Annals ofCardiology

Volume: 10 - Number: 111 - August 15, 2010

Outstanding

Prior polyvascular disease: risk factor for adverse ischaemic outcomes in acute coronary syndromes

Incidence and prognostic significance of sustained ventricular tachycardias in heart failure patients implanted with biventricular pacemakers without a back-up defibrillator: results from the prospective, multicentre, Mona Lisa cohort study

Amiodarone for the prevention of sudden cardiac death: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Restenosis and adverse clinical events after successful percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty: immediate post-procedural mitral valve area as an important prognosticator

Arrhythmia/Electrophysiology

Incidence and prognostic significance of sustained ventricular tachycardias in heart failure patients implanted with biventricular pacemakers without a back-up defibrillator: results from the prospective, multicentre, Mona Lisa cohort study

Amiodarone for the prevention of sudden cardiac death: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Cardiovascular flashlights

Transient mid-ventricular ballooning cardiomyopathy associated with bladder pheochromocytoma

Multi-vessel coronary artery spasm

Paraganglioma of the aortopulmonary window

Ablation of ventricular tachycardia in the anterior interventricular vein

Coronary Heart Disease

C-terminal provasopressin (copeptin) is a strong prognostic marker in patients with heart failure after an acute myocardial infarction: results from the OPTIMAAL study

Prior polyvascular disease: risk factor for adverse ischaemic outcomes in acute coronary syndromes

Angiotensin II receptor blocker-based vs. non-angiotensin II receptor blocker-based therapy in patients with angiographically documented coronary artery disease and hypertension: Candesartan Randomized Trial for Evaluation...

Heart failure/cardiomyopathy

Impact of left ventricular volume/mass ratio on diastolic function

A genetic variant on chromosome 9p21 and incident heart failure in the ARIC study

Increased systemic and myocardial expression of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin in clinical and experimental heart failure

Prenvention and epidemiology

Association between the adiponectin promoter rs266729 gene variant and oxidative stress in patients with diabetes mellitus

Middle-aged men with increased waist circumference and elevated C-reactive protein level are at higher risk for postoperative atrial fibrillation following coronary artery bypass grafting surgery

COX-1 sensitivity and thromboxane A2 production in type 1 and type 2 diabetic patients under chronic aspirin treatment

Valvular Heart Disease

Restenosis and adverse clinical events after successful percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty: immediate post-procedural mitral valve area as an important prognosticator