| | Other Issues: previous | next | latest | archiveEditorials National variations in cardiac service provision: how united is our kingdom? M S Norell and K P Jennings Heart. 2006 January; 92(1): 1–2. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2005.070292.PMCID: PMC1860965 Antiplatelet therapy and the vascular tree A Blann Heart. 2006 January; 92(1): 3–4. Published online 2005 October 10. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2005.069161.PMCID: PMC1861008 Are drug eluting stents really worth the money? M Thomas Heart. 2006 January; 92(1): 5–7. Published online 2005 June 6. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2005.066316.PMCID: PMC1860980 Heart. 2006 January; 92(1): 7. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2005.078188.PMCID: PMC1860984 Depression and disability in coronary patients: time to focus on quality of life as an end point D C Haas Heart. 2006 January; 92(1): 8–10. Published online 2005 September 13. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2005.066035.PMCID: PMC1861011 Obituary Walter Somerville CBE 1913–2005 M Towers and R Emanuel Heart. 2006 January; 92(1): 11. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2005.083725.PMCID: PMC1860973 Heart Review Origin of symptoms in chronic heart failure A L Clark Heart. 2006 January; 92(1): 12–16. Published online 2005 September 13. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2005.066886.PMCID: PMC1860978 Viewpoint Managing patients undergoing non‐cardiac surgery: need to shift emphasis from risk stratification to risk modification G Karthikeyan and B Bhargava Heart. 2006 January; 92(1): 17–20. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2004.057125.PMCID: PMC1860995 Cardiovascular Medicine The British Cardiac Society Working Group definition of myocardial infarction: implications for practice R Das, N Kilcullen, C Morrell, M B Robinson, J H Barth, and A S Hall Heart. 2006 January; 92(1): 21–26. Published online 2005 April 14. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2004.046441.PMCID: PMC1860997 Survival trends among Danish patients undergoing coronary angiography for known or suspected ischaemic heart disease: a population based follow up study, 1992–2000 S P Johnsen, J Videbæk, L Pedersen, R Steffensen, R Videbæk, T Niemann, T T Nielsen, and H T Sørensen Heart. 2006 January; 92(1): 27–31. Published online 2005 April 6. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2004.053314.PMCID: PMC1860976 Depression after myocardial infarction is a risk factor for declining health related quality of life and increased disability and cardiac complaints at 12 months P de Jonge, T A Spijkerman, and R H S van den Brink Heart. 2006 January; 92(1): 32–39. Published online 2005 May 12. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2004.059451.PMCID: PMC1860990 Influence of arterial compliance on presence and extent of ischaemia during stress echocardiography B A Haluska, K Matthys, R Fathi, E Rozis, S G Carlier, and T H Marwick Heart. 2006 January; 92(1): 40–43. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2004.052209.PMCID: PMC1861000 Myocardial viability assessed by dobutamine stress echocardiography predicts reduced mortality early after acute myocardial infarction: determining the risk of events after myocardial infarction (DREAM) study J M A Swinburn and R Senior Heart. 2006 January; 92(1): 44–48. Published online 2005 April 14. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2004.058990.PMCID: PMC1860974 Extracardiac vascular disease and effectiveness of sustained clopidogrel treatment D Mukherjee, E J Topol, D J Moliterno, D M Brennan, K Ziada, and L Cho Heart. 2006 January; 92(1): 49–51. Published online 2005 April 21. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2005.064501.PMCID: PMC1860989 Transoesophageal echocardiographic assessment of mitral valve commissural morphology predicts outcome after balloon mitral valvotomy N Sutaria, T R D Shaw, B Prendergast, and D Northridge Heart. 2006 January; 92(1): 52–57. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2004.058297.PMCID: PMC1860992 Assessment of coronary artery stents by 16 slice computed tomography M Gilard, J C Cornily, P Y Pennec, G Le Gal, M Nonent, J Mansourati, J J Blanc, and J Boschat Heart. 2006 January; 92(1): 58–61. Published online 2005 April 21. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2004.056010.PMCID: PMC1860967 Validation of the EuroQol questionnaire in cardiac rehabilitation B Schweikert and H Hahmann Heart. 2006 January; 92(1): 62–67. Published online 2005 March 29. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2004.052787.PMCID: PMC1860985 Interventional Cardiology and Surgery Cost effectiveness of drug eluting coronary artery stenting in a UK setting: cost–utility study A Bagust, A D Grayson, N D Palmer, R A Perry, and T Walley Heart. 