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Volume 6;  2006
Case Report
Percutaneous septal ablation for left mid-ventricular obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a case report
Istemihan Tengiz, Ertugrul Ercan, Emin Alioglu, Ugur O Turk
BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2006; 6: 15. Published online 2006 April 10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-6-15
PMCID:
PMC1459201
Abstract Full Text PDF–663K
Debate
How artificial intelligence tools can be used to assess individual patient risk in cardiovascular disease: problems with the current methods
Enzo Grossi
BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2006; 6: 20. Published online 2006 May 3. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-6-20
PMCID:
PMC1479368
Abstract Full Text PDF–268K
Research Articles
Circadian analysis of myocardial infarction incidence in an Argentine and Uruguayan population
Carlos E D'Negri, Leonardo Nicola-Siri, Daniel E Vigo, Luis A Girotti, Daniel P Cardinali
BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2006; 6: 1. Published online 2006 January 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-6-1
PMCID:
PMC1360093
Abstract Full Text PDF–769K Supplementary Material
Muscle fiber-type distribution predicts weight gain and unfavorable left ventricular geometry: a 19 year follow-up study
Jouko Karjalainen, Heikki Tikkanen, Miika Hernelahti, Urho M Kujala
BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2006; 6: 2. Published online 2006 January 10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-6-2
PMCID:
PMC1382267
Abstract Full Text PDF–296K
Lipid-soluble smoke particles damage endothelial cells and reduce endothelium-dependent dilatation in rat and man
Jin-Yan Zhang, Yong-Xiao Cao, Cang-Bao Xu, Lars Edvinsson
BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2006; 6: 3. Published online 2006 January 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-6-3
PMCID:
PMC1388236
Abstract Full Text PDF–484K
Left ventricular geometric patterns in newly presenting nigerian hypertensives: An echocardiographic study
Akinyemi Aje, Adewole A Adebiyi, Olulola O Oladapo, Adekola Dada, Okechukwu S Ogah, Dike B Ojji, Ayodele O Falase
BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2006; 6: 4. Published online 2006 January 20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-6-4
PMCID:
PMC1361785
Abstract Full Text PDF–269K
The association between processes, structures and outcomes of secondary prevention care among VA ischemic heart disease patients
P Michael Ho, Allan V Prochazka, David J Magid, Anne E Sales, Gary K Grunwald, Karl E Hammermeister, John S Rumsfeld
BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2006; 6: 6. Published online 2006 February 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-6-6
PMCID:
PMC1413554
Abstract Full Text PDF–273K
The reliability of the ankle-brachial index in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study and the NHLBI Family Heart Study (FHS)
Beth D Weatherley, Lloyd E Chambless, Gerardo Heiss, Diane J Catellier, Curtis R Ellison
BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2006; 6: 7. Published online 2006 February 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-6-7
PMCID:
PMC1435775
Abstract Full Text PDF–417K
Gender and post-ischemic recovery of hypertrophied rat hearts
Ramesh Saeedi, Richard B Wambolt, Hannah Parsons, Christine Antler, Hon S Leong, Angelica Keller, George A Dunaway, Kirill M Popov, Michael F Allard
BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2006; 6: 8. Published online 2006 March 1. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-6-8
PMCID:
PMC1413556
Abstract Full Text PDF–496K
T wave abnormalities, high body mass index, current smoking and high lipoprotein (a) levels predict the development of major abnormal Q/QS patterns 20 years later. A population-based study
Christina Strom Moller, Liisa Byberg, Johan Sundstrom, Lars Lind
BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2006; 6: 10. Published online 2006 March 6. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-6-10
PMCID:
PMC1420329
Abstract Full Text PDF–263K
Prediction of sinus rhythm maintenance following DC-cardioversion of persistent atrial fibrillation – the role of atrial cycle length
Carl J Meurling, Anders Roijer, Johan EP Waktare, Fredrik Holmqvist, Carl J Lindholm, Max P Ingemansson, Jonas Carlson, Martin Stridh, Leif Sörnmo, S Bertil Olsson
BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2006; 6: 11. Published online 2006 March 13. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-6-11
PMCID:
PMC1431563
Abstract Full Text PDF–410K
High-grade symptomatic and asymptomatic carotid stenosis in the very elderly. A challenge for proponents of carotid angioplasty and stenting
Enzo Ballotta, Giuseppe Da Giau, Carmelo Militello, Bruno Barbon, Aldo De Rossi, Giorgio Meneghetti, Claudio Baracchini
BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2006; 6: 12. Published online 2006 March 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-6-12
PMCID:
PMC1448179
Abstract Full Text PDF–271K
