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Research Article

• Closure of the arterial duct: past, present, and future. (1 December, 1996) Free

  M. L. Rigby
• Ethics committees and the treatment of congenital heart disease. (1 December, 1996) Free

  P. R. Dear
• Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519). (1 December, 1996) Free

  M. K. Davies, A. Eollman
• Genetic factors in familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: does molecular cardiology offer new perspectives? (1 December, 1996) Free

  M. Komajda
• Spin-echo nuclear magnetic resonance for tissue characterisation in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy. (1 December, 1996) Free

  L. Menghetti, C. Basso, A. Nava, A. Angelini, G. Thiene
• Effect of pre-treatment with transdermal glyceryl trinitrate on myocardial ischaemia during coronary angioplasty. (1 December, 1996) Free

  S. Ramamurthy, V. Mehan, U. Kaufmann, V. Verin, T. F. Lüscher, B. Meier
• Natural variability of transient myocardial ischaemia during daily life: an obstacle when assessing efficacy of anti-ischaemic agents? (1 December, 1996) Free

  D. J. Patel, D. Mulcahy, J. Norrie, C. Wright, D. Clarke, I. Ford, K. M. Fox
• Contribution of peripheral chemoreceptors to ventilation and the effects of their suppression on exercise tolerance in chronic heart failure. (1 December, 1996) Free

  T. P. Chua, P. P. Ponikowski, D. Harrington, J. Chambers, A. J. Coats
• Effects of increasing flow rate on aortic stenotic indices: evidence from percutaneous transvenous balloon dilatation of the mitral valve in patients with combined aortic and mitral stenosis. (1 December, 1996) Free

  T. M. Lee, S. F. Su, M. F. Chen, C. S. Liau, Y. T. Lee
• Effects of incoordination on left ventricular force-velocity relation in aortic stenosis. (1 December, 1996) Free

  X. Y. Jin, J. R. Pepper, D. G. Gibson
• Percutaneous balloon dilatation of the atrial septum: immediate and midterm results. (1 December, 1996) Free

  B. D. Thanopoulos, D. Georgakopoulos, G. S. Tsaousis, S. Simeunovic
• Fludrocortisone in the treatment of hypotensive disorders in the elderly. (1 December, 1996) Free

  R. M. Hussain, S. J. McIntosh, J. Lawson, R. A. Kenny
• Welder identity, weld date, and the risk of outlet strut fracture in Björk-Shiley convexo-concave valves: the Dutch cohort study. (1 December, 1996) Free

  M. Kallewaard, A. Algra, Y. van der Graaf
• Effects of blockade of fast and slow inward current channels on ventricular fibrillation in the pig heart. (1 December, 1996) Free

  A. J. Stewart, J. D. Allen, A. B. Devine, A. A. Adgey
• Total UK multi-centre experience with a novel arterial occlusion device (Duct Occlud pfm). (1 December, 1996) Free

  A. Tometzki, K. Chan, J. De Giovanni, A. Houston, R. Martin, D. Redel, A. Redington, M. Rigby, J. Wright, N. Wilson
• Evolving use of embolisation coils for occlusion of the arterial duct. (1 December, 1996) Free

  E. Rosenthal, S. A. Qureshi, J. Reidy, E. J. Baker, M. Tynan
• Transcatheter occlusion of the patent ductus arteriosus with Cook detachable coils. (1 December, 1996) Free

  A. J. Tometzki, R. Arnold, I. Peart, N. Sreeram, J. M. Abdulhamed, M. J. Godman, R. G. Patel, D. J. Kitchiner, F. A. Bu'Lock, K. P. Walsh
• Transcatheter closure of large patent ductus arteriosus (> or = 4 mm) with multiple Gianturco coils: immediate and mid-term results. (1 December, 1996) Free

  Z. M. Hijazi, R. L. Geggel
• Wide complex tachycardia with atrioventricular dissociation and QRS morphology identical to that of sinus rhythm: a manifestation of bundle branch reentry. (1 December, 1996) Free

  G. Oreto, J. L. Smeets, L. M. Rodriguez, C. Timmermans, H. J. Wellens
• Isomerism of the atrial appendages associated with 22q11 deletion in a fetus. (1 December, 1996) Free

  R. W. Yates, F. L. Raymond, A. Cook, G. K. Sharland
• Treatment of ventricular tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy by transcatheter radiofrequency ablation. (1 December, 1996) Free

  Y. H. Kim, J. Goldberger, A. Kadish