Editorials:

ECG interpretation in ST-elevation myocardial infarction: pattern recognition or caliper measurements?

Jonathan P Piccini and E Magnus Ohman

Heart 2009; 95: 267-268.
Published Online First: 9 December 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.153049

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Angiostatin: drying out the roots in cardiac muscle

Konrad F Frank and Jochen Müller-Ehmsen

Heart 2009; 95: 269-270.
Published Online First: 18 December 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.154013

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JournalScan:

JournalScan

Alistair Lindsay

Heart 2009; 95: 343-344.

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Review:

Cardiac rehabilitation in the United Kingdom

H Bethell, R Lewin, and H Dalal

Heart 2009; 95: 271-275.
Published Online First: 20 January 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2007.134338

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Original articles:

Relationship of QRS duration at baseline and changes over 60 min after fibrinolysis to 30-day mortality with different locations of ST elevation myocardial infarction: results from the Hirulog and Early Reperfusion or Occlusion-2 trial

C-K Wong, W Gao, R A H Stewart, J K French, P E G Aylward, and H D White

Heart 2009; 95: 276-282.
Published Online First: 15 December 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.146365

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Pathological role of angiostatin in heart failure: an endogenous inhibitor of mesenchymal stem-cell activation

K Yamahara, K D Min, H Tomoike, K Kangawa, S Kitamura, and N Nagaya

Heart 2009; 95: 283-289.
Published Online First: 18 December 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.152223

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Determinants of left ventricular untwisting behaviour in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy: analysis by two-dimensional speckle tracking

M Saito, H Okayama, K Nishimura, A Ogimoto, T Ohtsuka, K Inoue, G Hiasa, T Sumimoto, J Funada, Y Shigematsu, and J Higaki

Heart 2009; 95: 290-296.
Published Online First: 18 September 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.145979

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Limited utilities of N-terminal pro B-type natriuretic peptide and other newer risk markers compared with traditional risk factors for prediction of significant angiographic lesions in stable coronary artery disease

A Peer, G Falkensammer, H Alber, A Kroiss, A Griesmacher, H Ulmer, O Pachinger, and J Mair

Heart 2009; 95: 297-303.
Published Online First: 15 August 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.145425

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Improving long-term outcomes following coronary artery bypass graft or percutaneous coronary revascularisation: results from a large, population-based cohort with first intervention 1995–2004

H M Blackledge and I B Squire

Heart 2009; 95: 304-311.
Published Online First: 10 November 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2007.127928

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Treatment and survival in children with pulmonary arterial hypertension: the UK Pulmonary Hypertension Service for Children 2001–2006

S G Haworth and A A Hislop

Heart 2009; 95: 312-317.
Published Online First: 24 October 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.150086

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Gender differences in the long-term outcomes after valve replacement surgery

A Kulik, B-K Lam, F D Rubens, P J Hendry, R G Masters, W Goldstein, P Bédard, T G Mesana, and M Ruel

Heart 2009; 95: 318-326.
Published Online First: 24 July 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.146688

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Technology and guidelines:

Intracardiac echocardiography

K N Asrress and A R J Mitchell

Heart 2009; 95: 327-331. doi:10.1136/hrt.2007.135137

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Featured correspondence:

Thiazolidinediones and cardiovascular outcomes in type 2 diabetes

P J Grant

Heart 2009; 95: 332.

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The author's reply

S Singh and C D Furberg

Heart 2009; 95: 332.

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Positron emission tomography (PET): a new tool in the diagnosis of endocarditis

B C Millar, B D Prendergast, A Alavi, and J E Moore

Heart 2009; 95: 332-333.

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Education in Heart:

Permanent pacemaker implantation technique: part II

Kim Rajappan

Heart 2009; 95: 334-342. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.156372

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Miscellanea:

Right ventricular acrylic cement embolism: late complication of percutaneous vertebroplasty

F Braiteh and M Row

Heart 2009; 95: 275. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.158790

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WEB TOP 10

Heart 2009; 95: 333.

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Electronic pages:

Abstracts

Heart 2009; 95: e1.

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