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Research Article

• Beyond cholesterol reduction in coronary heart disease: is vitamin E the answer? (1 October, 1996)

  J. Cockcroft, P. Chowienczyk
• Alterations of coronary blood flow and myocardial perfusion in hypercholesterolaemia. (1 October, 1996)

  V. Schächinger, A. M. Zeiher
• Resistive vessel function in coronary artery disease. (1 October, 1996)

  N. G. Uren, T. Crake
• Hyperhomocysteinaemia, Helicobacter pylori, and coronary heart disease. (1 October, 1996)

  J. J. Sung, J. E. Sanderson
• Helicobacter pylori seropositivity in subjects with acute myocardial infarction. (1 October, 1996)

  B. Rathbone, D. Martin, J. Stephens, J. R. Thompson, N. J. Samani
• Jan Evangelista Purkinje (1787-1869). (1 October, 1996)

  M. K. Davies, A. Hollman
• Clinically stable angina pectoris is not necessarily associated with histologically stable atherosclerotic plaques. (1 October, 1996)

  A. C. van der Wal, A. E. Becker, K. T. Koch, J. J. Piek, P. Teeling, C. M. van der Loos, G. K. David
• Use of intravascular ultrasound for in vivo assessment of changes in intimal thickness of angiographically normal saphenous vein grafts one year after aortocoronary bypass surgery. (1 October, 1996)

  T. Hozumi, J. Yoshikawa, K. Yoshida, T. Akasaka, T. Takagi, Y. Honda, H. Okura
• Carotid intima-media thickness in young patients with familial hypercholesterolaemia. (1 October, 1996)

  A. Lavrencic, B. Kosmina, I. Keber, V. Videcnik, D. Keber
• ACE inhibitors unmask incoordinate diastolic wall motion in restrictive left ventricular disease. (1 October, 1996)

  M. Y. Henein, A. Amadi, C. O'Sullivan, A. Coats, D. G. Gibson
• Inspiratory muscle endurance in patients with chronic heart failure. (1 October, 1996)

  J. T. Walsh, R. Andrews, P. Johnson, L. Phillips, A. J. Cowley, W. J. Kinnear
• Specific changes in skeletal muscle myosin heavy chain composition in cardiac failure: differences compared with disuse atrophy as assessed on microbiopsies by high resolution electrophoresis. (1 October, 1996)

  G. Vescovo, F. Serafini, L. Facchin, P. Tenderini, U. Carraro, L. Dalla Libera, C. Catani, G. B. Ambrosio
• Intravascular ultrasound-guided emergency coronary Palmaz-Schatz stent placement without post-procedural systemic anticoagulation. (1 October, 1996)

  R. Blasini, F. J. Neumann, G. Richardt, C. Schmitt, R. Paloncy, A. Schömig
• Quantitative three dimensional echocardiography in patients with pulmonary hypertension and compressed left ventricles: comparison with cross sectional echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging. (1 October, 1996)

  H. D. Apfel, Z. Shen, A. S. Gopal, V. Vangi, D. Solowiejczyk, K. Altmann, R. J. Barst, L. M. Boxt, L. D. Allan, D. L. King
• Caffeine restriction has no role in the management of patients with symptomatic idiopathic ventricular premature beats. (1 October, 1996)

  D. E. Newby, J. M. Neilson, D. R. Jarvie, N. A. Boon
• Effects of permanent dual chamber pacing on myocardial perfusion in symptomatic hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. (1 October, 1996)

  J. L. Posma, P. K. Blanksma, E. E. Van Der Wall, W. Vaalburg, H. J. Crijns, K. I. Lie
• Pulmonary balloon valvuloplasty in the palliation of complex cyanotic congenital heart disease. (1 October, 1996)

  O. Stümper, J. F. Piéchaud, P. Bonhoeffer, D. Bonnet, Y. Aggoun, D. Sidi, J. Kachaner
• Intraoperative apical ventricular septal defect closure using a modified Rashkind double umbrella. (1 October, 1996)

  R. R. Chaturvedi, D. F. Shore, M. Yacoub, A. N. Redington
• Bacterial endocarditis involving a subaortic membrane. (1 October, 1996)

  D. Pentousis, J. P. Cooper, A. P. Rae
• Angina in McArdle's disease. (1 October, 1996)

  D. P. Nicholls, N. P. Campbell, H. P. Stevenson, V. H. Patterson
• A case of myocardial bridging: evaluation using intracoronary ultrasound, Doppler flow measurement, and quantitative coronary angiography. (1 October, 1996)

  B. J. Kneale, A. J. Stewart, D. J. Coltart
• Hypereosinophilic syndrome: endomyocardial fibrosis. (1 October, 1996)

  M. Pitt, M. K. Davies, A. J. Brady
• Gerbode's defect associated with acute sinus node dysfunction as a complication of infective endocarditis. (1 October, 1996)

  C. Michel, M. A. Rabinovitch, T. Huynh
• Left ventricular non-compaction in a patient with becker's muscular dystrophy. (1 October, 1996)

  C. Stöllberger, J. Finsterer, G. Blazek, R. E. Bittner