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Downloaded from Subject index...... acute coronary events, Relation between blood pressure after an anisotropy, The terminal crest: morphological features relevant to acute coronary event and subsequent cardiovascular risk, 555 electrophysiology, 406 acute coronary syndromes, Impact of availability and use of cor- anthracycline, Evaluation of long term cardiotoxicity after onary interventions on the prescription of aspirin and lipid low- epirubicin containing adjuvant chemotherapy and locoregional ering treatment after acute coronary syndromes, 20 radiotherapy for breast cancer using various detection Increased plasma concentrations of interleukin-18 in acute coron- techniques, 81 ary syndromes, 467 in the young, 198 Patients with should start a statin while antiarrhythmic drugs, Congenital junctional ectopic in still in hospital, 5 children and adolescents: a 20 year experience based study, Role of echocardiography in acute coronary syndromes, 419 188 Use of secondary preventive drugs in patients with acute coron- anti-arrhythmic drugs, Treatment of atrial , 432 ary syndromes treated medically or with coronary angioplasty: antiarrhythmic treatment, Management and outcome of patients results from the nationwide French PREVENIR survey, 159 with during acute : the acute myocardial infarction, Acute myocardial infarction: GUSTO-III experience, 357 reperfusion treatment, 298 aortic dissection, Endovascular stent repair for a dissecting thora- Improved prognosis of patients presenting with clinical markers of coabdominal aneurysm is feasible in the setting of a district spontaneous reperfusion during acute myocardial infarction, general hospital: a multidisciplinary approach, e4 352 Variable seasonal peaks for different types of aortic dissection?, Management and outcome of patients with atrial fibrillation during 640 acute myocardial infarction: the GUSTO-III experience, 357 aortic pressure waveform, Quantification of glyceryl trinitrate Management of cardiogenic shock complicating acute myocardial effect through analysis of the synthesised ascending aortic infarction, 531 pressure waveform, 143 Measuring left ventricular volume and ejection fraction with the aortic regurgitation, Effect of load alterations on the effective biplane Simpson’s method, 559 regurgitant orifice area in chronic aortic regurgitation, 397 Reversible left ventricular dysfunction simulating a myocardial inf- aortic root dilatation, Management of Marfan syndrome, 97 arction after pericardiectomy, 183 , Calcification of bicuspid aortic valves, 321 adenosine, Does adenosine prevent myocardial micronecrosis fol- stenosis, T lymphocyte infiltration in non-rheumatic lowing percutaneous coronary intervention? The ADELINE pilot aortic stenosis: a comparative descriptive study between trial, 293 tricuspid and bicuspid aortic valves, 348 adherence, Adherence to statin treatment and readmission of aortic valve, Doppler echocardiographic assessment of valvar patients after myocardial infarction: a six year follow up study, regurgitation, 651 229 aortoseptal angle, Rheology of discrete subaortic stenosis, 335 adolescence, Sudden death in children and adolescents, 426 apolipoprotein E, Long term efficacy and safety of atorvastatin in adrenergic innervation, Assessment of myocardial adrenergic the treatment of severe type III and combined dyslipidaemia, innervation in patients with sick sinus syndrome: effect of asyn- 234 chronous ventricular activation from ventricular apical apoptosis, Heart failure in the young, 198 stimulation, 255 , Antiarrhythmic and anti-ischaemic effects of in Imaging of cardiac adrenergic innervation, 209 patients with and without coronary collaterals, 604 adults, Quality of life in adults with congenital heart disease, 71 Role of echocardiography in the evaluation of syncope: a age at operation, Surgical closure of atrial septal defects in adults: prospective study, 363 Sudden death in children and adolescents, 426 effect of age at operation on outcome, 485 http://heart.bmj.com/ aging, arteriosclerotic renal artery stenosis, Arteriosclerotic renal artery Impact of age and sex on sudden cardiovascular death fol- 193 lowing myocardial infarction, 573 stenosis: conservative versus interventional management, The pNNx files: re-examining a widely used heart rate variability aspirin, Antiplatelet treatment in : aspirin, clopidog- measure, 378 rel, glycoprotein IIb/IIIa antagonist, or all three?, 11 Impact of availability and use of coronary interventions on the alcohol, Relations between alcohol consumption, heart rate, and prescription of aspirin and lipid lowering treatment after acute heart rate variability in men, 641 coronary syndromes, 20 aldosterone blockade, Increasing plasma potassium with atheroma core formation, The erythrocyte: a new player in amiloride shortens the QT interval and reduces ventricular atheromatous core formation, 115 extrasystoles but does not change endothelial function or heart atherosclerosis, Preventing clinical heart failure: the rationale and rate variability in chronic heart failure, 475

scientific evidence, ii15 on September 27, 2021 by guest. Protected copyright. Amplatzer septal occluder, Prospective comparison of costs and atherosclerotic disease, The erythrocyte: a new player in athero- short term health outcomes of surgical versus device closure of matous core formation, 115 atrial septal defect in children, 67 atorvastatin, Long term efficacy and safety of atorvastatin in the amyloidosis, Widespread cardiovascular autonomic dysfunction in treatment of severe type III and combined dyslipidaemia, 234 primary amyloidosis: does spontaneous hyperventilation have atrial based pacing, New insights into onset mechanisms of atrial a compensatory role against postural hypotension?, 615 fibrillation and flutter after coronary artery bypass graft surgery, angina, Antiarrhythmic and anti-ischaemic effects of angina in 499 patients with and without coronary collaterals, 604 atrial fibrillation, Management and outcome of patients with atrial Improved prognosis of patients presenting with clinical markers of fibrillation during acute myocardial infarction: the GUSTO-III spontaneous reperfusion during acute myocardial infarction, experience, 357 352 New insights into onset mechanisms of atrial fibrillation and flutter angiography, Utilisation of coronary angiography after acute myo- after coronary artery bypass graft surgery, 499 cardial infarction in Ontario over time: have referral patterns Preload-adjusted maximal power: a novel index of left ventricular changed?, 460 contractility in atrial fibrillation, 170 angioplasty, Acute myocardial infarction: reperfusion treatment, Treatment of atrial fibrillation, 432 298 , New insights into onset mechanisms of atrial Angioplasty, bypass surgery or medical treatment: how should we fibrillation and flutter after coronary artery bypass graft surgery, decide?, 451 499 Clinical and angiographic outcome after conventional angioplasty atrial natriuretic peptide, Plasma concentrations of N-terminal with optional stent implantation compared with direct stenting atrial natriuretic peptide are raised in asymptomatic relatives of without predilatation, 622 dilated patients with left ventricular Clinical outcomes of patients with diabetes mellitus and acute enlargement, 191 myocardial infarction treated with primary angioplasty or atrial septal defect, Non-invasive automated assessment of the fibrinolysis, 260 ratio of pulmonary to systemic flow in patients with atrial septal angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors, Cardiac remodelling defects by the colour Doppler velocity profile integration in end stage heart failure: upregulation of matrix method, 278 metalloproteinase (MMP) irrespective of the underlying Prospective comparison of costs and short term health outcomes disease, and evidence for a direct inhibitory effect of ACE of surgical versus device closure of atrial septal defect in inhibitors on MMP, 525 children, 67 Contemporary management of heart failure in clinical practice, ii5 Sinus venosus syndrome: atrial septal defect or anomalous Heart failure in 10 years time: focus on pharmacological venous connection? A multiplane transoesophageal approach, treatment, ii40 634

