Annals ofCardiology

Volume: 8 - Number: 82 - March 15, 2008

Outstanding

Far-Fetched Benefit of Inflammation

Diastolic Heart Failure: Evidence of Increased Myocardial Collagen Turnover Linked to Diastolic Dysfunction

Effects of Normal Blood Pressure, Prehypertension, and Hypertension on Coronary Microvascular Function

Effectiveness of Drug-Eluting Stents in Patients With Bare-Metal In-Stent Restenosis: Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials

Arrhythmia/Electrophysiology

Direct Inhibition of Cardiac Hyperpolarization-Activated Cyclic Nucleotide–Gated Pacemaker Channels by Clonidine

Atrial fibrillation

Gender-Related Differences in Presentation, Treatment, and Outcome of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation in Europe: A Report From the Euro Heart Survey on Atrial Fibrillation

Cardiac Failure

Diastolic Heart Failure: Evidence of Increased Myocardial Collagen Turnover Linked to Diastolic Dysfunction

Effect of High-Dose Atorvastatin on Hospitalizations for Heart Failure: Subgroup Analysis of the Treating to New Targets (TNT) Study

Cardiovascular disease in women

Estrogen Receptor Polymorphism and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease, Cancer, and Hip Fracture: Cross-Sectional, Cohort, and Case–Control Studies and a Meta-Analysis

Gender Differences in Hospital Mortality and Use of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Acute Myocardial Infarction: Microsimulation Analysis of the 1999 Nationwide French Hospitals Database

Cardiovascular Image

Ebstein’s Malformation With Imperforate Tricuspid Valve

Cardiovascular surgery

Effect of Functional Health-Related Quality of Life on Long-Term Survival After Cardiac Surgery

Coronary heart disease

Effects of Intensive Versus Moderate Lipid-Lowering Therapy on Myocardial Ischemia in Older Patients With Coronary Heart Disease: Results of the Study Assessing Goals in the Elderly (SAGE)

Editorial

Far-Fetched Benefit of Inflammation

Gender Differences in the Treatment for Acute Myocardial Infarction: Bias or Biology?

Editorial commentaries

Diastolic Dysfunction in Heart Failure With Preserved Systolic Function: Need for Objective Evidence: Results From the CHARM Echocardiographic Substudy–CHARMES

Epidemiology

Determinants of Coronary Artery and Aortic Calcification in the Old Order Amish

Hypertension

Effects of Normal Blood Pressure, Prehypertension, and Hypertension on Coronary Microvascular Function

Interventional cardiology

Detection of Coronary Microembolization by Doppler Ultrasound in Patients With Stable Angina Pectoris Undergoing Elective Percutaneous Coronary Interventions

Molecular Cardiology

Gelatinolytic Activity in Atherosclerotic Plaques Is Highly Localized and Is Associated With Both Macrophages and Smooth Muscle Cells In Vivo

Myocardial Infarction

Effects of Intravenous Atrial Natriuretic Peptide on Cardiac Sympathetic Nerve Activity and Left Ventricular Remodeling in Patients With First Anterior Acute Myocardial Infarction

Review

Effectiveness of Drug-Eluting Stents in Patients With Bare-Metal In-Stent Restenosis: Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials

Effects of Perioperative Nesiritide in Patients With Left Ventricular Dysfunction Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: The NAPA Trial

Valvular Heart Disease

Epidemiology and Cause-Specific Outcome of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in Children: Findings From the Pediatric Cardiomyopathy Registry