Editorials

	Can we trigger an acute coronary syndrome? R A Kloner Heart 2006; 92: 1009-1010. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 8 February 2006. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.086652
	Anticoagulation in ischaemic heart disease R De Cristofaro Heart 2006; 92: 1011-1012. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.085555 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	The value of rhythm control in mitral stenosis G Karthikeyan Heart 2006; 92: 1013-1016. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.085514 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Darwin and the survival of the fittest in modern interventional cardiology V K Bhatia and C Di Mario Heart 2006; 92: 1017-1018. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 31 January 2006. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.083923
	Maternal diabetes and the fetal heart L K Hornberger Heart 2006; 92: 1019-1021. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 12 May 2006. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.083840

Journal scan

	JournalScan Iqbal Malik Heart 2006; 92: 1183-1184. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Cardiovascular medicine

	Declining case fatality rates for acute myocardial infarction in South Asian and white patients in the past 15 years R Liew, S Sulfi, K Ranjadayalan, J Cooper, and A D Timmis Heart 2006; 92: 1030-1034. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 30 December 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.078634
	Triggering of acute coronary syndromes by physical exertion and anger: clinical and sociodemographic characteristics P C Strike, L Perkins-Porras, D L Whitehead, J McEwan, and A Steptoe Heart 2006; 92: 1035-1040. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 6 January 2006. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.077362
	Relation between proinflammatory to anti-inflammatory cytokine ratios and long-term prognosis in patients with non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome T Kilic, D Ural, E Ural, Z Yumuk, A Agacdiken, T Sahin, G Kahraman, G Kozdag, A Vural, and B Komsuoglu Heart 2006; 92: 1041-1046. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 17 March 2006. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.080382
	Prevalence, incidence, primary care burden and medical treatment of angina in Scotland: age, sex and socioeconomic disparities: a population-based study N F Murphy, C R Simpson, K MacIntyre, F A McAlister, J Chalmers, and J J V McMurray Heart 2006; 92: 1047-1054. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 6 January 2006. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.069419
	Prognostic value of ventricular arrhythmias and heart rate variability in patients with unstable angina G A Lanza, D Cianflone, A G Rebuzzi, G Angeloni, A Sestito, G Ciriello, G La Torre, F Crea, A Maseri for the Stratificazione Prognostica dell’Angina Instabile Study Investigators Heart 2006; 92: 1055-1063. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 30 December 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.070714
	Trends in the prevalence of diagnosed atrial fibrillation, its treatment with anticoagulation and predictors of such treatment in UK primary care S DeWilde, I M Carey, C Emmas, N Richards, and D G Cook Heart 2006; 92: 1064-1070. [Abstract] [Full text] [Web-only tables and figure] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 30 December 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.069492
	Changes in the Doppler myocardial performance index during dobutamine echocardiography: association with neurohormonal activation and prognosis after acute myocardial infarction B Nørager, M Husic, J E Møller, A Bo Hansen, P A Pellikka, and K Egstrup Heart 2006; 92: 1071-1076. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 30 December 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.066225
	Impact of chronic oral anticoagulation on management and outcomes of patients with acute myocardial infarction: data from the RICO survey A Oudot, P G Steg, N Danchin, G Dentan, M Zeller, P Sicard, P Buffet, Y Laurent, L Janin-Manificat, I L’Huillier, J C Beer, H Makki, P Morel, and Y Cottin Heart 2006; 92: 1077-1083. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 30 December 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.074070
	A rapid access cardiology service for chest pain, heart failure and arrhythmias accurately diagnoses cardiac disease and identifies patients at high risk: a prospective cohort study J N Tenkorang, K F Fox, T J Collier, and D A Wood Heart 2006; 92: 1084-1090. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 30 December 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.079376
	Cardiac resynchronisation therapy reduces functional mitral regurgitation during dynamic exercise in patients with chronic heart failure: an acute echocardiographic study P-V Ennezat, B Gal, C Kouakam, C Marquie, T LeTourneau, D Klug, D Lacroix, D Logeart, A Cohen-Solal, S Dennetière, E Van Belle, G Deklunder, P Asseman, P de Groote, S Kacet, and T H LeJemtel Heart 2006; 92: 1091-1095. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 30 December 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.071654
	Comparison of rate control and rhythm control in patients with atrial fibrillation after percutaneous mitral balloon valvotomy: a randomised controlled study C L Hu, H Jiang, Q Z Tang, Q H Zhang, J B Chen, C X Huang, and G S Li Heart 2006; 92: 1096-1101. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 30 December 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.080325
	Analysis of myocardial deformation based on pixel tracking in two dimensional echocardiographic images enables quantitative assessment of regional left ventricular function M Becker, E Bilke, H Kühl, M Katoh, R Kramann, A Franke, A Bücker, P Hanrath, and R Hoffmann Heart 2006; 92: 1102-1108. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 30 December 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.077107
	Coronary flow reserve is preserved in white-coat hypertension D Erdogan, H Gullu, M Caliskan, I Yildirim, D Tok, and H Muderrisoglu Heart 2006; 92: 1109-1112. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 30 December 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.074914

