Annals ofCardiology

Volume: 2 - Number: 21 - September 1, 2002

Outstanding

Meta-analysis of randomized and registry comparisons of ticlopidine with clopidogrel after stenting

A randomized comparison of direct stenting with conventional stent implantation in selected patients with acute myocardial infarction

Oral L-arginine (and other active ingredients) for ischemic heart disease?

Neurohormonal blockade in chronic heart failure; How much is enough? can there be too much

Atheroesclerosis

Dietary fiber and prevention of cardiovascular disease

Cardiac Failure

Confirmation of a heart failure epidemic: findings from the Resource Utilization Among Congestive Heart Failure (REACH) study

Neurohormonal blockade in chronic heart failure; How much is enough? can there be too much

Randomized trial of an education and support intervention to preventreadmission of patients with heart failure

Growth hormone corrects vascular dysfunction in patients with chronic heart failure

Cardiac Surgery

The effects of hypothermia on human left ventricular contractile function during cardiac surgery

Coronary Artery Disease

The prognostic value of creatine kinase elevations extends across the whole spectrum of acute coronary syndromes

The relationships of left ventricular ejection fraction, end-systolic volume index and infarct size to six-month mortality after hospital discharge following myocardial infarction treated by thrombolysis

Echocardiography

The usefulness of a 10% air-10% blood-80% saline mixture for contrast echocardiography: Doppler measurement of pulmonary artery systolic pressure

Electro-physiopathology

Endocardial wave front organization during ventricular fibrillation in humans

Relative expression of immunolocalized connexins 40 and 43 correlates with human atrial conduction properties

Outcome of children with fetal, neonatal or childhood diagnosis of isolated congenital atrioventricular block ; A single institution's experience of 30 years

Medical Education

Diastolic heart failure: neglected or misdiagnosed?

Nutrition

Randomized trial of a medical food for the dietary management of chronic, stable angina

Oral L-arginine (and other active ingredients) for ischemic heart disease?

A prospective study of dietary fiber intake and risk of cardiovascular disease among women

Re-vascularisation

Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrates improved regional systolic wall motion and thickening and myocardial perfusion of myocardial territories treated by laser myocardial revascularization

Meta-analysis of randomized and registry comparisons of ticlopidine with clopidogrel after stenting

A randomized comparison of direct stenting with conventional stent implantation in selected patients with acute myocardial infarction

Valvulopathy

Progression of human aortic valve stenosis is associated with tenascin-C expression