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Surgical closure of atrial septal defects in adults: effect of age at cerebrovascular diseases, Trends in mortality from cardiovascular

operation on outcome, 485 and cerebrovascular diseases in Europe and other areas of the Heart: first published as 10.1136/heart.88.6.e8 on 1 December 2002. Downloaded from atrial septum, Development and structure of the atrial septum, 104 world, 119 atrium, The terminal crest: morphological features relevant to chemotherapy, Evaluation of long term cardiotoxicity after electrophysiology, 406 epirubicin containing adjuvant chemotherapy and locoregional automated measurement, Automated quantification of aortic radiotherapy for breast cancer using various detection regurgitant volume and regurgitant fraction using the digital col- techniques, 81 our Doppler velocity profile integration method in patients with chest pain, Continuous left hemidiaphragm sign revisited: a case of aortic regurgitation, 481 spontaneous and literature review, e5 autonomic function, Relations between alcohol consumption, The complex link between brain and heart in cardiac syndrome X, heart rate, and heart rate variability in men, 641 328 autonomic nervous system, The pNNx files: re-examining a childhood, Sudden death in children and adolescents, 426 widely used heart rate variability measure, 378 children, Various reasons for repeat dilatation of stented pulmonary arteries in paediatric patients, 505 baroreceptor sensitivity, Arterial endothelial function is impaired in chronic heart failure, Increasing plasma potassium with amiloride treated depression, 521 shortens the QT interval and reduces ventricular extrasystoles baroreceptor, Intensive statin treatment improves baroreflex sensi- but does not change endothelial function or heart rate variabil- tivity: another cardioprotective mechanism for statins?, 415 ity in chronic heart failure, 475 bicuspid aortic valves, Calcification of bicuspid aortic valves, 321 classification systems, Changing the diagnostic criteria for bilateral internal mammary artery grafting, Bilateral internal myocardial infarction in patients with a suspected heart attack mammary artery grafting: are BIMA better?, 7 affects the measurement of 30 day mortality but not long term biplane Simpson’s method, Measuring left ventricular volume and survival, 337 ejection fraction with the biplane Simpson’s method, 559 β clinical practice, Contemporary management of heart failure in bisoprolol, Blockers in older persons with heart failure: tolerabil- clinical practice, ii5 611 ity and impact on quality of life, clinical trials, ii2 blood pressure, Prevalence of hypertension in children after early Best practice: evidence from the clinical trials, repair of coarctation of the aorta: a cohort study using casual clopidogrel, Antiplatelet treatment in unstable angina: aspirin, and 24 hour blood pressure measurement, 163 clopidogrel, glycoprotein IIb/IIIa antagonist, or all three?, 11 Relation between blood pressure after an acute coronary event coarctation of the aorta, Prevalence of hypertension in children and subsequent cardiovascular risk, 555 after early repair of coarctation of the aorta: a cohort study brachial artery ultrasound, A rapid and reproducible on line auto- using casual and 24 hour blood pressure measurement, 163 mated technique to determine endothelial function, 289 Survivors of coarctation repair: fixed but not cured, 113 brain natriuretic peptide, ECG determinants in adult patients with cogenital heart defects, Improving the effectiveness of routine chronic right ventricular pressure overload caused by congeni- prenatal screening for major congenital heart defects, 387 tal heart disease: relation with plasma neurohormones and MRI coil occlusion, Coil occlusion of systemic venous collaterals in parameters, 266 hypoplastic left heart syndrome, 167 Heart failure: aetiology, diagnosis, and treatment, 567 collateral circulation, Antiarrhythmic and anti-ischaemic effects of Serum cardiac troponin T and plasma brain natriuretic peptide in angina in patients with and without coronary collaterals, 604 patients with cardiac decompensation, 647 Regional left ventricular function during transient coronary occlu- breast cancer, Evaluation of long term cardiotoxicity after epirubicin sion: relation with coronary collateral flow, 35 containing adjuvant chemotherapy and locoregional colour Doppler, Automated cardiac flow measurement by digital radiotherapy for breast cancer using various detection colour Doppler echocardiography, 211 techniques, 81 Non-invasive automated assessment of the ratio of pulmonary to systemic flow in patients with atrial septal defects by the colour calcification, Calcification of bicuspid aortic valves, 321 Doppler velocity profile integration method, 278 , Characteristics and outcome among patients congenital heart disease, ECG determinants in adult patients with having out of hospital cardiac arrest at home compared with chronic right ventricular pressure overload caused by congeni- elsewhere, 579 tal heart disease: relation with plasma neurohormones and MRI

cardiac catheterisation, Coil occlusion of systemic venous collat- parameters, 266 http://heart.bmj.com/ erals in hypoplastic left heart syndrome, 167 ECG predictors of ventricular and biventricular size cardiac decompensation, Serum cardiac troponin T and plasma and wall mass in tetralogy of Fallot with pulmonary brain natriuretic peptide in patients with cardiac regurgitation, 515 decompensation, 647 Fifth report on the provision of services for patients with heart cardiac imaging, Imaging of cardiac adrenergic innervation, 209 disease, iii1 cardiac output, Automated cardiac flow measurement by digital Grown-up congenital heart (GUCH) disease: current needs and colour Doppler echocardiography, 211 provision of service for adolescents and adults with congenital cardiac remodelling, Association between aldosterone synthase heart disease in the UK, i1 (CYP11B2) gene polymorphism and left ventricular volume in Influence of twin-twin transfusion syndrome on fetal patients with , 649 cardiovascular structure and function: prospective case–control

cardiac surgeons, Why do UK cardiac surgeons not perform their study of 136 monochorionic twin pregnancies, 271 on September 27, 2021 by guest. Protected copyright. first choice operation for coronary artery bypass graft?, 643 Quality of life in adults with congenital heart disease, 71 cardiac surgery, Is early, low level, short term exercise cardiac Sinus venosus syndrome: atrial septal defect or anomalous rehabilitation following coronary bypass surgery beneficial? A venous connection? A multiplane transoesophageal approach, randomised controlled trial, 83 634 cardiac syndrome X, The complex link between brain and heart in Vessel restenosis versus “streamlining”, 445 cardiac syndrome X, 328 congenital junctional ectopic tachycardia, Congenital junctional cardiac troponin I, Myocardial infarction redefined: the new ACC/ ectopic tachycardia in children and adolescents: a 20 year ESC definition, based on cardiac troponin, increases the experience based study, 188 apparent incidence of infarction, 343 congestive heart failure, Clinical characteristics and prognosis of cardiogenic shock, Management of cardiogenic shock complicat- hospitalised inpatients with heart failure and preserved or ing acute myocardial infarction, 531 reduced left ventricular ejection fraction, 249 cardiomyopathy, Relation between QT duration and maximal wall Exercise testing in the assessment of chronic congestive heart thickness in familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, 153 failure, 538 cardiopulmonary bypass, Off-pump coronary artery bypass Reversible left ventricular dysfunction simulating a myocardial inf- surgery, 313 arction after pericardiectomy, 183 cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Characteristics and outcome The pNNx files: re-examining a widely used heart rate variability among patients having out of hospital cardiac arrest at home measure, 378 compared with elsewhere, 579 contractility, Preload-adjusted maximal power: a novel index of left cardiotoxicity, Evaluation of long term cardiotoxicity after epirubicin ventricular contractility in atrial fibrillation, 170 containing adjuvant chemotherapy and locoregional coronary angioplasty, Use of secondary preventive drugs in radiotherapy for breast cancer using various detection patients with acute coronary syndromes treated medically or techniques, 81 with coronary angioplasty: results from the nationwide French , Cardiovascular and coronary risk estima- PREVENIR survey, 159 tion in hypertension management, 306 coronary artery bypass graft, Angioplasty, bypass surgery or cardiovascular risk, Relation between blood pressure after an medical treatment: how should we decide?, 451 acute coronary event and subsequent cardiovascular risk, 555 A standard from the classical period, 449 carotid artery disease, Carotid artery stenting in the first 100 con- Bilateral internal mammary artery grafting: are BIMA better?, 7 secutive patients: results and follow up, 381 Is early, low level, short term exercise cardiac rehabilitation carotid stenting, Carotid artery stenting in the first 100 consecutive following coronary bypass surgery beneficial? A randomised patients: results and follow up, 381 controlled trial, 83 catheter ablation, The terminal crest: morphological features Mortality and recurrent cardiac events after coronary artery relevant to electrophysiology, 406 bypass graft: long term outcomes in a population study, 488

