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Original articles

Heart rhythm disorders

• Lower than expected desmosomal gene mutation prevalence in endurance athletes with complex ventricular arrhythmias of right ventricular origin (4 June, 2010)

  A La Gerche, C Robberecht, C Kuiperi, D Nuyens, R Willems, T de Ravel, G Matthijs, H Heidbüchel
• Beneficial effects of catheter ablation on left ventricular and right ventricular function in patients with frequent premature ventricular contractions and preserved ejection fraction (21 July, 2010)

  Adrianus P Wijnmaalen, Victoria Delgado, Martin J Schalij, Carine F B van Huls van Taxis, Eduard R Holman, Jeroen J Bax, Katja Zeppenfeld
• A history of stressful life events, prolonged mental stress and arrhythmic events in inherited long QT syndrome (21 July, 2010)

  T Hintsa, S Puttonen, L Toivonen, K Kontula, H Swan, L Keltikangas-Järvinen

Acute coronary syndromes

• Thrombus aspiration in ST elevation myocardial infarction: comparative efficacy in patients treated early and late after onset of symptoms (21 July, 2010) Free

  Maria De Vita, Francesco Burzotta, Italo Porto, Dariusz Dudek, Thierry Lefèvre, Carlo Trani, Waldemar Mielecki, Giampaolo Niccoli, Giuseppe G L Biondi-Zoccai, Filippo Crea

Interventional cardiology

• Paclitaxel-coated balloon versus drug-eluting stent during PCI of small coronary vessels, a prospective randomised clinical trial. The PICCOLETO Study (21 July, 2010)

  Bernardo Cortese, Andrea Micheli, Andrea Picchi, Amelia Coppolaro, Loria Bandinelli, Silva Severi, Ugo Limbruno

Heart failure

• Tubular damage in chronic systolic heart failure is associated with reduced survival independent of glomerular filtration rate (21 July, 2010)

  Kevin Damman, Dirk J Van Veldhuisen, Gerjan Navis, Vishal S Vaidya, Tom D J Smilde, B Daan Westenbrink, Joseph V Bonventre, Adriaan A Voors, Hans L Hillege

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

• Aortic stiffness independently predicts exercise capacity in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a multimodality imaging study (21 July, 2010)

  Bethany A Austin, Zoran B Popovic, Deborah H Kwon, Maran Thamilarasan, Thananya Boonyasirinant, Scott D Flamm, Harry M Lever, Milind Y Desai

Valvular heart disease

• Echocardiography predictors and prognostic value of pulmonary artery systolic pressure in chronic organic mitral regurgitation (21 July, 2010)

  Thierry Le Tourneau, Marjorie Richardson, Francis Juthier, Thomas Modine, Georges Fayad, Anne-Sophie Polge, Pierre-Vladimir Ennezat, Christophe Bauters, André Vincentelli, Ghislaine Deklunder