ardilouze,
    • E Sorbets
    Heart 2006;92:10 1466 doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.085027

  • Multiple intracardiac thrombi in a patient with dilated cardiomyopathy

    • S Goland,
    • T Luo,
    • R J Siegel
    Heart 2006;92:10 1472 doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.083865

  • Intramyocardial echinococcal cyst demonstrated by multislice computed tomography

    • F Gundogdu,
    • S Arslan,
    • A M Kantarci
    Heart 2006;92:10 1479 doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.082826

  • Pseudoaneurysm of aortocoronary graft secondary to spontaneous late rupture

    • E Flecher,
    • S Wilson,
    • C M G Duran
    Heart 2006;92:10 1495 doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.084012

  • Malignant pectus excavatum

    • D S Crossland,
    • A W Auldist,
    • A M Davis
    Heart 2006;92:10 1511 doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.087098

  • Web Top 10

    Heart 2006;92:10 1513

  • Hepatic hydatid cyst rupturing into pericardial cavity

    • F Martín-Herrero,
    • I Cruz,
    • L Muñoz
    Heart 2006;92:10 1536 doi:10.1136/hrt.2006.090456

Interventional cardiology and surgery

  • Interventional versus conservative treatment in acute non-ST elevation coronary syndrome: time course of patient management and disease events over one year in the RITA 3 trial

    • P A Poole-Wilson,
    • S J Pocock,
    • K A A Fox,
    • R A Henderson,
    • D J Wheatley,
    • D A Chamberlain,
    • T R D Shaw,
    • T C Clayton
    Heart 2006;92:10 1473-1479 Published Online First: 18 April 2006 doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.060541

  • Evaluation of restenosis and extent of coronary artery disease in patients with previous percutaneous coronary interventions by dobutamine stress real-time myocardial contrast perfusion imaging

    • A Elhendy,
    • J M Tsutsui,
    • E L O’Leary,
    • F Xie,
    • F Majeed,
    • T R Porter
    Heart 2006;92:10 1480-1483 Published Online First: 10 April 2006 doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.086140

  • Beneficial effects of abciximab in patients with primary percutaneous intervention for acute ST segment elevation myocardial infarction in clinical practice

    • T Heer,
    • U Zeymer,
    • C Juenger,
    • A K Gitt,
    • H Wienbergen,
    • R Zahn,
    • M Gottwik,
    • J Senges
    Heart 2006;92:10 1484-1489 Published Online First: 10 April 2006 doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.085456

FAST HEART

  • “FAST HEART”

    • Roger Hall
    Heart 2006;92:10 1489

Congenital heart disease

  • Current patterns of infective endocarditis in congenital heart disease

    • S Di Filippo,
    • F Delahaye,
    • B Semiond,
    • M Celard,
    • R Henaine,
    • J Ninet,
    • F Sassolas,
    • A Bozio
    Heart 2006;92:10 1490-1495 Published Online First: 3 July 2006 doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.085332

  • Dilatation of the ascending aorta in paediatric patients with bicuspid aortic valve: frequency, rate of progression and risk factors

    • A E Warren,
    • M L Boyd,
    • C O’Connell,
    • L Dodds
    Heart 2006;92:10 1496-1500 Published Online First: 17 March 2006 doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.081539

  • Prenatally diagnosed pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect: echocardiography, genetics, associated anomalies and outcome

    • S Vesel,
    • S Rollings,
    • A Jones,
    • N Callaghan,
    • J Simpson,
    • G K Sharland
    Heart 2006;92:10 1501-1505 Published Online First: 17 March 2006 doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.083295

Basic research

  • Remote ischaemic preconditioning protects against cardiopulmonary bypass-induced tissue injury: a preclinical study

    • R K Kharbanda,
    • J Li,
    • I E Konstantinov,
    • M M H Cheung,
    • P A White,
    • H Frndova,
    • J Stokoe,
    • P Cox,
    • M Vogel,
    • G Van Arsdell,
    • R MacAllister,
    • A N Redington
    Heart 2006;92:10 1506-1511 Published Online First: 3 July 2006 doi:10.1136/hrt.2004.042366

Scientific letters

  • Prediction of mortality of patients with suspected heart failure by brain natriuretic peptide concentrations > 100 pg/ml: comparison of a clinical model with brain natriuretic peptide concentrations

    • J Kellett
    Heart 2006;92:10 1512-1513 doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.069286

  • Clinical and echocardiographic correlates of plasma osteopontin in the community: the Framingham Heart Study

    • J Ärnlöv,
    • J C Evans,
    • E J Benjamin,
    • M G Larson,
    • D Levy,
    • P Sutherland,
    • D A Siwik,
    • T J Wang,
    • W S Colucci,
    • R S Vasan
    Heart 2006;92:10 1514-1515 doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.081406

  • Subclinical left ventricular dysfunction in normotensive women with Turner’s syndrome

    • N H Andersen,
    • B E Hjerrild,
    • K Sørensen,
    • E M Pedersen,
    • K Stochholm,
    • L C Gormsen,
    • A Hørlyck,
    • J S Christiansen,
    • C H Gravholt
    Heart 2006;92:10 1516-1517 doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.081471

  • Raised plasma N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide concentrations predict mortality and cardiac disease in end-stage renal disease

    • R Sharma,
    • D C Gaze,
    • D Pellerin,
    • R L Mehta,
    • H Gregson,
    • C P Streather,
    • P O Collinson,
    • S J D Brecker
    Heart 2006;92:10 1518-1519 doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.082313

Education in Heart

  • Risks of contraception and pregnancy in heart disease

    • Sara Thorne,
    • Anne MacGregor,
    • Catherine Nelson-Piercy
    Heart 2006;92:10 1520-1525 doi:10.1136/hrt.2006.095240

  • Practical management of medical liability for cardiac errors in a hospital environment

    • Michel Bernard
    Heart 2006;92:10 1526-1528 doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.065961

  • Management of dyslipidaemias

    • Pathmaja Paramsothy,
    • Robert Knopp
    Heart 2006;92:10 1529-1534 doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.071712

JournalScan

  • JournalScan

    • Iqbal Malik
    Heart 2006;92:10 1535-1536

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