July  - August, 2002

Volume 54, No. 4

ISSN 0019-4832

Editorial

Acute-Rheumatic-Fever: Whither Steroids? 

Nitish Naik,VK Bahl
Indian Heart Journal July - August, 2002;54:(4)  363-367 

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Review Articles

Tissue-Doppler-Echocardiography: Principles and Applications 
Partho P Sengupta, Jagdish C Mohan, Natesa G Pandian
Indian Heart Journal July - August, 2002;54:(4)  368-378

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Original Articles

Off-Pump-Versus-On-Pump-CABG: A Comparison 
AR Raghuram, MR Sayeed, MR Girinath
Indian Heart Journal July - August, 2002;54:(4)  379-383

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Transcatheter-Closure-of-Patent-Ductus Arteriosus in Adults Using the Amplatzer Duct Occluder: Initial Results and Follow-up
Thomas E Hong, William E Hellenbrand, Ziyad M Hijazi
Indian Heart Journal July - August, 2002;54:(4)  384-389

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Medium-Term Outcome of Anatomically Repaired  Congenitally Corrected Transposition: The Double Switch Operation
Rajesh Sharma, Shiv K Choudhary, Rajnish Juneja, Anil Bhan,
Shyam S Kothari, Anita Saxena, Panangipalli Venugopal
Indian Heart Journal July - August, 2002;54:(4)  390-393 

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HLA-Expression-in Aortic and Pulmonary Homografts:  Effects of Cryopreservation 
Susan Verghese, KM Cherian
Indian Heart Journal July - August, 2002;54:(4)  394-398 

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Effect-of-Weight-Loss-on QT Dispersion in Obesity 
Anoop K Gupta, Baiyan Xie, Ranjan K Thakur, Alok Maheshwari, 
Yash Lokhandwala, MJ Carella
Indian Heart Journal July - August, 2002;54:(4)  399-403

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Chronic-Oral-Sildenafil Therapy in Severe Pulmonary Artery Hypertension
Shyam S Kothari, Bhanu Duggal
Indian Heart Journal July - August, 2002;54:(4)  404-409 

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A-Study-of-Clinical-Efficacy-of-Sildenafil-in-Patients with Primary-Pulmonary Hypertension
BKS Sastry, C Narasimhan, NK Reddy, B Anand, GS Prakash, 
P Raghava Raju, DN Kumar
Indian Heart Journal July - August, 2002;54:(4)  410-414
 
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Brief Reports

Rupture-of-the-Sinus-of-Valsalva into the Pulmonary Artery 
AK Kar, Shubhankar Bhattacharya, Debabrata Roy, Manoranjan Mondal, 
Sukumar Ghosh, Alok Mazumdar
Indian Heart Journal July - August, 2002;54:(4)  415-417

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Perioperative-Management-of a Renal Transplanted  Patient for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Rajiv Juneja, Sarab Mohan Singh, Yatin Mehta, Yugal Mishra, Naresh Trehan
Indian Heart Journal July - August, 2002;54:(4)  418-421
 
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Direct-Coronary-Stenting Through the Radial Approach in an Anomalous Coronary Artery

Tejas M Patel, Sanjay C Shah, Alok Ranjan, Anoop K Gupta
Indian Heart Journal July - August, 2002;54:(4)  422-424

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Elective-Stenting-in-Superior Vena Cava Syndrome Caused by Idiopathic Fibrosing Mediastinitis: Use of Self-Expandable Wallstent

AS Mullasari, Rohit Mody, Ulhas Pandurangi, V Lakshmi
Indian Heart Journal July - August, 2002;54:(4)  425-427 

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Double-Right-Coronary-Artery with Anomalous Left Main and Septal Arteries Originating from the Right Coronary Sinus
Naveen Garg, PK Goel, Nakul Sinha
Indian Heart Journal July - August, 2002;54:(4)  428-431

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Coexistence-of-Congenital-Subaortic and Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysms
S Sivasankaran, Bhava RJ Kannan, Ajith Kumar, Jaganmohan A Tharakan
Indian Heart Journal July - August, 2002;54:(4)  432-434

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Acquired-Atrioventricular-Block-in a Patient with Sinus Node Disease  on Single-Chamber Atrial Pacing

Rajesh Vijayvergiya, Anil Grover
Indian Heart Journal July - August, 2002;54:(4)  435-436

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Cardiovascular Images

Pericardial-Hydatid-Cyst

Gurpreet Gulati, Naresh K Goyal, Shyam S Kothari, Sanjiv Sharma, AK Bisoi
Indian Heart Journal July - August, 2002;54:(4)  437-438

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Letters-to-the-Editor (PDF File)

Aortoenteric Fistula: A Rare Causeof Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
Pradeep Vaideeswar 
Indian Heart Journal July - August, 2002;54:(4)  439-440

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Efficacy of Terminalia arjuna in
Chronic Stable Angina
S. Dwivedi and Dipti Gupta
Indian Heart Journal July - August, 2002;54:(4)  441-441

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Phantom Myocardial Bridge
Tejas Patel, Sanjay C Shah, Alok Ranjan, Anoop K Gupta
Indian Heart Journal July - August, 2002;54:(4)  442-442
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Selected-Summaries  (PDF File)

Aspirin Plus Coumarin Versus Aspirin Alone in the  Prevention of
Reocclusion After Fibrinolysis For Acute Myocardial Infarction
Marc A Brouwer et al. Circulation 2002; 106: 659-665
Indian Heart Journal July - August, 2002;54:(4)  443-443

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Inhaled Iloprost for Severe Pulmonary Hypertension
Horst Olschewski et al.
N Engl J Med 2002; 347: 322-329
Indian Heart Journal July - August, 2002;54:(4)  444-444

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MRC/BHF Heart Protection Study of Cholesterol Lowering with  Simvastatin in 20 536 High-Risk Individuals:  A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial 
Heart Protection Study Collaborative Group Lancet 2002; 360: 7-22
Indian Heart Journal July - August, 2002;54:(4)  445-445

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Amiodarone As Compared With Lidocaine  For Shock-Resistant Ventricular Fibrillation

P Dorian et al
N Engl J Med 2002; 346: 884 -890
Indian Heart Journal July - August, 2002;54:(4)  446-446

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