Editorials

	Identifying failure to achieve complete (TIMI 3) reperfusion following thrombolytic treatment: how to do it, when to do it, and why it's worth doing K G OLDROYD Heart 2000; 84: 113-115. doi:10.1136/heart.84.2.113 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Responding to the requirements of the National Service Framework for coronary disease: a core data set for myocardial infarction J S BIRKHEAD Heart 2000; 84: 116-117. doi:10.1136/heart.84.2.116 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Intracoronary infusions and the assessment of coronary blood flow in clinical studies DAVID E NEWBY Heart 2000; 84: 118-120. doi:10.1136/heart.84.2.118 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Coronary heart disease trends in France and elsewhere SIMON CAPEWELL and JOHN MCMURRAY Heart 2000; 84: 121-122. doi:10.1136/heart.84.2.121 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Biventricular pacing in patients with severe heart failure: has the time come? CECILIA LINDE Heart 2000; 84: 123-124. doi:10.1136/heart.84.2.123 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Why biventricular pacing might be of value in refractory heart failure? C LECLERCQ and J-C DAUBERT Heart 2000; 84: 125-126. doi:10.1136/heart.84.2.125 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Tuberculous pericarditis and HIV infection A WRAGG and J I G STRANG Heart 2000; 84: 127-128. doi:10.1136/heart.84.2.127 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Viewpoints

	Clinical trials in cardiovascular medicine: are we looking for statistical significance or clinical relevance? R Willenheimer, B Dahlöf, and A Gordon Heart 2000; 84: 129-133. doi:10.1136/heart.84.2.129 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reviews

	Treatment of cardiac diseases: evidence based or experience based medicine? W Kübler Heart 2000; 84: 134-136. doi:10.1136/heart.84.2.134 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Cardiovascular medicine

	Delay in calling for help during myocardial infarction: reasons for the delay and subsequent pattern of accessing care W S Leslie, A Urie, J Hooper, and C E Morrison Heart 2000; 84: 137-141. doi:10.1136/heart.84.2.137 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	The impact of time to thrombolytic treatment on outcome in patients with acute myocardial infarction P Chareonthaitawee, R J Gibbons, R S Roberts, T F Christian, and R Burns Heart 2000; 84: 142-148. doi:10.1136/heart.84.2.142 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Failure of thrombolysis by streptokinase: detection with a simple electrocardiographic method A G C Sutton, P G Campbell, D J A Price, E D Grech, J A Hall, A Davies, M J Stewart, and M A de Belder Heart 2000; 84: 149-156. doi:10.1136/heart.84.2.149 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Changing the site of delivery of thrombolytic treatment for acute myocardial infarction from the coronary care unit to the emergency department greatly reduces door to needle time C T Hourigan, D Mountain, P E Langton, I G Jacobs, I R Rogers, G A Jelinek, and P L Thompson Heart 2000; 84: 157-163. doi:10.1136/heart.84.2.157 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Angiographic assessment of prospectively determined non-invasive reperfusion indices in acute myocardial infarction A J Oude Ophuis, F W Bär, F Vermeer, W Janssen, P A Doevendans, R J Haest, W R Dassen, and H J J Wellens Heart 2000; 84: 164-170. doi:10.1136/heart.84.2.164 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Incidence, recurrence, and case fatality rates for myocardial infarction in southwestern France, 1985 to 1993 P Marques-Vidal, J-B Ruidavets, J-P Cambou, and J Ferrières Heart 2000; 84: 171-175. doi:10.1136/heart.84.2.171 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Endogenous endothelin maintains coronary artery tone by endothelin type A receptor stimulation in patients undergoing coronary arteriography Z S Kyriakides, D T Kremastinos, E Bofilis, D Tousoulis, A Antoniadis, and D J Webb Heart 2000; 84: 176-182. doi:10.1136/heart.84.2.176 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Double blind randomised placebo controlled trial of adjunctive prednisolone in the treatment of effusive tuberculous pericarditis in HIV seropositive patients J G Hakim, I Ternouth, E Mushangi, S Siziya, V Robertson, and A Malin Heart 2000; 84: 183-188. doi:10.1136/heart.84.2.183 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Does angina vary with the menstrual cycle in women with premenopausal coronary artery disease? G W Lloyd, N R Patel, E McGing, A F Cooper, D Brennand-Roper, and G Jackson Heart 2000; 84: 189-192. doi:10.1136/heart.84.2.189 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Comparison of the acute effects of pacing the atrial septum, right atrial appendage, coronary sinus os, and the latter two sites simultaneously on the duration of atrial activation D H Bennett Heart 2000; 84: 193-196. doi:10.1136/heart.84.2.193 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Interventional cardiology and surgery

	Failure of thrombolysis: experience with a policy of early angiography and rescue angioplasty for electrocardiographic evidence of failed thrombolysis A G C Sutton, P G Campbell, E D Grech, D J A Price, A Davies, J A Hall, M J Stewart, and M A de Belder Heart 2000; 84: 197-204. doi:10.1136/heart.84.2.197 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Case reports

	Reversible left ventricular dysfunction associated with raised troponin I after subarachnoid haemorrhage does not preclude successful heart transplantation E Deibert, V Aiyagari, and M N Diringer Heart 2000; 84: 205-207. doi:10.1136/heart.84.2.205 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Scientific letters

