Table of contents

Original research

• Phasic changes in arterial blood volume is influenced by collateral blood flow: implications for the quantification of coronary stenosis at rest (27 September, 2006)

  Marco Pascotto, Kevin Wei, Antonio Micari, Thanjavur Bragadeesh, Norman Craig Goodman, Sanjiv Kaul
• Biocompatibility of septal defect closure devices (11 October, 2006)

  Matthias Sigler, Christian Jux
• Effects of platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor blockers in non-ST segment elevation acute coronary syndromes: benefit and harm in different age subgroups (25 October, 2006)

  Adrián V Hernández, Cynthia M Westerhout, Ewout W Steyerberg, John P A Ioannidis, Héctor Bueno, Harvey White, Pierre Theroux, David J Moliterno, Paul W Armstrong, Robert M Califf, Lars C Wallentin, Maarten L Simoons, Eric Boersma
• Coronary artery flow velocity profile measured by transthoracic Doppler echocardiography predicts myocardial viability after acute myocardial infarction (29 November, 2006)

  Antti Saraste, Juha W Koskenvuo, Markku Saraste, Jussi Pärkkä, Jyri Toikka, Alexandru Naum, Heikki Ukkonen, Juhani Knuuti, Juhani Airaksinen, Jaakko Hartiala
• How effective are rapid access chest pain clinics? Prognosis of incident angina and non-cardiac chest pain in 8762 consecutive patients (21 June, 2006)

  N Sekhri, G S Feder, C Junghans, H Hemingway, A D Timmis
• Echocardiography-based score to predict outcome after renal transplantation (15 September, 2006)

  Rajan Sharma, Eric Chemla, Maite Tome, Rajnikant L Mehta, Helen Gregson, Stephen J D Brecker, Rene Chang, Denis Pellerin
• A hand-carried cardiac ultrasound device in the outpatient cardiology clinic reduces the need for standard echocardiography (29 August, 2006)

  P Trambaiolo, F Papetti, A Posteraro, E Amici, M Piccoli, E Cerquetani, G Pastena, G Gambelli, A Salustri
• Limitations of the New York Heart Association functional classification system and self-reported walking distances in chronic heart failure (27 September, 2006)

  Claire Raphael, Cathy Briscoe, Justin Davies, Zachary Ian Whinnett, Charlotte Manisty, Richard Sutton, Jamil Mayet, Darrel P Francis
• Incidence, clinical characteristics and outcome of congestive heart failure as the initial presentation in patients with primary hyperthyroidism (27 September, 2006)

  Chung-Wah Siu, Chun-Yip Yeung, Chu-Pak Lau, Annie W C Kung, Hung-Fat Tse
• Troponin T measurement can predict persistent left ventricular dysfunction in peripartum cardiomyopathy (25 October, 2006)

  C L Hu, Y B Li, Y G Zou, J M Zhang, J B Chen, J Liu, Y H Tang, Q Z Tang, C X Huang
• Cardiothoracic ratio within the “normal” range independently predicts mortality in patients undergoing coronary angiography (12 December, 2006)

  M Justin S Zaman, Julie Sanders, Angela M Crook, Gene Feder, Martin Shipley, Adam Timmis, Harry Hemingway
• Effects of blood pressure on the prothrombotic risk in 1235 patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (27 September, 2006)

  George I Varughese, Jeetesh V Patel, Joseph Tomson, Gregory Y H Lip
• Clinical and echocardiographic assessment of the Medtronic Advantage aortic valve prosthesis: the Scandinavian multicentre, prospective study (25 October, 2006)

  Rune Haaverstad, Nicola Vitale, Asbjørn Karevold, Giangiuseppe Cappabianca, Arve Tromsdal, Peter Skov Olsen, Lars Köber, Halfdan Ihlen, Kjell Arne Rein, Jan L Svennevig
• Long-term effect of pulmonary valve replacement on QRS duration in patients with corrected tetralogy of Fallot (25 October, 2006)

  Thomas Oosterhof, Hubert W Vliegen, Folkert J Meijboom, Aeilko H Zwinderman, Berto Bouma, Barbara J M Mulder
• Transcatheter closure of ventriculopulmonary artery communications in staged Fontan procedures (12 December, 2006)

  Tarak Desai, John Wright, Rami Dhillon, Oliver Stumper
• Transcatheter closure of patent ductus arteriosus with severe pulmonary arterial hypertension in adults (5 September, 2006)

  C Yan, S Zhao, S Jiang, Z Xu, L Huang, H Zheng, J Ling, C Wang, W Wu, H Hu, G Zhang, Z Ye, H Wang