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July 1973 Vol 35 No 7
A monthly journal of cardiologypublished in association withthe
British Cardiac Society
British
Journal
Studies on innocent praecordialvibratory murmurs in children.1:
Systolic time intervals and pulse wavetransmission times in normal
childrenG. M. A. van der Hoeven, C. de Monchy,and J. E. W.
BenekenStudies on innocent praecordialvibratory murmurs in
children.II: Systolic time intervals and pulse wavetransmission
times in children with aninnocent praecordial vibratory murmurC. de
Monchy, G. M. A. van der Hoeven,and J. E. W. BenekenStudies on
innocent praecordialvibratory murmurs in children.Ill: Follow-up
study of children with aninnocent praecordial vibratory murmurC. de
Monchy, G. M. A. van der Hoeven,and J. E. W. BenekenInitial low
frequency vibrations of thefirst heart sound T. G. Armstrong andM.
S. GotsmanChanges in the inotropic state of the leftventricle
during isometric exerciseW. Grossman, L. P. McLaurin, S. B.
Saltz,J. A. Paraskos, J. E. Dalen, and L. DexterVideometry studies
of left ventricular wallmovement after myocardial infarctionG. R.
Sutherland, A. L. Evans, M. Davison,and J. KennedyCardiac function
assessed by systolictime intervals after aortocoronarysaphenous
vein bypass surgeryH. Matlof, H. N. Hultgren, J. F. Pfeifer,and D.
C. HarrisonUse of atropine for higher right atrialpacing rates.
'Maximal' pacing fordiagnosis of coronary artery diseaseD. V.
Cokkinos, S. Katsaros, P. Grivas,G. Bakoulas, S. Tr. Plessas, andE.
Voridis
Repetitive paroxysmal tachycardiaoriginating in the left
atriumG. von Bernuth, G. G. Bekz, andK. Schairer 729Action of
verapamil in sinus node,atrioventricular, and
intraventricularconduction M. H. Husaini, J. Kvasnicka,L. Ryddn,
and S. Holmberg 734Evaluation of P wave axis in
distinguishinganatomical site of atrial septal defectH. M. Thomas,
Jr., M. J. Spicer, andW. P. Nelson 738Haemodynamic effects of a new
beta-blocking agent 'Sectral' (M & B 1 7803A)B. S. Lewis, A.
Bakst, A. S. Mitha,K. Purdon, and M. S. Gotsman 743Balloon atrial
septostomy for totalanomalous pulmonary venous returnC. E. Mullins,
G. M. El-Said, W. H. Neches,R. L. Williams, T. A. Vargo, M. R.
Nihill,and D. G. McNamara 752Supravalvar aortic stenosis E. C.
Martinand 1. F. Moseley 758Case reports
Kearns' syndrome, a new form ofcardiomyopathy S. C. UppalDouble
outlet right ventricle withL-malposition of great
arteries,ventricular D-loop, and three fibroticleaflets in a
stenotic subpulmonaryconus A. Blancquaert, E. Defloor,L. Bossaert,
M. Kunnen, M. De Maegd,and F. DeromLoffler's endocarditis in
childhoodR. F. H. Rasche, R. D. Kelsch, andD. K. Weaver
720 British Medical Association
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CONTENTS OF VOLUME 35Number i page
EDITORIAL: RETIREMENT OF K. SHIRLEY SMITH AS EDITOR Walter
Somerville IHAEMODYNAMIC EFFECT OF DESLANOSIDE AT REST AND DURING
EXERCISE IN PATIENTS WITH
CHRONIC BRONCHITIS V. Jezek and F. Schrijen 2PULMONARY ATRESIA
WITH INTACT VENTRICULAR SEPTUM AND CRITICAL PULMONARY STENOSIS
PRESENTING IN FIRST MONTH OF LIFE. INVESTIGATION AND SURGICAL
RESULTSG. A. H. Miller, M. Restifo, E. A. Shinebourne, M. Paneth,
M. C. Joseph, S. C. Lennox, and
I. H. Kerr 9IN SEARCH OF CAUSES OF ISCHAEMIC HEART DISEASE S. L.
Malhotra I7ATRIAL FUNCTION AFTER CARDIOVERSION FOR ATRIAL
FIBRILLATION
J. Mahlich, W. Schweizer, and F. Burkart 24HAEMODYNAMIC
CHARACTERISTICS OF SYSTEMIC ARTERIAL BLOOD SUPPLY TO THE LUNGS
F. Macartney, P. Deverall, and Olive Scott 28Two CASES OF
ENDOCARDIAL FIBROELASTOSIS-POSSIBLE X-LINKED DETERMINATION
R. H. Lindenbaum, P. S. Andrews, and A. S. S. I. Khan 38NATURAL
HISTORY OF VALVULAR AORTIC STENOSIS S. Frank, A. Johnson, and J.
Ross, Jr. 4IPseudomonas Cepacia ENDOCARDITIS TREATED WITH
CO-TRIMOXAZOLE AND KANAMYCIN
D. C. E. Speller 47PROGNOSIS OF PERICARDITIS AFTER ACUTE
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
A. P. Niarchos and C. S. McKendrick 49ROLE OF THE SYMPATHETIC
NERVOUS SYSTEM IN SUPPORTING CARDIAC FUNCTION IN ESSENTIAL
ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION M. Guazzi, F. Magrini, C. Fiorentini, and
A. Polese 55EXAGGERATED DISPLACEMENT OF THE ATRIOvENTRICULAR CANAL
TowARDS THE BULBUS CORDIS
(RIGHTWARD DISPLACEMENT OF THE MITRAL VALVE)M. Quero Jimenez, V.