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after coronary artery bypass graft surgery, 499 Heart failure in the young, 198 Heart: first published as 10.1136/heart.88.6.e8 on 1 December 2002. Downloaded from Why do UK cardiac surgeons not perform their first choice opera- Identification of a specific pattern of downregulation in expression tion for coronary artery bypass graft?, 643 of isoforms of vascular endothelial growth factor in dilated , Angioplasty, bypass surgery or medical cardiomyopathy, 412 treatment: how should we decide?, 451 Plasma concentrations of N-terminal atrial natriuretic peptide are Changes in transmural distribution of myocardial perfusion raised in asymptomatic relatives of dilated cardiomyopathy assessed by quantitative intravenous myocardial contrast patients with left ventricular enlargement, 191 echocardiography in humans, 368 dispersion of repolarisation, Physiological changes in ventricular Depression, stress, and the heart, 441 filling alter cardiac electrophysiology in patients with abnormal Non-invasive coronary angiography with multislice spiral ventricular function, 149 computed tomography: impact of heart rate, 470 dobutamine stress echocardiography, Long term follow up after Preventing clinical heart failure: the rationale and scientific deferral of revascularisation in patients with intermediate evidence, ii15 coronary stenoses and negative dobutamine stress Seasonality of coronary artery deaths in New South Wales, echocardiography, 645 Australia, 30 Doppler echocardiography, Doppler echocardiographic assess- Understanding coronary artery disease: tomographic imaging ment of valvar regurgitation, 651 with intravascular ultrasound, 91 New applications of intracardiac echocardiography: assessment coronary circulation, New applications of intracardiac echocardio- of coronary blood flow by colour and pulsed Doppler imaging in graphy: assessment of coronary blood flow by colour and dogs, 283 pulsed Doppler imaging in dogs, 283 Quantitation of mitral regurgitation: rationale, approach, and Regional left ventricular function during transient coronary occlu- interpretation in clinical practice, iv1 sion: relation with coronary collateral flow, 35 double outlet right ventricle, Rheology of discrete subaortic coronary disease, Population need for coronary revascularisation: stenosis, 335 are national targets for England credible?, 627 drug treatment, Heart failure in 10 years time: focus on pharmaco- coronary flow velocity reserve, Can coronary flow velocity logical treatment, ii40 reserve determined by transthoracic Doppler echocardiography predict the recovery of regional left ventricular function in ECG parameters, ECG determinants in adult patients with chronic patients with acute myocardial infarction?, 137 right ventricular pressure overload caused by congenital heart coronary heart disease, Arterial endothelial function is impaired in disease: relation with plasma neurohormones and MRI treated depression, 521 parameters, 266 Cardiovascular and coronary risk estimation in hypertension echocardiography, Automated quantification of aortic regurgitant management, 306 volume and regurgitant fraction using the digital colour Doppler Fifth report on the provision of services for patients with heart velocity profile integration method in patients with aortic disease, iii1 regurgitation, 481 Low prevalence of lipid lowering drug use in older men with Early prediction of improvement in ejection fraction after acute established coronary heart disease, 25 myocardial infarction using low dose dobutamine Prediction of mortality from coronary heart disease among echocardiography, 592 diverse populations: is there a common predictive function?, Improving the effectiveness of routine prenatal screening for 222 major congenital heart defects, 387 Preventing clinical heart failure: the rationale and scientific Incremental changes in QRS duration in serial ECGs over time evidence, ii15 identify high risk elderly patients with heart failure, 47 Prospective analysis of the association of infection with CagA Measuring left ventricular volume and ejection fraction with the bearing strains of Helicobacter pylori and coronary heart biplane Simpson’s method, 559 disease, 43 Non-invasive automated assessment of the ratio of pulmonary to The economic burden of coronary heart disease in the UK, 597 systemic flow in patients with atrial septal defects by the colour Trends in mortality from cardiovascular and cerebrovascular dis- Doppler velocity profile integration method, 278 eases in Europe and other areas of the world, 119 Relation between early mitral regurgitation and left ventricular Use of statins in the secondary prevention of coronary heart dis- thrombus formation after acute myocardial infarction: results of http://heart.bmj.com/ ease: is treatment equitable?, 15 the GISSI-3 echo substudy, 131 coronary revascularisation, Population need for coronary Role of echocardiography in acute coronary syndromes, 419 revascularisation: are national targets for England credible?, Role of echocardiography in the evaluation of syncope: a 627 prospective study, 363 coronary rupture, Coronary artery perforation during percutaneous Screening for left ventricular dysfunction: a step too far?, ii12 intervention: incidence and outcome, 495 Variable seasonal peaks for different types of aortic dissection?, coronary stenosis, Long term follow up after deferral of revascu- 640 larisation in patients with intermediate coronary stenoses and elderly, Incremental changes in QRS duration in serial ECGs over negative dobutamine stress echocardiography, 645 time identify high risk elderly patients with heart failure, 47 Perindopril improves six minute walking distance in older patients , Large intracoronary thrombi with good TIMI on September 27, 2021 by guest. Protected copyright. flow during acute myocardial infarction: four cases of success- with left ventricular systolic dysfunction: a randomised double ful aggressive medical management in patients without blind placebo controlled trial, 373 angiographically detectable coronary atherosclerosis, e6 electrocardiogram, Reversible left ventricular dysfunction simulat- cost analysis, Prospective comparison of costs and short term ing a myocardial infarction after pericardiectomy, 183 health outcomes of surgical versus device closure of atrial sep- electrocardiography, Incremental changes in QRS duration in tal defect in children, 67 serial ECGs over time identify high risk elderly patients with The economic burden of coronary heart disease in the UK, 597 heart failure, 47 CYP11B2 gene, Association between aldosterone synthase electrophysiology, The terminal crest: morphological features rel- (CYP11B2) gene polymorphism and left ventricular volume in evant to electrophysiology, 406 patients with dilated cardiomyopathy, 649 enalapril, Effects of combined treatment with enalapril and losartan on myocardial function in heart failure, 185 DC cardioversion, Physician administered sedation for DC endothelial function, A rapid and reproducible on line automated cardioversion, 117 technique to determine endothelial function, 289 degenerative disease, Degenerative mitral valve dis- Arterial endothelial function is impaired in treated depression, 521 ease with emphasis on , iv20 Increasing plasma potassium with amiloride shortens the QT depression, Arterial endothelial function is impaired in treated interval and reduces ventricular extrasystoles but does not depression, 521 change endothelial function or heart rate variability in chronic Depression, stress, and the heart, 441 heart failure, 475 device closure, Use of the transseptal puncture in transcatheter endovascular repair, Endovascular stent repair for a dissecting closure of long tunnel-type patent foramen ovale, e3 thoracoabdominal aneurysm is feasible in the setting of a dis- diabetes, Clinical outcomes of patients with diabetes mellitus and trict general hospital: a multidisciplinary approach, e4 acute myocardial infarction treated with primary angioplasty or epidemiology, Myocardial infarction redefined: the new ACC/ESC fibrinolysis, 260 definition, based on cardiac troponin, increases the apparent diabetics, Percutaneous coronary intervention in diabetics: time to incidence of infarction, 343 consider “intimal remodelling therapy”?, 213 erythrocyte, The erythrocyte: a new player in atheromatous core diagnosis of heart failure, Unmet need for diagnosis of heart fail- formation, 115 ure: the view from primary care, ii9 exercise testing, Exercise testing in the assessment of chronic digital, Automated cardiac flow measurement by digital colour Dop- congestive heart failure, 538 pler echocardiography, 211 Ventilatory variables are strong prognostic markers in elderly dilated cardiomyopathy, Association between aldosterone patients with heart failure, 239 synthase (CYP11B2) gene polymorphism and left ventricular exercise, Does lung diffusion impairment affect exercise capacity in volume in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy, 649 patients with heart failure?, 453

