Heart Volume 90(3); March 2004

Volume 90(3); March 2004

Editorials

Hibernating myocardium: high or low risk?

J H McGowan

Heart. 2004 March; 90(3): 237–238. doi: 10.1136/heart.2003.021006

PMCID:: PMC1768128

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Atrial fibrillation: an emerging epidemic?

J S Steinberg

Heart. 2004 March; 90(3): 239–240. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2003.014720

PMCID:: PMC1768135

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Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators for children and young adolescents: mortality benefit confirmed—what’s next?

S F Sears, J B Conti

Heart. 2004 March; 90(3): 241–242. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2003.021295

PMCID:: PMC1768134

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The MADIT II and COMPANION studies: will they affect uptake of device treatment?

J M Morgan

Heart. 2004 March; 90(3): 243–245. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2002.007807

PMCID:: PMC1768094

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Review

Recent insights into human coronary collateral development

M Fujita, K Tambara

Heart. 2004 March; 90(3): 246–250. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2002.007989

PMCID:: PMC1768107

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Mini-Symposium

Pericardial disease: introduction

J Soler-Soler

Heart. 2004 March; 90(3): 251. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2003.024794

PMCID:: PMC1768118

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Acute pericardial disease: approach to the aetiologic diagnosis

G Permanyer-Miralda

Heart. 2004 March; 90(3): 252–254. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2003.024802

PMCID:: PMC1768141

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Pericardial effusion: haemodynamic spectrum

R Shabetai

Heart. 2004 March; 90(3): 255–256. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2003.024810

PMCID:: PMC1768129

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Pericardial constriction: uncommon patterns

J Sagristà-Sauleda

Heart. 2004 March; 90(3): 257–258. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2003.024828

PMCID:: PMC1768139

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Cardiovascular Medicine

Risk factors for non-fatal myocardial infarction in young South Asian adults

J Ismail, T H Jafar, F H Jafary, F White, A M Faruqui, N Chaturvedi

Heart. 2004 March; 90(3): 259–263. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2003.013631

PMCID:: PMC1768096

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Prognostic relations between inflammatory markers and mortality in diabetic patients with non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome

P L Sanchez, J L Morinigo, P Pabon, F Martin, I Piedra, I F Palacios, C Martin-Luengo

Heart. 2004 March; 90(3): 264–269. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2002.007443

PMCID:: PMC1768109

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Insulin induced increase in coronary flow reserve is abolished by dexamethasone in young men with uncomplicated type 1 diabetes

H Laine, J Sundell, P Nuutila, O T Raitakari, M Luotolahti, T Rönnemaa, T Elomaa, P Koskinen, J Knuuti

Heart. 2004 March; 90(3): 270–276. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2003.013722

PMCID:: PMC1768122

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Sex differences in the expression of haemorheological determinants in individuals with atherothrombotic risk factors and in apparently healthy people

D Zeltser, O Rogowski, S Berliner, T Mardi, D Justo, J Serov, M Rozenblat, D Avitzour, I Shapira

Heart. 2004 March; 90(3): 277–281. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2003.014753

PMCID:: PMC1768098

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Association of endothelial constitutive nitric oxide synthase gene polymorphism with acute coronary syndrome in Koreans

K-W Park, K-H You, S Oh, I-H Chae, H-S Kim, B-H Oh, M-M Lee, Y-B Park

Heart. 2004 March; 90(3): 282–285. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2002.003616

PMCID:: PMC1768113

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Cost of an emerging epidemic: an economic analysis of atrial fibrillation in the UK

S Stewart, N Murphy, A Walker, A McGuire, J J V McMurray

Heart. 2004 March; 90(3): 286–292. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2002.008748

Correction in:: Heart. 2007 November; 93(11): 1472.

