Editorials:

States, rates and traits: prognosis research and chronic stable angina

Harry Hemingway

Heart 2009; 95: 439-440.
Published Online First: 8 January 2009. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.152579

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Exercise: the neglected risk factor and the neglected treatment

Michael V Jelinek

Heart 2009; 95: 441.
Published Online First: 16 January 2009. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.154955

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JournalScan:

JournalScan

Alistair Lindsay

Heart 2009; 95: 515-516.

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Review:

Fresh fields and pathways new: recent genetic insights into cardiac malformation

F T Leong, L J Freeman, and B D Keavney

Heart 2009; 95: 442-447. doi:10.1136/hrt.2006.105130

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Original articles:

Cardiovascular medication, physical activity and mortality: cross-sectional population study with ongoing mortality follow-up

E Stamatakis, M Hamer, and P Primatesta

Heart 2009; 95: 448-453.
Published Online First: 18 September 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.152041

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Body mass index and the risk of total and cardiovascular mortality among patients with type 2 diabetes: a large prospective study in Ukraine

M Khalangot, M Tronko, V Kravchenko, J Kulchinska, and G Hu

Heart 2009; 95: 454-460.
Published Online First: 12 August 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.150524

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Do patients with angina alone have a more benign prognosis than patients with a history of acute myocardial infarction, revascularisation or both? Findings from a community cohort study

B Buckley and A W Murphy

Heart 2009; 95: 461-467.
Published Online First: 31 July 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.146944

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Choice of secondary prevention improves risk factors after acute coronary syndrome: 1-year follow-up of the CHOICE (Choice of Health Options In prevention of Cardiovascular Events) randomised controlled trial

J Redfern, T Briffa, E Ellis, and S B Freedman

Heart 2009; 95: 468-475.
Published Online First: 18 September 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.150870

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Major improvement of percutaneous cardiovascular procedure outcomes with radial artery catheterisation: results from the PREVAIL study

C Pristipino, C Trani, M S Nazzaro, A Berni, G Patti, R Patrizi, B Pironi, P Mazzarotto, G Gioffrè, G G L Biondi-Zoccai, G Richichi on behalf of the Prospective REgistry of Vascular Access in Interventions in Lazio region (PREVAIL) study group

Heart 2009; 95: 476-482.
Published Online First: 26 November 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.150714

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Evaluation of left atrial longitudinal function in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a tissue Doppler imaging and two-dimensional strain study

I A Paraskevaidis, F Panou, C Papadopoulos, D Farmakis, J Parissis, I Ikonomidis, A Rigopoulos, E K Iliodromitis, and D Th Kremastinos

Heart 2009; 95: 483-489.
Published Online First: 2 September 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.146548

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Determinants of exercise-induced pulmonary hypertension in patients with normal left ventricular ejection fraction

J-W Ha, D Choi, S Park, C-Y Shim, J-M Kim, S-H Moon, H-J Lee, E-Y Choi, and N Chung

Heart 2009; 95: 490-494.
Published Online First: 24 July 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2007.139295

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Technology and guidelines:

Bifurcation stenting: current strategies and new devices

A Latib, A Colombo, and G M Sangiorgi

Heart 2009; 95: 495-504.
Published Online First: 23 September 2008. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.150391

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Featured correspondence:

Impaired left ventricular energy metabolism in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is not due to fibrosis

S E Petersen, H Watkins, and S Neubauer

Heart 2009; 95: 505.

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The authors’ response:

A Esposito, F De Cobelli, G Perseghin, and A Del Maschio

Heart 2009; 95: 505.

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NICE, drug-eluting stents and the limits of trial data

R Mohindra

Heart 2009; 95: 505-506.

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The author’s response:

M A de Belder

Heart 2009; 95: 506.

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Diabetes in Africa: the situation in the Seychelles

P Bovet, A Gabriel, C Shamlaye, and F Paccaud

Heart 2009; 95: 506-507.

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Education in Heart:

Stem cells in myocardial infarction: from bench to bedside

Helge Möllmann, Holger Nef, Albrecht Elsässer, and Christian Hamm

Heart 2009; 95: 508-514. doi:10.1136/hrt.2007.125054

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Miscellanea:

Dual source computed tomography with delayed imaging for left atrial appendage thrombus compared with transoesophageal echocardiography

M W Martinez, G Lin, E E Williamson, and P A Brady

Heart 2009; 95: 460. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.158402

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Visualisation of thrombus formation on prosthetic valve by real-time three-dimensional transoesophageal echocardiography

F F Faletra, G Moschovitis, and A Auricchio

Heart 2009; 95: 482. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.158436

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