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of atorvastatin in the treatment of severe type III and combined ii36 Heart: first published as 10.1136/heart.88.6.e8 on 1 December 2002. Downloaded from dyslipidaemia, 234 Nitric oxide and myocardial function in heart failure: friend or foe?, fetal echocardiography, Influence of twin-twin transfusion 564 syndrome on fetal cardiovascular structure and function: Perindopril improves six minute walking distance in older patients prospective case–control study of 136 monochorionic twin with left ventricular systolic dysfunction: a randomised double pregnancies, 271 blind placebo controlled trial, 373 fetal screening, Improving the effectiveness of routine prenatal Prevalence of myocardial viability assessed by single photon screening for major congenital heart defects, 387 emission computed tomography in patients with chronic fibrillin 1 mutation, Management of Marfan syndrome, 97 ischaemic left ventricular dysfunction, 125 fibrinolysis, Acute myocardial infarction: reperfusion treatment, Preventing clinical heart failure: the rationale and scientific 298 evidence, ii15 Clinical outcomes of patients with diabetes mellitus and acute Screening for left ventricular dysfunction: a step too far?, ii12 myocardial infarction treated with primary angioplasty or The role of the specialist nurse, ii33 fibrinolysis, 260 Unmet need for diagnosis of heart failure: the view from primary flow mediated dilatation, A rapid and reproducible on line care, ii9 automated technique to determine endothelial function, 289 Ventilatory variables are strong prognostic markers in elderly flow volume, Automated quantification of aortic regurgitant volume patients with heart failure, 239 and regurgitant fraction using the digital colour Doppler velocity heart rate variability, Relations between alcohol consumption, profile integration method in patients with aortic regurgitation, heart rate, and heart rate variability in men, 641 481 Widespread cardiovascular autonomic dysfunction in primary β blockers β Blockers in older persons with heart failure: tolerabil- amyloidosis: does spontaneous hyperventilation have a ity and impact on quality of life, 611 compensatory role against postural hypotension?, 615 Contemporary management of heart failure in clinical practice, ii5 heart rate, Non-invasive coronary angiography with multislice spiral Heart failure in 10 years time: focus on pharmacological computed tomography: impact of heart rate, 470 treatment, ii40 Relations between alcohol consumption, heart rate, and heart genetics, Relation between QT duration and maximal wall rate variability in men, 641 thickness in familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, 153 heart sounds, A new, simple, and accurate method for Glenn shunt, The mechanism of formation of pulmonary non-invasive estimation of pulmonary arterial pressure, 76 arteriovenous malformations associated with the classic Glenn Helicobacter pylori Prospective analysis of the association of shunt (superior cavopulmonary anastomosis), 639 infection with CagA bearing strains of Helicobacter pylori and glycophorin, Plaque composition in plexogenic and thromboem- coronary heart disease, 43 bolic pulmonary hypertension: the critical role of thrombotic heparin dosing, Heparin dose during percutaneous coronary inter- material in pultaceous core formation, 177 vention: how low dare we go?, 331 glycoprotein IIb/IIIa antagonist, Antiplatelet treatment in unstable hepatopulmonary syndrome, Pathogenesis of pulmonary arterio- angina: aspirin, clopidogrel, glycoprotein IIb/IIIa antagonist, or venous malformations: role of hepatopulmonary interactions, all three?, 11 561 Transfer for primary angioplasty: who and how?, 570 home, Characteristics and outcome among patients having out of glyercyl trinitrate, Quantification of glyceryl trinitrate effect through hospital cardiac arrest at home compared with elsewhere, 579 analysis of the synthesised ascending aortic pressure hypercholesterolaemia, Intensive statin treatment improves waveform, 143 baroreflex sensitivity: another cardioprotective mechanism for grown-up congenital heart disease, Grown-up congenital heart statins?, 415 (GUCH) disease: current needs and provision of service for adolescents and adults with congenital heart disease in the UK, hypertension, Arteriosclerotic renal artery stenosis: conservative i1 versus interventional management, 193 GUCH, Grown-up congenital heart (GUCH) disease: current needs Cardiovascular and coronary risk estimation in hypertension and provision of service for adolescents and adults with management, 306

congenital heart disease in the UK, i1 Hypertension control at hospital discharge after acute coronary http://heart.bmj.com/ event: influence on cardiovascular prognosis— the PREVENIR haemodynamics, A new, simple, and accurate method for study, 587 non-invasive estimation of pulmonary arterial pressure, 76 Prevalence of hypertension in children after early repair of coarc- Automated cardiac flow measurement by digital colour Doppler tation of the aorta: a cohort study using casual and 24 hour echocardiography, 211 blood pressure measurement, 163 health care costs, The economic burden of coronary heart disease Preventing clinical heart failure: the rationale and scientific in the UK, 597 evidence, ii15 heart disease, Fifth report on the provision of services for patients hypoplastic left heart syndrome, Coil occlusion of systemic with heart disease, iii1 venous collaterals in hypoplastic left heart syndrome, 167 health policy, Utilisation of coronary angiography after acute myo-

cardial infarction in Ontario over time: have referral patterns IL-18, Increased plasma concentrations of interleukin-18 in acute on September 27, 2021 by guest. Protected copyright. changed?, 460 coronary syndromes, 467 heart failure clinic, Across the interface: the Hastings Heart Func- Images in cardiology, Cyanosis, cor triatriatum, and primum atrial tion Clinic, ii23 septal defect in an adult, 136 heart failure, prognosis, Prognostic importance of right ventricular Diagnosis of a rare cause of arrhythmogenic syncope by means dysfunction, 323 of an implantable loop recorder, 10 heart failure, Best practice: evidence from the clinical trials, ii2 Imaging of massive pulmonary embolism, 111 Cardiac remodelling in end stage heart failure: upregulation of A rare congenital coronary anomaly: anomalous origin of the right matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) irrespective of the underlying coronary artery from the pulmonary artery, 141 disease, and evidence for a direct inhibitory effect of ACE Acute effects of resynchronisation treatment on functional mitral inhibitors on MMP, 525 regurgitation in dilated cardiomyopathy, 440 Congenital junctional ectopic tachycardia in children and adoles- An unusual cause of mixed mitral valve disease, 560 cents: a 20 year experience based study, 188 An unusual image within the left atrium with UFO-like appearance Contemporary management of heart failure in clinical practice, ii5 on transoesophageal echocardiography, 633 Does lung diffusion impairment affect exercise capacity in Angiographic evidence of aberrant right subclavian artery associ- patients with heart failure?, 453 ated with common carotid trunk, 158 Dying from heart failure in hospital: palliative decision making Anomalous origin of left anterior descending and circumflex cor- analysis, 187 onary artery from two separate ostia in the right aortic sinus, Effects of combined treatment with enalapril and losartan on 322 myocardial function in heart failure, 185 Arrhythmogenic giant submitral left ventricular diverticulum, 52 Effects of perindopril on soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 Atrial flutter with 1:1 conduction, 414 in patients with congestive heart failure, 417 Atrio-auricular mechanical dissociation following electrical cardio- β Blockers in older persons with heart failure: tolerability and version for atrial fibrillation, 626 impact on quality of life, 611 Autocapture stimulus simulating atrioventricular sequential Fifth report on the provision of services for patients with heart pacing, 158 disease, iii1 Bilateral origin of a split left anterior descending coronary artery Heart failure: across the interface and beyond, ii28 combined with atypical branching of the left circumflex coronary Heart failure: aetiology, diagnosis, and treatment, 567 artery, 70 Heart failure in 10 years time: focus on pharmacological Coarctation of the aorta with lower blood pressure at the right treatment, ii40 upper extremity, 498 Heart failure in the young, 198 Common atrium in a child with Ellis-Van Creveld syndrome, 142 Incremental changes in QRS duration in serial ECGs over time Computed tomography of the aortic valve, 176 identify high risk elderly patients with heart failure, 47 Congenital bilateral coronary fistulae, 75

