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Research Article

• Plasma concentrations of brain natriuretic peptide: will this new test reduce the need for cardiac investigations? (1 November, 1993)

  A D Struthers
• Which patients should have exercise testing after myocardial infarction treated by thrombolysis? (1 November, 1993)

  R G Murray
• Chronotropic incompetence: a proposal for definition and diagnosis. (1 November, 1993)

  D Katritsis, A J Camm
• Pathological concepts in acute coronary thrombosis: relevance to treatment. (1 November, 1993)

  W F Fulton
• Prognostic significance of N-terminal pro-atrial natriuretic factor (1-98) in acute myocardial infarction: comparison with atrial natriuretic factor (99-126) and clinical evaluation. (1 November, 1993)

  T Omland, V V Bonarjee, D W Nilsen, J A Sundsfjord, R T Lie, G Thibault, K Dickstein
• Reassessment of treadmill stress testing for risk stratification in patients with acute myocardial infarction treated by thrombolysis. (1 November, 1993)

  R Stevenson, V Umachandran, K Ranjadayalan, P Wilkinson, B Marchant, A D Timmis
• Contribution of the 24 hour electrocardiogram to the prediction of sudden coronary death. (1 November, 1993)

  A Algra, J G Tijssen, J R Roelandt, J Pool, J Lubsen
• First myocardial infarction in patients under 60 years old: the role of exercise tests and symptoms in deciding whom to catheterise. (1 November, 1993)

  S J Cross, H S Lee, A Kenmure, S Walton, K Jennings
• Holter ST monitoring early after acute myocardial infarction: mechanisms of ischaemia in patients treated by thrombolysis. (1 November, 1993)

  R N Stevenson, B G Marchant, K Ranjadayalan, S Uthayakumar, A D Timmis
• Myocardial ischaemia and angina in the early post-infarction period: a comparison with patients with stable coronary artery disease. (1 November, 1993)

  B Marchant, R Stevenson, S Vaishnav, K Ranjadayalan, A D Timmis
• Importance of oxygen-haemoglobin binding to oxygen transport in congestive heart failure. (1 November, 1993)

  R M Bersin, M Kwasman, D Lau, C Klinski, K Tanaka, P Khorrami, T DeMarco, C Wolfe, K Chatterjee
• Comparison of acoustic quantification and Doppler echocardiography in assessment of left ventricular diastolic variables. (1 November, 1993)

  A Chenzbraun, F J Pinto, S Popylisen, I Schnittger, R L Popp
• Determinants of the Doppler flow velocity profile through the mitral valve of the human fetus. (1 November, 1993)

  A M Carceller-Blanchard, J C Fouron
• Profile of paediatric patients with pulmonary hypertension judged by responsiveness to vasodilators. (1 November, 1993)

  C Houde, D J Bohn, R M Freedom, M Rabinovitch
• Cardiac arrest in a young woman with the long QT syndrome and concomitant astemizole ingestion. (1 November, 1993)

  P Broadhurst, A W Nathan
• Two unusual complications after surgical interruption of an accessory pathway. (1 November, 1993)

  E C Cheriex, J L Smeets, H J Wellens
• Primary hyperparathyroidism presenting as torsades de pointes. (1 November, 1993)

  P Kearney, M Reardon, J O'Hare
• Recanalisation of an occluded modified Blalock-Taussig shunt by balloon dilatation. (1 November, 1993)

  N Sreeram, K Walsh, I Peart
• Initial experience with balloon dilatation of supravalvar aortic stenosis. (1 November, 1993)

  J L Jacob, W M Coelho, N C Machado, S A Garzon
• Use of a remotely controlled mechanical pump for coronary arteriography: a study of radiation exposure and quality implications. (1 November, 1993)

  S C Grant, E B Faragher, A P Hufton, D H Bennett
• Emergency percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) for intractable ventricular arrhythmias associated with acute anterior myocardial infarction. (1 November, 1993)

  M Hargreaves, K Channon, O Ormerod
• Lack of rebound during intermittent transdermal treatment with glyceryl trinitrate in patients with stable angina on background beta blocker. (1 November, 1993)

  G Nyberg
• Is there such a thing as normal sinus rate? (1 November, 1993)

  D H Spodick
• Exercise testing when there is not a doctor present: recommendations of the Medical Practice Committee and Council of the British Cardiac Society. (1 November, 1993)
• Radiation hazards to the cardiologist. A report of a subcommittee of the British Cardiac Society. (1 November, 1993)