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BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Issue 1/2004

Content (23 Articles)

Open Access Research article

Relationship between blood pressure measurements recorded on patients' charts in family physicians' offices and subsequent 24 hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring

Marshall Godwin, Dianne Delva, Rachelle Seguin, Ian Casson, Susan MacDonald, Richard Birtwhistle, Miu Lam

Open Access Research article

Ross operation in children and young adults: the Alder Hey case series

Shahzad Gull Raja, Marco Pozzi

Open Access Research article

The influence of statins on the free intracellular calcium concentration in human umbilical vein endothelial cells

Stephan Heinke, Gero Schwarz, Hans R Figulla, Stefan H Heinemann

Open Access Study protocol

A randomized trial to assess the impact of an antithrombotic decision aid in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation: the DAAFI trial protocol [ISRCTN14429643]

Finlay A McAlister, Malcolm Man-Son-Hing, Sharon E Straus, William A Ghali, Paul Gibson, David Anderson, Jafna Cox, Miriam Fradette

Open Access Research article

Signaling of angiotensin II-induced vascular protein synthesis in conduit and resistance arteries in vivo

Christine Daigle, Fabrice MAC Martens, Daphné Girardot, Huy Hao Dao, Rhian M Touyz, Pierre Moreau

Open Access Research article

The association between air travel and deep vein thrombosis: Systematic review & meta-analysis

Yaser Adi, Sue Bayliss, Andrew Rouse, R S Taylor

Open Access Research article

Non-invasive evaluation of ventricular refractoriness and its dispersion during ventricular fibrillation in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillator

Jijian Luo, Carl Magnus Pripp, Eva Hertervig, Ole Kongstad, Erik Ljungström, S Bertil Olsson, Shiwen Yuan

Open Access Research article

A simulation study of the reaction of human heart to biphasic electrical shocks

lulia M Popp, Gunnar Seemann, Olaf Dössel

Open Access Case report

Resting tachycardia, a warning sign in anorexia nervosa: case report

Mori J Krantz, Philip S Mehler

Open Access Case report

Treatment of mechanically-induced vasospasm of the carotid artery in a primate using intra-arterial verapamil: a technical case report

Alexander L Coon, Geoffrey P Colby, William J Mack, Lei Feng, Philip Meyers, E Sander Connolly Jr

Open Access Study protocol

A randomised controlled trial and cost effectiveness study of systematic screening (targeted and total population screening) versus routine practice for the detection of atrial fibrillation in the over 65s: (SAFE) [ISRCTN19633732]

Dawn Swancutt, Richard Hobbs, David Fitzmaurice, Jonathan Mant, Ellen Murray, Sue Jowett, James Raftery, Stirling Bryan, Michael Davies, Gregory Lip

Open Access Research article

Outcome after acute myocardial infarction: a comparison of patients seen by cardiologists and general physicians

Ibrahim Abubakar, David Kanka, Barbara Arch, Jo Porter, Peter Weissberg

Open Access Research article

Disparities in lipid management for African Americans and Caucasians with coronary artery disease: A national cross-sectional study

Mark W Massing, Kathleen A Foley, Lori Carter-Edwards, Carla A Sueta, Charles M Alexander, Ross J Simpson Jr

Open Access Research article

Single nucleotide polymorphisms in the apolipoprotein B and low density lipoprotein receptor genes affect response to antihypertensive treatment

Ulrika Liljedahl, Lars Lind, Lisa Kurland, Lars Berglund, Thomas Kahan, Ann-Christine Syvänen

Open Access Research article

The use of warfarin in veterans with atrial fibrillation

Dawn M Bravata, Karen Rosenbeck, Sue Kancir, Lawrence M Brass

Open Access Research article

A common genetic factor underlies hypertension and other cardiovascular disorders

Frances MK Williams, Lynn F Cherkas, Tim D Spector, Alex J MacGregor

Open Access Research article

Progression of coronary calcification in healthy postmenopausal women

Judith Hsia, Afifa Klouj, Anjana Prasad, Jeremy Burt, Lucile L Adams-Campbell, Barbara V Howard

Open Access Research article

Survival of patients treated with intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation at a tertiary care center in Pakistan – patient characteristics and predictors of in-hospital mortality

Fahim H Jafary, Sohail A Khan, Haresh Kumar, Numaan F Malik, Khawar A Kazmi, Sajid Dhakam, Azam Shafquat, Aamir Hameed, Javed Tai, Najaf Nadeem

Open Access Research article

Changing treatment patterns for coronary artery revascularization in Canada: the projected impact of drug eluting stents

Michael T Halpern, Michael Lacey, Mary Ann Clark, Miguel A Valentin