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• Residual and recurrent shunts after implantation of Cook detachable duct occlusion coils (1 March, 1998)

  O Uzun, D Dickinson, J Parsons, J L Gibbs
• Increasing workload and changing referral patterns in paediatric cardiology outreach clinics: implications for consultant staffing (1 March, 1998)

  M H Wagstaff, M L Rigby, A N Redington
• Balloon expandable stents for systemic venous pathway stenosis late after Mustard’s operation (1 March, 1998)

  F A Bu’Lock, A J P Tometzki, D J Kitchiner, R Arnold, I Peart, K P Walsh
• Self expandable stents for relief of venous baffle obstruction after the Mustard operation (1 March, 1998)

  S C Brown, B Eyskens, L Mertens, L Stockx, M Dumoulin, M Gewillig
• Procedural and follow up results with a new balloon expandable stent in unselected lesions (1 March, 1998)

  C di Mario, B Reimers, Y Almagor, I Moussa, L Di Francesco, M Ferraro, M B Leon, K Richter, A Colombo
• Relation between left ventricular function and oxidative stress in patients undergoing bypass surgery (1 March, 1998)

  E De Vecchi, M G Pala, G Di Credico, V Agape, G Paolini, P A Bonini, A Grossi, R Paroni
• Is metabolic syndrome a discrete entity in the general population? Evidence from the Caerphilly and Speedwell population studies (1 March, 1998)

  J W G Yarnell, C C Patterson, D Bainton, P M Sweetnam
• Subpectoral implantation of a cardioverter defibrillator under local anaesthesia (1 March, 1998)

  K J Lipscomb, N J Linker, A P Fitzpatrick
• Prediction of the effectiveness of long term β blocker treatment for dilated cardiomyopathy by signal averaged electrocardiography (1 March, 1998)

  T Yamada, M Fukunami, T Shimonagata, K Kumagai, J Kim, S Sanada, H Ogita, M Hori, N Hoki
• A normal electrocardiogram precludes the need for left ventriculography in the assessment of coronary artery disease (1 March, 1998)

  M A Khan, S Sinha, S Hayton, S Fynn, R A Henderson, D H Bennett
• Segmental wall motion abnormalities alter vulnerability to ventricular ectopic beats associated with acute increases in aortic pressure in patients with underlying coronary artery disease (1 March, 1998)

  K Siogas, S Pappas, G Graekas, J Goudevenos, G Liapi, D A Sideris
• Assessment of myocardial perfusion and contractile function by inotropic stress Tc-99m sestamibi SPECT imaging and echocardiography for optimal detection of multivessel coronary artery disease (1 March, 1998)

  R S Khattar, R Senior, A Lahiri
• Predictive value of dobutamine echocardiography and positron emission tomography in identifying hibernating myocardium in patients with postischaemic heart failure (1 March, 1998)

  D Pagano, R S Bonser, J N Townend, F Ordoubadi, R Lorenzoni, P G Camici
• Physiological cardiac reserve: development of a non-invasive method and first estimates in man (1 March, 1998)

  G A Cooke, P Marshall, J K Al-Timman, D J Wright, R Riley, R Hainsworth, L B Tan
• Left ventricular long axis disturbances as predictors for thallium perfusion defects in patients with known peripheral vascular disease (1 March, 1998)

  M Y Henein, C Anagnostopoulos, S K Das, C O’Sullivan, S R Underwood, D G Gibson