Table of contents

Original articles

Heart failure

• Original article: Serum γ-glutamyltransferase and the risk of heart failure in men and women in Finland (9 November, 2012) Free

  Yujie Wang, Jaakko Tuomilehto, Pekka Jousilahti, Veikko Salomaa, Bin Li, Riitta Antikainen, Markku Mähönen, Peter T Katzmarzyk, Gang Hu

Endothelial function

• Original article: Effect of ω-3 fatty acid supplementation on endothelial function, endogenous fibrinolysis and platelet activation in male cigarette smokers (26 November, 2012)

  Jehangir N Din, Rachel M Archer, Scott A Harding, Jaydeep Sarma, Karin Lyall, Andrew D Flapan, David E Newby

Diabetes, lipids and metabolism

• Original article: Effectiveness of alternative strategies to define index case phenotypes to aid genetic diagnosis of familial hypercholesterolaemia (4 December, 2012)

  Rosemary E J Clarke, Soundrie T Padayachee, Rebecca Preston, Zofia McMahon, Mitchell Gordon, Colin Graham, Martin A Crook, Anthony S Wierzbicki

Cardiovascular surgery

• Original article: Surgical outcomes of severe tricuspid regurgitation: predictors of adverse clinical outcomes (4 October, 2012)

  Joon Bum Kim, Sung-Ho Jung, Suk Jung Choo, Cheol Hyun Chung, Jae Won Lee

Cardiovascular imaging

• Original article: Hybrid myocardial perfusion SPECT/CT coronary angiography and invasive coronary angiography in patients with stable angina pectoris lead to similar treatment decisions (19 October, 2012)

  Jeroen Schaap, Joris A H de Groot, Koen Nieman, W Bob Meijboom, S Matthijs Boekholdt, Martijn C Post, Jan A S Van der Heyden, Thom L de Kroon, Benno J W M Rensing, Karel G M Moons, J Fred Verzijlbergen

Epidemiology

• Original article: Extremely cold and hot temperatures increase the risk of ischaemic heart disease mortality: epidemiological evidence from China (13 November, 2012)

  Yuming Guo, Shanshan Li, Yanshen Zhang, Ben Armstrong, Jouni J K Jaakkola, Shilu Tong, Xiaochuan Pan