Sommario

• • ·Heart lung & circulation

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• • ·The olympian challenge: Science, sport and society

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    Richmond W. Jeremy

    
• • ·Three-dimensional echocardiography: Research toy or clinical tool?

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    Danielle Spicer, Thomas H. Marwick

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·Arterial revascularisation with two or more arterial conduits

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    Gabriele Di Giammarco, Giuseppe Vitolla, Michele Di Mauro, Antonio Maria Calafiore

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·The heart as a target for oestrogens

    Pagina :113-125

    Lindsay Brown, Ian Hoong, Sheila A. Doggrell

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·Salmonella prosthetic valve endocarditis

    Pagina :126-127

    Brinthapan Gunalingam, Michael P. Feneley, Raymond Kelly

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·Transfusion-associated graft versus host disease postcardiac surgery

    Pagina :128-131

    Zeev S. Duieb, John M. Alvarez

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·Cardiac surgical secrets : Edited by Paulo R. Soltoski, Hratch L. Karamanoukian, Tomas A Salerno. Hanley & Belfus Inc, Philadelphia, 2000 (obtainable through Harcourt Australia). ISBN 156053 3617. Price: $72.95

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    John L. Knight

    
• • ·Pediatric cardiovascular medicine : Moller JH, Hoffman JIE. Churchill Livingstone, Philadelphia, 2000. ISBN: 0 443 07677 4. Price: $480

    Pagina :132-133

    Marina L. Hughes

    
• • ·The durability of vascular and endovascular surgery : Edited by R. M. Greenhalgh. WB Saunders Company Ltd, London, 1999

    Pagina :133-134

    George Matalanis

    
• • ·Arterial grafts for coronary artery bypass surgery : Edited by Guo-Wei HE. Springer Verlag, Singapore, 1999

    Pagina :134

    Michael A.H. Gardner

    
• • ·Australasian society of cardiac and thoracic surgeons

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• • ·Cardiac society of Australia and New Zealand

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• • ·Forthcoming events

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• • ·Author index

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• • ·Subject index

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• • ·Intra-observer variability of quantitative coronary angiography measurements using the cardiovascular measurement system at green lane hospital angiographic core laboratory

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    B. Webber, T. West, J. Ormiston

    
• • ·Out-patient education following coronary interventional procedures: The patients' perspective

    Pagina :A84

    S. Sinclair, M. Cole

    
• • ·Improved outcomes from a comprehensive management system for heart failure

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    D. Holst, D. Kaye, M. Richardson, H. Krum, D. Prior, A. Aggarwal, R. Wolfe, P. Bergin

    
• • ·Hand function following radial artery harvesting

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    A.C. Thompson, P. Spratt, D. Caminer

    
• • ·Cardiac measurements derived from tissue harmonic and fundamental echocardiographic images are equivalent

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    W. Gallas, R. Graham, L. Donelan, J. Gelman

    
• • ·Bedside ischaemia monitoring for patients with acute coronary syndromes

    Pagina :A85

    B. Aliprandi-Costa, V. Solanki, D. Brieger, B. Freedman

    
• • ·Ischaemia detection in intermediate risk patients with acute coronary syndromes on-line by vectorcardiography

    Pagina :A85

    B. Aliprandi-Costa, V. Solanki, D. Breiger

    
• • ·Trends in the assessment of neonatal heart disease

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    S.J. Boucaut, J.A. Brightwell, K.J. Aldridge, J.R. Petch, D.J. Radford

    
• • ·Echocardiographic assessment of paediatric cardiac tumours

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    B. Shearer, R.A. Elderkin, C. Whight, D.J. Radford

    
• • ·Comparison of 7F with 9F permanent pacemaker leads at implantation

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    C. McCormack, J. McKenna, H. Lucas, P. Kertes

    
• • ·Incidence, duration and outcome of recurrent ST-segment elevation in the first 24 hours post commencement of thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction

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    J.M. Briggs, A.M. Kucia, J.D. Horowitz

    
• • ·Quality of life pre- and post-transcatheter ablation for supraventricular tachycardia

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    J.F. Lange, D.L. Kuchar, C.W. Thorburn, P.H. Vogels, B.D. Walker

    
• • ·In-hospital events and patient outcomes following interventional cardiology procedures

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    S.E. Sinclair, J.A. Carr

    
• • ·Delay to thrombolysis with rapid bolus injection compared to infusion

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    V. Wade, P. Kelleher

    
• • ·Care of patients undergoing diagnostic and interventional cardiology procedures: A survey of current practice in Australia and New Zealand

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    K. Sanders, M. Botti, R. Wynne, R. Ku, E. Ramsay, C. Farrington, R. Heazlewood, T. Nguyen, P.C. Wong, K. Steen

    
• • ·Co-location of a private cardiac catheter laboratory within a university teaching hospital: An initial six month experience

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    K.C. Dent, E.M. Ruse, P.S. Hansen, J.F. Gunning, H.H. Rasmussen, G.I.C. Nelson

    
• • ·Early mobilisation following percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) with reopro (ABCIXIMAB) administration

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    E. Currie, B. Dixon, S. Graham

    
• • ·The use of femoral arterial sheaths - with no arterial flush systems

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    H. Morrison, C. Taylor

    
• • ·Screening for hyperlipidaemia in patients with known ischaemic heart disease admitted to the coronary care unit: Does a cardiac rehabilitation nurse make a difference?

    Pagina :A88

    E. Birchmore, A.M. Kucia

    
• • ·The value of early investigation in the differential diagnosis of chest pain

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    T. LeBrocq, A. Kambourakis, R. Peverill, S. Le Vasseur, M. Hunter, P. Cameron, L. Grigg, L. Holdswort, L. Dziukas, A. Dart, G. Jennings

    
• • ·Cost effectiveness of noninvasive bioimpedence haemodynamics in heart failure patients

    Pagina :A89

    D.J. Lippiatt, M.M. Bendeich, A.P. Sindone

    
• • ·Initial experiences establishing cardiac in-patient education within the private sector

    Pagina :A89

    F. Lynch, S. Sinclair

    
• • ·Patient tolerance of two vasodilator stress protocols for myocardial perfusion scintigraphy: Dipyridamole vs adenosine

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    M.T. Lincoln, B. Coutinho, L.E.J. Thomson, K.C. Allman

    
• • ·Mechanisms of impairment of vascular responsiveness to organic nitrates

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    P.R. Sage, I.S. de la Lande, I. Stafford, C.L. Bennett, J. Stubberfield, J.D. Horowitz

    
• • ·Increased TGFβ₁ gene expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of chronic heart failure patients

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    R. Denver, A. Tzanidis, H. Krum

    
• • ·Neointimal formation following rat carotid angioplasty is inhibited by a novel catalytic DNA molecule targeting the transcription factor EGR-1

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    H.C. Lowe, C.N. Chesterman, L.M. Khachigian

    
• • ·Treatment of heart failure guided by plasma amino-terminal brain natriuretic peptide (N-BNP) levels improves outcome

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    R.W. Troughton, T.G. Yandle, E.A. Espiner, C. Frampton, M.G. Nicholls, A.M. Richards

    
• • ·Plasma amino-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-PROBNP) levels in subjects presenting to the emergency department with suspected acute coronary syndrome

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    D.J. Campbell, V. Munir, O.F. Hennessy, A.W. Dent

    
• • ·Effects of intravenous B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) on regional sympathetic tone in patients with chronic heart failure and healthy controls

    Pagina :A91

    H.P. Brunner-La Rocca, D.M. Kaye, R.L. Woods, M.D. Esler

    
• • ·Brain natriuretic peptide and clinical and haemodynamic indices of heart failure

    Pagina :A91

    R.R. Moss, G. Koerbin, A.J. Galbraith, K.B. Franklin, J.M. Potter

    
• • ·Evidence for the role of peripheral ⍺-2 receptors in reducing noradrenaline release

    Pagina :A91

    A. Aggarwal, F. Socratous, M. Esler, D. Kaye

    
• • ·Effects of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) on haemodynamics and sympathetic nervous activity in heart failure

    Pagina :A91

    D.M. Kaye, D. Mansfield, M.T. Naughton, L. Johnston, M.D. Esler

    
• • ·Pulmonary vein ablation for cure of atrial fibrillation: Predictors of recurrence after acute success

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    P.B. Sparks, E.P. Gerstenfeld, P.G. Guerra, Kyoko Hattori, M.D. Lesh

    
• • ·Microwave cardiac ablation: A comparison of lesions created with a novel coaxial slot array to lesions with a helical coil antenna

    Pagina :A92

    D.J.R. Guy, H.M. Chiu, A.S. Mohan, S.P. Thomas, D.L. Ross

    
• • ·Electrical remodeling of the atrium in an anatomic model of atrial flutter. Relationship between substrate and triggers for conversion to atrial fibrillation

    Pagina :A92

    J.B. Morton, J. Raman, M.J. Byrne, J.M. Power, J.M. Kalman

    
• • ·Potent blockade by quinidine of the Kv4.3 current: Significance with regard to treatment of the brugada syndrome

    Pagina :A92

    C.B. Singleton, B.D. Walker, H. Tie, J.A. Bursill, K.R. Wyse, S.M. Valenzuela, S.N. Breit, T.J. Campbell

    
• • ·Intravenous magnesium for acute termination of monomorphic ventricular tachycardia

    Pagina :A93

    H.M.O. Forouque, P. Sanders, G.D. Young, L.J. Mahar

    
• • ·Clinical outcome following implantation of automatic defibrillators

    Pagina :A93

    C.B. Singleton, R. Iyer, V. Booth, M. Bayfield, P. Bannon, M.A. McGuire

    
• • ·T-wave alternans threshold late after repair of tetralogy of fallot

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    M.M.H. Cheung, A.M. Davis, R. Weintraub, R.J. Cohen, T.R. Karl, J.L. Wilkinson

    
• • ·Inhaled nitric oxide in the prevention of pulmonary hypertension after congenital heart surgery

