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Editorial: The British Heart JoUrnal redesigned
K. Shirley Smith
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Editorial: Electrical pacing in heart block complicating acute myocardial infarction
Douglas Chamberlain and Robert Leinbach
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The earliest electrocardiographic evidence of
myocardial infarction David Short
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Pentaerythritol tetranitrate (sustained action) in
acute myocardial infarction D. J. Newell and
clinical collaborators
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Bretylium tosylate in treatment of refractory
ventricular arrhythmias complicating myocardial
infarction G. Terry, C. W. Vellani, M. R. Higgins,
and A. Doig
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Systemic embolism in mitral valve disease
N. Coulshed, E. J. Epstein, C. S. McKendrick,
R. W. Galloway, and E. Walker
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Transthoracic and transvenous pacemakers. A
comparative clinical experience with 131 implantable
units S. Goldstein, A. J. Moss, R. J. Rivers, Jr.,
and R. S. Weiner
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Supraventricular tachycardia with AV block
Nabil EI-Sherif
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Value of quinidine in maintenance of sinus rhythm
after electric conversion of atrial fibrillation
G. Hartel, A. Louhija, A. Konttinen, and
P. I. Halonen
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Balloon atrial septostomy in complete transposition
of great arteries in infancy A. W. Venables
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Pulmonary oedema in lung disease
R. M. McCredie
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Fluorescence angiography of the fundus vessels in
aortic coarctation A. Eisalo, C. Raitta,
R. Kala, and P. I. Halonen
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Saccular aneurysms of left ventricle
James S. Fleming
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Fuchsinophilic degeneration of myocardium in
patients with intracranial lesions
Richard C. R. Connor
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Significance of complete right bundle-branch
block with right axis deviation in absence of right
ventricular hypertrophy A. Castellanos, Jr.,
0. Maytin, A. G. Arcebal, and L. Lemberg
Pacemaker therapy in sino-atrial block complicated
by paroxysmal tachycardia R. Rokseth, L. Hatle,
D. Gedde-Dahl, and P. 0. Foss t
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Comparison of left atrial pressure and wedge
pulmonary capillary pressure. Pressure gradients
between left atrium and left ventricle
David Verel and Norman Stentiford
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Seasonal incidence of coarctation of the aorta
0. S. Miettinen, M. L. Reiner, and A. S. 'odd is
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Development of innervation of coronary arte ies in
human foetus up until 230 mm. stage (mid-term)
R. B. Smith
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Application of new ultra-micro automated
spectrophotometric determination for serum
hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase activity to
diagnosis of myocardial infarction A. D. Hirst
and D. M. Goldberg
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Obituary: Hugh Barber
Case Reports
Aneurysm of pulmonary artery with persistent
ductus arteriosus and pulmonary infundibular
stenosis Fatal dissection and rupture in
pregnancy P. G. D'Arbela, J. W. Mugerwa,
A. K. Patel, and K. Somers
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Esch. coli endocarditis successfully treated with
oral trimethoprim and sulphamethoxazole
A. S. E. Fowle and P. A. Zorab
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Primary pulmonary hypertension of unusually
long duration A. D. Charters and