M. Perez Martinez, M. J. Maitre Azcarate, G. Merino Batres, and
F. Moreno Granados 65ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC STUDIES OF GENESIS OF
MITRAL DIASTOLIC MURMURS
Nicholas J. Fortuin and Ernest Craige 75LEFT VENTRICULAR
HEMIBLOCK PATTERNS IN VENTRICULAR PRE-EXCITATION
K. G. Lowe, D. Emslie-Smith, C. Ward, and H. Watson 82FOLIC ACID
DEFICIENCY IN INFANTS AND CHILDREN WITH HEART DISEASE
G. D. Rook, R. Lopez, N. Shimizu, and J. M. Cooperman
87HAEMODYNAMICS OF EXERCISE IN CHILDREN WITH ISOLATED AORTIC
VALvuLAR DISEASE
Luis Cueto and James H. Moller 93CARDIOMYOPATHY IN NOONAN'S
SYNDROME. REPORT OF 3 CASES
C. Phornphutkul, A. Rosenthal, and A. S. Nadas 99MITRAL VALVE
DISEASE AND OPEN HEART SURGERY IN OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA TARDA
S. J. Wood, J. Thomas, and M. V. Braimbridge I03CASE REPORTS
107, IIO
Number 2Two OR MORE INTRA AV NODAL PATHWAYS IN ASSOCIATION WITH
EITHER A JAMES OR KENT
EXTRANODAL BYPASS IN 3 PATIENTS WITH PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR
TACHYCARDIAR. A. J. Spurrell, D. Krikler, and E. Sowton II3
ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION IN PATIENTS WITH SHORT PR INTERVALS
AND NoRMAL QRSCOMPLEXES J. K. Bissett, A. J. Thompson, N. deSoyza,
and M. L. Murphy I23
ESTIMATION OF LEFT VENTRICULAR SIZE BY ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY D. G.
Gibson I28PROGNOSTIC INDEX FOR MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION TREATED IN A
CORONARY CARE UNIT
B. L. Chapman and C. H. Gray I35PREDICTION OF LEFT HEART FILLING
PRESSURE AND ITS SEQUENTIAL CHANGE IN ACUTE MYO-
CARDIAL INFARCTION FROM THE TERMINAL FORCE OF THE P WAVEJ.
Heikkila, P. G. Hugenholtz, and B. S. Tabakin I42
ACUTE HAEMODYNAMIC EFFECTS OF PRACTOLOL IN PATIENTS WITH
IDIOPATHIC HYPERTROPHICSUBAORTIC STENOSIS Harvey J. Matlof and
Donald C. Harrison I52
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Number 2-(continued) pagePATHOLOGY OF INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS. A
POSTMORTEM EVALUATION
I. Steiner, A. K. Patel, M. S. R. Hutt, and K. Somers
I59SELECTIVE CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY IN PRIMARY MYOCARDIAL DISEASE
B. S. Lewis and M. S. Gotsman I65HEART VALVE SURGERY IN II4
PATIENTS OVER THE AGE OF 60
W. Oh, R. Hickman, R. Emanuel, L. McDonald, Jane Somerville, D.
Ross, K. Ross, andL. Gonzalez-Lavin I74
FAMILIAL HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY IN CEYLONN. J.
Wallooppillai, D. P. Atukorale, M. de S. Jayasinghe, and S.
Kulathungam i8i
INCIDENCE OF CARDIAC MALFORMATIONS AT BIRTH AND LATER, AND
NEONATAL MORTALITYMaurice Campbell I89
PURULENT PERICARDITIS FOLLOWED BY EARLY CONSTRICTION IN YOUNG
CHILDRENR. Caird, N. Conway, and I. K. R. McMillan 201
ARBOVIRUS (DENGUE TYPE) AS A CAUSE OF ACUTE MYOCARDITIS AND
PERICARDITISN. Nagaratnam, K. Siripala, and Nandani de Silva
204
ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC CHANGES DURING EXERCISE IN KURDISH AND
YEMENITE JEWS IN ISRAELC. T. M. Davies, J. M. M. Neilson, and S.
Samueloff 207
DOUBLE-BLIND CROSSOVER CLINICAL TRIAL OF PYRIDINOLCARBAMATE IN
PERIPHERAL ARTERIALDISEASE (ARTERIOSCLEROSIS OBLITERANS)
K. W. Walton, Gillian M. Craig, Patricia Prior, J. A. H.
Waterhouse, and J. Skilton 2IICASE REPORTS 220, 223, 226
Number 3EDITORIAL: UNDERSTANDING THE ATRIAL SOUND H. J. N.
Bethell and P. G. F. Nixon 229RATE CORRECTED SYSTOLIC TIME
INTERVALS AND VALSALVA MANOEUVRE
C. Layton, H. di Nunzio, G. Gent, P. Freedman, and A. McDonald
236FAMILIAL SYNDROME OF MIDSYSTOLIC CLICK AND LATE SYSTOLIC
MURMUR
P. Rizzon, Giuseppina Biasco, G. Brindicci, and F. Mauro
245PHONOCARDIOGRAM AND APEX CARDIOGRAM IN SYSTOLIC CLICK - LATE
SYSTOLIC MURMUR
SYNDROME E. J. Epstein and N. Coulshed 260SYSTOLIC TIME
INTERVALS IN VALVULAR AORTIC STENOSIS AND IDIOPATHIC HYPERTROPHIC
SUB-
AORTIC STENOSIS M. Ibrahim, Michele Silie, J.-P. Delahaye, and
R. Froment 276TEMPORAL SEQUENCE OF RIGHT AND LEFT ATRIAL
CONTRACTIONS DURING SPONTANEOUS SINUS
RHYTHM AND PACED LEFT ATRIAL RHYTHMG. G. Belz, G. v. Bernuth, R.
