Editorials

	Cardiovascular effects of testosterone: implications of the "male menopause"? K S Channer and T H Jones Heart 2003; 89: 121-122. doi:10.1136/heart.89.2.121 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Syncope: what is the trigger? R Hainsworth Heart 2003; 89: 123-124. doi:10.1136/heart.89.2.123 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Exercise blood pressure in congenital heart disease and in patients after coarctation repair M Hauser Heart 2003; 89: 125-126. doi:10.1136/heart.89.2.125 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Journal scan

	JournalScan Iqbal Malik Heart 2003; 89: 239-240. doi:10.1136/heart.89.2.239 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Viewpoints

	Drug eluting stents: maximising benefit and minimising cost J Gunn, A C Morton, C Wales, C M H Newman, D C Crossman, and D C Cumberland Heart 2003; 89: 127-131. doi:10.1136/heart.89.2.127 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reviews

	Drug eluting stents: are human and animal studies comparable? R Virmani, F D Kolodgie, A Farb, and A Lafont Heart 2003; 89: 133-138. doi:10.1136/heart.89.2.133 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Cardiovascular medicine

	Myocardial contrast echocardiography is superior to other known modalities for assessing myocardial reperfusion after acute myocardial infarction K Greaves, S R Dixon, M Fejka, W W O’Neill, S R Redwood, M S Marber, and R Senior Heart 2003; 89: 139-144. doi:10.1136/heart.89.2.139 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Assessment of myocardial perfusion abnormalities by intravenous myocardial contrast echocardiography with harmonic power Doppler imaging: comparison with positron emission tomography T Muro, T Hozumi, H Watanabe, H Yamagishi, M Yoshiyama, K Takeuchi, and J Yoshikawa Heart 2003; 89: 145-149. doi:10.1136/heart.89.2.145 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	NT-proBNP: a new diagnostic screening tool to differentiate between patients with normal and reduced left ventricular systolic function M Bay, V Kirk, J Parner, C Hassager, H Nielsen, K Krogsgaard, J Trawinski, S Boesgaard, and J Aldershvile Heart 2003; 89: 150-154. doi:10.1136/heart.89.2.150 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation programme for implantable cardioverter-defibrillator patients: a randomised controlled trial A Fitchet, P J Doherty, C Bundy, W Bell, A P Fitzpatrick, and C J Garratt Heart 2003; 89: 155-160. doi:10.1136/heart.89.2.155 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Mitral annular calcification: a marker of severe coronary artery disease in patients under 65 years old S Atar, D S Jeon, H Luo, and R J Siegel Heart 2003; 89: 161-164. doi:10.1136/heart.89.2.161 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Atrial fibrillation: relation between clinical risk factors and transoesophageal echocardiographic risk factors for thromboembolism S Illien, S Maroto-Järvinen, G von der Recke, C Hammerstingl, H Schmidt, S Kuntz-Hehner, B Lüderitz, and H Omran Heart 2003; 89: 165-168. doi:10.1136/heart.89.2.165 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Abnormal response to sodium channel blockers in patients with Brugada syndrome: augmented localised wall motion abnormalities in the right ventricular outflow tract region detected by electron beam computed tomography M Takagi, N Aihara, S Kuribayashi, A Taguchi, T Kurita, K Suyama, S Kamakura, and M Takamiya Heart 2003; 89: 169-174. doi:10.1136/heart.89.2.169 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Rarefaction of skin capillaries in normotensive offspring of individuals with essential hypertension T F T Antonios, F M Rattray, D R J Singer, N D Markandu, P S Mortimer, and G A MacGregor Heart 2003; 89: 175-178. doi:10.1136/heart.89.2.175 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Congenital heart disease

	Exercise systolic blood pressures are of questionable value in the assessment of the adult with a previous coarctation repair L Swan, S Goyal, C Hsia, S Hechter, G Webb, and M A Gatzoulis Heart 2003; 89: 189-192. doi:10.1136/heart.89.2.189 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Fontan conversion to total cavopulmonary connection and arrhythmia ablation: clinical and functional results G Agnoletti, A Borghi, G Vignati, and G C Crupi Heart 2003; 89: 193-198. doi:10.1136/heart.89.2.193 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Experience with transcatheter closure of secundum atrial septal defects using the Amplatzer septal occluder: a single centre study in 236 consecutive patients G Fischer, J Stieh, A Uebing, U Hoffmann, G Morf, and H H Kramer Heart 2003; 89: 199-204. doi:10.1136/heart.89.2.199 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Interventional cardiology and surgery

	Myocardial viability, coronary flow reserve, and in-hospital predictors of late recovery of contractility following successful primary stenting for acute myocardial infarction F Beygui, C Le Feuvre, G Helft, C Maunoury, and J P Metzger Heart 2003; 89: 179-183. doi:10.1136/heart.89.2.179 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Coronary stenting versus coronary bypass surgery in patients with multiple vessel disease and significant proximal LAD stenosis: results from the ERACI II study A Rodriguez, M Rodríguez Alemparte, J Baldi, J Navia, A Delacasa, D Vogel, R Oliveri, C Fernández Pereira, V Bernardi, W O’Neill, and I F Palacios Heart 2003; 89: 184-188. doi:10.1136/heart.89.2.184 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Scientific letters