    Pagina :A93

    O.I. Miller, T.S. Fong, A. Keech, N.B. Pigott, E. Beller, D.S. Celermajer

    
• • ·Serum S-100B release after infant cardiac surgery is associated with reduced cerebral blood flow velocity and abnormal electroencephalogram

    Pagina :A94

    D.R. Qin, R.N. Justo, C.J. Burke, P.B. Colditz, P.G. Pohlner, H. Jalali

    
• • ·Left ventricular systolic and diastolic function in children following ‘successful’ repair of coarctation of the aorta during the first year of life

    Pagina :A94

    X.Q. Liu, D.M. Coleman, L.C. Wilkinson, M. Newton, J.L. Wilkinson

    
• • ·Pulmonary regurgitation after percutaneous ballon valvuloplasty in isolated pulmonary valvar stenosis in childhood

    Pagina :A94

    K.H.L. Poon, S. Menahem, R.G. Weintraub, T.H. Goh, L.V. Fong, B.D. Edis, J.L. Wilkinson

    
• • ·Atrial septostomy in neonates in a general hospital

    Pagina :A94

    P.L. See, E. David, K. Anderson-Weller, L.V. Fong, S. Menahem

    
• • ·Reduced basal and stimulated vasodilation by endothelin receptor antagonism in hypertensive patients

    Pagina :A95

    P. Martin, D. Ninio, M. Bailey, H. Krum

    
• • ·Diurnal variation in endothelium dependent vasodilation is altered in coronary heart disease

    Pagina :A95

    J.A. Shaw, J. Chin-Dusting, B.A. Kingwell, A.M. Dart

    
• • ·Human vascular injury triggers fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF 2) release. Neointima formation in vitro is inhibited by novel catalytic DNA molecules targeting human EGR-1

    Pagina :A95

    H.C. Lowe, M. Costandi, C.N. Chesterman, L.M. Khachigian

    
• • ·Vascular reactivity in pregnancy

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    L.A. Simmons, J.A. McCrohon, O.T. Raitakari, M. Langenfeld, A. Hennessy, D.S. Celermajer

    
• • ·Heparin elevates circulating activin A and follistatin levels during cardiovascular prorcedures

    Pagina :A96

    D.J. McGaw, K.L. Jones, J.J. Smolich, H. Pärrson, R.W. Harper, D.M. de Kretser, D.J. Phillips

    
• • ·Androgens upregulate vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) via a nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB) dependent mechanism

    Pagina :A96

    A.K. Death, M.A. Sader, K.C.Y. Chan, D.J. Handelsman, D.S. Celermajer

    
• • ·Hypoxia induced iNOS expression in rats is age dependent

    Pagina :A96

    A.S. Warner, K.M. Saint, M.A. Arstall, J.D. Horowitz

    
• • ·Oestrogen attenuates post-infarction left ventricular remodeling

    Pagina :A96

    P. Bridgman, M. Forrester, H. Ikram

    
• • ·Reverse left ventricular remodeling in response to carvedilol: The heart is never too big to benefit!

    Pagina :A97

    D. Platts, S. Rudham, D.J. McCaffrey, A.M. Keogh, P.S. Macdonald

    
• • ·Tolerability of carvedilol in patients with asthma or chronic obstructive airways disease

    Pagina :A97

    E. Kotlyar, A.M. Keogh, P.S. Macdonald, R.H. Arnold, P.R. Hill

    
• • ·All-cause mortality in patients following first admission for heart failure in New Zealand

    Pagina :A97

    R.N. Doughty, S.P. Wright, G. Gamble, N. Sharpe

    
• • ·Community thrombolysis in a New Zealand rural setting. The coromandel experience!

    Pagina :A97

    C.M. Nunn, J. Lennane

    
• • ·Nitric oxide release during myocardial ischemia: Effect of hypercholesterolemia

    Pagina :A98

    A.M. Prasan, H.C.K. McCarron, Y. Zhang, R.W. Jeremy

    
• • ·Increased collagen content reduces the risk of post-infarct cardiac rupture in mice that overexpress β₂-adrenergic, receptors in the heart

    Pagina :A98

    X.M. Gao, R.J. Dilley, E. Percy, M. Follerton, E. Woodcock, X.J. Du

    
• • ·The significance of isolated troponin level elevations in acute rapid atrial fibrillation

    Pagina :A98

    I.H. Stevenson, A.C. Cheng, A.W.F. Hamer

    
• • ·Angiographic and clinical outcomes of patients over 70 years undergoing coronary angioplasty

    Pagina :A98

    D.R. Ramsay, D.M. Rees, P.M. Davidson

    
• • ·Influence of corrected TIMI frame counts on late survival of patients with acute coronary syndromes without ST-segment elevation

    Pagina :A99

    C.C. Edwards, J.K. French, T.A. Hyde, S.O.M. Manda, V. Mainuu, H.D. White

    
• • ·Early ST recovery, infarct artery flow and long-term outcome after acute myocardial infarction

    Pagina :A99

    J.K. French, J. Andrews, S.O.M. Manda, R.A.H. Stewart, J.J.C. McTigue, H.D. White

    
• • ·Underutilisation of beta blockers following myocardial infarction: A tale of two cities

    Pagina :A99

    S. Nicholls, P. McElduff, J.W. Leitch

    
• • ·Urgent transfer of rural and district hospital AMI patients with fibrinolysis failure or contraindication for immediate coronary angiography ± intervention is feasible and safe

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    P.S. Hansen, Y. Koyama, G. Rudan, J. Sharp, H. Rasmussen, G. Nelson

    
• • ·Epicardial ST potential ratios in acute infarction relate to infarction size

    Pagina :A100

    T. Snong, D. Kilpatrick

    
• • ·Enoxaparin in unstable angina: A multivariate analysis of risk factors for minor and major haemorrhage

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    C.M. Reyes, M.K.C. Ng, K. Byth, P. Fa, J. Langford, K. Williams, D.L. Ross

    
• • ·In acute coronary syndromes patients with ST segment depression have improved late survival following early revascularisation

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    J.K. French, T.A. Hyde, C.K. Wong, R.M.L. Whitlock, H.D. White

    
• • ·Prediction of frame counts 90 minutes after thrombolysis by myocardial protein levels at presentation

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    K. Ramanathan, J.K. French, S.O.M. Manda, J.T. Stewart, H.D. White

    
• • ·A plaque rupture model for ischaemia in the rabbit hindlimb

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    A.J. Taylor, A. Bobik, M. Berndt, G. Jennings

    
• • ·Troponin I in pulmonary embolism

    Pagina :A101

    A.Z. Riha, R. Slaughter, C.N. Aroney

    
• • ·Chest pain evaluation areas in Melbourne: A pilot study

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    L. Holsworth, L. Dziukas, A. Dart, G. Jennings, M. Hunter, L. Grigg, P. Cameron, P. LeBrocq, A. Kambourakis, R. Peveril, S. LeVasseur

    
• • ·Chest pain triage-outcome after inappropriate discharge

    Pagina :A101

    M.A. Fitzpatrick, M. Dodd, E. Hutchings, D. Schoevers, A. Grouse

    
• • ·The significance of a raised troponin I in a chest pain evaluation unit

    Pagina :A102

    J.G. Morgan, M.G. Hunter, N. Better, P.A. Cameron, L.E. Grigg

    
• • ·Electrocardiographic features of left circumflex coronary artery occlusion in patients presenting with acute myocardial infarction

    Pagina :A102

    Y. Koyama, P.S. Hansen, H. Rasmussen, G. Nelson

    
• • ·Ischaemia detection by continuous on-line vectorcardiography and 12 lead ST segment monitoring in acute coronary syndromes

    Pagina :A102

    B. Aliprandi-Costa, V. Solanki, B. Freedman

    
• • ·Excess coronary mortality among Australian men and women living outside capital city statistical divisions

    Pagina :A102

    P.T. Sexton, T.-L.H. Sexton

    
• • ·End-tidal carbon dioxide monitoring optimises management during in-hospital cardiac arrests

    Pagina :A103

    M. Heily, L.E. Grigg

    
• • ·Relation of time to treatment on relative effects of primary coronary angioplasty vs thrombolytic therapy

    Pagina :A103

    A. Patel, F. Zijlstra, M. Jones, C. Grines, E. Garcia, L. Grinfeld, R. Gibbons, E. Ribeiro, F. Ribichini, S. Ellis, C. Granger, F. Akhras, W.D. Weaver, R.J. Simes, PCAT Collaboration

    
• • ·Late outcomes after direct PTCA for acute myocardial infarction — A multicentre experience

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    A.E. Ajani, G. Byrnes, R. Warren, D. Eccleston, R. Dick, A. MacIsaac, M. Rowe, J. Lefkovits

    
• • ·Selection, management and outcomes of patients admitted to a chest pain evaluation area (CPEA)

    Pagina :A103

    T. LeBrocq, A. Kambourakis, R.E. Peverill, S. LeVasseur

    
• • ·Place of a chest pain unit in a tertiary referral centre

    Pagina :A104

    J.G. Morgan, M.G. Hunter, P.A. Cameron, L.E. Grigg

    
• • ·Platelet activating factor (PAF) antagonism and streptokinase induced hypotension

    Pagina :A104

    R. Taylor, D. Fatovich, T. Hitchcock, C. Thomas, L. Curtis

    
• • ·Clinical significance of elevated troponin I in general hospital patients

    Pagina :A104

    A.M. Wilson, A. Boyle, A. MacIsaac, R. Whitbourn, V.M. Jelinek, P. Paull

    
• • ·Time dependent apoptotic development in the acute phase of myocardial infarction in rats

    Pagina :A104

    Y.Z. Zhu, Y.-C. Zhu, Q. Lu, T. Unger

    
• • ·Clinical comparison of acute infarct angioplasty Vs thrombolysis at a major teaching hospital