Hofstetter, D. R6hl, and M. Stauch 284
QT INTERVAL IN RIGHT AND LEFT BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK S. Talbot
288DOUBLE INLET RIGHT VENTRICLE. Two PATHOLOGICAL SPECIMENS WITH
COMMENTS ON EMBRYO-
LOGY L. Mufnoz-Castellanos, Maria V. de la Cruz, and A.
CiesliAski 292CATHETERIZATION OF THE PULMONARY ARTERY IN
TRANSPOSITION OF THE GREAT ARTERIES USING
A SWAN-GANZ FLOW-DIRECTED CATHETER Suzanne M. Jones and G. A. H.
Miller 298PULMONARY VALVULAR DYSPLASIA. A CARDIOFACIAL SYNDROME
L. M. Linde, S. W. Turner, and R. S. Sparkes 301EFFECT OF
LIGNOCAINE ON CONDUCTING SYSTEM OF HUMAN HEART
S. Bekheit, J. G. Murtagh, P. Morton, and E. Fletcher 305EFFECT
OF GLUCAGON ON LEFT VENTRICULAR PERFORMANCE IN AORTIC STENOSIS
J. Hamer, D. Gibson, and J. Coltart 3I2COMPARISON OF TWO
ADRENERGIC BETA-RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENTS, ALPRENOLOL AND PRO-
PRANOLOL, IN TREATMENT OF ANGINA PECTORISD. J. Hetherington, M.
B. Comerford, G. Nyberg, and E. M. M. Besterman 320
RHEUMATOID FACTOR IN HYPERTENSION A. Ebringer and A. E. Doyle
334STANDARDIZED DIAGRAM FOR RAPID TABULATION OF CORONARY
ATERIOGRAMS
M. Frankin, M. V. O'Reilly, and M. J. Krauthamer 338FIFTH
ASIAN-PACIFIC CONGRESS OF CARDIOLOGY Cornelio PaPp 34ICASE REPORTS
344, 347, 349
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UNuSuAL RESPONSEOF DEMAND PACEMAKERS TO MAGNETSS. S. Barold, J.
J. Gaidula, and R. Castillo 353
LONG-TERM PROGNOSIS AFTER CARDIAC PACING IN ATRIOVENTRICULAR
BLOCKM. M. Zion, P. E. Marchand, and I. W. P. Obel 359
SUPERNORMAL PHASE OF AV CONDUCTION. A STUDY DURING HEART BLOCK
AND ENDOCARDIALPACING David 0. Williams 365
PROLONGED PR INTERVALAND CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE H. B. Calleja
and M. X. Guerrero 372SAFETY OF CORONARY ARTERIOGRAPHY M. C. Petch,
R. Sutton, and K. E. Jefferson 377PREVALENCE OF THREE CARDINAL RISK
FACTORS IN A RANDOM SAMPLE OFMEN AND IN PATIENTS
WITH ISCHAEMIC HEART DISEASE T. B. S. Dick and M. C. Stone
38ICOMPARISON OF PULMONARY ARTERY AND PULMONARY VENOUS WEDGE
PRESSURE IN CONGENITAL
HEART DISEASE Richard E. Hawker and John M. Celermajer
386REVISION OF GORLIN CONSTANT FOR CALCULATION OF MITRAL VALVE AREA
FROM LEFT HEART
PRESSURES K. E. Hammermeister, J. A. Murray, and J. R. Blackmon
392HAEMODYNAMIC EXPLANATION OF WHY THE MURMUR OF MITRAL
REGURGITATION IS INDEPENDENT
OF CYCLE LENGTH J. S. Karliner, R. A. O'Rourke, D. J. Kearney,
and R. Shabetai 397GENESIS, FREQUENCY, AND DIAGNOSTIC SIGNIFICANCE
OF EJECTION SOUND IN ADULTS WITH
TETRALOGY OF FALLOT C. E. Martin, P. S. Reddy, D. F. Leon, and
J. A. Shaver 402STATIC EXERCISE IN UNTREATED SYSTEMIC
HYPERTENSION
D. J. Ewing, J. B. Irving, F. Kerr, and B. J. Kirby
4I3HAEMODYNAMIC RESPONSES TO ISOMETRIC EXERCISE (HANDGRIP) IN
PATIENTS WITH HEART
DISEASE M. L. Fisher, D. 0. Nutter, W. Jacobs, and R. C. Schlant
422FOUR FACES OF ACUTE MYOPERICARDITIS Austen J. S. Gardiner and
David Short 433CONGENITAL DISCRETE SUBVALVAR AORTIC STENOSIS.