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lymphoma, 148 dissection, 444 Heart: first published as 10.1136/heart.88.6.e8 on 1 December 2002. Downloaded from Coronary occlusion caused by embolisation from a mass in the Use of intravascular ultrasound in evaluating coronary artery sinus of Valsalva, 614 aneurysm, 466 Coronary thrombus in a 23 year old anabolic steroid user, 342 as a presenting feature of Coronary–pulmonary artery fistulae: blood flow pattern and effect dermatomyositis, 443 on myocardial perfusion, 400 Visualisation of activation and repolarisation in congenital long Crossed pulmonary arteries, ventricular septal defect, and QT syndrome, 190 chromosome 22q11 deletion, 88 Worm-shaped thrombus mimicking Chiari’s network in a cocaine Demonstration of supravalvar aortic stenosis by different cardiac user, 4 imaging modalities in Williams syndrome, 438 Images in echocardiography, Perforated mitral valve leaflet, iv3 Difficult haemostasis following diagnostic transfemoral angiogram Stuck mitral valve replacement, iv4 caused by inadvertent puncture of the arteria profunda femoris, implantable cardioverter-defibrillator, Patients with ventricular 215 arrhythmias: who should be referred to an electrophysiologist?, Displacement of the heart caused by pulmonary agenesis, 277 544 Effect of coronary angioplasty on “stunned” myocardium, 142 Treatment of atrial fibrillation, 432 Epsilon waves in a patient with arrhythmogenic right ventricular in hospital initiation of treatment, Patients with acute coronary cardiomyopathy, 444 syndrome should start a statin while still in hospital, 5 Exercise induced ST elevation and alternans associated infective , : determinants of long with critical disease of left anterior descending coronary artery, term outcome, 61 438 Mortality from infective endocarditis: clinical predictors of Existence of muscles surrounding the persistent left superior outcome, 53 vena cava demonstrated by electroanatomic mapping, 4 inflammation, Increased plasma concentrations of interleukin-18 in Fatal in a child due to rupture of a mycotic acute coronary syndromes, 467 aneurysm, 89 T lymphocyte infiltration in non-rheumatic aortic stenosis: a com- Giant congenital aneurysm of the non-coronary sinus of Valsalva, parative descriptive study between tricuspid and bicuspid aortic 243 valves, 348 Giant left ventricular pseudoaneurysm following left ventricular intensive care, Continuous left hemidiaphragm sign revisited: a rupture caused by myocardial infarction, 446 case of spontaneous pneumopericardium and literature review, Imaginary aortic leaflets, 136 e5 Imaging in aortoarteritis, 591 intercellular adhesion molecule-1, Effects of perindopril on solu- Intercoronary communication between the circumflex and right ble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 in patients with coronary arteries: distinct from coronary collaterals, 29 congestive heart failure, 417 Intracellular in familiar amyloid polyneuropa- interleukin-18, Increased circulating interleukin-18 in patients with thy of the Portuguese type, 90 congestive heart failure, 296 Large thrombus entrapped in a patent foramen ovale of the atrial interleukin-18, Increased plasma concentrations of interleukin-18 septum, which apparently “disappeared” without embolic in acute coronary syndromes, 467 events, 474 intimal remodelling therapy, Percutaneous coronary intervention Left anterior descending and circumflex coronary artery spasm in diabetics: time to consider “intimal remodelling therapy”?, after right coronary artery stent implantation, 520 213 Lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum, 111 intracardiac echocardiography, New applications of intracardiac Magnetic resonance imaging of left atrial thrombus, 233 echocardiography: assessment of coronary blood flow by Microvascular obstruction and missed infarction, 330 colour and pulsed Doppler imaging in dogs, 283 Mycotic aneurysms of the pulmonary arteries, 524 intravascular ultrasound, Understanding coronary artery disease: Myocardial infarction and coronary thrombosis, 60 tomographic imaging with intravascular ultrasound, 91 Narrowing of the thoraco-abdominal aorta, 192 ischaemia, Antiarrhythmic and anti-ischaemic effects of angina in Near-fatal arrhythmia caused by hyperkalaemia, 578 patients with and without coronary collaterals, 604 Non-paroxysmal junctional tachycardia with type I exit block, 288 late cardiac surgery, Infective endocarditis: determinants of long http://heart.bmj.com/ Papillary fibroelastoma as a cause of cardioembolic stroke, 216 term outcome, 61 Postextrasystolic “T wave hump” augmentation as a marker of left ventricular dysfunction, Prevalence of myocardial viability increased arrhythmogenic risk in the long QT syndrome, 633 assessed by single photon emission computed tomography in Preoperative treatment with phenoxybenzamine restores ECG to patients with chronic ischaemic left ventricular dysfunction, 125 normal in a woman with pheochromocytoma, 186 Screening for left ventricular dysfunction: a step too far?, ii12 Pronounced PR depression, 638 left ventricular ejection fraction, Measuring left ventricular Prosthetic valve dysfunction presenting as intermittent acute aor- volume and ejection fraction with the biplane Simpson’s tic regurgitation, 3 method, 559 Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation and aortopulmonary left ventricular enlargement, Plasma concentrations of N-terminal collateral imaged by time resolved contrast enhanced magnetic

atrial natriuretic peptide are raised in asymptomatic relatives of on September 27, 2021 by guest. Protected copyright. resonance angiography, 292 dilated cardiomyopathy patients with left ventricular Regression of HTLV1 associated intracardiac lymphoma following enlargement, 191 chemotherapy, 621 left ventricular impairment, Patients with ventricular arrhythmias: Resolution of renal artery thrombus with direct administration of who should be referred to an electrophysiologist?, 544 tissue plasminogen activator, 558 lipid lowering drugs, Low prevalence of lipid lowering drug use in Right atrial lithomyxoma with extramedullary hematopoiesis, 10 older men with established coronary heart disease, 25 Right coronary artery aneurysm diagnosed with multislice Patients with acute coronary syndrome should start a statin while computed tomographic angiography, 327 still in hospital, 5 Saphenous vein graft aneurysm presenting as an anterior medi- lipid lowering treatment, Impact of availability and use of coronary astinal mass, 86 interventions on the prescription of aspirin and lipid lowering Separation of coronary ostium caused by pseudoaneurysm treatment after acute coronary syndromes, 20 formation after composite valve graft replacement for acute load dependence, Effect of load alterations on the effective regur- dissection of the ascending aorta, 265 gitant orifice area in chronic aortic regurgitation, 397 Spontaneous right coronary artery dissection, 130 long term follow up, Infective endocarditis: determinants of long ST segment monitoring of coronary reperfusion, 334 term outcome, 61 Subaortic stenosis caused by two discrete membranes, 459 long term outcome, Surgical closure of atrial septal defects in Successful use of the Guardwire Plus distal embolisation protec- adults: effect of age at operation on outcome, 485 tion device in a native left anterior descending coronary artery, losartan, Effects of combined treatment with enalapril and losartan 648 on myocardial function in heart failure, 185 Supernormal conduction mimicking a supraventricular capture lung function, Does lung diffusion impairment affect exercise beat during wide complex tachycardia, 295 capacity in patients with heart failure?, 453 Thrombosis in the proximal pulmonary artery stump in a Fontan lymphocytes, T lymphocyte infiltration in non-rheumatic aortic ste- patient, 396 nosis: a comparative descriptive study between tricuspid and Thrombus after transcatheter closure of ASD with an Amplatzer bicuspid aortic valves, 348 septal occluder assessed by three dimensional echocardio- graphic reconstruction, 52 magnetic resonance imaging, ECG determinants in adult patients in Prinzmetal’s variant angina, 494 with chronic right ventricular pressure overload caused by con- Tumour feeding vessel in metastatic intracardiac mass genital heart disease: relation with plasma neurohormones and demonstrated by transthoracic Doppler echocardiography, 216 MRI parameters, 266 Unruptured aneurysm of the sinus of Valsalva obstructing the management of heart failure, Contemporary management of heart right ventricular outflow tract: magnetic resonance imaging failure in clinical practice, ii5 findings, 42 Marfan syndrome, Management of Marfan syndrome, 97