2006 January; 92(1): 68–74. Published online 2005 May 12. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2004.053850.PMCID: PMC1861007 Primary percutaneous coronary intervention versus thrombolytic treatment: long term follow up according to infarct location J P S Henriques, F Zijlstra, A W J van 't Hof, M‐J de Boer, J‐H E Dambrink, A T M Gosselink, J C A Hoorntje, J P Ottervanger, and H Suryapranata Heart. 2006 January; 92(1): 75–79. Published online 2005 April 14. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2005.060152.PMCID: PMC1860964 Shortening the stent length reduces restenosis with bare metal stents: matched pair comparison of short stenting and conventional stenting U Dietz, N Holz, C Dauer, and H Lambertz Heart. 2006 January; 92(1): 80–84. Published online 2005 May 9. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2004.057059.PMCID: PMC1860977 Heart and heart–lung transplantation for idiopathic restrictive cardiomyopathy in children M J Fenton, H Chubb, A M McMahon, P Rees, M J Elliott, and M Burch Heart. 2006 January; 92(1): 85–89. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2004.049502.PMCID: PMC1860993 Outcome after extended arch repair for aortic coarctation J D R Thomson, A Mulpur, R Guerrero, Z Nagy, J L Gibbs, and K G Watterson Heart. 2006 January; 92(1): 90–94. Published online 2005 April 21. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2004.058685.PMCID: PMC1860999 Congenital Heart Disease Long term cardiac follow up of severe twin to twin transfusion syndrome after intrauterine laser coagulation U Herberg, W Gross, P Bartmann, C S Banek, K Hecher, and J Breuer Heart. 2006 January; 92(1): 95–100. Published online 2005 April 6. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2004.057497.PMCID: PMC1860975 Permanent junctional reciprocating tachycardia in children: a multicentre study on clinical profile and outcome G Vaksmann, C D'Hoinne, V Lucet, S Guillaumont, J‐M Lupoglazoff, A Chantepie, I Denjoy, E Villain, and F Marçon Heart. 2006 January; 92(1): 101–104. Published online 2005 April 7. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2004.054163.PMCID: PMC1860982 Basic Research Heterozygous disruption of SERCA2a is not associated with impairment of cardiac performance in humans: implications for SERCA2a as a therapeutic target in heart failure B M Mayosi, A Kardos, C H Davies, F Gumedze, A Hovnanian, S Burge, and H Watkins Heart. 2006 January; 92(1): 105–109. Published online 2005 April 21. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2004.051037.PMCID: PMC1861003 Scientific Letters Effects of statins on endothelial function and lipid profile in HIV infected persons receiving protease inhibitor‐containing anti‐retroviral combination therapy: a randomised double blind crossover trial D Hürlimann, R Chenevard, F Ruschitzka, M Flepp, F Enseleit, M Béchir, R Kobza, J Muntwyler, B Ledergerber, T F Lüscher, G Noll, and R Weber Heart. 2006 January; 92(1): 110–112. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2004.056523.PMCID: PMC1860959 Role of reactive oxygen species on the formation of the novel diagnostic marker ischaemia modified albumin D Roy, J Quiles, D C Gaze, P Collinson, J C Kaski, and G F Baxter Heart. 2006 January; 92(1): 113–114. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2004.049643.PMCID: PMC1861004 Site of successful slow pathway ablation relates to clinical tachycardia rate in patients with atrioventricular nodal re‐entrant tachycardia N Dagres, A S Manolis, T Maounis, G Poulos, D V Cokkinos, and M Borggrefe Heart. 2006 January; 92(1): 115–116. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2004.054056.PMCID: PMC1861010 Primary percutaneous coronary intervention for patients with acute ST elevation myocardial infarction with and without diabetes mellitus R J van der Schaaf, J P S Henriques, J J Wiersma, K T Koch, J Baan, Jr, K J J Mulder, J D Durrer, J G P Tijssen, J J Piek, and R J de Winter Heart. 2006 January; 92(1): 117–118. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2004.059675.PMCID: PMC1861002 Dark chocolate improves endothelial and platelet function F Hermann, L E Spieker, F Ruschitzka, I Sudano, M Hermann, C Binggeli, T F Lüscher, W Riesen, G Noll, and R Corti Heart. 2006 January; 92(1): 119–120. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2005.063362.PMCID: PMC1860996 N‐terminal brain natriuretic peptide is predictive of death after cardiac transplantation R S Gardner, K S Chong, A J Murday, J J Morton, and T A McDonagh Heart. 2006 January; 92(1): 121–123. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2004.057778.PMCID: PMC1860994 Education in Heart Management of infective endocarditis Gilbert Habib Heart. 2006 January; 92(1): 124–130. