Editorials:

Delays in angiography may cost lives

Martin Rothman and Rodney De Palma

Heart 2009; 95: 1815-1817.
Published Online First: 5 July 2009. doi:10.1136/hrt.2009.168682

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Unveiling the causes of heart disease in China

Zhengming Chen and Gary Whitlock

Heart 2009; 95: 1818-1819.
Published Online First: 30 June 2009. doi:10.1136/hrt.2009.169003

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JournalScan:

JournalScan

Alistair Lindsay

Heart 2009; 95: 1891-1892. doi:10.1136/hrt.2009.183988

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Review:

Pre-existing cognitive impairment in candidates for cardiac surgery: an overview

N Stroobant and G Vingerhoets

Heart 2009; 95: 1820-1825.
Published Online First: 14 June 2009. doi:10.1136/hrt.2009.168237

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Original articles:

A comparison between B-type natriuretic peptide, Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE) score and their combination in ACS risk stratification

D S C Ang, L Wei, M P C Kao, C C Lang, and A D Struthers

Heart 2009; 95: 1836-1842.
Published Online First: 24 March 2009. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.160234

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Potential survival gains in the treatment of myocardial infarction

D P Chew, L T Huynh, D Liew, C Astley, A Soman, and D Brieger

Heart 2009; 95: 1844-1850.
Published Online First: 6 August 2009. doi:10.1136/hrt.2009.174276

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Improving survival in the 6 months after diagnosis of heart failure in the past decade: population-based data from the UK

P A Mehta, S W Dubrey, H F McIntyre, D M Walker, S M C Hardman, G C Sutton, T A McDonagh, and Martin R Cowie

Heart 2009; 95: 1851-1856.
Published Online First: 8 July 2009. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.156034

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Potentially modifiable risk factors associated with myocardial infarction in China: the INTERHEART China study

K K Teo, L Liu, C K Chow, X Wang, S Islam, L Jiang, J E Sanderson, S Rangarajan, S Yusuf, and for the INTERHEART Investigators in China

Heart 2009; 95: 1857-1864.
Published Online First: 28 May 2009. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.155796

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The use of real-time three-dimensional echocardiography for assessing mechanical synchronicity

E Liodakis, O Al Sharef, D Dawson, and P Nihoyannopoulos

Heart 2009; 95: 1865-1871.
Published Online First: 25 May 2009. doi:10.1136/hrt.2009.165365

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Impact of continuous positive airway pressure treatment on left atrial volume and function in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea assessed by real-time three-dimensional echocardiography

W Oliveira, O Campos, F Cintra, L Matos, M L C Vieira, B Rollim, L Fujita, S Tufik, and D Poyares

Heart 2009; 95: 1872-1878.
Published Online First: 29 July 2009. doi:10.1136/hrt.2009.173625

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Systematic review:

HIV positivity, protease inhibitor exposure and subclinical atherosclerosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies

E Hulten, J Mitchell, J Scally, B Gibbs, and T C Villines

Heart 2009; 95: 1826-1835.
Published Online First: 23 July 2009. doi:10.1136/hrt.2009.177774

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Featured correspondence:

Unrecognised myocardial infarction in subjects at high vascular risk

O Jolobe

Heart 2009; 95: 1879. doi:10.1136/hrt.2009.179309

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The authors’ reply:

M F L Meijs, M L Bots, M J Cramer, E-J A Vonken, B K Velthuis, Y van der Graaf, F L Visseren, W P Th M Mali, P A Doevendans on behalf of the SMART Study group

Heart 2009; 95: 1879. doi:10.1136/hrt.2009.179556

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Transradial cardiac procedures and increased radiation exposure: is it a real phenomenon?

G S Bhatia, K Ratib, T S Lo, M Hamon, and J Nolan

Heart 2009; 95: 1879-1880. doi:10.1136/hrt.2009.180943

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Stress cardiomyopathy or Takotsubo syndrome

R Barriales-Villa, M F Ortiz, and J M De la Hera

Heart 2009; 95: 1880. doi:10.1136/hrt.2009.181396

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Education in Heart:

Real-time three dimensional echocardiography: current and future clinical applications

Nina Ajmone Marsan, Laurens F Tops, Petros Nihoyannopoulos, Eduard R Holman, and Jeroen J Bax

Heart 2009; 95: 1881-1890. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.151613

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Miscellanea:

Risk assessment with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

O E Gosling, N Bellenger, and P Spurrell

Heart 2009; 95: 1843. doi:10.1136/hrt.2009.169664

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Percutaneous surgery for mitral valve disease

A L Clark, M F Alamgir, R K Nair, and S T Thackray

Heart 2009; 95: 1850. doi:10.1136/hrt.2009.167536

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Electronic pages:

Abstracts

Heart 2009; 95: e2. doi:10.1136/heart.2009.178137

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