Congenital heart disease

	Increased periconceptual maternal glycated haemoglobin in diabetic mothers reduces fetal long axis cardiac function H M Gardiner, L Pasquini, J Wolfenden, E Kulinskaya, W Li, and M Henein Heart 2006; 92: 1125-1130. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 8 November 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.076885

Interventional cardiology and surgery

	Non-invasive coronary flow reserve is correlated with microvascular integrity and myocardial viability after primary angioplasty in acute myocardial infarction R Montisci, L Chen, M Ruscazio, P Colonna, C Cadeddu, C Caiati, M Montisci, L Meloni, and S Iliceto Heart 2006; 92: 1113-1118. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 31 January 2006. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.078246
	Multiple predictors of coronary restenosis after drug-eluting stent implantation in patients with diabetes S J Hong, M H Kim, T H Ahn, Y K Ahn, J H Bae, W J Shim, Y M Ro, and D-S Lim Heart 2006; 92: 1119-1124. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 31 January 2006. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.075960

Basic research

	Different effects of tirofiban and aspirin plus clopidogrel on myocardial no-reflow in a mini-swine model of acute myocardial infarction and reperfusion Y-J Yang, J-L Zhao, S-J You, Y-J Wu, Z-C Jing, W-X Yang, L Meng, Y-W Wang, and R-L Gao Heart 2006; 92: 1131-1137. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 30 December 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.077164
	Intracoronary photodynamic therapy reduces neointimal growth without suppressing re-endothelialisation in a porcine model R Waksman, I M Leitch, J Roessler, H Yazdi, R Seabron, F Tio, R W Scott, R I Grove, S Rychnovsky, B Robinson, R Pakala, and E Cheneau Heart 2006; 92: 1138-1144. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 6 January 2006. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.073486

Papers

	"FAST HEART" Roger Hall Heart 2006; 92: 1152. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Heart reviews

	Prosthesis-patient mismatch: definition, clinical impact, and prevention P Pibarot and J G Dumesnil Heart 2006; 92: 1022-1029. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 26 October 2005. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.067363

Scientific letters

	Is warfarin a contraindication to thrombolysis in acute ST elevation myocardial infarction? A G Stanley, S Fletcher, A Tan, and D B Barnett Heart 2006; 92: 1145-146. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.062158 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	C reactive protein is associated with malignant ventricular arrhythmias in patients with ischaemia with implantable cardioverter-defibrillator L M Biasucci, G Giubilato, G Biondi-Zoccai, T Sanna, G Liuzzo, M Piro, G De Martino, C Ierardi, A dello Russo, G Pelargonio, F Bellocci, and F Crea Heart 2006; 92: 1147-1148. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.065771 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Pharmacological vasodilatation in the assessment of pressure-derived collateral flow index D Perera, S Patel, L Blows, E Tomsett, M Marber, and S Redwood Heart 2006; 92: 1149-1150. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.067447 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Heart valve structure: a predisposing factor for rheumatic heart disease S Nayar, P G Nayar, and K M Cherian Heart 2006; 92: 1151-1152. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.075358 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Transradial rescue angioplasty for failed thrombolysis in acute myocardial infarction: reperfusion with reduced vascular risk T S N Lo, I R Hall, R Jaumdally, P M Davison, K Dickinson, D J Hildick-Smith, and J Nolan Heart 2006; 92: 1153-1154. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.077651 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Complementary effects of sirolimus-eluting stents and glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors for percutaneous coronary intervention in diabetic patients: one-year follow up of a single-centre registry P de Araujo Goncalves, R Seabra-Gomes, R Teles, M Almeida, C Aguiar, L Raposo, J Ferreira, and F Pereira Machado Heart 2006; 92: 1155-1156. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.079780 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Out of hours percutaneous coronary interventions in acute coronary syndromes: long-term outcome A Berger, J-M Meier, J-B Wasserfallen, D Graf, F Renders, Y Dascotte, V Prudent, and E Eeckhout Heart 2006; 92: 1157-1158. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.081281 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Clinical profile and outcome of coronary artery ectasia Y Gunes, B Boztosun, A Yildiz, A Metin Esen, M Saglam, M Bulut, H Karapinar, and C Kirma Heart 2006; 92: 1159-1160. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.069633 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Population based study on the prevalence of the stages of heart failure A Azevedo, P Bettencourt, P Dias, C Abreu-Lima, H-W Hense, and H Barros Heart 2006; 92: 1161-1163. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.072629 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Highly active antiretroviral therapy compared with HAART and bosentan in combination in patients with HIV-associated pulmonary hypertension G Barbaro, A Lucchini, A M Pellicelli, B Grisorio, G Giancaspro, and G Barbarini Heart 2006; 92: 1164-1166. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.076794 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Education in Heart

