Table of contents

Original articles

Heart failure

• Original article: Cardiac resynchronisation therapy in patients with heart failure and a normal QRS duration: the RESPOND study (21 February, 2011)

  Paul W X Foley, Kiran Patel, Nick Irwin, John E Sanderson, Michael P Frenneaux, Russell E A Smith, Berthold Stegemann, Francisco Leyva
• Original article: Ethnic differences in 1-year mortality among patients hospitalised with heart failure (20 April, 2011)

  Padma Kaul, Finlay A McAlister, Justin A Ezekowitz, Vaneeta Kaur Grover, Hude Quan

Pulmonary hypertension

• Original article: Red cell distribution width outperforms other potential circulating biomarkers in predicting survival in idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (10 May, 2011)

  Christopher J Rhodes, John Wharton, Luke S Howard, J Simon R Gibbs, Martin R Wilkins

Acute coronary syndromes

• Original article: Multimarker risk model containing troponin-T, interleukin 10, myeloperoxidase and placental growth factor predicts long-term cardiovascular risk after non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome (10 May, 2011) Free

  R M Oemrawsingh, T Lenderink, K M Akkerhuis, C Heeschen, S Baldus, S Fichtlscherer, C W Hamm, M L Simoons, E Boersma

Myocarditis

• Original article: Thioredoxin, adiponectin and clinical course of acute fulminant myocarditis (10 May, 2011)

  Jin-Oh Choi, Soo-Hyeon Yun, Kiick Sung, Young Tak Lee, Joong-Il Park, Eun-Seon Ju, Sang-Chol Lee, Seung Woo Park, Duk-Kyung Kim, Jae K Oh, Eun-Seok Jeon

Valvular heart disease

• Original article: Impact of prosthesis–patient mismatch after mitral valve replacement: a multicentre analysis of early outcomes and mid-term survival (20 May, 2011)

  William Y Shi, Cheng-Hon Yap, Philip A Hayward, Diem T Dinh, Christopher M Reid, Gilbert C Shardey, Julian A Smith

Cardiovascular surgery

• Original article: Neurocognitive outcome after coronary artery bypass surgery using minimal versus conventional extracorporeal circulation: a randomised controlled pilot study (28 February, 2011)

  Kyriakos Anastasiadis, Helena Argiriadou, Mary H Kosmidis, Kalliopi Megari, Polychronis Antonitsis, Evanthia Thomaidou, Eleni Aretouli, Christos Papakonstantinou

Epidemiology

• Original article: Time course of temperature effects on cardiovascular mortality in Brisbane, Australia (12 April, 2011)

  Weiwei Yu, Wenbiao Hu, Kerrie Mengersen, Yuming Guo, Xiaochuan Pan, Des Connell, Shilu Tong