Acta Cardiologica
Volume 63, issue 2
2008



Statement
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A Statement on Ethics From the HEART Group
HEART Group

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Original Articles
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Smoking mentholated cigarettes impairs coronary microvascular functions as severely as does smoking regular cigarettes
O. Ciftci, S. Topcu, M. Caliskan, H. Gullu, D. Erdogan, E. Yildirim, A. Yildirir, H. Muderrisoglu

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141 - 146 - 
Effect of glucometabolic disorders on the formation of coronary collaterals in occlusive coronary artery disease
Z. Nurkalem, S. Gorgulu, N. Uslu, A.T. Alper, A.L. Orhan, I. Sahin, B. Erer, M. Sargin, M. Eren

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147 - 152 - 
Plasma myeloperoxidase is related to the severity of coronary artery disease
Ö. Düzgünçinar, B. Yavuz, T. Hazirolan, A. Deniz, S.L. Tokgözoglu, D. Akata, E. Demirpençe

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153 - 159 - 
Short-term effects of a hypocaloric diet and a physical activity programme on weight loss and exercise capacity in obese subjects with chronic ischaemic heart disease: a study in everyday practice
L.A. Gondoni, A.M. Titon, F. Nibbio, G. Caetani, G. Augello, O. Mian, C. Tuzzi, E. Averna, C. Parisio, A. Liuzzi

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160 - 165 - 
The association between plasma adiponectin level and hypertension
A. Shankar, S. Marshall, J. Li

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166 - 170 - 
M2 and M3-muscarinic acetylcholine receptors remodelling in patients with a dilated atrium
Q. Zhao, C. Huang, H. Jiang, E. Okello, Y-H. Tang, Z. Wang, Z. Wu

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171 - 174 - 
Initiation patterns of monomorphic ventricular tachycardia in acute myocardial infarction analysis of rhythm strips
B. Gorenek, V. Dogan, B. Yasar, A. Birdane, Y. Cavusoglu, A. Unalir, N. Ata, B. Timuralp

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175 - 179 - 
Chlamydia pneumoniae infection and hyperlipidaemia-induced expression of P50 and c-Fos in the heart of C57BL6J mice
B. Huang, Y. Dong, Y. Cheng, Q. Xie, G. Lin, Y. Wu, Y. Feng, J. Li, W. Mai

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181 - 189 - 
Symptomatic arrhytmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy
A two-centre retrospective study of 15 symptomatic ARVD/C cases and focus on the diagnostic value of MRI in symptomatic ARVD/C patients
W. Dewilde, L. Boersma, J. Delanote, P. Pollet, B. Scholzel, E. Wever, Y. Vandekerckhove

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191 - 195 - 
Relationship between serum uric acid levels and urinary albumin excretion in patients with heart failure
M. Pinelli, M. Bindi, F. Moroni, M. Castiglioni

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197 - 202 - 
Association between -514C→T polymorphism of the hepatic lipase gene and coronary artery disease in Turkish population
F. Gündogdu, Y. Gurlertop, I. Pirim, E. Aksakal, H. Dogan, Y. Islamoglu, A. Oskan, H. Senocak

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203 - 206 - 
Spontaneous and catheter-induced secondary coronary artery dissection: a single-centre experience
J. Bulum, M. Strozzi, A. Smalcelj

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207 - 212 - 
Value of clinical, electrocardiographic, echocardiographic and neurohumoral parameters in non-ischaemic dilated cardiomyopathy
K. Tigen, T. Karaahmet, A.C. Tanalp, E. Gurel, C. Cevik, B. Mutlu, Y. Basaran

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213 - 219 - 
Screening and identification of differentially expressed genes in myocardial ischaemia/reperfusion injury using suppression subtractive hybridization
Y-W. Liu, S-P. Liu, J-D. Cheng, K. Wang, Y-C. Chen

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221 - 227 - 
Evaluation of left ventricular systolic and diastolic function in patients with atrioventricular re-entrant tachycardia treated by radiofrequency current ablation
A. Duszanska, R. Lenarczyk, O. Kowalski, W. Streb, T. Kukulski, Z. Kalarus

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229 - 234 - 
Lack of evidence for constribution of intron4a/b polymorphism of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (NOS3) gene to plasma nitric oxide levels
S. Salimi, M. Firoozrai, I. Nourmohammadi, M. Shabani, S.M. Shafiee, A. Mohebbi, H. Tavilani

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Review Article
235 - 248 - 
Belgian expert opinion: how to reduce the residual risk in atherogenic dyslipidaemic patients: place of fibrates
J. Ducobu, A. Scheen, L. Van Gaal, B. Velkeniers, M. Hermans

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249 - 257 - 
Rehabilitation of patients with implantable cardioverter/defibrillator: a literature review
N.A.M. Hussein, M.A. Thomas

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259 - 263 - 
Arrhythmias in cardiac catheterization laboratories
B. Gorenek

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Case Reports
265 - 269 - 
A pseudo sinus tachycardia originating from the right superior pulmonary vein
Successful ablation by a simplified, targeted ablation strategy
C. Scavée, A. Brasseur, R. Weerasooriya

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271 - 275 - 
Successful alcohol septal ablation for late recurrence of left ventricular outflow tract obstruction after surgical myectomy in hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy
F. Tromp, D. Devos, J. De Backer

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Book Reviews
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Book Reviews

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DVD-ROM review

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