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September 2008 Volume 5 No 11
Fulminant myocarditis
693doi:10.1038/ncpcardio1331 | Full Text | PDF | CME Questions (Medscape, LLC)
October 2008 Volume 5 No 10
The use of high-sensitivity assays for C-reactive protein in clinical practice
621doi:10.1038/ncpcardio1322 | Full Text | PDF | CME Questions (Medscape, LLC)
September 2008 Volume 5 No 9
Mechanisms of Disease: the evolving role of regulatory T cells in atherosclerosis
531doi:10.1038/ncpcardio1279 | Full Text | PDF | CME Questions (Medscape, LLC)
August 2008 Volume 5 No 8
Evaluation and management of the adult patient with transposition of the great arteries following atrial-level (Senning or Mustard) repair
454doi:10.1038/ncpcardio1252 | Full Text | PDF | CME Questions (Medscape, LLC)
July 2008 Volume 5 No 7
Molecular MRI of hematopoietic stem-progenitor cells: in vivo monitoring of gene therapy and atherosclerosis
396doi:10.1038/ncpcardio1217 | Full Text | PDF | CME Questions (Medscape, LLC)
June 2008 Volume 5 No 6
Spotlight on HDL-raising therapies: insights from the torcetrapib trials
329doi:10.1038/ncpcardio1191 | Full Text | PDF | CME Questions (Medscape, LLC)
May 2008 Volume 5 No 5
Mechanisms of Disease: molecular genetics of arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy
258doi:10.1038/ncpcardio1182 | Full Text | PDF | CME Questions (Medscape, LLC)
Catheter ablation of premature ventricular contraction-induced cardiomyopathy
289doi:10.1038/ncpcardio1180 | Full Text | PDF | CME Questions (Vanderbilt)
April 2008 Volume 5 No 4
Technology Insight: in vivo coronary plaque classification by intravascular ultrasonography radiofrequency analysis
219doi:10.1038/ncpcardio1123 | Full Text | PDF | CME Questions (Medscape, LLC)
Cardiac sarcoidosis concealed by arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy
231doi:10.1038/ncpcardio1146 | Full Text | PDF | CME Questions (Vanderbilt)
March 2008 Volume 5 No 3
Technology Insight: magnetic navigation in coronary interventions
148doi:10.1038/ncpcardio1095 | Full Text | PDF | CME Questions (Medscape, LLC)
Tubercular myocarditis presenting with ventricular tachycardia
169doi:10.1038/ncpcardio1111 | Full Text | PDF | CME Questions (Vanderbilt)
February 2008 Volume 5 No 2
Rapid regression of atherosclerosis: insights from the clinical and experimental literature
91doi:10.1038/ncpcardio1086 | Full Text | PDF | CME Questions (Medscape, LLC)
A case of vagally mediated idiopathic ventricular fibrillation
111doi:10.1038/ncpcardio1082 | Full Text | PDF | CME Questions (Vanderbilt)
January 2008 Volume 5 No 1
Stress (Takotsubo) cardiomyopathy—a novel pathophysiological hypothesis to explain catecholamine-induced acute myocardial stunning
22doi:10.1038/ncpcardio1066 | Full Text | PDF | CME Questions (Medscape, LLC)
Pheochromocytoma: cyclic attacks of hypertension alternating with hypotension
53doi:10.1038/ncpcardio1054 | Full Text | PDF | CME Questions (Vanderbilt)
December 2007 Volume 4 No 12
Technology Insight: magnetic resonance angiography for the evaluation of patients with peripheral artery disease
677doi:10.1038/ncpcardio1035 | Full Text | PDF | CME Questions (Medscape, LLC)
Acute myocardial infarction caused by spontaneous postpartum coronary artery dissection
688doi:10.1038/ncpcardio1055 | Full Text | PDF | CME Questions (Vanderbilt)
November 2007 Volume 4 No 11
Surgery Insight: carotid endarterectomy—which patients to treat and when?
