May-June 2011

Targeted Gene Therapy for the Treatment of Heart Failure

• Kleopatra Rapti,
• Antoine H. Chaanine,
• Roger J. Hajjar

Acute Heart Failure: Lessons Learned So Far

• Jonathan G. Howlett

New and Emerging Drugs and Device Therapies for Chronic Heart Failure in Patients With Systolic Ventricular Dysfunction

• Jean L. Rouleau

Diastolic Heart Failure: Progress, Treatment Challenges, and Prevention

• Philip Wood,
• Sanaz Piran,
• Peter P. Liu

Assessment of Left Ventricular Diastolic Function: The Power, Possibilities, and Pitfalls of Echocardiographic Imaging Techniques

• Kofo O. Ogunyankin

Myocardial Alterations in the Murine Model of Fabry Disease Can Be Reversed by Enzyme Replacement Therapy

• Paula A. Rozenfeld,
• Mariana Fritz,
• Paula Blanco,
• Pedro Gonzalez,
• Gustavo J. Rinaldi

The Relationship Between Left and Right Pericardial Pressures in Humans: An Intraoperative Study

• Douglas R. Hamilton,
• Rozsa Sas,
• Roy A. Semlacher,
• Teresa M. Kieser Prieur,
• John V. Tyberg

Electrogram-Based Optimal Atrioventricular and Interventricular Delays of Cardiac Resynchronization Change Individually During Exercise

• Gregory Golovchiner,
• Paul Dorian,
• Iqwal Mangat,
• ...
• Eugene Crystal,
• Suzan O'Donnell,
• Arnold Pinter

Successful Weaning and Explantation of the Heartmate II Left Ventricular Assist Device

• Yoan Lamarche,
• Mark Kearns,
• Kiranbir Josan,
• ...
• Jennifer Kealy,
• Robert Moss,
• Anson Cheung

Left Ventricular Lead Position and Nonspecific Conduction Delay Are Predictors of Mortality in Patients During Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

• Dirk Prochnau,
• Helmut Kuehnert,
• Matthias Heinke,
• Hans R. Figulla,
• Ralf Surber

Evaluation of a Web-Based Interactive Heart Failure Patient Simulation: A Pilot Study

• Robert Wu,
• Mehtap Greutmann-Yantiri,
• Andrea Gershon,
• Heather Ross

How Aware of Advanced Care Directives Are Heart Failure Patients, and Are They Using Them?

• Marlena V. Habal,
• Vaska Micevski,
• Sarah Greenwood,
• Diego H. Delgado,
• Heather J. Ross

Erratum

Wave Propagation and Reflection in the Canine Aorta: Analysis Using a Reservoir-Wave Approach

• Jiun-Jr Wang,
• Nigel G. Shrive,
• Kim H. Parker,
• Alun D. Hughes,
• John V. Tyberg

Prevalence and Treatment Patterns of Lower Extremity Peripheral Arterial Disease Among Patients at Risk in Ambulatory Health Settings

• Mark Makowsky,
• M. Sean McMurtry,
• Trevor Elton,
• ...
• Jennifer Fok,
• Meghan Sebastianski,
• Ross Tsuyuki

Long-Term Pediatric Outcome of Isolated Discrete Subaortic Stenosis

• Christian Drolet,
• Joaquim Miro,
• Jean-Marc Côté,
• John Finley,
• Letizia Gardin,
• Charles V. Rohlicek

Localized Pulmonary Artery Compression Due to Saphenous Vein Graft Perforation During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

• Rohan S. Poulter,
• Mark Dooris

Extensive Radiation-Induced Heart Disease in an Adult Patient Treated for Lymphoma as a Child

• Frédéric Poulin,
• Alexandre Semionov,
• Philippe Roméo,
• Philippe Demers,
• Josephine Pressacco,
• Arsène Basmadjian

Coronary Artery Abnormalities in CREST Syndrome Revealed by Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging

• Sophie Mavrogeni,
• Costas Bratis,
• Menelaos Manoussakis

Giant Saphenous Vein Graft Pseudoaneurysm Compressing the Right Atrium and Right Ventricle and Presenting as Decompensated Heart Failure

• Bartosz Hudzik,
• Jan Glowacki,
• Janusz Szkodzinski,
• Jaroslaw Wasilewski,
• Aleksandra Majsnerowska,
• Lech Polonski

Critical Left Main Coronary Artery Stenosis Identified by Colour Doppler Screening During Pre-Exercise Stress Echocardiogram

• Justin Tait,
• Tom Ashton

Eosinophilic Endomyocarditis: An Unusual Cause of Heart Failure in a Young Patient

• Christine Henri,
• Philippe Roméo,
• Anne Chin,
• Annie Dore,
• Anique Ducharme