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Editor-in-Chief Melissa Norton, MD
Medical Editor Jigisha Patel, MRCP PhD
In-house Editor Iratxe Puebla
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BMC Cardiovascular Disorders is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in all aspects of the prevention, diagnosis and management of cardiovascular disorders, as well as related molecular genetics, pathophysiology, and epidemiology.
BMC Cardiovascular Disorders (ISSN 1471-2261) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, MEDLINE, CAS, Scopus, EMBASE and Google Scholar.
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BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2008, 8 :7
The use of intravenous cold saline to induce endovascular hypothermia before reperfusion reduces myocardial infarct size and microvascular obstruction in a pig model, suggesting its potential in the clinical management of myocardial infarction.
BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2008, 8 :3
Elevated ankle blood pressure levels are associated with higher cardiovascular and total mortality, suggesting that elevated ankle blood pressure may have independent value as a marker of arterial stiffness or subclinical atherosclerosis in asymptomatic persons.
BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2007, 7 :39
Meta-analysis of data from the last seven years shows that computed tomography angiography of the coronary arteries is an efficient tool for the detection of coronary artery disease in the acute setting.
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A randomised trial of a 5 week, manual based, self-management programme for hypertension delivered in a cardiac patient club in Shanghai Feng Xue, Wen Yao, Robert J Lewin BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2008, 8 :10 (6 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha is a critical mediator of hypoxia induced apoptosis in cardiac H9c2 and kidney epithelial HK-2 cells Ricky Malhotra, David W Tyson, Henry M Rosevear, Frank C. Brosius III BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2008, 8 :9 (30 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Study protocol
Heart-type Fatty acid-binding protein in Acute Myocardial infarction Evaluation (FAME): Background and design of a diagnostic study in primary care Madeleine HE Bruins Slot, Geert JMG van der Heijden, Frans H Rutten, Onno P van der Spoel, E Gijs Mast, Ad C Bredero, Pieter A Doevendans, Jan FC Glatz, Arno W Hoes BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2008, 8 :8 (15 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Rapid short-duration hypothermia with cold saline and endovascular cooling before reperfusion reduces microvascular obstruction and myocardial infarct size Matthias G BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2008, 8 :7 (10 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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The CoLaus study: a population-based study to investigate the epidemiology and genetic determinants of cardiovascular risk factors and metabolic syndrome Mathieu Firmann, Vladimir Mayor, Pedro Marques Vidal, Murielle Bochud, Alain P BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2008, 8 :6 (17 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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WRN polymorphisms affect expression levels of plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1 in cultured fibroblastsElena Castro, Vladimir Oviedo-Rodr BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2008, 8 :5 (29 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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The importance of left ventricular function for long-term outcome after primary percutaneous coronary intervention Pieter A van der Vleuten, Saman Rasoul, Willem Huurnink, Iwan CC van der Horst, Riemer HJA Slart, Stoffer Reiffers, Rudi A Dierckx, Ren BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2008, 8 :4 (23 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Ankle blood pressure as a predictor of total and cardiovascular mortality Heikki Hietanen, Rauni P BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2008, 8 :3 (12 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Is there a gender difference in noninvasive coronary imaging? Multislice computed tomography for noninvasive detection of coronary stenoses Marc Dewey, Wolfgang Rutsch, Bernd Hamm BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2008, 8 :2 (29 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Hyperhomocysteinemia and recurrent carotid stenosis Renata Hillenbrand, Andreas Hillenbrand, Florian Liewald, Julian Zimmermann BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2008, 8 :1 (17 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Evaluation of metabolic syndrome in adults of Talca City, Chile Veronica Mujica, Elba Leiva, Gloria Icaza, Nora Diaz, Miguel Arredondo, Rodrigo Moore-Carrasco, Roxana Orrego, Marcela Vasquez, Ivan Palomo Nutrition Journal 2008, 7 :14 (15 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Evaluation of left ventricular outflow tract gradient during treadmill exercise and in recovery period in orthostatic position, in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy Rita Miranda, Carlos Cotrim, Nuno Cardim, Sofia Almeida, Luis Lopes, Maria Jose Loureiro, Otilia Simoes, Pedro Cordeiro, Paula Fazendas, Isabel Joao, Manuel Carrageta Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2008, 6 :19 (15 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Rapid phase-modulated water excitation steady-state free precession for fat-suppressed cine cardiovascular MR Hung-Yu Lin, Subha V. Raman, Yiu-Cho Chung, Orlando P. Simonetti Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 2008, 10 :22 (13 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Book review
Review of "Evaluating Clinical Research- All that glitters is not gold" by Bengt D. Furberg and Curt D. Furberg Desmond Julian Trials 2008, 9 :26 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Severe hyperlactatemia with normal base excess: a quantitative analysis using conventional and Stewart approaches Graciela Tuhay, Maria C Pein, Fabio Daniel Masevicius, Daniela Olmos Kutscherauer, Arnaldo Dubin Critical Care 2008, 12 :R66 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Case report
Time course of eosinophilic myocarditis visualized by CMR Kurt Debl, Behrus Djavidani, Stefan Buchner, Florian Poschenrieder, Norbert Heinicke, Stefan Feuerbach, Gunter Riegger, Andreas Luchner Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 2008, 10 :21 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Late Gadolinium Enhancement of the right ventricular myocardium: Is it really different from the left? Lars Grosse-Wortmann, Christopher K Macgowan, Logi Vidarsson, Shi-Joon Yoo Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 2008, 10 :20 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Case report
Interventional bronchoscopy for benign tracheobronchial diseases under cardiopulmonary bypass support: case reports and literature review Hussamuddin Adwan, Christopher H Wigfield, Stephen Clark, Sion Barnard Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2008, 3 :27 (7 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Cardiac retransplantation is an efficacious therapy for primary cardiac allograft failure Pavan Atluri, William Hiesinger, Robert C Gorman, Alberto Pochettino, Mariell Jessup, Michael A Acker, Rohinton J Morris, Y.Joseph Woo Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2008, 3 :26 (7 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Case report
Penetration of left and right atrial wall and aortic root by an Amplatzer atrial septal occluder in a nine year old boy with Marfan syndrome: Case report Florian Loeffelbein, Christian Schlensak, Sven Dittrich Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2008, 3 :25 (6 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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