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Research Article

• Preconditioning: a balanced perspective. (1 December, 1995)

  K. Przyklenk, R. A. Kloner
• Should balloon angioplasty be used instead of surgery for native aortic coarctation? (1 December, 1995)

  P. S. Rao
• von Willebrand factor and its relevance to cardiovascular disorders. (1 December, 1995)

  G. Y. Lip, A. D. Blann
• Angiotensin converting enzyme gene deletion allele is independently and strongly associated with coronary atherosclerosis and myocardial infarction. (1 December, 1995)

  E. Arbustini, M. Grasso, R. Fasani, C. Klersy, M. Diegoli, E. Porcu, N. Banchieri, P. Fortina, C. Danesino, G. Specchia
• Can early closure and restenosis after endoluminal stenting be predicted from clinical, procedural, and angiographic variables at the time of intervention? (1 December, 1995)

  E. Eeckhout, G. van Melle, J. C. Stauffer, P. Vogt, L. Kappenberger, J. J. Goy
• Autoimmunity to alpha myosin in a subset of patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. (1 December, 1995)

  J. H. Goldman, P. J. Keeling, R. S. Warraich, M. K. Baig, S. R. Redwood, L. Dalla Libera, J. E. Sanderson, A. L. Caforio, W. J. McKenna
• Prospective study of patients aged 55 years or less with acute myocardial infarction between 1981 and 1985: outcome 7 years and beyond. (1 December, 1995)

  J. S. Skinner, C. J. Albers, J. Goudevenos, C. Fraser, O. Odemuyiwa, R. J. Hall, P. C. Adams
• Clinical significance of inferior ST elevation during acute anterior myocardial infarction. (1 December, 1995)

  A. Tamura, H. Kataoka, K. Nagase, Y. Mikuriya, M. Nasu
• Initial and subsequent angiographic outcome of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty performed on internal mammary artery grafts. (1 December, 1995)

  N. Ishizaka, Y. Ishizaka, Y. Ikari, T. Isshiki, T. Tamura, H. Suma, T. Yamaguchi
• Concentration of circulating plasma endothelin in patients with angina and normal coronary angiograms. (1 December, 1995)

  J. C. Kaski, P. M. Elliott, O. Salomone, K. Dickinson, D. Gordon, C. Hann, D. W. Holt
• Plasma mediated neutrophil stimulation during coronary angioplasty: autocrine effect of platelet activating factor. (1 December, 1995)

  T. Siminiak, D. J. O'Gorman, M. Shahi, D. Hackett, D. J. Sheridan
• Interaction of ischaemia and encainide/flecainide treatment: a proposed mechanism for the increased mortality in CAST I. (1 December, 1995)

  H. M. Greenberg, E. M. Dwyer, J. S. Hochman, J. S. Steinberg, D. S. Echt, R. W. Peters
• Effect of low dose sotalol on the signal averaged P wave in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. (1 December, 1995)

  P. J. Stafford, J. Cooper, D. P. de Bono, R. Vincent, C. J. Garratt
• Decreased platelet function in aortic valve stenosis: high shear platelet activation then inactivation. (1 December, 1995)

  J. R. O'Brien, M. D. Etherington, J. Brant, J. Watkins
• Pseudoaneurysm following aortic homograft: clinical implications? (1 December, 1995)

  E. Oechslin, T. Carrel, M. Ritter, C. Attenhofer, L. von Segesser, W. Kiowski, M. Turina, R. Jenni
• Disopyramide stress test: a sensitive and specific tool for predicting impending high degree atrioventricular block in patients with bifascicular block. (1 December, 1995)

  A. Englund, L. Bergfeldt, M. Rosenqvist
• Transient reduction of human left ventricular mass in carnitine depletion induced by antibiotics containing pivalic acid. (1 December, 1995)

  K. Abrahamsson, M. Mellander, B. O. Eriksson, E. Holme, U. Jodal, A. Jönsson, S. Lindstedt
• Appetite suppressants and primary pulmonary hypertension in the United Kingdom. (1 December, 1995)

  S. H. Thomas, A. Y. Butt, P. A. Corris, J. J. Egan, T. W. Higenbottam, B. P. Madden, P. C. Waller
• Left atrial size and function: assessment using echocardiographic automatic boundary detection. (1 December, 1995)

  P. B. Clarkson, N. M. Wheeldon, P. O. Lim, S. D. Pringle, T. M. MacDonald
• Long term results of fast pathway ablation in atrioventricular nodal reentry tachycardia using a modified technique. (1 December, 1995)

  D. Mehta, J. A. Gomes
• Use of lead adjustment formulas for QT dispersion after myocardial infarction. (1 December, 1995)

  J. M. Glancy, C. J. Garratt, K. L. Woods, D. P. de Bono
• Effect of the increasing use of coronary angioplasty on outcome at one year in patients with unstable angina. (1 December, 1995)

  S. De Servi, P. Valentini, L. Angoli, E. Bramucci, P. Barberis, G. Mariani, G. Specchia
• Hepatitis B immunisation among invasive cardiologists: poor compliance with United Kingdom guidelines. (1 December, 1995)

  B. D. Prendergast, N. P. Andrews, A. Thomas, L. Davies, M. McCabe, W. J. Penny
• Endovascular stents in children under 1 year of age: acute impact and late results. (1 December, 1995)

  Y. Hatai, D. G. Nykanen, W. G. Williams, R. M. Freedom, L. N. Benson
• Extreme pulsus alternans presenting as 2:1 electromechanical dissociation. (1 December, 1995)

  E. Rosenthal
• Dr Black's favourite disease. (1 December, 1995)

  A. Evans
• Radiofrequency current caused slowing of non-reentrant idiopathic right ventricular tachycardia originating from a wide arrhythmogenic area. (1 December, 1995)

  M. Chinushi, Y. Aizawa, A. Shibata
• Severe coronary vasospasm associated with hyperthyroidism causing myocardial infarction. (1 December, 1995)

  N. D. Masani, D. B. Northridge, R. J. Hall