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Original articles

• Coronary artery disease: Clinical characteristics of patients with obstructive coronary lesions in the absence of coronary calcification: an evaluation by coronary CT angiography (22 April, 2009) Free

  M Marwan, D Ropers, T Pflederer, W G Daniel, S Achenbach
• Interventional cardiology: Sirolimus-eluting stents, bare metal stents or coronary artery bypass grafting for patients with multivessel disease including involvement of the proximal left anterior descending artery: analysis of the Arterial Revascularization Therapies study part 2 (ARTS-II) (19 March, 2009)

  N Kukreja, P W Serruys, B De Bruyne, A Colombo, C Macaya, G Richardt, J Fajadet, C Hamm, D Goedhart, N Macours, H P Stoll
• Biomarkers and heart disease: Plasma N-terminal fragments of natriuretic peptides predict the risk of stroke and atrial fibrillation in men (24 March, 2009)

  S Kurl, M Ala-Kopsala, H Ruskoaho, T Mäkikallio, K Nyyssönen, O Vuolteenaho, J Sivenius, J T Salonen, J A Laukkanen
• Cardiovascular physiology: Augmented blood pressure response to exercise is associated with improved long-term survival in older people (19 March, 2009)

  P Hedberg, J Öhrvik, I Lönnberg, G Nilsson
• Acute coronary syndromes: Efficacy and safety of pioglitazone in patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction treated with primary stent implantation (24 March, 2009)

  H Kaneda, T Shiono, Y Miyashita, S Takahashi, Y Taketani, H Domae, J Matsumi, S Mizuno, Y Minami, K Sugitatsu, S Saito
• Cardiac imaging and non-invasive testing: Tissue Doppler velocity is superior to strain imaging in predicting long-term cardiovascular events after cardiac resynchronisation therapy (9 April, 2009)

  Q Zhang, R J van Bommel, J W-H Fung, J Y-S Chan, G B Bleeker, C Ypenburg, G Yip, Y-j Liang, M J Schalij, J J Bax, C-M Yu
• Heart failure and cardiomyopathy: Chronic monitoring of pulmonary artery pressure in patients with severe heart failure: multicentre experience of the monitoring Pulmonary Artery Pressure by Implantable device Responding to Ultrasonic Signal (PAPIRUS) II study (5 February, 2009)

  U C Hoppe, M Vanderheyden, H Sievert, M C Brandt, R Tobar, W Wijns, Y Rozenman
• Peripheral vascular disease: Vascular protection in peripheral artery disease: systematic review and modelling study (15 March, 2009)

  D G Hackam, N M Sultan, M H Criqui
• Systemic disease and the heart: Effects of enzyme-replacement therapy in patients with Anderson–Fabry disease: a prospective long-term cardiac magnetic resonance imaging study (15 April, 2009)

  M Imbriaco, A Pisani, L Spinelli, A Cuocolo, G Messalli, E Capuano, M Marmo, R Liuzzi, B Visciano, B Cianciaruso, M Salvatore