Table of contents

Original articles

Acute coronary syndromes

• Identification of potential outcome benefit from ACE inhibition after acute coronary syndrome: a biomarker approach using N-terminal proBNP (17 May, 2010) Free

  Iain Squire, Paulene Quinn, Hafid Narayan, Sohail Khan, Onkar Dhillon, Kuan Ng, Dominic Kelly, Joan Davies, Leong Ng
• Atrial fibrillation management strategies and early mortality after myocardial infarction: results from the Valsartan in Acute Myocardial Infarction (VALIANT) Trial (20 April, 2010)

  Kent R Nilsson, Sana M Al-Khatib, Yi Zhou, Karen Pieper, Harvey D White, Aldo P Maggioni, Lars Kober, Christopher B Granger, Eldrin F Lewis, John J V McMurray, Robert M Califf, Eric J Velazquez
• Primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST elevation myocardial infarction in octogenarians: trends and outcomes (4 December, 2009)

  Bimmer E P M Claessen, Wouter J Kikkert, Annemarie E Engstrom, Loes P C Hoebers, Peter Damman, Marije M Vis, Karel T Koch, Jan Baan, Martijn Meuwissen, René J van der Schaaf, Robbert J de Winter, Jan G P Tijssen, Jan J Piek, José P S Henriques

Interventional cardiology

• Twelve-month outcomes in patients with diabetes implanted with a zotarolimus-eluting stent: results from the E-Five Registry (17 May, 2010)

  Ajay K Jain, Chaim Lotan, Ian T Meredith, Faustos Feres, Robaayah Zambahari, Nakul Sinha, Martin T Rothman, for the E-Five Registry Investigators

Smoking and cardiovascular disease

• Cotinine-assessed second-hand smoke exposure and risk of cardiovascular disease in older adults (17 May, 2010)

  B J Jefferis, D A Lawlor, S Ebrahim, S G Wannamethee, C Feyerabend, M Doig, L McMeekin, D G Cook, P H Whincup
• Cardiorespiratory and immune response to physical activity following exposure to a typical smoking environment (17 May, 2010)

  Andreas D Flouris, Giorgos S Metsios, Athanasios Z Jamurtas, Yiannis Koutedakis

Valvular heart disease

• Impact of the indexed effective orifice area on mid-term cardiac-related mortality after aortic valve replacement (20 April, 2010)

  Sabine Bleiziffer, Ayyaz Ali, Ina M Hettich, Deniz Akdere, Rüdiger P Laubender, Daniel Ruzicka, Johannes Boehm, Rüdiger Lange, Walter Eichinger
• The emerging burden of hospital admissions of adults with congenital heart disease (20 April, 2010)

  Carianne L Verheugt, Cuno S P M Uiterwaal, Enno T van der Velde, Folkert J Meijboom, Petronella G Pieper, Gertjan Tj Sieswerda, Herbert W M Plokker, Diederick E Grobbee, Barbara J M Mulder