Table of contents
February 2005 Volume 2 No 2
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Editorial
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Viewpoint
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Research Highlights
Management of atrial fibrillation in congestive heart failure patients
62Prophylactic ICD therapy after MI: no survival benefit
62Drug-eluting stents for small vessel revascularization
62Plasma NT-BNP as a marker of cardiac pump dysfunction
63Invasive treatment of angina: a cost-effectiveness study
63Occupational therapy improves outdoor mobility in stroke patients
64Does statin therapy prevent myocardial injury following PCI?
65Antihypertensive agents and cardiovascular outcomes
66The Polymeal: a dietary approach to cardiovascular disease prevention
66Acute infection linked to increased risk of vascular events
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Practice Points
Is antitachycardia pacing a safe and efficacious alternative to shocks for fast ventricular tachyarrhythmia treatment?
68Should chronic heart failure patients with reduced left-ventricular ejection fraction receive angiotensin-receptor blockers?
70Do serum B-type natriuretic peptide levels predict short-term mortality and angiographic success?
72Does surgical ventricular restoration improve survival in patients with anterior infarction congestive heart failure?
74Can oral sirolimus therapy prevent in-stent restenosis?
76Is there a link between carotid artery stiffness and risk of cerebrovascular events?
78Can contrast-induced nephropathy after percutaneous coronary intervention be accurately predicted with a risk score?
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Reviews
Short QT syndrome: mechanisms, diagnosis and treatment
84doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0097 | Full Text | PDF (235K)
Mechanisms, management and future directions for reperfusion injury after acute myocardial infarction
88doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0096 | Full Text | PDF (114K)
Therapy Insight: congestive heart failure, chronic kidney disease and anemia, the cardio–renal–anemia syndrome
95doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0094 | Full Text | PDF (130K)
Technology Insight: transcoronary ablation of septal hypertrophy
101doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0095 | Full Text | PDF (246K)
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Case Study

Pulmonary artery sarcoma masquerading as chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
108doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0118 | Full Text | PDF (319K)


