May–June, 2007 Volume 59, No. 3 ISSN 0019-4832
Editorial

Predicting and Optimizing Response to Cardiac
Resynchronization Therapy Beyond QRS Duration:
Expanding Role of Echocardiography

Riple J. Hansalia, William L. Duvall, Davendra Mehta
Mount Sinai Hospital and School of Medicine of New York University, New York

Indian Heart Journal  May–June, 2007; 59:(3) 207-210

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Coronary Artery Calcium and You
Do You Know Where You Stand?

Sze-Piaw CHIN1, Choon-Kiat NG2, Kui-Hian SIM3
1Consultant Cardiologist with the Department of Medicine, International Medical
University, Seremban, Malaysia & Visiting Consultant Cardiologist with the Department
of Cardiology, Sarawak General Hospital, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
2Consultant Interventional Cardiologist with the Department of Cardiology, Sarawak
General Hospital, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
3Senior Consultant Cardiologist and Head of Department of Cardiology, Sarawak
General Hospital, Kuching, Sarawak Malaysia

Indian Heart Journal  May–June, 2007; 59:(3) 211-213
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Escalating Coronary Heart Disease and Risk Factors
in South Asians

Rajeev Gupta
Department of Medicine, Fortis-Escorts Hospital, Jaipur

Indian Heart Journal  May–June, 2007; 59:(3) 214-217
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State-of-the-Art Paper



Evaluation and Critique of State of the Art
Dyslipidemia Management in General and with a Special
Emphasis on the Indian Population

Thomas F. Whayne
Professor of Medicine (Cardiology), Gill Heart Institute and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine,
University of Kentucky, 326 Wethington Building, 900 South Limestone, Lexington, KY 40536-0200

Indian Heart Journal  May–June, 2007; 59:(3) 218-225

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Myocardial Contrast Echo:
Current Status and Future Directions

Tamanna Nahar
Director, Echocardiography, Bronx-Lebanon hospital center, 1650 Grand Concourse Bronx,>br> NY 10457, United States

Indian Heart Journal  May–June, 2007; 59:(3) 226-231

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Original Article



Coronary Calcium Scoring in Asymptomatic Indian
Population: Correlation with Age, Gender and
Risk Factors—A Prospective Study on 500 Subjects

Ashish Wasnik, Abhijit Raut, Ajay Morani
Department of Radiology, King Edward Memorial VII Hospital, Parel, Mumbai
Indian Heart Journal  May–June, 2007; 59:(3) 316-322
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Prevalence of Ischemic Heart Disease in a Rural
Population of Bangladesh

M. Mostafa Zaman, Jasimuddin Ahmed, Sohel R Choudhury, Sharker Md Numan, Kawsar
Parvin, Md Sadequl Islam
Ekhlaspur Center of Health (ECOH), Matlab North, Chandpur 3641, Bangladesh
Indian Heart Journal  May–June, 2007; 59:(3) 239-241
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Fasting Plasma Homocysteine Levels are Increased in Young
Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction from Western India

Kanjaksha Ghosh, Amit Khare, Shrimati Shetty
Institute of Immunohaematology (ICMR), KEM Hospital, Parel, Mumbai
India
Indian Heart Journal  May–June, 2007; 59:(3) 242-245
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Prevention of No Flow/Slow Reflow Phenomenon in Primary
PCI by Nicorandil

Ezhilan J, Manjeet S. Juneja, Thomas George, Ramkumar S. R., Viswanathan V, Badrinath
AK, S. Kalyani, Ulhas M. Pandurangi, K. Latchumanadhas, Mullasari Ajit S.
Institute of Cardio-vascular Diseases, Madras Medical Mission, Chennai, India
Indian Heart Journal  May–June, 2007; 59:(3) 246-249
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LV Based Pacing in Patients with Heart Failure and a Narrow
QRS—An Acute Hemodynamic Study

SK Dwivedi2, Chirag Sheth1, Aniket Puri1, VS Narain2, RK Saran2, VK Puri3.
1Senior Resident
2Professor of Cardiology,
3Professor and Head
Department of Cardiology, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow
Indian Heart Journal  May–June, 2007; 59:(3) 250-255
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A Study of Ventricular Asynchrony in Patients with Varying
QRS Duration and its Correlation with Left Ventricular Function

Amresh Kumar, Pravin Kumar Goel
Department of Cardiology Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences
Indian Heart Journal  May–June, 2007; 59:(3) 256-265
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Seminar

Oral Hypoglycemic Agents and Heart

Pankaj Manoria1 P.C. Manoria2
1Assistant Professor Department of Cardiology BMHRC, Bhopal
2Former Professor & Head, Department of Cardiology, Gandhi Medical College,Bhopal

Indian Heart Journal  May–June, 2007; 59:(3) 266-272

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Brief Report

Acute Penetrating Atherosclerotic Ulcer Presenting as
Paraplegia and Renal Failure

K. Sudhakar. I. Sathyamurthy K. Jayanthi K. P. Misra
Department of Cardiology Apollo Hospitals 21, Greams Lane, Chennai

Indian Heart Journal  May–June, 2007; 59:(3) 273-275
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Non-Expansion of Carotid Stent due to Detached Stent
Sheath—An Unusual Complication of Carotid Angioplasty
Treated by Surgery

Sarat Chandra K, Ritesh Kumar, Manas Panigrahi
Department of Cardiology Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad

Indian Heart Journal  May–June, 2007; 59:(3) 276-278
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Malignant Ventricular Arrhythmias due to Aconitum
Napellus Root

Vitthal D. Maheshwari, Puneet Saxena, Dinesh Choudhary
Department of Medicine, SMS Medical College & Hospital, Jaipur, Rajasthan

Indian Heart Journal  May–June, 2007; 59:(3) 278-281
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All those Tachy’s are not Ventricular

Zehra Jaffery, Karthik Ananthasubramaniam
Department of Internal Medicine and Heart and Vascular Institute
Henry Ford Hospital Detroit MI 48202

Indian Heart Journal  May–June, 2007; 59:(3) 282-283
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Mobile Intracardiac Thrombi: Clinical Scenarios
and Management Strategies

V Bhatia, R Sapra, A Mittal, AK Pandey, R Gupta, R Kachru, P Arora, A Parida, G Singh, U Kaul
Department of Cardiology, Fortis Hospital, Noida

Indian Heart Journal  May–June, 2007; 59:(3) 284-287
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Drugs for Heart

Bivalirudin: A New Promising Direct Antithrombin

Anupam Bhambhani, Bernhard Meier
Swiss Cardiovascular Center, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland

Indian Heart Journal  May–June, 2007; 59:(3) 288-294
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Book Review

The Nuts and Bolts of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

SBy Tom Kenny
Blackwell Futura, Blackwell Publishing, Inc., 350 Main Street, Malden,
Massachusetts 02148-5020, USA 2007, ISBN 978-1-4051-5372-0
Indian Heart Journal  May–June, 2007; 59:(3) 295-295

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Patel’s Atlas of Transradial Intervention: The Basics

SBy Tejas Patel with Sanjay Shah and Alok Ranjan
Indian Heart Journal  May–June, 2007; 59:(3) 296–296

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On-Line e-Publication

Three-Dimensional Cardiac Imaging and Catheter Tracking
in Atrial Fibrillation Ablation

SAparna Jaswal, David Krum, Jasbir Sra
Aurora Sinai/St. Luke’s Medical Centers, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public
Health-Milwaukee Clinical Campus Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Indian Heart Journal  May–June, 2007; 59:(3) 1-9

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Conference Calendar 2007
Indian Heart Journal  May–June, 2007; 59:(3)
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