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Research Article

• Is pressure recovery an important cause of "Doppler aortic stenosis" with no gradient at cardiac catheterisation? (1 November, 1996)

  J. Chambers
• Sir Thomas Lewis (1881-1945). (1 November, 1996)

  M. K. Davies, A. Hollman
• Drug induced closure of patent ductus arteriosus. (1 November, 1996)

  N. Archer
• Echocardiographic evaluation of ventricular diastolic function: implications for treatment. (1 November, 1996)

  S. J. Brecker, D. G. Gibson
• Increase in hospital admission rates for heart failure in The Netherlands, 1980-1993. (1 November, 1996)

  J. B. Reitsma, A. Mosterd, A. J. de Craen, R. W. Koster, F. J. van Capelle, D. E. Grobbee, J. G. Tijssen
• Ventilation/carbon dioxide production ratio in early exercise predicts poor functional capacity in congestive heart failure. (1 November, 1996)

  R. V. Milani, M. R. Mehra, T. K. Reddy, C. J. Lavie, H. O. Ventura
• How epicardial U-wave changes are reflected in body surface precordial electrocardiograms in anterior or inferoposterior myocardial ischaemia during coronary angioplasty. (1 November, 1996)

  H. Kataoka, S. Yano, A. Tamura, Y. Mikuriya
• Effect of patient characteristics on the yield of prolonged baseline head-up tilt testing and the additional yield of drug provocation. (1 November, 1996)

  A. P. Fitzpatrick, R. J. Lee, L. M. Epstein, M. D. Lesh, S. Eisenberg, M. M. Sheinman
• Coronary ostial occlusion: "have you seen anything like this?". (1 November, 1996)

  I. Ahmed, M. C. Sissons, D. H. Roberts
• Altered patterns of cardiac intercellular junction distribution in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. (1 November, 1996)

  R. Sepp, N. J. Severs, R. G. Gourdie
• Short term reduction of left ventricular mass in primary hypertrophic cardiomyopathy by octreotide injections. (1 November, 1996)

  A. I. Günal, A. Işik, H. Celiker, O. Eren, H. Celebi, S. Y. Günal, C. Lüleci
• Accuracy of four automatic QT measurement techniques in cardiac patients and healthy subjects. (1 November, 1996)

  N. B. McLaughlin, R. W. Campbell, A. Murray
• Changing patterns of investigation and treatment of cardiac failure in hospital. (1 November, 1996)

  G. S. Hillis, A. Al-Mohammad, M. Wood, K. P. Jennings
• An evaluation of the results of media and educational campaigns designed to shorten the time taken by patients with acute myocardial infarction to decide to go to hospital. (1 November, 1996)

  M. B. Blohm, M. Hartford, B. W. Karlson, R. V. Luepker, J. Herlitz
• Permanent pacemaker use after cardiac transplantation: completing the audit cycle. (1 November, 1996)

  N. D. Holt, M. M. Tynan, C. D. Scott, G. Parry, J. H. Dark, J. M. McComb
• Permanent pacemaker implantation after cardiac transplantation: extra cost of a conservative policy. (1 November, 1996)

  N. D. Holt, G. Parry, M. M. Tynan, J. H. Dark, J. M. McComb
• Percutaneous transvenous intracardiac ultrasound imaging in dogs: a new approach to monitor left ventricular function. (1 November, 1996)

  L. Jiang, N. J. Weissman, J. L. Guerrero, J. He, A. E. Weyman, R. A. Levine, M. H. Picard
• Haemorrhagic bullae in a patient with lichen sclerosus et atrophicus treated with streptokinase. (1 November, 1996)

  H. M. Dunn, R. A. Fulton
• Infant Ross procedure for recurrent aortic stenosis. (1 November, 1996)

  M. Runciman, I. Ostman-Smith, S. Westaby
• A previously undescribed de novo insertion-deletion mutation in the beta myosin heavy chain gene in a kindred with familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. (1 November, 1996)

  G. Cuda, N. Perrotti, F. Perticone, P. L. Mattioli
• Recurrent, life-threatening atrioventricular dissociation associated with toxoplasma myocarditis. (1 November, 1996)

  J. S. Duffield, A. J. Jacob, H. C. Miller
• Defibrillator twiddler's syndrome: a rare cause of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator failure. (1 November, 1996)

  A. Navone, A. Picone, K. Boahene
• Guidelines for pacemaker follow up. Report of a British Pacing and Electrophysiology Group (BPEG). (1 November, 1996)

  R. Sutton