SURGICAL EXPERIENCE AND LONG-TERM
FOLLOW-UP IN 20 PAEDIATRIC PATIENTSG. Champsaur, G. A. Trusler,
and W. T. Mustard 443
LATE RESULTS OF PERCUTANEOUS RETROGRADE FEMORAL ARTERIAL
CATHETERIZATION IN CHILDRENR. E. Hawker, Judy Palmer, R. G. Bury,
J. D. Bowdler, and J. M. Celermajer 447
ROLE OF CENTRAL BLOOD VOLUME IN HYPERKINETIC BORDERLINE
HYPERTENSIONCharles N. Ellis and Stevo Julius 450
USE OF AMILORIDE AS A POTASSIUM CONSERVING AGENT IN SEVERE
CARDIAC DISEASEC. Davidson and I. M. Gillebrand 456
SIXTH EUROPEAN CONGRESS OF CARDIOLOGY 462CASE REPORTS
464,466
Number 5EVALUATION OF PRACTOLOL IN HYPERTENSION. EFFECTS ON
SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM AND
RENIN RESPONSIVENESS M. D. Esler and P. J. Nestel 469ASSESSMENT
OF RELATIVE ACTIONS OF BETA-ADRENRGIC BLOCKING DRUGS ON HEART RATE
AND
LEFT VENTRICULAR EJECTION USING A NON-INVASIVE METHOD IN
PATIENTS WITH AORTICSTARR-EDWARDS PROSTHESES Marion R. Crouchman
475
STUDY WITH REFLECTED ULTRASOUND OF PATIENTS WITH MITRAL VALVE
REPAIRD. A. S. Mary, B. C. Pakrashi, G. H. Wooler, and M. I.
Ionescu 480
HEART MOTION VIDEO TRACKING H. Mond, T. Fenelon, R. McDonald,
and G. Sloman 488QUANTITATIVE ANGIOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF THE LEFT
VENTRICLE IN PATIENTS WITH ISOLATED
RHEUMATIC MITRAL STENOSISJ. A. Holzer, J. S. Karliner, R. A.
O'Rourke, and K. L. Peterson 497
PERMANENT NEUROLOGICAL DEFICITS COMPLICATING SINOATRIAL BLOCKH.
H. R. Samarasinghe and Nimal Senanayake 503
COMPARISON OF SINOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION IN CHILDREN AND ADULTS
USING BUNDLE OF HISELECTROGRAMS S. Bekheit, P. Morton, J. G.
Murtagh, and E. Fletcher 507
ADAMS-STOKES SYNDROME CAUSED BY PAROXYSMAL THIRD-DEGREE
ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCKG. Jensen, B. Sigurd, J. Meibom, and E.
Sand0e 5I6
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Number 5-(continued) pagePULMONARY BLOOD FLOW AND LEFT
VENTRICULAR VOLUMES IN TRANSPOSITION OF THE GREAT
ARTERIES AND INTACT VENTRICULAR SEPTUMJ. F. Keane, R. C.
Ellison, M. Rudd, and A. S. Nadas 52I
EFFECT OF POSTURE ON BLOOD PRESSURE IN THE ELDERLYF. I. Caird,
G. R. Andrews, and R. D. Kennedy 527
RESULTS OF CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT OF ANGINA PECTORIS IN
CANDIDATES FOR AORTOCORONARYSAPHENouS VEIN BYPASS L. L. Basta, J.
M. Kioschos, and F. M. Abboud 53I
VENOUS THROMBOSES IN MYOCARDIL INFARCTION. COMPARISON IN HEPARIN
DOSAGEP. G. Habersberger, A. Pitt, and S. T. Anderson 538
EFFECT OF CARDIAC 'NONDISEASE' ON INTELLECTUAL AND PERCEPTUAL
MOTOR DEVELOPMENTG. G. Cayler, D. B. Lynn, and Edwina M. Stein
543
PROCEEDINGS OF THE BRITISH CARDIAC SOCIETY 548CASE REPORTS 562,
566, 570
Number 6PROGRESS IN THE TREATMENT OF TRANSPOSITION OF THE GREAT
ARTERIES: ST. CYREs LECTURE
I972 R. E. Bonham-Carter 573FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES OF ACCESSORY
AV PATHWAYS DURING PREMATURE ATRIAL STIMULATION
A. Castellanos, Jr., C. A. Castillo, A. S. Agha, B. Befeler, and
R. J. Myerburg 578MONOPHASIC ACTION POTENTIAL OF THE RIGHT ATRIUM
IN PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FLUTTER AND
FIBRILLATION S. Gavrilescu, S. Cotoi, and T. Pop 585WENCKEBACH
PHENOMENON IN THE BUNDLE-BRANCH SYSTEM
F. Franchi, G. Morace, and F. Fantini 590ARRIVAL OF EXCITATION
AT RIGHT VENTRICULAR APICAL ENDOCARDIUM IN WOLFF-PARKINSON-
WHITE SYNDROME TYPE A, WITH AND WITHOUT RIGHT BUNDLE-BRANCH
BLOCKC. A. Castillo, A. Castellanos, Jr., B. Befeler, R. J.
Myerburg, A. S. Agha, and M. Vagueiro 594
VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION IN THE COURSE OF PRINZMETAL'S ANGINA
PECTORISG. F. Levi and C. Proto 6oi
STUDIES OF INTRA-ATRIAL CONDUCTION WITH BIPOLAR ATRIAL AND HIS
ELECTROGRAMSR. N. Scott Millar, B. J. Maurer, D. S. Reid, R. Wray,
J. S. Birkhead, and J. P. Shillingford 604
ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL FEATuRS OF COMPLETE AV BLOCK WITHIN HIS
BUNDLEP. K. Gupta, E. Lichstein, and K. Chadda 6io
INCIDENCE AND PRESENTATION OF MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION IN AN
ENGLISH COMMUNITYL. J. Kinlen 6I6
DEEP VENOUS THROMBOSIS AFTER MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION. PREDISPOSING
FACTORSA. V. Simmons, Margaret A. Sheppard, and A. F. COX 623
EFFECT OF DIAZEPAM ON MYOCARDIAL BLOOD FLOW OF PATIENTS WITH AND
WITHOUT CORONARYARTERY DISEASE H. Ikram, A. P. Rubin, and R. F.
