Heart Volume 89(12); December 2003

Volume 89(12); December 2003

Editorials

The debate on public place defibrillators: charged but shockingly ill informed

J P Pell

Heart. 2003 December; 89(12): 1375–1376.

PMCID:: PMC1767991

Abstract Full Text PDF–111K

Clinical applications of tissue Doppler imaging: a promise fulfilled

T H Marwick

Heart. 2003 December; 89(12): 1377–1378.

PMCID:: PMC1767964

Abstract Full Text PDF–128K

Maurice Campbell: first editor of Heart

M E Silverman

Heart. 2003 December; 89(12): 1379–1381.

PMCID:: PMC1767969

Abstract Full Text PDF–236K

Review

Why cardiologists should be interested in air pollution

H C Routledge, J G Ayres, J N Townend

Heart. 2003 December; 89(12): 1383–1388.

PMCID:: PMC1767973

Abstract Full Text PDF–310K

Mini-Symposium

Contrast echocardiography: from left ventricular opacification to myocardial perfusion. Are the promises to be realised?

M J Monaghan

Heart. 2003 December; 89(12): 1389–1390.

PMCID:: PMC1767988

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Stress myocardial contrast echocardiography

M J Monaghan

Heart. 2003 December; 89(12): 1391–1393.

PMCID:: PMC1767986

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Contrast echocardiography for left ventricular opacification

J Timperley, A R J Mitchell, H Becher

Heart. 2003 December; 89(12): 1394–1397.

PMCID:: PMC1767961

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Role of myocardial contrast echocardiography in the clinical evaluation of acute myocardial infarction

R Senior

Heart. 2003 December; 89(12): 1398–1400.

PMCID:: PMC1767974

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Cardiovascular Medicine

Interventricular and intra-left ventricular electromechanical delays in right ventricular paced patients with heart failure: implications for upgrading to biventricular stimulation

P Bordachar, S Garrigue, S Lafitte, S Reuter, P Jaïs, M Haïssaguerre, J Clementy

Heart. 2003 December; 89(12): 1401–1405.

PMCID:: PMC1767963

Abstract Full Text PDF–631K

Sources of diagnostic inaccuracy of conventional versus new diagnostic criteria for myocardial infarction in an unselected UK population with suspected cardiac chest pain, and investigation of independent prognostic variables

J Trevelyan, E W A Needham, S C H Smith, R K Mattu

Heart. 2003 December; 89(12): 1406–1410.

PMCID:: PMC1767993

Abstract Full Text PDF–249K Supplementary Material

Angiogenesis, thrombogenesis, endothelial dysfunction and angiographic severity of coronary artery disease

N A Chung, C Lydakis, F Belgore, F L Li-Saw-Hee, A D Blann, G Y H Lip

Heart. 2003 December; 89(12): 1411–1415.

PMCID:: PMC1767979

Abstract Full Text PDF–279K

Improving the positive predictive value of exercise testing in women

Y K Wong, S Dawkins, R Grimes, F Smith, K D Dawkins, I A Simpson

Heart. 2003 December; 89(12): 1416–1421.

PMCID:: PMC1767962

Abstract Full Text PDF–280K

Prevalence of impaired left ventricular systolic function and heart failure in a middle aged and elderly urban population segment of Copenhagen

I Raymond, F Pedersen, F Steensgaard-Hansen, A Green, M Busch-Sorensen, C Tuxen, J Appel, J Jacobsen, D Atar, P Hildebrandt

Heart. 2003 December; 89(12): 1422–1429.

PMCID:: PMC1767972

Abstract Full Text PDF–324K

Interventional Cardiology and Surgery

Clinical and haemodynamic profiles of young, middle aged, and elderly patients with mitral stenosis undergoing mitral balloon valvotomy

T R D Shaw, N Sutaria, B Prendergast

Heart. 2003 December; 89(12): 1430–1436.

PMCID:: PMC1767985

Abstract Full Text PDF–256K

Congenital Heart Disease

Common arterial trunk in the fetus: characteristics, associations, and outcome in a multicentre series of 23 cases

P Volpe, D Paladini, M Marasini, A L Buonadonna, M G Russo, G Caruso, A Marzullo, M Vassallo, P Martinelli, M Gentile

Heart. 2003 December; 89(12): 1437–1441.