    Pagina :A105

    A.J. Boyle, A.M. Wilson, A.I. MacIsaac, R.J. Whitbourn

    
• • ·Echocardiographic characterisation of right ventricular contractility - findings in health and disease

    Pagina :A105

    U.V. Premawardhana, D.S. Celermajer

    
• • ·Afterload corrected fractional area change (FaCac): A simple, relatively load independent measurement of left ventricular contractility in humans

    Pagina :A105

    C.F. Royse, A.G. Royse

    
• • ·Instantaneous end diastolic stiffness (IEDS): A simple, load independent measurement of left ventricular diastolic function in patients undergoing cardiac surgery

    Pagina :A105

    C.F. Royse, A.G. Royse, D.W. Blake, L.E. Grigg

    
• • ·Increased left ventricular wall stress with pneumoperitoneum in obese females undergoing laparoscopic surgery

    Pagina :A106

    D.L. Prior, J. Sprung, J.D. Thomas, D.G. Whalley

    
• • ·Haemodynamic evidence of a disparity in the degree of diastolic dysfunction in women with hypertension

    Pagina :A106

    C.S. Hayward, W.V. Kalnin, R.P. Kelly

    
• • ·Cardiac function in rats with thyroid dysfunction using high frequency echocardiographic imaging

    Pagina :A106

    L. Brown, D. Loch, K. Wilson, B.A. Anderson, C.A. Hegerty, J.L. Fawcett, D. Burstow

    
• • ·Atrial “ejection fraction”: A new measure of atrial function

    Pagina :A106

    L. Thomas, D.Y.C. leung, D.L. Ross

    
• • ·Co-morbid diseases and their potential impact on the pharmacotherapy of heart failure

    Pagina :A107

    C. Blanton, G. O'Driscoll, R. Hendriks, M. Hobbs, P. Langton

    
• • ·Expression of leptin and leptin receptor isoforms in human myocardium: A role in cardiac function and the pathophysiology of CHF?

    Pagina :A107

    G. Wiesner, M. Esler, D.M. Kaye

    
• • ·Regulation of L-type Ca²⁺ channels by protein kinase C during hypoxia in guinea-pig ventricular myocytes

    Pagina :A107

    L.C. Hool

    
• • ·The relationship between late systolic pressure augmentation and left ventricular mass in a healthy population

    Pagina :A107

    M. Karamanoglu, M.P. Feneley

    
• • ·A simple characteristic value describing the normal left ventricular inotropic state in humans

    Pagina :A108

    M. Karamanoglu, M.P. Feneley

    
• • ·The positive inotropic effects of hydrostatic pressure are buffered by the endocardial endothelium via prostaglandins

    Pagina :A108

    C.J. Zeitz, S.U. Sys, D.L. Brutsaert

    
• • ·Impact of physical and physiological factors on arterial function

    Pagina :A108

    Y.-L. Liang, J.D. Cameron, D. Kotsopoulos, B.P. McGrath

    
• • ·Effect of combined hormone replacement therapy on factor VII and tissue factor pathway inhibitor

    Pagina :A108

    R.E. Peverill, H.J. Teede, B.P. McGrath, E. Malan, D. Kotsopolous, J.J. Smolich, P.G. Tipping

    
• • ·Subcutaneous testosterone implant therapy improves endothelium-dependent and independent vasodilation in postmenopausal women already receiving oestrogen

    Pagina :A109

    S. Worboys, D. Kotsopoulos, H. Teede, B.P. McGrath, S.R. Davis

    
• • ·Aortic stenosis: Evidence of platelet and valvular endothelial dysfunction

    Pagina :A109

    Y.Y. Chirkov, A.S. Holmes, S.R. Willoughby, S. Stewart, S. Chandy, J.D. Horowitz

    
• • ·Lipocortin protects cardiac myocytes from ischaemia in vitro

    Pagina :A109

    J.M. Gordon, R.H. Ritchie, G.J. Dusting

    
• • ·The antipsychotic agents thioridazine, chlorpromazine and clozapine block the human-ether-a-go-go-related gene (HERG) potassium channel: Cellular mechanism for proarrhythmia

    Pagina :A109

    H. Tie, B.D. Walker, C.B. Singleton, J. Bursill, K. Wyse, S. Valenzuela, S.N. Breit, T.J. Campbell

    
• • ·Evidence in rat against the free radical hypothesis of nitrate tolerance

    Pagina :A110

    I.S. de la Lande, I. Stafford, C.L. Bennett, J.D. Horowitz

    
• • ·The effect of ATP-sensitive potassium (K_ATP) channel inhibition on metabolic vasodilation in human skeletal muscle vasculature

    Pagina :A110

    H.M.O. Farouque, R.A.P. Skyrme-Jones, M.J. Zhang, R.C. O'Brien, I.T. Meredith

    
• • ·Cardiovascular disease, renal disease and shared risk factors in a remote aboriginal community

    Pagina :A110

    S. McDonald, W. Hoy, G. Maguire

    
• • ·Effects of pravastatin on cardiovascular endpoints in patients with previous unstable angina

    Pagina :A110

    A. Tonkin, S. Becker, D. Hunt, A. Keech, G. Lane, H. White, W. Hague, J. Simes, LIPID Study Group

    
• • ·The prevalence of cardiac disease in recreational scuba divers

    Pagina :A111

    E. Lalor, R. Cresp, C. Grove, L. Valinsky, P.E. Langton

    
• • ·The prevalence of provocable ischaemia in asymptomatic men with vasculogenic erectile dysfunction

    Pagina :A111

    D.J. McCaffrey, P.S. Macdonald, M.P. Feneley, C.G. McMahon

    
• • ·When does hospital mortality equate to case fatality for acute myocardial infarction?

    Pagina :A111

    C. Blanton, P. Thompson

    
• • ·Long-chain N-3 fatty acids improve large artery elasticity in humans; DHA and EPA are equivalent

    Pagina :A111

    P. Nestel, H. Shige, S. Pomeroy, M. Cehun, D. Raederstorff

    
• • ·Smooth muscle dysfunction in subjects with atherosclerosis

    Pagina :A112

    O.T. Raitakari, J.P. Seale, D.S. Celermajer

    
• • ·Anabolic androgenic steroids and arterial reactivity in male bodybuilders

    Pagina :A112

    M.A. Sader, K.A. Griffiths, R.J. McCredie, D.J. Handelsman, D.S. Celermajer

    
• • ·The relationship between coronary plaque orientation (pericardial vs myocardial) and remodeling patterns

    Pagina :A112

    M.R. Ward, A. Jeremias, K. Hibi, N.A. Herity, S.T. Lo, D.P. Lee, S.D. Filardo, P.J. Fitzgerald, A.C. Yeung

    
• • ·Secretion of apolipoprotein E from foam cell macrophages by apolipoprotein A-1 mutants

    Pagina :A112

    T. Sloane, D. Sviridov, L. Pyle, R.T. Dean, W. Jessup, L. Kritharides

    
• • ·Cyclodextrins acting as sinks and shuttles differentially mobilise free and esterified cholesterol from human foam cells

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    S. Liu, R.T. Dean, W. Jessup, L. Kritharides

    
• • ·Comparison of a mediterranean (Med) diet to low fat (LF) diet on lipids in patients (pts) with coronary heart disease (CHD)

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    D. Colquhoun, P. Glasziou, P. Horsley, S. Somerset, B. Gallagher, J. Weyers

    
• • ·Dietary misconceptions and missed opportunities to help patients lower coronary heart disease (CHD) risk

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    D. Colquhoun, A. Tonkin, B. Schrapnel, S. Somerset

    
• • ·A mediterranean diet (MED) vs a low fat (LF) diet improves depression independent of cholesterol in coronary heart disease patients(CHD)

    Pagina :A113

    J. Weyers, D Colquhoun for the OLIVE Study Group

    
• • ·The prevalence of hyperhomocysteinaemia in coronary artery disease: A case-control study

    Pagina :A114

    K.S. Woo, P. Chook, R.C.W. Chiu, K.P. Fung, J.T.F. Lau, P. Poon, W.M. Chan, K.K. Tse, H.K. Chung, K. Tang, G. Yip, J.E. Sanderson, J.L.F. Woo

    
• • ·The in vitro-inhibitory effect of flavonoid astilbin on 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme a reductase on vero cells

    Pagina :A114

    P. Chan, F.-L. Hsu

    
• • ·Cholesteryl ester transfer protein gene polymorphism and coronary heart disease

    Pagina :A114

    J. Ji, C.D.S. Mamotte, R.R. Taylor, F.M. van Bockxmeer

    
• • ·A novel action of probucol in promoting re-growth of endothelial cells after balloon injury

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    A. Lau, S. Leichtweis, X. Chaufour, P. Witting, A. Brown, D. Celermajer, R. Stocker

    
• • ·Elution of haptoglobin from atherosclerotic human coronary arteries in vivo

    Pagina :A115

    M.A. Matuszek, P.G. Bannon, P.N. Hendel, C.F. Hughes, W. Jessup, R.T. Dean, L. Kritharides

    
• • ·Vitamin C improves endothelial dysfunction in renal allograft recipients

    Pagina :A115

    M.J.A. Williams, W.H.F. Sutherland, M.P. McCormick, S.A. de Jong, R.J. Walker

    
• • ·The effect of postural change on vascular permeability in humans

    Pagina :A115

    S.A. Hope, I.T. Meredith

    
• • ·Effects of natriuretic peptides on atheroma-like lesions in rabbit carotid arteries

    Pagina :A115

    M.N. Barber, T.A. Gaspari, G.J. Dusting, R.L. Woods

    
• • ·Endothelin-1 reduces lipid accumulation in human macrophages

    Pagina :A116

    M.R. Langenfeld, W. Jessup, D.S. Celermajer

    
• • ·Endothelial function as assessed by flow mediated vasodilation is not associated with proposed circulating markers of endothelial function in postmenopausal women

    Pagina :A116

    H.J. Teede, R.E. Peverill, D. Kotsopoulos, E. Gan, B.P. McGrath

    
• • ·Paradoxical effects of oxysterols on cholesterol efflux and APO E release from foam cell macrophages

