July 2018

Editorial Board
Published in issue: July 2018
iii

Editorials

Interventional Nurses Raising the Bar in the Cath Lab
• Jane Scott,
• Jim Stewart
Published in issue: July 2018
p777-778
Rheumatic Heart Disease of the Mitral Valve: Is There Such Thing as an Ideal Operation?
• Bo Remenyi
Published in issue: July 2018
p779-781

Lessons from an International Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease Registry: the Raphe and Beyond
• Arnold C.T. Ng,
• Victoria Delgado,
• William K.F. Kong,
• Jeroen J. Bax
Published in issue: July 2018
p782-784

Original Articles

Outcomes of Obese and Morbidly Obese Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
• Elizabeth D. Paratz,
• Luke E. Wilkinson,
• Andrew I. MacIsaac
Published online: September 15, 2017
p785-791
Validation of the RETRIEVE (REverse TRIage EVEnts) Criteria for Same Day Return of Non-ST Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients to Referring Non-PCI Centres
• Sonya N. Burgess,
• Vu Huynh Nguyen,
• James Xu,
• ...
• Krishna K. Kadappu,
• John K. French,
• Rohan Rajaratnam
Published online: August 19, 2017
p792-797

Novel Oral Anticoagulants in Direct Current Cardioversion for Atrial Fibrillation
• Giuseppe Femia,
• Taufik Fetahovic,
• Pratap Shetty,
• Astin Lee
Published online: July 17, 2017
p798-803

A Contemporary Phone-Based Cardiac Coaching Program: Evolution and Cross Cultural Utility
• Peita Price,
• Mark Tacey,
• Voula Koufariotis,
• ...
• Ruth Vincent,
• Leeanne Grigg,
• Dominica Zentner
Published online: August 14, 2017
p804-811

Pulmonary Vein Isolation for Atrial Fibrillation Can Be Achieved With Low Radiation Exposure
• Alex L. Huang,
• Nadeem Mughal,
• Ferdinand Tabas,
• ...
• Wen Kai Wong,
• David Whalley,
• Logan Kanagaratnam
Published online: August 08, 2017
p812-818

Differential Diagnosis of Pulmonary Artery Sarcoma and Central Chronic Pulmonary Thromboembolism Using CT and MR Images
• Ming-Xi Liu,
• Zhan-Hong Ma,
• Tao Jiang,
• ...
• Fang-Fang Yu,
• Yuan-Hua Yang,
• Zhen-Guo Zhai
Published online: July 01, 2017
p819-827

Serial Assessment of Natriuretic Peptides in Patients Undergoing Interventional Closure of the Left Atrial Appendage
• Blerim Luani,
• Thomas Rauwolf,
• Thomas Groscheck,
• ...
• Berend Isermann,
• Alexander Schmeisser,
• Rüdiger C. Braun-Dullaeus
Published online: July 31, 2017
p828-834

Is the Risk of Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation Predictable in Patients Undergoing Surgery Due to Primary Lung Cancer?
• Onder Kavurmaci,
• Tevfik Ilker Akcam,
• Ayse Gul Ergonul,
• Kutsal Turhan,
• Alpaslan Cakan,
• Ufuk Cagirici
Published online: July 19, 2017
p835-841

Red Blood Cells Distribution Width as a Potential Prognostic Biomarker in Patients With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
• Anna Smukowska-Gorynia,
• Iga Tomaszewska,
• Katarzyna Malaczynska-Rajpold,
• ...
• Aleksander Araszkiewicz,
• Stanislaw Jankiewicz,
• Tatiana Mularek-Kubzdela
Published online: August 24, 2017
p842-848

Postoperative Lung Torsion With Retained Viability: The Presentation and Surgical Indications
• Naohiro Taira,
• Hidenori Kawasaki,
• Sayako Takahara,
• ...
• Kazuaki Kushi,
• Tomofumi Yohena,
• Tsutomu Kawabata
Published online: July 28, 2017
p849-852

Percutaneous Decommissioning of Left Ventricular Assist Device
• Jia-Lin Soon,
• Ju-Le Tan,
• Choon-Pin Lim,
• ...
• Ka-Lee Kerk,
• Kheng-Leng David Sim,
• Cumaraswamy Sivathasan
Published online: August 19, 2017
p853-855

Repair Strategies Based on Pathological Characteristics of the Rheumatic Mitral Valve in Chinese Patients
• Luo Tiange,
• Meng Xu
Published online: June 28, 2017
p856-863

Mitral Valve Replacement Using Carpentier-Edwards Pericardial Bioprosthesis in Patients With Rheumatic Heart Disease Aged Below 40 Years: 17-Year Results
• Ujjwal Kumar Chowdhury,
• Adil Rizvi,
• Rajeev Narang,
• ...
• Mani Kalaivani,
• Suruchi Hasija,
• Lakshmi Kumari
Published online: August 01, 2017
p864-871

A Study Demonstrating the Quantitative Relationship Between Internal Thoracic Artery Length and Free Flow
• Safa Gode,
• Onur Sen,
• Ersin Kadirogulları,
• ...
• Mugisha Kyaruzi,
• Muhammet Hulusi Satılmısoglu,
• Korhan Erkanlı
Published online: August 09, 2017
p872-877
Impact of Discontinuation of Antiplatelet Therapy Prior to Isolated Valve and Combined Coronary Artery Bypass Graft and Valve Procedures on Short and Intermediate Term Outcomes
• James Meneguzzi,
• Matthew Kilpin,
• Ying Yan Zhu,
• ...
• Lavinia Tran,
• Philip Hayward,
• Julian Smith
Published online: September 01, 2017
p878-884

Outcomes of Aortic Valve Replacement According to Surgical Approach in Intermediate and Low Risk Patients: A Propensity Score Analysis
• Corazon M. Calle-Valda,
• Rio Aguilar,
• Amparo Benedicto,
• ...
• Daniel Munoz,
• Nieves De Antonio,
• Guillermo Reyes
Published online: September 06, 2017
p885-892

How-To-Do-It

An Introduction to Writing Narrative and Systematic Reviews — Tasks, Tips and Traps for Aspiring Authors
• Ann T. Gregory,
• A. Robert Denniss
Published in issue: July 2018
p893-898

Societies

Heart Foundation
Published in issue: July 2018
p899
Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand
Published in issue: July 2018
p900-901