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wt Saat 45 ELSEVIER International Journal of Cardiology 47 (1995) 317-319 Volume contents Volume 47 (1994/1995) ORIGINAL STUDIES Trinidad and the UK, /.S. Faroogi, S. Dar, S. Faroogi, D.G. Beevers, G.Y.H. Lip (UK) 4s CARDIOLOGY IN THE YOUNG Effect of 24-h blood pressure levels and circadian Levoatriocardinal vein in mitral atresia mimicking blood pressure rhythm on left ventricular struc- obstructive total anomalous pulmonary venous ture and function in isolated systolic hyperten- connection, M.-L. Lee, J.-K. Wang, H.-C. Lue sion, J. Ming, L. Guozhang, Q. Deren, L. ( Taiwan) 1 Xiaoging, Z.J. Fen, N. Honglian, F. Shaoru, W. Aili, L. Lisheng (China) 51 CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH Plasma renin activity in chagasic patients with and IMAGING without congestive heart failure, G. Bellabarba, Echocardiographic evidence of persistent pericar- D.F. Davila, A. Torris, J.H. Donis, J.C. Gon- dial effusion after open heart surgery, A.G. zalez, O. Figueroa, C.J. Vasquez, M. Faddoul, Fraser, S. Ikram, A.J. Bryan, G.D. Angelini A. Khoury (Venezuela) 5 (UK) 59 Detection of microinfarction in patients with CLINICAL CARDIOLOGY unstable angina: study by '''In-antimyosin im- Does thrombolysis affect the prognostic value of the aging, J. Lekakis, V. Prassopoulos, H. post-infarct exercise test?, D. Wosornu, K.Y. Psichogiou, N. Vassilopoulos, P. Kostamis, S. Goh, C. Gooptu, J.M. Beattie, R.G. Murray Moulopoulos (Greece) 67 (UK) 13 Reduced cardiac extraction of norepinephrine and PATHOLOGY epinephrine in patients with heart failure — cor- Recurrent, biatrial, familial cardiac myxomas, 4. relation with left ventricular function, M. Deshpande, S. Kumar, P. Chopra (India) 71 Kurose, K. Okumura, H. Ogawa, M. Yoshimura, E. Morita, H. Yasue (Japan) 21 BRIEF REPORTS CLINICO-PATHOLOGICAL CONFERENCE Doppler imaging of an inadvertent anastomosis of Thyrotoxicosis, rheumatic heart disease and fever, modified Blalock-Taussig shunt to the right R. Goswami, P. Shah, C.S. Bal, B. Singh, A.C. upper pulmonary vein, A. Robida (Qatar) 75 Ammini, K.K. Talwar (India) 31 Sub-mitral aneurysm with aortoarteritis: case re- | port of an unusual association, K. Kumar, A. EPIDEMIOLOGY Saxena, S. Sharma (India) 78 | Lack of correlation between coronary risk factors Infracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous and CAD severity, S. Krishnaswami, V.J. Jose, connection in tetralogy of Fallot with decreased | G. Joseph (India) 37 pulmonary flow and masked pulmonary venous A comparative study of risk factors for acute myo- obstruction: report of one case, M.-L. Lee, cardial infarction amongst men of Indo-origin in M.-H. Wu, H.-C. Lue (R.O.C.) 81 0167-5273/95/$09.50 © 1995 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved 318 Volume conten/t Isn t. J. Cardiol. 47 (1995) 317-319 Book reviews 85 ventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia, F.-Y. Meetings and courses 89 Lin, J.-L. Lin, H.-M. Lo (Taiwan) Instructions to authors 93 Asystolic arrest as a presentation of sarcoidosis, N.I. McDougall, J.A. Purvis, C.M. Wilson, A.A.J. Adgey (UK) REVIEW ARTICLE IMAGING Noninvasive testing in the diagnosis and manage- Repeatability of measurements of pulmonary ment of unstable angina, A.M. Amanullah venous flow indices, 7. Steen, B.M.R. Voss, H. (Sweden ) Thlen (Norway) ORIGINAL STUDIES BRIEF REPORTS APPLIED CARDIOLOGY Ruptured aneurysm of the sinus of Valsalva in a pa- Magnesium deficiency prolongs myocardial stunn- tient with Behcet’s disease, K.K. Koh, K.H. Lee, ing in an open-chest swine model, W.R. Herzog, S.S. Kim, S.C. Lee, S.H. Jin, S.W. Cho D. Atar, I.T. Mak, D. Alyono, C. MacCord, (K orea) W.B. Weglicki (USA) Heroin abuse and myocardial infarction, J. Szta- jzel, H. Karpuz, W. Rutishauser (Switzerland) CARDIOLOGY IN THE YOUNG Instantaneous resolution of ischemic mitral Characterization of aneurysmal transformation in regurgitation and pulmonary hypertension by perimembranous ventricular septal defects: an angioplasty, M.A. Karim, A. Hailu, U. adhered anterior leaflet of tricuspid valve Deligonul (USA) predisposes to the development of left Ventricular septal rupture following blunt chest ventricular-to-right atrial shunt, M.