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Editorials

	Immune suppressive treatment in paediatric myocarditis: still awaiting the evidence M Burch Heart 2004; 90: 1103-1104. doi:10.1136/hrt.2004.034082 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Importance of using biphasic shock waveforms for cardioversion from atrial fibrillation: an unresolved issue J M Morgan Heart 2004; 90: 1105-1106. doi:10.1136/hrt.2003.015040 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Pre-hospital resuscitation: breathing life into a stale subject C F M Weston Heart 2004; 90: 1107-1109. doi:10.1136/hrt.2004.034223 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Journal scan

	JournalScan Iqbal Malik Heart 2004; 90: 1235-1236. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reviews

	Biochemical markers of myocyte injury in heart failure Y Sato, T Kita, Y Takatsu, and T Kimura Heart 2004; 90: 1110-1113. doi:10.1136/hrt.2003.023895 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Cardiovascular medicine

	Can we define patients with no chance of survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest? J Herlitz, J Engdahl, L Svensson, M Young, K-A Ängquist, and S Holmberg Heart 2004; 90: 1114-1118. doi:10.1136/hrt.2003.029348 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Cholinergic stimulation with pyridostigmine protects against exercise induced myocardial ischaemia R R T Castro, G Porphirio, S M Serra, and A C L Nóbrega Heart 2004; 90: 1119-1123. doi:10.1136/hrt.2003.028167 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Patients’ perceptions of informed consent in acute myocardial infarction research: a questionnaire based survey of the consent process in the DANAMI-2 trial A Gammelgaard, O S Mortensen, and P Rossel Heart 2004; 90: 1124-1128. doi:10.1136/hrt.2003.021931 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	National survey of the prevalence, incidence, primary care burden, and treatment of heart failure in Scotland N F Murphy, C R Simpson, F A McAlister, S Stewart, K MacIntyre, M Kirkpatrick, J Chalmers, A Redpath, S Capewell, and J J V McMurray Heart 2004; 90: 1129-1136. doi:10.1136/hrt.2003.029553 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Predicting sudden death in patients with mild to moderate chronic heart failure M T Kearney, K A A Fox, A J Lee, W P Brooksby, A M Shah, A Flapan, R J Prescott, R Andrews, P D Batin, D L Eckberg, N Gall, A G Zaman, H S Lindsay, and J Nolan Heart 2004; 90: 1137-1143. doi:10.1136/hrt.2003.021733 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Exercise capacity and cardiac function assessed by tissue Doppler imaging in chronic heart failure K K A Witte, N P Nikitin, R De Silva, J G F Cleland, and A L Clark Heart 2004; 90: 1144-1150. doi:10.1136/hrt.2003.025684 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Left atrioventricular plane displacement but not left ventricular ejection fraction is influenced by the degree of aortic stenosis E Rydberg, P Gudmundsson, L Kennedy, L Erhardt, and R Willenheimer Heart 2004; 90: 1151-1155. doi:10.1136/hrt.2003.020628 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Beneficial effects of fluvastatin following percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with unstable and stable angina: results from the Lescol intervention prevention study (LIPS) C H Lee, P de Feyter, P W Serruys, F Saia, P A Lemos, D Goedhart, P R Soares, V A W M Umans, M Ciccone, and M Cortellaro Heart 2004; 90: 1156-1161. doi:10.1136/hrt.2003.027284 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Plasma von Willebrand factor, soluble thrombomodulin, and fibrin D-dimer concentrations in acute onset non-rheumatic atrial fibrillation F Marín, V Roldán, V E Climent, A Ibáñez, A García, P Marco, F Sogorb, and G Y H Lip Heart 2004; 90: 1162-1166. doi:10.1136/hrt.2003.024521 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Long term follow up of children with myocarditis treated by immunosuppression and of children with dilated cardiomyopathy M Giulia Gagliardi, M Bevilacqua, C Bassano, B Leonardi, R Boldrini, F Diomedi Camassei, A Fierabracci, A G Ugazio, and G F Bottazzo Heart 2004; 90: 1167-1171. doi:10.1136/hrt.2003.026641 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Congenital heart disease

	Symptomatic atrial arrhythmias and transcatheter closure of atrial septal defects in adult patients C K Silversides, S C Siu, P R McLaughlin, K L Haberer, G D Webb, L Benson, and L Harris Heart 2004; 90: 1194-1198. doi:10.1136/hrt.2003.022475 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Interventional cardiology and surgery

	Comparison of outcomes after aortic valve replacement with a mechanical valve or a bioprosthesis using microsimulation J P A Puvimanasinghe, J J M Takkenberg, M B Edwards, M J C Eijkemans, E W Steyerberg, L A van Herwerden, K M Taylor, G L Grunkemeier, J D F Habbema, and A J J C Bogers Heart 2004; 90: 1172-1178. doi:10.1136/hrt.2003.013102 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Serial six year quantitative angiographic follow up in asymptomatic patients following successful coronary angioplasty Y Takeda, T Kobayashi, N Awata, S Sato, J H C Reiber, T Nakagawa, E Tsuchikane, O Katoh, M Kirino, T Kobayashi, K Yachiku, and N Shibata Heart 2004; 90: 1179-1182. doi:10.1136/hrt.2003.022772 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Routine sirolimus eluting stent implantation for unselected in-stent restenosis: insights from the rapamycin eluting stent evaluated at Rotterdam cardiology hospital (RESEARCH) registry F Saia, P A Lemos, C A Arampatzis, A Hoye, M Degertekin, K Tanabe, G Sianos, P C Smits, W J van der Giessen, P J de Feyter, R T van Domburg, and P W Serruys Heart 2004; 90: 1183-1188. doi:10.1136/hrt.2003.025536 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Influence of alcohol consumption on restenosis rate after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty and stent implantation F Niroomand, O Hauer, C P Tiefenbacher, H A Katus, and W Kuebler Heart 2004; 90: 1189-1193. doi:10.1136/hrt.2003.025627 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Basic research

