International Journal of Cardiology, 32 (1991) 429-432 © 1991 Elsevier Science Publishers B.V. 0167-/5912 /7$033.5 0 Contents Volume 32 Number 1 Oral treatment with enoximone in patients re- ferred for cardiac transplantation, J.G. Cog- hlan, M. Norell, C.D. Ilsley and A.G. Mitchell ORIGINAL STUDIES (U.K.) CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY Percutaneous balloon aortic valvuloplasty during Electrophysiologic-structural correlations in pregnancy, R.A. Mclvor (U.K.) chagasic aneurysms causing malignant arrhythmias, J. Milei, R. Pesce, E. Valero, C. CARDIOLOGY IN THE YOUNG Muratore, R. Beigelman and V.J. Ferrans Cardiac rhythm after Mustard repair and after (Argentina, U.S.A.) arterial switch operation for complete trans- position, H.-H. Kramer, S. Rammos, O. Krog- IMAGING mann, L. Nessler, S. Boker, A. Krian and W. Prognostic significance of indium-111 antimyosin Bircks (F.R.G.) antibody uptake in patients with dilated and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, A. Matsumori, T. CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH Yamada, N. Tamaki, Y. Watanabe, _Y. A correlation between the structure of myocardial Yonekura, K. Endo, J. Konishi, A. Yoshida and cells and prolonged Q-T interval in young rats, C. Kawai (Japan) A. Fein, Z. Hecht, D. Varon, E. Eyal, L. Nebel and M. Manoach (Israel) PATHOLOGY Senile systemic amyloidosis: a clinico-pathological CLINICAL CARDIOLOGY study of twelve patients with massive amyloid Coronary angioplasty with second generation infiltration, B. Johansson and P. Westermark Monorail catheters, A.K. Pande, B. Meier, P. (Sweden) Urban, R. Villavicencio, F. De la Serna and V. Hypertrophy of surviving myocytes overlying the infarct in human old myocardial infarctions with Moles (Switzerland) Different effects of acute intravenous administra- abnormal Q waves, 7. Uegaito, H. Fujiwara, tion of k-strophantidin and prenalterol on the M. Ishida, A. Kawamura, G. Takemura, M. diastolic phase of left ventricular function in Kida, M. Tanaka and C. Kawai (Japan) patients with coronary arterial disease, R. Bolognesi, F. Cucchini, P. Giaroli and C. Manca BRIEF REPORTS (Italy) Valvar vegetations in the neonate due to fetal The coronary arteries of the transplanted human endocarditis, S. Menahem, M.J. Robbie and heart: studies of the development of disease V.S. Rajadurai (Australia) based on serial angiography, H. Davies, G. Transoesophageal echocardiography in diagnosis Verney and T. English (U.K.) of aberrant coronary artery, J.A. Salloum, D. Relationship of immunosuppression and serum Thomas and J. Evans (France) lipids to the development of coronary arterial Hydatid cyst of the heart and pericardium, 4. disease in the transplanted heart, M. Barbir, N. Abid, A. Khayati and N. Zargouni (Tunisia) Banner, G.R. Thompson, A. Khaghani, A. Doppler evaluation of a left atrial myxoma, P. Mitchell and M. Yacoub (U.K.) Langhorne, S.D. Pringle and F.G. Dunn (U.K.) 430 Abnormal systolic atrioventricular flow related to REGULAR ARTICLES inco-ordinate motion of the ventricular wall after the Fontan operation, D.J. Penny, C. REVIEW Lincoln and A.N. Redington (U.K.) Morphogenetic considerations on congenital malformations of the outflow tract. Part 1: Letter to Editor common arterial trunk and tetralogy of Fallot, M.M. Bartelings and A.C. Gittenberger-de Groot BOOK REVIEWS (The Netherlands) Progress in Clinical and Biological Research, Vol. 345: Sleep and Respiration, edited by F.G. Issa CLINICAL CARDIOLOGY STUDIES et al., reviewed by A. Bush The role of medical treatment of distal type aortic The Longterm Care of the Coronary Patient, by dissection, K. Hara, T. Yamaguchi, Y. Wani- R. Mulcahy, reviewed by R.G. Wilcox buchi and K. Kurokawa (Japan) Drugs Looking for Diseases, by R. Voss, reviewed Efficacy of continuous and intermittent transder- by J. 