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  • The British Society for Cardiovascular Research Autumn Meeting 2006, a joint meeting with the British Atherosclerosis Society

    Heart 2007;93:2 e2

Featured editorial

  • Biological pacemaking: a concept whose time has come…or is coming

    • Michael R Rosen
    Heart 2007;93:2 145-146 doi:10.1136/hrt.2006.111922

Editorials

  • Underuse of revascularisation in acute coronary syndromes

    • Franz-Josef Neumann,
    • Heinz Joachim Büttner
    Heart 2007;93:2 147-148 doi:10.1136/hrt.2006.092643

  • The effect of intensive lipid lowering on coronary atheroma and clinical outcome

    • Emma S Houslay,
    • Jaydeep Sarma,
    • Neal G Uren
    Heart 2007;93:2 149-151 Published Online First: 11 October 2006 doi:10.1136/hrt.2006.105676

  • Pregnancy and the various forms of the Fontan circulation

    • Fiona Walker
    Heart 2007;93:2 152-154 Published Online First: 11 October 2006 doi:10.1136/hrt.2006.091082

Miscellanea

  • Left ventricular pressure–volume loops during mechanical alternans in a patient with dilated cardiomyopathy

    • T Kashimura,
    • M Kodama,
    • Y Aizawa
    Heart 2007;93:2 151 doi:10.1136/hrt.2006.094037

  • Retrograde coronary interventions of chronic total occlusions

    • J-Y Moon,
    • D Choi,
    • Y Jang
    Heart 2007;93:2 199 doi:10.1136/hrt.2006.091520

  • Spontaneous coronary vasospasm in the catheterisation laboratory: prompt resolution after atropine injection

    • S Turkoglu,
    • U Arpag,
    • T Timurkaynak
    Heart 2007;93:2 215 doi:10.1136/hrt.2006.093187

  • Coronary artery–left atrial fistula caused by feeding artery rupture in cardiac myxoma

    • K Zen,
    • T Asai,
    • H Tatsukawa,
    • H Matsubara
    Heart 2007;93:2 237 doi:10.1136/hrt.2006.090753

  • Free-floating left atrial thrombus formed in a few weeks in a patient with a normal mitral prosthesis

    • B A Popescu,
    • B Radulescu,
    • C Ginghina
    Heart 2007;93:2 246 doi:10.1136/hrt.2006.091306

  • WEB TOP 10

    Heart 2007;93:2 257

Heart reviews

  • Heart failure with a normal ejection fraction

    • J E Sanderson
    Heart 2007;93:2 155-158 Published Online First: 30 December 2005 doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.074187

  • Cardiac syndrome X: a critical overview and future perspectives

    • G A Lanza
    Heart 2007;93:2 159-166 Published Online First: 6 January 2006 doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.067330

Review

  • Reverse remodelling in heart failure with cardiac resynchronisation therapy

    • M St John Sutton,
    • M G Keane
    Heart 2007;93:2 167-171 Published Online First: 27 April 2006 doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.067967

Rapid communication

  • Adding social deprivation and family history to cardiovascular risk assessment: the ASSIGN score from the Scottish Heart Health Extended Cohort (SHHEC)

    • Mark Woodward,
    • Peter Brindle,
    • Hugh Tunstall-Pedoe
    Heart 2007;93:2 172-176 Published Online First: 7 November 2006 doi:10.1136/hrt.2006.108167

Acute coronary syndromes

  • Intervention in acute coronary syndromes: do patients undergo intervention on the basis of their risk characteristics? The Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE)

    • K A A Fox,
    • F A Anderson, Jr,
    • O H Dabbous,
    • P G Steg,
    • J López-Sendón,
    • F Van de Werf,
    • A Budaj,
    • E P Gurfinkel,
    • S G Goodman,
    • D Brieger
    Heart 2007;93:2 177-182 Published Online First: 6 June 2006 doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.084830

  • Acute coronary syndromes and their presentation in Asian and Caucasian patients in Britain

