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Original articles

• Heart failure and cardiomyopathy: Low-dose nesiritide in human anterior myocardial infarction suppresses aldosterone and preserves ventricular function and structure: a proof of concept study (15 May, 2009) Free

  H H Chen, F L Martin, R J Gibbons, J A Schirger, R S Wright, R M Schears, M M Redfield, R D Simari, A Lerman, A Cataliotti, J C Burnett
• Coronary artery disease: The effect of granulocyte-colony stimulating factor on endothelial function in patients with myocardial infarction (20 May, 2009)

  Y-J Kim, J-I Shin, K-W Park, H-Y Lee, H-J Kang, B-K Koo, B-J Park, D-W Sohn, B-H Oh, Y-B Park, H-S Kim
• Coronary artery disease: Peripheral blood stem cell mobilisation by granulocyte-colony stimulating factor in patients with acute and old myocardial infarction for intracoronary cell infusion (20 May, 2009)

  S-A Chang, H-J Kang, H-Y Lee, K-H Kim, J Hur, K-S Han, Y-B Park, H-S Kim
• Acute coronary syndromes: Benefit of angiographic spontaneous reperfusion in STEMI: does it extend to diabetic patients? (15 May, 2009)

  K R Bainey, Y Fu, C B Granger, C W Hamm, D R Holmes, W W O’Neill, R Seabra-Gomes, M E Pfisterer, F Van de Werf, P W Armstrong
• Cardiac imaging and non-invasive testing: Radiation dose exposure of computed tomography coronary angiography: comparison of dual-source, 16-slice and 64-slice CT (28 May, 2009)

  J Rixe, G Conradi, A Rolf, A Schmermund, A Magedanz, D Erkapic, A Deetjen, C W Hamm, T Dill
• Cardiac rehabilitation: Effects of exercise intervention on myocardial function in type 2 diabetes (7 May, 2009)

  M D Hordern, J S Coombes, L M Cooney, L Jeffriess, J B Prins, T H Marwick
• Cardiovascular surgery: Thrombotic events in patients with antiplatelet factor 4/heparin antibodies (28 May, 2009)

  A V Mattioli, L Bonetti, U Carletti, G Ambrosio, G Mattioli