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CONTENTS
VOL 24, NO 4. MAY 2013
Letter to the Editor
136 Is double-blinding possible while administering fluids in the intensive care unit?
AB Durukan • HA Gurbuz • CEM Yorgancioglu • M Tavlasoglu
Review Article
141 The global burden of congenital heart disease
JIE Hoffman
Drug Trends in Cardiology
147 Congress report: Cardiology and Diabetes at the Limits, 22–25 March 2013
AJ Dalby • JL Aalbers
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Case Reports
e1 Multi-slice computed tomography assessment of stent position in a patient with acute
coronary syndrome and anomalous origin of the coronary arteries
P Cirillo • G Petrillo • R Piccolo • G Messalli • F Ziviello • M Bevilacqua • M Salvatore •
F Piscione • B Trimarco
e4 Acute myocardial infarction after prednisolone administration for the treatment of
anaphylaxis caused by a wasp sting
Z Arslan • A Iyisoy • M Tavlasoglu
e7 Delayed chylopericardium as a rare complication after combined mitral valve plus
coronary artery bypass surgery
BS Oz • G Arslan • S Doganci • E Kaya • K Karabacak • F Cingoz • M Arslan
e10 Percutaneous balloon pericardiotomy using the Inoue balloon for patients with recurrent
pericardial tamponade
B Kilicaslan • I Susam • H Dursun • C Ekmekci • M Aydin • O Ozdogan
e13 Acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction in early puerperium due to severe left main
coronary stenosis in a woman with familial hyperlipidaemia
T Bezgin • A Elveran • CEM Doğan • A Karagöz • Ş Külahçioğlu • G Kahveci • AM Esen
