Editorials

	Transferring patients for primary angioplasty DAVID SMITH and JOHN DEAN Heart 1997; 78: 323-324. doi:10.1136/hrt.78.4.323 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Transferring patients for primary infarct angioplasty RICHARD LIM, MARK I WALTERS, and MICHAEL S NORELL Heart 1997; 78: 325-326. doi:10.1136/hrt.78.4.325 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	When should patients with acute myocardial infarction be transferred for primary angioplasty? BRUCE R BRODIE Heart 1997; 78: 327-328. doi:10.1136/hrt.78.4.327 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Treating coronaries, at home or away? DAVID W SMYTH and JOHN M ELLIOTT Heart 1997; 78: 329-330. doi:10.1136/hrt.78.4.329 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Lessons from myocardial contrast echocardiography studies during primary angioplasty DANIEL KARILA-COHEN, DANIEL CZITROM, ERIC BROCHET, and PH GABRIEL STEG Heart 1997; 78: 331-332. doi:10.1136/hrt.78.4.331 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Papers

	Transferring patients for primary angioplasty: a retrospective analysis of 104 selected high risk patients with acute myocardial infarction Felix Zijlstra, Arnoud W J van`t Hof, Ay Lee Liem, Jan C A Hoorntje, Harry Suryapranata, and Menko-Jan de Boer Heart 1997; 78: 333-336. doi:10.1136/hrt.78.4.333 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Restenosis after elective coronary balloon angioplasty in patients with end stage renal disease: a case-control study using quantitative coronary angiography Frank-Chris Schoebel, Frank Gradaus, Katrin Ivens, Peter Heering, Thomas Walter Jax, Bernd Grabensee, Bodo-Eckehard Strauer, and Matthias Leschke Heart 1997; 78: 337-342. doi:10.1136/hrt.78.4.337 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Coronary artery bypass graft surgery in dialysis patients Marjan Jahangiri, John Wright, Stephen Edmondson, and Patrick Magee Heart 1997; 78: 343-345. doi:10.1136/hrt.78.4.343 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Dipyridamole thallium-201 scintigraphy for early risk stratification of patients after uncomplicated myocardial infarction Joseph Hung, Mehdi Moshiri, Geoffrey N Groom, Agatha A Van der Schaaf, Richard W Parsons, and Mark E Hands Heart 1997; 78: 346-352. doi:10.1136/hrt.78.4.346 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Combination treatment with trimetazidine and diltiazem in stable angina pectoris S C Manchanda and S Krishnaswami Heart 1997; 78: 353-357. doi:10.1136/hrt.78.4.353 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Effects of atrioventricular asynchrony on platelet activation: implication of thromboembolism in paced patients Chu-Pak Lau, Hung-Fat Tse, and Gregory Cheng Heart 1997; 78: 358-363. doi:10.1136/hrt.78.4.358 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Age dependent efficacy of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator treatment: observations in 450 patients over an 11 year period Hans-Joachim Trappe, Petra Pfitzner, Michael Achtelik, and Hans-Gerd Fieguth Heart 1997; 78: 364-370. doi:10.1136/hrt.78.4.364 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Dispersion of ventricular repolarisation: a marker of ventricular arrhythmias in patients with previous myocardial infarction M Zaidi, A Robert, R Fesler, C Derwael, and C Brohet Heart 1997; 78: 371-375. doi:10.1136/hrt.78.4.371 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Long term ventricular performance after intra-atrial correction of transposition: left ventricular filling is the major limitation Oleg Reich, Cyril Ruth, and Jan Marek Heart 1997; 78: 376-381. doi:10.1136/hrt.78.4.376 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Assessment of atrial septal defect morphology by transthoracic three dimensional echocardiography using standard grey scale and Doppler myocardial imaging techniques: comparison with magnetic resonance imaging and intraoperative findings Aleksandra Lange, Mohammed Walayat, Colin M Turnbull, Przemyslaw Palka, Pankaj Mankad, George R Sutherland, and Michael J Godman Heart 1997; 78: 382-389. doi:10.1136/hrt.78.4.382 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Plasma concentrations of adrenomedullin correlate with the extent of pulmonary hypertension in patients with mitral stenosis Toshio Nishikimi, Seiki Nagata, Tatsuya Sasaki, Shigehiro Tomimoto, Hiroaki Matsuoka, Shuichi Takishita, Kazuo Kitamura, Atsuro Miyata, Hisayuki Matsuo, and Kenji Kangawa Heart 1997; 78: 390-395. doi:10.1136/hrt.78.4.390 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	An association between arterial pulse pressure and variation in the fibrillin-1 gene J T Powell, R J Turner, A M Henney, G J Miller, and S E Humphries Heart 1997; 78: 396-398. doi:10.1136/hrt.78.4.396 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Heartstart Scotland: the use of paramedic skills in out of hospital resuscitation J N Adams, J Sirel, K Marsden, and S M Cobbe Heart 1997; 78: 399-402. doi:10.1136/hrt.78.4.399 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Training and competence

	Clinical competence in electrophysiological techniques Ronald W F Campbell, Richard Charles, J Campbell Cowan, Cliff Garratt, Janet M McComb, John Morgan, Edward Rowland, and Richard Sutton Heart 1997; 78: 403-412. doi:10.1136/hrt.78.4.403 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Case studies

	Junctional ectopic tachycardia in six paediatric patients Antoinette M Cilliers, Jan P du Plessis, Sally-Ann B Clur, Freddie Dateling, and Solomon E Levin Heart 1997; 78: 413-415. doi:10.1136/hrt.78.4.413 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Case reports

	Cardiac conduction abnormalities preceding transoesophageal echocardiographic evidence of perivalvar extension of infection in a case of salmonella prosthetic valve endocarditis Michael I Miyamoto, Adolph M Hutter, Jr, Jonathan H Blum, and David F Torchiana Heart 1997; 78: 416-418. doi:10.1136/hrt.78.4.416 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Hibernating myocardium caused by isolated, radiation induced left main stem coronary artery stenosis Gethin R Ellis and William J Penny Heart 1997; 78: 419-420. doi:10.1136/hrt.78.4.419 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters to the editor

	Atrial fibrillation begets trouble F L LI SAW HEE, PETER S C WONG, and GREGORY Y H LIP Heart 1997; 78: 421. doi:10.1136/hrt.78.4.421 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Increase in hospital admission rates for heart failure in the Netherlands, 1980-1993 JOHN MCMURRAY and CAROLINE MORRISON Heart 1997; 78: 421-422. doi:10.1136/hrt.78.4.421a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]
	Coronary patients need cardiologists JAMES A GRANT Heart 1997; 78: 422. doi:10.1136/hrt.78.4.422 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Historical notes

	Heart 1997; 78: 381. doi:10.1136/hrt.78.4.381 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Miscellanea

	Stamps in Cardiology: Willem Einthoven (1860-1927) M K DAVIES and A HOLLMAN Heart 1997; 78: 324. doi:10.1136/hrt.78.4.324 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]
	Images in Cardiology: An unusual palliative shunt for cyanotic congenital heart disease N SREERAM, H HENNEVELD, and J F HITCHCOCK Heart 1997; 78: 342. doi:10.1136/hrt.78.4.342 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Heart 1997; 78: 422. doi:10.1136/hrt.78.4.422a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]