	Coronary interventions in the elderly Jan Kaehler, Thomas Meinertz, and Christian W Hamm Heart 2006; 92: 1167-1171. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.071266 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] BMJ Learning: Take this module on BMJ Learning
	Clinical genetics in cardiology Philippe Charron Heart 2006; 92: 1172-1176. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.071308 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] BMJ Learning: Take this module on BMJ Learning
	Management of atrial fibrillation Gregory Y H Lip and Antonio Tello-Montoliu Heart 2006; 92: 1177-1182. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.071555 [Extract] [Full text] [Web-only references] [PDF] [Request Permissions] BMJ Learning: Take this module on BMJ Learning

Miscellanea

	Stamps in Cardiology: Thrombosis M K Davies and A Hollman Heart 2006; 92: 1010. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Images in Cardiology: Abnormal ECG following insertion of a temporary pacing wire M D Thomas and D Hildick-Smith Heart 2006; 92: 1016. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.076448 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Images in Cardiology: "Crush" and "reverse crush" technique to treat a complex left main stenosis I Porto, W van Gaal, and A Banning Heart 2006; 92: 1021. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.073221 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Images in Cardiology: Effusive constrictive pericarditis secondary to undifferentiated pericardial sarcoma P A Calvert, A D Bell, and M Lynch Heart 2006; 92: 1034. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.077966 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Images in Cardiology: Severe aeroportia in a patient with acute myocardial infarction, complicated by acute ischaemic bowel syndrome H-T Hsin, J-J Hwang, and H-J Lo Heart 2006; 92: 1040. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.077974 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Images in Cardiology: Persistent left sided superior vena cava K L Ho and J L Tan Heart 2006; 92: 1046. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.077081 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Images in Cardiology: Angiographic documented dobutamine induced coronary spasm successfully treated by stenting R F Bonvini, T Hendiri, and U Sigwart Heart 2006; 92: 1054. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.061481 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Images in Cardiology: Hyperkalaemia causing profound bradycardia K Noble and C Isles Heart 2006; 92: 1063. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.071803 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Images in Cardiology: Outcome of Vineberg’s operation after 31 years V Rozsival Heart 2006; 92: 1070. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.077594 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Images in Cardiology: Ectopic right coronary artery with anomalous left circumflex artery D R Ramsdale, R Lowe, and M Hamilton Heart 2006; 92: 1083. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.075796 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Images in Cardiology: Separate anomalous origin of the left anterior descending artery and the left circumflex artery D S Gill, J J Franco, and S V Cox Heart 2006; 92: 1090. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.080853 [Extract] [Full text] [Web-only video] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Images in Cardiology: Cardiac involvement of acute myeloid leukaemia F Breuckmann, J Barkhausen, and R Erbel Heart 2006; 92: 1095. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.079137 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Images in Cardiology: Myocardial infarction caused by distal embolisation of a ruptured left main plaque W J van Gaal, N West, and A P Banning Heart 2006; 92: 1101. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.079798 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Images in Cardiology: Perforated aortic valve leaflets R Lowe, D R Ramsdale, and N Mediratta Heart 2006; 92: 1108. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.077016 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Images in Cardiology: Value of multidetector cardiac CT in calcified constrictive pericarditis for pericardial resection P Robles, A Rubio, and P Olmedilla Heart 2006; 92: 1112. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.078998 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Images in Cardiology: Traumatic tricuspid insufficiency C Radu, E Vermes, and M Kirsch Heart 2006; 92: 1118. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.077610 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Images in Cardiology: A large left atrial myxoma in a young fitness instructor D Kelly and C Jeickles Heart 2006; 92: 1124. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.075515 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Images in Cardiology: Cardiogenic pulmonary oedema masquerading as a tumour mass R Onea, P M Coulbois, and L Levai Heart 2006; 92: 1130. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.079905 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Images in Cardiology: Idiopathic diverticulum-type enlargement of the right atrium demonstrated by multislice computed tomography N Funabashi, T Sekine, and I Komuro Heart 2006; 92: 1144. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.076604 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Images in Cardiology: Bladder compression: an unusual presentation of retroperitoneal haematoma J Cosgrave, G Melzi, and A Colombo Heart 2006; 92: 1148. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.076299 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Web Top 10 Heart 2006; 92: 1150. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Images in Cardiology: A rare and potentially lethal coronary artery anomaly J P Winter and C J P Welsh Heart 2006; 92: 1163. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.080424 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Images in Cardiology: Triple-barrelled aortic dissection in Ehlers-Danlos syndrome A J Einstein, S Dellegrottaglie, and S Rajagopalan Heart 2006; 92: 1166. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.075267 [Extract] [Full text] [Web-only video] [PDF] [Request Permissions]