Table of contents

Original articles

Heart rhythm disorders

• Original article: Ethnicity and stroke risk in patients with atrial fibrillation (29 May, 2013)

  Rohini Mathur, Elizabeth Pollara, Sally Hull, Peter Schofield, Mark Ashworth, John Robson
• Original article: Alcohol intake and prognosis of atrial fibrillation (13 June, 2013) Free

  Thure Filskov Overvad, Lars Hvilsted Rasmussen, Flemming Skjøth, Kim Overvad, Ida Ehlers Albertsen, Deirdre A Lane, Gregory Y H Lip, Torben Bjerregaard Larsen

Coronary artery disease

• Original article: Clinical parameters associated with collateral development in patients with chronic total coronary occlusion (28 May, 2013)

  N W van der Hoeven, P F Teunissen, G S Werner, R Delewi, S H Schirmer, T Traupe, A M van der Laan, J G Tijssen, J J Piek, C Seiler, N van Royen

Interventional cardiology

• Original article: Multislice CT for assessing in-stent dimensions after left main coronary artery stenting: a comparison with three dimensional intravascular ultrasound (30 May, 2013)

  Gerard Roura, Josep Gomez-Lara, José L Ferreiro, Joan A Gomez-Hospital, Rafael Romaguera, Luís M Teruel, Elena Carreño, Enric Esplugas, Fernando Alfonso, Angel Cequier

Cardiovascular imaging

• Original article: The prevalence and characteristics of coronary atherosclerosis in asymptomatic subjects classified as low risk based on traditional risk stratification algorithm: assessment with coronary CT angiography (30 May, 2013)

  Kil Joong Kim, Sang Il Choi, Min Su Lee, Jeong A Kim, Eun Ju Chun, Chang Ho Jeon

Diabetes, lipids and metabolism

• Original article: An association between gestational diabetes mellitus and long-term maternal cardiovascular morbidity (8 June, 2013)

  Roy Kessous, Ilana Shoham-Vardi, Gali Pariente, Michael Sherf, Eyal Sheiner

Congenital heart disease

• Original article: Exercise training improves activity in adolescents with congenital heart disease (7 June, 2013)

  M L Morrison, A J Sands, C G McCusker, P P McKeown, M McMahon, J Gordon, B Grant, B G Craig, F A Casey