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Research Article

• Detection and prevention of myocardial damage during open heart surgery. (1 September, 1996)

  I. Birdi, A. Bryan, G. Angelini
• Transmyocardial revascularisation. (1 September, 1996)

  T. Wistow, P. M. Schofield
• Tissue Doppler echocardiography. (1 September, 1996)

  R. Erbel, D. R. Wallbridge, J. Zamorano, J. Drozdz, H. J. Nesser
• René Théophile-Hyacinthe Laennec (1781-1826) (1 September, 1996)

  M. K. Davies, A. Hollman
• Does Doppler myocardial imaging give new insights or simply old information revisited? (1 September, 1996)

  G. R. Sutherland, A. Lange, P. Palka, N. Grubb, A. Fleming, W. N. McDicken
• The need for artificial hearts. (1 September, 1996)

  S. Westaby
• Can clonidine, enoximone, and enalaprilat help to protect the myocardium against ischaemia in cardiac surgery? (1 September, 1996)

  J. Boldt, G. Rothe, E. Schindler, C. Döll, G. Görlach, G. Hempelmann
• 3D construction from spiral CT scanning of pericardial calcification. (1 September, 1996)

  O. Elhag, N. Grubb, J. R. Reid
• Vulnerability of paediatric myocardium to cardiac surgery. (1 September, 1996)

  D. P. Taggart, L. Hadjinikolas, K. Wong, J. Yap, J. Hooper, M. Kemp, D. Hue, M. Yacoub, J. C. Lincoln
• Increased myocardial [123I]-metaiodobenzylguanidine uptake after enalapril treatment in patients with chronic heart failure. (1 September, 1996)

  G. A. Somsen, B. van Vlies, P. A. de Milliano, J. J. Borm, E. A. van Royen, E. Endert, K. I. Lie
• Effect of pimobendan on exercise capacity in patients with heart failure: main results from the Pimobendan in Congestive Heart Failure (PICO) trial. (1 September, 1996)

  J. Lubsen, H. Just, A. C. Hjalmarsson, D. La Framboise, W. J. Remme, J. Heinrich-Nols, J. M. Dumont, P. Seed
• Plasma cardiac natriuretic peptide determination as a screening test for the detection of patients with mild left ventricular impairment. (1 September, 1996)

  T. Omland, A. Aakvaag, H. Vik-Mo
• Changing from intensive anticoagulation to treatment with aspirin alone for coronary stents: the experience of one centre in the United Kingdom. (1 September, 1996)

  N. G. Stephens, P. F. Ludman, M. C. Petch, P. M. Schofield, L. M. Shapiro
• Ball thrombus in the left ventricle. (1 September, 1996)

  S. Woldman, J. Guell-Peris
• Serological and molecular evidence of enterovirus infection in patients with end-stage dilated cardiomyopathy. (1 September, 1996)

  P. Muir, F. Nicholson, S. J. Illavia, T. S. McNeil, J. F. Ajetunmobi, H. Dunn, W. G. Starkey, K. N. Reetoo, N. R. Cary, J. Parameshwar, J. E. Banatvala
• Severe aortic stenosis without left ventricular hypertrophy: prevalence, predictors, and short-term follow up after aortic valve replacement. (1 September, 1996)

  C. Seiler, R. Jenni
• Evaluation by electron beam computed tomography of intracardiac masses suspected by transoesophageal echocardiography. (1 September, 1996)

  E. Mousseaux, A. Hernigou, M. Azencot, M. Sapoval, M. Auguste, J. C. Gaux
• Prophylactic replacement of Björk-Shiley convexo-concave heart valves: an easy-to-use tool to aid decision-making in individual patients. (1 September, 1996)

  E. W. Steyerberg, J. H. van der Meulen, L. A. van Herwerden, J. D. Habbema
• Transcatheter occlusion of the arterial duct with Cook detachable coils: early experience. (1 September, 1996)

  O. Uzun, S. Hancock, J. M. Parsons, D. F. Dickinson, J. L. Gibbs
• Long-term fate of the coronary arteries after the arterial switch operation in newborns with transposition of the great arteries. (1 September, 1996)

  D. Bonnet, P. Bonhoeffer, J. F. Piéchaud, Y. Aggoun, D. Sidi, C. Planché, J. Kachaner
• Ventricular myoarchitecture in tetralogy of Fallot. (1 September, 1996)

  D. Sanchez-Quintana, R. H. Anderson, S. Y. Ho
• Thrombus in a normal sinus of Valsalva: angiographic, multiplane transoesophageal echocardiographic, and surgical findings. (1 September, 1996)

  L. Christiaens, J. Allal, P. Corbi
• Temporary decrease in heart rate in Lyme carditis during treatment with antibiotics. (1 September, 1996)

  E. P. Dam, D. R. Jonker, J. C. Hoorntje