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failure: upregulation of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) tion: are national targets for England credible?, 627 Heart: first published as 10.1136/heart.88.6.e8 on 1 December 2002. Downloaded from irrespective of the underlying disease, and evidence for a direct neonatal, Endocardial and epicardial steroid lead pacing in the inhibitory effect of ACE inhibitors on MMP, 525 neonatal and paediatric age group, 392 mechanoelectric feedback, Physiological changes in ventricular nervous system, New insights into the mechanism of neurally filling alter cardiac electrophysiology in patients with abnormal mediated syncope, 217 ventricular function, 149 nitric oxide, Intensive statin treatment improves baroreflex medication effectiveness, Effect of partial compliance on sensitivity: another cardioprotective mechanism for statins?, cardiovascular medication effectiveness, 203 415 mitral regurgitation, Assessment of mitral regurgitation, iv11 Nitric oxide and myocardial function in heart failure: friend or foe?, Quantitation of mitral regurgitation: rationale, approach, and 564 interpretation in clinical practice, iv1 Pulmonary hypertension in the young, 658 mitral valve prolapse, Degenerative mitral valve disease with noradrenaline, Intensive statin treatment improves baroreflex sen- emphasis on mitral valve prolapse, iv20 sitivity: another cardioprotective mechanism for statins?, 415 mitral valve, Anatomy of the mitral valve, iv5 Doppler echocardiographic assessment of valvar regurgitation, octogenarians, Percutaneous coronary intervention in octogenar- 651 ians with refractory angina, 85 Relation between early mitral regurgitation and left ventricular off-pump bypass surgery, Off-pump coronary artery bypass thrombus formation after acute myocardial infarction: results of surgery, 313 the GISSI-3 echo substudy, 131 old age, β Blockers in older persons with heart failure: tolerability models, theoretical, Population need for coronary revascularisa- and impact on quality of life, 611 tion: are national targets for England credible?, 627 onset mechanisms, New insights into onset mechanisms of atrial monochorionic twins, Influence of twin-twin transfusion syndrome fibrillation and flutter after coronary artery bypass graft surgery, on fetal cardiovascular structure and function: prospective 499 case–control study of 136 monochorionic twin pregnancies, outcomes, Infective endocarditis: determinants of long term 271 outcome, 61 mortality, Mortality from infective endocarditis: clinical predictors of Interaction between arrival time and thrombolytic treatment in outcome, 53 determining early outcome of acute myocardial infarction, 583 Seasonality of coronary artery deaths in New South Wales, Mortality and recurrent cardiac events after coronary artery Australia, 30 bypass graft: long term outcomes in a population study, 488 Trends in mortality from cardiovascular and cerebrovascular dis- Mortality from infective endocarditis: clinical predictors of eases in Europe and other areas of the world, 119 outcome, 53 myocardial anisotropy, The right atrium as an anatomic set-up for re-entry: electrophysiology goes back to anatomy, 325 pacemaker, Endocardial and epicardial steroid lead pacing in the myocardial contrast echocardiography, Role of echocardio- neonatal and paediatric age group, 392 graphy in acute coronary syndromes, 419 pacing, Assessment of myocardial adrenergic innervation in myocardial function, Nitric oxide and myocardial function in heart patients with sick sinus syndrome: effect of asynchronous ven- failure: friend or foe?, 564 tricular activation from ventricular apical stimulation, 255 myocardial hypertrophy, Relation between QT duration and maxi- paediatric, Endocardial and epicardial steroid lead pacing in the mal wall thickness in familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, 153 neonatal and paediatric age group, 392 myocardial infarction, Adherence to statin treatment and readmis- pain perception, The complex link between brain and heart in car- sion of patients after myocardial infarction: a six year follow up diac syndrome X, 328 study, 229 palliative care, Dying from heart failure in hospital: palliative deci- Changing the diagnostic criteria for myocardial infarction in sion making analysis, 187 patients with a suspected heart attack affects the measurement Living with and dying from heart failure: the role of palliative care, of 30 day mortality but not long term survival, 337 ii36 Clinical outcomes of patients with diabetes mellitus and acute patent ductus arteriosus, Acquired von Willebrand syndrome in

myocardial infarction treated with primary angioplasty or children with patent ductus arteriosus, 87 http://heart.bmj.com/ fibrinolysis, 260 patent foramen ovale, Use of the transseptal puncture in Early prediction of improvement in ejection fraction after acute transcatheter closure of long tunnel-type patent foramen ovale, myocardial infarction using low dose dobutamine e3 echocardiography, 592 pathology, T lymphocyte infiltration in non-rheumatic aortic steno- Hypertension control at hospital discharge after acute coronary sis: a comparative descriptive study between tricuspid and event: influence on cardiovascular prognosis— the PREVENIR bicuspid aortic valves, 348 study, 587 patient compliance, Effect of partial compliance on cardiovascular Impact of age and sex on sudden cardiovascular death following medication effectiveness, 203 myocardial infarction, 573 peak oxygen uptake, Exercise testing in the assessment of chronic Impact of availability and use of coronary interventions on the congestive heart failure, 538 prescription of aspirin and lipid lowering treatment after acute percutaneous coronary intervention, Does adenosine prevent on September 27, 2021 by guest. Protected copyright. coronary syndromes, 20 myocardial micronecrosis following percutaneous coronary Increased plasma concentrations of interleukin-18 in acute coron- intervention? The ADELINE pilot trial, 293 ary syndromes, 467 Heparin dose during percutaneous coronary intervention: how Interaction between arrival time and thrombolytic treatment in low dare we go?, 331 determining early outcome of acute myocardial infarction, 583 Percutaneous coronary intervention in diabetics: time to consider Large intracoronary thrombi with good TIMI flow during acute “intimal remodelling therapy”?, 213 myocardial infarction: four cases of successful aggressive Percutaneous coronary intervention in octogenarians with refrac- medical management in patients without angiographically tory angina, 85 detectable coronary atherosclerosis, e6 percutaneous transluminal coronary bypass, A standard from Myocardial infarction: redefined or reinvented?, 1 the classical period, 449 Myocardial infarction redefined: the new ACC/ESC definition, pericardial tamponade, Coronary artery perforation during percu- based on cardiac troponin, increases the apparent incidence of 495 infarction, 343 taneous intervention: incidence and outcome, Relation between early mitral regurgitation and left ventricular pericardiectomy, Reversible left ventricular dysfunction simulating thrombus formation after acute myocardial infarction: results of a myocardial infarction after pericardiectomy, 183 the GISSI-3 echo substudy, 131 perindopril, Effects of perindopril on soluble intercellular adhesion Utilisation of coronary angiography after acute myocardial infarc- molecule-1 in patients with congestive heart failure, 417 tion in Ontario over time: have referral patterns changed?, 460 Perindopril improves six minute walking distance in older patients myocardial necrosis, Does adenosine prevent myocardial with left ventricular systolic dysfunction: a randomised double micronecrosis following percutaneous coronary intervention? blind placebo controlled trial, 373 The ADELINE pilot trial, 293 persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn, Pulmonary myocardial viability, Early prediction of improvement in ejection hypertension in the young, 658 fraction after acute myocardial infarction using low dose physician administered sedation, Physician administered dobutamine echocardiography, 592 sedation for DC cardioversion, 117 Prevalence of myocardial viability assessed by single photon pneumopericardium, Continuous left hemidiaphragm sign emission computed tomography in patients with chronic revisited: a case of spontaneous pneumopericardium and ischaemic left ventricular dysfunction, 125 literature review, e5 , Heart failure in the young, 198 pNN50, The pNNx files: re-examining a widely used heart rate vari- myotonic dystrophy, Myotonic dystrophy and the heart, 665 ability measure, 378 polymorphism, Association between aldosterone synthase natriuretic peptides, Exercise testing in the assessment of chronic (CYP11B2) gene polymorphism and left ventricular volume in congestive heart failure, 538 patients with dilated cardiomyopathy, 649