	Heart rate variability in children with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy G Butera, D Bonnet, J Kachaner, D Sidi, and E Villain Heart 2003; 89: 205-206. doi:10.1136/heart.89.2.205 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Decreased serum vascular endothelial growth factor concentrations in patients with congestive heart failure H Arakawa, U Ikeda, Y Hojo, S Ueno, M Nonaka-Sarukawa, K Yamamoto, and K Shimada Heart 2003; 89: 207-208. doi:10.1136/heart.89.2.207 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Prolonged temporary cardiac pacing using subcutaneous tunnelled active-fixation permanent pacing leads N Lever, J D Ferguson, Y Bashir, and K M Channon Heart 2003; 89: 209-210. doi:10.1136/heart.89.2.209 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Enhanced endothelin-1 degradation by intravenous morphine in patients with congestive heart failure: role of neutral endopeptidase 24.11 T-L Wang and C-R Hung Heart 2003; 89: 211-212. doi:10.1136/heart.89.2.211 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Deletion polymorphism of the angiotensin I converting enzyme gene is a potent risk factor for coronary artery ectasia S Gülec, Ö Aras, Y Atmaca, Ö Akyürek, N Q Hanson, T Sayin, M Y Tsai, N Akar, and D Oral Heart 2003; 89: 213-214. doi:10.1136/heart.89.2.213 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Asymptomatic ventricular pre-excitation in children and adolescents: a 15 year follow up study B Sarubbi, G Scognamiglio, G Limongelli, B Mercurio, G Pacileo, C Pisacane, M G Russo, and R Calabrò Heart 2003; 89: 215-217. doi:10.1136/heart.89.2.215 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Education in Heart

	IN-STENT STENOSIS: PATHOLOGY AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF DRUG ELUTING STENTS Martin R Bennett Heart 2003; 89: 218-224. doi:10.1136/heart.89.2.218 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	CHRONIC COR PULMONALE Emmanuel Weitzenblum Heart 2003; 89: 225-230. doi:10.1136/heart.89.2.225 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	CLINICAL ASSESSMENT OF LEFT VENTRICULAR DIASTOLIC FUNCTION Derek G Gibson and Darrel P Francis Heart 2003; 89: 231-238. doi:10.1136/heart.89.2.231 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Electronic pages

	Acute thrombosis of the sinus node artery: arrhythmological implications G Ando’, A Gaspardone, and I Proietti Heart 2003; 89: e5. doi:10.1136/heart.89.2.e5 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Intrastent sonotherapy in pulmonary vein restenosis: a new treatment for a recalcitrant problem C J McMahon, C E Mullins, and H G El Said Heart 2003; 89: e6. doi:10.1136/heart.89.2.e6 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Protein C deficiency manifesting as an acute myocardial infarction and ischaemic stroke I Y Tiong, M L Alkotob, and S Ghaffari Heart 2003; 89: e7. doi:10.1136/heart.89.2.e7 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Obstructive intramural coronary amyloidosis and papillary muscle rupture D Coisne, P Corbi, and P Sosner Heart 2003; 89: e8. doi:10.1136/heart.89.2.e8 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Miscellanea

	Images in Cardiology: Cystic tumour of the atrioventricular node Y Nojima, H Ishibashi-Ueda, and M Yamagishi Heart 2003; 89: 122. doi:10.1136/heart.89.2.122 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Prophylactic indomethacin can harm very low birthweight babies with severe CHD Heart 2003; 89: 124. doi:10.1136/heart.89.2.124 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Images in Cardiology: A giant thrombus aspirated from a coronary artery T Miyamoto, T Sasaki, and A Niwa Heart 2003; 89: 131. doi:10.1136/heart.89.2.131 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Images in Cardiology: In-stent restenosis and atherosclerosis in a human saphenous vein graft N J Alp, J Gunn, and K M Channon Heart 2003; 89: 132. doi:10.1136/heart.89.2.132 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Images in Cardiology: Anomalous right coronary artery originating from the mid left main coronary artery T Chatterjee and P Erne Heart 2003; 89: 132. doi:10.1136/heart.89.2.132-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Images in Cardiology: Huge mass bordering on left atrium raises coronary artery H Okamura, K Bando, and M Higashi Heart 2003; 89: 138. doi:10.1136/heart.89.2.138 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Images in Cardiology: Acute left ventricular rupture after myocardial infarction P L Sanchez Heart 2003; 89: 138. doi:10.1136/heart.89.2.138-a [Extract] [Full text] [Publisher's Correction] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Lipoprotein (a) is not part of the acute phase response Heart 2003; 89: 149. doi:10.1136/heart.89.2.149 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Images in Cardiology: Spontaneous coronary artery dissection: stent it or wait for healing? R Sarmento-Leite, P R M Machado, and S L Garcia Heart 2003; 89: 164. doi:10.1136/heart.89.2.164 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	eHEART: www.heartjnl.com Heart 2003; 89: 168. doi:10.1136/heart.89.2.168 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Images in Cardiology: Sudden cardiac death caused by hypertrophic cardiomyopathy associated with midventricular obstruction and apical aneurysm H-F Tse and H-H Ho Heart 2003; 89: 178. doi:10.1136/heart.89.2.178 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Images in Cardiology: Vasospastic angina V Suresh and R Levy Heart 2003; 89: 198. doi:10.1136/heart.89.2.198 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	WEB TOP 10 Heart 2003; 89: 208. doi:10.1136/heart.89.2.208 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	eHEART: www.heartjnl.com Heart 2003; 89: 210. doi:10.1136/heart.89.2.210 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]