    Pagina :A116

    D.M. Rees, L. Kritharides, W. Jessup, R.T. Dean, A.J. Brown

    
• • ·Warfarin therapy need not be interrupted for coronary interventions using radial artery access

    Pagina :A116

    C.N. Aroney

    
• • ·The effect of bivalirudin in combination with ticlopidine on laboratory coagulation parameters and the incidence of clinically significant bleeding in patients undergoing percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) and stenting

    Pagina :A117

    M.J. Abernethy, P.E. Aylward, J.I. Weitz, C.M. Frampton

    
• • ·Coronary artery remodeling after balloon angioplasty and β-radiation followed by conventional stenting

    Pagina :A117

    I.Patrick Kay, Manel Sabaté, Marco A. Costa, Ken Kozuma, Mariano Albertal, Jurgen M. Ligthart, Veronique L. Coen, Peter C. Levendag, Willem J. van der Giessen, Patrick W. Serruys

    
• • ·Outcome after intracoronary pullback atherectomy: Quantitative angiographic results from a multicenter registry

    Pagina :A117

    R. Prpic, J.J. Popma, S. Kinlay, M. Adams, O.-H. Kwok

    
• • ·Acute results of the restenosis reduction by cutting balloon evaluation study

    Pagina :A117

    R. Prpic, T. Suzuki, J.J. Popma, H. Hosokawa, T. Yamaguchi, S. Ito, H. Oda, T. Kondo, T. Matsushita, K. Kanemasa, M. Adams, T. Fukutomi

    
• • ·Immediate and long-term outcomes following carotid stenting for patients with restenosis post carotid endarterectomy: A multi-centre registry

    Pagina :A118

    G. New, G.S. Roubin, S.S. Iyer, J.J. Vitek, N. Al-Mubarek, M.H. Wholey, E.B. Diethrich, L.N. Hopkins, R. Hobson, M.B. Leon, S.V. Myla, F. Shawi, S.R. Ramee, J.S. Yadav, K. Rosenfield, M. Liu, W.A. Gray, R.S. Stack, S.S. Yadav, C. Gomez

    
• • ·Costs and charges of elective coronary angioplasty and stenting (CAS). A comparison of the public and private system

    Pagina :A118

    R. Harper, I. Meredith, P.L. See, J. Kealey, K. Sampson

    
• • ·Prevalence and referral patterns of angiographically normal coronary arteries: A single centre experience

    Pagina :A118

    D.Y.C. Leung, C.P. Juergens, S. Newport, A.P. Hopkins

    
• • ·Angioseal use in high risk coronary interventions: Is it safe?

    Pagina :A118

    M.R. Adams, G.J. Blake, S. Kinlay, A.P. Selwyn, J.J. Popma

    
• • ·Assessing myocardial viability using noga left ventricular mapping system in a chronic ischemic porcine model: A correlation with histology and thallium scintigraphy

    Pagina :A119

    Sukumaran T. Thambar, Valerie B. Poplin, Lynne L. Johnson, Lorraine Schofield, Barry L. Sharaf, David O. Williams

    
• • ·Preliminary results of balloon mitral valvuloplasty with inoue balloon: A Sri Lankan experience

    Pagina :A119

    V. Senaratne, G.R. Constantine, A.N. Dunuwille, P.N. Thenabadu

    
• • ·Coronary artery compliance is lower in coronary disease patients compared with cardiac transplant recipients

    Pagina :A119

    J.A. Shaw, B.A. Kingwell, T. Medley, A.S. Walton, J.D. Cameron, A.M. Dart

    
• • ·Radiation safety issues associated with intracoronary brachytherapy using liquid rhenium-188

    Pagina :A119

    N. Jepson, C. Karolis, C. Milross, D. Lonergan, S. Angelides, C. Friend, T. Knittel, B. Walker, R. Allan, M. Pitney

    
• • ·Controlled blunt micro-dissection and targeted true lumen re-entry: 2 new techniques for percutaneous treatment of chronic peripheral arterial occlusions

    Pagina :A120

    P. Mossop, R. Whitbourn, M. Selmon, T. Hinohara, J. Vetter, M. Dake, J. Simpson

    
• • ·A multicentre study to evaluate the safety and tolerability of tirofiban in patients undergoing intracoronary stent placement

    Pagina :A120

    R.A.P. Skyrme-Jones, I.T. Meredith

    
• • ·Troponin I in the assessment of myocardial damage during percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty with stenting

    Pagina :A120

    A. Riha, A. Cannon, R. Muller, R. Tan

    
• • ·Neointimal response to stenting in left anterior descending and right coronary arteries; experimental insights from a porcine model

    Pagina :A120

    J. Hausleiter, M. Sebastian, A.N. Li, C.K. Abbey, K. Takizawa, R. Makkar, J.S. Whiting, N. Eigler

    
• • ·Clinical utility of 3D echocardiography in the assessment of atrial septal defect anatomy for amplatzer device closure

    Pagina :A121

    G.M. Scalia, A. Lange, P. Polka, J.E. Donnelly, D.J. Burstow, C.N. Aroney

    
• • ·Geographical miss: A cause of treatment failure after intracoronary radiation therapy

    Pagina :A121

    I.P. Kay, G. Sianos, M.-A. Morel, P.W. Serruys

    
• • ·Clinical significance of troponin elevation after coronary angioplasty

    Pagina :A121

    T. Sakulsaengprapha, C. McNally, P.J. Harris, B.P. Bailey

    
• • ·Angioplasty in women: A review into their clinical success and complications

    Pagina :A121

    C.H. Ang, R.A.P. Skyme-Jones, R.W. Harper, I.T. Meredith

    
• • ·Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in the elderly: A comparison of procedural and clinical outcomes between their eighth and ninth decades

    Pagina :A122

    C.H. Ang, R.A.P. Skyme-Jones, R.W. Harper, I.T. Meredith

    
• • ·Treatment of restenosis — a unified or lesion specific approach?

    Pagina :A122

    A.E. Ajani, R. Shetty, R. Warren, D. Eccleston, J. Lefkovits

    
• • ·Primary coronary stenting without predilatation: Clinical application, cost benefits and factors affecting success

    Pagina :A122

    C. Gao, R.J. Whitbourn

    
• • ·Differences in adenosine inducible maximal coronary hyperaemia for fractional flow reserve measurements

    Pagina :A122

    R.J. Whitbourn, A. Jeremias, S.D. Filardo, P.J. Fitzgerald, A.C. Yeung, P.G. Yock

    
• • ·Evaluation of abciximab therapy in dissolving newly formed coronary thrombus during coronary angioplasty and stenting

    Pagina :A123

    C. Gao, R.J. Whitbourn, A. MacIsaac

    
• • ·Flow responsive remodelling after angioplasty is dependent on oxidant stress

    Pagina :A123

    M.R. Ward, P.S. Tsao, N.A. Herity, J.P. Cooke, A.C. Yeung

    
• • ·Contrasts in the features of abdominal aortic aneurysm and aneurysm associated with marfan syndrome: Pointers to underlying pathophysiological mechanisms

    Pagina :A123

    M. Nataatmadja, T. Dique, P. Walker, K. Summers, S. LeBrocque, M. West

    
• • ·Increase in von willebrand factor with exercise: A potential mechanism of increased cardiovascular risk

    Pagina :A123

    A. Binasis, S. Pratley, P. Roach, E. Bernard, M. Aboud, G.H. Tofler

    
• • ·Intima-media thickening of carotid artery is an independent predictor for worse arterial endothelial dysfunction in patients with coronary artery disease

    Pagina :A124

    K.S. Woo, P. Chook, B. Bailey, W.H. Fung, C.W. Chiu, P. Ng, J.E. Sanderson, D.S. Celermajer

    
• • ·Failure to detect Chlamydia pneumoniae in coronary atheromas of Australian patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting

    Pagina :A124

    M.K.C. Ng, V. Sintchenko, W. Meldrum-Hanna, M.P. Skinner, D.L. Ross, G.L. Gilbert

    
• • ·Power doppler vs subtracted grey scale for myocardial contrast echo: A differences in sensitivity related to spect defect severity

    Pagina :A124

    B. Haluska, C. Case, J. Anderson, T.H. Marwick

    
• • ·Is integrated backscatter a quantitative marker of ischemia during stress echo: Comparison with tissue doppler, wall motion and quantitative angiography

    Pagina :A124

    J. Dart, P. Cain, T. Baglin, T.H. Marwick

    
• • ·Diastolic dysfunction is one of the determinants of functional capacity in patients with severe mitral regurgitation and normal ejection fraction

    Pagina :A125

    J.J. Pereira, E.P. Cabanag-Demerre, M. Lauer, J.D. Thomas, A.L. Klein, M.J. Garcia

    
• • ·Tissue doppler offers a quantitative approach to dobutamine stress echo interpretation — an angiographic validation

    Pagina :A125

    P. Cain, L. Short, J. Dart, D. Spicer, P. Garrahy, T. Marwick

    
• • ·Long term survival after aortic valve replacement in patients with low gradient severe aortic stenosis and severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction

    Pagina :A125

    J.J. Pereira, C.R. Asher, E.H. Blackstone, P.M. McCarthy, J.D. Thomas, M. Lauer, J.B. Young, I. Afridi

    
• • ·Twenty-eight years follow-up of primary aortic valve replacement with allografts - an echocardiographic study of 613 patients

    Pagina :A125

    P. Palka, S. Harrocks, A. Lange, M. Davison, D. Burstow, M. O'Brien

    
• • ·Long term outcome of patients with type B aortic dissection

    Pagina :A126

    N.J. Moncrieff, N.S. Jepson, D. Law, M.C. Madigan, G.B. Cranney

    
• • ·Improved outcomes from off-pump coronary surgery compared to cardio-pulmonary bypass surgery

