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Melissa Norton, MD

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Jigisha Patel, MRCP PhD

In-house Editor
Timothy I. Shipley


Welcome to BMC Cardiovascular Disorders published by BioMed Central
BMC Cardiovascular Disorders is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in all aspects of the prevention, diagnosis and management of disorders of the heart and circulatory system, as well as related molecular and cell biology, genetics, pathophysiology, epidemiology, and controlled trials. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders (ISSN 1471-2261) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, MEDLINE, CAS, Scopus, EMBASE, Thomson Reuters (ISI) and Google Scholar.



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BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2009, 9:45
Percutaneous aortic valve implantation for severe aortic stenosis has major problems with safety and short-term survival, especially via the transapical route, and randomized controlled trials are essential to clarify the safety of this intervention.
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BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2009, 9:44
Mortality following acute myocardial infarction is declining in patients from the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) since 2003 at a rate similar to that found in in Medicare-funded hospitals.
BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2009, 9:18
A systematic protocol for transesophageal echocardiograms that identifies cardiac structures at sequential multiplane transducer angle positions allows comprehensive data acquisition and may reduce the risk of omitting of relevant structures.


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Beta-2 adrenergic receptor gene polymorphisms Gln27Glu, Arg16Gly in patients with heart failure
Alfredo Jose Mansur, Rosana Seleri Fontes, Regina Airoldi Canzi, Raphael Nishimura, Ailane Pereira Alencar, Antonio Carlos Pedroso Lima, Jose Eduardo Krieger, Alexandre C Pereira
BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2009, 9:50 (3November2009)
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Cardiac insulin-like growth factor-1 and cyclins gene expression in canine models of ischemic or overpacing cardiomyopathy
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BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2009, 9:49 (9October2009)
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BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2009, 9:48 (8October2009)
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Rationale and study design of a cross sectional study documenting the prevalence of Heart Failure amongst the minority ethnic communities in the UK: the E-ECHOES Study (Ethnic - Echocardiographic Heart of England Screening Study)
Paramjit S Gill, Russell Davis, Michael Davies, Nick Freemantle, Gregory YH Lip
BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2009, 9:47 (30September2009)
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Atherosclerosis profile and incidence of cardiovascular events: a population-based survey
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BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2009, 9:46 (15September2009)
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Safety of percutaneous aortic valve insertion. A systematic review
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BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2009, 9:44 (31August2009)
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Long-term survival after initial hospital admission for peripheral arterial disease in the lower extremities
I Vaartjes, GJ de Borst, JB Reitsma, A de Bruin, FL Moll, DE Grobbee, ML Bots
BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2009, 9:43 (28August2009)
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Percutaneous coronary revascularization in patients with formerly "refractory angina pectoris in end-stage coronary artery disease" Not "end-stage" after all
Thomas W Jax, Ansgar J Peters, Ahmed A Khattab, Matthias P Heintzen, Frank-Chris Schoebel
BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2009, 9:42 (28August2009)
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Long term hemodialysis aggravates lipolytic activity reduction and very low density, low density lipoproteins composition in chronic renal failure patients
Khedidja Mekki, Josiane Prost, Mustapha Remaoun, Jacques Belleville, Malika Bouchenak
BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2009, 9:41 (26August2009)
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Research
The ischemic preconditioning effect of adenosine in patients with ischemic heart disease
Bita Sadigh, Miguel Quintana, Christer Sylven, Margareta Berglund, Lars Ake Brodin
Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2009, 7:52 (5November2009)
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Case report
Tenecteplase for ST-elevation myocardial infarction in a patient treated with drotrecogin alfa (activated) for severe sepsis: a case report
Lillian Barra, Jeffrey Shum, Geoffrey Pickering, Raymond Kao
Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009, 3:109 (5November2009)
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Meeting report
Complex disease genetics: present and future translational applications
Michael V Holmes, Sonia H Shah, Aspasia Angelakopoulou, Tauseef Khan, Daniel Swerdlow, Karoline Kuchenbaecker, Reecha Sofat, Tina Shah
Genome Med 2009, 1:104 (5November2009)
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Predictors of right ventricular function as measured by tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion in heart failure
Jesper Kjaergaard, Kasper K Iversen, Dilek Akkan, Jacob Eifer Moller, Lars V Kober, Christian Torp-Pedersen, Christian Hassager
Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2009, 7:51 (4November2009)
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Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009, 3:101 (3November2009)
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ALDH1A2 (RALDH2) genetic variation in human congenital heart disease
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BMC Medical Genetics 2009, 10:113 (3November2009)
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