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Editorial : Aortic stenosis,treatstenosssudden death, and the Oral phentolamine for ui ventricular left ventricular baroceptors A. M. Johnson 1 premature contractions L. Gould, Insulin secretion after open-heart with R. F. Gomprecht, and M. Zahir 101 particular respect to pathogenesis of low cardiac Role of ventricular premature beats in initiation output state P. A. Majid, P. Ghosh, and termination of atrial arrhythmias B. C. Pakrashi, M. Ionescu, J. R. W. Dykes, and George Csap6 105 S. H. Taylor 6 Thromboembolism after Starr Atrioventricular dissociation in active rheumatic C. L. Sarin, E. Yalav, A. J. Clement, and fever N. Cristal, J. Stern, and M. Gueron 12 M. V. Braimbridge 111 Rheumatic stenosis. A Repetitive tachycardia. Effects of exercise tests tricuspid haemodynamic http://heart.bmj.com/ correlation Nabil EI-Sherif 16 and amyl nitrite I. Kariv, B. Kreisler, and S. Behar 115 Estimation of ventricular mass from the electrocardiogram 0. Visioli, G. Malagnino, Evaluation of pacing for heart block in C. Majorano, and A. Chiarini 32 myocardial infarction C. C. Watson and M. J. Goldberg 120 Effect of exercisetumfoursand acclimatization on Cardiac in infancy and childhood displacement apex cardiogram in normal young G. der subjects 37eLucF. Ollendorff, R. Vash and A. Valero Van Hauwaert 125 Congenital heart disease in Nigeria. Necropsy Ebstein's anomaly. Clinical study of 32 patients on October 2, 2021 by guest. Protected copyright. in childhood A. Simcha and R. E. Bonham- study of 47 cases Asuquo U. Antia and Carter 46 A. Olufemi Williams 133 Pulmonary atresia without cyanosis. Report of Two contrasted cases of complete heart block two cases with ventricular septal defect and observed over many years G. H. Jennings increased pulmonary flow Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with unusual Delores Daniowicz and John Ross, Jr. 138 features in a family Alexander Harley and nProceedings of the British Cardiac Society 142 -Edward S. Orgain Case Reports Comparison of effects of propranolol and practolol Reversed C. B. Wolff 152 on exercise tolerance in angina pectoris reciprocal rhythm D. J. Coltart 62 Haemodynamic changes during paroxysmal tachycardia in a patient with Wolff-Parkinson- Long-term pacing with an inductive coupling White syndrome P. JebavB , J. Hurych, system M. Clarke, D. W. Evans, and K. Bergmann, and J. Wolf 157 B. B. Milstein 65 Electrical alternation of T wave without Response to rapid infusion or diuresis in acute change in ORS complex Alberto Dolara and cardiac infarction D. J. Coltart and John Hamer 72 Luciano Pozzi 161 Influence of body position on exercise tolerance, Drainage of left hepatic vein into coronary heart rate, blood pressure, and respiration rate in sinus associated with other systemic venous coronary insufficiency Harry Lecerof 78 anomalies R. L. van der Horst, W. S. Winship, Left ventricular performance and related and M. S. Gotsman 164 haemodynamic changes in Prinzmetal's variant Hypoplastic right heart complex in a 46-year- angina pectoris M. Guazzi, A. Polese, old woman McDonald K. Homne,cil and C. Fiorentini, F. Magrini, and C. Bartorelli 84 David T. Rowlands, Jr. 167 Coronary atherosclerosis in Nigeria A. Olufemi IWilliams 95 British Medical Association I I- .' I- -, . u r.- il .A. O CONTENTS OF VOLUME 33

