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Original articles

Interventional cardiology

• Original article: Combined use of optical coherence tomography and intravascular ultrasound imaging in patients undergoing coronary interventions for stent thrombosis (22 July, 2012)

  Fernando Alfonso, Jaime Dutary, Manuel Paulo, Nieves Gonzalo, Maria J Pérez-Vizcayno, Pilar Jiménez-Quevedo, Javier Escaned, Camino Bañuelos, Rosana Hernández, Carlos Macaya

Acute pulmonary embolism

• Original article: Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin, cystatin C and eGFR indicate acute kidney injury and predict prognosis of patients with acute pulmonary embolism (15 June, 2012)

  Maciej Kostrubiec, Andrzej Łabyk, Justyna Pedowska-Włoszek, Olga Dzikowska-Diduch, Artur Wojciechowski, Marzena Garlińska, Michał Ciurzyński, Piotr Pruszczyk

Valvular heart disease

• Original article: Intraoperative 2D and 3D transoesophageal echocardiographic predictors of aortic regurgitation after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (22 July, 2012) Free

  Paola Gripari, See Hooi Ewe, Laura Fusini, Manuela Muratori, Arnold C T Ng, Claudia Cefalù, Victoria Delgado, Martin J Schalij, Jeroen J Bax, Nina Ajmone Marsan, Gloria Tamborini, Mauro Pepi

Heart failure

• Original article: Inflammation and anaemia in a broad spectrum of patients with heart failure (22 June, 2012)

  Lennaert Kleijn, Anne M S Belonje, Adriaan A Voors, Rudolf A De Boer, Tiny Jaarsma, Sudip Ghosh, Joseph Kim, Hans L Hillege, Wiek H Van Gilst, Dirk J van Veldhuisen, Peter van der Meer

Epidemiology

• Original article: Elevated ApoB serum levels strongly predict early cardiovascular events (3 July, 2012)

  Bruna Gigante, Karin Leander, Max Vikstrom, Paolo Frumento, Axel C Carlsson, Matteo Bottai, Ulf de Faire