Original articles

• Prognostic Implication of Frailty and Depressive Symptoms in an Outpatient Population With Heart Failure

  Josep Lupón, Beatriz González, Sebastián Santaeugenia, Salvador Altimir, Agustín Urrutia, Dolores Más, Crisanto Díez, Teresa Pascual, Lucía Cano, Vicente Valle

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2008;61:835-42

• Predicting In-Hospital Mortality With Coronary Bypass Surgery Using Hospital Discharge Data: Comparison With a Prospective Observational Study

  Aida Ribera, Josep R Marsal, Ignacio Ferreira-González, Purificació Cascant, Joan MV Pons, Francesca Mitjavila, Teresa Salas, Gaietà Permanyer-Miralda

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2008;61:843-52

• Assessment of Left Ventricular Dyssynchrony by Real-Time Three-Dimensional Echocardiography

  Victoria Delgado, Marta Sitges, Bàrbara Vidal, Etelvino Silva, Manuel Azqueta, José M Tolosana, Lluís Mont, Carles Paré, Josep Brugada

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2008;61:825-34

• MASCARA (Manejo del Síndrome Coronario Agudo. Registro Actualizado) Study. General Findings

  Ignacio Ferreira-González, Gaietà Permanyer-Miralda, Jaume Marrugat, Magda Heras, José Cuñat, Emilia Civeira, Fernando Arós, Juan J Rodríguez, Pedro L. Sánchez, Héctor Bueno

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2008;61:803-16

• Endothelial-Dependent Vasoconstriction in the Infarct-Related Artery Early After Myocardial Infarction Is Smaller Following Primary Angioplasty than Thrombolytic Therapy

  José González-Costello, Emili Iràculis, Joan A Gómez-Hospital, Jaume Maristany, Francesc Jara, Enric Espulgas, Ángel Cequier

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2008;61:817-24

• Prevalence of and Predisposing Factors for Bundle Branch Block in Patients Starting Dialysis

  Eduardo Vázquez Ruiz de Castroviejo, Carmen Sánchez Perales, Juana López López, María J García Cortés, Víctor Aragón Extremera, Manuel Guzmán Herrera,  Antonio Fajardo Pineda, Cristóbal Lozano Cabezas

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2008;61:719-25

• Troponin-T Monitoring in Outpatients With Nonischemic Heart Failure

  Domingo A Pascual-Figal, Sergio Manzano-Fernández, Francisco Pastor, Iris P Garrido, Teresa Casas, Jesús Sánchez Mas, Pilar Ansaldo, Pedro Martínez, Mariano Valdés

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2008;61:678-86

• Secondhand Smoke Exposure in Spanish Adult Non-Smokers Following the Introduction of an Anti-Smoking Law

  Oksana Lushchenkova, Esteve Fernández, María J López, Marcela Fu, José M Martínez-Sánchez, Manel Nebot, Giuseppe Gorini, Anna Schiaffino, Jorge Twose, Josep M Borràs

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2008;61:687-94

• A Reduction in the Magnitude and Velocity of Left Ventricular Torsion May be Associated With Increased Left Ventricular Efficiency: Evaluation by Speckle-Tracking Echocardiography

  Yanina Zócalo, Eduardo Guevara, Daniel Bia, Eduardo Giacche, Franco Pessana, Roberto Peidro, Ricardo L Armentano

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2008;61:705-13

• Long-Term Results With the Off-Label Use of Paclitaxel-Eluting Stents

  Xacobe Flores Ríos, Raquel Marzoa Rivas, Juan P Abugattás de Torres, Pablo Piñón Esteban, Guillermo Aldama López, Jorge Salgado Fernández, Ramón Calviño Santos, José M Vázquez Rodríguez, Nicolás Vázquez González, Alfonso Castro Beiras

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2008;61:695-704

• Correction of the Perpendicular Positioning of the Amplatzer Device During Closure of an Ostium Secundum Atrial Septal Defect

  Ramón A Flores, Antonio Salgado, Sandra P Antúnez, Humberto García, José L Aceves

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2008;61:714-8

• Heart Failure in Outpatients: Comorbidities and Management by Different Specialists. The EPISERVE Study

  José R González-Juanatey, Eduardo Alegría Ezquerra, Vicente Bertoméu Martínez, Pedro Conthe Gutiérrez, Ana de Santiago Nocito, Ilonka Zsolt Fradera

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2008;61:611-9

• Cardiac Surgery in the Elderly: Comparison of Medium-Term Clinical Outcomes in Octogenarians and the Elderly From 75 to 79 Years

  F Javier López-Rodríguez, José M González-Santos, M José Dalmau, María Bueno

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2008;61:579-88

• Validation of the EuroSCORE Probabilistic Model in Patients Undergoing Coronary Bypass Grafting

  Sarah Lafuente, Antoni Trilla, Laia Bruni, Raquel González, María J Bertrán, José Luis Pomar, Miguel A Asenjo

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2008;61:589-94

• Effect of Persistent Microvascular Obstruction on Post-Infarction Ventricular Remodeling Following Intracoronary Bone-Marrow Cell Transplantation: a Contrast-Enhanced Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Study

  Adolfo Villa, Paula Tejedor-Viñuela, Pedro L Sánchez, Cristina Tapia, Roman Arnold, Itziar Gómez-Salvador, Luis J García-Frade, Ana Sánchez, Francisco Fernández-Avilés, José A San Román

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2008;61:602-10

• Corrected QT Interval Prolongation: a New Predictor of Cardiovascular Risk in Patients With Non-ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome

  Francisco L Gadaleta, Susana C Llois, Víctor A Sinisi, Juan Quiles, Pablo Avanzas, Juan C Kaski

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2008;61:572-8

• Echocardiographic Doppler Evaluation of Ventricular Function in Children With an Atrial Septal Defect

  Ana M Schroh, Lidia B Laghezza, Pablo J Domínguez, Virginia Brandán, Daniel E Nento

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2008;61:595-601

• Initiation Modes of Spontaneous Monomorphic Ventricular Tachycardia in Patients With Chagas Heart Disease

  Mauricio Abello, Jorge González-Zuelgaray, Carlos López, Carlos Labadet

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2008;61:487-93

• The Calcium Sensitizer Levosimendan Gives Superior Results to Dobutamine in Postoperative Low Cardiac Output Syndrome

  Ricardo L Levin, Marcela A Degrange, Rafael Porcile, Flavio Salvagio, Norberto Blanco, Alejandro L Botbol, Eduardo Tanus, Carlos D del Mazo

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2008;61:471-9

• Cardiovascular Surgery in Patients With HIV: Epidemiology, Current Indications, and Long-Term Outcome

  Javier G Castillo, David H Adams, Parwis B Rahmanian, Farzan Filsoufi

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2008;61:480-6