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artery bypass graft: long term outcomes in a population study, ary artery bypass graft: long term outcomes in a population Heart: first published as 10.1136/heart.88.6.e8 on 1 December 2002. Downloaded from 488 study, 488 postural hypotension, Widespread cardiovascular autonomic dys- redilatation, Various reasons for repeat dilatation of stented pulmo- function in primary amyloidosis: does spontaneous hyperventi- nary arteries in paediatric patients, 505 lation have a compensatory role against postural hypotension?, refractory angina, Percutaneous coronary intervention in 615 octogenarians with refractory angina, 85 potassium, Increasing plasma potassium with amiloride shortens regional left ventricular function, Can coronary flow velocity the QT interval and reduces ventricular extrasystoles but does reserve determined by transthoracic Doppler echocardiography not change endothelial function or heart rate variability in predict the recovery of regional left ventricular function in chronic heart failure, 475 patients with acute myocardial infarction?, 137 preload-adjusted maximal power, Preload-adjusted maximal regurgitant orifice area, Effect of load alterations on the effective power: a novel index of left ventricular contractility in atrial regurgitant orifice area in chronic aortic regurgitation, 397 fibrillation, 170 remodelling, Cardiac remodelling in end stage heart failure: prenatal ultrasound, Improving the effectiveness of routine prena- upregulation of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) irrespective of tal screening for major congenital heart defects, 387 the underlying disease, and evidence for a direct inhibitory primary angioplasty, Transfer for primary angioplasty: who and effect of ACE inhibitors on MMP, 525 how?, 570 primary care, Unmet need for diagnosis of heart failure: the view renal artery stenosis, Arteriosclerotic renal artery stenosis: from primary care, ii9 conservative versus interventional management, 193 primary PTCA, Large intracoronary thrombi with good TIMI flow reperfusion, Acute myocardial infarction: reperfusion treatment, during acute myocardial infarction: four cases of successful 298 aggressive medical management in patients without Improved prognosis of patients presenting with clinical markers of angiographically detectable coronary atherosclerosis, e6 spontaneous reperfusion during acute myocardial infarction, primary pulmonary hypertension, Pulmonary hypertension in the 352 young, 658 restenosis, Clinical and angiographic outcome after conventional prognosis, Incremental changes in QRS duration in serial ECGs angioplasty with optional stent implantation compared with over time identify high risk elderly patients with heart failure, 47 direct stenting without predilatation, 622 Ventilatory variables are strong prognostic markers in elderly Vessel restenosis versus “streamlining”, 445 patients with heart failure, 239 revascularisation, Percutaneous coronary intervention in prognostic factors, Mortality from infective endocarditis: clinical diabetics: time to consider “intimal remodelling therapy”?, 213 predictors of outcome, 53 right atrium, The right atrium as an anatomic set-up for re-entry: proximal convergence method, Doppler echocardiographic electrophysiology goes back to anatomy, 325 assessment of valvar regurgitation, 651 right ventricle, Prognostic importance of right ventricular pulmonary annulus diameter, Influence of the pulmonary annulus dysfunction, 323 diameter on pulmonary regurgitation and right ventricular pres- right ventricular ejection fraction, Assessment of right ventricular sure load after repair of tetralogy of Fallot, 510 function with Doppler echocardiographic indices derived from pulmonary arteriovenous malformations, Pathogenesis of tricuspid annular motion: comparison with radionuclide pulmonary arteriovenous malformations: role of hepatopulmo- angiography, 244 nary interactions, 561 right ventricular pressure load, Influence of the pulmonary annu- The mechanism of formation of pulmonary arteriovenous malfor- lus diameter on pulmonary regurgitation and right ventricular mations associated with the classic Glenn shunt (superior pressure load after repair of tetralogy of Fallot, 510 cavopulmonary anastomosis), 639 risk estimation, Cardiovascular and coronary risk estimation in pulmonary artery, Various reasons for repeat dilatation of stented hypertension management, 306 pulmonary arteries in paediatric patients, 505 risk factors, Adherence to statin treatment and readmission of pulmonary hypertension, A new, simple, and accurate method for patients after myocardial infarction: a six year follow up study, non-invasive estimation of pulmonary arterial pressure, 76 229 Plaque composition in plexogenic and thromboembolic

Prediction of mortality from coronary heart disease among http://heart.bmj.com/ pulmonary hypertension: the critical role of thrombotic material diverse populations: is there a common predictive function?, in pultaceous core formation, 177 222 Pulmonary hypertension in the young, 658 Prospective analysis of the association of infection with CagA pulmonary incompetence, The unnatural history of tetralogy of bearing strains of Helicobacter pylori and coronary heart Fallot: surgical repair is not as definitive as previously thought, disease, 43 447 pulmonary regurgitation, Influence of the pulmonary annulus risk ordering, Prediction of mortality from coronary heart disease diameter on pulmonary regurgitation and right ventricular pres- among diverse populations: is there a common predictive sure load after repair of tetralogy of Fallot, 510 function?, 222 pulmonary to systemic flow, Non-invasive automated assessment risk stratification, Role of echocardiography in the evaluation of of the ratio of pulmonary to systemic flow in patients with atrial syncope: a prospective study, 363 septal defects by the colour Doppler velocity profile integration on September 27, 2021 by guest. Protected copyright. method, 278 screening, Screening for left ventricular dysfunction: a step too far?, ii12 pulmonary vascular obstructive disease, Pulmonary hyper- tension in the young, 658 seasonal periodicity, Variable seasonal peaks for different types of pulsed Doppler, Assessment of right ventricular function with Dop- aortic dissection?, 640 pler echocardiographic indices derived from tricuspid annular seasonality, Seasonality of coronary artery deaths in New South motion: comparison with radionuclide angiography, 244 Wales, Australia, 30 pulsed waveform analysis, Quantification of glyceryl trinitrate secondary prevention, Use of secondary preventive drugs in effect through analysis of the synthesised ascending aortic patients with acute coronary syndromes treated medically or pressure waveform, 143 with coronary angioplasty: results from the nationwide French pultaceous core, Plaque composition in plexogenic and thrombo- PREVENIR survey, 159 embolic pulmonary hypertension: the critical role of thrombotic Use of statins in the secondary prevention of coronary heart dis- material in pultaceous core formation, 177 ease: is treatment equitable?, 15 severe combined dyslipidaemia, Long term efficacy and safety of QRS duration, Incremental changes in QRS duration in serial atorvastatin in the treatment of severe type III and combined ECGs over time identify high risk elderly patients with heart dyslipidaemia, 234 failure, 47 sheep, Preload-adjusted maximal power: a novel index of left ven- QT dispersion, Physiological changes in ventricular filling alter car- tricular contractility in atrial fibrillation, 170 diac electrophysiology in patients with abnormal ventricular sick sinus syndrome, Assessment of myocardial adrenergic inner- function, 149 vation in patients with sick sinus syndrome: effect of asynchro- QT duration, Relation between QT duration and maximal wall nous ventricular activation from ventricular apical stimulation, thickness in familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, 153 255 quality of life, Perindopril improves six minute walking distance in signal processing, A new, simple, and accurate method for older patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction: a non-invasive estimation of pulmonary arterial pressure, 76 randomised double blind placebo controlled trial, 373 Quality of life in adults with congenital heart disease, 71 sinus rhythm, Treatment of atrial fibrillation, 432 sinus venosus syndrome, Sinus venosus syndrome: atrial septal radionuclide angiography, Assessment of right ventricular defect or anomalous venous connection? A multiplane function with Doppler echocardiographic indices derived from transoesophageal approach, 634 tricuspid annular motion: comparison with radionuclide six minute walking distance, Perindopril improves six minute angiography, 244 walking distance in older patients with left ventricular systolic rationing, Use of statins in the secondary prevention of coronary dysfunction: a randomised double blind placebo controlled trial, heart disease: is treatment equitable?, 15 373

