Table of contents

Original articles

Coronary artery disease

• Original article: Human cytomegalovirus neutralising antibodies and increased risk of coronary artery disease in Indian population (5 June, 2012)

  Lakshmi Ashutosh Mundkur, Hemapriys Shivanandan, Sridhara Hebbagudi, Valeria Endrész, Meenakshi Varma, Veena Rao, Eva Gonczol, Vijay Vir Kakkar

Peripheral vascular disease

• Original article: Calcification of the abdominal aorta as an independent predictor of cardiovascular events: a meta-analysis (5 June, 2012)

  Frederico Bastos Gonçalves, Michiel T Voûte, Sanne E Hoeks, Michel B Chonchol, Eric E Boersma, Robert J Stolker, Hence J M Verhagen

Epidemiology

• Original article: Effect of smoke-free legislation on the incidence of sudden circulatory arrest in the Netherlands (5 June, 2012)

  Dianne de Korte-de Boer, Daniel Kotz, Wolfgang Viechtbauer, Emiel van Haren, Devina Grommen, Michelle de Munter, Harry Coenen, Anton P M Gorgels, Onno C P van Schayck

Platelet function

• Original article: Enhanced clopidogrel response in smokers is reversed after discontinuation as assessed by VerifyNow assay: additional evidence for the concept of ‘smokers’ paradox' (9 May, 2012)

  Kyung Woo Park, Si-Hyuck Kang, Jeehoon Kang, Ki-Hyun Jeon, Jin Joo Park, Jung-Kyu Han, Jin-Sin Koh, Sang Eun Lee, Han-Mo Yang, Hae-Young Lee, Hyun-Jae Kang, Bon-Kwon Koo, Byung-Hee Oh, Young-Bae Park, Hyo-Soo Kim

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

• Original article: Low-grade inflammation and the phenotypic expression of myocardial fibrosis in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (24 March, 2012)

  Johanna Kuusisto, Vesa Kärjä, Petri Sipola, Ivana Kholová, Keijo Peuhkurinen, Pertti Jääskeläinen, Anita Naukkarinen, Seppo Ylä-Herttuala, Kari Punnonen, Markku Laakso

Congenital heart disease

• Original article: Bicuspid aortic valve and associated aortic dilation in the young (5 June, 2012)

  Susan Fernandes, Paul Khairy, Dionne A Graham, Steven D Colan, Teresa C Galvin, Stephen P Sanders, Michael N Singh, Ami Bhatt, Ronald V Lacro