Acta Cardiologica
Volume 64, issue 6
2009



Original Articles
715 - 722 - 
Oxidative stress produced by circulating microparticles in on-pump but not in off-pump coronary surgery
D. Fontaine, O. Pradier, M. Hacquebard, C. Stefanidis, Y. Carpentier, D. de Canniere, J. Fontaine, G. Berkenboom

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723 - 727 - 
Impaired chronotropic response to exercise in children with repaired cyanotic congenital heart disease
T. Reybrouck, S. Vangesselen, M. Gewillig

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729 - 734 - 
Ischaemic stroke complicating primary percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction
M. Ergelen, S. Gorgulu, H. Uyarel, T. Norgaz, E. Ayhan, E. Akkaya, R. Ergelen, G. Cicek, M. Ugur, O. Soylu, T. Tezel, I. Yekeler

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735 - 740 - 
Age-related change of serum angiogenic factor levels in patients with coronary artery disease
R. Meng, Z. Pei, B. Chen, R. Ma, C. Zhang, B. Chen, A. Zhang, T. Wu, D. Liu, Y. Dong

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Sleep disturbances after cardiac surgery with or without elevated S100B levels
I. Iskesen, A.T. Kurdal, H. Yilmaz, M. Cerrahoglu, B.H. Sirin

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747 - 754 - 
Blood pressure and anthropometric measurements in Albanian versus Turkish children and adolescents
S. Borici, N.B. Agaoglu, O.A. Baykan, M. Agirbasli

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755 - 760 - 
Predictors of atrial arrhythmias in patients with mitral valve prolapse
Y. Turker, M. Ozaydin, G. Acar, M. Ozgul, Y. Hoscan, E. Varol, A. Dogan, D. Erdogan

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761 - 765 - 
Impact of the lesion location on fractional flow reserve
A. Sahinarslan, S.A. Kocaman, E. Yazici, M. Turfan, M. Ozdemir, T. Timurkaynak

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767 - 770 - 
Results of radiofrequency ablation for permanent atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing mitral valve surgery
Y.-X. Zhou, B. Leobon, D. Roux, Y. Glock, Y.-Q. Mei, Y.-W. Wang, G. Fournial

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771 - 778 - 
Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in an unselected Italian population
Results of the CardioLab Project 2004-2008
G. Grassi, F. Arenare, R. Dell’oro, F. Quarti-Trevano, G. Brambilla, S. Carugo, M. Smith, G. Mancia

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779 - 785 - 
In rats with myocardial infarction, interference by simvastatin with the TLR4 signal pathway attenuates ventricular remodelling
F.-Q. Sheng, R. Xu, L.-X. Cheng, Q.-T. Zeng, W. Gao, W. Wang, S.-Y. Dang, C.-Q. Wang, C.-R. He

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787 - 794 - 
Assessment of left ventricular function in non-dilated and dilated hearts: Comparison of contrast-enhanced 2-dimensional echocardiography with multi-detector row CT angiography
L. Burianová, L. Riedlbauchová, K. Lefflerová, T. Marek, P. Lupínek, D. Kautznerová, D. Vedlich, V. Lánská, J. Kautzner

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Review Article
795 - 801 - 
The Brugada syndrome
R.O. Escarcegá, M. Jiménez-Hernández, M. Garcia-Carrasco, J.C. Pérez- Alva, J. Brugada

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Focus
803 - 804 - 
A giant thromboembolus captive in a patent foramen ovale
T. Holubec, J. Vojacek, P. Franc

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805 - 805 - 
'Textbook' myxoma
K. Onsea, W. Desmet

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807 - 809 - 
An alien in the heart: giant infective endocarditis
Y. Bataille, M. Moonen, P. Lancellotti

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Case Reports
811 - 814 - 
Recurrent left ventricular myxoma presenting as cerebrovascular accidents in a teenage girl
T. Vermeulen, V.M. Conraads, C. Vrints, I.E. Rodrigus

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815 - 816 - 
Endocarditis and giant mitral valve aneurysms
K. Dote, Y. Miyasaka, T. Iwasaka

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817 - 819 - 
Changing the guiding catheter over the coronary wire: a simple (and cheap) technique to get out of trouble
V. Op De Beeck, P. Agostoni

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821 - 824 - 
Light chain deposition disease as a rare cause of restrictive cardiomyopathy
P. Koopman, J. Van Dorpe, B. Maes, K. Dujardin

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825 - 829 - 
Severe ostial stenosis of the left coronary artery in 12-year-old girl as the first manifestation of Takayasu’s arteritis
S. Moortgat, D. Tuerlinckx, E. Bodart, G. El Khoury, S. Moniotte

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831 - 833 - 
Very late drug-eluting stent thrombosis in the perioperative period of endoscopic choledocholithotomy
R. Nie, N. Luo, J. Wang

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835 - 837 - 
Sudden cardiac arrest in a patient with an anomalous left main coronary artery originating from the pulmonary artery
E. Aslanger, I. Altun, B. Umman

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839 - 842 - 
Gastroenteritis with severe consequences: a case of sotalol-induced torsades de pointes
V. Michiels, H. Miljoen, C. Vrints

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Letter to the Editor
843 - 844 - 
Role of the renin-angiotensin system in the promotion of atrial fibrillation
R. Ramaraj

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845 - 846 - 
Book Reviews

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847 - 847 - 
Awards and Nominations

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849 - 849 - 
Volume Reviewers

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851 - 854 - 
Volume Subject Index

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855 - 859 - 
Volume Author Index

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