The American Heart Hospital Journal - Volume 8 No.1

Editorial

Sylvan Lee Weinberg ,

Citation: American Heart Hospital Journal 2010;8(1):7–8

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15420/ahhj.2010.8.1.7

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Original Contributions

Something Old, Something New-Computed Tomography Studies of the Cardiovascular System in Ancient Egyptian Mummies

Adel H Allam , Abdelhalium Nureldin , Gomma Adelmaksoub , Ibrahem Badr , Hany Abdel Amer , Muhamed Al-Tohamy Soliman , Gregory S Thomas , Randall C Thompson , Michael I Miyamoto , Ian G Thomas , Adam Thompson , Samuel Wann ,

Citation: American Heart Hospital Journal 2010;8(1):10–3

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15420/ahhj.2010.8.1.10

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The Impact of Provider-specific Report Cards on Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Volume

Thomas R McLean ,

Citation: American Heart Hospital Journal 2010;8(1):14–8

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15420/ahhj.2010.8.1.14

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Transradial Cardiac Catheterization and Intervention - Observations on Its Place in the Catheterization Laboratory

George T Broderick ,

Citation: American Heart Hospital Journal 2010;8(1):19–24

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15420/ahhj.2010.8.1.19

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Using Modern Communications to Manage Chronic Heart Disease

Alfred A Bove ,

Citation: American Heart Hospital Journal 2010;8(1):25–8

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15420/ahhj.2010.8.1.25

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Percutaneous Mitral Valvuloplasty - A New Method for Balloon Sizing Based on Maximal Commissural Diameter to Improve Procedural Results

Hamid Reza Sanati , Majid Kiavar , Negar Salehi , Farshad Shakerian , Ata Firoozi , Saeed Alipour Parsa , Neda Behzadnia , Hooman Bakhshandeh , Mohammad Mehdi Peighambari , Majid Maleki ,

Citation: American Heart Hospital Journal 2010;8(1):29–32

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15420/ahhj.2010.8.1.29

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Special Report

Patient Demographics, Complications, and Hospital Utilization in 250 Consecutive Device Implants in a New Community Hospital Electrophysiology Program — Implications for 'Niche' Hospitals

Jeffrey L Williams , David Lugg , Robert Gray , Douglas Hollis , Michelle Stoner , Robert Stevenson ,

Citation: American Heart Hospital Journal 2010;8(1):33–9

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15420/ahhj.2010.8.1.33

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Commentaries

Unintended Consequences of Healthcare Reform - Patients Beware

Elizabeth Klodas ,

Citation: American Heart Hospital Journal 2010;8(1):40–3

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15420/ahhj.2010.8.1.40

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Where Have All the Patients Gone? The Decrease in the Volume of Work of Cardiologists

Gregory S Thomas , Joshua M Sugino , Samuel Wann ,

Citation: American Heart Hospital Journal 2010;8(1):44–6

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15420/ahhj.2010.8.1.44

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Coronary CT Angiography Clinic

Erratum: Computed Tomography for Coronary Anatomy and Perfusion—Guiding Therapy in a Patient with an Occluded Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery

David J Nicholson , Edward L Passen , Samuel Wann ,

Citation: American Heart Hospital Journal 2010;8(1):70

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15420/ahhj.2010.8.1.70

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ECG Clinic

Left Bundle Branch Block - Significance of the Spatial QRS Axis (Vector)

David H Spodick ,

Citation: American Heart Hospital Journal 2010;8(1):50–1

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15420/ahhj.2010.8.1.50

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Case Reports

Reversible Electrocardiogram Changes and Cardiomyopathy Secondary to Baclofen Withdrawal Syndrome

Dmitriy Kireyev , Kian Keong Poh ,

Citation: American Heart Hospital Journal 2010;8(1):52-4

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15420/ahhj.2010.8.1.52

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Cardiac Tamponade as a Rare Form of Presentation of Rheumatic Carditis

Fátima Derlene Rocha Araújo , Kelly Nascimento Brandão , Fabiana Arantes Araújo , Gláucia Maria Vasconcelo , Zilda Maria Alves Meira ,

Citation: American Heart Hospital Journal 2010;8(1):55–7

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15420/ahhj.2010.8.1.55

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Case Illustrations of Long QT Syndrome

Omar Abdul Razakjr , Yeo Wee Tiong , Seow Swee Chong , Singh Devinder ,

Citation: American Heart Hospital Journal 2010;8(1):58–62

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15420/ahhj.2010.8.1.58

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Cardiac Bradyarrhythmias in a Patient with Cervical Spine Injury

Avneet Singh , Rajeev Garg , Richard Weachter ,

Citation: American Heart Hospital Journal 2010;8(1):63–5

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15420/ahhj.2010.8.1.63

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Rotational Atherectomy to Facilitate Stent Expansion After Deployment in ST-segment-elevation Myocardial Infarction

Rasoul Mokabberi , James C Blankenship ,

Citation: American Heart Hospital Journal 2010;8(1):66–9

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15420/ahhj.2010.8.1.66

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Erratum

Computed Tomography Angiography for Right Ventricular Function in an Adult with Complex Congenital Heart Disease

David J Nicholson , Edward L Passen , Samuel Wann ,

Citation: American Heart Hospital Journal 2010;8(1):47–9

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15420/ahhj.2010.8.1.47

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