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Original articles

• Sudden cardiac death: Aetiology of sudden cardiac death in athletes in the United Kingdom: a pathological study (13 May, 2009)

  S V de Noronha, S Sharma, M Papadakis, S Desai, G Whyte, M N Sheppard
• Epidemiology: Secondhand smoke exposure and survival following acute coronary syndrome: prospective cohort study of 1261 consecutive admissions among never-smokers (14 August, 2009)

  J P Pell, S Haw, S Cobbe, D E Newby, A C H Pell, C Fischbacher, S Pringle, D Murdoch, F Dunn, K Oldroyd, P MacIntyre, B O’Rourke, W Borland
• Cardiac imaging and non-invasive testing: Detection of myocardial infarction by dual-source coronary computed tomography angiography using quantitated myocardial scintigraphy as the reference standard (5 February, 2009) Free

  R Rubinshtein, T D Miller, E E Williamson, J Kirsch, R J Gibbons, A N Primak, C H McCollough, P A Araoz
• Cardiac imaging and non-invasive testing: Prognostic correlates of combined coronary flow reserve assessment on left anterior descending and right coronary artery in patients with negative stress echocardiography by wall motion criteria (3 May, 2009)

  L Cortigiani, F Rigo, R Sicari, S Gherardi, F Bovenzi, E Picano
• Cardiac imaging and non-invasive testing: The additive prognostic value of end-systolic pressure-volume relation in patients with diabetes mellitus having negative dobutamine stress echocardiography by wall motion criteria (3 May, 2009)

  L Cortigiani, T Bombardini, A Corbisiero, A Mazzoni, F Bovenzi, E Picano
• Heart failure and cardiomyopathy: Stress hormone and circulating biomarker profile of apical ballooning syndrome (Takotsubo cardiomyopathy): insights into the clinical significance of B-type natriuretic peptide and troponin levels (24 May, 2009)

  M Madhavan, B A Borlaug, A Lerman, C S Rihal, A Prasad
• Secondary prevention of coronary disease: Impact of acute and chronic risk factors on use of evidence-based treatments in patients in Australia with acute coronary syndromes (20 May, 2009)

  K E Joynt, L Huynh, J V Amerena, D B Brieger, S G Coverdale, J M Rankin, A Soman, D P Chew
• Cardiovascular physiology: Differentiation of tricuspid regurgitation from constrictive pericarditis: novel criteria for diagnosis in the cardiac catheterisation laboratory (17 May, 2009)

  W A Jaber, P Sorajja, B A Borlaug, R A Nishimura