Jewkes 626
EFFICACY OF PHENYTOIN IN THE MANAGEMENT OF VENTRICULAR
ARRHYTHMuAS INDUCED BYHYPOKALAEMIA M. V. O'Reilly and R. T.
MacDonald 63I
HAEMODYNAMIC MONITORING IN THE CORONARY CARE UNIT USING THE
SWAN-GANZ RIGHTHEART CATHETER H. G. Mond, D. Hunt, and G. Sloman
635
NEW APPROACH TO CATHETERIZATION OF THE HEART IN INFANTS AND
CHILDRENG. Azzolina, S. A. Eufrate, and A. Allella 643
THE SWAN-GANZ CATHETER IN THE CARDIAC LABORATORY P. Steele and
H. Davies 647PULMONARY ARTERY BANDING AND SUBSEQUENT REPAIR IN
VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT
R. G. Patel, H. N. C. Ihenacho, L. D. Abrams, R. Astley, C. G.
Parsons, K. D. Roberts,and S. P. Singh 65i
THE ATRIAL SOUND IN ISCHAEMIC HEART DISEASE P. P. Turner and J.
Hunter 657CASE REPORTS 663, 666
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Number 7 pageSTUDIS ON INNOCENT PRAECORDIAL VIBRATORY MURMURS IN
CHILDREN. I: SYSTOLIC TIME
INTERVALS AND PULSE WAVE TRANSMISSION TuMS IN NoRMAL CHILDRENG.
M. A. van der Hoeven, C. de Monchy, and J. E. W. Beneken 669
STUDIES ON INNOCENT PRAECORDIAL VIBRATORY MURMURS IN CHILDREN.
II: SYSTOLIC TIMEINTERVALS AND PULSE WAVE TRANSMISSION TIMES IN
CHILDREN WITH AN INNOCENT PRAE-CORDIAL VIBRATORY MURMUR
C. de Monchy, G. M. A. van der Hoeven, and J. E. W. Beneken
679STUDIES ON INNOCENT PRAECORDIAL VIBRATORY MURMURS IN CHILDREN.
III: FOLLOW-UP STUDY
OF CHILDREN WITH AN INNOCENT PRAECORDIAL VIBRATORY MURMURC. de
Monchy, G. M. A. van der Hoeven, and J. E. W. Beneken 685
INITIAL Low FREQUENCY VIBRATIONS OF THE FIRST HEART SoUNDT. G.
Armstrong and M. S. Gotsman 69I
CHANGES IN THE INOTROPIC STATE OF THE LEFT VENTRICLE DURING
ISOMETRIC EXERCISEW. Grossman, L. P. McLaurin, S. B. Saltz, J. A.
Paraskos, J. E. Dalen, and L. Dexter 697
VIDEOMETRY STUDIES OF LEFT VENTRICULAR WALL MOVEMENT AFTER
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTIONG. R. Sutherland, A. L. Evans, M. Davison, and
J. Kennedy 705
CARDIAC FUNCTION ASSESSED BY SYSTOLIC TIME INTERVALS AFTER
AORTOCORONARY SAPHENOUSVEIN BYPASS SURGERY H. Matlof, H. N.
Hultgren, J. F. Pfeifer, and D. C. Harrison 714
USE OF ATROPINE FOR HIGHER RIGHT ATRIAL PACING RATES. 'MAxIMAL'
PACING FOR DIAGNOSISOF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
D. V. Cokkinos, S. Katsaros, P. Grivas, G. Bakoulas, S. Tr.
Plessas, and E. Voridis 720REPETITIVE PAROXYSMAL TACHYCARDIA
ORIGINATING IN THE LEFT ATRIUM
G. von Bernuth, G. G. Belz, and K. Schairer 729ACTION OF
VERAPAMIL IN SINUS NODE, ATRIOVENTRICULAR, AND INTRAVENTRICULAR
CONDUCTION
M. H. Husaini, J. Kvasnicka, L. Ryd'n, and S. Holmberg
734EVALUATION OF P WAVE AXIS IN DISTINGUISHING ANATOMICAL SITE OF
ATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECT
H. M. Thomas, Jr., M. J. Spicer, and W. P. Nelson
738HAEMODYNAMIC EFFECTS OF A NEW BETA-BLOCKING AGENT 'SECTRAL' (M
& B I7803A)
B. S. Lewis, A. Bakst, A. S. Mitha, K. Purdon, and M. S. Gotsman
743BALLOON ATRIAL SEPTOSTOMY FOR TOTAL ANOMALOUS PULMONARY VENOUS
RETURN
C. E. Mullins, G. M. El-Said, W. H. Neches, R. L. Williams, T.
A. Vargo, M. R. Nihill, andD. G. McNamara 752
SUPRAVALVAR AORTIC STENOSIS E. C. Martin and I. F. Moseley
758CASE REPORTS 766, 770, 774
Number 8EDITORIAL: VALUE OF PHYSICAL EXAMINATION IN ACUTE
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
M. Nellen, B. Maurer, and J. F. Goodwin 777ISOLATED ACUTE
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION OF PAPILLARY MUSCLES OF THE HEART.
CLINICO-
PATHOLOGICAL STUDY OF 9 CASES J. A. Andersen and B.
Fischer-Hansen 78IARRHYTHMIAs AND SYMPTOMS DURING TREADMILL TESTING
THm WEEKS AFTER MYOCARDIAL
INFARCTION IN IOO PATIENTSM. Ericsson, A. Granath, P. Ohlsen, T.