Number I page Br Heart J: first published as on 1 January 1971. Downloaded from EDITORIAL: AORTIC STENOSIS, SUDDEN DEATH, AND THE LEFT VENTRICULAR BAROCEPTORS A. M. Johnson I INSULIN SECRETION AFTER OPEN-HEART SURGERY WITH PARTICULAR RESPECT TO PATHOGENESIS OF Low CARDIAC OUTPUT STATE P. A. Majid, P. Ghosh, B. C. Pakrashi, M. Ionescu, J. R. W. Dykes, and S. H. Taylor 6 ATRIOVENTRICULAR DISSOCIATION IN ACTIVE RHEUMATIC FEVER N. Cristal, J. Stern, and M. Gueron 12 RHEUMATIC TRICUSPID STENOSIS. A HAEMODYNAMIC CORRELATION Nabil El-Sherif i6 ESTIMATION OF VENTRICULAR MASS FROM THE ELECTROCARDIOGRAM 0. Visioli, G. Malagnino, C. Majorano, and A. Chiarini 32 EFFECT OF EXERCISE AND ACCLIMATIZATION ON DISPLACEMENT APEX CARDIOGRAM IN NORMAL YOUNG SUBJECTS F. Ollendorff, R. Vash, and A. Valero 37 EBSTEIN'S ANOMALY. CLINICAL STUDY OF 32 PATIENTS IN CHILDHOOD A. Simcha and R. E. Bonham-Carter 46 Two CONTRASTED CASES OF COMPLETE HEART BLOCK OBSERVED OVER MANY YEARS G. H. Jennings 50 HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY WITH UNUSUAL FEATURES IN A FAMILY Alexander Harley and Edward S. Orgain 55 COMPARISON OF EFFECTS OF PROPRANOLOL AND PRACTOLOL ON EXERCISE TOLERANCE IN ANGINA PECTORIS D. J. Coltart 62 LONG-TERM PACING WITH AN INDUCTIVE COUPLING SYSTEM M. Clarke, D. W. Evans, and B. B. Milstein 65 RESPONSE TO RAPID INFUSION OR DIURESIS IN ACUTE CARDIAC INFARCTION D. J. Coltart and John Hamer 72 INFLUENCE OF BODY POSITION ON EXERCISE TOLERANCE, HEART RATE, BLOOD PRESSURE, AND RESPIRATION RATE IN CORONARY INSUFFICIENCY Harry Lecerof 78

LEFT VENTRICULAR PERFORMANCE AND RELATED HAEMODYNAMIC CHANGES IN PRINZMETAL'S http://heart.bmj.com/ VARIANT ANGINA PECTORIS M. Guazzi, A. Polese, C. Fiorentini, F. Magrini, and C. Bartorelli 84 CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS IN NIGERIA A. Olufemi Williams 95 ORAL PHENTOLAMINE FOR TREATMENT OF VENTRICULAR PREMATURE CONTRACTIONS L. Gould, R. F. Gomprecht, and M. Zahir ioi ROLE OF VENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEATS IN INITIATION AND TERMINATION OF ATRIAL ARRHYTHMIAS George Csap6 105

THROMBOEMBOLISM AFTER STARR VALVE REPLACEMENT on October 2, 2021 by guest. Protected copyright. C. L. Sarin, E. Yalav, A. J. Clement, and M. V. Braimbridge iii REPETITIVE TACHYCARDIA. EFFECTS OF EXERCISE TESTS AND AMYL NITRITE I. Kariv, B. Kreisler, and S. Behar II5 EVALUATION OF PACING FOR HEART BLOCK IN MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION C. C. Watson and M. J. Goldberg I20 CARDIAC TUMOURS IN INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD Luc G. Van der Hauwaert I25 CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE IN NIGERIA. NECROPSY STUDY OF 47 CASES Asuquo U. Antia and A. Olufemi Williams I33 PULMONARY ATRESIA WITHOUT CYANOSIS. REPORT OF Two CASES WITH VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT AND INCREASED PULMONARY BLOOD FLOW Delores Danilowicz and John Ross, Jr. 138 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BRITISH CARDIAC SOCIETY I42 CASE REPORTS 152, I57, I6I, I64, I67

