Acta Cardiologica
Volume 63, issue 3
2008



Statement
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European National Society Cardiovascular Journals. Background, rationale and mission statement of the “Editors’ Club”
(Task force of the European Society of Cardiology)
F. Alfonso, G. Ambrosio, F.J. Pinto, E.E. van der Wall

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Viewpoints
289 - 291 - 
Biomedical engineering and progress in cardiovascular diagnostics
T.G. Papaioannou, C. I. Stefanadis

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293 - 295 - 
On the relative importance of cardiovascular disease and cancer as causes of death: the effect of age and sex
H. Kesteloot

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Original Articles
297 - 302 - 
The relation between serum erythropoietin level and severity of disease and mortality in patients with chronic heart failure
M. Avkarogullari, A. Bozkurt, O. Akpinar, Y. Dönmez, M. Demirtas

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303 - 308 - 
The influence of carvedilol on atrial connexion 40 after myocardial infarction
F. Cao, C. Huang, H. Jiang, X. Li, M. Bao, Y. Tang

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309 - 313 - 
Carotid artery intima-media thickness is associated with coronary artery disease
H. Heuten, I. Goovaerts, G. Ennekens, C. Vrints

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315 - 322 - 
Distribution and effect of apo A-IV genotype on plasma lipid and apolipoprotein levels in a Chinese population
H. Bai, R. Liu, Y. Liu, K. Saku, B. Liu

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323 - 330 - 
PC-1 (ENPP1) K121Q polymorphism in overweight and obese type 2 diabetic coronary heart disease patients
G. Lazarevic, M. Milojkovic, I. Tasic, S. Najman, S. Antic, V. Stefanovic

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331 - 334 - 
Obesity and dyslipidaemia in primary care physicians
M. Gonzalez-Ortiz, E. Martinez-Abundis, E. Hernandez-Salazar, J.A. Robles-Cervantes

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335 - 339 - 
Acute normovolaemic haemodilution with crystalloids in coronary artery bypass graft surgery: a preliminary survey of haemostatic markers
A. Jalali, M.H. Naseri, M. Chalian, H. Lal Dolatabadi

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341 - 346 - 
Relation of thrombomodulin, TFPI and plasma antioxidants in healthy individuals and patients with coronary heart disease
J. Huang, G. Fu, Q. Yao, G. Cheng

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347 - 353 - 
Is there an association between coronary atherosclerosis and airway reponsiveness?
J. Turmel, L.-P. Boulet, F. Series, P. Poirier, J.-C. Tardif, J. Rodes-Cabau, E. Larose, O.F. Bertrand

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355 - 359 - 
Intravenous adenosine reduces myocardial no-reflow by decreasing endothelin-1 via activation of the ATP-sensitive K+ channel
J. Zhao, Y. Yang, W. Pei, Y. Sun, J. Chen, R. Gao

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361 - 367 - 
Association between paraoxonase 1 activity and severity of coronary artery disease in patients with acute coronary syndromes
T. Sentürk, E. Sarandöl, S. Güllülü, S. Erdinç , B. Özdemir, I. Baran, A. Aydinlar

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369 - 375 - 
Effect of ethnicity and growth on ratio-based transit time surrogate ankle-brachial index marker from a Chinese children’s perception
J.Y.A. Foo, S.J. Wilson, G.R. Williams, M. Harris, D.M. Cooper

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377 - 387 - 
Postconditioning attenuates cardiocyte ultrastructure injury and apoptosis by blocking mitochondrial permeability transition in rats
J. Fang, L. Wu, L. Chen

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389 - 393 - 
Prevalence and risk factors for isolated untreated systolic hypertension in ruralMongolian and Han populations
J. Li, C. Xu, Z. Sun, L. Zheng, J. Li, D. Zhang, X. Zhang, S. Liu, F. Zhao, D. Hu, Y. Sun

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395 - 398 - 
Risk of vasovagal syncope and cardiac arrhythmias in children with mitral valve prolapse
M. Cetinkaya, E. Semizel, O. Bostan, E. Cil

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Case Reports
399 - 400 - 
Transcatheter coil occlusion of a side branch of the left internal mammary artery graft causing significant ischaemia
S. Cay, S. Korkmaz, U. Guray

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401 - 404 - 
Coronary spasm after an adenosine stress test: an adverse effect of a vasodilator
T. Rosenberg, R. Perdrisot

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405 - 408 - 
Percutaneous closure of a prenatally diagnosed large coronary artery fistula with an Amplatzer vascular plug immediately after delivery
T. Karagöz, S. Özkutlu, A. Celiker

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Abstract
409 - 409 - 
Addendum: Abstract of the 27th annual scientific meeting of the Belgian Society of Cardiology

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