Featured editorial:

RAAS inhibition/blockade in patients with cardiovascular disease: implications of recent large-scale randomised trials for clinical practice

Bertram Pitt

Heart 2009; 95: 1205-1208.
Published Online First: 27 April 2009. doi:10.1136/hrt.2009.167080

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Editorials:

Ventricular ectopic beats: not so benign

David J Wilber

Heart 2009; 95: 1209-1210.
Published Online First: 7 May 2009. doi:10.1136/hrt.2009.166579

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Life after the Norwood procedure

Ulrike E Salzer-Muhar

Heart 2009; 95: 1211-1213.
Published Online First: 19 May 2009. doi:10.1136/hrt.2009.166561

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JournalScan:

JournalScan

Alistair Lindsay

Heart 2009; 95: 1297-1298.

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Viewpoint:

Aspirin resistance testing not ready for "prime time"

Paul Hjemdahl

Heart 2009; 95: 1220-1222.
Published Online First: 26 April 2009. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.159954

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Aspirin "resistance" and its impact on cardiovascular morbidity and mortality: it is real, clinically relevant and should be measured

Stephanie J Brister and Michael R Buchanan

Heart 2009; 95: 1223-1224.
Published Online First: 26 April 2009. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.157321

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Review:

Emergence of the concept of platelet reactivity monitoring of response to thienopyridines

L Bonello, A De Labriolle, M Scheinowitz, G Lemesle, P Roy, D H Steinberg, T L Pinto Slottow, R Pakala, A D Pichard, P Barragan, L Camoin-Jau, F Dignat-George, F Paganelli, and R Waksman

Heart 2009; 95: 1214-1219.
Published Online First: 5 February 2009. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.152660

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Original articles:

Assessment of aspirin resistance varies on a temporal basis in patients with ischaemic heart disease

A R Muir, M F McMullin, C Patterson, and P P McKeown

Heart 2009; 95: 1225-1229.
Published Online First: 12 August 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.150631

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Prognostic significance of frequent premature ventricular contractions originating from the ventricular outflow tract in patients with normal left ventricular function

S Niwano, Y Wakisaka, H Niwano, H Fukaya, S Kurokawa, M Kiryu, Y Hatakeyama, and T Izumi

Heart 2009; 95: 1230-1237.
Published Online First: 7 May 2009. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.159558

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Left ventricular morphology influences mortality after the Norwood operation

M A Walsh, B W McCrindle, A Dipchand, C Manlhiot, E Hickey, C A Caldarone, G S Van Arsdell, and S M Schwartz

Heart 2009; 95: 1238-1244.
Published Online First: 19 May 2009. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.156612

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"So you think I’ll survive?": a qualitative study about doctor-patient dialogues preceding high-risk cardiac surgery or intervention

M A Schaufel, J E Nordrehaug, and K Malterud

Heart 2009; 95: 1245-1249.
Published Online First: 29 April 2009. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.164657

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Cardiorespiratory risk factors as predictors of 40-year mortality in women and men

J E Ferrie, A Singh-Manoux, M Kivimäki, J Mindell, E Breeze, G Davey Smith, and M J Shipley

Heart 2009; 95: 1250-1257.
Published Online First: 22 April 2009. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.164251

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Inhomogeneous vasomotor effects of moderate selective and non-selective endothelin-receptor blockade in stable coronary artery disease

P Wexberg, W Sperker, N G Morgenthaler, H Heinzl, C Adlbrecht, C Plass, H D Glogar, I M Lang, and T Neunteufl

Heart 2009; 95: 1258-1264.
Published Online First: 3 May 2009. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.158550

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Relation between coronary atherosclerotic plaques and traditional risk factors in people with no history of cardiovascular disease undergoing multi-detector computed coronary angiography

F F Faletra, C Klersy, I D’Angeli, M Penco, V Procaccini, E Pasotti, A Marcolongo, G B Pedrazzini, S De Castro, M Scappaticci, T Moccetti, and A Auricchio

Heart 2009; 95: 1265-1272.
Published Online First: 29 April 2009. doi:10.1136/hrt.2009.167098

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Prognosis of patients with ischaemic cardiomyopathy after coronary revascularisation: relation to viability and improvement in left ventricular ejection fraction

V Rizzello, D Poldermans, E Biagini, A F L Schinkel, E Boersma, A Boccanelli, T Marwick, J R T C Roelandt, and J J Bax

Heart 2009; 95: 1273-1277.
Published Online First: 13 May 2009. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.163972

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Featured correspondence:

Radiation risk from coronary artery disease imaging

J B Partridge

Heart 2009; 95: 1278.

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Exercise: the neglected risk factor and the neglected treatment

J S Dua, A R Cooper, K R Fox, and A G Stuart

Heart 2009; 95: 1278.

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Risk of bias in meta-analysis on erythropoietin-stimulating agents in heart failure

B P Geisler, R M van Dam, G S Gazelle, and A Goehler

Heart 2009; 95: 1278-1279. doi:10.1136/hrt.2009.172163

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The authors’ reply:

P van der Meer and D J van Veldhuisen

Heart 2009; 95: 1279.

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Education in Heart:

Triple antithrombotic management after stent implantation: when and how?

Albert Schömig, Nikolaus Sarafoff, and Melchior Seyfarth

Heart 2009; 95: 1280-1285. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.160457

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Perioperative manipulation of the circulation in children with congenital heart disease

Lara Shekerdemian

Heart 2009; 95: 1286-1296. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.069237

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Miscellanea:

Accessory mitral valve leaflet causing left ventricular outflow tract obstruction in an adult

P McGlinchey, S Fitzpatrick, and J Purvis

Heart 2009; 95: 1219. doi:10.1136/hrt.2009.166447

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Successful thrombolysis of a mechanical aortic valve thrombosis

O M Muehling, R Schamberger, B Schumacher, and S Kerber

Heart 2009; 95: 1272. doi:10.1136/hrt.2009.165324

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