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Grassi (Italy) Contents Responses of serum insulin and blood pressure to cold and handgrip in obese patients, L.A. Fer- rara, M. Mancini, G. De Simone, S. Turco, C. Number 3 lovine, T. Marotta, G. Mainenti and M. Mancini (Italy) Anti-streptokinase levels in Indian patients, T. ORIGINAL STUDIES Alexander, S. Krishnaswami and U. Khanduri (India) Acute heart failure: determinants of outcome, P. Mohan, J.T.Y. Hii, R.D. Wuttke, A.J. Ester- CARDIOLOGY IN THE YOUNG man, P. Hollington and J.D. Horowitz Atresia of the left atrioventricular valve with (Australia) patency of the aorta: anatomico-functional Peripartum cardiomyopathy: prognostic variables analysis of 23 patients, E. Atik, N.M. Ikari, at initial evaluation, A.G. Ravikishore, U.A. V.D. Aiello, A.M.T. Albuquerque, E.R. Kaul, K.K. Sethi and M. Khalilullah (India) Iwahashi, M. Ebaid, M. Barbero-Marcial, A. One-year mortality rate after discharge from Jatene and F. Pileggi (Brasil) hospital in relation to whether or not a con- firmed myocardial infarction was developed, B.W. Karlson, J. Herlitz, H. Emanuelsson, N. CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH Edvardsson, O. Wiklund, A. Richter and A. The effects of Trolox, a water-soluble vitamin E Hjalmarson (Sweden) analogue, in regionally ischemic, reperfused porcine hearts, H.H. Klein, S. Pich, P. Schuff- IMAGING Werner, P. Niedmann, U. Blattmann and K. Assessment of mitral valvar stenosis by echocar- Nebendahl (F.R.G.) diography: utility of various methods before and after mitral valvotomy, M. Nair, R. Arora, CLINCIAL CARDIOLOGY J.C. Mohan, G.S. Kalra, K.K. Sethi, M. Nigam Evaluation of disopyramide and mexiletine used and M. Khalilullah (India) alone and in combination for ventricular arrhythmias in patients with and without overt SURGERY heart disease, 7. Tanabe, K. Takahashi, K. Grafting with the internal mammary artery: corre- Yoshioka and Y. Goto (Japan) lation between preoperative angiography and Segmental analysis of coronary arterial stenoses in intraoperative findings, R. Krijne, M.C.-H.K. patients presenting with angina or first myocar- Deng, B. Stegmann, K.-W. Heinrich, H. Sons dial infarction, D.P. De Bono and A.K. Bhat- and A. Krian (F.R.G.) tacharrya (U.K.) Value of exercise vectorcardiography and exercise BRIEF REPORTS radionuclide ventriculography in identification Regional sympathetic denervation in von Reckling- of coronary arterial disease in patients with left hausen’s disease with coronary spasm and bundle branch block, K.K. Talwar, K.C. myocarditis, A. Nogami, M. Hiroe and F. Goswami, V. Dev and A. Malhotra (India) Marumo (Japan) Malignant arrhythmias in relation to values of Extreme axis deviation in a Nigerian with severe serum potassium in patients with acute myocar- congestive cardiac failure: an unusual manife- dial infarction, A. Friedensohn, H.E. Faibel, O. station, J.O.B. Olubodun, A.A. Fasanmade and Bairey, U. Goldbourt and Z. Schlesinger (Israel) Z.O. Ajuwon (Nigeria) 432 Pheochromocytoma with asymmetric septal hyper- BOOK REVIEWS trophy and Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, Heart Failure and Arrhythmias, edited by J. A. Giirlek and ©. Erol (Turkey) Brachman et al., reviewed by M. Coupe Haemoptysis from false aneurysm: near fatal com- Advances in Cardiomyopathies, edited by G. plication of repair of coarctation of the aorta Baroldi et al., reviewed by J. Mann using a Dacron patch, D.R. Holdright, P.J. Hemodynamics in Daily Practice, edited by E. Kilner and J. Somerville (U.K.) Andries and R. Stroobandt, reviewed by S. Gibbs Intracranial arteriovenous malformation masquerading as a cardiac disorder, B.V. Obituary of Vincenzo Gallucci, by G. Thiene Daxini, D.M. Desai and S. Sharma (India) Meetings and Courses Information for Authors LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Contents Volume 32 Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: disorder to be re- Subject Index Volume 32 christened?, R.S. 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