Brief reports

• Area Strain: Normal Values for a New Parameter in Healthy People

  Leopoldo Pérez de Isla, Mariángel Millán, Vera Lennie, Maribel Quezada, Juan Guinea, Carlos Macaya, José Zamorano

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2011;64:1194-7

• Ablation of Premature Ventricular Contractions Originating in the Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Using Non-Contact Mapping

  Ernesto Díaz Infante, Rocío Cózar León, Isabel Borrego, Josefa Maldonado, Pilar Nieto, José María Cruz Fernández

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2011;64:1198-201

• Atrioventricular Conduction Disturbances After CoreValve ® Aortic Prosthesis Implantation. Predictive Role of Transesophageal Echocardiography

  Carlos Almería Valera, Alberto de Agustín Loeches, Rosa Ana Hernández-Antolín, Eulogio García Fernández, Leopoldo Pérez de Isla, Cristina Fernández Pérez, Carlos Macaya Miguel, Jose Luis Zamorano Gómez

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2011;64:1202-6

• Toll-Like Receptor 2 R753Q Polymorphisms Are Associated With an Increased Risk of Infective Endocarditis

  Juan Bustamante, Eduardo Tamayo, Santiago Flórez, Juan J. Telleria, Elena Bustamante, Javier López, J. Alberto San Román, F. Javier Álvarez

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2011;64:1056-9

• Comparison of the Management of Non-ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction During Emergency Care According to Sex of the Patient

  Alba Riesgo, Òscar Miró, Esteban López-de-Sá, Miquel Sánchez

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2011;64:1060-4

• Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation in Patients With a Mechanical Mitral Valve

  Eulogio García, Agustín Albarrán, Jerónimo Heredia-Mantrana, Fernando Guerrero-Pinedo, Julio Rodríguez, Rosana Hernández-Antolín, Juan Tascón, Carlos Macaya

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2011;64:1052-5

• Usefulness of the Tornus ® Catheter in Nondilatable Coronary Chronic Total Occlusion

  Victoria Martín-Yuste, Luis Álvarez-Contreras, Clarissa Cola, Salvatore Brugaletta, Juan García Picart, Vicens Martí, Monica Masotti, Manel Sabaté

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2011;64:935-8

• Diagnostic Accuracy of NT-proBNP Compared With Electrocardiography in Detecting Left Ventricular Hypertrophy of Hypertensive Origin

  Helder Andrade, Pedro Morillas, Jesús Castillo, Julián Roldán, Irene Mateo, Pilar Agudo, Juan Quiles, Vicente Bertomeu-Martínez

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2011;64:939-41

• Phrenic Nerve Identification With Cardiac Multidetector Computed Tomography

  José Nieto-Tolosa, Daniel Rodríguez-Sánchez, José A. Hurtado-Martínez, Eduardo Pinar-Bermúdez, Pablo Peñafiel-Verdú, Juan J. Sánchez-Muñoz, Mariano Valdés-Chávarri, Arcadio García-Alberola

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2011;64:942-4

• Initial Experience With Excimer Laser-Assisted Pacemaker and Defibrillator Lead Extraction

  Víctor X. Mosquera, Luisa Pérez-Álvarez, Enrique Ricoy-Martínez, Ignacio Mosquera-Pérez, Alfonso Castro-Beiras, José J. Cuenca-Castillo

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2011;64:824-7

• Clinical Implications of Intracoronary Findings Beyond Coronary Angiograms in Patients With Sudden Death and High Probability of Coronary Artery Disease

  Ángel Sánchez-Recalde, José L. Merino, Raúl Moreno, Santiago Jiménez-Valero, Guillermo Galeote, Luis Calvo, Esteban López de Sá, José L. López-Sendón

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2011;64:819-23

• Caseous Calcification of the Mitral Annulus, a Rare Echocardiographic Finding

  Nora García-Ibarrondo, Roberto M. Lang

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2011;64:828-31

• Inverted Crush Technique for Uncrossable Side Branch Occlusion During Provisional Side Branch Stenting: a New Role for the Jailed Wire

  Manuel Pan, Miguel Romero, Soledad Ojeda, Jose Segura, Francisco Mazuelos, Javier Suárez de Lezo, Alfonso Medina, Jose Suárez de Lezo

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2011;64:718-22

• High-Flow Therapy via Nasal Cannula in Acute Heart Failure

  José Manuel Carratalá Perales, Pere Llorens, Benjamín Brouzet, Alejandro Ricardo Albert Jiménez, José María Fernández-Cañadas, José Carbajosa Dalmau, Elena Martínez Beloqui, Sergio Ramos Forner

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2011;64:723-5

• Evolution of Vegetation Size in Left-Sided Endocarditis. Is It a Prognostic Factor During Hospitalization?

  Carmen Manzano, Isidre Vilacosta, Cristina Fernández, José Alberto San Román, Cristina Sarriá, Eduardo Pozo, Javier López, Jacobo Silva

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2011;64:714-7

• Cardiac Malformations in Patients With Pentalogy of Cantrell and Ectopia Cordis

  Jesús de Rubens Figueroa, Erika Flor Sosa Cruz, Luisa Díaz García, Daniel Carrasco Daza

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2011;64:615-8

• Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Diabetics and Hypertensive Patients

  Manuel A. Gómez-Marcos, José I. Recio-Rodríguez, Emiliano Rodríguez-Sánchez, María C. Patino-Alonso, Rosa Magallón-Botaya, Vicente Martínez-Vizcaino, Leticia Gómez Sánchez, Luis García-Ortiz

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2011;64:622-5

• Peripheral Arterial Disease: Efficacy of the Oscillometric Method

  Jorge Vega, Sebastián Romaní, Francisco J. Garcipérez, Lucia Vicente, Nazaret Pacheco, José Zamorano, José J. Gómez-Barrado, Juan F. Sánchez Muñoz-Torrero

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2011;64:619-21

• Left Dominant Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy Caused by a Novel Nonsense Mutation in Desmoplakin

  Josep Navarro-Manchón, Elena Fernández, Begoña Igual, Angeliki Asimaki, Petros Syrris, Joaquín Osca, Antonio Salvador, Esther Zorio

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2011;64:530-4

• Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Lifestyle Associated With Premature Myocardial Infarction Diagnosis

  Eva Andrés, Montserrat León, Alberto Cordero, Rosa Magallón Botaya, Purificación Magán, Emilio Luengo, Eduardo Alegría, José A. Casasnovas

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2011;64:527-9