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Scientific letters

• Over 20 000 avoidable coronary deaths in England and Wales in 2000: the failure to give effective treatments to many eligible patients (14 March, 2006)

  S Capewell, B Unal, J A Critchley, J J V McMurray
• Novel mutations in the lamin A/C gene in heart transplant recipients with end stage dilated cardiomyopathy (14 March, 2006)

  S Kärkkäinen, E Reissell, T Heliö, M Kaartinen, P Tuomainen, L Toivonen, J Kuusisto, M Kupari, M S Nieminen, M Laakso, K Peuhkurinen
• The CAREGENE study: ACE gene I/D polymorphism and effect of physical training on aerobic power in coronary artery disease (5 August, 2005)

  J Defoor, L Vanhees, K Martens, G Matthijs, A Van Vlerken, D Zielinska, D Schepers, R Vlietinck, R Fagard
• Effects of simvastatin within two weeks on anti-inflammatory cytokine interleukin 10 in patients with unstable angina (5 August, 2005)

  J-J Li, Y-S Li, C-H Fang, R-T Hui, Y-J Yang, J-L Cheng, R-L Gao
• Does clopidogrel affect outcome after coronary artery bypass grafting? A meta-analysis (14 March, 2006)

  S Purkayastha, T Athanasiou, V Malinovski, P Tekkis, R Foale, R Casula, B Glenville, A Darzi
• Plasma C reactive protein concentration indicates a direct relation between systemic inflammation and social deprivation (14 March, 2006)

  D St J O’Reilly, M N Upton, M J Caslake, M Robertson, J Norrie, A McConnachie, G C M Watt, C J Packard
• Hypertriglyceridaemia is associated with early non-patency of coronary bypass grafts (14 March, 2006)

  G T Lau, L J Ridley, P G Bannon, S B Freedman, D B Brieger, D Sullivan, L A Wong, L Kritharides
• Pericardial effusions in healthy lowlanders after acute ascent to high altitude (14 March, 2006)

  A A R Thompson, J K Baillie, M Toshner, S R J Maxwell, D J Webb, J B Irving
• Arterial calcium on mammograms is not associated with inflammatory markers for heart disease risk (14 March, 2006)

  A H E M Maas, Y T van der Schouw, D Beijerinck, J J Deurenberg, W P T M Mali, Y van der Graaf
• Percutaneous coronary intervention in HIV infected patients: immediate results and long term prognosis (14 March, 2006)

  F Boccara, E Teiger, A Cohen, S Ederhy, S Janower, G Odi, E Di Angelantonio, G Barbarini, G Barbaro
• Atrial extrasystoles after exercise predict atrial fibrillation in patients with left ventricular hypertrophy (14 March, 2006)

  R J Folkeringa, J Hartgers, R G Tieleman, A P Gorgels, W R M Dassen, H J G M Crijns
• Prognostic implications of increased cardiac biomarkers and ST segment depression in non-ST elevation acute coronary syndromes: lessons from the acute coronary syndrome Israeli survey (ACSIS) 2002 (14 March, 2006)

  I Ben-Dor, D Hasdai, S Behar, D Zahger, J Leor, H Hammerman, A Sandach, H Hod, S Gottlieb
• Coronary care unit admission of very old patients with acute myocardial infarction (14 March, 2006)

  M Martínez-Sellés, T Datino, H Bueno
• Late angiographic stent thrombosis of polymer based paclitaxel eluting stent (14 March, 2006)

  C H Lee, J Lim, A Low, H C Tan, Y T Lim