Featured editorial:

Stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation: better use of anticoagulation and new agents will lead to improved outcomes

Robby Nieuwlaat and Stuart J Connolly

Heart 2009; 95: 95-97.
Published Online First: 24 October 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.157248

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Editorials:

Bone marrow cells to improve ventricular function

Bodo-Eckehard Strauer, Gudrun Ott, Christine Maria Schannwell, and Michael Brehm

Heart 2009; 95: 98-99.
Published Online First: 10 November 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2007.141432

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Stenting the paediatric heart

Alain Fraisse

Heart 2009; 95: 100-101.
Published Online First: 26 August 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.142794

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JournalScan:

JournalScan

Alistair Lindsay

Heart 2009; 95: 171-172.

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Review:

Endothelial dysfunction and pathophysiological correlates in atrial fibrillation

M Guazzi and R Arena

Heart 2009; 95: 102-106. doi:10.1136/hrt.2007.135277

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Original articles:

Pre-procedural C-reactive protein levels and clinical outcomes after percutaneous coronary interventions with and without abciximab: pooled analysis of four ISAR trials

R Iijima, R A Byrne, G Ndrepepa, S Braun, J Mehilli, P B Berger, A Schömig, and A Kastrati

Heart 2009; 95: 107-112.
Published Online First: 18 September 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.153635

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Difference in long-term clinical outcome after cardiac resynchronisation therapy between ischaemic and non-ischaemic aetiologies of heart failure

Q Zhang, J W-H Fung, J Y-S Chan, G Yip, Y-Y Lam, Y-J Liang, and C-M Yu

Heart 2009; 95: 113-118.
Published Online First: 24 July 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.145698

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Effect of intramyocardial bone marrow cell injection on left ventricular dyssynchrony and global strain

J van Ramshorst, D E Atsma, S L M A Beeres, S A Mollema, N Ajmone Marsan, E R Holman, E E van der Wall, M J Schalij, and J J Bax

Heart 2009; 95: 119-124.
Published Online First: 15 January 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2007.129569

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Should the first priority in cardiovascular risk management be those with prior cardiovascular disease?

A J Kerr, J Broad, S Wells, T Riddell, and R Jackson

Heart 2009; 95: 125-129.
Published Online First: 1 April 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2007.140905

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Determinants of the degree of functional aortic regurgitation in patients with anatomically normal aortic valve and ascending thoracic aorta aneurysm. Transoesophageal Doppler echocardiography study

G La Canna, F Maisano, L De Michele, A Grimaldi, F Grassi, E Capritti, M De Bonis, and O Alfieri

Heart 2009; 95: 130-136.
Published Online First: 28 February 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2007.134494

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Stroke volume increase to exercise in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is limited by increased pulmonary artery pressure

S Holverda, H Rietema, N Westerhof, J T Marcus, C T-J Gan, P E Postmus, and A Vonk-Noordegraaf

Heart 2009; 95: 137-141.
Published Online First: 12 May 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2007.138172

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Stenting of the right ventricular outflow tract in the symptomatic infant with tetralogy of Fallot

G Dohlen, R R Chaturvedi, L N Benson, A Ozawa, G S Van Arsdell, D S Fruitman, and K-J Lee

Heart 2009; 95: 142-147.
Published Online First: 10 March 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2007.135723

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Technology and guidelines:

Emerging transcatheter therapies for aortic and mitral disease

R D Christofferson, S R Kapadia, V Rajagopal, and E M Tuzcu

Heart 2009; 95: 148-155.
Published Online First: 2 June 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2007.121129

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Featured correspondence:

Heart failure in the UK

J J V McMurray, P Jhund, K MacIntyre, and S Stewart

Heart 2009; 95: 156.

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The authors’ reply:

M R Cowie, E D Nicol, B Fittall, M Roughton, J G F Cleland, and H Dargie

Heart 2009; 95: 156-157.

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Education in Heart:

The future of atrial fibrillation ablation: new technologies and indications: Atrial fibrillation

Sabine Ernst

Heart 2009; 95: 158-163. doi:10.1136/hrt.2007.135921

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Echocardiography in the emergency room: Non-invasive imaging

Luc A Piérard and Patrizio Lancellotti

Heart 2009; 95: 164-170. doi:10.1136/hrt.2007.122796

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Miscellanea:

Cutaneous vasculitis rash due to bacterial endocarditis

N Shariff, J Roberts, and S Ahmed

Heart 2009; 95: 106. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.152348

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WEB TOP 10

Heart 2009; 95: 136.

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Significant QT-interval prolongation in pulmonary embolism—evidence for mechanoelectrical feedback

H Bonnemeier, W Mäuser, T Krauss, and H Schunkert

Heart 2009; 95: 147. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.144113

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