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Original articles

Valvular heart disease

• Short-term effects of transcatheter aortic valve implantation on neurohormonal activation, quality of life and 6-minute walk test in severe and symptomatic aortic stenosis (1 November, 2009) Free

  Michael Gotzmann, Tobias Hehen, Alfried Germing, Michael Lindstaedt, Aydan Yazar, Axel Laczkovics, Achim Mumme, Andreas Mügge, Waldemar Bojara

Heart failure

• Effects of cardiac resynchronisation therapy in patients with heart failure having a narrow QRS Complex enrolled in PROSPECT (7 July, 2010)

  R J van Bommel, J Gorcsan, E S Chung, W T Abraham, F T Gjestvang, C Leclercq, M J Monaghan, P Nihoyannopoulos, C Peraldo, C-M Yu, M Demas, B Gerritse, J J Bax
• Altered fibrin clot properties in patients with chronic heart failure and sinus rhythm: a novel prothrombotic mechanism (7 July, 2010)

  Ilona Palka, Jadwiga Nessler, Bohdan Nessler, Wiesława Piwowarska, Wieslawa Tracz, Anetta Undas

Heart rhythm disorders

• Non-atherosclerotic coronary artery disease associated with sudden cardiac death (28 May, 2010)

  Sharleen F Hill, Mary N Sheppard
• Mitral valve replacement with or without a concomitant Maze procedure in patients with atrial fibrillation (7 July, 2010)

  Joon Bum Kim, Min Ho Ju, Sung Cheol Yun, Sung Ho Jung, Cheol Hyun Chung, Suk Jung Choo, Taek Yeon Lee, Hyun Song, Jae Won Lee

Angina

• Long-term effects of spinal cord stimulation on angina symptoms and quality of life in patients with refractory angina pectoris—results from the European Angina Registry Link Study (EARL) (18 May, 2010)

  P Andréll, W Yu, P Gersbach, L Gillberg, K Pehrsson, I Hardy, A Ståhle, C Andersen, C Mannheimer

Toxic myocardial injury

• Left ventricular myocardial deformation and mechanical dyssynchrony in children with normal ventricular shortening fraction after anthracycline therapy (29 May, 2010)

  Yiu-fai Cheung, Wen-jing Hong, Godfrey C F Chan, Sophia J Wong, Shau-yin Ha