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Original articles

• Acute coronary syndromes: A comparison between B-type natriuretic peptide, Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE) score and their combination in ACS risk stratification (24 March, 2009)

  D S C Ang, L Wei, M P C Kao, C C Lang, A D Struthers
• Acute coronary syndromes: Potential survival gains in the treatment of myocardial infarction (6 August, 2009) Free

  D P Chew, L T Huynh, D Liew, C Astley, A Soman, D Brieger
• Heart failure and cardiomyopathy: Improving survival in the 6 months after diagnosis of heart failure in the past decade: population-based data from the UK (8 July, 2009)

  P A Mehta, S W Dubrey, H F McIntyre, D M Walker, S M C Hardman, G C Sutton, T A McDonagh, Martin R Cowie
• Epidemiology: Potentially modifiable risk factors associated with myocardial infarction in China: the INTERHEART China study (28 May, 2009)

  K K Teo, L Liu, C K Chow, X Wang, S Islam, L Jiang, J E Sanderson, S Rangarajan, S Yusuf, for the INTERHEART Investigators in China
• Cardiac imaging and non-ivasive testing: The use of real-time three-dimensional echocardiography for assessing mechanical synchronicity (25 May, 2009)

  E Liodakis, O Al Sharef, D Dawson, P Nihoyannopoulos
• Cardiac imaging and non-ivasive testing: Impact of continuous positive airway pressure treatment on left atrial volume and function in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea assessed by real-time three-dimensional echocardiography (29 July, 2009)

  W Oliveira, O Campos, F Cintra, L Matos, M L C Vieira, B Rollim, L Fujita, S Tufik, D Poyares