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• Myocardial perfusion defects and associated systemic ventricular dysfunction in congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries (1 October, 1998)

  T S Hornung, E J Bernard, E T Jaeggi, R B Howman-Giles, D S Celermajer, R E Hawker
• Spring coil retraction in coil occlusion of persistent ductus arteriosus (1 October, 1998)

  T Ino, K Nishimoto, M Okubo, K Akimoto, K Yabuta, S Kawasaki, Y Hosoda, M Iwahara
• Adenosine induced transient cardiac standstill in catheter interventional procedures for congenital heart disease (1 October, 1998)

  J V De Giovanni, R A Edgar, A Cranston
• von Willebrand factor, tissue plasminogen activator, and dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate predict cardiovascular death in a 10 year follow up of survivors of acute myocardial infarction (1 October, 1998)

  J-H Jansson, T K Nilsson, O Johnson
• Prevalence of factor V Leiden (APCR) and other inherited thrombophilias in young patients with myocardial infarction and normal coronary arteries (1 October, 1998)

  A Dacosta, B Tardy-Poncet, K Isaaz, A Cerisier, P Mismetti, S Simitsidis, J Reynaud, B Tardy, M Piot, H Decousus, D Guyotat
• Intraoperative release of troponin T in coronary venous and arterial blood and its relation to recovery of left ventricular function and oxidative metabolism following coronary artery surgery (1 October, 1998)

  T W Koh, J Hooper, M Kemp, F D Ferdinand, D G Gibson, J R Pepper
• Comparison of peripheral endothelial dysfunction and intimal media thickness in patients with suspected coronary artery disease (1 October, 1998)

  M-D Enderle, S Schroeder, R Ossen, C Meisner, A Baumbach, H U Haering, K R Karsch, M Pfohl
• Endoluminal vessel reconstruction by stent placement in patients with obstructive coronary artery disease who are poor surgical candidates (1 October, 1998)

  E Eeckhout, J-C Stauffer, P Vogt, L Kappenberger, J-J Goy
• Predictors of event-free survival after percutaneous mitral commissurotomy (1 October, 1998)

  N Meneveau, F Schiele, M-F Seronde, V Breton, S Gupta, Y Bernard, J-P Bassand
• Nitrate induced coronary vasodilatation: differential effects of sublingual application by capsule or spray (1 October, 1998)

  M Pfister, C Seiler, M Fleisch, H Göbel, T Lüscher, B Meier
• Selection of the optimal stress test for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease (1 October, 1998)

  J A San Román, I Vilacosta, J A Castillo, M J Rollán, M Hernández, V Peral, I Garcimartín, M del Mar de la Torre, F Fernández-Avilés
• Reproducibility and responsiveness of quality of life assessment and six minute walk test in elderly heart failure patients (1 October, 1998)

  S T O’Keeffe, M Lye, C Donnellan, D N Carmichael
• “Value” of improved treadmill exercise capacity: lessons from a study of rate responsive pacing (1 October, 1998)

  A D Staniforth, R Andrews, M Harrison, A Perry, A J Cowley
• Single chamber atrial pacing: an underused and cost-effective pacing modality in sinus node disease (1 October, 1998)

  K W Clarke, D T Connelly, R G Charles
• Predictors of loss of atrioventricular synchrony in single lead VDD pacing (1 October, 1998)

  P Hunziker, P Buser, M Pfisterer, F Burkart, S Osswald