Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

HJC 2009, Volume 50, Issue 3 May - June

HJC 2009, Volume 50, Issue 3 May - June

Do We Need a Routine Mental Stress Test for Ischemic Heart Disease and Arrhythmias? [PDF]
S.D. MOULOPOULOS
Department of Clinical Therapeutics, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece

A Short, Biased History of Triggered Activity [PDF]
M.R. ROSEN
Department of Pharmacology, Center for Molecular Therapeutics & Department of Pediatrics, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

Conduction Disturbances in Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Clinical Study and Brief Review of the Literature [PDF]
A. SHIRAFKAN1, M. MEHRAD2, A. GHOLAMREZANEZHAD3,4, A. SHIRAFKAN2
1Department of Cardiology, Golestan University of Medical, 2Department of Internal Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, 3Young Researchers' Club, Azad University of Tehran, 4Research Institute for Nuclear Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Prophylactic Preoperative Levosimendan Administration in Heart Failure Patients Undergoing Elective Non-Cardiac Surgery: A Preliminary Report [PDF]
S. KATSARAGAKIS, A. KAPRALOU, P. DRIMOUSIS, H. MARKOGIANNAKIS, A. LARENTZAKIS, G. KOFINAS, P. MISTHOS, K. FILIS, D. THEODOROU
Surgical Intensive Care Unit, 1st Department of Propaedeutic Surgery, Hippokrateion Hospital, Athens Medical School, University of Athens, Greece

Amiodarone Attenuates the Proarrhythmic Effects of Dobutamine in Patients with Advanced Congestive Heart Failure [PDF]
E.P. TSAGALOU1, P. GOUNOPOULOS1, J.V. TERROVITIS1, S.G. DRAKOS1, F.T. KATSAROS1, E.E. KALDARA1, G.P. ALEXOPOULOS2, M.I. ANASTASIOU-NANA2
13rd Cardiology Department and 2Department of Clinical Therapeutics, University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens, Greece

Triflusal: An Old Drug in Modern Antiplatelet Therapy. Review of Its Action, Use, Safety and Effectiveness [PDF]
H. ANNINOS1, G. ANDRIKOPOULOS2, S. PASTROMAS1, D. SAKELLARIOU1, G. THEODORAKIS2, P. VARDAS3
1Hellenic Cardiovascular Research Society, Athens, 2Cardiology Department, Henry Dunant Hospital, Athens, 3Cardiology Department, Heraklion University Hospital, Crete, Greece

Non-Classical Indications for Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy [PDF]
R. BEINART, A. MICHAELIDIS, M. GLIKSON
Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

Massive Hiatus Hernia Impeding Transoesophageal Echocardiography in a Patient with Swallow-Syncope Syndrome [PDF]
T.D. KARAMITSOS1,2, J.R. ARNOLD1,2, O.J. RIDER1,2, J.M. FRANCIS1,2, C. FERRETT3, S. NEUBAUER1,2, H. BECHER2
1University of Oxford, Centre for Clinical Magnetic Resonance Research, 2Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, 3Department of Radiology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK

A Young Woman with Syncope, Dyspnea and Abdominal Pain [PDF]
M. VAVURANAKIS, G. LAZAROS, A. PATIALIAKAS, D. MARAGIANNIS, T. PAPAIOANNOU, C. STEFANADIS
1st Department of Cardiology, University of Athens Medical School, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece

Pathological Electrocardiogram in a Young Sports Champion: Sign of Athlete's Heart or Sub-Clinical Heart Disease? [PDF]
S. KOUNAS, A. ANASTASAKIS, C. STEFANADIS
Special Heart Centre for Young and Athletes, Unit of Inherited Cardiac Diseases, 1st Department of Cardiology, University of Athens, Greece

Amiodarone-Induced Torsade de Pointes in a Patient with Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome [PDF]
A. BADSHAH1, B. MIRZA1, M. JANJUA1,2, R. NAIR3, R.T. STEINMAN3, J.F. COTANT3
1Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Joseph Mercy-Oakland Hospital, Pontiac, Michigan, 2Department of Internal Medicine, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan, 3Department of Cardiology, Saint Joseph Mercy-Oakland Hospital, Pontiac, Michigan, USA

Excessive Vagal Response During Left Atrial Ablation in a Patient with Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation [PDF]
M. EFREMIDIS, K.P. LETSAS, L. PAPPAS, G. FILIPPATOS, A. SIDERIS, F. KARDARAS
Second Department of Cardiology, Evangelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece

Smoking and Cardiovascular Disease [PDF]
V.N. PYRGAKIS
Department of Cardiology, "G. Gennimatas" Hospital, Athens, Greece

Expanding the Boundaries of Interventional Cardiology [PDF]
C.I. STEFANADIS
1st Department of Cardiology, University of Athens Medical School, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece

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