    Pagina :A126

    P. Langton, M. Lai, J. Beilby, M. Sheminant, W. Weightman, M. Newman, C. Bhagat

    
• • ·Ventricular containment as an adjunctive procedure in ischaemic cardiomyopathy — results of the phase I study

    Pagina :A126

    J. Raman, S. Seevanayagam, J.M. Power, D.L. Hare, B.F. Buxton, C. Alferness

    
• • ·High thoracic epidural anaesthesia for coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG): A prospective randomized study - preliminary results

    Pagina :A126

    C. Royse, A. Royse, D. Blake, J. Pang, P. Soeding

    
• • ·Noninvasive in vivo MRI documents arterial remodeling in a novel WHHL rabbit model

    Pagina :A127

    S.G. Worthley, A.G. Zaman, G. Helft, V. Fuster, Z.A. Fayad, J.T. Fallon, J.J. Badimon

    
• • ·The impact of acute technetium99M sestamibi imaging on clinical management algorithms

    Pagina :A127

    J.C. Knot, A.C.R. Baldey, P.A. Cameron, L.E. Grigg, M. Lichtenstein, N. Better

    
• • ·Prognostic impact of myocardial viability testing in 3088 patients: A meta-analysis

    Pagina :A127

    K.C. Allman, L.J. Shaw, R. Hachamovitch, J.E. Udelson

    
• • ·MR imaging of coronary artery atherosclerosis in a porcine model

    Pagina :A127

    S.G. Worthley, G. Helft, A.G. Zaman, V. Fuster, Z.A. Fayad, J.T. Fallon, J.J. Badimon

    
• • ·Hypertension and cardiovascular events after myocardial infarction

    Pagina :A128

    A.M. Richards, M.G. Nicholls, T.G. Yandle, R.W. Troughton, J. Turner

    
• • ·Large artery compliance predicts time to ischemia during treadmill testing in coronary artery disease patients

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    B.A. Kingwell, T.L. Medley, T.K. Waddell, J.D. Cameron, G.L. Jennings, A.M. Dart

    
• • ·Early clinical experience with percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale with the amplatzer occluder in adults

    Pagina :A128

    P.C. Hayes, M.P. Feneley, P.R. Roy, D.W. Muller

    
• • ·Influence of cardiac sub-specialty on management after angiography of patients with coronary artery disease

    Pagina :A128

    P. Kertes, M. Rowe

    
• • ·Carotid stenting - a viable alternative to surgery?

    Pagina :A129

    B. Gunalingam, P. Roy, D. Baron, D.W. Muller

    
• • ·Initial clinical experience with the novoste betacath system for coronary brachytherapy

    Pagina :A129

    D. Brieger, S. Kuanprasert, M. Adams, L. Bernstein, P. Harris, B. Bailey

    
• • ·Intracoronary radiotherapy with liquid rhenium-188 to prevent in-stent restenosis - preliminary results of the power (prince of wales endovascular radiation) study

    Pagina :A129

    N. Jepson, C. Milross, D. Lonergan, C. Karolis, C. Friend, S. Angelides, T. Knittel, R. Allan, M. Pitney

    
• • ·Six month follow-up of patients who have had cardiac troponin I (cTnI) elevations during routine percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)

    Pagina :A129

    C.H. Ang, S.F. Castle, R.A.P. Skyme-Jones, N. Balazs, I.T. Meredith

    
• • ·Comparison of effects of pravastatin and combined hormone replacement therapy on coagulation and fibrinolysis

    Pagina :A130

    R.E. Peverill, S. Davis, R. Goldstat, A. Newman, E. Malan, J.J. Smolich

    
• • ·Effect of urotensin II on myocyte hypertrophy and collagen synthesis by myofibroblasts in vitro

    Pagina :A130

    A. Tzanidis, R.D. Hannan, H. Krum

    
• • ·In-vivo evidence of acetylcholine stimulated arginine transport in man

    Pagina :A130

    M.M. Parnell, J.P.F. Chin-Dusting, J. Starr, D.M. Kaye

    
• • ·Iron chelation with deferoxamine improves endothelial function in patients with atherosclerosis

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    S.J. Duffy, E.S. Biegelsen, M. Holbrook, J.F. Keaney, J.A. Vita

    
• • ·The impact of lipid-lowering therapy using atorvastatin on atherosclerosis in Chinese patients with coronary artery disease

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    K.S. Woo, L.L.T. Chan, P. Chook, A.S.P. Cheung, R.C.W. Chiu, K. Tang, W.W.M. Chan, C.K. Wong, W.H. Fung, J.E. Sanderson

    
• • ·Hyperkalaemia and acidosis modify HERG channel biophysical properties and antagonise inhibition by sotalol

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    B.D. Walker, H. Tie, C.B. Singleton, J.A. Bursill, K.R. Wyse, S.M. Valenzuela, S.N. Breit, T.J. Campbell

    
• • ·Which marker of myocardial long axis function is best for quantitating stress echo?

    Pagina :A131

    P. Cain, T. Baglin, C. Case, T. Marwick

    
• • ·Application of contrast echo in acute coronary syndromes: Feasibility and accuracy

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    B. Haluska, S. Wahi, P. Garrahy, R. Lim, T.H. Marwick

    
• • ·Diagnostic accuracy of dobutamine stress echo in patients with left bundle branch block (LBBB)

    Pagina :A132

    J. Federman, P.A. Pellikka, J.B. Seward

    
• • ·Three-dimensional echocardiography of pathologic mitral and aortic valves in adult patients

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    A. Lange, P. Palka, E. Donnelly, G. Scalia, S. Rahman, D.J. Burstow

    
• • ·Technical methods and limitations of color M-mode and doppler-derived Tau () in the assessment of cardiac diastolic function — the TauCoMM project

    Pagina :A132

    R.E. Melville, D.J. Burstow, G.M. Scalia

    
• • ·A comparison of fundamental imaging (FI) with tissue harmonic imaging (THI) in the assessment of left ventricular endocardial definition on transthoracic echocardiography

    Pagina :A132

    S.D. Kypraios, L.J. Hopkins, B.L. Wood

    
• • ·Treatment of major depression after acute coronary syndromes (ACS): Myocardial infarction or unstable angina: Sadhart trial

    Pagina :A133

    C.M. O'Connor, A. Glassman, D.M. Colquhoun

    
• • ·Cardiovascular risk factor management in patients attending rural versus urban general practices

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    M.D. Rockell, A. Psyche, Z. Parsons, C.M. Reid

    
• • ·The impact of different diagnostic criteria on the prevalence of left ventricular hypertrophy in elderly hypertensives

    Pagina :A133

    G.L. Jennings, C.M. Reid, L. Dewar, Y-L. Liu, P. Fletcher, M. Feneley

    
• • ·Outcomes of coronary artery bypass grafting and cardiac valve surgery: An international comparison using the society of thoracic surgeons database

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    J.A. Smith, J.A. Mack, F.L. Rosenfeldt, R.F. Salamonsen, B.B. Davis, M. Rabinov, A.W. Pick, D.S. Esmore

    
• • ·Intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) expression by endothelial cells and soluble ICAM-1 levels do not correlate during cardiopulmonary bypass

    Pagina :A134

    M. Vallely, P.G. Bannon, C.F. Hughes, R.T. Dean, L. Kritharides

    
• • ·National death index: Data matching for survival data analysis of heart surgery

    Pagina :A134

    J.A. Fuller, B.F. Buxton, J. Tatoulis

    
• • ·Pre-operative plasma plasminogen activator inhibitor I (PAI 1) activity predicts intra-operative and post-operative outcomes of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)

    Pagina :A134

    B. Dixon, D.J. Campbell, J.D. Santamaria

    
• • ·Pattern of chest wall discomfort after CABGS: Effects of internal mammary artery dissection

    Pagina :A134

    H. Donaldson, C. Hughes, J. Lumby

    
• • ·Evaluation of a pre-admission cardiac surgical clinic

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    P. Way, G. Fairbrother, S. Grguric, J. Broe

    
• • ·Emergency surgery for AMI patients with fibrinolysis failure or contraindication not suitable for percutaneous intervention

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    S. Menzie, P. Brady, C. Deal, D. Ross, D. Marshman, J. Brereton, P. Hansen, Y. Koyama, H. Rasmussen, G. Nelson

    
• • ·Cardiac troponin I in the diagnosis of post-cardiac surgery myocardial infarction: A prospective study

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    M. Lai, P. Langton, J. Beilby, M. Newman, C. Bhagat

    
• • ·Initial experience with the ventrassist cardiac assist device: A rotary pump without bearings

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    D.S. Esmore, F.L. Rosenfeldt, J.A. Smith, J. Anderson, P. Ayre, G. Tansley, N. James, J. Begg, J. Woodard, P. Watterson

    
• • ·Plasma markers of coagulation activity in patients with mechanical heart valves on warfarin therapy

    Pagina :A136

    J.E. Bray, E. Malan, T.E. Gan, R.E. Peverill

    
• • ·Prognostic value of echocardiographic pulmonary wave forms in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction

    Pagina :A136

    C.G. DePasquale, A.E. Russell

    
• • ·Development of cardiomyopathy and heart failure in mice overexpressing β₂-adrenoceptors in the heart

    Pagina :A136

    X.M. Gao, E.A. Woodcock, G.L. Jennings, A.M. Dart, X.J. Du

    
• • ·Outcome in patients with cardiac failure and normal left ventricular systolic contraction

    Pagina :A136

    S. Nicholls, B. Bastian, J. Lowe, K. Inder, P. Candlish, J. Holliday, D. O'Connell

    
• • ·Outcome in patients participating in a pilot heart failure clinic

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    S. Nicholls, K. Inder, J. Lowe, B. Bastian, P. Candlish, J. Holliday, D. O'Connell

    
• • ·Changes in treatment and status of patients after attending a quaternary referral heart failure clinic

    Pagina :A137

    A.P. Sindone, T. Yeoh, M. Herman, M.M. Bendeich

    
• • ·Cardiac failure in hospitals: An Australian review of treatment (‘chart’ pilot study)

