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Featured editorial Coronary artery disease 1105 What explains declining coronary mortality? 1154 Combining dual-source computed tomography Lessons and warnings coronary angiography and calcium scoring: added value for the assessment of coronary artery S Capewell, M O’Flaherty
disease Heart: first published as on 1 September 2008. Downloaded from Editorials S Leschka, H Scheffel, L Desbiolles, A Plass, 1109 Stroke risk in the elderly: it’s not all about O Gaemperli, P Stolzmann, M Genoni, T Luescher, visible clot B Marincek, P Kaufmann, H Alkadhi Journal of the British Cardiovascular Society P Kanagaratnam Interventional cardiology 1111 Low-density lipoprotein and aortic stenosis 1162 The impact of lesion length and vessel size on outcomes after sirolimus-eluting stent Guidelines for Authors and N M Rajamannan Reviewers implantation for in-stent restenosis Full instructions are available online 1113 Alternatives to warfarin in atrial fibrillation: S Habara, K Mitsudo, T Goto, K Kadota, S Fujii, at http://heart.bmj.com/ifora. Articles drugs and devices H Yamamoto, H Kato, S Takenaka, Y Fuku, must be submitted electronically http:// Y L Bayard, S H Ostermayer, H Sievert S Hosogi, A Hirono, K Yamamoto, H Tanaka, submit-heart.bmj.com. Authors retain 1117 Myocardial oedema: a forgotten entity D Hasegawa, Y Nakamura, H Tasaka, S Otsuru, copyright but are required to grant Heart YOkamoto,CYamada,MMiyamoto,KInoue an exclusive licence to publish http:// essential to the understanding of regional heart.bmj.com/ifora/licence.dtl function after ischaemia or reperfusion injury 1166 Occluding the left atrial appendage: anatomical B Bijnens, G R Sutherland considerations Editorial office P Su, K P McCarthy, S Y Ho Heart, BMJ Publishing Group 1120 Secundum atrial septal defects: time to close BMA House, Tavistock Square them all? Epidemiology London WC1H 9JR, UK A Sharp, I Malik 1171 Homocysteine, migration and early vascular impairment in people of African descent T: +44 (0) 20 7383 6235 1123 Three-dimensional echocardiography: coming F: +44 (0) 20 7383 6668 of age L Kalra, E Iveson, C Rambaran, R Sherwood, E: [email protected] P Chowienczyk, J Ritter, A Shah, T Forrester L Sugeng, V Mor-Avi, R M Lang ISSN: 1355-6037 (print) Valvular heart disease http://heart.bmj.com/ ISSN: 1468-201X (online) Global burden of cardiovascular disease 1175 Association between circulating oxidised low- Impact factor 4.141 1126 Coronary heart disease in China density lipoprotein and fibrocalcific remodelling of X-H Zhang, Z L Lu, L Liu the aortic valve in aortic stenosis Disclaimer: HeartisownedandpublishedbyBMJ CCoˆte´, P Pibarot, J-P Despre´s,DMohty,ACartier, Publishing Group Ltd (a wholly owned subsidiary Rapid communication B J Arsenault, C Couture, P Mathieu oftheBritishMedicalAssociation)andtheBritish Cardiovascular Society. The owners grant 1132 Low-dose CT coronary angiography in the step- editorial freedom to the Editor of Heart. Heart and-shoot mode: diagnostic performance 1181 Valve type and long-term outcomes after aortic follows guidelines on editorial independence
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