Vol 7, No 4 (August 29, 2017): Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy

Original Article

Type 2 versus type 1 myocardial infarction: a comparison of clinical characteristics and outcomes with a meta-analysis of observational studies
Sonu Gupta, Satyanarayana R. Vaidya, Sameer Arora, Amol Bahekar, Santhosh R. Devarapally
Cardiac troponin and outcome in decompensated heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
Mohammad Thawabi, Amer Hawatmeh, Sarah Studyvin, Habib Habib, Fayez Shamoon, Marc Cohen
Diagnostic accuracy study of routine echocardiography for bicuspid aortic valve: a retrospective study and meta-analysis
Mathias Hillebrand, Dietmar Koschyk, Pia ter Hark, Helke Schüler, Meike Rybczynski, Jürgen Berger, Amit Gulati, Alexander M. Bernhardt, Christian Detter, Evaldas Girdauskas, Stefan Blankenberg, Yskert von Kodolitsch
Usefulness of amino terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide in evaluating children with cardiac failure
Isoken A. Isah, Wilson E. Sadoh, Nosakhare J. Iduoriyekemwen
Cyanotic congenital heart diseases among Nigerian children
Barakat Adeola Animasahun, Akpoembele Deborah Madise-Wobo, Olusola Yejide Kusimo
Implantable cardioverter defibrillator in non-ischemic cardiomyopathy: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Ahmad Masri, Muhammad Hammadah, Evan Adelstein, Sandeep Jain, Samir Saba

Imaging in Cardiology

Should all spontaneous coronary dissections need to be diagnosed by intracoronary imaging techniques?
Elena Rodríguez-González, Josebe Goirigolzarri-Artaza, María Alejandra Restrepo-Córdoba, Juan Francisco Oteo, Juan Manuel Escudier-Villa, Francisco Javier Ortigosa-Aso, Javier Goicolea-Ruigómez, Arturo García-Touchard

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