Table of contents

Original articles

Heart failure

• Original article: Prophylactic implantable cardioverter defibrillator treatment in patients with end-stage heart failure awaiting heart transplantation (27 June, 2013)

  Georg M Fröhlich, Johannes Holzmeister, Michael Hübler, Samira Hübler, Mathias Wolfrum, Frank Enseleit, Burkhardt Seifert, David Hürlimann, Hans B Lehmkuhl, Georg Noll, Jan Steffel, Volkmar Falk, Thomas F Lüscher, Roland Hetzer, Frank Ruschitzka

Heart rhythm disorders

• Original article: The use of anticoagulants in the management of atrial fibrillation among general practices in England (7 February, 2013)

  Campbell Cowan, Richard Healicon, Ian Robson, W Robert Long, James Barrett, Matthew Fay, Keith Tyndall, Chris P Gale
• Original article: Risk factors for atrial fibrillation and their population burden in postmenopausal women: the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study (11 June, 2013) Free

  Marco V Perez, Paul J Wang, Joseph C Larson, Elsayed Z Soliman, Marian Limacher, Beatriz Rodriguez, Liviu Klein, JoAnn E Manson, Lisa W Martin, Ronald Prineas, Stephanie Connelly, Mark Hlatky, Sylvia Wassertheil-Smoller, Marcia L Stefanick

Epidemiology

• Original article: Comparing the decline in coronary heart disease and stroke mortality in neighbouring countries with different healthcare systems (4 June, 2013)

  K Bennett, J Hughes, S Jennings, F Kee, E Shelley

Cardiovascular imaging

• Original article: Assessment of valve haemodynamics, reverse ventricular remodelling and myocardial fibrosis following transcatheter aortic valve implantation compared to surgical aortic valve replacement: a cardiovascular magnetic resonance study (7 June, 2013)

  Timothy A Fairbairn, Christopher D Steadman, Adam N Mather, Manish Motwani, Daniel J Blackman, Sven Plein, Gerry P McCann, John P Greenwood

Biomarkers and heart disease

• Original article: Value of D-dimer and C reactive protein in predicting inhospital death in acute aortic dissection (28 June, 2013)

  Dan Wen, Xin Du, Jian-Zeng Dong, Xian-Liang Zhou, Chang-Sheng Ma

Acute coronary syndromes

• Original article: Relationship of plasma neuropeptide Y with angiographic, electrocardiographic and coronary physiology indices of reperfusion during ST elevation myocardial infarction (12 February, 2013)

  Florim Cuculi, Neil Herring, Alberto R De Caterina, Adrian P Banning, Bernard D Prendergast, John C Forfar, Robin P Choudhury, Keith M Channon, Rajesh K Kharbanda