Acta Cardiologica
Volume 60, issue 4
August 2005



Original Articles
353 - 359 - 
Effects of copper and zinc on the production of hoimocysteine-induced extracellular matrix metalloproteinase-2 in cultured rat vascular smooth muscle cells
GUO, Hangyuan, LEE, Jong-Dae, UZUI, Hiroyasu, TOYODA, Kiyohiro, GESHI, Tooru, YUE, Hong, UEDA, Takanori

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361 - 365 - 
Procalcitonin, c-reactive protein and neopterin levels in patients with coronary atherosclerosis
ILHAN, Fulya, AKBULUT, Handan, KARACA, Ilgın, GODEKMERDAN, Ahmet, ILKAY, Erdogan, BULUT, Vedat

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367 - 372 - 
Protective effect of aprotinin against lung damage in patients undergoing CABG surgery
ERDOGAN, Mustafa, KALAYCIOGLU, Sedat, IRIZ, Erkan

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373 - 377 - 
Long-term combined therapy with losartan and an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor improves functional capacity in patients with left ventricular dysfunction
DAYI, Sennur Unal, AKBULUT, Tamer, AKGOZ, Haldun, TERZI, Sait, SAYAR, Nurten, AYDIN, Alper, BILSEL, Tuba, CILOGLU, Figen

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379 - 385 - 
A randomized comparison of balloon angioplasty and stent implantation in the percutaneous treatment of coronary bifurcations
DENS, Joseph, DUBOIS, Christophe, VERMEERSCH, Paul, COUSSEMENT, Patrick, VROLIX, Mathias, JANSSENS, Luc, DESMET, Walter, PIESSENS, Jan

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387 - 393 - 
QT dispersion and meft ventricular hypertrophy in athletes
Relationship with angiotensin-converting enzyme I/D polymorphism
TANRIVERDI, Halil, KAFTAN, H. Asuman, EVRENGUL, Harun, DURSUNOGLU, Dursun, TURGUT, Günfer, KILIÇ, Mustafa

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395 - 401 - 
Informative value of clinical markers for the risk of cardiovascular death in postinfarction chronic heart failure
ŽALIŪNAS, Remigijus, BABARSKIENĖ, Marija-Ruta, ŠLAPIKAS, Rimvydas, ŠLAPIKIENĖ, Birute, LUKŠIENĖ, Dalia, VENCLOVIENĖ, Jone, JANĖNAITĖ, Jurate

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403 - 407 - 
Ventricular septal rupture following myocardial infarction
Long-term survival of patients who did not undergo surgery. Single-centre experience.
SIVADASAN PILLAI, Harikrishnan, THARAKAN, Jaganmohan, TITUS, Thomas, KUMAR, Ajith, SIVASUBRAMONIAN, Sivasankarab, KAVASSERY MAHADEVAN, Krishnamoorthy, DORA, Santosh, NAIR, Krishnakumar, NAMBOODIRI, Narayanan

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409 - 414 - 
Apoliprotein E polymorphism in diabetic and non-diabetic patients
Does it really contributes to atherosclerosis?
ÇAMSARI, Ahmet, TAMER, Lülüfer, ATEŞ, Nurcan Aras, PEKDEMIR, Hasan, ÇIÇEK, Dilek, ERCAN, Bahadır, ÇAMDEVIREN, Handan, ATIK, Ugur

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415 - 420 - 
Utility of myocardial performance index measured by left ventricular catherization
OZKAN, Mustafa, UZUN, Mehmet, ERINC, Kursad, KOZ, Cem, BAYSAN, Oben, SAG, Cemal, KARDESOGLU, Ejder, YOKUSOGLU, Mehmet, GENC, Celal, ISIK, Ersoy

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421 - 425 - 
Combined Doppler index to track instantaneous changes in left ventricular filing pressure
SU, Ho-Ming, LIN, Tsung-Hsien, VOON, Wen-Chol, LAI, Wen-Ter, SHEU, Sheng-Hsiung

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427 - 435 - 
Cardiovascular effects of I/D angiotensin-converting enzyme gene polymorphism in healthy subjects
Findings after follow-up of six years
DI PASQUALE, Pietro, CANNIZZARO, Sergio, SCALZO, Sebastiano, MARINGHINI, Giorgio, PIPITONE, Fernanda, FASULLO, Sergio, GIUBILTO, Alfonso, GANCI, Filippo, VITALE, Giuseppe, SARULLO, Filippo M., PATERNA, Salvatore

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Case reports
437 - 441 - 
Wide QRS tachycardia caused by severe hyperkalaemia and digoxin intoxication
GORANITOU, Georgia, STAVRIANAKI, Danai, BABALIS, Dimitris

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443 - 444 - 
Cardiac arrest following a,aesthetic induction in a world-class bodybuilder
ANGELILLI, Allison, KATZ, Edward S., GOLDENBERG, Ronald M.

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445 - 448 - 
Left ventricular hypertrabeculation/noncompaction as a cardiac manifestation of Duchenne muscular dystrophy under non-invasive positive-pressure ventilation
FINSTERER, Josef, GELPI, Ellen, STÖLLBERGER, Claudia

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Letter to the editor
449 - 451 - 
Left ventricular hypertrabeculation/noncompaction requires neurological investigations
FINSTERER, Josef, STÖLLBERGER, Claudia

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Book reviews
453 - 455 - 
Book reviews

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