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Original articles

• Acute coronary syndromes: Restoration of left ventricular synchronous contraction after acute myocardial infarction by stem cell therapy: new insights into the therapeutic implication of stem cell therapy for acute myocardial infarction (1 November, 2007)

  S-A Chang, H-K Kim, H-Y Lee, S-Y Choi, B-K Koo, Y-J Kim, D-W Sohn, B-H Oh, Y-B Park, Y-S Choi, H-J Kang, H-S Kim
• Acute coronary syndromes: Increased serum levels and expression of S100A8/A9 complex in infiltrated neutrophils in atherosclerotic plaque of unstable angina (28 February, 2008)

  S Miyamoto, M Ueda, M Ikemoto, T Naruko, A Itoh, S Tamaki, R Nohara, F Terasaki, S Sasayama, M Fujita
• Coronary artery disease: The impact of private-sector provision on equitable utilisation of coronary revascularisation in London (10 August, 2007)

  J Mindell, E Klodawski, J Fitzpatrick, N Malhotra, M McKee, C Sanderson
• Interventional cardiology: External validation of established risk adjustment models for procedural complications after percutaneous coronary intervention (21 November, 2007)

  B Kunadian, J Dunning, R Das, A P Roberts, R Morley, A J Turley, D Twomey, J A Hall, R A Wright, A G C Sutton, D F Muir, M A de Belder
• Interventional cardiology: Association of the arterial access site at angioplasty with transfusion and mortality: the M.O.R.T.A.L study (Mortality benefit Of Reduced Transfusion after percutaneous coronary intervention via the Arm or Leg) (10 March, 2008)

  A J Chase, E B Fretz, W P Warburton, W P Klinke, R G Carere, D Pi, B Berry, J D Hilton
• Heart failure and cardiomyopathy: Diastolic filling pattern and left ventricular diameter predict response and prognosis after cardiac resynchronisation therapy (5 November, 2007)

  R Gradaus, V Stuckenborg, A Löher, J Köbe, F Reinke, S Gunia, C Vahlhaus, G Breithardt, C Bruch
• Heart failure and cardiomyopathy: A clinical and biochemical score for mortality prediction in patients with acute dyspnoea: derivation, validation and incorporation into a bedside programme (18 October, 2007)

  A L Baggish, D M Lloyd-Jones, J Blatt, A M Richards, J Lainchbury, M O’Donoghue, R Sakhuja, A A Chen, J L Januzzi
• Heart failure and cardiomyopathy: Aortic distensibility and arterial–ventricular coupling in early chronic kidney disease: a pattern resembling heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (28 February, 2008)

  N C Edwards, C J Ferro, J N Townend, R P Steeds
• Cardiovascular surgery: Does the choice of risk-adjustment model influence the outcome of surgeon-specific mortality analysis? A retrospective analysis of 14 637 patients under 31 surgeons (1 November, 2007) Free

  S W Grant, A D Grayson, M Jackson, J Au, B M Fabri, G Grotte, M Jones, B Bridgewater
• Cardiac imaging and non-invasive testing: Assessment of left ventricular mass and volumes by three-dimensional echocardiography in patients with or without wall motion abnormalities: comparison against cine magnetic resonance imaging (1 November, 2007)

  A-C Pouleur, J-B le Polain de Waroux, A Pasquet, B L Gerber, O Gérard, P Allain, J-L J Vanoverschelde
• Cardiac imaging and non-invasive testing: Interventricular interaction as a possible mechanism for the presence of a biphasic systolic velocity profile in normal left ventricular free walls (5 November, 2007)

  M Marciniak, B Bijnens, A Baltabaeva, A Marciniak, C Parsai, P Claus, G R Sutherland