Current Issue February 2012, Vol. 21, No. 2

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Clinical Spotlight: Pericardial Tamponade: A Life Threatening Complication of Laparoscopic Gastro-oesophageal Surgery

When Oral Anticoagulation Therapy is Needed in Patients With Cardiomyopathies: A Review of Literature
February 2012(Vol. 21 | No. 2 | Pages 63-69)
Enrico Vizzardi, Ivano Bonadei, Francesca Del Magro, Silvia Bugatti, Antonio D’Aloia, Antonio Curnis, Livio Dei Cas

Cardiac Computed Tomography—Evidence, Limitations and Clinical Application
February 2012(Vol. 21 | No. 2 | Pages 70-81)
Christian R. Hamilton-Craig, Daniel Friedman, Stephan Achenbach

Lipid Management in High Risk Coronary Patients: How Effective are We at Secondary Intervention?
February 2012(Vol. 21 | No. 2 | Pages 82-87)
Ying Yan Zhu, Philip A.R. Hayward, David L. Hare, Andrew G. Stewart, Brian F. Buxton

Imaging of Left Main Coronary Artery Thrombus with CT Coronary Angiography
17 October 2011
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Left-Ventricular Non-Compaction with Congenital Left Ventricular Diverticulum
17 October 2011
Prashanth Panduranga, Eapen Thomas, Mohammed Al-Mukhaini
Left-ventricular non-compaction may be isolated or associated with other cardiac or noncardiac anomalies. Left-ventricular non-compaction associated with left ventricular diverticulum is very rare. We...
Stroke, Aortic Vegetations and Disseminated Adenocarcinoma – A Case of Marantic Endocarditis
17 October 2011
Gregory M. Scalia, Anmol K. Tandon, Jessica A. Robertson
Herein we describe a case of marantic endocarditis (non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis) that presented with coronary, cerebral and peripheral emboli, fevers and malaise, and negative blood cultures...
Right Ventricular Thrombus Detection and Multimodality Imaging Using Contrast Echocardiography and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging
17 October 2011
Benjamin K.-T. Tsang, David G. Platts, George Javorsky, Martin R. Brown
We present the case of right ventricular thrombus formation associated with a right ventricular infarct secondary to a proximal right coronary artery thrombus, which was not evident on transthoracic e...
Culture-negative Infective Endocarditis of the Aortic Valve due to Aerococcus urinae: A Rare Aetiology
17 October 2011
Anthony Alozie, Can Yerebakan, Bernd Westphal, Gustav Steinhoff, Andreas Podbielski
Bacteria of the species Aerococcus urinae are Gram-positive, catalase-negative cocci that are arranged in pairs, tetrads, or clusters resembling enterococci or staphylococci. They are rare causative a...

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Heart, Lung and Circulation publishes articles integrating clinical and research activities in the fields of basic cardiovascular science, clinical cardiology and cardiac surgery, with a focus on emerging issues in cardiovascular disease. The journal promotes multidisciplinary dialogue between cardiologists, cardiothoracic surgeons, cardio-pulmonary physicians and cardiovascular scientists.

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