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Original research

• Acute coronary syndromes: N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide is better than TIMI risk score at predicting death after acute myocardial infarction (8 May, 2007)

  S Q Khan, P Quinn, J E Davies, L L Ng
• Acute coronary syndromes: Postprocedural single-lead ST-segment deviation and long-term mortality in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction treated by primary angioplasty (20 April, 2007)

  G De Luca, H Suryapranata, J P Ottervanger, J C A Hoorntje, A T M Gosselink, J-H Dambrink, M-J de Boer, A W J van’t Hof
• Cardiac imaging and non-invasive testing: Gender influence on the diagnostic accuracy of 64-slice multislice computed tomography coronary angiography for detection of obstructive coronary artery disease (31 May, 2007)

  G Pundziute, J D Schuijf, J W Jukema, J M van Werkhoven, E Boersma, A de Roos, E E van der Wall, J J Bax
• Heart failure and cardiomyopathy: Comparison of temporary bifocal right ventricular pacing and biventricular pacing for heart failure: evaluation by tissue Doppler imaging (4 May, 2007)

  R E Lane, J Mayet, N S Peters, D W Davies, A W C Chow
• Heart failure and cardiomyopathy: Instantaneous effects of resynchronisation therapy on exercise performance in heart failure patients: the mechanistic role and predictive power of total isovolumic time (3 November, 2006)

  T V Salukhe, K Dimopoulos, R Sutton, P Poole-Wilson, M Y Henein, M Morgan, J R Clague, D P Francis
• Heart failure and cardiomyopathy: Platelets contribute to enhanced MCP-1 levels in patients with chronic heart failure (17 June, 2007)

  C Stumpf, C Lehner, D Raaz, A Yilmaz, T Anger, W G Daniel, C D Garlichs
• Congenital heart disease: Arterial haemodynamics in patients after repair of tetralogy of Fallot: influence on left ventricular after load and aortic dilatation (31 May, 2007)

  H Senzaki, Y Iwamoto, H Ishido, T Matsunaga, M Taketazu, T Kobayashi, H Asano, T Katogi, S Kyo
• Epidemiology: Explaining age-specific inequalities in mortality from all causes, cardiovascular disease and ischaemic heart disease among South Korean male public servants: relative and absolute perspectives (25 June, 2007)

  Y H Khang, J W Lynch, K Jung-Choi, H J Cho
• Epidemiology: Trends in secondary prevention of ischaemic heart disease in the UK 1994–2005: use of individual and combination treatment (31 May, 2007)

  S DeWilde, I M Carey, N Richards, P H Whincup, D G Cook
• Technology and guidelines: Gene therapy: targeting the myocardium (14 December, 2007)

  A R Lyon, M Sato, R J Hajjar, R J Samulski, S E Harding