ALK1 signalling analysis identifies angiogenesis related genes and reveals disparity between TGF-β and constitutively active receptor induced gene expression
Andreas Lux, Fiona Salway, Holly K Dressman, Gabriele Kröner-Lux, Mathias Hafner, Philip JR Day, Douglas A Marchuk, John Garland
BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2006; 6: 13. Published online 2006 April 4. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-6-13
PMCID:
PMC1534055
Abstract Full Text PDF–545K
Effects of abciximab on key pattern of human coronary restenosis in vitro: impact of the SI/MPL-ratio
Rainer Voisard, Mustafa Alan, Lutz von Müller, Regine Baur, Vinzenz Hombach
BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2006; 6: 14. Published online 2006 April 4. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-6-14
PMCID:
PMC1475639
Abstract Full Text PDF–389K
Estrogen-induced DNA synthesis in vascular endothelial cells is mediated by ROS signaling
Quentin Felty
BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2006; 6: 16. Published online 2006 April 11. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-6-16
PMCID:
PMC1459202
Abstract Full Text PDF–340K
Chlamydia pneumoniae, heat shock proteins 60 and risk of secondary cardiovascular events in patients with coronary heart disease under special consideration of diabetes: a prospective study
Mercy Guech-Ongey, Hermann Brenner, Dorothee Twardella, Dietrich Rothenbacher
BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2006; 6: 17. Published online 2006 April 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-6-17
PMCID:
PMC1458355
Abstract Full Text PDF–278K
Knowledge of modifiable risk factors of heart disease among patients with acute myocardial infarction in Karachi, Pakistan: a cross sectional study
Muhammad S Khan, Fahim H Jafary, Tazeen H Jafar, Azhar M Faruqui, Syed I Rasool, Juanita Hatcher, Nish Chaturvedi
BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2006; 6: 18. Published online 2006 April 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-6-18
PMCID:
PMC1464150
Abstract Full Text PDF–449K Supplementary Material
Circadian rhythm of the autonomic nervous system in insulin resistant subjects with normoglycemia, impaired fasting glycemia, impaired glucose tolerance, type 2 diabetes mellitus
Antonio Perciaccante, Alessandra Fiorentini, Alberto Paris, Pietro Serra, Luigi Tubani
BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2006; 6: 19. Published online 2006 May 2. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-6-19
PMCID:
PMC1525196
Abstract Full Text PDF–300K
Revascularization and cardioprotective drug treatment in myocardial infarction patients: how do they impact on patients' survival when delivered as usual care
Alain Vanasse, Josiane Courteau, Théophile Niyonsenga
BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2006; 6: 21. Published online 2006 May 4. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-6-21
PMCID:
PMC1473199
Abstract Full Text PDF–746K
The use of implantable cardioverter defibrillators in Iceland: a retrospective population based study
Margret Leosdottir, Gudrun Reimarsdottir, Gizur Gottskalksson, Bjarni Torfason, Margret Vigfusdottir, David O Arnar
BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2006; 6: 22. Published online 2006 May 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-6-22
PMCID:
PMC1481553
Abstract Full Text PDF–280K
Comparison of the epidemiology and co-morbidities of heart failure in the pediatric and adult populations: a retrospective, cross-sectional study
Gregory Webster, Jie Zhang, David Rosenthal
BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2006; 6: 23. Published online 2006 May 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-6-23
PMCID:
PMC1533861
Abstract Full Text PDF–240K
Under- treatment and under diagnosis of hypertension: a serious problem in the United Arab Emirates
Abdishakur M Abdulle, Nico JD Nagelkerke, Samra Abouchacra, Javed Y Pathan, Abdu Adem, Enyioma N Obineche
BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2006; 6: 24. Published online 2006 June 6. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-6-24
PMCID:
PMC1501045
Abstract Full Text PDF–258K
Overexpression of connexin 43 using a retroviral vector improves electrical coupling of skeletal myoblasts with cardiac myocytes in vitro
Oleg Tolmachov, Yu-Ling Ma, Michael Themis, Pravina Patel, Hilmar Spohr, Kenneth T MacLeod, Nina D Ullrich, Yvonne Kienast, Charles Coutelle, Nicholas S Peters
BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2006; 6: 25. Published online 2006 June 6. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-6-25
PMCID:
PMC1513252
Abstract Full Text PDF–648K Supplementary Material
Loss of lag-response curvilinearity of indices of heart rate variability in congestive heart failure
Tushar P Thakre, Michael L Smith
BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2006; 6: 27. Published online 2006 June 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-6-27
PMCID:
PMC1523370
Abstract Full Text PDF–734K Supplementary Material
One year follow-up of patients with refractory angina pectoris treated with enhanced external counterpulsation
