Editorials:

Cardiovascular risk: who should we treat, and how much should we stratify?

Anushka Patel

Heart 2009; 95: 783-784.
Published Online First: 8 January 2009. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.148387

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Socio-economic deprivation and outcome in patients with coronary artery disease

Steven Livesey

Heart 2009; 95: 785-786.
Published Online First: 19 March 2009. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.155002

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JournalScan:

JournalScan

Alistair Lindsay

Heart 2009; 95: 859-860.

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Review:

Kawasaki disease in children

L E Wood and R M R Tulloh

Heart 2009; 95: 787-792.
Published Online First: 12 August 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.143669

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Original articles:

Socio-economic status and early outcome from coronary artery bypass grafting

P H Gibson, B L Croal, B H Cuthbertson, G Gibson, R R Jeffrey, K G Buchan, H El-Shafei, and G S Hillis

Heart 2009; 95: 793-798.
Published Online First: 19 March 2009. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.149849

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Predictors of infarct artery patency after prehospital thrombolysis: the multicentre, prospective, observational OPTIMAL study

V Bongard, J Puel, D Savary, L Belle, S Charpentier, Y Cottin, L Soulat, M Elbaz, D Miljkovic, Ph G Steg, and for the OPTIMAL Investigators

Heart 2009; 95: 799-806.
Published Online First: 15 December 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.152504

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Immediate versus deferred coronary angioplasty in non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes

R K Riezebos, E Ronner, E ter Bals, T Slagboom, P C Smits, J M ten Berg, F Kiemeneij, G Amoroso, M S Patterson, M J Suttorp, J G P Tijssen, G J Laarman, and for the OPTIMA trial

Heart 2009; 95: 807-812.
Published Online First: 19 December 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.154815

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Evolution and outcome of diastolic dysfunction

N Achong, S Wahi, and T H Marwick

Heart 2009; 95: 813-818.
Published Online First: 15 December 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.159020

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Relationship between sleep apnoea and mortality in patients with ischaemic heart failure

D Yumino, H Wang, J S Floras, G E Newton, S Mak, P Ruttanaumpawan, J D Parker, and T D Bradley

Heart 2009; 95: 819-824.
Published Online First: 8 January 2009. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.160952

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The prognostic value of individual NT-proBNP values in chronic heart failure does not change with advancing age

L Frankenstein, A L Clark, K Goode, L Ingle, A Remppis, D Schellberg, F Grabs, M Nelles, J G F Cleland, H A Katus, and C Zugck

Heart 2009; 95: 825-829.
Published Online First: 15 January 2009. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.158626

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Depressed recovery of subendocardial perfusion in persistent heart failure after complete revascularisation in diabetic patients with hibernating myocardium

R Mizuno, S Fujimoto, Y Saito, and S Nakamura

Heart 2009; 95: 830-834.
Published Online First: 22 December 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.155044

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Atrial tissue Doppler imaging for prediction of new-onset atrial fibrillation

C B De Vos, B Weijs, H J G M Crijns, E C Cheriex, A Palmans, J Habets, M H Prins, R Pisters, R Nieuwlaat, and R G Tieleman

Heart 2009; 95: 835-840.
Published Online First: 15 December 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.148528

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Technology and guidelines:

New NICE guideline on acute stroke and TIA: need for major changes in delivery of stroke treatment

D J Werring and M M Brown

Heart 2009; 95: 841-843.
Published Online First: 4 March 2009. doi:10.1136/hrt.2009.167676

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NICE guideline on acute stroke and TIA: commentary

P Tyrrell, S Swain, A Rudd, and Acute Stroke & TIA Guideline Development Group

Heart 2009; 95: 843-845. doi:10.1136/hrt.2009.167684

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Featured correspondence:

Blood pressure changes and survival in chronic heart failure

C J Petrie

Heart 2009; 95: 846.

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The author’s reply:

C E Raphael

Heart 2009; 95: 846.

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Statins: established indications and controversial subgroups

M R Goldstein, L Mascitelli, and F Pezzetta

Heart 2009; 95: 846-847.

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Drug-eluting stents for the treatment of coronary artery disease: NICE technology appraisal guidance

A Messori and S Trippoli

Heart 2009; 95: 847.

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Medicolegal:

Observations on 35 years as an expert witness in American malpractice litigation: a comparison with the British legal system

Nelson B Schiller

Heart 2009; 95: 848-849. doi:10.1136/hrt.2009.165423

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Education in Heart:

Effective platelet inhibition by aspirin and clopidogrel: where are we now?

Dimitris Tousoulis, Alexandros Briasoulis, Sukhbir S Dhamrait, Charalambos Antoniades, and Christodoulos Stefanadis

Heart 2009; 95: 850-858. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.152736

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Miscellanea:

Intracoronary optical coherence tomography assessment of spontaneous coronary artery dissection

K Ishibashi, H Kitabata, and T Akasaka

Heart 2009; 95: 818. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.158485

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