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Original articles

Cardiovascular imaging

• Original article: Direct costs and cost-effectiveness of dual-source computed tomography and invasive coronary angiography in patients with an intermediate pretest likelihood for coronary artery disease (16 August, 2011)

  Marc Dorenkamp, Klaus Bonaventura, Christian Sohns, Christoph R Becker, Alexander W Leber

Epidemiology

• Original article: Ethnic variations in heart failure: Scottish Health and Ethnicity Linkage Study (SHELS) (27 January, 2012)

  R S Bhopal, N Bansal, C M Fischbacher, H Brown, S Capewell

Congenital heart disease

• Original article: Combined adverse effects of maternal smoking and high body mass index on heart development in offspring: evidence for interaction? (30 January, 2012)

  Maria E Baardman, Wilhelmina S Kerstjens-Frederikse, Eva Corpeleijn, Hermien E K de Walle, Robert M W Hofstra, Rolf M F Berger, Marian K Bakker

Heart rhythm disorders

• Original article: Does additional linear ablation after circumferential pulmonary vein isolation improve clinical outcome in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation? Prospective randomised study (27 January, 2012)

  Hee-Sun Mun, Boyoung Joung, Jaemin Shim, Hye Jin Hwang, Jong Youn Kim, Moon-Hyoung Lee, Hui-Nam Pak

Cerebrovascular disease

• Original article: Interaction between proatherosclerotic factors and right-to-left shunt on the risk of cryptogenic stroke: the Italian Project on Stroke in Young Adults (23 January, 2012)

  Alessandro Pezzini, Mario Grassi, Corrado Lodigiani, Rosalba Patella, Carlo Gandolfo, Andrea Zini, Rossella Musolino, Rocco Salvatore Calabrò, Paolo Bovi, Alessandro Adami, Maria Luisa DeLodovici, Elisabetta Del Zotto, Lidia Luciana Rota, Maurizia Rasura, Massimo Del Sette, Alessandra Spalloni, Alessia Giossi, Irene Volonghi, Federica Casoni, Paolo Cerrato, Paolo Costa, Mauro Magoni, Antonella Toriello, Maurizio Paciaroni, Giorgio Dalla Volta, Licia Iacoviello, Alessandro Padovani

Coronary artery disease

• Original article: Arterial stiffness is increased in families with premature coronary artery disease (22 December, 2011) Free

  Ties A Mulders, Bas van den Bogaard, Annemieke Bakker, Mieke D Trip, Erik S Stroes, Bert-Jan H van den Born, Sara-Joan Pinto-Sietsma

Genetics of heart disease

• Original article: Measurement of heritability of myocardial blood flow by positron emission tomography: the Twins Heart Study (9 February, 2012)

  Shaoyong Su, John Votaw, Tracy Faber, Durreshahwar Khan, J Douglas Bremner, Jack Goldberg, Ken Nichols, Andrew Van Tosh, Viola Vaccarino