Editorials:

Psychotropic medication: curing illness or creating problems?

Kate Jolly and Michael J S Langman

Heart 2009; 95: 1893-1894.
Published Online First: 23 September 2009. doi:10.1136/hrt.2009.179127

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Optical coherence tomography: new (near-infrared) light on stent implantation?

Pierfrancesco Agostoni and Pieter R Stella

Heart 2009; 95: 1895-1896.
Published Online First: 12 August 2009. doi:10.1136/hrt.2009.177337

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JournalScan:

JournalScan

Alistair Lindsay

Heart 2009; 95: 1969-1970. doi:10.1136/hrt.2009.185991

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Review:

Cardiac rehabilitation: into the future

D R Thompson and A M Clark

Heart 2009; 95: 1897-1900.
Published Online First: 8 October 2009. doi:10.1136/hrt.2009.173732

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Original articles:

Psychotropic medication use and risk of adverse cardiovascular events in women with suspected coronary artery disease: outcomes from the Women’s Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation (WISE) study

D S Krantz, K S Whittaker, J L Francis, T Rutledge, B D Johnson, G Barrow, C McClure, D S Sheps, K York, C Cornell, V Bittner, V Vaccarino, W Eteiba, S Parashar, D A Vido, and C N Bairey Merz

Heart 2009; 95: 1901-1906.
Published Online First: 6 August 2009. doi:10.1136/hrt.2009.176040

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Optical coherence tomography evaluation of zotarolimus-eluting stents at 9-month follow-up: comparison with sirolimus-eluting stents

J-S Kim, I-K Jang, J-S Kim, T H Kim, M Takano, T Kume, N W Hur, Y-G Ko, D Choi, M-K Hong, and Y Jang

Heart 2009; 95: 1907-1912.
Published Online First: 16 June 2009. doi:10.1136/hrt.2009.167759

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Optical coherence tomography assessment of the acute effects of stent implantation on the vessel wall: a systematic quantitative approach

N Gonzalo, P W Serruys, T Okamura, Z J Shen, Y Onuma, H M Garcia-Garcia, G Sarno, C Schultz, R J van Geuns, J Ligthart, and E Regar

Heart 2009; 95: 1913-1919.
Published Online First: 10 August 2009. doi:10.1136/hrt.2009.172072

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Aldosterone status associated with insulin resistance in patients with heart failure—data from the ALOFT study

E M Freel, I K Tsorlalis, J D Lewsey, R Latini, A P Maggioni, S Solomon, B Pitt, J M C Connell, and J J V McMurray

Heart 2009; 95: 1920-1924.
Published Online First: 26 August 2009. doi:10.1136/hrt.2009.173344

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Age and gender effects on the extent of myocardial involvement in acute myocarditis: a cardiovascular magnetic resonance study

M S Cocker, H Abdel-Aty, O Strohm, and M G Friedrich

Heart 2009; 95: 1925-1930.
Published Online First: 25 August 2009. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.164061

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Aortic elasticity and size are associated with aortic regurgitation and left ventricular dysfunction in tetralogy of Fallot after pulmonary valve replacement

H B Grotenhuis, J Ottenkamp, L de Bruijn, J J M Westenberg, H W Vliegen, L J M Kroft, and A de Roos

Heart 2009; 95: 1931-1936.
Published Online First: 25 August 2009. doi:10.1136/hrt.2009.175877

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Prognostic value of coronary revascularisation-related myocardial injury: a cardiac magnetic resonance imaging study

K Rahimi, A P Banning, A S H Cheng, T J Pegg, T D Karamitsos, K M Channon, S Darby, D P Taggart, S Neubauer, and J B Selvanayagam

Heart 2009; 95: 1937-1943.
Published Online First: 16 August 2009. doi:10.1136/hrt.2009.173302

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Pulmonary vein stenosis: the UK, Ireland and Sweden collaborative study

A N Seale, S A Webber, H Uemura, J Partridge, M Roughton, S Y Ho, K P McCarthy, S Jones, L Shaughnessy, J Sunnegardh, K Hanseus, M L Rigby, B R Keeton, P E F Daubeney on behalf of the British Congenital Cardiac Association

Heart 2009; 95: 1944-1949.
Published Online First: 7 September 2009. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.161356

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Technology and guidelines:

NICE guidance on catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation using an epicardial (non-thorascopic) approach

Riccardo Cappato

Heart 2009; 95: 1956-1957.
Published Online First: 30 June 2009. doi:10.1136/hrt.2009.175711

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Featured correspondence:

How do you measure a clinical history?

M J S Zaman

Heart 2009; 95: 1950. doi:10.1136/hrt.2009.179234

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The author’s reply:

B S Buckley

Heart 2009; 95: 1950. doi:10.1136/hrt.2009.179358

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Therapeutic options for systemic right ventricular failure

P Szymañski, A Klisiewicz, and P Hoffman

Heart 2009; 95: 1950-1951. doi:10.1136/hrt.2009.179952

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The authors’ reply:

M M Winter, B J Bouma, and B J M Mulder

Heart 2009; 95: 1951. doi:10.1136/hrt.2009.179960

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Persistent precordial "hyperacute" T waves signify proximal left anterior descending artery occlusion

M J Eskola, K C Nikus, and S Sclarovsky

Heart 2009; 95: 1951-1952. doi:10.1136/hrt.2009.181214

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The authors’ reply:

N J Verouden and R J de Winter

Heart 2009; 95: 1952-1953. doi:10.1136/hrt.2009.181222

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Education in Heart:

How to assess risks of valve surgery: quality, implementation and future of risk models

Menno van Gameren, Nicolo Piazza, Ad J J C Bogers, Johanna J M Takkenberg, and A Pieter Kappetein

Heart 2009; 95: 1958-1963. doi:10.1136/hrt.2007.136259

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Telemonitoring in heart failure

Jillian P Riley and Martin R Cowie

Heart 2009; 95: 1964-1968. doi:10.1136/hrt.2007.139378

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Miscellanea:

Vasovagal ejaculation syncope

A M Mozid, I T S Coyle-Gilchrist, and S S Mazhar

Heart 2009; 95: 1900. doi:10.1136/hrt.2009.168765

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Prosthetic valves: "old meets new"

D M T Saravanan, S Chowdhary, and R Levy

Heart 2009; 95: 1930. doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.164731

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An unusual primary percutaneous coronary intervention

V A Ezzat and D R Holdright

Heart 2009; 95: 1954-1955. doi:10.1136/hrt.2009.171439

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Corrections:

Correction

Heart 2009; 95: 1953. doi:10.1136/hrt.2009.179390corr1

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