Acta Cardiologica
Volume 60, issue 5
October 2005



Original Articles
459 - 464 - 
Comparison of the effects of desflurane and sevoflurane on the QTc interval and QT dispersion
SILAY, Emin, KATI, Ismail, TEKIN, Murat, GULER, Niyazi, HUSEYNINOGLU, Urfettin A., COSKUNER, Ismail, YAGMUR, Cihat

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465 - 470 - 
Apoptotic myocardial cell death in the setting of arrhytmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy
YAMAJI, Kunihiro, FUJIMOTO, Shinichi, IKEDA, Yoshihiko, MASUDA, Kazuyoshi, NAKAMURA, Shinobu, SAITO, Yoshishiko, YUTANI, Chikao

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471 - 476 - 
Frequency of diastolic dysfunction in patients with sickle cell anaemia
A tissue Doppler imaging study
KANADAŞI, Mehmet, AKPINAR, Onur, ÇAYLI, Murat, DÖMNEZ, Yurdaer, ACARTÜRK, Esmeray

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477 - 481 - 
Time domain heart rate variability analysis in patients with thalassaemia major
GURSES, Dolunay, ULGER, Zülal, LEVENT, Ertürk, AYDINOK, Yeşim, OZYUREK, A. Ruhi

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482 - 488 - 
Femoral access management
Comparison between two different vascular closure devices after percutaneous coronary intervention
LEGRAND, Victor, DONEUX, Pierre, MARTINEZ, Christophe, GACH, Olivier, BELLEKENS, Michel

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489 - 492 - 
Serum uric acid levels as a predictor of in-hospital death in patients hospitalized for decompensated heart failure
ÇENGEL, Atiye, TÜRKOǦU, Sedat, TURFAN, Murat, BOYACI, Bülent

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493 - 499 - 
Diverse effects of calcium channel blockers in the collar model
KERRY, Zeliha, YASA, Mukadder, SEVIN, Gülnur, REEL, Buket, YETIK ANACAK, Günay, ÖZER, Asli

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501 - 507 - 
The endothelial leukocyte adhesion molecule
Role in coronary artery disease
SAINANI, Gurmukh S., MARU, Vibhuti G.

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509 - 513 - 
N-acetyl-β-D-glucosaminidase
A marker of reperfusion and a prognostic indicator in patients with acute myocardial infarction
IQBAL, M. Perwaiz, KAZMI, Khawar, MEHBOOBALI, Naseema

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515 - 519 - 
Percutaneous closure of a patent foramen ovale
Single-centre experience using different types of devices and mid-term outcome
POST, Martijn C., VAN DEYK, Kristien, BUDTS, Werner

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521 - 531 - 
Forty-year mortality from cardiovascular diseases and their risk factors in the men of the Italian rural areas of the Seven Countries Study
MENOTTI, Alessandro, LANTI, Mariapaola, MAIANI, Guiseppe, KROMHOUT, Daan

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532 - 536 - 
Relationship between low levels of high-density lipo-protein cholesterol and metabolic syndrome in Turkish patients
UZUNLULU, Mehmet, OGUZ, Aytekin, TINAZLI, Mehtap, TAKIR, Mumtaz, EKER, Pinar

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537 - 542 - 
Prognostic value of B-type natriuretic peptide levels on admission in patients with acute ST elevation myocardial infarction
GRABOWSKI, Marcin, FILIPIAK, Krzysztof J., KARPINSKI, Grzegorz, WRETOWSKI, Dominik, RDZANEK, Adam, RUDZKI, Dariusz, GLÓWCZYŃSKA, Robert, RUDOWSKI, Rudolf, OPOLSKI, Grzegorz

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Case reports
543 - 545 - 
Right atrial rhabdomyoma acting as the substrate for Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome in a 3-month-old infant
VENUGOPALAN, Póothirikovil, BABU, Jaya Suresh, AL-BULUSHI, Ahmed

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546 - 550 - 
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia presenting with severe right heart failure leading to abdominal ascites in a child
KARAGOZ, Tevflik, OZER, Sema, TALIM, Beril

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551 - 555 - 
Myocardial infarction as an uncommon clinical manifestation of intravascular large cell lymphoma
BAUER, Alexander, PERRAS, Boris, SÜFKE, Sven, HORNY, Hans-Peter, KREFT, Burkhard

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557 - 560 - 
Preoperative use of intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation in very high-risk patients prior to urgent noncardiac surgery
JAFARY, Fahim H.

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Book reviews
561 - 565 - 
Book reviews

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