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2005.063719.PMCID: PMC1861013 Role of real time 3D echocardiography in evaluating the left ventricle Mark J Monaghan Heart. 2006 January; 92(1): 131–136. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2004.058388.PMCID: PMC1861009 Aortic dimensions and the risk of dissection Raimund Erbel and Holger Eggebrecht Heart. 2006 January; 92(1): 137–142. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2004.055111.PMCID: PMC1861012 JournalScan Heart. 2006 January; 92(1): 143–144. PMCID: PMC1860962 Images in Cardiology Multislice cardiac computed tomographic images of anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) R Girish Heart. 2006 January; 92(1): 2. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2005.064378.PMCID: PMC1860970 Arterial tortuosity syndrome in a newborn P Ou, E Marijon, and D Bonnet Heart. 2006 January; 92(1): 7. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2005.063214.PMCID: PMC1860960 An unexpected complication during right jugular vein cannulation in a young adult E Paramythiotou, I Poularas, A Kalogeromitros, V Krikos, N Katsarelis, and A Karabinis Heart. 2006 January; 92(1): 10. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2005.063800.PMCID: PMC1860968 Aneurysm arising from the left sinus of Valsalva and rupturing into the left ventricle: a rare entity V Bhatia, S Khadse, and S Vaidya Heart. 2006 January; 92(1): 26. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2005.067652.PMCID: PMC1860971 Coronary air embolism after removal of central venous catheter V Novack, A Shefer, and Y Almog Heart. 2006 January; 92(1): 39. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2005.066084.PMCID: PMC1860961 Angiographic appearance of “tumour blush” produced by a large right atrial myxoma S P Kumar, S Kaul, P K Saha, and M J Miller Heart. 2006 January; 92(1): 48. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2005.067744.PMCID: PMC1860983 A contraindication for internal mammary to coronary bypass R J Lederman and J S Reiner Heart. 2006 January; 92(1): 51. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2005.063966.PMCID: PMC1860986 Dizziness and dyspnoea: psychiatry and cardiology J P S Henriques, B J Bouma, and J J Kloek Heart. 2006 January; 92(1): 57. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2005.066399.PMCID: PMC1860963 Progressive Stanford B aortic dissection treated by acute stenting J A Wagner and G Wittenberg Heart. 2006 January; 92(1): 74. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2005.064691.PMCID: PMC1860958 Unusual neurological manifestation of acute mitral valve endocarditis J C Castillo, M P Anguita, and F Delgado Heart. 2006 January; 92(1): 79. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2005.067587.PMCID: PMC1860979 Percutaneous removal of embolised vegetation from left main coronary artery W H T Smith, M R Wolff, and T Kohmoto Heart. 2006 January; 92(1): 84. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2005.064642.PMCID: PMC1860987 Right coronary artery embolism from a thrombus of the ascending aorta N Amabile, J Quilici, J‐L Bonnet, and G Habib Heart. 2006 January; 92(1): 89. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2005.066605.PMCID: PMC1861001 An unusual cause of chest pain and ST segment elevation A P Asherson, C D J Ilsley, and T K Mittal Heart. 2006 January; 92(1): 100. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2005.067082.PMCID: PMC1860981 Massive pulmonary embolism without haemodynamic compromise caused by the presence of a patent foramen ovale T R Keeble, J Lewis, and K M Ho Heart. 2006 January; 92(1): 109. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2005.063446.PMCID: PMC1860966 Myocardial ischaemia in a patient with anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery C Y Soon, E Wee, and H C Tan Heart. 2006 January; 92(1): 118. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2005.067645.PMCID: PMC1860991 Acute recoil in sirolimus eluting stent: real time, in vivo assessment with optical coherence tomography E Regar, J Schaar, and P W Serruys Heart. 2006 January; 92(1): 123. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2005.065151.PMCID: PMC1860998 Fillers Heart. 2006 January; 92(1): 16. PMCID: PMC1860988 Heart. 2006 January; 92(1): 43. PMCID: PMC1860969 Heart. 2006 January; 92(1): 130. PMCID: PMC1860972 From BMJ Journals Disease progression and adverse events in patients listed for elective percutaneous coronary intervention S Talwar, M Karpha, R Thomas, C Vurwerk, I C Cox, C J Burrell, J G Motwani, T J Gilbert, and G A Haywood Heart. 2006 January; 92(1): 112. PMCID: PMC1861006 Epidemiological modelling of routine use of low dose aspirin for the primary prevention of coronary heart disease and stroke in those aged 70 Mark R Nelson, Danny Liew, Melanie Bertram, and Theo Vos Heart. 2006 January; 92(1): 144. PMCID: PMC1861005 |