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acute myocardial infarction in Ontario over time: have referral thrombus formation after acute myocardial infarction: results of Heart: first published as 10.1136/heart.88.6.e8 on 1 December 2002. Downloaded from patterns changed?, 460 the GISSI-3 echo substudy, 131 specialist nurse, The role of the specialist nurse, ii33 tolerability, Perindopril improves six minute walking distance in spiral computed tomography, Non-invasive coronary angiography older patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction: a with multislice spiral computed tomography: impact of heart randomised double blind placebo controlled trial, 373 rate, 470 tomographic imaging, Understanding coronary artery disease: statins, Adherence to statin treatment and readmission of patients tomographic imaging with intravascular ultrasound, 91 after myocardial infarction: a six year follow up study, 229 transfer, Transfer for primary angioplasty: who and how?, 570 Low prevalence of lipid lowering drug use in older men with transoesophageal echocardiography, Assessment of mitral established coronary heart disease, 25 regurgitation, iv11 Patients with acute coronary syndrome should start a statin while Degenerative mitral valve disease with emphasis on mitral valve still in hospital, 5 prolapse, iv20 Use of statins in the secondary prevention of coronary heart dis- Role of echocardiography in acute coronary syndromes, 419 ease: is treatment equitable?, 15 Sinus venosus syndrome: atrial septal defect or anomalous stent injury, Coronary artery stretch versus deep injury in the venous connection? A multiplane transoesophageal approach, development of in-stent neointima, 401 634 stenting, Transfer for primary angioplasty: who and how?, 570 transseptal puncture, Use of the transseptal puncture in stents, Clinical and angiographic outcome after conventional transcatheter closure of long tunnel-type patent foramen ovale, angioplasty with optional stent implantation compared with e3 direct stenting without predilatation, 622 transthoracic Doppler echocardiography, Can coronary flow Endovascular stent repair for a dissecting thoracoabdominal velocity reserve determined by transthoracic Doppler aneurysm is feasible in the setting of a district general hospital: echocardiography predict the recovery of regional left ventricu- a multidisciplinary approach, e4 lar function in patients with acute myocardial infarction?, 137 Various reasons for repeat dilatation of stented pulmonary arter- transthoracic echocardiography, Assessment of mitral ies in paediatric patients, 505 regurgitation, iv11 Vessel restenosis versus “streamlining”, 445 Degenerative mitral valve disease with emphasis on mitral valve steroid eluting pacing lead, Endocardial and epicardial steroid prolapse, iv20 lead pacing in the neonatal and paediatric age group, 392 Role of echocardiography in acute coronary syndromes, 419 streamlining, Vessel restenosis versus “streamlining”, 445 trends, Trends in mortality from cardiovascular and cerebrovascu- stress, Depression, stress, and the heart, 441 lar diseases in Europe and other areas of the world, 119 subaortic stenosis, Rheology of discrete subaortic stenosis, 335 tricuspid annular motion, Assessment of right ventricular function sudden cardiac death, Impact of age and sex on sudden cardio- with Doppler echocardiographic indices derived from tricuspid vascular death following myocardial infarction, 573 annular motion: comparison with radionuclide angiography, 244 Patients with ventricular arrhythmias: who should be referred to troponin T, Serum cardiac troponin T and plasma brain natriuretic an electrophysiologist?, 544 peptide in patients with cardiac decompensation, 647 Sudden death in children and adolescents, 426 troponins, Myocardial infarction: redefined or reinvented?, 1 What’s bad for the gander...Women and sudden cardiac death, tunnel-type patent foramen ovale, Use of the transseptal 553 puncture in transcatheter closure of long tunnel-type patent superior cavopulmonary anastomosis, The mechanism of foramen ovale, e3 formation of pulmonary arteriovenous malformations twin-twin transfusion syndrome, Influence of twin-twin associated with the classic Glenn shunt (superior transfusion syndrome on fetal cardiovascular structure and cavopulmonary anastomosis), 639 function: prospective case–control study of 136 monochorionic surgery, Sinus venosus syndrome: atrial septal defect or twin pregnancies, 271 anomalous venous connection? A multiplane transoesophageal typical flutter, The right atrium as an anatomic set-up for re-entry: approach, 634 electrophysiology goes back to anatomy, 325 Survivors of coarctation repair: fixed but not cured, 113 surgical closure, Surgical closure of atrial septal defects in adults: ultrasound, Automated cardiac flow measurement by digital colour effect of age at operation on outcome, 485 Doppler echocardiography, 211 http://heart.bmj.com/ survey, Low prevalence of lipid lowering drug use in older men with unstable angina, Antiplatelet treatment in unstable angina: aspirin, established coronary heart disease, 25 clopidogrel, glycoprotein IIb/IIIa antagonist, or all three?, 11 survival, Changing the diagnostic criteria for myocardial infarction Hypertension control at hospital discharge after acute coronary in patients with a suspected heart attack affects the measure- event: influence on cardiovascular prognosis— the PREVENIR ment of 30 day mortality but not long term survival, 337 study, 587 sympathetic nervous system, Imaging of cardiac adrenergic valvar disease, Automated quantification of aortic regurgitant innervation, 209 volume and regurgitant fraction using the digital colour Doppler syncope, New insights into the mechanism of neurally mediated velocity profile integration method in patients with aortic syncope, 217 regurgitation, 481 Role of echocardiography in the evaluation of syncope: a valvar regurgitation, Doppler echocardiographic assessment of prospective study, 363 valvar regurgitation, 651 on September 27, 2021 by guest. Protected copyright. systolic function, Clinical characteristics and prognosis of vascular endothelial growth factor, Identification of a specific pat- hospitalised inpatients with heart failure and preserved or tern of downregulation in expression of isoforms of vascular reduced left ventricular ejection fraction, 249 endothelial growth factor in dilated cardiomyopathy, 412 venous collaterals, Coil occlusion of systemic venous collaterals in tachyarrhythmias, Myotonic dystrophy and the heart, 665 hypoplastic left heart syndrome, 167 terminal crest, The right atrium as an anatomic set-up for re-entry: ventilatory parameters, Ventilatory variables are strong prognostic electrophysiology goes back to anatomy, 325 markers in elderly patients with heart failure, 239 tetralogy of Fallot, ECG predictors of ventricular arrhythmias and ventricular arrhythmias, ECG predictors of ventricular arrhythmias biventricular size and wall mass in tetralogy of Fallot with pul- and biventricular size and wall mass in tetralogy of Fallot with monary regurgitation, 515 pulmonary regurgitation, 515 Influence of the pulmonary annulus diameter on pulmonary Patients with ventricular arrhythmias: who should be referred to regurgitation and right ventricular pressure load after repair of an electrophysiologist?, 544 tetralogy of Fallot, 510 ventricular function, ECG predictors of ventricular arrhythmias The unnatural history of tetralogy of Fallot: surgical repair is not and biventricular size and wall mass in tetralogy of Fallot with as definitive as previously thought, 447 pulmonary regurgitation, 515 thoracic radiography, Continuous left hemidiaphragm sign Physiological changes in ventricular filling alter cardiac revisited: a case of spontaneous pneumopericardium and electrophysiology in patients with abnormal ventricular function, literature review, e5 149 thrombolysis, Improved prognosis of patients presenting with clini- Regional left ventricular function during transient coronary occlu- cal markers of spontaneous reperfusion during acute myocar- sion: relation with coronary collateral flow, 35 dial infarction, 352 ventricular septal defect, Rheology of discrete subaortic stenosis, Large intracoronary thrombi with good TIMI flow during acute 335 myocardial infarction: four cases of successful aggressive vessel perforation, Coronary artery perforation during medical management in patients without angiographically percutaneous intervention: incidence and outcome, 495 detectable coronary atherosclerosis, e6 von Willebrand syndrome, Acquired von Willebrand syndrome in thrombolytic treatment, Interaction between arrival time and children with patent ductus arteriosus, 87 thrombolytic treatment in determining early outcome of acute myocardial infarction, 583 women, Impact of age and sex on sudden cardiovascular death fol- thrombosis, Plaque composition in plexogenic and thromboem- lowing myocardial infarction, 573 bolic pulmonary hypertension: the critical role of thrombotic What’s bad for the gander...Women and sudden cardiac death, material in pultaceous core formation, 177 553

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