Vol 6, No 1 (February 26, 2016): Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy

Editorial

Youyou Tu: significance of winning the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Wenxiu Liu, Yue Liu
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2016;
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:1-2
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Original Article

Safety of anticoagulation with uninterrupted warfarin vs. interrupted dabigatran in patients requiring an implantable cardiac device
Shivanshu Madan, Purushothaman Muthusamy, Katie L. Mowers, Darryl A. Elmouchi, Bohuslav Finta, Andre J. Gauri, Alan K. Woelfel, Timothy D. Fritz, Alan T. Davis, Nagib T. Chalfoun
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2016;
6
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:3-9
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Spectrum of heart diseases in children: an echocardiographic study of 1,666 subjects in a pediatric hospital, Yaounde, Cameroon
David Chelo, Félicitée Nguefack, Alain P. Menanga, Suzanne Ngo Um, Jean C. Gody, Sandra A. Tatah, Paul O. Koki Ndombo
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2016;
6
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:10-19
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Percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy in juvenile mitral stenosis
Chandra Mani Adhikari, Rabi Malla, Rajib Rajbhandari, Urmila Shakya, Poonam Sharma, Nagma Shrestha, Bishal KC, Deepak Limbu, Man Bahadur KC
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2016;
6
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:20-24
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Anatomic distribution of culprit lesions in patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and normal ECG
Abdelmoniem Moustafa, Bernard Abi-Saleh, Mohammad El-Baba, Omar Hamoui, Wael AlJaroudi
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2016;
6
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:25-33
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HDL function and subclinical atherosclerosis in juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Preethi Mani, Kiyoko Uno, MyNgan Duong, Kathy Wolski, Steven Spalding, Elaine Husni, Stephen J. Nicholls
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2016;
6
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:34-43
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Evaluation of fetal echocardiography as a routine antenatal screening tool for detection of congenital heart disease
Krishnananda Nayak, Naveen Chandra G S, Ranjan Shetty, Pratap Kumar Narayan
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2016;
6
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:44-49
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Review Article

Cardiac sarcoidosis—state of the art review
Edward Hulten, Saira Aslam, Michael Osborne, Siddique Abbasi, Marcio Sommer Bittencourt, Ron Blankstein
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2016;
6
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:50-63
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Commentary

Coronary heart disease in sub-Saharan Africa: still rare, misdiagnosed or underdiagnosed?
Clovis Nkoke, Engelbert B. Luchuo
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2016;
6
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:64-66
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Perspective

Cardiovascular diseases in Ghana within the context of globalization
Richard Ofori-Asenso, Daireen Garcia
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2016;
6
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:67-77
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Imaging in Cardiology

Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging for myocardial perfusion and diastolic function—reference control values for women
May Bakir, Janet Wei, Michael D. Nelson, Puja K. Mehta, Afsaneh Haftbaradaran, Erika Jones, Edward Gill, Behzad Sharif, Piotr J. Slomka, Debiao Li, Chrisandra L. Shufelt, Margo Minissian, Daniel S. Berman, C. Noel Bairey Merz, Louise E. J. Thomson
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2016;
6
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:78-86
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Case Report

Direct communication between the left circumflex and the right coronary arteries: a very rare coronary anomaly circulation
Marcos Danillo Peixoto Oliveira, Rafael R. César Cavalcanti, Alexandre H. Kajita, Thais Miranda, Luiz J. Kajita, Pedro E. Horta, Expedito E. Ribeiro, Pedro Alves Lemos
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2016;
6
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:87-91
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Meet the Professor1

Prof. Brian Griffin: radiation heart disease
Silvia L. Zhou
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2016;
6
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:92-94
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Arts and Medicine2

Chrysanthemums in full bloom
Yao-Hua Wu
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2016;
6
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:95-96
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News

Bridging the Gap, Facing the Challenge—the 26th Great Wall International Congress of Cardiology (GW-ICC)
Yingmei Zhang, Jun Ren
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2016;
6
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:97-100
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Disclosure:

1. The series “Meet the Professor” was commissioned by the editorial office, Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy without any sponsorship or funding.

2. The series “Arts and Medicine” was commissioned by the editorial office, Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy without any sponsorship or funding.