W. de C. Baker
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Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome in association
with atrial reciprocal rhythm and reciprocating
tachycardia Myron H. Luria and
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C. Gordon Hale
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CONTENTS OF VOLUME 32
Number I
EDITORIAL: THE BRITISH HEART JOURNAL REDESIGNED
K. Shirley Smith
EDITORIAL: ELECTRICAL PACING IN HEART BLOCK COMPLICATING ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Douglas Chamberlain and Robert Leinbach
THE EARLIEST ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE OF MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
David Short
PENTAERYTHRITOL TETRANITRATE (SUSTAINED ACTION) IN ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
D. J. Newell and Clinical Collaborators
BRETYLIUM TOSYLATE IN TREATMENT OF REFRACTORY VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIAS COMPLICATING
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
G. Terry, C. W. Vellani, M. R. Higgins, and A. Doig
SYSTEMIC EMBOLISM IN MITRAL VALVE DISEASE
N. Coulshed, E. J. Epstein, C. S. McKendrick, R. W. Galloway, and E. Walker
TRANSTHORACIC AND TRANSVENOUS PACEMAKERS. A COMPARATIVE CLINICAL EXPERIENCE WITH
I31 IMPLANTABLE UNITS
S. Goldstein, A. J. Moss, R. J. Rivers, Jr., and R. S. Weiner
SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA WITH AV BLOCK
Nabil El-Sherif
VALUE OF QUINIDINE IN MAINTENANCE OF SINUS RHYTHM AFTER ELECTRIC CONVERSION OF ATRIAL
FIBRILLATION
G. Hartel, A. Louhija, A. Konttinen, and P. I. Halonen
BALLOON ATRIAL SEPTOSTOMY IN COMPLETE TRANSPOSITION OF GREAT ARTERIES IN INFANCY
A. W. Venables
PULMONARY OEDEMA IN LUNG DISEASE
R. M. McCredie
FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY OF THE FUNDUS VESSELS IN AORTIC COARCTATION
A. Eisalo, C. Raitta, R. Kala, and P. I. Halonen
SACCULAR ANEURYSMS OF LEFT VENTRICLE
James S. Fleming
FUCHSINOPHILIC DEGENERATION OF MYOCARDIUM IN PATIENTS WITH INTRACRANIAL LESIONS
Richard C. R. Connor
SIGNIFICANCE OF COMPLETE RIGHT BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK WITH RIGHT AXIS DEVIATION IN
ABSENCE OF RIGHT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY
A. Castellanos, Jr., 0. Maytin, A. G. Arcebal, and L. Lemberg
PACEMAKER THERAPY IN SINO-ATRIAL BLOCK COMPLICATED BY PAROXYSMAL TACHYCARDIA
R. Rokseth, L. Hatle, D. Gedde-Dahl, and P. 0. Foss
COMPARISON OF LEFT ATRIAL PRESSURE AND WEDGE PULMONARY CAPILLARY PRESSURE. PRESSURE
GRADIENTS BETWEEN LEFT ATRIUM AND LEFT VENTRICLE
David Verel and Norman Stentiford
SEASONAL INCIDENCE OF COARCTATION OF THE AORTA
0. S. Miettinen, M. L. Reiner, and A. S. Nadas
DEVELOPMENT OF INNERVATION OF CORONARY ARTERIES IN HUMAN FOETUS UP UNTIL 230 MM.
STAGE (MID-TERM)
R. B. Smith
APPILCATION OF NEW ULTRA-MICRO AUTOMATED SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC DETERMINATION FOR
SERUM HYDROXYBUTYRATE DEHYDROGENASE ACTIVITY TO DIAGNOSIS OF MYOCARDIAL
INFARCTION
A. D. Hirst and D. M. Goldberg
OBITUARY: HUGH BARBER
CASE REPORTS
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EDITORIAL: RADIO-ISOTOPES AND REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW
J. Russell Rees
PHONOCARDIOGRAPHIC METHOD OF ASSESSING CHANGES IN LEFT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION AFTER
STARR-EDWARDS REPLACEMENT OF AORTIC VALVE
D. G. Gibson, G. Broder, and E. Sowton
THE VECTORCARDIOGRAM IN MITRAL VALVE DISEASE
John Hamer
THE ELECTROCARDIOGRAM OF ATHLETES. COMPARISON WITH UNTRAINED SUBJECTS
W. Van Ganse, L. Versee, W. Eylenbosch, and K. Vuylsteek
ELECTROCARDIOGRAM IN CORRECTED TRANSPOSITION OF THE GREAT VESSELS OF THE BULBOVENTRICULAR INVERSION TYPE
F. Fernandez, J. Laurichesse, L. Scebat, and J. Lenegre
ATRIAL PARASYSTOLE
H. David Friedberg and Leo Schamroth
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NON-SPECIFIC ARTERITIS OF THE AORTA AND ITS MAIN BRANCHS