Sodermark, and U. Volpe 787
RELATION BETWEEN BLOOD LIPID LEVELS AND ANGIOGRAPHICALLY
EVALUATED OBSTRUCTIONS INCORONARY ARTERIES Sigurd Nitter-Hauge and
Ivar Enge 79I
LENGTH OF LEFT MAIN CORONARY ARTERY C. Fox, M. J. Davies, and M.
M. Webb-Peploe 796INCIDENCE OF CONDUCTION DEFECTS IN AFRICAN AND
COLOURED PATIENTS WITH CONGESTIVE
CARDIOMYOPATHY Elliot Chesler and Walter Beck 799BUNDLE OF HIS
RECORDINGS IN CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
Grace S. Wolff, M. D. Freed, and R. C. Ellison 805FACTORS
REGULATING VENTRICULAR RATES DURING ATRIAL FLUTTER AND FIBRILLATION
IN PRE-
EXCITATION (WOLFF-PARKINSON-WHITE) SYNDROMEA. Castellanos, Jr.,
R. J. Myerberg, Karen Craparo, B. Befeler, and A. S. Agha 8II
SPATIAL ATRIAL VECTORCARDIOGRAM IN NATURALLY OCCURRING ATRIAL
FLUTTER IN MAND. Maclean, D. Emslie-Smith, and K. G. Lowe 8I7
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Number 8-(continued)PHENFORMIN AND PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
M. Fahlen, H. Bergman, G. Helder, L. Ryden, I. Wallentin, and L.
ZettergrenQUANTITATIVE ASPECTS OF ELECTROCARDIOGRAMS OF ADULTS IN A
JAMAICAN RURAL POPULATION
L. Ruiz, W. E. Miall, and A. V. SwanDIASTOLIC MURMUR OF CORONARY
ARTERY STENOSIS J. F. Sangster and C. M. OakleyLEUCOCYTE MIGRATION
INHIBITION BY HEART EXTRACT AND LIVER MITOCHONDRIA IN PATIENTS
WITH MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION J. Wartenberg and Jonathan
BrostoffINTRAVASCULAR HAEMOLYSIS AND THROMBOCYTOPENIA IN LEFT
VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW OBSTRUC-
TION R. J. Jacobson, C. E. Rath, and J. K.
PerloffNON-TRAUMATIZING PERCUTANEOuS RIGHT HEART CATHETER.
M. Arborelius, Jr., B. Lilja, and Inga-Maj WennbergPROCEEDINGS
OF THE BRITISH CARDIAC SOCIETYCASE REPORTS 868,87
page
824
829840
845
849
855858
I, 874
Number 9DIAGNOSIS OF SEVERE MITRAL REGURGITATION DUE TO
NON-RHEUMATIC CHORDAL ABNORMALITIES
G. C. Sutton, K. Chatterjee, and P. K. Caves 877CALCIFIC
PULMONARY STENOSIS Luis E. Alday and Eduardo Moreyra 887RIGHT
VENTRICULAR OBSTRUCTION DUE TO ANOMALOUS MUSCLE BANDS
Raman Patel and Roy Astley 890QUANTITATIVE ASPECTS OF
RIGHT-TO-LEFT SHUNTING IN UNCOMPLICATED ATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECTS
K. Rasmussen, S. Simonsen, and 0. Storstein 894TOTAL CORRECTION
OF FALLOT'S TETRALOGY IN PATIENTS AGED LESS THAN I YEAR
G. M. Rees and Albert Starr 898EXAMINATION OF THE HEART IN
SUPINE AND LEFT LATERAL POSITIONS
H. J. N. Bethell and P. G. F. Nixon 902OBJECTIVE HAEMODYNAMIC
ASSESSMENT AFTER ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
S. Scheidt, G. Wilner, S. Fillmore, M. Shapiro, and T. Killip
908PERFUSION LUNG SCANNING IN OBLITERATIVE PULMONARY
HYPERTENSION
A. G. Wilson, C. N. Harris, J. P. Lavender, and C. M. Oakley
9I7PROSTHETIC VALVE DIPHTHEROID ENDOCARDITIS TREATED WITH SODIUM
FUSIDATE AND ERYTHRO-
MYCIN Graham Jackson and Kenneth Saunders 93IELECTROCARDIOGRAM
AND VECTORCARDIOGRAM IN TURNER PHENOTYPE WITH NORMAL CHROMO-
SOMES AND PULMONARY STENOSIS Knut Rasmussen and Svein J. S0rland
937PREVALENCE OF CLINICAL AND ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE OF
ISCHAEMIC HEART DISEASE
IN THE OLDER POPULATION A. H. Kitchin, C. P. Lowther, and J. S.
Milne 946PREVALENCE OF HYPERLIPOPROTEINAEMIAS IN A RANDOM SAMPLE OF
MEN AND IN PATIENTS WITH
ISCHAEMIC HEART DISEASE M. C. Stone and T. B. S. Dick
954LOCALIZATION OF LESIONS IN ENDOMYOCARDIAL FIBROSIS A. G. Shaper
and B. J. Bellhouse 962ANTIHEART ANTIBODY IN IDIOPATHIC
HYPERTROPHIC SUBAORTIC STENOSIS
S. K. Das, J. T. Cassidy, V. N. Dodson, and P. W. Willis, III
965CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF POSITIE INOTROPIC ACTION OF DIGOXIN IN
PATIENTS WITH LEFT
VENTRICULAR DISEASE C. Davidson and D. Gibson 970CASE REPORTS
977, 98I
Number IOACCELERATED ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION AFTER
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION. A STUDY USING
HIS BUNDLE ELECTROGRAMS George Mathew and E. B.
