Croatian Medical Journal

COVER PAGE

Cardiovascular Diseases in Croatia and Other Transitional Countries: Comparative Study of Publications, Clinical Interventions, and Burden of Disease
Josip Lukenda, Branko Kolarić, Ivana Kolčić, Vedran Pažur, Zrinka Biloglav
CMJ 2005; 46; 865-874 [Full Text - PDF]

FORUM

Web Quality Control for Lectures: Supercourse and Amazon.com
Faina Linkov, Ronald LaPorte, Mita Lovalekar, Sunita Dodani
CMJ 2005; 46; 875-878 [Full Text - PDF]

EMERGING ISSUES IN CARDIOLOGY

EMERGING ISSUES IN CARDIOLOGY
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BASIC SCIENCE

Myocardial Protective Effect of Warm Blood, Tepid Blood, and Cold Crystalloid Cardioplegia in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery
Edmundas Sirvinskas, Linas Nasvytis, Laima Raliene, Jolanta Vaskelyte, Adolfas Toleikis, Sonata Trumbeckaite
CMJ 2005; 46; 879-888 [Full Text - PDF]

Decreased Nitric Oxide in Women with Essential Hypertension in Prehypertensive Phase
Biljana Gerasimovska-Kitanovska, Katica Zafirovska, Stevka Bogdanovska, Ljubinka Lozance, Galina Severova-Andreevska
CMJ 2005; 46; 889-893 [Full Text - PDF]

CLINICAL SCIENCE

Triggering of Ventricular Ectopic Beats by Emotional, Physical, and Meteorologic Stress: Role of Age, Sex, Medications, and Chronic Risk Factors
Viktor Čulić,Nardi Silić,Dinko Mirić
CMJ 2005; 46; 894-906 [Full Text - PDF]

In-hospital Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Outcomes: Rationale for Sudden Cardiac Death Approach
Drago Rakić, Zvonko Rumboldt, Vedran Carević, Jugoslav Bagatin, Stojan Polić, Nediljko Pivac, Ružica Avelini-Perković
CMJ 2005; 46; 907-912 [Full Text - PDF]

Early Detection of Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction in Hypertensive Heart Disease by Color Doppler Myocardial Imaging
Jadranka Šeparović-Hanževački, Maja Čikeš, Martina Lovrić-Benčić, Zdenko Sonicki, Sanja Ceković, Aleksander Ernst, Nikša Drinković, Ivo Čikeš
CMJ 2005; 46; 913-921 [Full Text - PDF]

Ventricular Pacing vs Dual Chamber Pacing in Patients with Persistent Atrial Fibrillation after Atrioventricular Node Ablation: Open Randomized Study
Dubravko Petrač, Berislav Radić, Vjekoslav Radeljić, Duško Hamel, Jakša Filipović
CMJ 2005; 46; 922-928 [Full Text - PDF]

Impact of Atrioventricular Node Ablation and Pacing Therapy on Clinical Course in Patients with Permanent Atrial Fibrillation and Unstable Ventricular Tachycardia Induced by Rapid Ventricular Response: Follow-up Study
Dubravko Petrač, Berislav Radić, Vjekoslav Radeljić, Duško Hamel, Jakša Filipović
CMJ 2005; 46; 929-935 [Full Text - PDF]

Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Diseases Strongly Predict Hemodialysis Treatment Outcome in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients
Sanjin Rački, Luka Zaputović, Boidar Vujičić, Žarko Mavrić, Mirjana Gretić,Jagoda Ravlić-Gulan
CMJ 2005; 46; 936-941 [Full Text - PDF]

Transient Left Ventricular Apical Ballooning Mimicking Acute Coronary Syndrome in Four Patients from Central Europe
Johann Auer, Michael Porodko, Robert Berent, Christian Punzengruber, Thomas Weber, Gudrun Lamm, Bernd Eber
CMJ 2005; 46; 942-949 [Full Text - PDF]

Levosimendan as a New Strategy During Off-pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Double-blind Randomized Placebo-controlled Trial
Ino Husedžinović, Stjepan Barišin, Nikola Bradić, Ana Barišin, Zdenko Sonicki, Rudolf Milanović
CMJ 2005; 46; 950-956 [Full Text - PDF]

Comparison of On-demand vs Planned Relaparotomy for Treatment of Severe Intra-abdominal Infections
Mladen Rakić, Drago Popović, Mislav Rakić, Nikica Družijanić, Mihajlo Lojpur, Brian A. Hall, Brent A. Williams, Juraj Sprung
CMJ 2005; 46; 957-963 [Full Text - PDF]

Evaluation of Single Intensive Care Unit Performance by Simplified Acute Physiology Score II System
Kristian Deša, Alan Šustić, Željko Župan, Boidar Krstulović, Vesna Golubović
CMJ 2005; 46; 964-969 [Full Text - PDF]

PUBLIC HEALTH

Trends in Acute Myocardial Infarction Mortality and Morbidity from 1979 to 2001 in the City of Zagreb, Croatia
Inge Heim, Mirjana Jembrek-Gostović, Josipa Kern, Vladimir Jonke, Maja Svetina
CMJ 2005; 46; 970-976 [Full Text - PDF]

Myocardial Infarction and Religion: Hospital-based Case-control Study in Tirana, Albania
Enver Roshi, Ahmet Kamberi, Artan Goda, Genc Burazeri
CMJ 2005; 46; 977-983 [Full Text - PDF]

Drug Therapy of Cardiovascular Risk Factors: Guidelines versus Reality in Primary Health Care Service
Biserka Bergman Marković, Ksenija Kranjčević, Željko Reiner, Sanja Milaković Blašković, Stanka Stojanović Špehar
CMJ 2005; 46; 984-989 [Full Text - PDF]

Morbidity of Native, Immigrant, and Returned Refugee Populations in Family Medicine Practice in Croatia after 1991-1995 War
Tatjana Torinek, Milica Katić, Josipa Kern
CMJ 2005; 46; 990-995 [Full Text - PDF]

NEWS AND COMMENTS

Wildlife Forensic: Step Forward Towards Nature Protection
CMJ 2005; 46; 996-1004 [Full Text - PDF]

Expression of p53 and Apoptosis in Discoid Lupus Erythematosus
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Cardiac Troponin Determination in Amniotic Fluid
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Statistical Analysis for Occupational Exposure Measurements
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NEWS AND COMMENTS

After All, That Is “Science” — the Fifth International Congress on Peer Review and Biomedical Publication, Chicago 2005.
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PATHS OF MEDICINE
CMJ 2005; 46; 1005-1006 [Full Text - PDF]

MEDICINE AND PEACE
CMJ 2005; 46; 1007-1009 [Full Text - PDF]

MY AFRICA ...
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BOOK REVIEW
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CIP
CMJ 2005; 46; 1020-1022 [Full Text - PDF]

INDEX
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