Number 2 EDITORIAL: EARLY ANATOMICAL KNOWLEDGE OF CARDIAC MALFORMATION Maurice Campbell I69 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF CORONARY CIRCULATION. THE SIR THOMAS LEWIS LECTURE OF THE BRITISH CARDIAC SOCIETY Richard S. Ross 173 EXTERNAL MEASUREMENTS OF IMPLANTED PACEMAKER CHARACTERISTICS. A CLINICAL APPRAISAL 0. Edhag, S. Hofvendahl, I. Karlof, and L. Mogensen i85 Number 2-(continued) page TRANSVENOUS PACEMAKING-A BEDSIDE TECHNIQUE Charles L. Baird I9I PATHOLOGY OF IDIOPATHIC CARDIOMEGALY IN JAMAICA Br Heart J: first published as on 1 January 1971. Downloaded from Marie Campbell, J. M. Summerell, G. Bras, J. A. Hayes, and K. L. Stuart I93 EXTRINSIC FACTORS IN THE GENESIS OF CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE M. V. de la Cruz, L. Mufnoz-Castellanos, and B. Nadal-Ginard 203 CONGENITAL PHYSIOLOGICALLY CORRECTED TRANSPOSITION WITH HYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY Michael Honey and Ronald G. Gold 2I4 SUSTAINED-RELEASE QUINIDINE (KINIDIN DURULES) IN MAINTAINING SINUS RHYTHM AFTER ELECTROVERSION OF ATRIAL DYSRHYTHMIAS L. Resnekov, D. Gibson, S. Waich, J. Muir, and L. McDonald 220 ELECTROMECHANICAL CORRELATION OF LEFT ATRIAL FUNCTION AFTER D. N. Grover, V. S. Mathur, S. Shrivastava, and S. B. ROY 226 EPICARDIAL EXCITATION OF THE ATRIA IN A PATIENT WITH ATRIAL FLUTTER H. J. J. Wellens, M. J. Janse, R. T. van Dam, and D. Durrer 233 AUSCULTATORY AND PHONOCARDIOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF SUPRACRISTAL VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT Odette Farrui, G. Duffau, and R. Rodriguez 238 NATURAL HISTORY OF VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT Maurice Campbell 246 NORMAL RANGES OF MODIFIED AXIAL LEAD SYSTEM ELECTROCARDIOGRAM PARAMETERS P. W. Macfarlane, A. R. Lorimer, and T. D. V. Lawrie 258 3 AND I2 LEAD ELECTROCARDIOGRAM INTERPRETATION BY COMPUTER. A COMPARISON ON I093 PATIENTS P. W. Macfarlane, A. R. Lorimer, and T. D. V. Lawrie 266 CENTRAL VENOUS USED FOR RECORDING INTRACARDIAC ELECTROCARDIOGRAM F. Urthaler and J. Halter 275 COMPARISON OF Two ESTABLISHED PLATELET STICKINESS METHODS IN ATHEROSCLEROTIC PATIENTS AND NORMAL SUBJECTS AND A PROPOSED MODIFICATION E. Besterman, Joan B. Heywood, and Jillian James 277 SINGLE-CONTROL, ACCIDENT-PROOF, MANOMETER TAP SYSTEMS F. Hepburn 283 INTERVENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT SHOWN BY LEFT VENTRICULAR CINE-ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY J. F. N. Taylor and A. R. Chrispin 285 http://heart.bmj.com/ HAEMODYNAMIC EFFECTS OF GLUCAGON DURING ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION WITH LEFT VENTRICULAR FAILURE IN MAN G. Diamond, J. Forrester, R. Danzig, W. W. Parmley, and H. J. C. Swan 290 OF THE MITRAL VALVE IN AORTIC VALVE DISEASE R. B. Pridie, R. Benham, and C. M. Oakley 296 JUGULAR, HEPATIC, AND PRAECORDIAL PULSATIONS IN CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS A. El-Sherif and G. El-Said 305 THE SIXTH WORLD CONGRESS OF CARDIOLOGY 3I3 on October 2, 2021 by guest. Protected copyright. CASE REPORTS 3I5, 320, 323, 326

Number 3 EDITORIAL: INSULIN AND HEART FAILURE S. H. Taylor 329 EFFECT OF ON PLASMA DIGOXIN CONCENTRATIONS D. J. Coltart, D. A. Chamberlain, M. R. Howard, M. G. Kettlewell, J. L. Mercer, and T. W. Smith 334 ELECTROVERSION OF LONE ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AND FLUTTER INCLUDING HAEMODYNAMIC STUDIES AT REST AND ON EXERCISE Leon Resnekov and Lawson McDonald 339 SELECTED CLINICAL FEATURES OF PAROXYSMAL TACHYCARDIA. A PROSPECTIVE STUDY IN I20 PATIENTS Myron H. Luria 351 AV JUNCTIONAL VERSUS LEFT ATRIAL RHYTHM Nabil El-Sherif 358 AORTIC ATRESIA. DIAGNOSTIC IN FIRST WEEK OF LIFE Graham A. H. Miller 367 SURFACE MAPPING OF RS-T SEGMENT IN ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION D. S. Reid, L. J. Pelides, and J. P. Shillingford 370 THE BIRMINGHAM (LUCAS) PACEMAKER. AN APPRAISAL OF ITS USE J. Pilcher and M. K. Heely 375 ASSOCIATION OF PROLAPSE OF POSTERIOR CUSP OF MITRAL VALVE AND A. McDonald, A. Harris, K. Jefferson, J. Marshall, and L. McDonald 383 Number 3--(continued) page EFFECT OF VARYING PULSE INTERVAL IN ATRIAL FIBRILLATION OH LEFT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION

