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Original research

• Reversible microvascular dysfunction coupled with persistent myocardial dysfunction: implications for post-infarct left ventricular remodelling (15 September, 2006)

  Leonarda Galiuto, Francesca A Gabrielli, Antonella Lombardo, Giuseppe La Torre, Antonio Scarà, Antonio G Rebuzzi, Filippo Crea
• Volumetric analysis of regional left ventricular function with real-time three-dimensional echocardiography: validation by magnetic resonance and clinical utility testing (15 September, 2006)

  Hans Jaochim Nesser, Lissa Sugeng, Cristiana Corsi, Lynn Weinert, Johannes Niel, Christian Ebner, Regina Steringer-Mascherbauer, Frank Schmidt, Georg Schummers, Roberto M Lang, Victor Mor-Avi
• Hepatic changes in the failing Fontan circulation (27 September, 2006)

  Christoph H Kiesewetter, Nick Sheron, Joseph J Vettukattill, Nigel Hacking, Brian Stedman, Harry Millward-Sadler, Marcus Haw, Richard Cope, Anthony P Salmon, Muthukumaran C Sivaprakasam, Tim Kendall, Barry R Keeton, John P Iredale, Gruschen R Veldtman
• Thoracic spinal cord stimulation improves functional status and relieves symptoms in patients with refractory angina pectoris: the first placebo-controlled randomised study (19 January, 2007)

  Stephan Eddicks, Klaus Maier-Hauff, Michael Schenk, Andreas Müller, Gert Baumann, Heinz Theres
• Long-term follow-up of patients with cardiac syndrome X treated by spinal cord stimulation (19 January, 2007)

  Gregory Angelo Sgueglia, Alfonso Sestito, Antonella Spinelli, Beatrice Cioni, Fabio Infusino, Fabio Papacci, Fulvio Bellocci, Mario Meglio, Filippo Crea, Gaetano Antonio Lanza
• Steroid-eluting stents in patients with acute coronary syndrome: the Dexamethasone Eluting Stent Italian REgistry (27 September, 2006)

  Flavio Ribichini, Fabrizio Tomai, Leonardo Paloscia, Germano Di Sciascio, Giuseppe Carosio, Michele Romano, Edoardo Verna, Mario Galli, Corrado Tamburino, Nicoletta De Cesare, Raimondo Pirisi, Federico Piscione, Giorgio Lanteri, Valeria Ferrero, Corrado Vassanelli
• Sudden arrhythmic death syndrome: a national survey of sudden unexplained cardiac death (19 January, 2007)

  E R Behr, A Casey, M Sheppard, M Wright, T J Bowker, M J Davies, W J McKenna, D A Wood
• A national survey of the prevalence, incidence, primary care burden and treatment of atrial fibrillation in Scotland (3 February, 2007) Free

  Niamh F Murphy, Colin R Simpson, Pardeep S Jhund, Simon Stewart, Michelle Kirkpatrick, Jim Chalmers, Kate MacIntyre, John J V McMurray
• Triglyceride level is associated with wave reflections and arterial stiffness in apparently healthy middle-aged men (13 April, 2007)

  Konstantinos Aznaouridis, Charalambos Vlachopoulos, Ioanna Dima, Nikolaos Ioakeimidis, Christodoulos Stefanadis
• Prediction of valve prosthesis–patient mismatch prior to aortic valve replacement: which is the best method? (12 December, 2006)

  Sabine Bleiziffer, Walter B Eichinger, Ina Hettich, Ralf Guenzinger, Daniel Ruzicka, Robert Bauernschmitt, Ruediger Lange
• Long term effects of bosentan treatment in adult patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension related to congenital heart disease (Eisenmenger physiology): safety, tolerability, clinical, and haemodynamic effect (29 November, 2006) Free

  M D’Alto, C D Vizza, E Romeo, R Badagliacca, G Santoro, R Poscia, B Sarubbi, M Mancone, P Argiento, F Ferrante, M G Russo, F Fedele, R Calabrò