Serum phosphate is associated with left ventricular mass in patients with chronic kidney disease: a cardiac magnetic resonance study.

Authors : Chue CD; Edwards NC; Moody WE; Steeds RP; Townend JN;

Affiliations : Dr Charles J Ferro, Department of Renal Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TH, UK; charles.ferro@uhb.nhs.uk

Journal : Heart and Education in Heart   (2011)

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The effect of glycosylation on plasma N-terminal proBNP-76 levels in patients with heart or renal failure.

Authors : Nishikimi T; Ikeda M; Takeda Y; Ishimitsu T; Shibasaki I; Fukuda H; Kinoshita H; Nakagawa Y; Kuwahara K;

Affiliations : Professor Toshio Nishikimi, Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54, Shogoin-Kawara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan; nishikim@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Journal : Heart and Education in Heart   (2011)

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Mild chronic kidney disease is an independent predictor of long-term mortality after emergency angiography and primary percutaneous intervention in patients with ST segment elevation myocardial infarction.

Authors : Campbell NG; Varagunam M; Sawhney V; Ahuja KR; Salahuddin N; De Palma R; Rothman MT; Wragg A; Yaqoob MM;

Affiliations : Dr Charles Knight, Department of Cardiology, London Chest Hospital, Barts and the London NHS Trust, Bonner Road, London E2 9JX, UK; charles.knight@bartsandthelondon.nhs.uk

Journal : Heart and Education in Heart   (2011)

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Direct costs and cost-effectiveness of dual-source computed tomography and invasive coronary angiography in patients with an intermediate pretest likelihood for coronary artery disease.

Authors : Dorenkamp M; Bonaventura K; Sohns C; Becker CR;

Affiliations : Dr Marc Dorenkamp, Department of Cardiology, Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13553 Berlin, Germany; marc.dorenkamp@charite.de

Journal : Heart and Education in Heart   (2011)

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The long-term survival and the risks and benefits of implantable cardioverter defibrillators in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

Authors : O'Mahony C; Lambiase PD; Quarta G; Cardona M; Calcagnino M; Tsovolas K; Al-Shaikh S; Rahman SM; Arnous S; Jones S; McKenna W;

Affiliations : Dr Perry Elliott, The Heart Hospital, 16-18 Westmoreland Street, London, W1G 8PH, UK; perry.elliott@ucl.ac.uk

Journal : Heart and Education in Heart   (2011)

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Genetic determinants of coronary heart disease: new discoveries and insights from genome-wide association studies.

Authors : Patel RS; Ye S;

Affiliations : William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine, London WC1E 6BQ, UK. riyaz@doctors.org.uk

Journal : Heart and Education in Heart   (2011)

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Diastolic relaxation and compliance reserve during dynamic exercise in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.

Authors : Borlaug BA; Jaber WA; Ommen SR; Lam CS; Redfield MM;

Affiliations : Barry A Borlaug, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA; borlaug.barry@mayo.edu

Journal : Heart and Education in Heart   (2011)

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Sudden death and ion channel disease: pathophysiology and implications for management

Authors : Bastiaenen R; Behr ER;

Affiliations : Elijah R Behr, St George's University of London, Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 0RE, UK; ebehr@sgul.ac.uk

Journal : Heart and Education in Heart   (2011)

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