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P. N. Thenabadu, K. Rajasuriya, and H. R. Wickremasinghe i8i
EFFECT OF PERUVOSID (CD4I2) ON EXCITABILITY AND FUNCTIONAL REFRACTORY PERIOD OF ATRIAL
AND VENTRICULAR TISSUES IN CARDIOMYOPATHY CAUSED BY TR YPANOSOMA CR UZI
F. Moleiro, A. Anselmi, R. Suarez, J. A. Suarez, and A. Drayer I89
COMBINED AXILLARY PLEXUS BLOCK AND BASAL SEDATION FOR CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION IN
D. M. Ross and D. 0. Williams 195
YOUNG CHILDREN
G. H. Smith and J. R. Belcher I98
VALVOTOMY IN CALCIFIC MITRAL STENOSIS
MECHANISM OF MITRAL REGURGITATION IN HYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY
R. B. Pridie and C. M. Oakley 203
DIRECT CURRENT SHOCK AND ANTIDYSRHYTHMIC DRUGS
P. Szekely, N. A. Wynne, D. T. Pearson, G. A. Batson, and D. A. Sideris 209
EFFECTS OF PROPRANOLOL ON RESPONSE TO EXERCISE IN HYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOR. H. T. Edwards, A. Kristinsson, D. A. Warrell, and J. F. Goodwin 2I9
MYOPATHY
PATHOLOGY OF CARDIOMYOPATHY FROM SOUTH INDIA
C. R. R. M. Reddy, G. Parvathi, and Ramachandra Rao 226
ELECTROCARDIOGRAM DURING CARDIAC RUPTURE BY MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
A. A. H. Meurs, A. K. Vos, J. B. Verhey, and J. Gerbrandy 232
HAEMODYNAMIC STUDIES IN HYPERTENsIE PATIENTS TREATED BY ORAL PROPRANOLOL
B. N. C. Prichard, E. Shinebourne, J. Fleming, and J. Hamer 236
FAMILIAL SKELETAL CARDIOVASCULAR SYNDROME (HOLT-ORAM) IN A POLYGAMOUS AFRICAN
Asuquo U. Antia 24I
FAMILY
IMMEDIATE AND LONG-TERM RESULTS OF MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT WITH UNIVERSITY OF CAPE
Velva Schrire and Christiaan N. Barnard 245
TOwN MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS
IMMEDIATE AND LONG-TERM RESULTS OF AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT WITH UNIVERSITY OF CAPE
TOwN AORTIC VALVE PROSTHESIS
V. Schrire, W. Beck, R. P. Hewitson, and C. N. Barnard 255
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OBITUARY: CHARLES BAKER
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CASE REPORTS
Number 3
EDITORIAL: ROUGNON'S LETTER TO LORRY ON THE DEATH OF CAPTAIN CHARLES. A LANDMARK IN
Evan Bedford
THE HISTORY OF ANGINA PECTORIS
Richard Emanuel
GENETICS AND CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
VENTRICULAR INVERSION WITHOUT TRANSPOSITION OF THE GREAT VESSELS IN SITUS INVERSUS
J. Espino-Vela, M. V. de la Cruz, L. Mufnoz-Castellanos, L. Plaza, and F. Attie
CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE IN CEYLON
N. J. Wallooppillai and M. de S. Jayasinghe
HAEMODYNAMIC EFFECTS OF GLUCAGON
J. G. Murtagh, P. F. Binnion, S. Lal, K. J. Hutchison, and E. Fletcher
PREVALENCE OF PALPABLE WRIST PULSES
Sandor A. Friedman
EVALUATION OF CONTRAST MEDIA USED IN MAN FOR CORONARY ARTERIOGRAPHY
D. C. Banks, E. B. Raftery, and S. Oram
HYPERNATRAEMIA-SPECIAL PROBLEMS WITH ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY IN TOTAL ANOMALOUS
PULMONARY VENOUS DRAINAGE
Jane Somerville
BREmIuM TOSYLATE IN PREVENTION OF CARDIAC DYSRHYTHMIAS AFTER MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
S. H. Taylor, C. Saxton, P. S. Davies, and J. B. Stoker
REGIONAL PULMONARY FUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH MITRAL STENOSIS IN RELATION TO HAEMoDYNAMIC DATA
P. Jebavy, I. Runczik, A. Oppelt, J. Tilsch, V. Stan6k, and J. Widimsky
MAJOR DETACHMENT OF AORTIC PROSTHETIC VALVES
George C. Sutton and John E. C. Wright
MITRAL VALVE MOVEMENT: A STMUY USING AN ULTRASOUND TECHNIQUE
C. F. P. Wharton and L. Lopez Bescos
HAEMODYNAMIC FACTORS INFLUENCING OPENING SNAP INTERVAL IN MITRAL STEOSIS
R. Ebringer, A. Pitt, and S. T. Anderson
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HAEMODYNAMIC STUDIES ON NEWLY DIAGNOSED DIABETICS BEFORE AHD AFTER ADEQUATE INSULIN
TREATMENT
S. Carlstrom and T. Karlefors 355
RECURRENCE OF THROMBOEMBOLIC DISEASE AFTER DISCONTINUING ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY.
