Original articles

• Use of Oral Anticoagulants in Patients Discharged With Atrial Fibrillation in 2000

  Pedro Blanch, Roman Freixa, Montserrat Ibernón, Javier Delso, Elena Salas, José L Sobrepera, Jaume Padró, Laura Dos, Pedro Codinach

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2003;56:1057-63

• Post-Anoxic Encephalopathy After an Episode of Aborted Sudden Cardiac Death

  Miquel Gómez, Jordi Serra, Antoni Curós, Eduard Claver, Oriol Rodríguez-Leor, Eva Bernal, Vicente Valle

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2003;56:1064-8

• Acute Pulmonary Hypertension: Protective Role of Vascular Smooth Muscle Activation

  Juan C Grignola, Daniel Bia, Fernando Ginés, Ricardo L Armentano

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2003;56:1077-84

• NT-proBNP and Atrioventricular Plane Displacement. Relationship and Diagnostic Implications

  Miguel Rivera, Raquel Cortés, Vicente Mora, Vicente Miró, Juan Cosín, Alejandro Jordán, Fernando García de Burgos, Antonio Salvador, Francisco Sogorb, Francisco Marín, Vicente Climent, Vicente Bertomeu, Araceli Frutos, Raquel Taléns, Rafael Payá, José L Pérez Boscá, José L Diago

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2003;56:1043-9

• Clinical Characteristics and Medium-Term Prognosis of Patients With Heart Failure and Preserved Systolic Function. Do They Differ in Systolic Dysfunction?

  Soledad Ojeda, Manuel Anguita, Juan F Muñoz, Marcos T Rodríguez, Dolores Mesa, Manuel Franco, Isabel Ureña, Federico Vallés

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2003;56:1050-6

• Hand-Held Echocardiographic Devices: What Do They Add to the Initial Cardiovascular Evaluation?

  Arturo Martín-Peñato, José L Zamorano, Carlos Almería, José L Rodrigo, Cecilia Corros, María Luaces, Antonio Conde, Isidro Vilacosta, Carlos Macaya

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2003;56:1069-76

• Lesions Produced by Radiofrequency Ablation of the Cavotricuspid Isthmus in an Experimental Model

  Pedro Cabeza, Antonio Hernández Madrid, Alberto Palmeiro, José M Rebollo, Gonzalo Peña, Carlos Escobar, Manuel G Bueno, Carlos Correa, Ana Chércoles, Irene Marín, Enrique Bernal, Jian Peng, Sebastián Nannini, Lilian Limón, María Viana, Concepción Moro

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2003;56:963-70

• A Prospective Protocol Increases Oral Anticoagulant Prescription in Patients With Chronic, Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation

  Martín Ruiz Ortiz, Elías Romo Peñas, Manuel Franco Zapata, Dolores Mesa Rubio, Manuel Anguita Sánchez, Amador López Granados, José M Arizón del Prado, Federico Vallés Belsué

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2003;56:971-7

• Neovascularization in Human Coronary Arteries With Lesions of Different Severity

  Josep O Juan-Babot, José Martínez-González, María Berrozpe, Lina Badimon

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2003;56:978-86

• Predictors of Myocardial Contractile Reserve in Patients With Nonischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy. An Echo-Stress Dobutamine Study

  Matías Pérez-Paredes, Andrés Carnero, Diego M Giménez, José A Ruiz Ros, Manuel Gonzálvez, Andrés Carrillo, María J Cascales, Francisco Martínez-Corbalán, María JG Villalba, Tomás Cubero

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2003;56:995-1000

• Prognostic Role of Systemic Hypertension and Diabetes Mellitus in Patients With Unstable Angina Undergoing Coronary Stenting

  José R López-Mínguez, María E Fuentes, Manuel Doblado, Antonio Merchán, Antonio Martínez, Reyes González, Rafael Alonso, Francisco Alonso

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2003;56:987-94

• Emergency Room Risk Stratification of Patients With Chest Pain Without ST Segment Elevation

  Juan Sanchis, Vicent Bodí, Ángel Llácer, Lorenzo Facila, Mauricio Pellicer, Vicente Bertomeu, Julio Núñez, Vicent Ruiz, Francisco J Chorro

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2003;56:955-62

• Flu Vaccination in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes: Treatment Benefit in Prespecified Subgroups

  Ricardo León de la Fuente, Enrique P Gurfinkel, Diego Toledo, Branco Mautner

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2003;56:949-54

• Use of Bisoprolol in Heart Failure. The BISOCOR Observational Study

  José R González-Juanatey, Eduardo Alegría Ezquerra, Vicente García Saavedra, Germán Pérez Ojeda, José A Ruiz Ros, J Salvador Espinosa Caliani, Manuel Anguita Sánchez

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2003;56:873-9

• Use of Anticoagulation at the Time of Discharge in Patients With Heart Failure and Atrial Fibrillation

  Ignacio Mosquera Pérez, Javier Muñiz García, Evaristo Freire Castroseiros, Alberto García Castelo, Alfonso Castro-Beiras

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2003;56:880-7

• Percutaneous Closure of Large Atrial Septal Defects

  Marcos Rodríguez, José Suárez de Lezo, Manuel Pan, Miguel Romero, José Segura, Djordje Pavlovic, Juan Muñoz, Manuel Franco, José R Ortega, Alfonso Medina

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2003;56:888-93

• Prognostic Markers of Non-ST Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes

  Vicent Bodí, Juan Sanchis, Àngel Llácer, Lorenzo Fácila, Julio Núñez, Mauricio Pellicer, Vicente Bertomeu, Vicente Ruiz, Francisco J Chorro

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2003;56:857-64

• Trends in Mortality From Ischemic Heart Disease in 50 Spanish Provinces

  Raquel Boix Martínez, Nuria Aragonés Sanz, M José Medrano Albero

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2003;56:850-6

• Functional Assessment of Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy by Maximal Oxygen Consumption

  Gonzalo de la Morena Valenzuela, Rafael Florenciano Sánchez, Francisco J García Almagro, Eva González Caballero, Domingo Pascual Figal, Federico Soria Arcos, Manuel Villegas García, Juan A Ruipérez Abizanda, Mariano Valdés Chávarri

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2003;56:865-72

• Heart Malformations in Children With Down Syndrome

  Jesús de Rubens Figueroa, Blanca del Pozzo Magaña, José L Pablos Hach, Claudia Calderón Jiménez, Rocío Castrejón Urbina

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2003;56:894-9