Volume 80(2); 1998 Aug

Editorials

Essential collection

M DAVIES

Heart. 1998 Aug; 80(2): 107. doi: 10.1136/hrt.80.2.107

PMCID:: PMC1728782

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Diabetes and coronary artery disease: time to stop taking the tablets?

M CONNAUGHTON, J WEBBER

Heart. 1998 Aug; 80(2): 108–109. doi: 10.1136/hrt.80.2.108

PMCID:: PMC1728790

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Olovnikov's clock: telomeres and vascular biology

D P DE BONO

Heart. 1998 Aug; 80(2): 110–111. doi: 10.1136/hrt.80.2.110

PMCID:: PMC1728787

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Perspectives on trends in mortality and case fatality from coronary heart attacks: the need for a better definition of acute myocardial infarction

H. TUNSTALL-PEDOE

Heart. 1998 Aug; 80(2): 112–113. doi: 10.1136/hrt.80.2.112

PMCID:: PMC1728767

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Papers

Effect of time from onset to coming under care on fatality of patients with acute myocardial infarction: effect of resuscitation and thrombolytic treatment

Heart. 1998 Aug; 80(2): 114–120.

PMCID:: PMC1728777

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The falling mortality from coronary heart disease: a clinicopathological perspective

Heart. 1998 Aug; 80(2): 121–126.

PMCID:: PMC1728769

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Angiotensin II modulates cardiovascular autonomic control in the absence of baroreflex loading

J Vaile, J Fletcher, W Littler, J Coote, J Townend

Heart. 1998 Aug; 80(2): 127–133. doi: 10.1136/hrt.80.2.127

PMCID:: PMC1728798

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Regulation of peripheral vascular tone in patients with heart failure: contribution of angiotensin II

D Newby, N Goodfield, A Flapan, N Boon, K Fox, D Webb

Heart. 1998 Aug; 80(2): 134–140. doi: 10.1136/hrt.80.2.134

PMCID:: PMC1728788

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Abnormal vascular responses in human chronic cardiac failure are both endothelium dependent and endothelium independent

S Maguire, A Nugent, C McGurk, G Johnston, D Nicholls

Heart. 1998 Aug; 80(2): 141–145. doi: 10.1136/hrt.80.2.141

PMCID:: PMC1728779

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S-Nitrosoglutathione inhibits platelet activation and deposition in coronary artery saphenous vein grafts in vitro and in vivo

E Salas, E Langford, M Marrinan, J Martin, S Moncada, A J de Belder

Heart. 1998 Aug; 80(2): 146–150. doi: 10.1136/hrt.80.2.146

PMCID:: PMC1728774

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Long term intravenous prostaglandin (epoprostenol or iloprost) for treatment of severe pulmonary hypertension

T Higenbottam, A Butt, A McMahon, R Westerbeck, L Sharples

Heart. 1998 Aug; 80(2): 151–155. doi: 10.1136/hrt.80.2.151

PMCID:: PMC1728783

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Five minute recordings of heart rate variability for population studies: repeatability and age-sex characteristics

R Sinnreich, J Kark, Y Friedlander, D Sapoznikov, M Luria

Heart. 1998 Aug; 80(2): 156–162. doi: 10.1136/hrt.80.2.156

PMCID:: PMC1728778

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Marfan syndrome in children and adolescents: predictive and prognostic value of aortic root growth for screening for aortic complications

M Groenink, L Rozendaal, M Naeff, R Hennekam, A Hart, E E van der Wall, B Mulder

Heart. 1998 Aug; 80(2): 163–169. doi: 10.1136/hrt.80.2.163

PMCID:: PMC1728770

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Outcomes of transposition of the great arteries in the era of atrial inflow correction

D Birnie, A Tometzki, J Curzio, A Houston, S Hood, L Swan, W Doig, N Wilson, M Jamieson, J Pollock, W Hillis

Heart. 1998 Aug; 80(2): 170–173. doi: 10.1136/hrt.80.2.170

PMCID:: PMC1728792

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Coronary arterial anatomy in tetralogy of Fallot: morphological and clinical correlations

J Li, N Soukias, J Carvalho, S Ho

Heart. 1998 Aug; 80(2): 174–183. doi: 10.1136/hrt.80.2.174

PMCID:: PMC1728780

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Assessment of ventricular diastolic function in AIDS patients from Congo: a Doppler echocardiographic study