PMCID:: PMC1767971

Abstract Full Text PDF–264K

Scientific Letters

Importance of β blockade in the treatment of advanced heart failure

R S Gardner, W Martin, R Carter, T A McDonagh

Heart. 2003 December; 89(12): 1442–1444.

PMCID:: PMC1767977

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Quality of life assessment using the short form 12 questionnaire is as reliable and sensitive as the short form 36 in distinguishing symptom severity in myocardial infarction survivors

M R Melville, M A Lari, N Brown, T Young, D Gray

Heart. 2003 December; 89(12): 1445–1446.

PMCID:: PMC1767983

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Education in Heart

The role of echocardiography in atrial fibrillation and cardioversion

Richard W Troughton, Craig R Asher, Allan L Klein

Heart. 2003 December; 89(12): 1447–1454.

PMCID:: PMC1767994

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Athlete’s heart

Robert Fagard

Heart. 2003 December; 89(12): 1455–1461.

PMCID:: PMC1767992

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Optimal management of acute ventricular septal rupture

Andrew Murday

Heart. 2003 December; 89(12): 1462–1466.

PMCID:: PMC1767981

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JournalScan

Iqbal Malik

Heart. 2003 December; 89(12): 1467–1468.

PMCID:: PMC1767965

Full Text PDF–161K

Electronic Pages

Single coronary artery: a familial clustering

P G Horan, G Murtagh, P P McKeown

Heart. 2003 December; 89(12): e27.

PMCID:: PMC1767976

Abstract Full Text PDF–87K

Miscellanea

Heart Online case reports: www.heartjnl.com

Heart. 2003 December; 89(12): 1376.

PMCID:: PMC1767960

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Multiple coronary artery fistulas visualised by three dimensional computed tomography

O Seguchi, M Terashima, K Awano

Heart. 2003 December; 89(12): 1381.

PMCID:: PMC1767966

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Ruptured thoracic aortic aneurysm resulting in cutaneous haematoma

D Perera, Z Dent, M Signy

Heart. 2003 December; 89(12): 1382.

PMCID:: PMC1767970

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Imitating ventricular tachycardia

A Bauer, G Schmidt

Heart. 2003 December; 89(12): 1382.

PMCID:: PMC1767989

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Pulmonary artery sarcoma

N Kotooka, N Nagaya, R Tanaka

Heart. 2003 December; 89(12): 1388.

PMCID:: PMC1767984

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A case of rheumatic fever

S De Freitas, S Frankton, J M Tremble

Heart. 2003 December; 89(12): 1405.

PMCID:: PMC1767975

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Defining clinical features of amiodarone induced optic neuropathy

Heart. 2003 December; 89(12): 1410.

PMCID:: PMC1767978

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A case of bepridil induced interstitial pneumonitis

S Gaku, K Naoshi, A Teruhiko

Heart. 2003 December; 89(12): 1415.

PMCID:: PMC1767959

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Complications of pacemaker leads

H Burri, H Sunthorn, D Shah

Heart. 2003 December; 89(12): 1421.

PMCID:: PMC1767968

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Subclavian artery stenosis as a cause for recurrent angina after LIMA graft stenting

R S Bilku, S S Khogali, M Been

Heart. 2003 December; 89(12): 1429.

PMCID:: PMC1767990

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Anomalous origin of the pulmonary artery from the left coronary artery

S S Kothari, N K Goyal

Heart. 2003 December; 89(12): 1436.

PMCID:: PMC1767967

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Levoatriocardinal vein without cardiac malformation and normal pulmonary venous return

T Jaecklin, M Beghetti, D Didier

Heart. 2003 December; 89(12): 1444.

PMCID:: PMC1767980

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Pacing the left ventricle through the coronary sinus in a patient with a prosthetic tricuspid valve replacement

S W Lord, S C Clark

Heart. 2003 December; 89(12): 1444.

PMCID:: PMC1767982

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WEB TOP 10

Heart. 2003 December; 89(12): 1446.

PMCID:: PMC1767987

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