PMCID:: PMC1768125

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Relation between left ventricular contractile reserve during low dose dobutamine echocardiography and plasma concentrations of natriuretic peptides

A F L Schinkel, E C Vourvouri, J J Bax, F Boomsma, M Bountioukos, V Rizzello, E Biagini, E Agricola, A Elhendy, J R T C Roelandt, D Poldermans

Heart. 2004 March; 90(3): 293–296. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2002.003822

PMCID:: PMC1768093

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Diagnostic and prognostic evaluation of left ventricular systolic heart failure by plasma N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide concentrations in a large sample of the general population

B A Groenning, I Raymond, P R Hildebrandt, J C Nilsson, M Baumann, F Pedersen

Heart. 2004 March; 90(3): 297–303. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2003.026021

PMCID:: PMC1768111

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Haemochromatosis gene mutations and risk of coronary heart disease: a west of Scotland coronary prevention study (WOSCOPS) substudy

I R Gunn, F K Maxwell, D Gaffney, A D McMahon, C J Packard

Heart. 2004 March; 90(3): 304–306. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2003.015149

PMCID:: PMC1768115

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Interventional Cardiology and Surgery

Long term outcome up to 30 years after the Mustard or Senning operation: a nationwide multicentre study in Belgium

P Moons, M Gewillig, T Sluysmans, H Verhaaren, P Viart, M Massin, B Suys, W Budts, A Pasquet, D De Wolf, A Vliers

Heart. 2004 March; 90(3): 307–313. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2002.007138

PMCID:: PMC1768123

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Congenital Heart Disease

Aortic pressure–area relation in Marfan patients with and without β blocking agents: a new non-invasive approach

G J Nollen, B E Westerhof, M Groenink, A Osnabrugge, E E van der Wall, B J M Mulder

Heart. 2004 March; 90(3): 314–318. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2003.010702

PMCID:: PMC1768140

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Aberrant tendinous chords with tethering of the tricuspid leaflets: a congenital anomaly causing severe tricuspid regurgitation

R Kobza, D J Kurz, E N Oechslin, R Prêtre, M Zuber, P Vogt, R Jenni

Heart. 2004 March; 90(3): 319–323. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2002.006254

PMCID:: PMC1768112

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Basic Research

Response of very small (2 mm) porcine coronary arteries to balloon angioplasty and stent implantation

A C Morton, N D Arnold, D C Crossman, J Gunn

Heart. 2004 March; 90(3): 324–327. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2003.015305

PMCID:: PMC1768121

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Scientific Letters

Potential benefit from implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy in children and young adolescents

R Gradaus, C Wollmann, J Köbe, D Hammel, S Kotthoff, M Block, G Breithardt, D Böcker

Heart. 2004 March; 90(3): 328–329. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2003.014266

PMCID:: PMC1768132

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A 17 year experience of inappropriate shock therapy in patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators: are we getting any better?

C A Rinaldi, R D Simon, A Baszko, J Bostock, D Elliot, C A Bucknall, J S S Gill

Heart. 2004 March; 90(3): 330–331. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2003.026195

PMCID:: PMC1768130

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Transvenous low energy internal cardioversion for atrial fibrillation refractory to external cardioversion: do non-obese patients benefit?

D Pavin, H Legrand, C Leclercq, C Crocq, P Mabo, J C Daubert

Heart. 2004 March; 90(3): 332–333. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2002.010082

PMCID:: PMC1768092

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Amplatzer device closure of atrial septal defects in mature adults: analysis of 76 cases

D J R Hildick-Smith, M O’Sullivan, C R Wisbey, J H Mackay, E M Lee, L M Shapiro

Heart. 2004 March; 90(3): 334–335. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2002.008516

PMCID:: PMC1768097

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Education in Heart

Diabetes and atherogenesis

Miles Fisher

Heart. 2004 March; 90(3): 336–340. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2003.018622

PMCID:: PMC1768108

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Multi-vessel coronary disease and percutaneous coronary intervention

C Casey, David P Faxon

Heart. 2004 March; 90(3): 341–346. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2003.018986

PMCID:: PMC1768119

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Clinical relevance of arrhythmias during sleep: guidance for clinicians

L J Gula, A D Krahn, A C Skanes, R Yee, G J Klein

Heart. 2004 March; 90(3): 347–352. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2003.019323

PMCID:: PMC1768090

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Case 4: Tachycardia and collapse in a bus driver

David Lefroy

Heart. 2004 March; 90(3): 352.

PMCID:: PMC1768099

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JournalScan

Iqbal Malik

Heart. 2004 March; 90(3): 353–354.