-H. Wu, C.- trauma after a long delay: a case report, D. I Chang, J.-K. Wang, H.-C. Lue (Taiwan) Stajer, S. Kariz (Slovenia) Unusual coronary artery pattern in a criss-cross The Jervell and Lange-Nielsen syndrome, B. heart, /.-S. Chiu, J.-K. Wang, M.-H. Wu Komsuoglu, O. Géldeli, K. Kulan, F. Budak, Y. ( Taiwan) Gedik, C. Tuncer, S.S. Komsuoglu (Turkey) Spontaneous coronary artery dissection in a young CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH woman resulting from an intense gymnasium Captopril cardioplegia on myocardial protection in “work-out”, C.J. Ellis, G.A. Haywood, J.L. the hypertrophied rat hearts, Y. Zhang, S. Xu Monro (UK) (China ) Relation of left atrial volume and systolic function Letters to the editor to the hormonal response in idiopathic dilated Book reviews cardiomyopathy, A. Trikas, F. Triposkiadis, C. Meetings and courses Pitsavos, K. Tentolouris, M. Kyriakidis, J. Instructions to authors Gialafos, P. Toutouzas (Greece) CLINICAL CARDIOLOGY Doppler evaluation of left ventricular diastolic fill- EDITORIAL ing in Behcet’s disease, B. Komsuoglu, O. Géldeli, K. Kulan, S.S. Komsuoglu, M. Tosun, Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty: C. Kaya, C. Tuncer (Turkey) refining standards for good practice, R.E. Atrial natriuretic peptide: relation to left ventricu- Vlietstra, C.-M. Nunn (USA, New Zealand) lar filling properties in patients with systemic sclerosis, E. Kazzam, K. Caidahl, T. Hedner, J. Hedner, A. Waldenstrém (Sweden) ORIGINAL STUDIES ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH Anatomic substrate of the slow atrio-ventricular Diastolic function in patients with coronary artery nodal pathway in an experimental atrio- disease: effect of angina and heart failure func- Volume conten/t Isn t. J. Cardiol. 47 (1995) 317-319 tional class, D.F. Kesler, A.A. Galyanov, K.G. IMAGING Zhukov (R ussia) 211 Echocardiography of sinus of Valsalva aneurysm Which drug to choose for stable angina pectoris: a with rupture into the right atrium, L. Missault, comparative study between bisoprolol and B. Callens, Y. Taeymans ( Belgium) nitrates, L.L.M. van de Ven, A. Vermeulen, Diagnostic accuracy of echocardiography-Doppler J.G.M. Tans, A.C. Tans, K.L. Liem, N.C. in acute pulmonary embolism, P. Nazeyrollas, Lageweg, K.I. Lie (Netherlands) D. Metz, L. Chapoutot, J.-P. Chabert, B. Enalapril improves heart failure induced by mono- Maillier, D. Maes, J. Elaerts (France) crotaline without reducing pulmonary hypertension in rats: roles of preserved myocardial BRIEF REPORTS creatine kinase and lactate dehydrogenase iso- enzymes, K. Ishikawa, H. Hashimoto, S. Right atrial metastasis as primary clinical Mitani, Y. Toki, K. Okumura, T. Ito (Japan) manifestation of hepatocellular carcinoma, H. A. Baba, R. Engers, M.P. Heintzen (Germany) Sino-atrial Wenckebach conduction in thyrotoxic CLINICAL CARDIOLOGY periodic paralysis: a case report, B.L. Chia, Vessel dilator is associated with survival after acute . K.H. Lee, J.S. Cheah (Singapore) myocardial infarction, B.H. Ackerman, R.P. Selective ergonovine-induced coronary artery Wyeth, M.E. Soulsby, A.A. Pappas, D.L. spasm and ST-segment alternans after blunt Vesely (USA) thoracic trauma, J.-A. Fournier, A. Sanchez, J.-A.P. F-Cortacero (Spain) EPIDEMIOLOGY Absence of the left pericardium diagnosed by com- Epidemiologic study of diet and coronary risk puted tomography, J/.L.B. Jacob, A.S. Souza factors in relation to central obesity and insulin Jr., A. Parro Jr. (Brazil) levels in rural and urban populations of North Acute myocardial infarction in a young man after India, R.B. Singh, S. Ghosh, A.M. Niaz, S. heat exhaustion, J.C. Garcia-Rubira, J. Aguilar, Gupta, I. Bishnoi, J.P. Sharma, P. Agarwal, D. Romero (Spain) S.S. Rastogi, R. Beegum, H. Chibo, Z. Shoumin (India, China) Book reviews Meetings and courses HYPERTENSION Instructions to authors Taking antihypertensive medication — controlling Author index or co-operating with patients?, K./. Kjellgren, J. Subject index Ahlner, R. Salj6 (Sweden) 257 Volume contents