Jan - Feb, 2005 Volume 57, No. 1 ISSN 0019-4832
Editorial

Heart failure-Definition and Diagnosis
S Ramakrishnan, SS Kothari, VK Bahl

Indian Heart Journal  Jan - Feb, 2005; 57:(1) 13-20

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Review Articles

Insights-into the Molecular Mechanisms of Plaque Rupture and Thrombosis

Prediman K Shah
Indian Heart Journal  Jan - Feb, 2005; 57:(1) 21-30
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Original Articles



Third-Heart-Sound Revisited: A Correlation with N-Terminal Pro Brain
Natriuretic Peptide and Echocardiography to Detect Left Ventricular Dysfunction
Varun S Narain, Aniket Puri, Harpreeet S Gilhotra, PA Sadiq, Sanjay Mehrotra,
Sudhanshu K Dwivedi, Ram K Saran, Vijay K Puri.

Indian Heart Journal  Jan - Feb, 2005; 57:(1) 31-

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Natural-History of Secundum Atrial Septal Defect Revisited in the Era of Transcatheter Closure
Anita Saxena, Abhay Divekar, Nandini R Soni

Indian Heart Journal  Jan - Feb, 2005; 57:(1) 35-38
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Serum-Leptin Levels in Acute-Myocardial Infarction
V Jacob Jose, P Mariappan, Paul V George, Selvakumar, Dhayakani Selvakumar
Indian Heart Journal  Jan - Feb, 2005; 57:(1) 39-43
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Post-Operative Outcome of Ventricular Reshaping by Septal Exclusion in Patients with Severe Left Ventricular Dysfunction
Vijay Kohli, Harpreet Wasir, Sanjay Mittal, Anil Karlekar, Yatin Mehta, Naresh Trehan

Indian Heart Journal  Jan - Feb, 2005; 57:(1) 44-48
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Conscious-Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
Murali Chakravarthy, Vivek Jawali, Murali Manohar, TA Patil, K Jayaprakash,
NV Shivananda, Gilbert Joseph, Srinivasan Kolar, Jayant Kumar Das
Indian Heart Journal  Jan - Feb, 2005; 57:(1) 49-53
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Plasma-CRP Level Predicts Left Ventricular Function and Exercise Capacity in Patients with Acute-Myocardial Infarction

S Pandian, V Amuthan, P Sukumar, RA Janarthanan, S Murugan, S Palanichamy,
Geetha Subramaniam, M Annamalai
Indian Heart Journal  Jan - Feb, 2005; 57:(1) 54-
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Brief Reports

Non-Surgical Transpericardial Catheter Ablation of Post-Infarction Ventricular Tachycardia

K Sharada, BKS Sastry, N Krishna Reddy, M Srinivas Rao, B Soma Raju,
Calambur Narasimhan

Indian Heart Journal  Jan - Feb, 2005; 57:(1) 58-61

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Use-of-PercuSurge-in-Primary-Angioplasty

Rajneesh Kapoor, Yadav KD Bhatta, Praveen Chandra
Indian Heart Journal  Jan - Feb, 2005; 57:(1) 62-64
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Congestive-Heart-Failure in Unoperated Tetralogy of Fallot :
Can Hypoxia be a Cause ?

Ujjwal K Chowdhury, Ganapathy Subramaniam K, Shyam S Kothari,
Balram Airan, Panangipalli Venugopal
Indian Heart Journal  Jan - Feb, 2005; 57:(1) 65-
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Seroma-Following Modified Blalock-Taussig Shunt Resulting in Subsequent Occlusion of the Shunt Which was Opened by Balloon Angioplasty

Ameya Udyavar, Bharat Dalvi, Nand Kumar, Ryan D'souza, Rajesh Rajani
Indian Heart Journal  Jan - Feb, 2005; 57:(1) 68-70
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Coarctation-of-Aorta Presenting as Acute Abdominal Pain

Prakash Manikoth, Raghavan Subramanyan, Shoba Menon, Ravi Narayan
Indian Heart Journal  Jan - Feb, 2005; 57:(1) 71-72
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Ruptured-Left Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm to Right Atrium
SK Dwivedi, RK Saran, Rishi Sethi
Indian Heart Journal  Jan - Feb, 2005; 57:(1) 73-75
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Point Of View
Thrombolytic-Therapy for Acute ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction:
Should it be Given to All Patients?

C Richard Conti
Indian Heart Journal  Jan - Feb, 2005; 57:(1) 76-77
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Cardiovascular Images

Cobra-Head Deformity of Amplatzer Septal Occluder

Vijay Trehan, Saibal Mukhopadhyay, Jamal Yusuf, Mohit Dayal Gupta,
Satish Suryavanshi, Vimal Mehta
Indian Heart Journal  Jan - Feb, 2005; 57:(1) 78-79
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Letters-to-the-Editor (PDF File)

Electrocardiographic Changes in Submassive Pulmonary Embolism
SR Mittal, Monika Maheshwari
Department of Cardiology
JLN Medical College, Ajmer
Indian Heart Journal  Jan - Feb, 2005; 57:(1) 80-81
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Optimizing Intra-Aortic Balloon Timing by Pulse Oximeter Tracing
Harinder Singh Bedi, Raman Pal Singh, Bhupender Singh
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery
Sigma New Life Heart Institute, Ludhiana
Indian Heart Journal  Jan - Feb, 2005; 57:(1) 82-83
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Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Adding Clopidogrel to Aspirin in 46,000 Acute-Myocardial Infarction Patients
(COMMIT/CCS-2 - Clopidogrel)

Indian Heart Journal  Jan - Feb, 2005; 57:(1)84-84
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Paclitaxel-Eluting Stent v. Sirolimus-Eluting Stent for the Prevention of Restenosis in Diabetic Patients with Coronary Artery Disease
(ISAR DIABETES)

Indian Heart Journal  Jan - Feb, 2005; 57:(1) 84-84
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Prospective Randomized Multi-Center Head-to-Head Comparison of the Sirolimus-Eluting Stent (Cypher) and the Paclitaxel-Eluting Stent (Taxus) (REALITY )
Indian Heart Journal  Jan - Feb, 2005; 57:(1) 85-85
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Arterial Revascularization Therapies Study Part II: Sirolimus-Eluting Stents for the Treatment of Patients with Multivessel de novo Coronary Artery Lesions (ARTS-II)
Indian Heart Journal  Jan - Feb, 2005; 57:(1) 85-86
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Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Early Metoprolol in 46,000 Acute-Myocardial Infarction Patients (COMMIT/CCS-2-Metoprolol )

Indian Heart Journal  Jan - Feb, 2005; 57:(1) 86-86
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Prospective Evaluation of Enhanced External Counter Pulsation in Congestive-Heart-Failure (PEECH)

Indian Heart Journal  Jan - Feb, 2005; 57:(1) 87-87
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Sirolimus-Eluting Stent Compared with Paclitaxel-Eluting Stent for Coronary Revascularization (SIRTAX)

Indian Heart Journal  Jan - Feb, 2005; 57:(1) 87-88
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Intracoronary Autologous Bone-Marrow Cell Transfer after Myocardial Infarction: A Double-Blind, Randomized, and Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial

Indian Heart Journal  Jan - Feb, 2005; 57:(1) 88-89
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