IN MAN D. G. Gibson, G. Broder, and E. Sowton 388 Br Heart J: first published as on 1 January 1971. Downloaded from MYOCARDIUM AS CONTRIBUTOR OF PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR TO BLOOD I. Sudhakaran Menon and H. A. Dewar 394 EFFECT OF CHANGES IN VENTRICULAR ACTIVATION ON CARDIAC HAEMODYNAMICS IN MAN. COM- PARISON OF RIGHT VENTRICULAR, LEFT VENTRICULAR, AND SIMULTANEOUS PACING OF BOTH VENTRICLES D. G. Gibson, D. A. Chamberlain, D. J. Coltart, and J. Mercer 397 ANALYSIS OF DYNAMICS OF MITRAL STARR-EDWARDS VALVE PROSTHESIS USING REFLECTED ULTRA- SOUND D. C. Siggers, Sivaporn A. Srivongse, and Dennis Deuchar 401 CASE REPORTS 409,4I2, 4I6, 420, 423

Number 4 EDITORIAL: CARDIAC REHABILITATION B. M. Groden, T. Semple, and G. B. Shaw 425 'FIxED' SPLITTING OF THE SECOND HEART SOUND IN VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT C. Harris, J. Wise, Jr., and C. M. Oakley 428 EARLY RATE OF RESOLUTION OF MAJOR PULMONARY EMBOLISM. A STUDY OF ANGIOGRAPHIC AND HAEMODYNAMIC CHANGES OCCURRING IN THE FIRST 24 TO 48 HoURS I. G. McDonald, J. Hirsh, and G. S. Hale 432 EFFECT OF EXERCISE ON DISTRIBUTION OF PULMONARY BLOOD FLOW IN PATIENTS WITH MITRAL STENOSIS J. Bjure, B. Liander, and J. Widimsky 438 HAEMODYNAMIC EFFECTS OF PHENTOLAMINE IN CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE L. Gould, M. Zahir, A. DeMartino, and R. F. Gomprecht 445 FISTULAE BETWEEN THE CORONARY ARTERIES AND THE RIGHT CAVITIES OF THE HEART. REPORT OF THREE CASES TREATED SURGICALLY J. I. Azcuna, A Cabrera, F. Arruza, and M. Iriarte 45I POSTOPERATIVE COMPLETE HEART BLOCK IN CHILDREN R. J. Fryda, S. Kaplan, and J. A. Helmsworth 456 http://heart.bmj.com/ ASSESSMENT OF CARDIAC APEX IMPULSE USING FIBEROPTICS James S. Cole and Robert D. Conn 463 THE CIRCULATION, THE LUNG, AND FINGER CLUBBING IN HEPATIC CIRRHOSIS N. N. Stanley and D. J. Woodgate 469 ASSESSMENT OF PROPRANOLOL IN ANGINA PECTORIS. CLINICAL DOSE RESPONSE CURVE AND EFFECT ON ELECTROCARDIOGRAM AT REST AND ON EXERCISE B. N. C. Prichard and P. M. S. Gillam 473 ACUTE EFFECTS OF ORAL ALPRENOLOL ON EXERCISE TOLERANCE IN PATIENTS WITH ANGINA PEC- TORIS. A DOSE-RESPONSE STrnY B. J. Sealey, J. Liljedal, G. Nyberg, and B. Ablad 48I CATHETERIZATION OF LEFT IN ACUTELY ILL PATIENTS on October 2, 2021 by guest. Protected copyright. G. Diamond, H. Marcus, T. McHugh, H. J. C. Swann, and J. Forrester 489 RELATIONS BETWEEN PRESSURE IN , LEFT , AND LEFT VENTRICLE WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO EVENTS AT END DIASTOLE S. A. Forsberg 494 APPRAISAL OF MULTIFOCAL ATRIAL TACHYCARDIA Edward K. Chung 500 PARASYSTOLIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA. OBSERVATIONS ON DIFFERENTIAL STIMULUS THRESHOLD AS POSSIBLE MECHANISM FOR EXIT BLOCK J. Roelandt and L. Schamroth 505 HEART RATE AND INTERMITTENT WOLFF-PARKINSON-WHITE SYNDROME S. D. Moulopoulos, G. C. Plassaras, and D. A. Sideris5'3 QUINIDINE IN MAINTENANCE OF SINUS