    Pagina :A137

    A. Keogh, K. Smith, C. McCosker

    
• • ·Co-operative expression of hemeoxygenase-1 and nitric oxide synthase gene expression in human dilated cardiomyopathy

    Pagina :A137

    Christopher Zeitz, Christophe Heymes, Jean Bronzwaer, Walter Paulus

    
• • ·Marked suppression of the tissue kallikrein-kinin-system in cardiac failure

    Pagina :A138

    D.J. Campbell, A.-M. Duncan, A. Kladis, G.L. Jennings, A.M. Dart, M. Esler

    
• • ·B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP), but not atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP), improves haemodynamics in acute heart failure

    Pagina :A138

    R.L. Woods, H.P. Brunner-La Rocca, D.M. Kaye, M.D. Esler

    
• • ·Determinants of length of hospital stay in patients admitted with heart failure

    Pagina :A138

    S.P. Wright, D. Verouhis, H. Walsh, G. Gamble, N. Sharpe, R.N. Doughty

    
• • ·Determinants of hospital readmission with heart failure

    Pagina :A138

    S.P. Wright, H. Walsh, G. Gamble, N. Sharpe, R.N. Doughty

    
• • ·Primary care and hospital out-patient usage by patients with severe heart failure

    Pagina :A139

    S.P. Wright, A. Pearl, G. Gamble, H. Walsh, N. Sharpe, R.N. Doughty

    
• • ·Mitral valve annuloplasty for the treatment of severe functional mitral regurgitation in association with refractory heart failure

    Pagina :A139

    P.C. Jansz, E. Kotlyar, M.K. Wilson, D.S. Winlaw, D.J. McCaffrey, R.H. Arnold, J.A. Charlton, A.M. Keogh, P.S. Macdonald, P.M. Spratt

    
• • ·High expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase in athlete's heart

    Pagina :A139

    C. Zeitz, J. Bronzwaer, C. Heymes, W. Paulus

    
• • ·Coach program (CP): A software package assisting health professionals to achieve secondary prevention targets in the community

    Pagina :A139

    M.J. Vale, N.J. Doherty, M.V. Jelinek, J.D. Best

    
• • ·Pacemaker support group: Benefits for patient care, awareness and quality assurance

    Pagina :A140

    J.F. England, M. Cook, M. Wood

    
• • ·Paediatric presurgical education program improves knowledge of surgical events and outcomes

    Pagina :A140

    L. Holzheimer, L. Winkel, F. Henshelwood, R. Justo

    
• • ·Utility of left ventricular flow propagation velocity during dobutamine stress echocardiography

    Pagina :A140

    C. Young, E. Hassan, M. Milne, P. Bridgman

    
• • ·Transthoracic ultrasound with harmonic imaging- can coronary atherosclerosis be identified?

    Pagina :A140

    U.V. Premawardhana, D.S. Celermajer

    
• • ·Estimation of pulmonary capillary wedge pressure by the degree of interatrial septal curvature, using transoesophageal echocardiography

    Pagina :A141

    C. Royse, A. Royse, D. Blake, P. Soeding

    
• • ·Effect of instrument settings on regional variation in the concentration-intensity relationship for echo contrast in vitro

    Pagina :A141

    D.L. Prior, S. Sathyanarayana, J.D. Thomas, J. Østensen, I. Afridi

    
• • ·Regional variation in myocardial intensity of the normal heart following intravenous contrast may affect assessment of myocardial perfusion

    Pagina :A141

    D.L. Prior, L.A. Cardon, J.A. Odabashian, W.A. Jaber, A.L. Klein, J.D. Thomas

    
• • ·Contrast echocardiography improves the accuracy and reproducibility of left ventricular remodeling measurements: A prospective, randomized, blinded study

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    A.J. Rainbird, A.J. Basmadjian, M. Razavi, F. Grigioni, P.A. Pellikka, M.E. Sarano

    
• • ·Treadmill exercise stress echocardiography in patients with left bundle branch block: Is there prognostic advantage?

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    A.J. Rainbird, C.Y. Lee, J.K. Oh, V.L. Roger, D.M. Mahoney, J.B. Seward, P.A. Pellikka

    
• • ·Cardiovascular structure and function in diabetic baboons — A transvenous ultrasound study

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    U. Premawardhana, M.R. Adams, D.K. Yue, A. Birrell, S. Hefferman, D.S. Celermajer

    
• • ·Comparison of long axis tissue doppler and systolic myocardial backscatter with stress — Do they offer complimentary information?

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    J. Dart, P. Cain, T. Baglin, T.H. Marwick

    
• • ·Can tissue doppler assessment of long axis function be used as a marker of LV contractile reserve?

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    B. Haluska, L. Short, P. Cain, T. Marwick

    
• • ·A new continuing quality improvement tool for evaluating transesophageal echocardiography

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    G.M. Scalia, K.O. Schwarz, D.Y. Leung, E.L. Mayer, M.J. Williams, M.C. Tischler, W.J. Stewart

    
• • ·A new quantitative method for evaluation of systolic and diastolic myocardial function using high frame rate digital echocardiography and variable reference M-mode

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    R.A. Phillips, M.J. West, D.J. Burstow

    
• • ·Is systolic myocardial doppler velocity response to stress influenced by loading conditions?

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    P. Cain, L. Short, T. Baglin, B. Haluska, T. Marwick

    
• • ·Tissue doppler measurement of velocity of mitral annular ascent in late diastole reliably estimates atrial function

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    L. Thomas, D.Y.C. Leung, N.B. Schiller, D.L. Ross

    
• • ·Left atrial volume as a new indicator of atrial function

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    L. Thomas, D.Y.C. Leung, N.B. Schiller, D.L. Ross

    
• • ·The role of doppler tissue echocardiography in the early assessment of cardiac haemochromathosis

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    P. Palka, G. McDonald, L. Pitcher, A. Lange, D. Burstow

    
• • ·Echocardiographic predictors of severe mitral reguritation following PTMV

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    S. Roy, G. Cranney, N. Jepson, G. Nashed, R. Allan, R.M. McCredie

    
• • ·Automated edge-detection for measurement of brachial reactivity: Comparison of inter- and intra-observer concordance with manual measurement

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    B. Haluska, A. Sutherland, C. case, R. Kennedy, T.H. Marwick

    
• • ·Percutaneous atrial septal defect closure by an amplatzer device reduces mitral annulus motion

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    A. Lange, D.M. Coleman, P. Palka, D.J. Burstow, J.L. Wilkinson, M.J. Godman

    
• • ·Expanded role for transoesophageal echocardiography in percatheter closure of atrial septal defects

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    R. Graham, J. Gelman, D. McGaw, R.W. Harper

    
• • ·A negative exercise or dobutamine stress echo is associated with a favourable prognosis for ischaemic cardiac events at 5 year followup

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    P.W. Purnell, A.J. Black, A.F. Appelbe

    
• • ·Influence of myocardial tissue doppler on the accuracy of dobutamine echocardiography in novices and experts

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    R.B. Fathi, P. Cain, V. Khouri, T. Marwick

    
• • ·Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiographic detection of cardiogenic embolic source in “stroke in the young” patients

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    S. Silaruks, S. Kiatchoosakun, P. Tatsanavivat, S. Tiamkao, V. Chotmongkol, V. Klungboonkrong

    
• • ·In vivo quantification of atherosclerotic plaque components with MRI in a rabbit model of atherosclerosis

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    A.G. Zaman, S.G. Worthley, G. Helft, V. Fuster, Z.A. Fayad, J.T. Fallon, J.J. Badimon

    
• • ·Duration of atrial fibrillation predicts cardioversion parameters and success. A report from the acute registry

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    D.L. Prior, W.A. Jaber, M. Thamilarasan, C.R. Asher, P.L. Houghtaling, S.E. Jasper, A.L. Klein

    
• • ·2 year experience with the fractal leads polyrox PX 60-BP (ventricular) and PX 53-JBP (atrial)

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    J. Van den Broek, C. Drossos

    
• • ·Ablation of the connections between the left and right atrium guided by electroanatomic mapping: Effects on perpetuation of atrial fibrillation

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    P.B. Sparks, E.P. Gerstenfeld, Y. Goseki, F.X. Roithinger, M.D. Lesh

    
• • ·The frequency of the Brugada ECG abnormality in 1000 consecutive patients

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    A. Benjamin, S. Boucaut, K. Aldridge, N. Twidale, M. Masterson

    
• • ·Lesions suitable for atrial and ventricular ablation can be produced with a single novel microwave antenna

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    D.J.R. Guy, H.M. Chiu, A.S. Mohan, S.P. Thomas, D.L. Ross

    
• • ·Clinical presentation of supraventricular tachycardia in the elderly

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    S. Nicholls, P. Hereford-Ashley, N. Bull, W. Saw, G. Trim, J.W. Leitch

    
• • ·Reduced benefit of the implantable defibrillator in patients undergoing coronary revascularization

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    D. Kuchar, J. Lange, P. Vogels, B. Walker, C. Thorburn

    
• • ·Initial experience with transvenous dual chamber implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in the treatment of ventricular arrhythmias

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    W.J. Stafford, C.M. Allen, C.A. Kingsford, J.R. Hayes

    
• • ·Biphasic shocks are superior to monophasic for human transthoracic defibrillation

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    S.C. Faddy, J. Powell, J.C. Craig

    
• • ·Anxiety-prone personality and depression contribute to neurocardiogenic syncope and response to treatment

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    A.W.F. Hamer, J. Bradbury, D. Green, D.M. Toia, D.L. Hare

    
• • ·Is temporary pacing necessary in patients undergoing pacemaker generator changes?