A STUDY OF FACTORS AFFECTING INCIDENCE
Leon Michaels 359
EXERCISE HAEMODYNAMICS OF COARCTATION OF THE AORTA. ACUTE EFFECTS OF PROPRANOLOL
Gordon R. Cumming and G. H. Mir 365
MAINTENANCE OF SINUS RHYTHM AFTER DC REVERSION OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION. A DOUBLEBLIND CONTROLLED TRIAL OF LONG-ACTING QUINIDINE BISULPHATE
Edward Byrne-Quinn and A. J. Wing 370
VENTRICULAR PARASYSTOLE IN ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
J. Salazar and C. S. McKendrick 377
VECTORCARDIOGRAPHIC STUDY OF QRS LooP IN PATIENTS WITH LEFT SUPERIOR AXIS DEVIATION
AND RIGHT BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK
H. Kulbertus, P. Collignon, and L. Humblet 386
COMPARISON OF HAEMODYNAMIC EFFECTS OF INTRAVENOUS ISOPRENALINE AND ADRENALINE AFTER
AORTIC VALvAR HOMOGRAFT REPLACEMENT
R. M. M. Fordham and Leon Resnekov 393
ASSESSMENT OF PROXIMAL TUBULAR SODIUM REABSORPTION DURING WATER DIURESIS IN PATIENTS
WITH HEART DISEASE
D. G. Gibson, J. C. Marshall, and Eunice Lockey 399
ABNORMAL DISTRIBUTION OF PULMONARY BLOOD FLOW IN AORTIC VALVE DISEASE. RELATION
BETWEEN PULMONARY FUNCTION AND CHEST RADIOGRAPH
Lucy S. Goodenday, G. Simon, Hazel Craig, and Lola Dalby 406
CASE REPORTS
409,412,4i6
CORRESPONDENCE
420
Number 4
EDITORIAL: EXPLORING SURGICAL TREATMENT FOR MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
B. B. Milstein
LONG-TERM PROGNOSIS AFTER MITRAL ANNULOPLASTY FOR ACQUIRED MITRAL INSUFFICIENCY.
CLINICAL EVALUATION
P. Penther, J. P. Bourdarias, and J. Lenegre
PREMATURE VALVE CLOSURE IN PATIENTS WITH A MITRAL STARR-EDWARDS PROSTHESIS AND AORTIC
INCOMPETENCE
T. M. Agnew and R. Carlisle
THE RSR' PATTERN IN LEFT SURFACE LEADS IN VENTRICULAR ANEURYSM
Nabil El-Sherif
ARCUS SENILIS; ITS RELATION TO CERTAIN ATTRIBUTES AND RISK FACTORS IN PATIENTS WITH
CORONARY HEART DISEASE
N. Hickey, B. Maurer, and R. Mulcahy
USE OF PROPRANOLOL IN ATRIAL FLUTTER
D. A. L. Watt, W. R. Livingstone, R. K. S. MacKay, and E. N. Obineche
SINUS BRADYCARDIA TREATED BY LONG-TERM ATRIAL PACING
M. Clarke, D. W. Evans, and B. B. Milstein
LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP OF DIRECT CURRENT CARDIOVERSION AFTER CARDIAC SURGERY WITH
SPECIAL REFERENCE TO QUINIDINE
J. F. Gunning, A. Kristinsson, G. Miller, and K. Saunders
THE SURDO-CARDIAC SYNDROME AND THERAPEUTIC OBSERVATIONS
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P. M. Olley and R. S. Fowler 467
ARRHYTHMIAS
CHILDREN WITH PULMONARY STENOSIS
P. B. Deverall, N. K. Roberts, and J. Stark
CORRELATION BETWEEN RADIOLOGICAL CHEST FINDINGS AND SYSTEMATIC HAEMODYNAMICS IN
HUMAN ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION
R. Sannerstedt, S. Paulin, and E. Varnauskas
CONGENITAL ABSENCE OF THE PULMONARY VALVE
Fergus J. Macartney and Graham A. H. Miller
CARDIOMYOPATHY IN THE SOUTHWEST AMERICAN INDIAN
M. Brandfonbrener, W. S. Lovekin, and J. K. Leach
OCCURRENCE OF A LEFT VENTRICULAR THIRD HEART SOUND IN INCOMPETENT MITRAL HETEROGRAFTS
Mamdouh El Gamal and Donald R. Smith
FOUR CASES OF RIGHT-SIDED BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK AND ONE CASE OF ARTIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK
IN THm GENERATIONS OF A FAMILY
Erik E. Simonsen and Edi G. Madsen
HEREDITARY PROLONGATION OF QT INTERVAL. STUDY OF Two FAMILIES
G. E. Gale, C. K. Bosman, R. B. K. Tucker, and J. B. Barlow