621doi:10.1038/ncpcardio1008 | Full Text | PDF | CME Questions (Medscape, LLC)
Cardiac Fabry's disease: an unusual cause of left ventricular hypertrophy
630doi:10.1038/ncpcardio1012 | Full Text | PDF | CME Questions (Vanderbilt)
October 2007 Volume 4 No 10
Mechanisms of Disease: the genetic basis of coronary heart disease
558doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0982 | Full Text | PDF | CME Questions (Medscape, LLC)
Alcohol septal ablation versus surgical myectomy:a patient with obstructive HCM
570doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0988 | Full Text | PDF | CME Questions (Vanderbilt)
September 2007 Volume 4 No 9
Surgery Insight: septal myectomy for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy—the Mayo Clinic experience
503doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0965 | Full Text | PDF | CME Questions (Medscape, LLC)
The total absence of atrial automaticity in a child with sinus node dysfunction
513doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0966 | Full Text | PDF | CME Questions (Vanderbilt)
August 2007 Volume 4 No 8
Mechanisms of Disease: Toll-like receptors in cardiovascular disease
444doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0938 | Full Text | PDF | CME Questions (Medscape, LLC)
Percutaneous closure of a patent foramen ovale in left-sided carcinoid heart disease
455doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0944 | Full Text | PDF | CME Questions (Vanderbilt)
July 2007 Volume 4 No 7
Drug Insight: aldosterone-receptor antagonists in heart failure—the journey continues
368doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0914 | Full Text | PDF | CME Questions (Medscape, LLC)
On the paradox of exercise: coronary atherosclerosis in an apparently healthy marathon runner
319doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0926 | Full Text | PDF | CME Questions (Vanderbilt)
June 2007 Volume 4 No 6
Native triple-valve endocarditis caused by penicillin-resistant Streptococcus sanguis
340doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0906 | Full Text | PDF | CME Questions (Medscape, LLC)
Pulmonary arterial hypertension: current therapeutic strategies
319doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0890 | Full Text | PDF | CME Questions (Vanderbilt)
May 2007 Volume 4 No 5
The erectile–endothelial dysfunction nexus: new opportunities for cardiovascular risk prevention
263doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0861 | Full Text | PDF | CME Questions (Medscape, LLC)
Ventricular ectopy during REM sleep: implications for nocturnal sudden cardiac death
284doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0877 | Full Text | PDF | CME Questions (Vanderbilt)
April 2007 Volume 4 No 4
Mechanisms of Disease: genetic causes of familial hypercholesterolemia
214doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0836 | Full Text | PDF | CME Questions (Medscape, LLC)
Superior vena cava syndrome: an increasingly frequent complication of cardiac procedures
226doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0850 | Full Text | PDF | CME Questions (Vanderbilt)
March 2007 Volume 4 No 3
Severe aortic and arterial aneurysms associated with a TGFBR2 mutation
167doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0797 | Full Text | PDF | CME Questions (Medscape, LLC)
Ischemic stroke complicating pediatric cardiovascular disease
163doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0825 | Full Text | PDF | CME Questions (Vanderbilt)
February 2007 Volume 4 No 2
KATP channel mutation confers risk for vein of Marshall adrenergic atrial fibrillation
110doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0792 | Full Text | PDF | CME Questions (Vanderbilt)
January 2007 Volume 4 No 1
Reduction of mitral valve regurgitation caused by acute papillary muscle ischemia
51doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0742 | Full Text | PDF | CME Questions (Vanderbilt)
December 2006 Volume 3 No 12
A case of symptomatic coronary artery fistula
689doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0709 | Full Text | PDF | CME Questions (Vanderbilt)
November 2006 Volume 3 No 11
Successful removal of a paradoxical coronary embolus using an aspiration catheter
633doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0681 | Full Text | PDF | CME Questions (Vanderbilt)
October 2006 Volume 3 No 10
Recurrent syncope: an unusual presentation of Brugada syndrome
573doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0677 | Full Text | PDF | CME Questions (Vanderbilt)
September 2006 Volume 3 No 9
Management of a case of peripartum cardiomyopathy
514doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0640 | Full Text | PDF | CME Questions (Vanderbilt)
August 2006 Volume 3 No 8