	Increased plasma lipoprotein (a) concentrations in Behcet's disease and its relation to vascular events CIHANGIR EREM, TURAN USLU, ORHAN DEGER, MEHMET TOSUN, HALIL KAVGACI, and G F BAXTER Heart 2000; 84: 208-209. doi:10.1136/heart.84.2.208 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Troglitazone decreases collagen accumulation in prediabetic stage of a type II diabetic rat model L YAO, K MIZUSHIGE, T NOMA, K MURAKAMI, K OHMORI, H MATSUO, and G F BAXTER Heart 2000; 84: 209. doi:10.1136/heart.84.2.209 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education in Heart

	VALVE DISEASE: Timing of aortic valve surgery Catherine M Otto Heart 2000; 84: 211-218. doi:10.1136/heart.84.2.211 [Extract] [Full text] [Additional references] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE: Fetal and infant markers of adult heart diseases Marjo-Riitta Järvelin Heart 2000; 84: 219-226. doi:10.1136/heart.84.2.219 [Extract] [Full text] [Additional references] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY: Treatment of atrial flutter Albert L Waldo Heart 2000; 84: 227. doi:10.1136/heart.84.2.227 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Electronic pages

	Secondary prevention of hypercholesterolaemia: results of an audit conducted in South Wales L S Cozma, A Ogunko, and A Rees Heart 2000; 84: e3. doi:10.1136/heart.84.2.e3 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Sildenafil as a selective pulmonary vasodilator in childhood primary pulmonary hypertension D Abrams, I Schulze-Neick, and A G Magee Heart 2000; 84: e4. doi:10.1136/heart.84.2.e4 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Life threatening coronary artery spasm in childhood Kimura's disease H Horigome, T Sekijima, S Ohtsuka, and M Shibasaki Heart 2000; 84: e5. doi:10.1136/heart.84.2.e5 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Miscellanea

	Stamps in Cardiology:   Institutions M K DAVIES and A HOLLMAN Heart 2000; 84: 115. doi:10.1136/heart.84.2.115 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]
	Images in Cardiology: Myocardial haemangioma: echocardiographic, MRI, and anatomical correlation PETER N RUYGROK, CHRISTOPHER J OCCLESHAW, MALCOLM E LEGGET, and ALAN R KERR Heart 2000; 84: 117. doi:10.1136/heart.84.2.117 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]
	Images in Cardiology: Descending thoracic aortic aneurysm in rheumatoid arthritis P MODI, K SUVARNA, and G J COOPER Heart 2000; 84: 122. doi:10.1136/heart.84.2.122 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]
	Images in Cardiology: Mycotic pseudoaneurysm of the ascending aorta following aortic valve replacement DAVID H ADAMS, ALEXANDER KADNER, and RAYMOND H CHEN Heart 2000; 84: 124. doi:10.1136/heart.84.2.124 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]
	Images in Cardiology: Giant right coronary artery fistula in a neonate JOHN C WOOD, GARY KOPF, and ALAN FRIEDMAN Heart 2000; 84: 128. doi:10.1136/heart.84.2.128 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]
	Images in Cardiology: Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the non-coronary sinus of Valsalva A GARG, B C OGILVIE, and A A MCLEOD Heart 2000; 84: 136. doi:10.1136/heart.84.2.136 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]
	Images in Cardiology: Prostaglandin E1 sensitive persistent fifth aortic arch type 2 P ZARTNER, M B E SCHNEIDER, and G BEIN Heart 2000; 84: 141. doi:10.1136/heart.84.2.141 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]
	Images in Cardiology: Endomyocardial fibrosis associated with antiphospholipid syndrome T AZEEM, M VASSALLO, and N J SAMANI Heart 2000; 84: 156. doi:10.1136/heart.84.2.156 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]
	Images in Cardiology: Enlargement of cardiac rhabdomyoma and myocardial ischaemia during corticotropin treatment for infantile spasm SATOSHI HIRAISHI, NAOMI IWANAMI, and NATSUKO OGAWA Heart 2000; 84: 170. doi:10.1136/heart.84.2.170 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]
	Images in Cardiology: Chronic bilateral carotid body tumours causing carotid sinus hypersensitivity: abolition of symptoms by permanent cardiac pacing MARK TURNER, DENIS WILKINS, and ANDREW J MARSHALL Heart 2000; 84: 196. doi:10.1136/heart.84.2.196 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]
	Images in Cardiology: Diagnostic value of a subtherapeutic adenosine dose JOHAN E P WAKTARE and JOHN P LYONS Heart 2000; 84: 204. doi:10.1136/heart.84.2.204 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]
	Images in Cardiology: Thromboembolic leg ischaemia as first manifestation of an unrecognised myocardial infarction MARCO ROFFI, FELIX MAHLER, and FRANZ R EBERLI Heart 2000; 84: 207. doi:10.1136/heart.84.2.207 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]
	Web Top 10 Heart 2000; 84: 208. doi:10.1136/heart.84.2.208a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]
	Images in Cardiology: Emergency DDD pacing using a single lead, balloon tip catheter J D FERGUSON, N LEVER, Y BASHIR, and K M CHANNON Heart 2000; 84: 210. doi:10.1136/heart.84.2.210 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]