	Changes in myocardial blood volume over a wide range of coronary driving pressures: role of capillaries beyond the autoregulatory range D E Le, A R Jayaweera, K Wei, M P Coggins, J R Lindner, and S Kaul Heart 2004; 90: 1199-1205. doi:10.1136/hrt.2003.020875 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Increased adrenomedullin immunoreactivity and mRNA expression in coronary plaques obtained from patients with unstable angina T Ishikawa, K Hatakeyama, T Imamura, K Ito, S Hara, H Date, Y Shibata, Y Hikichi, Y Asada, and T Eto Heart 2004; 90: 1206-1210. doi:10.1136/hrt.2003.017921 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Scientific letters

	Circulating malondialdehyde modified LDL is a biochemical risk marker for coronary artery disease T Amaki, T Suzuki, F Nakamura, D Hayashi, Y Imai, H Morita, K Fukino, T Nojiri, S Kitano, N Hibi, T Yamazaki, and R Nagai Heart 2004; 90: 1211-1213. doi:10.1136/hrt.2003.018226 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Prospective longitudinal assessment of late anthracycline cardiotoxicity after childhood cancer: the role of diastolic function I Dorup, G Levitt, I Sullivan, and K Sorensen Heart 2004; 90: 1214-1216. doi:10.1136/hrt.2003.027516 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Education in Heart

	Cardiovascular disease: different strategies for primary and secondary prevention? F D R Hobbs Heart 2004; 90: 1217-1223. doi:10.1136/hrt.2003.027680 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Carcinoid heart disease: presentation, diagnosis, and management David J Fox and Rajdeep S Khattar Heart 2004; 90: 1224-1228. doi:10.1136/hrt.2004.040329 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Recurrent pleural effusions, resistant atrial arrhythmias, and abnormal liver function tests: general medicine or cardiology? Heart 2007; 90: 1228. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] BMJ Learning: Take this module on BMJ Learning
	Aldosterone blockade in cardiovascular disease Allan D Struthers Heart 2004; 90: 1229-1234. doi:10.1136/hrt.2003.025312 [Extract] [Full text] [Web-only References] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Electronic pages

	Fatal fulminant myocarditis caused by disseminated mucormycosis A Basti, S Taylor, M Tschopp, and J Sztajzel Heart 2004; 90: e60. doi:10.1136/hrt.2004.038273 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Intravascular ultrasound findings of coronary wall morphology in a patient with pseudoxanthoma elasticum K Miwa, T Higashikata, and H Mabuchi Heart 2004; 90: e61. doi:10.1136/hrt.2004.040592 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Percutaneous device closure of a pseudoaneurysm of the left ventricular wall P Clift, S Thorne, and J de Giovanni Heart 2004; 90: e62. doi:10.1136/hrt.2004.042135 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Miscellanea

	Images in Cardiology: Crystals in the heart H Okamura, K Bando, and H I Ueda Heart 2004; 90: 1106. doi:10.1136/hrt.2004.033894 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Images in Cardiology: Transthoracic echocardiography of a congenital left circumflex artery to coronary sinus fistula D S Gill, Q-W Yong, and K-S Ng Heart 2004; 90: 1109. doi:10.1136/hrt.2003.032854 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Images in Cardiology: Severe left ventricular hypertrophy in Anderson-Fabry disease G S Bhatia, J F Leahy, D L Connolly, and R C Davis Heart 2004; 90: 1136. doi:10.1136/hrt.2003.031666 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Images in Cardiology: Echolucent neointimal hyperplasia "dark wall" after sirolimus eluting stent implantation M Hirose, Y Kobayashi, and M B Leon Heart 2004; 90: 1143. doi:10.1136/hrt.2003.011023 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Images in Cardiology: Mid aortic syndrome and Alagille syndrome C P P Hia, S H Quak, and S C Quek Heart 2004; 90: 1150. doi:10.1136/hrt.2003.032821 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Systematic review of interventions to reduce delay in patients with suspected heart attack A Kainth, A Hewitt, J Pattenden, A Sowden, S Duffy, I Watt, D Thompson, and R Lewin Heart 2004; 90: 1161. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Images in Cardiology: The utility of a comprehensive cardiac magnetic resonance examination for the evaluation of patients with heart failure N P Nikitin, R de Silva, and J G F Cleland Heart 2004; 90: 1166. doi:10.1136/hrt.2003.032953 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Heart Online case reports: www.heartjnl.com Heart 2004; 90: 1178. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Images in Cardiology: An anomalous right coronary artery shown by multislice CT coronary angiography D R Coles, P Wilde, and A Baumbach Heart 2004; 90: 1188. doi:10.1136/hrt.2004.034173 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Images in Cardiology: Unilateral right ductus with left aortic arch: an uncommon association S Tyagi, G Dwivedi, and M Gupta Heart 2004; 90: 1193. doi:10.1136/hrt.2003.031476 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	WEB TOP 10 Heart 2004; 90: 1210. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Images in Cardiology: Magnetic resonance angiography of pseudocoarctation B W Choi, K O Choe, and Y-J Kim Heart 2004; 90: 1213. doi:10.1136/hrt.2004.033738 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Images in Cardiology: Intravascular ultrasound features of the "crush" technique for treatment of bifurcational coronary artery stenoses I Porto, C Shirodaria, and A P Banning Heart 2004; 90: 1216. doi:10.1136/hrt.2003.031021 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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