    Pagina :A149

    A.Z. Riha, N. Twidale, M. Masterson

    
• • ·Radiofrequency ablation alters temporal pattern of increase in coagulation activity after cardiac electrophysiology study

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    J.J. Smolich, L.A. Yates, E. Malan, T.E. Gan, J.F. Alison, R.E. Peverill

    
• • ·Implantable defibrillator threshold testing does not increase coagulation activity or platelet activation

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    J.J. Smolich, L.A. Yates, E. Malan, T.E. Gan, J.F. Alison, R.E. Peverill

    
• • ·Intra-cardiac electrogram pattern recognition and classification using a synaptic-delay artificial neural network

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    S.M. Chetham, C.A. Kingsford, C.M. Allen, J.R. Hayes, T. Barker, W.J. Stafford

    
• • ·Focal atrial tachycardia arising from the tricuspid annulus: Electrophysiologic and electrocardiographic characteristics

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    J.B. Morton, A. Das, J.K. Vohra, J.M. Kalman

    
• • ·Sensitivity and specificity of concealed entrainment for identification of a critical isthmus during mapping and ablation of macro-reentrant atrial tachycardia

    Pagina :A150

    J.B. Morton, V. Deen, A. Das, J.K. Vohra, J.M. Kalman

    
• • ·Inappropriate therapy in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators

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    R. Iyer, C. Singleton, V. Booth, M. Bayfield, P. Bannon, M.A. McGuire

    
• • ·Absence of acute haemodynamic improvement following atrioventricular junction ablation and ventricular pacing for patients with rate controlled permanent atrial fibrillation

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    H.R. Weerasooriya, A.M. Perks, C.P. Shah, T. Szili-Torok, B.A. Martin, A.C. Powell, M.J.E. Davis

    
• • ·Maternal cardiac rhythm disorders in normal pregnancy

    Pagina :A151

    Ni Bhuinneáin, M. McKenna, P. O'Herlihy, C. Sugrue

    
• • ·The N-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid eicosapentanoic acid (EPA) stimulates the NaK pump in rabbit cardiac myocytes

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    A.D. Pitt, C. Fernandes, H.H. Rasmussen, D.W. Whalley

    
• • ·Specific accumulation of polymorphonuclear leukocytes on arterial and venous thrombi in plasminogen knock-out mice

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    B. Zeng, D. Bruce, J. Kril, B. Freedman, D. Brieger

    
• • ·Potential inflammation effects of nitroglycerin (GTN) on monocyte-derived macrophages (MDMS)

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    A.K. Death, S. Nakhla, K.C.Y. Chan, S. Poon, D.S. Celermajer

    
• • ·Fibrinogenolytic proteases detected in the plasma of plasminogen knock-out mice

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    D. Bruce, b. Zeng, S.B. Freedman, D. Brieger

    
• • ·Percutaneous closure of secundum atrial septal defects with the amplatzer occluder: Early clinical experience and echocardiographic follow-up

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    P.C. Hayes, D.W. Muller, R.P. Kelly, D.W. Baron, P.R. Roy, M.P. Feneley

    
• • ·Restoration of genetic growth potential late after transatrial-transpulmonary repair of tetralogy of fallot

    Pagina :A152

    M.M.H. Cheung, A.M. Davis, J.L. Wilkinson, R.G. Weintraub

    
• • ·T-wave alternans threshold during exercise in normal children

    Pagina :A152

    M.M.H. Cheung, A.M. Davis, R.J. Cohen, J.L. Wilkinson

    
• • ·Recovery of cerebral blood flow velocity in infants with hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass

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    D.R. Qin, R.N. Justo, C.J. Burke, P.B. Colditz, P.G. Pohlner, H. Jalali

    
• • ·Outcomes following radiofrequency catheter ablation for paediatric supraventricular tachyarrhythmias

    Pagina :A153

    M.A. Little, M.L. Masterson, R.N. Justo, D.J. Radford

    
• • ·Transcatheter embolization of coronary artery fistulae

    Pagina :A153

    R.N. Justo, R.E. Slaughter, C.M. Whight, D.J. Radford

    
• • ·Incidence and natural history of left ventricular non-compaction presenting during childhood

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    P. Daubeney, A. Nugent, P. Chondros, L. Wilkinson, A.M. Davis, S. Kleinert, C.W. Chow, J.L. Wilkinson, R. Weintraub

    
• • ·Adrenomedullin infusion in subjects with essential hypertension

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    R.W. Troughton, T.G. Yandle, M.G. Nicholls, A.M. Richards

    
• • ·Differential effects of T- & L-type calcium channel blockade on autonomic function in patients with mild-moderate essential hypertension

    Pagina :A154

    A-M. Pellizzer, P.W. Kamen, M. Esler, S. Lim, H. Krum

    
• • ·Large artery properties in isolated systolic hypertension and the effects of a moderate exercise training program

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    K.E. North, T.K. Waddell, J.D. Cameron, C.D. Gatzka, B.P. McGrath, G.L. Jennings, A.M. Dart, B.A. Kingwell

    
• • ·Contribution of endothelial function to the radial arterial pressure waveform

    Pagina :A154

    C.S. Hayward, C.M. Webb, P. Collins

    
• • ·Large artery mechanical properties correlate with severity of coronary artery disease

    Pagina :A155

    T.K. Waddell, T.L. Medley, C.D. Gatzka, J.D. Cameron, A.M. Dart, B.A. Kingwell

    
• • ·Cardiovascular responses to CRH or DLH microinjection in the NTS of urethane anaesthetized rats

    Pagina :A155

    D.J. McKitrick, L.F. Arnolda

    
• • ·Arterial pressure and heart rate responses to microinjection of corticotropin releasing hormone in the intermediolateral nucleus of the anaesthetized rat

    Pagina :A155

    D.J. McKitrick, L.F. Arnolda

    
• • ·Altered regulatory proteins of cell cycle progression and apoptosis in genetic hypertension

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    J. Shen, A. Zulli, B.F. Buxton, J.J. Liu

    
• • ·Arterial vasodilatation in cirrhosis: Role of the L-arginine transporter system

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    B. Rasaratnam, J.P.F. Chin-Dusting, D. Kaye, B. Ahlers, G. Jennings, F. Dudley

    
• • ·Cardiac hypertrophy from 1K-1C hypertension but not exercise training abolishes ANP sensitisation of baroreflex bradycardia

    Pagina :A156

    S.G. Hood, R.L. Woods

    
• • ·Haemodynamic correlates of central arterial pressure wave augmentation

    Pagina :A156

    C.S. Hayward, N. Shaukat, A. Ghanbari, R.P. Kelly

    
• • ·Effect of ascorbic acid treatment on conduit vessel endothelial dysfunction in patients with hypertension: A randomized, placebo-controlled study

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    S.J. Duffy, N. Gokce, M. Holbrook, E.S. Biegelsen, L.M. Hunter, J.F. Keaney, J.A. Vita

    
• • ·Gene expression of extracellular matrix proteins in Marfan syndrome: potential diagnostic role

    Pagina :A157

    S. Lebrocque, M. Nataatmadja, K. Summers, M. West

    
• • ·Accuracy and limitations of stress echocardiography in diagnosis of coronary disease in an Australian setting

    Pagina :A157

    D.Y.C. Leung, D. Amos, F. Megino, C. Allman, M. Mai, A.P. Hopkins

    
• • ·The effect of intracoronary glibenclamide on coronary blood flow and coronary flow reserve in patients with coronary artery disease

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    H.M.O. Farouque, R.A.P. Skyrme-Jones, M.J. Zhang, I.T. Meredith

    
• • ·Do products of nitric oxide synthase cause platelet hyperaggregability in patients with angina pectoris?

    Pagina :A157

    A.S. Holmes, M. Worthley, Y.Y. Chirkov, J.D. Horowitz

    
• • ·Does left atrial size and volume variation correlate with pulmonary venous flow and mitral regurgitation severity?

    Pagina :A158

    L. Thomas, E. Foster, D.L. Ross, N.B. Schiller

    
• • ·Percutaneous transluminal septal myocardial ablation in hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) using myocardial contrast echocardiography (MCE). An initial experience: Early and mid term results

    Pagina :A158

    S. Kar, R. Seigel, N. Eigler, A. Robinson, B. Goff, R. Makkar

    
• • ·Differential expression of ⍺_1B-adrenoceptor in human ventricular spongiform cardiomyopathy compared to ischemic cardiomyopathy

    Pagina :A158

    M. Yan, P.I. Bird, J. Sun, J.P. Dowling, D.S. Esmore, C. Faure, D. Graham, Y.L. Lim

    
• • ·The common variant of the endothelial nitric oxide synthase (Glu²⁹⁸→Asp) is a major risk factor for the patients with acute myocardial infarction in Singapore

    Pagina :A158

    M. Yan, Y. Zhao, C.X. Cao, J. Song, Y.L. Lim

    
• • ·Age influences degree of improvement in left atrial booster function following balloon valvuloplasty in mitral stenosis

    Pagina :A159

    R.P. Chen, R.E. Peverill, R.W. Harper, J.J. Smolich

    
• • ·Tissue doppler echocardiography differentiates constrictive pericarditis from restrictive cardiomyopathy but does not display respiratory variation at all mitral annular margins agauM. Bashir

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    J.J. Pereira, I. Abdalla, R.D. Murray, J. Drinko, M.J. Garcia, J.D. Thomas, A.L. Klein

    
• • ·Natriuretic peptides are antihypertrophic in isolated rat cardiomyocytes

    Pagina :A159

    A.C. Rosenkranz, G.J. Dusting, R.H. Ritchie

    
• • ·Electrophysiologic effects of circumferentila venous ablation with a novel ultrasound ablation catheter

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    P.B. Sparks, Y. Goseki, P.G. Guerra, C.J. Diederich, K. Taylor, M. Maguire, M.D. Lesh

    
• • ·Internal electrical cardioversion for chronic persistent atrial fibrillation after failed external cardioversion: Efficacy, safety and follow-up

    Pagina :A160

    J.C. Sharp, D.W. Whalley

    
• • ·Initial experiences with biventricular cardiac pacing for the treatment of heart failure

