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CONTENTS
Vol 25, No 1, JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2014
Letters to the Editor
8 Non-compaction is not a simple genetic disorder
J Finsterer • S Zarrouk-Mahjoub
33 B-type natriuretic peptide for the prediction of left ventricular remodelling
C Bauters • M Fertin • F Pinet
Industry News
40 AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals enables scientific innovation
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Case Reports
e1 Chronic dissecting aneurysm of the ascending aorta developed in a patient who had
rejected surgical treatment for type II acute ascending aortic dissection three years
earlier
B Erkut • O Dag • MA Kaygin • HK Limandal • A Aydin • ES Calik
e5 Tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy due to repetitive monomorphic ventricular
ectopy in association with isolated left ventricular non-compaction
D Osmonov • KS Özcan • A Ekmekçi • B Güngör • AT Alper • K Gürkam
e8 Successful primary percutaneous coronary intervention in a centenarian patient with
acute myocardial infarction
S Aksoy • Y Velibey • B Koroglu • M Cagdas • O Guzelburc • N Cam • M Eren
