Acta Cardiologica
Volume 59, issue 2
April 2004



Editorial
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Social class, all-cause and cardiovascular mortality
KESTELOOT, Hugo

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Original articles
119 - 125 - 
Obstacles to cardiovascular prevention in general practice
DE MUYLDER, Régis, LORANT, Vincent, PAULUS, Dominique, NACKERS, Fabienne, JEANJEAN, Michel, BOLAND, Benoit

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127 - 133 - 
Slow coronary flow may be a sign o diffuse atherosclerosis
Contribution of FFR and IVUS
PEKDEMIR, Hasan, CIN, V. Gökhan, ÇIÇEK, Dilek, ÇAMSARI, Ahmet, AKKUS, Necdet, DÖVEN, Oben, PARMAKSIZ, H. Tuncay

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135 - 140 - 
Absolute neutrophil counts and fibrinogen levels as an aid in the early diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction
BASILI, Stefania, DI FRANCO, Manuela, ROSA, Antonello, FERRONI, Patrizia, DIURNI, Veronica, SCARPELLINI, Maria Gabrialla, BERTAZZONI, Giuliano

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141 - 145 - 
Impedance cardiographic monitoring during pericardiocentesis
Comparison with echocardiography
UZUN, Mehmet, KOZ, Cem, KIRILMAZ, Ata, BAYSAN, Oben, ERINC, Sabri Kursad, KILICASLAN, Fethi, OZKAN, Mustafa, BARINDIK, Nadir, TORE, Hasan Fehmi, DEMIRTAS, Ertan

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147 - 152 - 
Anti-vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 and anti-very late antigen-4 monoclonal antibodies inhibit neointimal hyperplasia in the murine model of arterial injury
SUZUKI, Jun-ichi, IZAWA, Atsushi, ISOBE, Mitsuaki

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153 - 158 - 
Anatomical and functional characteristics of ectatic coronary arteries
An intracoronary ultrasound study
TRIANTAFYLLIDI, Helen, VAVOURANAKIS, Manolis, ARVANITI, Chrisa, STEFANADIS, Christodoulos, TOUTOUZAS, Pavlos

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159 - 164 - 
Mechanical heart support using intraaortic balloon counterpulsation
A retrospective view and current perspectives
LITMATHE, Jens, FEINDT, Peter, BOEKEN, Udo, GANS, Emmeran

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Review article
165 - 177 - 
Drug-eluting stents: a new treatment in the prevention of restenosis
Part II: clinical studies
SALU, Koen J., BOSMANS, Johan M., BULT, Hidde, VRINTS, Chris J.

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Case reports
179 - 181 - 
Paradoxical arterial and pulmonary embolism in a patient with a thrombus between atrial septum and patent foramen ovale
PIESTRZENIEWICZ, Katarzyna, MACIEJEWSKI, Marek

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183 - 185 - 
Isolated ventricular noncompaction
ÖKÇÜN, Barış, TEKIN, Abdullah, OZ, Büge, KÜÇÜKOĞLU, M. Serdar

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187 - 190 - 
Lone noncompaction in Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy
FINSTERER, Josef, STÖLLBERGER, Claudia, PRAINER, Christian, HOCHWARTER, Anelia

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Brief communications
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Brief Communications of the International Congress on Valvular Heart Disease, 8-10 May 2003, Kraków, Poland
Approach to mitral and aortic valve disease in the 21st century

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Abstract
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Belgian Society of Cardiology 23rd annual scientific meeting, January 29-31, 2004 - Conrad hotel Brussels

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