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VALUE OF SERIAL P WAVE CHANGES IN INDICATING LEFT HEART FAILURE IN MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Juhani Heikkila and Kimmo Luomanmaki 5IO
ACUTE MASSIVE PULMONARY EMBOLISM. CLINICAL AND HAEMODYNAMIC FINDINGS IN 23 PATIENTS
STUDIED BY CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION AND PULMONARY ARTERIOGRAPHY
G. A. H. Miller and G. C. Sutton 5I8
'PRIMARY' PULMONARY HYPERTENSION, EOSINOPHILIA, AND FILARIASIS IN CEYLON
Ivor Obeyesekere and Neil de Soysa 524
NATURAL HISTORY OF VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT WITH RIGHT-SIDED AORTIC ARCH
P. J. Varghese, J. R. Allen, G. C. Rosenquist, and R. D. Rowe 537
Q-I/IIA-OS FORMULA FOR PREDICTING LEFT ATRIAL PRESSURE IN MITRAL STENOSIS
0. Yigitbai, I. Nalbantgil, A. Birand, and A. Terek 547
PROCEEDINGS OF THE BRITISH CARDIAC SOCIETY
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OBITUARY: EVAN JONES
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CASE REPORTS
56I, 564, 568, 571 , 575
Number 5
EDITORIAL: THE CHANGING FACE OF ACUTE RHEUMATIC FEVER
Edwin Besterman 579
THE NATURE OF THE CORONARY PROBLEM. THE STRICKLAND GOODALL MEMORIAL LECTURE 22
OCTOBER I969
A. Morgan Jones 583
EFFECT OF RESPIRATION ON VENOUS RETURN AND STROKE VOLUME IN CARDIAC TAMPONADE
I. T. Gabe, D. T. Mason. J. H. Gault, J. Ross, Jr., R. Zelis, C. J. Mills, E. Braunwald,
and J. P. Shillingford 592
APPEARANCE OF ATRIAL SoUND AFTER REVERSION OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
Robert A. O'Rourke 597
SERUM ENZYME ACTIVITIES AFTER CARDIOVERSION
T. Mandecki, L. Giec, and W. Kargul 6oo
PATTERNS OF ENDOCRINE REACTIVITY IN PATIENTS WITH RECENT MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION.
CLINICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL CORRELATIONS: TRIAL OF ENDOCRINE THERAPY
L. Ceremuzynski, J. Kuch, L. Markiewicz, J. Lawecki, and J. Taton 603
CONTINUOUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC RECORDING IN PRINZMETAL'S VARIANT ANGINA PECTORIS.
A REPORT OF FOUR CASES
M. Guazzi, C. Fiorentino, A. Polese, and F. Magrini 6II
IDIOVENTRICULAR RHYTHM COMPLICATING ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
R. M. Norris, C. J. Mercer, and S. E. Yeates 6I7
PRECURVED CATHETERS FOR TRANSBRACHIAL CORONARY ARTERIOGRAPHY
George G. Rowe 622
ELECTRICAL INTERFERENCE IN NON-COMPETITIVE PACEMAKERS
E. Sowton, K. Gray, and T. Preston 626
NATURAL HISTORY OF COARCTION OF THE AORTA
Maurice Campbell 633
MANAGEMENT OF PULMONARY ATRESIA
Jane Somerville 64I
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN PATIENTS WITH IDIOPATHIC HYPERTROPHIC SUBAORTIC STENOSIS
D. L. Glancy, K. P. O'Brien, H. K. Gold, and S. E. Epstein 652
REPEAT VARIATION OF ELECTROCARDIOGRAM, BLOOD PRESSURE, AND BLOOD CHOLESTEROL WITHIN
ONE HOUR AND SIX MONTHS
Ernst Simonson and Ancel Keys 66o
EXTENT OF POSSIBLE REHABILITATION OF SERVICE PERSONNEL WITH ISCHAEMIC HEART DISEASE
I. Singh, P. K. Khanna, M. C. Srivastava, and R. S. Hoon 665
THE PATHOGENESIS OF ENDOMYOCARDIAL FIBROSIS: THE QUESTION OF 5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE
G. 0. Ojo 67I
VALUE OF REFERENCE TRACINGS IN DIAGNOSIS AND ASSESSMENT OF CONSTRICTIVE EPI- AND PERICARDITIS
H. Kesteloot and B. Denef 675
CORRELATION OF DEGREE OF LEFT VENTRICULAR VOLUME OVERLOAD WITH CLINICAL COURSE IN
AORTIC AND MITRAL REGURGITATION
M. J. Tyrrell, R. C. Ellison, P. G. Hugenholtz, and A. S. Nadas 683