    Pagina :A160

    P. Hereford-Ashley, S. Nicholls, W. Saw, J.W. Leitch

    
• • ·Phased array intracardiac echocardiography to guide radiofrequency ablation at the pulmonary vein ostium

    Pagina :A160

    J.B. Morton, M. Byrne, J. Power, C. Mow, J.M. Kalman

    
• • ·Successful treatment of pulmonary hypertension with heterotopic heart transplantation

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    J.A. Senior, M. Richardson, P.J. Bergin, D.M. Kaye, D.S. Esmore

    
• • ·Cardiac transplantation in New Zealand maori and polynesian patients

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    R. D'Costa, P.N. Ruygrok, H.A. Coverdale, T.M. Agnew, H. Gibbs, D. Reddy, D.A. Haydock, A.R. Kerr

    
• • ·One year experience of thoratec ventricular assist device programme bridging to transplant at royal perth hospital

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    J.G. O'Driscoll, R. Larbalestier, H.M. Hayes, C.A. Wood, M. Lovett

    
• • ·Analysis of the association of cardiac transplant biopsy features with the development of chronic allograft dysfunction

    Pagina :A161

    A.N. Stein-Oakley, M. Egan, J. Maguire, M. Nallaratnam, M. Bailey, D. Kaye, M. Richardson, P. Bergin, J. Dowling, N.M. Thomson

    
• • ·Immunotherapy in post-transplant lympho-proliferative disease following heart and lung transplantation

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    R.R. Moss, A. Bell, D. Moss, A.J. Galbraith

    
• • ·Coronary microvascular function is impaired in diabetes

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    R.A.P. Skyrme-Jones, H.M.O. Farouque, J.L. Kealey, M.J. Zhang, I.T. Meredith

    
• • ·Endothelin-1 and oxidised low density lipoprotein, but neither alone, increase human monocyte adhesion to endothelial cells

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    M.R. Langenfeld, W. Jessup, D.S. Celermajer

    
• • ·Effect of an angiotensin II receptor antagonist on endothelium-dependent, conduit vessel function in type 2 diabetes

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    C. Cheetham, R.R. Taylor, W. Bilsborough, J.G. O'Driscoll, K. Stanton, D.J. Green

    
• • ·Baseline risk factors and coronary heart disease outcomes among women in the lipid study

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    W. Hague, P. Young, J. Johns, A. Tonkin

    
• • ·Stent and stent-edge remodeling after conventional and radioactive stent implantation

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    I.Patrick Kay, Manel Sabaté, Marco A. Costa, Ken Kozuma, Mariano Albertal, Jurgen M. Ligthart, Veronique L. Coen, Peter C. Levendag, Willem G. van der Giessen, Patrick W. Serruys

    
• • ·Long-term outcomes following carotid artery stenting

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    G. New, G.S. Roubin, S.S. Iyer, N. Al-Mubarak, I. Moussa, G. Yates, M. Liu, J.W. Moses, J.J. Vitek

    
• • ·Rheolytic thrombectomy for thrombotic lesions

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    M.R. Adams, G.J. Blake, D.I. Simon, C.D. Rogers, A.P. Selwyn, J.J. Popma

    
• • ·Treatment of coronary bifurcation lesions with “T” and “Y” stenting: Acute results and long term clinical follow-up

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    M.R. Adams, T. Fukutomi, G.J. Blake, M.V. Wainstein, R. Prpic, J.J. Popma

    
• • ·Assessment of global and regional wall motion by NOGA three-dimensional electro-mechanical mapping: A correlation with the “gold standard” contrast left ventriculogram

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    Sukumaran T. Thambar, Barry L. Sharaf, Nicholas J. Miele, David O. Williams

    
• • ·Stenting of lesions in small and large diameter coronary arteries in the same patient: 6 month clinical and angiographic results of the prospective stanza study

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    P.N. Ruygrok, J.P. Ardill, C. Chan, I.T. Meredith, J.T. Stewart, J.A. Ormiston, S.M. Price, M.W.I. Webster

    
• • ·Coronary pressure-derived fractional flow reserve remains predictive of coronary stenosis in the presence of myocardial microvascular dysfunction

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    R.J. Whitbourn, M. Hayase, P.J. Fitzgerald, P.G. Yock

    
• • ·Intermediate follow-up of primary repair of tetralogy of Fallot in infants less than six months

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    J.G. Morwood, R.N. Justo, H. Jalali, P.G. Pohlner, D.J. Radford

    
• • ·Surgical closure of atrial septal defect (ASD) in childhood in the current era

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    D.G. Holley, G.F. Sholler, R.B. Chard, D.R. Andrews, G.R. Nunn

    
• • ·The use of low-dose aprotinin to decrease post-operative blood loss following cardiopulmonary bypass in children

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    D.N. Murphy, O.D.H. Jones, M.R. Crawford, G.R. Nunn, P.W. Grant

    
• • ·Balloon dilation of severe aortic stenosis(AoDIL) in infants below 6 months of age: Intermediate outcome

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    H.A. Latiff, G.F. Sholler, S. Cooper

    
• • ·The non-invasive imaging of vascular rings: A retrospective review of echocardiography compared to magnetic resonance imaging

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    T.J. Bradley, R. Weintraub, A.M. Fink, M.R. Ditchfield

    
• • ·Mitral valve repair for rheumatic disease in the young

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    H. Jalali, D. Grinsell, P. Pohlner

    
• • ·Exercise rehabilitation in patients with congestive heart failure—A systematic review of the literature

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    D. O'Connell, J.M. Lowe, P. Candlish, A. Wilkinson, J. Silberberg, K. Inder

    
• • ·Application of the Duke treadmill score may alter selection of patients for prognostic intervention

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    L. short, P. Garrahy, T.H. Marwick

    
• • ·Effect of combined aerobic and resistance exercise training of functional capacity, body composition and vascular function

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    A.J. Maiorana, J.G. O'Driscoll, L. Dembo, C. Goodman, R.R. Taylor, D.J. Green

    
• • ·Effects of resistance exercise training on muscle strength and exercise volume in chronic heart failure patients: A prospective randomised study

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    D.G. Menzies, S.E. Selig, H. Krum, M.F. Carey, C.McR. Gosling, A. Williams, D. Toia, D.L. Hare

    
• • ·Prevalence and predictors of being invited, attending and completing phase II outpatient cardiac rehabilitation

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    A. Nagle, J. Wiggers, J. Fisher, N. Johnson, K. Inder

    
• • ·Cross-cultural robustness of depressed mood in cardiac patients — The German language version of the cardiac depression scale

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    D.L. Hare, K. Meyer, H. McBurney

    
• • ·Surgical and percutaneous myocardial revascularization using the Holmium-Yag laser for patients with intractable angina

    Pagina :A167

    C.J. Mullany, G.S. Reeder, R.D. White, D.A. Rolbiecki

    
• • ·Activation of the kallikrein-kinin-system (KKS) during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)

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    D.J. Campbell, B. Dixon, J.D. Santamaria

    
• • ·Characterization of ⍺₁-adrenoceptor subtypes in human radial, internal mammary arteries and saphenous vein

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    M. Yan, Y.L. Lim

    
• • ·Is an annuloplasty ring necessary in mitral valve repair for isolated posterior leaflet prolapse?

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    Q. Lau, D. Burstow, R. Tam

    
• • ·Repair of recurrent left atrio-ventricular valve regurgitation: Beyond cleft closure

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    C.P. Brizard, T.R. Karl, A.D. Cochrane

    
• • ·Outcome of patients after surgery for mitral regurgitation due to isolated mitral valve prolapse

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    P. Arunothayaraj, A.I. MacIsaac, V.M. Jelinek, P. Fox, R.J. Whitbourn, A.C. Wilson

    
• • ·Author index 48th annual scientific meeting of CSANZ

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• • ·Evidence based surgery is the way of the future but are we using the right tools?

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    P. Clarke

    
• • ·Predictors of 3 month mortality following lung volume reduction surgery: A report from the Australian and New Zealand database

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    P.E. Munro, F.A. Finlayson, S. Reid, M. Bailey, E.H. Walters, J.A. Smith, G.I. Snell

    
• • ·Realtime pericardiocentesis under fluoro-CT guidance

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    B. Weiss, G.G. Fermanis, D.A. Horton, D.W. Glenn

    
• • ·Radio-frequency ablation as an adjunct to cardiac surgery for treatment of atrial arrhythmias

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    Jai Raman, Siven Seevanayagam, Meg Storer, Anand Dixit, George Matalanis, Brian Buxton

    
• • ·Physiology of nonplusatile circulation— Acute versus chronic support

    Pagina :A179

    Kimble Jett

    
• • ·Pulmonary embolism after cardiac surgery

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    J. McGiven, R. Bunton

    
• • ·Geometric patch repair of inferior aneurysms improves clinical outcome and reduces mitral regurgitation

    Pagina :A179

    Jai Raman, Anand Dixit, Meg Storer, Brian Buxton

    
• • ·Is the radial artery improving survival in coronary artery bypass grafting?

    Pagina :A180

    P. Ruengsakulrach, B. Buxton, J. Fuller, A. Rosalion, I. Gordon

    
• • ·Harvest site complications and quality of life assessment from the Australian randomized radial artery study

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    Mitsumasa Hata, Jai Raman, Meg Storer, David Hare, Brian F. Buxton

    
• • ·The wellington experience of redo CABG surgery 1995–2000

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    Himanshu Desai, Shirish Borker, John Riordan, Ashok Sharma, Bede Squire

    
• • ·Haemofiltration during cardiopulmonary bypass reduces morbidity in complex adult cardiac surgery procedures

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    Mitsumasa Hata, Jai Raman, Rinaldo Bellomo, Benjamin Smith, Brian Buxton

    
• • ·No decrease in incidence of atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing off pump coronary artery grafting

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    S. Marasco, J. Goldblatt, M. MacDonald, J. Tatoulis

    
• • ·Outcome of patients undergoing coronary endarterectomy

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