Acta Cardiologica
Volume 61, issue 1
February 2006



Original articles
1 - 5 - 
Brain natriuretic peptide and C-type natriuretic peptide are differently regulated by age but similarly elevated in coronary artery disease
HONG, Ta-Chun, YEH, Hung-I, SHIH, Bing-Fu, WANG, An-Mei, CHEN, Chun-Yen, HOU, Charles Jia-Yin, TSAI, Cheng-Ho

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7 - 11 - 
The effect of pentoxifylline on haemolysis during cardiopulmonary bypass in open-heart surgery
GOLBASI, Ilhan, AKBAS, Halide, OZDEM, Sebahat, UKAN, Sabır, OZDEM, Sadi S., KABUKÇU, Hanife, TURKAY, Cengiz, BAYEZID, Omer

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13 - 20 - 
Coronary heart disease in type 2 diabetes melittus in Isfahan, Iran
Prevalence and risk factors
JANGHORBANI, Mohsen, AMINI, Masoud, TAVASSOLI, Aliakbar

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21 - 27 - 
The analysis of ultrastructure and gene expression of sarco/endoplasmic reticulum calcium handling proteins in alloxan-induced diabetic rat myocardium
ZHOU, Bin-Quan, HU, Shen-Jiang, WANG, Guo-Bin

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29 - 34 - 
Aldoisterone synthase -344c/t and angiotensin-converting enzyme I/D polymorphisms in Turkish hypertensive patients with normal coronary arteries
OLCAY, Ayhan, NISANCI, Yılmaz, EKMEKCI, C. Gokhan, UMMAN, Berrin, BUGRA, Zehra, SEZER, Murat, ACAR, R. Deniz, OZBEK, Ugur

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35 - 42 - 
Plasma total homocysteine levels in a healthy Turkish population sample
TASKIN, Gulveren, YILMAZ SIPAHI, Emine, YILDIRIMKAYA, Metin, NADIRLER, Fatih, HALLORAN, Mitch, AYOGLU, Ferruh Niyazi, LALELI, Yahya

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43 - 49 - 
Follow-up of cardiac abnormalities in female adolescents with anoreexia nervosa after refeeding
ÜLGER, Zülal, GÜRSES, Dolunay, ÖZYUREK, A. Ruhi, ARIKAN, Çiğdem, LEVENT, Ertürk, AYDOĞDU, Sema

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51 - 61 - 
Influence of methionine synthase (A2756G) and methionine synthase reductase (A66G) polymorphisms on plasma homocysteine levels and relation to risk of coronary artery disease
LARAQUI, Abdelilah, ALLAMI, Abdellatif, CARRIÉ, Alain, COIFFARD, Sophie, BENKOUKA, Fatima, BENJOUAD, Abdelaziz, BENDRISS, Abdenabi, KADIRI, Nizar, BENNOUAR, Nawal, BENOMAR, Anwar, GUEDIRA, Abdelghafour, RAISONNIER, Alain, FELLAT, Seddik, SRAIRI, Jamal-Eddine, BENOMAR, Mohamed

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63 - 67 - 
Single-pass lead VDD pacing system in children and adolescents
Report of twenty-four patients
ÇELIKER, Alpay, KARAKURT, Cemşit, KARAGÖZ, Tevfik

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69 - 74 - 
Cardioprotective effect of calcium dobesilate during open-heart surgery
ISKESEN, Ihsan, SARIBULBUL, Osman, CERRAHOGLU, Mustafa, ONUR, Ece, TEKIN, Cetin, SIRIN, Hayrettin

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75 - 82 - 
Long-term symptomatic benefit after radiofrequency catheter ablation for atrial flutter despite a high incidence of post-procedural atrial fibrillation
ANNÉ, Wim, WILLEMS, Rik, ADRIAENSSENS, Bert, ADAMS, Jozef, ECTOR, Hugo, HEIDBÜCHEL, Hein

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83 - 87 - 
Effects of anxiety on QT dispersion in healthy young men
UYAREL, Huseyin, OKMEN, Ertan, COBANOĞLU, Necati, KARABULUT, Ahmet, CAM, Nese

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89 - 94 - 
Preservation of pleural integrity in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting
Effect on postoperative bleeding and respiratory function
GOKSIN, Ibrahim, BALTALARLI, Ahmet, SACAR, Mustafa, SUNGURTEKIN, Hulya, OZCAN, Vefa, GURSES, Ercan, KAYA, Seyda, EVRENGUL, Harun

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Review articles
95 - 102 - 
Obstructive sleep apnoea-hypopnoea syndrome and arterial hypertension
VAN MEERHAEGHE, Alain, MOSCARIELLO, Antonio, VELKENIERS, Brigitte

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103 - 110 - 
Harmfull effects of long-term right ventricular pacing
BAROLD, Serge S., STROOBANDT, Roland X.

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Case reports
111 - 113 - 
Myocardial bridging as a cause of acute anterior myocardial infarction
CAY, Serkan, BIYIKOGLU, Funda, KORKMAZ, Sule

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115 - 117 - 
Cardiomyopathy and thyrotoxicosis
Tachycardiomyopathy or thyrotoxic cardiomyopathy?
VYDT, Tom, VERHELST, Johan, DE KEULENAER, Gilles

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119 - 121 - 
Stent treatment of an aortocoronary dissection during percutaneous coronary intervention
A case report and brief literature review
PAPADOPOULOS, Dimitris P., ECONOMOU, Chrisostomos K., PERAKIS, Alexandros

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