RHYTHM AFTER ELECTROCONVERSION OF CHRONIC ATRIAL FIBRILLATION. A CONTROLLED CLINICAL STUDY L. Hillestad, C. Bjerkelund, J. Dale, J. Maltau, and 0. Storstein 5I8 TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS WITH PROPRANOLOL AND QUINIDINE Shiomo Stern 522 ACID-BASE IMBALANCE AND ARRHYTHMIAS AFTER MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION J. Pilcher and R. E. Nagle 526 CARDIORESPIRATORY CHANGES IN PROGRESSIVE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY P. L. Wahi, K. C. Bhargava, and S. Mohindra 533 SYSTOLIC CLICKS WITH VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECTS. A SIGN OF ANEURYSM OF VENTRICULAR SEPTUM? Douglas Pickering and J. D. Keith 538 Number 4-(continued) page PLASMA DIGOXIN CONCENTRATIONS AND DIGOXIN ToxIcITY IN HOSPITAL PATIENTS D. C. Evered and C. Chapman 540 Br Heart J: first published as on 1 January 1971. Downloaded from ABERRANT MUSCLE BUNDLE OF THE RIGHT VENTRICLE R. J. Barnes, K. H. Kwong, and A. C. S. Cheung 546 CONGENITAL AORTIC STENOSIS-AN UNUSUAL FoRM. CONSIDERATION OF SURGICAL MANAGEMENT Jane Somerville and Donald Ross 552 ANGIOGRAPHIC ASSESSMENT OF LEFT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH ISCHAEMIC HEART DISEASE WITHOUT CLINICAL HEART FAILURE K. Chatterjee, M. Sacoor, G. C. Sutton, and G. A. H. Miller 559 ASSESSMENT OF LEFT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION BY SINGLE PLANE CINEANGIOGRAPHIC VOLUME ANALYSIS K. Chatterjee, M. Sacoor, G. C. Sutton, and G. A. H. Miller 565 ATRIOVENTRICULAR DISSOCIATION WITH ACCROCHAGE E. Fletcher, P. Morton, J. G. Murtagh, and S. Bekheit 572 APEX CARDIOGRAM AND SYSTOLIC TIME INTERVALS IN ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION S. R. Jam and J. Lindahl 578 ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION WITHOUT OBSTRUCTIVE DEMON- STRATED BY SELECTIVE CINEARTERIOGRAPHY A. V. G. Bruschke, K. J. J. Bruyneel, A. Bloch, and G. van Herpen 585 CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT OF AV BLOCK IN ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION. RESULTS IN 105 CONSECUTIVE PATIENTS Liv Hatle and R. Rokseth 595 DOUBLE-BLIND THREE-DOSE TRIAL OF ORAL ALPRENOLOL IN ANGINA PECTORIS E. Sowton and C. Smithen 6oi PROCEEDINGS OF THE BRITISH CARDIAC SOCIETY 607 CASE REPORTS 6I7, 623, 626, 629 CORRESPONDENCE 632

Number 5 http://heart.bmj.com/ EDITORIAL: HIS BUNDLE ELECTROGRAMS Charles S. Smithen and Edgar Sowton 633 SINUs ARREST IN ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION R. Rokseth and L. Hatle 639 CORRELATION OF MORTALITY RATE AND SERUM ENZYMES IN MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION. TEST OF EFFICIENCY OF CORONARY CAR B. L. Chapman 643 BRADYCARDIA, INCREASED CARDIAC OUTPUT, AND REVERSAL OF PULMONARY HYPERTENSION IN ALTITUDE NATIVES LIVING AT SEA LEVEL F. Sime, D. Peiialoza, and L. Ruiz 647 TRANSSEPTAL CATHETERIZATION VIA RIGHT SUBCLAVIAN VEIN E. J. Epstein and N. Coulshed 658