LATE SYSTOLIC CLICK IN NON-OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY
E. N. Mercer, R. L. Frye, and E. R. Giuliani 69I
PHASIC AORTIC FLOW VELOCITY IN PATIENTS WITH PULSUS ALTERNANS
A. Benchimol, E. C. Barreto, and S. Teng Wei Tio 696
Number 5-(continued)
PRECLINIcAL DIABETES MELLITUS IN PRECOCIOUS MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
OBITUARY: D. HowARD DAVIES
CASE REPORTS
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Number 6
EDITORIAL: VALVE REPLACEMENT
L. G. Davies
QUANTITATIVE STUDY OF INFARCTED MYOCARDIUM IN CARDIOGENIC SHOCK
C. Harnarayan, M. A. Bennett, B. L. Pentecost, and D. B. Brewer
A CORONARY CARE UNIT IN A GENERAL MEDICAL WARD
J. D. Eddy and J. Mackinnon
CHANGES IN SMOKING HABITS IN MEN UNDER 65 YEARS AFTER MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION AND
CORONARY INSUFFICIENCY
D. R. Hay and Sarah Turbott
MAINTENANCE OF SINUS RHYTHM AFTER ATRIAL DEFIBRILLATION
P. Szekely, D. A. Sideris, and G. A. Batson
ABNORMAL LEFT HEART FUNCTION AFTER OPERATION FOR ATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECT
H. Davies, G. C. Oliver, W. J. Rappoport, and N. Gazetopoulos
DETERMINATION OF REGIONAL AND CENTRAL CIRCULATION TIMEs BY THE ASCORBATE DILUTION
METHOD
P. Bopp, P. C. Fournet, P. R. Moret, and P. M. Duchosal
FAMILIAL PULMONARY HYPERTENSION. EVIDENCE OF AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE
Peter Thompson and Colin McRae
CHANGES OF MYOCARDIAL ENZYME ACTIVITIES IN ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
G. Csap6
HEART RATE AND HAEMODYNAMICS AFTER AUTONOMIC BLOCKADE IN INFANTS AND CHILDREN
G. R. Cuming and G. H. Mir
LIFE UNITS. A DISCUSSION IN THE DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY, ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL, AUSTRALIA
0. B. Tofler
PULMONARY ARTERY AND LEFT HEART END-DIASTOLIC PRESSURE RELATIONS
Walter H. Herbert
REGRESSION OF VALVULAR PULMONARY STENOSIS
R. D. Lueker, J. H. K. Vogel, and S. G. Blount
CHEST WALL STIMULATION IN EVALUATION OF PATIENTS WITH IMPLANTED VENTRICULAR-INHBITED
DEMAND PACEMAKERS
A. S. Barold, G. A. Pupillo, J. J. Gaidula, and J. W. Linhart
EFFECTS OF NITROGLYCERIN ON LEFT VENTRICULAR VOLUMES AND WALL TENSION IN PATIENTS
WITH ISCHAEmIC HEART DISEASE
S. J. K. Lee, Y. K. Sung, and A. J. Zaragoza
CARDIAC LESIONS IN FATAL CASES OF RECENT MYOCARDIAL ISCHAEMIA FROM A CORONARY CAR
UNIT
D. C. Bouch and G. L. Montgomery
LONG-TERM PROPRANOLOL THERAPY IN MUSCULAR SUBAORTIC STENOSIS
A. G. Adelman, P. M. Shah, R. Gramiak, and E. D. Wigle
LATE RESULTS OF AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT WITH THE STARR-EDWARDS PROSTHESIS
C. M. Morgans, D. W. Barritt, R. H. Belsey, G. Keen, and R. Wensley
NATURAL HISTORY OF ATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECT
Maurice Campbell
VALUE OF DIAZEPAM ('VALIUM') IN TREATMENT OF CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS
F. H. N. Spracklen, R. J. Chambers, and V. Schrire
WARNING SYMPTOMS BEFORE MAJOR MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Mary Stowers and David Short
CHANGES IN SYSTOLIC TIME INTERVALS IN ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Roland Samson
RIGHT BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK AND LEFT AXIS DEVIATION IN ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
J. C. Roos and A. J. Dunning
CASE REPORTS
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