    • Molly Teoh,
    • Susan Lalondrelle,
    • Michael Roughton,
    • Richard Grocott-Mason,
    • Simon W Dubrey
    Heart 2007;93:2 183-188 Published Online First: 16 August 2006 doi:10.1136/hrt.2006.091900

Coronary artery disease

  • The coronary risk of cyclo-oxygenase-2 inhibitors in patients with a previous myocardial infarction

    • J M Brophy,
    • L E Lévesque,
    • B Zhang
    Heart 2007;93:2 189-194 Published Online First: 18 July 2006 doi:10.1136/hrt.2006.089367

Interventional cardiology

  • Effects of changing clinical practice on costs and outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention between 1998 and 2002

    • M A Denvir,
    • A J Lee,
    • J Rysdale,
    • R J Prescott,
    • H Eteiba,
    • I R Starkey,
    • J P Pell,
    • A Walker
    Heart 2007;93:2 195-199 Published Online First: 18 July 2006 doi:10.1136/hrt.2006.090134

Cardiac imaging and non-invasive testing

  • A pretest prognostic score to assess patients undergoing exercise or pharmacological stress testing

    • Anthony Morise,
    • Matthew Evans,
    • Farrukh Jalisi,
    • Rajendra Shetty,
    • Marc Stauffer
    Heart 2007;93:2 200-204 doi:10.1136/hrt.2006.093799

  • Left ventricular remodelling index (LVRI) in various pathophysiological conditions: a real-time three-dimensional echocardiographic study

    • Stefano De Castro,
    • Stefano Caselli,
    • Martin Maron,
    • Antonio Pelliccia,
    • Elena Cavarretta,
    • Prasad Maddukuri,
    • Domenico Cartoni,
    • Emanuele Di Angelantonio,
    • Jeffrey T Kuvin,
    • Ayan R Patel,
    • Natesa G Pandian
    Heart 2007;93:2 205-209 Published Online First: 16 August 2006 doi:10.1136/hrt.2006.093997

Epidemiology

  • Temporal decline in the prognostic impact of a recurrent acute myocardial infarction 1985 to 2002

    • P Buch,
    • S Rasmussen,
    • G H Gislason,
    • J N Rasmussen,
    • L Køber,
    • N Gadsbøll,
    • S Stender,
    • M Madsen,
    • C Torp-Pedersen,
    • S Z Abildstrom
    Heart 2007;93:2 210-215 Published Online First: 29 August 2006 doi:10.1136/hrt.2006.092213

Diabetes, lipids and metabolism

  • Levels of homocysteine are increased in metabolic syndrome patients but are not associated with an increased cardiovascular risk, in contrast to patients without the metabolic syndrome

    • Gideon R Hajer,
    • Yolanda van der Graaf,
    • Jobien K Olijhoek,
    • Marianne C Verhaar,
    • Frank L J Visseren
    Heart 2007;93:2 216-220 Published Online First: 4 September 2006 doi:10.1136/hrt.2006.093971

Cardiovascular surgery

  • Outcome after redo coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with ischaemic cardiomyopathy and viable myocardium

    • V Rizzello,
    • D Poldermans,
    • A F L Schinkel,
    • E Biagini,
    • E Boersma,
    • A Elhendy,
    • F B Sozzi,
    • A Palazzuoli,
    • A Maat,
    • F Crea,
    • J J Bax
    Heart 2007;93:2 221-225 Published Online First: 11 August 2006 doi:10.1136/hrt.2006.088146

  • Plasma N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide as long-term prognostic marker after major vascular surgery

    • Harm H H Feringa,
    • Olaf Schouten,
    • Martin Dunkelgrun,
    • Jeroen J Bax,
    • Eric Boersma,
    • Abdou Elhendy,
    • Robert de Jonge,
    • Stefanos E Karagiannis,
    • Radosav Vidakovic,
    • Don Poldermans
    Heart 2007;93:2 226-231 Published Online First: 16 August 2006 doi:10.1136/hrt.2006.093716

