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Original articles

• Acute coronary syndromes: Early glycoprotein IIb–IIIa inhibitors in primary angioplasty (EGYPT) cooperation: an individual patient data meta-analysis (12 May, 2008)

  G De Luca, C M Gibson, F Bellandi, S Murphy, M Maioli, M Noc, U Zeymer, D Dudek, H-R Arntz, S Zorman, H M Gabriel, A Emre, D Cutlip, G Biondi-Zoccai, T Rakowski, M Gyongyosi, P Marino, K Huber, A W J van’t Hof
• Acute coronary syndromes: Predictors of slow flow during primary percutaneous coronary intervention: an intravascular ultrasound-virtual histology study (1 April, 2008)

  J H Bae, T-G Kwon, D-W Hyun, C S Rihal, A Lerman
• Acute coronary syndromes: Women younger than 65 years with diabetes mellitus are a high-risk group after myocardial infarction: a report from the Swedish Register of Information and Knowledge about Swedish Heart Intensive Care Admission (RIKS-HIA) (1 May, 2008)

  A Norhammar, U Stenestrand, J Lindbäck, L Wallentin
• Cardiac imaging and non-invasive testing: Safety of myocardial flash-contrast echocardiography in combination with dobutamine stress testing for the detection of ischaemia in 5250 studies (12 May, 2008) Free

  C Aggeli, G Giannopoulos, G Roussakis, E Christoforatou, G Marinos, C Toli, C Pitsavos, C Stefanadis
• Heart failure and cardiomyopathy: Predictors of reduction in mitral regurgitation in patients undergoing cardiac resynchronisation treatment (8 May, 2008)

  T Z Naqvi, A M Rafique, C Swerdlow, S Verma, R J Siegel, K Tolstrup, W Kerwin, J Goodman, D Gallik, E Gang, C T Peter
• Epidemiology: Explaining trends in coronary heart disease hospitalisations in New Zealand: trend for admissions and incidence can be in opposite directions (2 June, 2008)

  W C Chan, C Wright, M Tobias, S Mann, R Jackson
• Epidemiology: Secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease in different primary healthcare systems with and without pay-for-performance (13 August, 2008)

  M E Cupples, M C Byrne, S M Smith, C S Leathem, A W Murphy
• Epidemiology: Cost-effectiveness of a disease management programme for secondary prevention of coronary heart disease and heart failure in primary care (1 May, 2008)

  D A Turner, S Paul, M A Stone, A Juarez-Garcia, I Squire, K Khunti
• Heart rhythm disorders and pacemakers: Warfarin for the prevention of systemic embolism in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation: a meta-analysis (20 January, 2008)

  L V Andersen, P Vestergaard, P Deichgraeber, J S Lindholt, L S Mortensen, L Frost
• Heart rhythm disorders and pacemakers: The Northern Ireland Public Access Defibrillation (NIPAD) study: effectiveness in urban and rural populations (29 January, 2008)

  M J Moore, A J Hamilton, K J Cairns, A Marshall, B M Glover, C J McCann, J Jordan, F Kee, A A J Adgey
• Heart rhythm disorders and pacemakers: Clinical predictors of cardiac syncope at initial evaluation in patients referred urgently to a general hospital: the EGSYS score (2 June, 2008)

  A Del Rosso, A Ungar, R Maggi, F Giada, N R Petix, T De Santo, C Menozzi, M Brignole
• Valvular heart disease: Myocardial blood flow in patients with low-flow, low-gradient aortic stenosis: differences between true and pseudo-severe aortic stenosis. Results from the multicentre TOPAS (Truly or Pseudo-Severe Aortic Stenosis) study (1 April, 2008)

  I G Burwash, M Lortie, P Pibarot, R A de Kemp, S Graf, G Mundigler, A Khorsand, C Blais, H Baumgartner, J G Dumesnil, Z Hachicha, J DaSilva, R S B Beanlands
• Valvular heart disease: The bicuspid aortic valve: an integrated phenotypic classification of leaflet morphology and aortic root shape (28 February, 2008)

  B M Schaefer, M B Lewin, K K Stout, E Gill, A Prueitt, P H Byers, C M Otto
• Valvular heart disease: Moderate patient-prosthesis mismatch after valve replacement for severe aortic stenosis has no impact on short-term and long-term mortality (1 May, 2008)

  J Mascherbauer, R Rosenhek, C Fuchs, E Pernicka, U Klaar, C Scholten, M Heger, G Wollenek, G Maurer, H Baumgartner