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Original articles

• Acute coronary syndromes: Impact on mortality following first acute myocardial infarction of distance between home and hospital: cohort study (5 November, 2007)

  L Wei, C C Lang, F M Sullivan, P Boyle, J Wang, S D Pringle, T M MacDonald
• Acute coronary syndromes: Administration of intracoronary bone marrow mononuclear cells on chronic myocardial infarction improves diastolic function (1 April, 2008)

  K Yao, R Huang, J Qian, J Cui, L Ge, Y Li, F Zhang, H Shi, D Huang, S Zhang, A Sun, Y Zou, J Ge
• Coronary artery disease: Combining dual-source computed tomography coronary angiography and calcium scoring: added value for the assessment of coronary artery disease (21 November, 2007)

  S Leschka, H Scheffel, L Desbiolles, A Plass, O Gaemperli, P Stolzmann, M Genoni, T Luescher, B Marincek, P Kaufmann, H Alkadhi
• Interventional cardiology: The impact of lesion length and vessel size on outcomes after sirolimus-eluting stent implantation for in-stent restenosis (21 November, 2007)

  S Habara, K Mitsudo, T Goto, K Kadota, S Fujii, H Yamamoto, H Kato, S Takenaka, Y Fuku, S Hosogi, A Hirono, K Yamamoto, H Tanaka, D Hasegawa, Y Nakamura, H Tasaka, S Otsuru, Y Okamoto, C Yamada, M Miyamoto, K Inoue
• Interventional cardiology: Occluding the left atrial appendage: anatomical considerations (8 May, 2007)

  P Su, K P McCarthy, S Y Ho
• Epidemiology: Homocysteine, migration and early vascular impairment in people of African descent (10 December, 2007)

  L Kalra, E Iveson, C Rambaran, R Sherwood, P Chowienczyk, J Ritter, A Shah, T Forrester
• Valvular heart disease: Association between circulating oxidised low-density lipoprotein and fibrocalcific remodelling of the aortic valve in aortic stenosis (11 October, 2007)

  C Côté, P Pibarot, J-P Després, D Mohty, A Cartier, B J Arsenault, C Couture, P Mathieu
• Valvular heart disease: Valve type and long-term outcomes after aortic valve replacement in older patients (10 December, 2007)

  E B Schelbert, M S Vaughan-Sarrazin, K F Welke, G E Rosenthal
• Congenital heart disease: Outcomes in patients with pulmonary hypertension undergoing percutaneous atrial septal defect closure (11 October, 2007)

  O H Balint, A Samman, K Haberer, L Tobe, P McLaughlin, S C Siu, E Horlick, J Granton, C K Silversides
• Congenital heart disease: Comorbidity, healthcare utilisation and process of care measures in patients with congenital heart disease in the UK: cross-sectional, population-based study with case–control analysis (23 July, 2007)

  J Billett, M R Cowie, M A Gatzoulis, I F Vonder Muhll, A Majeed