Acta Cardiologica
Volume 69, issue 4
2014



Review article
351 - 365 - 
The glorious years leading Doppler flow to the heart, the odyssey of the pioneers!
C. Veyrat

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Editorial article
366 - 368 - 
Can we predict the non-response to cardiac resynchronization therapy?
E. Donal, A. Brunet, E. Galli

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Original articles
371 - 375 - 
Right heart morphology in elevated pulmonary artery pressure: relationship between echocardiographic and right heart catheterization data
J. Dauw, P. De Meester, A. Van De Bruaene, C. Gabriels, E. Troost, W. Budts

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377 - 383 - 
Influence of dipyridamole stress echocardiography on galectin-3, amino-terminal B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) and high-sensitivity troponin T
G. Lippi, G.L. Salvagno, F. Robuschi, F. Scioscioli, L. Ruffini, G. Cervellin

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385 - 390 - 
Fragmented QRS is associated with subclinical left ventricular dysfunction in patients with chronic kidney disease
A. Adar, A. Kiriş, Ş. Ulusoy, G. Özkan, H. Bektaş, S. Okutucu, O. Onalan

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391 - 398 - 
Inflammatory mediators in chronic heart failure in North India
J. Fedacko, R.B. Singh, A. Gupta, K. Hristova, E. Toda, A. Kumar, M. Saxena, A. Baby, R. Singh, T. Toru, D.W. Wilson

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399 - 405 - 
Serum fetuin-A levels in patients with systolic heart failure
M. Keçebaş, S. Güllülü, S. Sağ, F. Beşli, E. Açikgöz, E. Sarandöl, A. Aydınlar

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407 - 414 - 
Cardiac rehabilitation is associated with lasting improvements in cognitive function in older adults with heart failure
M.L. Alosco, M.B. Spitznagel, R. Cohen, L.H. Sweet, R. Josephson, J. Hughes, J. Rosneck, J. Gunstad

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417 - 423 - 
Serum uric acid and carotid artery intima media thickness in patients with masked hypertension
M. Caliskan, A. Guven, O. Ciftci, M. Ozulku, M. Gunday, I. Barutcu

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424 - 432 - 
Relationship between pre-implant ejection fraction and outcome after cardiac resynchronization therapy in symptomatic patients
A. Schuchert, C. Muto, T. Maounis, R.O. Ella, A. Polauck, L. Padeletti

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ESC
435 - 445 - 
Almanac 2013: novel non-coronary cardiac interventions
P. Meier, O. Franzen, A.J. Lansky

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Case reports
447 - 449 - 
Suprarenal aortic aneurysm closure with an atrial septal defect Amplatzer device
S. Sokhanvar, A. Ahmadiyeh, Z. Golmohamadi

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451 - 453 - 
Emergency PCI after occlusion of the circumflex artery due to minimally invasive mitral valve replacement in re-do operation
S. Folkmann, F.-W. Mohr, J. Garbade

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Letter to the editor
454 - 455 - 
Suspected Brugada phenocopy in the context of hypothermia
B. Gottschalk, D.D. Anselm, A. Baranchuk

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Image focuses
456 - 457 - 
Azygos continuation of the inferior vena cava during transvenous cardiac interventions
T. Cools, E. Benit

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458 - 460 - 
Contemporary imaging assessment of a ruptured 'windsock' aneurysm of the sinus of Valsalva
P. Timmermans, P.-J. Hofkens, B. Meyns, J. Bogaert, W. Budts

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461 - 461 - 
Rotational angiography (LARCA) during electrophysiological examination detects pulmonary vein stenosis
R. Voigt, J.-Y. Wielandts, S. De Buck, P.-J. Palmers, J.-U. Voigt, H. Heidbüchel

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462 - 464 - 
Coil embolization of unligated thoracic side branch of the left internal mammary artery
U.N. Karakulak, N. Maharjan, S. Okutucu, K. Aytemir

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465 - 466 - 
Early acute bioprosthetic valve failure associated with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
M. Floria, A. Dive, M. Buche, B. Marchandise, E. Schroder

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467 - 468 - 
Congenital absence of left circumflex artery associated with constrictive pericarditis and thoracostomach
Q.-J. Duan, H.-F. Cheng, D.-M. Jiang, K.-Y. Tao

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469 - 470 - 
An unusual case of a giant cardiac lipoma
J. Mu, X. Li, J. Zhang, P. Bo

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471 - 471 - 
Too much electricity through the power lines: a case of left bundle-branch focal tachycardia
A. Sorgente, H. Ali, T. Infusino, R. Cappato

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