UNUSUAL COMPLICATIONS OF BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS on October 2, 2021 by guest. Protected copyright. P. N. Symbas, B. J. Baldwin, R. C. Schlant, and J. W. Hurst 664 ANAYLYSIS OF SYMPTOMATIC COURSE AND PROGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF HYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUC- TIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY D. A. Swan, Barbara Bell, Celia M. Oakley, and J. Goodwin 67I ULTRASONIC EVALUATION OF ANATOMICAL ABNORMALITIES OF HEART IN CONGENITAL AND ACQUIRED HEART DISEASES M. Tanaka, T. Neyazaki, S. Kosaka, H. Sugi, S. Oka, T. Ebina, Y. Terasawa, K. Unno, and K. Nitta 686 PERSISTENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS IN MALAYSIAN PATIENTS M. Krishnan and M. R. J. Snelling 699 'PIXIE' CARDIOGRAPHY. ACCELEROMETER APPLICATIONS TO PHONOCARDIOGRAPHY AND DISPLACE- MENT CARDIOGRAPHY IN CHILDHOOD F. E. Bew, D. Pickering, P. Sleight, and F. D. Stott 702 THE PRAECORDIAL HONK P. Rizzon, Giuseppina Biasco, and G. Maselli-Campagna 707 PLASMA FREE FATTY ACID AND CATECHOLAMINE LEVELS IN PATIENTS WtTH ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION W. Januszewicz, M. Sznajderman, M. Ciswicka-Sznajderman, B. Wocial, and Z. Rymaszewski 7I6 MEASUREMENTS OF SINUS IMPULSE CONDUCTION FROM ELECTROGRAM OF BUNDLE OF HIS S. Bekheit, J. G. Murtagh, P. Morton, and E. Fletcher 719 Number 5-(continued) page TRANSPOSITION OF GREAT ARTERIES. A STUDY OF 65 INFANTS FOLLOWED FOR I TO 4 YEARS AFTER BALLOON SEPTOSTOMY C. G. Parsons, R. Astley, F. G. 0. Burrows, and S. P. Singh 725 Br Heart J: first published as on 1 January 1971. Downloaded from ELECTROCONVERSION OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AFTER MITRAL VALVOTOMY Adrian R. M. Upton and Michael Honey 732 ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS A. J. Eisinger 739 SINUS BRADYcARDIA Dennis Eraut and David B. Shaw 742 TRAUMATIC TRICUSPID REGURGITATION. LONG-TERM SURVIVAL M. S. Croxson, K. P. O'Brien, and J. B. Lowe 750 CARDIAC REHABILITATION IN BRITAIN (1970) B. M. Groden, T. Semple, and G. B. Shaw 756 ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC EFFECTS OF ISOPRENALINE IN NORMAL SUBJECTS AND PATIENTS WITH CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS H. Wexler, J. Kuaity, and E. Simonson 759 SYSTOLIC TiME INTERVAL FLUCTUATIONS PRODUCED BY ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION J. T. Dowling, G. Sloman, and Cecily Urquhart 765 MITRAL STENOSIS WITH LEFT-TO-RIGHT SHUNT AT ATRIAL LEVEL. A DIAGNOSTIC CHALLENGE R. Tandon, S. C. Manchanda, and S. B. RoY 773 CARDIOMYOPATHY ASSOCIATED WITH CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE A. Shem-Tov, V. Deutsch, J. H. Yahini, and H. N. Neufeld 782 OBITUARY: S. B. BOYD CAMPBELL, M.C. 794 OBITUARY: GEORGE MASON 795 CASE REPORTS 796, 799, 803, 8c6

Number 6 EDITORIAL: NEW FRONTIERS IN ARRHYTHMIAS J. P. P. Stock 809 AUENBRUGGER'S CONTRIBUTION TO CARDIOLOGY. HISTORY OF PERCUSSION OF THE HEART

D. Evan Bedford 8I7 http://heart.bmj.com/ IN DIAGNOSIS OF CARDIOMYOPATHIES K. Somers, M. S. R. Hutt, A. K. Patel, and P. G. D'Arbela 822 INCIDENCE OF ACUTE RHEUMATIC FEVER Jan Sievers and Paul Hall 833 VALUE OF ELECTROCARDIOGRAM IN POPULATION SURVEYS. AN ATTEMPT TO IMPROVE INTERPRETATION E. B. Raftery, P. Cocker, and W. W. Holland 837 SYSTEMATIZATION AND EMBRYOLOGICAL AND ANATOMICAL STUDY OF MIRROR-IMAGE DEXTROCAR- DIAS, DEXTROVERSIONS, AND LAEVOVERSIONS

