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Research Article

• The United Kingdom Heart Valve Registry: the first 10 years. (1 April, 1997)

  K. Taylor
• Non-invasive assessment of endothelial function. (1 April, 1997)

  M. J. Mullen, S. A. Thorne, J. E. Deanfield, C. J. Jones
• Treatment of primary pulmonary hypertension with continuous intravenous prostacyclin. (1 April, 1997)

  R. J. Barst
• Ferdinand Sauerbruch (1875-1951). (1 April, 1997)

  M. K. Davies, A. Hollman
• Less invasive coronary artery bypass grafting: without cardiopulmonary bypass and via reduced surgical access. (1 April, 1997)

  C. Borst, E. W. Jansen, P. F. Gründeman
• Minimal access surgery. (1 April, 1997)

  T. Treasure
• Aneurysm of the left coronary artery bifurcation. (1 April, 1997)

  M. Maggiorini, J. Schneider, R. Jenni
• Minimal access coronary artery surgery. (1 April, 1997)

  A. J. Bryan, G. D. Angelini
• Heart failure and atrial fibrillation: current concepts and controversies. (1 April, 1997)

  M. P. Van den Berg, A. E. Tuinenburg, H. J. Crijns, I. C. Van Gelder, A. T. Gosselink, K. I. Lie
• Ischaemic preconditioning reduces troponin T release in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery. (1 April, 1997)

  D. P. Jenkins, W. B. Pugsley, A. M. Alkhulaifi, M. Kemp, J. Hooper, D. M. Yellon
• Poor clinical performance of the Wessex porcine heart valve bioprosthesis at nine years' follow up. (1 April, 1997)

  A. Hurlé, J. F. Nistal, J. M. Revuelta
• Attenuation or absence of circadian and seasonal rhythms of acute myocardial infarction. (1 April, 1997)

  J. W. Sayer, P. Wilkinson, K. Ranjadayalan, S. Ray, B. Marchant, A. D. Timmis
• Prioritising the cardiac surgery waiting list: the angina patient's perspective. (1 April, 1997)

  F. Kee, P. McDonald, B. Gaffney
• Aspirin protects low density lipoprotein from oxidative modification. (1 April, 1997)

  K. A. Steer, T. M. Wallace, C. H. Bolton, M. Hartog
• Effects of acute coronary occlusion and previous ischaemic injury on left ventricular wall motion in humans. (1 April, 1997)

  M. Y. Henein, C. O'Sullivan, S. W. Davies, U. Sigwart, D. G. Gibson
• Prognostic significance of right ventricular afterload stress detected by echocardiography in patients with clinically suspected pulmonary embolism. (1 April, 1997)

  W. Kasper, S. Konstantinides, A. Geibel, N. Tiede, T. Krause, H. Just
• Cutting balloon angioplasty and stenting for aorto-ostial lesions. (1 April, 1997)

  A. S. Kurbaan, P. A. Kelly, U. Sigwart
• Vascular remodelling in intramyocardial resistance vessels in hypertensive human cardiac transplant recipients. (1 April, 1997)

  J. T. Jenkins, J. J. Boyle, I. C. McKay, D. Richens, A. R. McPhaden, G. B. Lindop
• Impact of continuous quality improvement on selection of pacing mode and rate of complications in permanent pacing. (1 April, 1997)

  J. E. Møller, E. H. Simonsen, M. Møller
• Radiofrequency catheter ablation of accessory atrioventricular pathways: primary failure and recurrence of conduction. (1 April, 1997)

  B. Xie, S. C. Heald, A. J. Camm, E. Rowland, D. E. Ward
• Absence of mutations in the regulatory domain of the gap junction protein connexin 43 in patients with visceroatrial heterotaxy. (1 April, 1997)

  M. Penman Splitt, M. Y. Tsai, J. Burn, J. A. Goodship
• Sex and coronary heart disease: the relative probability of dying in hospital. (1 April, 1997)

  C. J. Currie, J. R. Peters
• Ventricular tachycardia initiated by high energy cardioversion in a patient with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator. (1 April, 1997)

  M. Chinushi, Y. Aizawa, K. Higuchi
• QT interval dynamics and heart rate variability preceding a case of cardiac arrest. (1 April, 1997)

  J. P. Singh, P. Sleight, A. Kardos, G. Hart
• Cardiac echinococcosis--a rare echocardiographic diagnosis. (1 April, 1997)

  S. B. Siwach, V. K. Katyal, Jagdish
• Listeria endocarditis: current management and patient outcome--world literature review. (1 April, 1997)

  N. Spyrou, M. Anderson, R. Foale
• Erratic prolongation of the pacing spike interval with presyncope as the only manifestation of minute bipolar lead insulation failure. (1 April, 1997)

  I. P. Gavaliatsis, L. P. Flessas, A. S. Dimitriou
• Chemodectoma in a patient with a single ventricle. (1 April, 1997)

  P. Wilmshurst, C. Newbegin, R. Paes
• Inappropriate shocks in a patient treated with a cardioverter defibrillator. (1 April, 1997)

  W. Hutse, R. Tavernier, L. Jordaens
• Multiple cardiac rhabdomyomas: tuberous sclerosis or not? (1 April, 1997)

  O. Uzun, G. McGawley, G. A. Wharton
• Coronary patients need cardiologists. (1 April, 1997)

  H. J. Bethell