Nov - Dec, 2004 Volume 56, No. 6 ISSN 0019-4832

Editorial


Coronary Slow Flow Phenomenon: An Angiographic Curiosity

Sandeep Singh, SS Kothari, VK Bahl
Indian Heart Journal  Nov - Dec, 2004; 56:(6) 613-617
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Review Articles


Robotically Assisted Cardiac Surgery
Alan P Kypson, W Randolph Chitwood Jr
Indian Heart Journal  Nov - Dec, 2004; 56:(6) 618-621
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Original Articles

Robotically Enhanced Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
YK Mishra, H Wasir, M Sharma, KK Sharma, Y Mehta, N Trehan
Indian Heart Journal  Nov - Dec, 2004; 56:(6) 622-627
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Predictors of Left Atrial Appendage Clot: A Transesophageal Echocardiographic Study of Left Atrial Appendage Function in Patients with Severe Mitral Stenosis
Kewal C Goswami, Rakesh Yadav, Vinay K Bahl
Indian Heart Journal  Nov - Dec, 2004; 56:(6) 628-635
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QT Dispersion and Early Arrhythmic Risk in Acute-Myocardial Infarction
Dnyaneshwar V Mulay, Syed M Quadri
Indian Heart Journal  Nov - Dec, 2004; 56:(6) 636-641
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Association of Common Carotid Intima – Media Thickness and Lipoprotein(a) with Coronary Artery Disease
Satyendra Tewari, Nitish Garg, Aditya Kapoor, Alkesh Jain, Uttam Singh,
MM Godbole, Nakul Sinha
Indian Heart Journal  Nov - Dec, 2004; 56:(6) 642-645
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High Prevalence of Multiple Coronary Risk Factors in Punjabi Bhatia Community: Jaipur Heart Watch-3
Rajeev Gupta, Mukesh Sarna, Jyoti Thanvi, Priyanka Rastogi, Vijay Kaul, VP Gupta
Indian Heart Journal  Nov - Dec, 2004; 56:(6) 646-652
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Plasma Endothelin-1, Homocysteine and Serum Nitric Oxide Values in Patients with Left-to-Right Shunt
Ibrahim H Ozerol, Feyzanur A Pac, Elif Ozerol, Erdal Ege, Saim Yologlu,
Ismail Temel, Mustafa Pac
Indian Heart Journal  Nov - Dec, 2004; 56:(6) 653-657
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Brief Reports

Percutaneous-Transluminal Angioplasty in an Embolic Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion
JS Dugal, Harminder Singh, Charanjit Singh, V Jetley, N Aggarwal,
S Sofat, A Bahadur
Indian Heart Journal  Nov - Dec, 2004; 56:(6) 658-660
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Transcatheter Guidewire Perforation of the Pulmonary Valve as a Palliative Procedure in Pulmonary Atresia with Intact Interventricular Septum
Robin J Pinto, Bharat Dalvi
Indian Heart Journal  Nov - Dec, 2004; 56:(6) 661-663
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Left Ventricular Hydatid Cyst with Myocardial Infarction in a Patient with Severe Rheumatic Mitral Stenosis
S Elangovan, K Harshavardan, K Meenakshi, TS Swaminathan, P Murthy
Indian Heart Journal  Nov - Dec, 2004; 56:(6) 664-667
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Syncope in a Middle Aged Male due to Acute-Rheumatic-Fever
Rajat Mohindra, HS Pannu, Bishav Mohan, Naveen Kumar, HS Dhooria,
Alok Sehgal, G Avasthi
Indian Heart Journal  Nov - Dec, 2004; 56:(6) 668-669
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Transatrial Permanent Pacing Lead Implantation in a Patient of Ebstein’s Anomaly after One and Half Repair
Rajnish Juneja, Anita Saxena, Shiv Choudhary, Balram Airan
Indian Heart Journal  Nov - Dec, 2004; 56:(6) 670-672
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Thrombolysis with Percutaneous Transluminal Balloon Angioplasty of a Blocked Modified Blalock-Taussig Shunt
V Singh, S Pillai, S Kulkarni, KS Murthy, R Coelho, B Ninan, KM Cherian
Indian Heart Journal  Nov - Dec, 2004; 56:(6) 673-676
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Point Of View

Is It Possible to Prevent Rheumatic Fever?
R Tandon
Indian Heart Journal  Nov - Dec, 2004; 56:(6) 677-679
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Cardiovascular Images

Iatrogenic Aortocoronary Arteriovenous Fistula
Saibal Mukhopadhyay, Jamal Yusuf, Mohit D Gupta, MP Girish, Vijay Trehan
Indian Heart Journal  Nov - Dec, 2004; 56:(6) 680-681
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Letters-to-the-Editor (PDF File)

Role of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Identification of Amyloid Cardiomyopathy
Andrew Crean, Naeem Merchant, Department of Cardiovascular MRI,
Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Indian Heart Journal  Nov - Dec, 2004; 56:(6) 682-683
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Transhepatic Balloon Dilation of the Interatrial Septum
Shyam S Kothari, S Anandaraja, Ram Prakash, Balasundaram,
Gurpreet S Gulati, Department of Cardiology, All India Institute
of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
Indian Heart Journal  Nov - Dec, 2004; 56:(6) 683-684
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Lipid Levels and Coronary Heart Disease: Need for Region-Specific Guidelines
Vijay R Prabhakar, Clinical Research Physician,
Department of Medical Affairs, Taipei, Taiwan
Indian Heart Journal  Nov - Dec, 2004; 56:(6) 684-685
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Late Stent Thrombosis Following Antiplatelet Withdrawal While Fasting During Holy Months
Balram Bhargava, Ganesan Karthikeyan, Rakesh Yadav, Nitish Naik, Gautam Sharma
Department of Cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
Indian Heart Journal  Nov - Dec, 2004; 56:(6) 685-685
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Angina Pectoris Presenting as Headache
Ashok Garg, Pankaj Bohra, MK Gupta, Department of Cardiology,
Escort Goyal Heart Centre, Jodhpur
Indian Heart Journal  Nov - Dec, 2004; 56:(6) 685-686
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Selected-Summaries  (PDF File)

Prophylactic Use of an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator after Acute Myocardial Infarction
Hohnloser SH et al. DINAMIT Investigators. N Engl J Med 2004; 351 : 2481-2488
Indian Heart Journal  Nov - Dec, 2004; 56:(6) 687-687
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Prevention of Lesion Recurrence in Chronic Total Coronary Occlusions by Paclitaxel Eluting Stents
Werner GS et al. J Am Coll Cardiol 2004; 44:2301-2306
Indian Heart Journal  Nov - Dec, 2004; 56:(6) 688-688
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Amiodarone or Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator for Congestive-Heart-Failure
Bardy GH et al. SCD HeFT Investigators. N Engl J Med 2005; 352: 225-237
Indian Heart Journal  Nov - Dec, 2004; 56:(6) 689-689
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