Table of contents

Original articles

Cardiovascular registry

• Original article: Impact of missing data on standardised mortality ratios for acute myocardial infarction: evidence from the Myocardial Ischaemia National Audit Project (MINAP) 2004–7 (12 January, 2011)

  C P Gale, B A Cattle, J Moore, H Dawe, D C Greenwood, R M West

Interventional cardiology

• Original article: Patent foramen ovale closure in recreational divers: effect on decompression illness and ischaemic brain lesions during long-term follow-up (13 September, 2011)

  Michael Billinger, Rainer Zbinden, Raffaela Mordasini, Stephan Windecker, Markus Schwerzmann, Bernhard Meier, Christian Seiler
• Original article: Routine use of the transradial approach in primary percutaneous coronary intervention: procedural aspects and outcomes in 2209 patients treated in a single high-volume centre (31 August, 2011)

  Maarten A Vink, Giovanni Amoroso, Maurits T Dirksen, Rene J van der Schaaf, Mark S Patterson, Jan G P Tijssen, Ferdinand Kiemeneij, Ton Slagboom

Lipids and metabolism

• Original article: High-density lipoprotein cholesterol as a predictor of clinical outcomes in patients achieving low-density lipoprotein cholesterol targets with statins after percutaneous coronary intervention (10 June, 2011)

  Suk Min Seo, Eun-Ho Choo, Yoon-Seok Koh, Mahn Won Park, Dong Il Shin, Yoon Seok Choi, Hun-Jun Park, Dong Bin Kim, Sung Ho Her, Jong Min Lee, Chul Soo Park, Pum-Joon Kim, Keon Woong Moon, Kiyuk Chang, Hee Yeol Kim, Ki Dong Yoo, Doo Soo Jeon, Wook Sung Chung, Yong Gyu Park, Ki-Bae Seung, Catholic University of Korea, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Registry investigators

Cardiomyopathy

• Original article: Scar size and characteristics assessed by CMR predict ventricular arrhythmias in ischaemic cardiomyopathy: comparison of previously validated models (13 September, 2011)

  Stefan de Haan, Thomas A Meijers, Paul Knaapen, Aernout M Beek, Albert C van Rossum, Cornelis P Allaart
• Original article: Prevalence of Anderson–Fabry disease in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: the European Anderson–Fabry Disease Survey (2 September, 2011)

  Perry Elliott, Robert Baker, Ferdinando Pasquale, Giovanni Quarta, Hatim Ebrahim, Atul B Mehta, Derralynn A Hughes

Heart failure

• Original article: Limited role for ivabradine in the treatment of chronic heart failure (13 September, 2011)

  Damien Cullington, Kevin M Goode, John G F Cleland, Andrew L Clark