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Original articles

• Cardiac imaging and non-invasive testing: Comparison of delayed enhancement patterns on multislice computed tomography immediately after coronary angiography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in acute myocardial infarction (3 December, 2008)

  M Habis, A Capderou, A Sigal-Cinqualbre, S Ghostine, S Rahal, J Y Riou, P Brenot, C Y Angel, J F Paul
• Cardiac imaging and non-invasive testing: Left ventricular function and energy metabolism in middle-aged men undergoing long-lasting sustained aerobic oxidative training (13 November, 2008)

  G Perseghin, F De Cobelli, A Esposito, E Belloni, G Lattuada, T Canu, P L Invernizzi, F Ragogna, A La Torre, P Scifo, G Alberti, A Del Maschio, L Luzi
• Cardiac imaging and non-invasive testing: Simulation of congenital heart defects: a novel way of training in echocardiography (8 January, 2009)

  M Weidenbach, V Rázek, F Wild, S Khambadkone, T Berlage, J Janoušek, J Marek
• Epidemiology: Early increase of carotid intima-media thickness in children with parental history of premature myocardial infarction (23 January, 2009) Free

  S Barra, G Gaeta, S Cuomo, P Guarini, M C Foglia, G Capozzi, C Materazzi, M Trevisan
• Pulmonary hypertension: Immediate clinical and haemodynamic benefits of restoration of pulmonary valvar competence in patients with pulmonary hypertension (27 March, 2009)

  P Lurz, J Nordmeyer, L Coats, A M Taylor, P Bonhoeffer, I Schulze-Neick
• Heart failure and cardiomyopathy: Peripheral plasma adenosine release in patients with chronic heart failure (27 November, 2008)

  F Franceschi, J-C Deharo, R Giorgi, Y By, C Monserrat, J Condo, Z Ibrahim, A Saadjian, R Guieu
• Heart failure and cardiomyopathy: Influence of the pattern of hypertrophy on left ventricular twist in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (31 October, 2008)

  B M van Dalen, F Kauer, O I I Soliman, W B Vletter, M Michels, F J ten Cate, M L Geleijnse
• Acute coronary syndromes: Simple point-of-care risk stratification in acute coronary syndromes: the AMIS model (9 December, 2008)

  D J Kurz, A Bernstein, K Hunt, D Radovanovic, P Erne, Z Siudak, O Bertel
• Coronary artery disease: Association of shorter telomeres with coronary artery disease in Indian subjects (21 November, 2008)

  M Mukherjee, S Brouilette, S Stevens, K R Shetty, N J Samani