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Table of contents

April 2009 - Volume 95 - 7

Heart: 95 (7)

Featured editorial

Appropriateness criteria: a useful tool for the cardiologist (18 December, 2008)
Paul G Shekelle

Editorials

Microvascular dysfunction in patients with cardiac syndrome X (22 January, 2009)
Eugene B Wu
Dopamine agonist therapy for hyperprolactinaemia and cardiac valve dysfunction; a lot done but much more to do (27 January, 2009)
Mark Sherlock, Andy A Toogood, Richard Steeds

Global burden of cardiovascular disease

Challenges and opportunities for primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention of Chagas’ disease (8 January, 2009)
A Rassi, J C P Dias, J A Marin-Neto, A Rassi

Review

Atrial fibrillation in heart failure: the chicken or the egg? (16 July, 2008)
R Balasubramaniam, P M Kistler

Viewpoint

n-3 Polyunsaturated fatty acids are still underappreciated and underused post myocardial infarction (8 January, 2009)
A Khavandi, K Khavandi, A Greenstein, K Karsch, A M Heagerty

Original articles

Heart rhythm disorders and pacemakers: Cost-effectiveness of radiofrequency catheter ablation for the treatment of atrial fibrillation in the United Kingdom (18 December, 2008) Free
C McKenna, S Palmer, M Rodgers, D Chambers, N Hawkins, S Golder, S Van Hout, C Pepper, D Todd, N Woolacott
Coronary artery disease: Cardiac adrenergic nerve function and microvascular dysfunction in patients with cardiac syndrome X (22 January, 2009)
A Di Monaco, I Bruno, A Sestito, P Lamendola, L Barone, A Bagnato, R Nerla, C Pisanello, A Giordano, G A Lanza, F Crea
Interventional cardiology: Local vessel injury following percutaneous coronary intervention does not promote early mobilisation of endothelial progenitor cells in the absence of myocardial necrosis (31 October, 2008)
H E Thomas, P J Avery, J M Ahmed, R Edwards, I Purcell, A G Zaman, H M Arthur, B D Keavney
Acute coronary syndromes: The impact of pre-hospital thrombolytic treatment on re-infarction rates: analysis of the Myocardial Infarction National Audit Project (MINAP) (8 October, 2007)
S Horne, C Weston, T Quinn, A Hicks, L Walker, R Chen, J Birkhead
Heart failure and cardiomyopathy: Immediate improvement in coronary flow reserve after alcohol septal ablation in patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (24 October, 2008)
W A Jaber, E H Yang, R A Nishimura, P Sorajja, C S Rihal, A Elesber, E Eeckhout, A Lerman
Valvular heart disease: Coagulase-negative staphylococcal prosthetic valve endocarditis—a contemporary update based on the International Collaboration on Endocarditis: prospective cohort study (24 October, 2008)
V H Chu, J M Miro, B Hoen, C H Cabell, P A Pappas, P Jones, M E Stryjewski, I Anguera, S Braun, P Muñoz, P Commerford, P Tornos, J Francis, M Oyonarte, C Selton-Suty, A J Morris, G Habib, B Almirante, D J Sexton, G R Corey, V G Fowler, for the International Collaboration on Endocarditis-Prospective Cohort Study Group
Epidemiology: Living arrangement and coronary heart disease: the JPHC study (9 December, 2008)
A Ikeda, H Iso, I Kawachi, K Yamagishi, M Inoue, S Tsugane, for the JPHC Study Group

Images in cardiology

Pendulous heart with tamponade (13 March, 2009)
A A Khan

Technology and guidelines

Controversies in familial hypercholesterolaemia: recommendations of the NICE Guideline Development Group for the identification and management of familial hypercholesterolaemia (23 January, 2009)
R Minhas, S E Humphries, N Qureshi, H A W Neil
Commentary: NICE guidance for identification and treatment of familial hypercholesterolaemia: Commentary 1 (13 March, 2009)
Tahseen A Chowdhury, Graham A Hitman
Commentary: NICE guidance for identification and treatment of familial hypercholesterolaemia: Commentary 2 (23 January, 2009)
Paul Durrington

Featured correspondence

Letters: Moderate patient–prosthesis mismatch can impact on mortality after aortic valve replacement (13 March, 2009)
J G Dumesnil, J Magne, N Girerd, P Pibarot
Letters: The authors’ reply: (13 March, 2009)
J Mascherbauer, H Baumgartner
Letters: Coronary calcium scoring: the first step in case of suspected significant coronary atherosclerosis (13 March, 2009)
R Vliegenthart Proença, M Oudkerk
Letters: The authors’ reply: (13 March, 2009)
S Leschka, H Alkadhi

Correction

Correction (13 March, 2009) Free

Education in Heart

Systemic disorders in heart disease: Stroke and migraine: a cardiologist’s headache (13 March, 2009)
Bernhard Meier
Basic science: Role of adrenergic receptors in human coronary vasomotion (13 March, 2009)
Emanuele Barbato

JournalScan

JournalScan (13 March, 2009)
Alistair Lindsay

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