Vol 2, No 4 (December 18, 2012): Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy

Editorial

Medical publishing in a digital world: new world, new standards?
Paul Schoenhagen, Lorraine E. Ferris, Margaret A. Winker
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2012;
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:258-260
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Fractional flow reserve measurements to identify justified targets for PCI in patients with stable angina: FAME 2 and beyond
Frits H.A.F. de Man, Clemens von Birgelen
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2012;
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:261-263
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Treating stable ischemic heart disease with percutaneous coronary intervention - The debate continues
Rishi Puri, Stephen J. Nicholls
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2012;
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:264-267
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Original Article

Reproducibility of myocardial perfusion reserve - variations in measurements from post processing using commercially available software
Pavel Goykhman, Puja K. Mehta, Megha Agarwal, Chrisandra Shufelt, Piotr J. Slomka, Yuching Yang, Yuan Xu, Leslee J. Shaw, Daniel S. Berman, Noel Bairey Merz, Louise E. J. Thomson
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2012;
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:268-277
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Review Article

The cardiac hypoxic niche: emerging role of hypoxic microenvironment in cardiac progenitors
Wataru Kimura, Hesham A. Sadek
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2012;
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:278-289
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Microwave radiometry: a new non-invasive method for the detection of vulnerable plaque
Konstantinos Toutouzas, Andreas Synetos, Charalampia Nikolaou, Konstantinos Stathogiannis, Eleftherios Tsiamis, Christodoulos Stefanadis
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2012;
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:290-297
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Antioxidant therapies for the management of atrial fibrillation
Tong Liu, Panagiotis Korantzopoulos, Guangping Li
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2012;
2
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:298-307
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The Popeye domain containing genes: essential elements in heart rate control
Roland F. Schindler, Kar Lai Poon, Subreena Simrick, Thomas Brand
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2012;
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:308-319
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Arts and Medicine1

Emblem of death
Grimm Lee
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2012;
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:320-320
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Clay sculpture
Susan Collett
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2012;
2
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:321-323
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Editorials

Transapical aortic valve implantation - What have we learnt? Quo vadis?
Carsten J. Beller
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2012;
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:E1-E3
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Transapical transcatheter aortic valve implantation: the front door approach captures the world
Barbara E. Stähli, Lukas Altwegg
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2012;
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:E4-E6
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Learning experience with transapical aortic valve implantation – the initial series from Leipzig
Jörg Kempfert, Thomas Walther
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2012;
2
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:E7-E11
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The EASE trial: surgery for infective endocarditis, have we found the right timing?
Ángela López-Sainz, Rodrigo Estévez-Loureiro
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2012;
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:E12-E13
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Perspective

NSW public hospitals accessing digital radiology images
Joe Hughes
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2012;
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:E14-E15
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Disclosure:

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