Thomas Pettersson, Susanne Bondesson, Diodor Cojocaru, Ola Ohlsson, Angelica Wackenfors, Lars Edvinsson
BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2006; 6: 28. Published online 2006 June 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-6-28
PMCID:
PMC1513599
Abstract Full Text PDF–262K
Evaluation of CXCL9 and CXCL10 as circulating biomarkers of human cardiac allograft rejection
Kristjan Karason, Margareta Jernås, Daniel A Hägg, Per-Arne Svensson
BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2006; 6: 29. Published online 2006 June 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-6-29
PMCID:
PMC1569871
Abstract Full Text PDF–316K Supplementary Material
Effects of an interactive CD-program on 6 months readmission rate in patients with heart failure – a randomised, controlled trial [NCT00311194]
Agneta Björck Linné, Hans Liedholm
BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2006; 6: 30. Published online 2006 June 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-6-30
PMCID:
PMC1526456
Abstract Full Text PDF–285K
An examination of factors influencing the choice of therapy for patients with coronary artery disease
Shashivadan P Hirani, Jonathan A Hyam, Shahzad Shaefi, John M Walker, Robin K Walesby, Stanton P Newman
BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2006; 6: 31. Published online 2006 July 4. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-6-31
PMCID:
PMC1544353
Abstract Full Text PDF–286K
Edge restenosis: impact of low dose irradiation on cell proliferation and ICAM-1 expression
Rainer Voisard, Jochen Höb, Regine Baur, Tina Herter, Andreas Hannekum, Vinzenz Hombach
BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2006; 6: 32. Published online 2006 July 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-6-32
PMCID:
PMC1526455
Abstract Full Text PDF–324K
A new efficient trial design for assessing reliability of ankle-brachial index measures by three different observer groups
Heinz G Endres, Christian Hucke, Tim Holland-Letz, Hans-Joachim Trampisch
BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2006; 6: 33. Published online 2006 July 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-6-33
PMCID:
PMC1560394
Abstract Full Text PDF–326K
Funnel plots, performance variation and the Myocardial Infarction National Audit Project 2003–2004
Christopher P Gale, Anthony P Roberts, Phil D Batin, Alistair S Hall
BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2006; 6: 34. Published online 2006 August 2. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-6-34
PMCID:
PMC1555633
Abstract Full Text PDF–887K
Endothelial dysfunction is associated with carotid plaque: a cross-sectional study from the population based Northern Manhattan Study
Tatjana Rundek, Rameet Hundle, Elizabeth Ratchford, Romel Ramas, Robert Sciacca, Marco R Di Tullio, Bernadette Boden-Albala, Yumiko Miyake, Mitchell SV Elkind, Ralph L Sacco, Shunichi Homma
BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2006; 6: 35. Published online 2006 August 17. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-6-35
PMCID:
PMC1560160
Abstract Full Text PDF–261K
Management of patients with uncontrolled arterial hypertension – the role of electronic compliance monitoring, 24-h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and Candesartan/HCT
Thomas Mengden, Hans Vetter, Eric Tousset, Sakir Uen
BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2006; 6: 36. Published online 2006 August 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-6-36
PMCID:
PMC1590051
Abstract Full Text PDF–304K
Heritability and major gene effects on left ventricular mass in the Chinese population: a family study
Kuo-Liong Chien, Hsiu-Ching Hsu, Ta-Chen Su, Ming-Fong Chen, Yuan-Teh Lee
BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2006; 6: 37. Published online 2006 August 31. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-6-37
PMCID:
PMC1579230
Abstract Full Text PDF–295K
Homocysteine, vitamin B12 and folate levels in premature coronary artery disease
Saeed Sadeghian, Faramarz Fallahi, Mojtaba Salarifar, Gholamreza Davoodi, Mehran Mahmoodian, Nader Fallah, Soodabeh Darvish, Abbasali Karimi, Tehran Heart Center
BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2006; 6: 38. Published online 2006 September 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-6-38
PMCID:
PMC1592513
Abstract Full Text PDF–372K
Estrogens, selective estrogen receptor modulators, and a selective estrogen receptor down-regulator inhibit endothelial production of tissue factor pathway inhibitor 1
Anders EA Dahm, Nina Iversen, Baard Birkenes, Anne Hansen Ree, Per Morten Sandset
BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2006; 6: 40. Published online 2006 October 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-6-40
PMCID:
PMC1609184
Abstract Full Text PDF–387K
The impact of diabetes on one-year health status outcomes following acute coronary syndromes
Pamela N Peterson, John A Spertus, David J Magid, Fredrick A Masoudi, Kimberly Reid, Richard F Hamman, John S Rumsfeld
BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2006; 6: 41. Published online 2006 October 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-6-41
PMCID:
PMC1635061
Abstract Full Text PDF–266K
Smoking status and common carotid artery intima-medial thickness among middle-aged men and women based on ultrasound measurement: a cohort study
Amy Z Fan, Maura Paul-Labrador, C Noel Bairey Merz, Carlos Iribarren, James H Dwyer
BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2006; 6: 42. Published online 2006 October 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-6-42
PMCID:
PMC1634872
Abstract Full Text PDF–290K
Effects of self-management intervention on health outcomes of patients with heart failure: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials
Aleksandra Jovicic, Jayna M Holroyd-Leduc, Sharon E Straus
BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2006; 6: 43. Published online 2006 November 2. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-6-43
PMCID:
PMC1660572
Abstract Full Text PDF–319K
Mitochondrial oxidative stress and nitrate tolerance – comparison of nitroglycerin and pentaerithrityl tetranitrate in Mn-SOD+/- mice
Hanke Mollnau, Philip Wenzel, Matthias Oelze, Nicolai Treiber, Andrea Pautz, Eberhard Schulz, Swenja Schuhmacher, Kurt Reifenberg, Dirk Stalleicken, Karin Scharffetter-Kochanek, Hartmut Kleinert, Thomas Münzel, Andreas Daiber
BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2006; 6: 44. Published online 2006 November 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-6-44
PMCID:
PMC1654181
Abstract Full Text PDF–528K
Social and demographic predictors of no transport prior to premature cardiac death: United States 1999–2000
Elizabeth Barnett, Steven Reader, Beverly G Ward, Michele L Casper
BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2006; 6: 45. Published online 2006 November 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-6-45
PMCID:
PMC1654180
Abstract Full Text PDF–350K
Cardiac involvement in Beagle-based canine X-linked muscular dystrophy in Japan (CXMDJ): electrocardiographic, echocardiographic, and morphologic studies
Naoko Yugeta, Nobuyuki Urasawa, Yoko Fujii, Madoka Yoshimura, Katsutoshi Yuasa, Michiko R Wada, Masao Nakura, Yoshiki Shimatsu, Masayuki Tomohiro, Akio Takahashi, Noboru Machida, Yoshito Wakao, Akinori Nakamura, Shin'ichi Takeda
BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2006; 6: 47. Published online 2006 December 4. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-6-47
PMCID:
PMC1698931
Abstract Full Text PDF–2.7M
Adherence to cardioprotective medications and mortality among patients with diabetes and ischemic heart disease
P Michael Ho, David J Magid, Frederick A Masoudi, David L McClure, John S Rumsfeld
BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2006; 6: 48. Published online 2006 December 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-6-48
PMCID:
PMC1762024
Abstract Full Text PDF–269K
Human antimicrobial peptide LL-37 is present in atherosclerotic plaques and induces death of vascular smooth muscle cells: a laboratory study
Cristina D Ciornei, Hans Tapper, Anders Bjartell, Nils H Sternby, Mikael Bodelsson
BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2006; 6: 49. Published online 2006 December 20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-6-49
PMCID:
PMC1764755
Abstract Full Text PDF–1.5M
Study Protocol
The Finnish Cardiovascular Study (FINCAVAS): characterising patients with high risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality
Tuomo Nieminen, Rami Lehtinen, Jari Viik, Terho Lehtimäki, Kari Niemelä, Kjell Nikus, Mari Niemi, Janne Kallio, Tiit Kööbi, Väinö Turjanmaa, Mika Kähönen
BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2006; 6: 9. Published online 2006 March 3. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-6-9
PMCID:
PMC1413555
Abstract Full Text PDF–303K
Modular prevention of heart disease following acute coronary syndrome (ACS) [ISRCTN42984084]
Julie Redfern, Elizabeth Ellis, Tom Briffa, SB Freedman
BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2006; 6: 26. Published online 2006 June 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-6-26
PMCID:
PMC1524985
Abstract Full Text PDF–246K
Amlodipine versus angiotensin II receptor blocker; control of blood pressure evaluation trial in diabetics (ADVANCED-J)
Ryuzo Kawamori, Hiroyuki Daida, Yasushi Tanaka, Katsumi Miyauchi, Akira Kitagawa, Dobun Hayashi, Junji Kishimoto, Shunya Ikeda, Yutaka Imai, Tsutomu Yamazaki
BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2006; 6: 39. Published online 2006 October 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-6-39
PMCID:
PMC1615874
Abstract Full Text PDF–294K
Study protocol to investigate the effects of testosterone therapy as an adjunct to exercise rehabilitation in hypogonadal males with chronic heart failure
John M Saxton, Irena Zwierska, Atish Mathur, Kevin S Channer
BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2006; 6: 46. Published online 2006 November 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-6-46
PMCID:
PMC1693568
Abstract Full Text PDF–246K
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