RafteryMULTI-LEAD ELECTROCARDIOGRAM IN RELATION TO SERUM ENZYMES IN
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL
INFARCTION A. Krotkiewski, J. Gajewska-Lipka, J. Szelemetko, and
J. RuszkowskiPROGNOSTIC VALUE OF SERUM FIBRINOGEN-RELATED ANTIGEN
LEVELS AFTER MYOCARDIAL INFARC-
TION A. V. Simmons, Margaret A. Sheppard, R. Sibbald, G. Tate,
and B. E. Roberts
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Number Io-(continued) pageADAMS-STOKES SYNDROME CAUSED BY
SINOATRIAL BLOCK
B. Sigurd, G. Jensen, J. Meibom, and E. Sandoe IOO2TAPE
MONITORING OF THE ELECTROCARDIOGRAM IN AMBULANT PATIENTS WITH
SINOATRIAL
DISEASE B. R. M. Crook, P. M. M. Cashman, F. D. Stott, and E. B.
Raftery IOO9VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA IN 4 PATIENTS EVALUATED BY
PROGRAMMED ELECTRICAL STIMULATION
OF HEART AND TREATED IN 2 PATIENTS BY SURGIcAL DIVISION OF
ANTERIOR RADIATION OFLEFT BUNDLE-BRANCH R. A. J. Spurrell, E.
Sowton, and D. C. Deuchar IOI4
COMPARISON OF ULTRASOUND AND CINEANGIOGRAPHIC MEASUREMENTS OF
LEFT VENTRICULARPERFORMANCE IN PATIENTS WITH AND WITHOUT WALL
MOTION ABNORMALITIES
P. Ludbrook, J. S. Karliner, K. Peterson, G. Leopold, and R. A.
O'Rourke IO26SPECTRUM OF HAEMODYNAMIC RESPONSES TO ATRIAL PACING IN
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
P. A. N. Chandraratna, P. M. Shah, D. H. Kramer, R. J. Davis,
and B. F. Schreiner I033FOUR YEARS EXPERIENCE OF CARDIAC PACEMAKING
WITH THE DEVICES ASYNCHRONOUS GENERATOR
Alastair McDonald and Clive Layton IO4IHAEMODYNAMIC CHANGES IN
PATIENTS WITH HIGH PULMONARY VASCULAR RESISTANCE AFTER
MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT. COMPARATIE STUDY BETWEEN USE OF
UNSTENTED AORTICHOMOGRAFT VALVES AND STARR-EDWARDS PROSTHESES
K. Hollinrake, M. Baidya, and M. H. Yacoub I047EXERCISE
ELECTROCARDIOGRAM PATTERNS IN NoRMAL WOMEN
G. R. Cumming, Cecile Dufresne, L. Kich, and J. Samm
I055DIAGNOSIS OF AORTIC STENOSIS FROM THE CAROTID PULSE AND ITS
DERIVATIVE
I. Starr, C. Ambrosi, J. H. Manchester, and J. C. Shelburne
IO62DIASTOLIC CLOSURE RATE OF NoRMAL MITRAL VALVE
C. Layton, G. Gent, R. Pridie, A. McDonald, and W. Brigden
io66STUDIES OF A MODEL MITRAL VALVE WITH THREE CUSPS
B. J. Bellhouse, F. H. Bellhouse, and A. J. Gunning
I075IATROGENIC BRACHIAL ARTERY INJURIES A. P. Barabas, J.
Bouhoutsos, and P. Martin io8oSUBVALVULAR LEFT VENTRICULAR
ANEURYSMS. A REPORT OF 5 UGANDAN CASES
A. A. Poltera and Aled W. Jones IO85CASE REPORTS I092, I095,
IO98
Number iiEDITORIAL: RADIOGRAPHS FOR PUBLICATION Basil Strickland
iIOIEFFECTS OF ALTERED PRELOAD ON LEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC TIME
INTERVALS IN ACUTE MYO-
CARDIAL INFARCTIONP. K. Khanna, P. M. Shah, D. H. Kramer, R. A.
