Acta Cardiologica
Volume 66, issue 2
2011



President's page
139 - 140 - 
The Belgian Society of Cardiology: a view on its strength, weakness, opportunities and threats
V. Legrand

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Editorial
141 - 143 - 
Evidence-based selection of contrast media in interventional cardiology: implications of the updated guidelines
O. De Backer, Y. Vandekerckhove

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Original articles
145 - 151 - 
Implantable cardioverter/defibrillator interventions in primary prevention: do current implantation criteria really predict ICD interventions?
T. Cools, T. Rossenbacker, V. Floré, D. Nuyens, H. Heidbüchel, R. Willems

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153 - 157 - 
Left atrial size and left ventricular hypertrophy correlate with myocardial fibrosis in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
C. Prinz, D. Hering, T. Bitter, D. Horstkotte, L. Faber

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159 - 165 - 
Heart structure and function in patients with generalized autoimmune diseases: echocardiography with tissue Doppler study
W. Plazak, G. Kopec, L. Tomkiewicz-Pajak, P. Rubis, H. Dziedzic, E. Suchon, M. Kostkiewicz, M. Olszowska, J. Musial, P. Podolec

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167 - 174 - 
Metabolic syndrome with or without diabetes contributes to left ventricular diastolic dysfunction
W. Dinh, M. Lankisch, W. Nickl, M. Gies, D. Scheyer, F. Kramer, T. Scheffold, T. Krahn, A. Sause, R. Füth

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175 - 180 - 
Electrical remodelling in cardiac resynchronization therapy: decrease in intrinsic QRS duration
K. Mischke, C. Knackstedt, K. Fache, S. Reith, O. Rana, E. Saygili, C. Gemein, M. Becker, N. Marx, P. Schauerte

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181 - 187 - 
Association between cardiac functional capacity and parameters of tissue Doppler imaging in patients with normal ejection fraction
S. Eroğlu, L.E. Sade, A. Aydinalp, A. Yildirir, H. Bozbaş, G. Ulubay, H. Muderrisoğlu

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189 - 196 - 
Are all criteria of metabolic syndrome equally harmful?
B.A. Ivanovic, M.V. Tadic, D.V. Simic

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197 - 202 - 
Plasma osteopontin levels in prediction of prognosis in acute myocardial infarction
K. Okyay, Y. Tavil, A. Sahinarslan, G. Tacoy, M. Turfan, N. Sen, O. Gurbahar, B. Boyaci, R. Yalcin, D. Demirkan, A. Cengel

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203 - 211 - 
Bleeding complications with acute coronary syndrome in six Middle Eastern countries
D.K. Shakir, M. Zubaid, M.H. Al-Mallah, W. Al-Mahmeed, A.A. Alsheikh-Ali, R. Singh, H. Amin, N. Rao, J. Al Suwaidi

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213 - 218 - 
The combination of 64 multislice CT angiography and optical coherence tomography optimally characterizes coronary plaques
B. Jiang, L. Gai, Z. Sun, J. Gai, Z. Guan, Z. Wang, C. Liu

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219 - 224 - 
Lack of beneficial effects of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor in patients with subacute myocardial infarction undergoing late revascularization: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial
H. Mehdikhani Karimabad, M. Shabestari, H. Baharvand, A. Vosough, H. Gourabi, A. Shahverdi, A. Shamsian, S. Abdolhoseini, K. Moazzami, M. Moradi Marjanimehr, F. Emami, H.R. Bidkhori, A. Hamedanchi, S. Talebi, F. Farrokhi, F. Jabbari-Azad, M. Fadavi, U. Garivani, M. Mahmoodi, N. Aghdami

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225 - 230 - 
Ventricular septal rupture following acute myocardial infarction
A.S. Koh, Y.J. Loh, Y.P. Lim, J. Le Tan

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231 - 237 - 
Differential effect of ATP binding cassette transporter A1 R219K and cholesteryl ester transfer protein TaqIB genotypes on HDL-C levels in overweight/obese and non-obese Chinese subjects
Y. Huang, Y. Wu, R. Liu, P. Fan, J. Zhang, F. Wang, X. Luo, Y. Liu, B. Liu, H. Bai

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239 - 245 - 
Transradial approach in myocardial infarction
H.-L. Jen, W.-H. Yin, K.-C. Chen, A.-N. Feng, S.-P. Ma, C.-F. Cheng, M.S. Young

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Viewpoint
247 - 248 - 
Flecainide
H. Ector

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Focus
249 - 250 - 
Purulent pericarditis and pericardial abscess one year after LAD-stenting
K. Onsea, P. Herijgers, T. Adriaenssens

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Case reports
251 - 253 - 
Acute cardiac tamponade: presenting sign of acute leukaemia
E. Prihadi, C. Hariman, L. Janssens

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255 - 257 - 
Anomalous right coronary artery causing inferior myocardial infarction, diagnosed on the occasion of a life-insurance medical exam
K. Onsea, K. Goetschalckx, J. Bogaert, T. Adriaenssens

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259 - 262 - 
The use of ivabradine for inappropriate sinus tachycardia
T. Weyn, D. Stockman, Y. Degreef

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263 - 266 - 
Treating humoral rejection after cardiac transplantation
J. Verheyen, T. Vermeulen, K. Janssen-Van Doorn, C. Vrints, V. Conraads

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267 - 269 - 
Ventricular tachycardia: first manifestation of myotonic dystrophy
N. Cakmak, D. Osmonov, K.S. Ozcan, C. Donmez

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271 - 273 - 
Synovial sarcoma in the right atrium and right ventricle
Y. Nazli, M.N. Karabulut, C. Goya, N. Colak

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Letter to the editor
275 - 276 - 
Right-sided coronary artery origin: interarterial or intraseptal course?
A.Y. Andreou

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Book reviews
277 - 279 - 
Book Reviews

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Corrigendum
280 - 280 - 
Corrigendum

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