Maria V. de la Cruz, G. Anselmi, L. Munfos-Castellanos, B. Nadal-Ginard, and S. Mufnoz-Armas 84I on October 2, 2021 by guest. Protected copyright. SPONTANEOUS CLOSURE OF VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT AFTER BANDING OF PULMONARY ARTERY D. Verel, K. P. Chandrasekhar, and D. G. Taylor 854 CONGENITAL CORONARY ARTERY FISTULA. ANALYSIS OF I7 CASES J. J. E. de Nef, P. J. Varghese, and G. Losekoot 857 CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE CORONARY ARTERIOGRAM D. C. Banks, E. B. Raftery, and S. Oram 863 ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC ABNORMALITIES DURING EXERCISE 3 WEEKS TO i8 MONTHS AFTER ANTERIOR MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION J.-H. Atterhog, L.-G. Ekelund, and L. Kaijser 87I SERIAL PLASMA ADRENALINE AND NORADRENALINE LEVELS IN MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION USING A NEW DOUBLE ISOTOPE TECHNIQUE D. C. Siggers, Cheryl Salter, and D. C. Fluck 878 PLASMA GLYCEROL CONCENTRATION IN PATIENTS WITH MYOCARDIAL ISCHAEMIA AND ARRHYTHMIAS S. Carlstrom and B. Christensson 884 CLINICAL, ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC, AND HAEMODYNAMIC EFFECTS OF LONG-TERM USE OF PRO- PRANOLOL IN PRINZMETAL'S VARIANT ANGINA PECTORIS M. Guazzi, F. Magrini, C. Fiorentili, and A. Polese 889 AUSCULTATORY AND PHONOCARDIOGRAPHIC FINDINGS IN AUTOLOGOUS FASCIA LATA VALVES L. Schwartz, A. S. Trimble, and J. E. Morch 895 GENETICS OF FALLOT'S TETRALOGY Andres Sanchez Cascos 899 CONTINUOUS MURMUR IN PULMONARY ATRESIA WITH REFERENCE TO AORTOGRAPHY W. Zutter and Jane Somerville 905 Number 6-(continued) page SIMPLE METHOD OF EVALUATING VECTORCARDIOGRAPHIC Loops IN CHILDREN

Kalim-Ud-Din Aziz, R. Curtis Ellison, Olli S. Miettinen, and Richard S. Jones 9IO Br Heart J: first published as on 1 January 1971. Downloaded from VECTORCARDIOGRAPHIC T LooP ANALYSIS IN ISCHAEMIC HEART DISEASE Wayne Gray and Hubert H. Bell 9I7 REVERSION OF VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA BY PACEMAKER STIMULATION M. A. Bennett and B. L. Pentecost 922 CORRELATIONS OF ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC PATTERN, SHAPE OF VENTRICULAR SEPTUM, AND Iso- VOLUMETRIC RELAXATION TIME IN IRREGULAR HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY (OBSTRUC- TIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY) Dietrich Harmjanz, Dedo Bottcher, and Gunter Schertlein 928 TREATMENT OF CHRONIC HEART BLOCK WITH THE LUCAS INDUCTION COIL PACEMAKER C. 0. Record, P. Sleight, A. J. Gunning, J. M. Kenworthy-Browne, and M. Richings 938 HYPERVENTILATION TEST FOR DIAGNOSIS OF LEFT-TO-RIGHT CIRCULATORY SHUNTS S. R. Reuben and J. Butler 943 ATRIOVENTRICULAR AND ASSOCIATED INTRAVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION DISTURBANCES IN ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION Chin Hock Lim, Charles C. S. Toh, and Lip Ping Low 947 USE OF BUNDLE OF HIS POTENTIALS TO ASSESS CHANGES IN ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION PRODUCED BY A SERIES OF BETA-ADRENERGIC BLOCKING AGENTS Charles S. Smithen, Raphael Balcon, and Edgar Sowton 955 VENTRICULAR ANEURYSMS AFTER W. A. Littler, J. B. Meade, and D. I. Hamilton 962 CASE REPORTS 970, 972) 974 INDEX 977 http://heart.bmj.com/ on October 2, 2021 by guest. Protected copyright.

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