Schaefer, and I. Tager IIO2
IDIOPATHIC HYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY CAUSING
SEVERE RIGHT VENTRICULAROUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION IN INFANCY
P. A. Barr, J. M. Celermajer, J. D. Bowdler, and T. B. Cartmill
I1I9DOUBLE-BLIND TRIAL OF PROPRANOLOL AND PRACTOLOL IN HYPERTROPHIC
CARDIOMYOPATHY
P. J. B. Hubner, G. M. Ziady, G. K. Lane, T. Hardarson, B.
Scales, C. M. Oakley, andJ. F. Goodwin iii6
COMPARISON BETWEEN EFFECTIVENESS OF INTRAMUSCULAR AND
INTRAVENOUS LIGNOCAINE ONVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA COMPLICATING ACUTE
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
L. Ryden, A. Waldenstr6m, L. Ehn, S. Holmberg, and M. Husaini
II24SURGICAL TREATMENT OF RECURRENT VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA
S. Nitter-Hauge and 0. Storstein II32MEASUREMENT OF PULMONARY
OEDEMA IN ISCHAEMIC HEART DISEASE
R. M. McCredie and B. L. Chia II36MEASUREMENT OF INSTANTANEOUS
LEFT VENTRICULAR DIMENSION AND FILLING RATE IN MAN,
USING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY D. G. Gibson and D. Brown II4IRELATION
BETWEEN CORONARY ARTERY SIZE AND LEFT VENTRICULAR WALL MASS
B. S. Lewis and M. S. Gotsman I I50
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Number i i-(continued) pageCARDIAC PACING IN INCOMPLETE
ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK WITH ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
D. S. Reid, S. J. Jachuck, and C. B. Henderson II54ST-QR
PATTERN: NEW SIGN FOR DIAGNOSIS OF ANTERIOR MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
DURING RIGHT
VENTRICULAR PACINGA. Castellanos, Jr., R. Zoble, P. M. Procacci,
R. J. Myerburg, and B. V. Berkovits II6I
TERMINOLOGICAL PITFALLS IN CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE. REAPPRAISAL
OF SOME CONFUSINGTERMS, WITH AN ACCOUNT OF A SIMPLIFIED SYSTEM OF
BASIC NOMENCLATURE
James L. Wilkinson and Francisco Acerete II66STRUCTURAL CHANGES
IN THE PULMONARY ARTERIES AND VEINS IN TETRALOGY OF FALLOT
Alison Hislop and Lynne Reid II78LEFT-SIDED JUXTAPOSITION OF THE
ATRIAL APPENDAGES. REPORT OF 4 CASES DIAGNOSED BY
CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION AND ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHYA. S. Hunter, C. B.
Henderson, W. Urquhart, and M. B. Farmer II84
PERSISTENT LEFT FIFTH AORTIC ARCH IN MAN. REPORT OF TWO CASEST.
Izukawa, M. E. Scott, F. Durrani, and C. A. F. Moes II90
REGIONAL PULMONARY BLOOD FLOW AFTER MITRAL VALVE SURGERYB.
Kra&l, I. Krivkova, J. Endrys, J. Prochaizka, J. Kubicek, I.
Jurin, Z. Belobradek, I. Kosmak,
and J. Kvasnicka II96OBITUARY: MAURICE CAMPBELL
I202CORRESPONDENCE I205CASE REPORTS I207, I2I, I2I4
Number I2ROLE OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY AND PHONOCARDIOGRAPHY IN
DIAGNOSIS OF MITRAL PARAPROS-
THETIC REGURGITATION WITH STARR-EDWARDS PROSTHESESH. C. Miller,
D. G. Gibson, and J. D. Stephens I2I7
A NEW CATHETER TECHNIQUE FOR HIS BUNDLE RECORDINGS VIA THE ARM
VEINS0. S. Narula, M. Runge, and P. Samet I226
POLYGRAPHIC STUDIES OF THE EFFECT OF NITROGLYCERIN IN PATIENTS
WITH ISCHAEMIC HEARTDISEASE T. Sawayama, M. Tohara, H. Katsume, and
S. Nezuo I234
DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC AND ENZYME EVIDENCE
OF MYOCARDIALINFARCTION P. Marrott, M. P. Chopra, R. W. Portal, and
C. P. Aber I240
ANTERIOR QRS FORCES IN POSTEROLATERAL INFARCTIONP. Toutouzas, A.
Koidakis, P. Papadopoulos, and D. Avgoustakis I245
CLASS 3 ANTIARRHYTHMIC ACTION IN MAN. OBERVATIONS FROM
MONOPHASIC ACTION POTENTIALRECORDINGS AND AMIODARONE TREATMENT
S. B. Olsson, L. Brorson, and E. Varnauskas I255EFFECT OF
GLUCAGON ON INFANTS AND CHILDREN WITH ATRIOVENTRICULAR HEART
BLOCK
Roger A. Hurwitz I260CIRCULATORY ASSISTANCE FOR THE FAILING
HEART Leon Resnekov I265MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION AND ORAL
CONTRACEPTIVES M. Michael Kubik and B. K. Bhowmick I27ITRICUSPID
COMPONENT OF FIRST HEART SOUND
J. B. Lakier, K. R. Bloom, W. A. Pocock, and J. B. Barlow
I275EFFICIENCY OF A PACEMAKER CLINIC TO PREVENT SUDDEN PACING
FAILURES M. H. Frick I280COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ALPRENOLOL AND
METHYLDOPA IN PREVIOUSLY UNTREATED ESSENTIAL
HYPERTENSION J. A. Vodin, C.-E. Wilhelmsson, and L. Werko
I285PREGNANCY AND THE CHANGING PATTERN OF RHEUMATIC HEART
DISEASE
P. Szekely, R. Turner, and L. Snaith I293DELAYED PERICARDIAL
EFFUSION WITH TAMPONADE AFTER CARDIAC SURGERY
R. A. P. Scott and C. E. Drew I304BUNDLE OF HIS ELECTROGRAMS IN
CONGENITAL CORRECTED TRANSPOSITION OF THE GREAT
ARTERIES. A STUDY OF TWO ADULT CASESH. S. Friedman, Janet
Lipski, J. Pantazopoulos, G. Genkins, and E. Donoso I307
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Number I2-(continued) pageSECUNDUM ATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECT
ASsocIATED WITH A CLEFT MITRAL VALVE
Daniel J. Goodman and E. William Hancock I3I5USE OF BICYCLE
ERGOMETRY AND SUSTAINED HANDGRIP EXERCISE IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF
PRESENCE
AND EXTENT OF CORONARY HEART DISEASER. H. Helfant, V. S. Banka,
Maria A. DeVilla, R. Pine, V. Kabde, and S. G. Meister I32I
CARDIAC ECHINOCOCCOSIS: CLINICAL PICTURE AND COMPLICATIONSF.
Perez-Gomez, H. Duran, S. Tamames, J. L. Perrote, and A. Blanes
I326
CASE REPORTS I332, 1336,I338INDEX I34I
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