Acta Cardiologica
Volume 71, issue 4
2016



Review articles
379 - 388 - 
Imaging assessment of left ventricular diastolic function: current and emerging methods
C.C. Beladan, A.M. Iliesiu, A.C. Popescu, I.M. Coman, C. Ginghina, B.A. Popescu

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389 - 394 - 
Cardiac disease in brain-heart disorders
J. Finsterer, K. Wahbi

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Original articles
395 - 402 - 
Multidirectional left ventricle and longitudinal right ventricle deformation analysis by two dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography in young elite athletes
O. Mirea, O. Istratoaie, F. Schnell, J. Duchenne, C. Militaru, C. Militaru

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403 - 410 - 
Does third generation left ventricular assist device alter heart failure-related microvascular dysfunction?
F. Esmaeilzadeh, R. Dendievel, A. Wauters, J.-L. Vachiery, G. Van Nooten, P. Van De Borne, J.-F. Argacha

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411 - 415 - 
Assessment of sustained effects of levosimendan on right ventricular systolic functions in patients with advanced heart failure
A.K. Mansiroglu, E. Oner, M. Erturk, H. Karakurt, M.U. Somuncu, A. Birant, A.K. Kalkan, D. Ozturk, A. Eksik

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417 - 424 - 
Natriuretic peptide hormones in congestive heart failure: challenges, clinical interpretation and review of studies
H. Alkhawam, M. El-Hunjul, J. Nguyen, R. Desai, U. Syed, T.J. Vittorio

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425 - 434 - 
Assessment of diastolic dysfunction in patients with acute coronary syndrome and preserved systolic function: comparison between Doppler transthoracic echocardiography and velocity-encoded cardiac magnetic resonance
S.M. Azarisman, M. Shirazi, J. Bradley, K.S. Teo, M.I. Worthley, S.G. Worthley

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435 - 441 - 
Coronary artery spasm and dobutamine stress echocardiography in patients without known coronary disease: prevalence, predictors and outcomes
F. Aboukhoudir, S. Rekik

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443 - 448 - 
Prognostic significance of fragmented QRS in acute pulmonary embolism
M. Karaca, M.A. Tatlisu, K.S. Ozcan, B. Gungor, E. Bozbeyoglu, O. Yildirimturk, E. Arugaslan, A. Zengin, A.N. Calik, Z. Nurkalem, N. Cam

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449 - 455 - 
P wave dispersion and atrial electromechanical delay: do they vary with the extent of mitral annular calcification?
I. Eweda, M. Abul-Saud, H. Fouad, R.N. Hanna, W. Nammas

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457 - 462 - 
Long-term efficacy of empirical slow pathway ablation in non-inducible and suspected atrioventricular nodal reentry tachycardia
J. He, Z. Liu, P.-H. Fang, X.-B. Chen, J. Liu, M. Tang, Y.-H. Jia, S. Zhang

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463 - 472 - 
Niacin is still beneficial. Implications from an updated meta-regression analysis
D. Siniawski, C.G. Santos-Gallego, J.J. Badimon, W.M. Masson

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473 - 482 - 
Right ventricular function in pulmonary hypertension due to left heart disease by two-dimensional speckle tracking and real time three-dimensional echocardiography
L. Zhang, P. Zhang, H. Qi, Z. Wang, T. Luo, M. Lu, H. Ran, C. Cao, J. Ren

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483 - 488 - 
Angiotensin II increases coronary fibrosis, cardiac hypertrophy and the incidence of myocardial infarctions in ApoE-/-Fbn1C1039G+/– mice
L. Roth, D.M. Schrijvers, W. Martinet, G.R.Y. De Meyer

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Images focuses
491 - 492 - 
Dilated cardiomyopathy and recurrent myorrhexis suggest mitochondrial disorder
J. Finsterer, C. Stöllberger, C. Haberler

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493 - 494 - 
Prolapsing aneurysm of the atrioventricular membranous septum in a child
M.M. Yilmazer, B. Güven, N. Ceylan, S. Bayraktaroğlu, T. Meşe

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495 - 496 - 
Massive left main coronary aneurysm presenting as trepopnoea
A. Gopalakrishnan, S. Sivasubramonian, T.R. Kapilamoorthy, A. Valaparambil

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497 - 498 - 
Heart rhythm between life and death
A.I. Tekkesin, Y. Velibey, C. Turkkan, O. Guzelburc, A.T. Alper

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499 - 499 - 
Primary cardiac myxofibrosarcoma in a young woman
V.M. Becerra-Muñoz, L. Jordán-Martínez, E. Gallego-Domínguez, M.J. Mataró-López, E. Rodríguez-Caulo

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Letters to the editors
501 - 501 - 
The impaired cardiac autonomic function; common pathway between metabolic syndrome and prognosis of ST-elevation myocardial infarction treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention
K. Ozbek, A. Keser, H. Katlandur

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503 - 503 - 
Effects of right ventricular systolic functions and COPD on cancer antigen-125 levels which are associated with atrial fibrillation in patients with heart failure?
I. Tandogan

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504 - 504 - 
Author's reply
H. Kaya

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