Table of contents

Original articles

Acute coronary syndromes

• Original article: High-dose tirofiban pretreatment reduces the need for bail-out study medication in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: results of a subgroup analysis of the On-TIME 2 trial (20 October, 2010)

  R S Hermanides, A A C M Heestermans, J M ten Berg, A T M Gosselink, J P Ottervanger, K G van Houwelingen, J J E Kolkman, P R Stella, T Dill, C Hamm, A W J van 't Hof

Pulmonary hypertension

• Original article: Inappropriate exercise-induced increase in pulmonary artery pressure in patients with systemic sclerosis (3 October, 2010)

  Michele D'Alto, Stefano Ghio, Antonello D'Andrea, Anna Sara Pazzano, Paola Argiento, Rita Camporotondo, Francesca Allocca, Laura Scelsi, Giovanna Cuomo, Roberto Caporali, Lorenzo Cavagna, Gabriele Valentini, Raffaele Calabrò

Congenital heart disease

• Original article: Pre-stenting with a bare metal stent before percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation: acute and 1-year outcomes (21 October, 2010)

  Johannes Nordmeyer, Philipp Lurz, Sachin Khambadkone, Silvia Schievano, Alexander Jones, Doff B McElhinney, Andrew M Taylor, Philipp Bonhoeffer
• Original article: Prenatal ultrasound screening of congenital heart disease in an unselected national population: a 21-year experience (16 December, 2010)

  Jan Marek, Viktor Tomek, Jan Škovránek, Viera Povýšilová, Milan Šamánek

Cardiomyopathy

• Original article: Screening patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy for Fabry disease using a filter-paper test: the FOCUS study (9 November, 2010) Free

  Albert A Hagège, Eric Caudron, Thibaud Damy, Raymond Roudaut, Alain Millaire, Caroline Etchecopar-Chevreuil, Thi-Chien Tran, Firas Jabbour, Catherine Boucly, Patrice Prognon, Philippe Charron, Dominique P Germain

Heart rhythm disorders

• Original article: Relationship between renal function and the risk of recurrent atrial fibrillation following catheter ablation (9 November, 2010)

  Michifumi Tokuda, Teiichi Yamane, Seiichiro Matsuo, Keiichi Ito, Ryohsuke Narui, Mika Hioki, Shin-ichi Tanigawa, Tokiko Nakane, Seigo Yamashita, Keiichi Inada, Kenri Shibayama, Satoru Miyanaga, Hiroshi Yoshida, Hidekazu Miyazaki, Taro Date, Takashi Yokoo, Michihiro Yoshimura

Genetics of heart disease

• Original article: Genetic variation in PCAF, a key mediator in epigenetics, is associated with reduced vascular morbidity and mortality: evidence for a new concept from three independent prospective studies (8 November, 2010)

  Douwe Pons, Stella Trompet, Anton J M de Craen, Peter E Thijssen, Paul H A Quax, Margreet R de Vries, Rutger J Wierda, Peter J van den Elsen, Pascalle S Monraats, Mark M Ewing, Bastiaan T Heijmans, P Eline Slagboom, Aeilko H Zwinderman, Pieter A F M Doevendans, René A Tio, Robbert J de Winter, Moniek P M de Maat, Olga A Iakoubova, Naveed Sattar, Jim Shepherd, Rudi G J Westendorp, J Wouter Jukema, also on behalf of the PROSPER, WOSCOPS and GENDER study groups*