PMCID:: PMC1768102

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Electronic Pages

Congenital coronary artery anomaly simulating an acute aortic dissection

L De Luca, F Bovenzi, I de Luca

Heart. 2004 March; 90(3): e11. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2003.021337

PMCID:: PMC1768100

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Acute myocardial infarction probably caused by paradoxical embolus in a pregnant woman

P Agostoni, G Gasparini, G Destro

Heart. 2004 March; 90(3): e12. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2003.026526

PMCID:: PMC1768105

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Evidence for “lumen sealing” with sirolimus eluting stents in the treatment of complex coronary artery dissection

E M Wong, C Pawsey, H C Lowe

Heart. 2004 March; 90(3): e13. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2003.026609

PMCID:: PMC1768114

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Clopidogrel induced urticarial rash in a patient with left main stem percutaneous coronary intervention: management issues

S K Khambekar, J Kovac, A H Gershlick

Heart. 2004 March; 90(3): e14. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2003.027367

PMCID:: PMC1768116

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Massive pulmonary haemorrhage complicating the treatment of acute coronary syndrome

D S Gill, K Ng, K-S Ng

Heart. 2004 March; 90(3): e15. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2003.028589

PMCID:: PMC1768120

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Haemorrhagic peritonitis as a late complication of echocardiography guided pericardiocentesis

H Luckraz, S Kitchlu, A Youhana

Heart. 2004 March; 90(3): e16. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2003.024075

PMCID:: PMC1768124

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Miscellanea

Severe valvar aortic stenosis in a child with familial hypercholesterolaemia

S Harikrishnan, C K Byju, J Tharakan

Heart. 2004 March; 90(3): 238. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2003.018564

PMCID:: PMC1768131

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Acute incomplete thrombotic occlusion of distal left main coronary artery treated by tissue plasminogen activator

M Aydın, A Özeren, M Bilge

Heart. 2004 March; 90(3): 242. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2003.021410

PMCID:: PMC1768091

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Balloon dilation of the stenotic fifth aortic arch in a newborn with double lumen aortic arch

K Suda, M Matsumura, M Matsumoto

Heart. 2004 March; 90(3): 245. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2003.018762

PMCID:: PMC1768101

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Deep vein thrombosis demonstrated by contrast enhanced helical computed tomographic venography

H-F Tse, K-H Yiu

Heart. 2004 March; 90(3): 251. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2003.021097

PMCID:: PMC1768138

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Aortic intramural haematoma leading to aortic dissection

S Carerj, M Cerrito, G Oreto

Heart. 2004 March; 90(3): 254. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2003.021428

PMCID:: PMC1768127

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Nurse initiated thrombolysis in the accident and emergency department: safe, accurate, and faster than fast track

S M Heath, R J I Bain, A Andrews, S Chida, S I Kitchen, M I Walters

Heart. 2004 March; 90(3): 269.

PMCID:: PMC1768126

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Pericardial constriction after a stab wound to the chest

R A Swallow, R D Thomas

Heart. 2004 March; 90(3): 276. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2003.022822

PMCID:: PMC1768095

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Non-compaction of the left ventricle

M Vanderheyden, J Bartunek, M Goethals

Heart. 2004 March; 90(3): 281. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2003.019992

PMCID:: PMC1768104

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Massive aortic aneurysm presenting as chest wall swelling

A Chockalingam, G Gnanavelu, R Alagesan

Heart. 2004 March; 90(3): 292. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2003.022574

PMCID:: PMC1768136

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Dynamic respiratory changes in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

E S Brilakis, R A Nishimura

Heart. 2004 March; 90(3): 296. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2003.024240

PMCID:: PMC1768103

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Aortic valve endocarditis causing fatal myocardial infarction caused by ostial coronary artery obliteration

M Schmitt, S Puri, N R Dalal

Heart. 2004 March; 90(3): 303. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2003.026534

PMCID:: PMC1768106

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Dangers of spironolactone in congestive heart failure

Heart. 2004 March; 90(3): 313.

PMCID:: PMC1768133

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Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy and coronary disease risk factors in systemic lupus erythematosus

E M C Sella, E I Sato, W A Leite, J A Oliveira Filho, A Barbieri

Heart. 2004 March; 90(3): 323.

PMCID:: PMC1768117

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WEB TOP 10

Heart. 2004 March; 90(3): 329.

PMCID:: PMC1768137

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Massive cardiac involvement in acute lymphatic leukemia

B C A M Bekkers, B J A Denarié, G M J Bos

Heart. 2004 March; 90(3): 354. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2003.022699

PMCID:: PMC1768110

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