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• Research Highlight | 02 July 2013

  Frequent somatic symptoms in CHD

  • Megan Cully

• Review Article | 15 January 2013

  Causes and treatment of oedema in patients with heart failure

  Pulmonary and peripheral oedema are fundamental features of heart failure; however, clinical data for optimal management of these conditions are lacking. In this Review, Clark and Cleland describe the pathophysiology of both types of cardiogenic oedema and discuss how knowledge of the pathophysiology can guide treatment.

  • Andrew L. Clark
  •  & John G. F. Cleland

• News & Views | 04 September 2012

  CT coronary angiography in low-risk, acute chest pain

  The ROMICAT-II trial shows that CT coronary angiography is safe and fast for the exclusion of clinically significant obstructive coronary artery disease in low-risk patients with acute chest pain. Several issues and questions relating to the low prevalence of disease and the actual benefit to patients remain to be answered.

  • Filippo Cademartiri
  •  & Erica Maffei

• Review Article | 17 July 2012

  Key challenges in the current management of syncope

  Syncope is a transient, self-terminating period of cerebral hypoperfusion that usually results from systemic hypotension. Many patients with this condition are successfully treated according to current guidelines. However, the authors identify and expertly review the current understanding of four key challenges in the characterization, diagnosis, risk stratification, and treatment of patients with suspected syncope.

  • Richard Sutton
  • , Michele Brignole
  •  & David G. Benditt

• Research Highlight | 26 April 2011

  Novel protocol for risk assessment of patients with chest pain

  • Alexandra King

• Opinion | 23 March 2010

  Myocardial edema—a new clinical entity?

  Controversy exists as to whether the detection of myocardial edema, to quantify myocardial damage and assess myocardial salvage, is ready for clinical use or is still only practical as a research tool. In this Perspectives article, Matthias Friedrich explains his point of view on this issue—that myocardial edema imaging using magnetic resonance technology should be seen as the essential diagnostic modality of choice for patients with suspected myocardial injury by virtue of its safety, versatility, and cost-efficiency.

  • Matthias G. Friedrich