B Longo-Mbenza, L Seghers, E Vita, K Tonduangu, M Bayekula

Heart. 1998 Aug; 80(2): 184–189. doi: 10.1136/hrt.80.2.184

PMCID:: PMC1728784

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Case Study

Unruptured aneurysm of the left sinus of Valsalva extending into the left ventricular outflow tract: presentation and imaging

C Pepper, C Munsch, U Sivananthan, M Pye

Heart. 1998 Aug; 80(2): 190–193. doi: 10.1136/hrt.80.2.190

PMCID:: PMC1728773

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Case Reports

Brugada syndrome associated with an autonomic disorder

M Nomura, T Nada, J Endo, Y Kondo, M Yukinaka, K Saito, S Ito, H Mori, Y Nakaya, H Shinomiya

Heart. 1998 Aug; 80(2): 194–196. doi: 10.1136/hrt.80.2.194

PMCID:: PMC1728791

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Coronary spasm in acute myocardial infarction

G Lip, K Ray, M Shiu

Heart. 1998 Aug; 80(2): 197–199. doi: 10.1136/hrt.80.2.197

PMCID:: PMC1728776

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Aorto-atrial fistula without aneurysm formation in Behçet's disease

A Melua, N Campbell, D McCluskey, S MacGowan

Heart. 1998 Aug; 80(2): 200–201. doi: 10.1136/hrt.80.2.200

PMCID:: PMC1728789

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Short Cases in Cardiology

Interventricular septal expansion of a sinus of Valsalva aneurysm: a rare cause of complete heart block

M Walters, D Ettles, L Guvendik, G Kaye

Heart. 1998 Aug; 80(2): 202–203. doi: 10.1136/hrt.80.2.202

PMCID:: PMC1728768

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Ventricular fibrillation triggered by a ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm

J Hoshino, F Naganuma, R Nagai

Heart. 1998 Aug; 80(2): 203–204. doi: 10.1136/hrt.80.2.203

PMCID:: PMC1728772

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Acquired coarctation of the aorta in William's syndrome

R Dhillon, T Reddy, A Redington

Heart. 1998 Aug; 80(2): 205–206. doi: 10.1136/hrt.80.2.205

PMCID:: PMC1728781

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Transcatheter recanalisation and stenting of a closed ductus arteriosus in duct dependent lung perfusion

C Kampmann, C Wippermann, F Schmid

Heart. 1998 Aug; 80(2): 206–207. doi: 10.1136/hrt.80.2.206

PMCID:: PMC1728785

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Letters to the Editor

Atrioventricular plane displacement during low dose dobutamine infusion predicts recovery of left ventricular dyssynergies

A. KRANIDIS, G. FILIPPATOS, K. KAPPOS, L. ANTHOPOULOS

Heart. 1998 Aug; 80(2): 208. doi: 10.1136/hrt.80.2.208

PMCID:: PMC1728797

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Changes in pulmonary artery size before and after total cavopulmonary connection

Z SLAVIK, R FRANKLIN

Heart. 1998 Aug; 80(2): 208–209. doi: 10.1136/hrt.80.2.208a

PMCID:: PMC1728796

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Serum concentration of cardiac troponin T in patients with cardiomyopathy: a possible mechanism of acute heart failure

Y SATO, T YAMADA, R TANIGUCHI, K KATAOKA, S SASAYAMA, A MATSUMORI, Y TAKATSU

Heart. 1998 Aug; 80(2): 209–210. doi: 10.1136/hrt.80.2.209

PMCID:: PMC1728771

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Comparative study of chest pain characteristics in patients with normal and abnormal coronary angiograms

O JOLOBE

Heart. 1998 Aug; 80(2): 210. doi: 10.1136/hrt.80.2.210

PMCID:: PMC1728794

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Fax machines for thrombolysis

T. CHENG

Heart. 1998 Aug; 80(2): 210. doi: 10.1136/hrt.80.2.210a

PMCID:: PMC1728786

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Stamps in Cardiology

Heparin

M DAVIES, A HOLLMAN

Heart. 1998 Aug; 80(2): 120. doi: 10.1136/hrt.80.2.120

PMCID:: PMC1728793

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Images in Cardiology

Unruptured right sinus of Valsalva aneurysm

H KITAOKA, N HITOMI, Y DOI

Heart. 1998 Aug; 80(2): 140. doi: 10.1136/hrt.80.2.140

PMCID:: PMC1728775

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Congenital right pulmonary artery to left atrial fistula

G VELDTMAN, M BLACKBURN, J PARSONS

Heart. 1998 Aug; 80(2): 162. doi: 10.1136/hrt.80.2.162

PMCID:: PMC1728795

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