  • Influence of concomitant coronary artery bypass graft on outcome of surgery of the ascending aorta/arch

    • P Narayan,
    • C A Rogers,
    • M Caputo,
    • G D Angelini,
    • A J Bryan
    Heart 2007;93:2 232-237 Published Online First: 16 August 2006 doi:10.1136/hrt.2006.090860

Basic research

  • Granulation encapsulated stent: a new therapeutic approach for vascular implantation

    • Lilong Tang,
    • Xiaochao Chen,
    • Shuangbo Tang,
    • Thomas LaLonde,
    • Julius M Gardin
    Heart 2007;93:2 238-243 Published Online First: 16 August 2006 doi:10.1136/hrt.2006.093765

Scientific letters

  • Effects of atorvastatin and vitamin C on forearm hyperaemic blood flow, asymmentrical dimethylarginine levels and the inflammatory process in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

    • Dimitris Tousoulis,
    • Charalambos Antoniades,
    • Carmen Vasiliadou,
    • Pantelis Kourtellaris,
    • Katerina Koniari,
    • Kyriakoula Marinou,
    • Marietta Charakida,
    • Ioannis Ntarladimas,
    • Gerasimos Siasos,
    • Christodoulos Stefanadis
    Heart 2007;93:2 244-246 Published Online First: 16 August 2006 doi:10.1136/hrt.2006.093112

  • Carvedilol improves endothelium-dependent vasodilation in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy

    • Kenji Nishioka,
    • Keigo Nakagawa,
    • Takashi Umemura,
    • Daisuke Jitsuiki,
    • Keiko Ueda,
    • Chikara Goto,
    • Kazuaki Chayama,
    • Masao Yoshizumi,
    • Yukihito Higashi
    Heart 2007;93:2 247-248 doi:10.1136/hrt.2006.087999

  • Haemodynamic significance of ostial side branch nipping following percutaneous intervention at bifurcations: a pressure wire pilot study

    • N G Bellenger,
    • R Swallow,
    • D S Wald,
    • I Court,
    • A L Calver,
    • K D Dawkins,
    • N Curzen
    Heart 2007;93:2 249-250 doi:10.1136/hrt.2006.088690

  • Targeting drug-eluting stents to lesions at high risk of restenosis: a flawed approach?

    • A K Siotia,
    • A C Morton,
    • S Mofidi,
    • C Wales,
    • C Newman,
    • J Gunn
    Heart 2007;93:2 251-252 doi:10.1136/hrt.2006.089243

  • The effects of the angiotensin II receptor (type I) antagonist irbesartan in patients with cardiac syndrome X

    • Stuart J Russell,
    • Eugenie M Di Stefano,
    • Mahmud T Naffati,
    • Oliver Brown,
    • Stephen Saltissi
    Heart 2007;93:2 253-254 doi:10.1136/hrt.2006.089904

  • Relation between nitric oxide metabolites and haemoglobin concentrations in patients with ischaemic heart disease

    • Felicita Andreotti,
    • Giulio Coluzzi,
    • Alberto Lavorgna,
    • Francesca Marzo,
    • Enrico Di Stasio,
    • Cinzia Carrozza,
    • Cecilia Zuppi,
    • Filippo Crea
    Heart 2007;93:2 255-257 doi:10.1136/hrt.2006.090563

Education in Heart

  • Antiplatelet treatment for coronary heart disease

    • N Clappers,
    • M A Brouwer,
    • F W A Verheugt
    Heart 2007;93:2 258-265 doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.071209

  • Diagnosis and management of patients with aortic dissection

    • Hüseyin Ince,
    • Christoph A Nienaber
    Heart 2007;93:2 266-270 doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.078550

  • Management of tricuspid valve regurgitation

    • Manuel J Antunes,
    • John B Barlow
    Heart 2007;93:2 271-276 doi:10.1136/hrt.2006.095281

JournalScan

  • JournalScan

    • Alistair Lindsay
    Heart 2007;93:2 277-278

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