Percutaneous left atrial appendage closure in a patient with atrial fibrillation
456doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0610 | Full Text | PDF | CME Questions (Vanderbilt)
July 2006 Volume 3 No 7
Aortic thrombus and pulmonary embolism in a patient with hyperhomocysteinemia
396doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0601 | Full Text | PDF | CME Questions (Vanderbilt)
June 2006 Volume 3 No 6
Lupus anticoagulant and ischemic myocardial microangiopathy in rheumatoid arthritis
339doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0576 | Full Text | PDF | CME Questions (Vanderbilt)
May 2006 Volume 3 No 5
Ventricular pseudoaneurysm associated with severe mitral regurgitation
283doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0545 | Full Text | PDF | CME Questions (Vanderbilt)
April 2006 Volume 3 No 4
Suspected clopidogrel resistance in a patient with acute stent thrombosis
226doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0517 | Full Text | PDF | CME Questions (Vanderbilt)
March 2006 Volume 3 No 3
Technology Insight: optical coherence tomography—current status and future development
154doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0482 | Full Text | PDF | CME Questions (Vanderbilt)
February 2006 Volume 3 No 2
Implantation of a cardioverter-defibrillator in a patient with cardiac amyloidosis
110doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0461 | Full Text | PDF | CME Questions (Vanderbilt)
January 2006 Volume 3 No 1
A case of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy mimicking an acute coronary syndrome
53doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0414 | Full Text | PDF | CME Questions (Vanderbilt)
December 2005 Volume 2 No 12
Ambulatory monitoring of aborted sudden cardiac death related to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
659doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0381 | Full Text | PDF | CME Questions (Vanderbilt)
November 2005 Volume 2 No 11
Technology Insight: MRI of the myocardium
597doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0352 | Full Text | PDF | CME Questions (Vanderbilt)
October 2005 Volume 2 No 10
Biventricular assist device placement and immunosuppression as therapy for necrotizing eosinophilic myocarditis
544doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0322 | Full Text | PDF | CME Questions (Vanderbilt)
September 2005 Volume 2 No 9
Vasospastic angina pectoris associated with Churg–Strauss syndrome
484doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0299 | Full Text | PDF | CME Questions (Vanderbilt)
August 2005 Volume 2 No 8
Therapy Insight: systemic lupus erythematosus as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease
423doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0270 | Full Text | PDF | CME Questions (Vanderbilt)
July 2005 Volume 2 No 7
Intracardiac leiomyomatosis: iliac vein to right-ventricular outflow tract
369doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0250 | Full Text | PDF | CME Questions (Vanderbilt)
June 2005 Volume 2 No 6
Staged endovascular treatment for complicated type B aortic dissection
316doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0224 | Full Text | PDF | CME Questions (Vanderbilt)
May 2005 Volume 2 No 5
Atherosclerosis of the ascending aorta as a major determinant of the outcome of cardiac surgery
246doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0192 | Full Text | PDF | CME Questions (Vanderbilt)
April 2005 Volume 2 No 4
Technology Insight: hand-carried ultrasound cardiac assessment—evolution, not revolution
217doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0154 | Full Text | PDF | CME Questions (Vanderbilt)
March 2005 Volume 2 No 3
A rare case of acute 'infective' myocardial infarction triggered by acute parvovirus B19 myocarditis
167doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0126 | Full Text | PDF | CME Questions (Vanderbilt)
February 2005 Volume 2 No 2
Pulmonary artery sarcoma masquerading as chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
108doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0118 | Full Text | PDF | CME Questions (Vanderbilt)
January 2005 Volume 2 No 1
C-reactive protein comes of age
29doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0074 | Full Text | PDF | CME Questions (Vanderbilt)
December 2004 Volume 1 No 2
Mechanisms of Disease: roles of nitric oxide and endothelin-1 in delayed cerebral vasospasm produced by aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage
110doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0046 | Full Text | PDF | CME Questions (Vanderbilt)
November 2004 Volume 1 No 1
Atrial fibrillation, sleep apnea and obesity
56doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0027 | Full Text | PDF | CME Questions (Vanderbilt)
