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Original articles

Acute coronary syndromes

• Original article: Functional mitral regurgitation after a first non-ST segment elevation acute coronary syndrome: very-long-term follow-up, prognosis and contribution to left ventricular enlargement and atrial fibrillation development (19 August, 2013)

  Iván J Núñez-Gil, Irene Estrada, Leopoldo Pérez de Isla, Gisela Feltes, José Alberto De Agustín, David Vivas, Ana Viana-Tejedor, Javier Escaned, Fernando Alfonso, Pilar Jiménez-Quevedo, Miguel A García-Fernández, Carlos Macaya, Antonio Fernández-Ortiz
• Original article: Cognitive outcomes after acute coronary syndrome: a population based comparison with transient ischaemic attack and minor stroke (19 July, 2013)

  Irene Volonghi, Sarah T Pendlebury, Sarah J V Welch, Ziyah Mehta, Peter M Rothwell

Coronary revascularisation

• Original article: Impact of prior coronary artery bypass graft surgery on chronic total occlusion revascularisation: insights from a multicentre US registry (18 April, 2013) Free

  Tesfaldet T Michael, Dimitri Karmpaliotis, Emmanouil S Brilakis, Shuaib M Abdullah, Ben L Kirkland, Katrina L Mishoe, Nicholas Lembo, Anna Kalynych, Harold Carlson, Subhash Banerjee, William Lombardi, David E Kandzari

Heart rhythm disorders

• Original article: Marine n-3 fatty acids in adipose tissue and development of atrial fibrillation: a Danish cohort study (14 August, 2013)

  Thomas Andersen Rix, Albert Marni Joensen, Sam Riahi, Søren Lundbye-Christensen, Kim Overvad, Erik Berg Schmidt

Biomarkers and heart disease

• Original article: Association of copeptin with myocardial infarct size and myocardial function after ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (22 May, 2013)

  Sebastian Johannes Reinstadler, Gert Klug, Hans-Josef Feistritzer, Agnes Mayr, Bettina Harrasser, Johannes Mair, Kerstin Bader, Katrin Streil, Angelika Hammerer-Lercher, Regina Esterhammer, Bernhard Metzler

Congenital heart disease

• Original article: Skeletal muscle abnormalities and exercise capacity in adults with a Fontan circulation (11 July, 2013)

  Rachael Cordina, Shamus O'Meagher, Haslinda Gould, Caroline Rae, Graham Kemp, Julie A Pasco, David S Celermajer