November-December 2014

Information for Authors
Published in issue: November 2014
e1-e3

Editorial

Cardiac rehabilitation and secondary prevention in Australia and New Zealand
• David R. Thompson
Published online: July 29, 2014
p483-484

AAHFN Leadership Message

Heart failure patient education
• Marilyn A. Prasun
Published online: September 18, 2014
p485

Care of Patients With Heart Failure

Testing a novel pictorial medication sheet to improve adherence in veterans with heart failure and cognitive impairment
• Lee Ann Hawkins,
• Christopher J. Firek
Published online: June 10, 2014
p486-493
The Greek version of the 9-item European heart failure self-care behaviour scale: A multidimensional or a uni-dimensional scale?
• Ekaterini Lambrinou,
• Fotini Kalogirou,
• Demetris Lamnisos,
• ...
• Chrysoula Lemonidou,
• Loizos C. Antoniades,
• Nicos Middleton
Published online: August 07, 2014
p494-499

Left ventricular diastolic performance at rest is essential for exercise capacity in patients with non-complicated myocardial infarction
• Milica N. Dekleva,
• Sanja D. Mazic,
• Jelena M. Suzic-Lazic,
• ...
• Angelina M. Stevanović,
• Marina N. Djelic,
• Aleksandra M. Arandjelović
Published online: June 10, 2014
p500-505

Concomitant Kaposi sarcoma and multicentric Castleman's disease in a heart transplant recipient
• Ami Patel,
• Eliahu Bishburg,
• Mark Zucker,
• Patricia Tsang,
• Sandhya Nagarakanti,
• Indu Sabnani
Published online: August 26, 2014
p506-509

Care of Patients With Electrocardiographic Abnormalities

Is there a difference in survival between men and women suffering in-hospital cardiac arrest?
• Johan Israelsson,
• Carina Persson,
• Anna Strömberg,
• Kristofer Årestedt
Published online: July 05, 2014
p510-515

Electrocardiogram-based predictors of clinical outcomes: A meta-analysis of the prognostic value of ventricular repolarization
• Salah S. Al-Zaiti,
• James A. Fallavollita,
• Yow-Wu B. Wu,
• Machiko R. Tomita,
• Mary G. Carey
Published online: June 29, 2014
p516-526

Electrocardiographic predictors of sudden and non-sudden cardiac death in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy
• Salah S. Al-Zaiti,
• James A. Fallavollita,
• John M. Canty Jr.,
• Mary G. Carey
Published online: July 01, 2014
p527-533

Heart rate variability parameters and ventricular arrhythmia correlate with pulmonary arterial pressure in adult patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
• Hung-Tao Yi,
• Yu-Cheng Hsieh,
• Tsu-Juey Wu,
• ...
• Chieh-Shou Su,
• Wan-Jane Tsai,
• Kuo-Yang Wang
Published online: June 11, 2014
p534-540

Congenital long QT syndrome: Severe Torsades de pointes provoked by epinephrine in a digenic mutation carrier
• Vern Hsen Tan,
• Henry Duff,
• Vikas Kuriachan,
• Brenda Gerull
Published online: September 15, 2014
p541-545

Care of Patients in Acute and Critical Care Settings

The impact of an electronic medical record surveillance program on outcomes for patients with sepsis
• Laura McRee,
• Joanne L. Thanavaro,
• Karen Moore,
• Melissa Goldsmith,
• Alice Pasvogel
Published online: June 21, 2014
p546-549
Post-operative nausea and vomiting in the cardiac surgery population: Who is at risk?
• Jo-Ann V. Sawatzky,
• Michaele Rivet,
• Robert E. Ariano,
• Brett Hiebert,
• Rakesh C. Arora
Published online: August 21, 2014
p550-554

Care of Stroke Patients and Their Families

Psychometric properties of the Caregiver Preparedness Scale in caregivers of stroke survivors
• Gianluca Pucciarelli,
• Serenella Savini,
• Eeeseung Byun,
• ...
• Raúl Juárez Vela,
• Rosaria Alvaro,
• Ercole Vellone
Published online: September 17, 2014
p555-560

Care of Patients With Pulmonary Hypertension

Improved survival of Korean patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension after the introduction of targeted therapies
• Byung Ju Kang,
• Sang-Do Lee,
• Yeon-Mok Oh,
• Jae Seung Lee
Published online: August 21, 2014
p561-568

Thrombocytopenia is an independent predictor of mortality in pulmonary hypertension
• Mohammad Khalid Mojadidi,
• David Goodman-Meza,
• Parham Eshtehardi,
• ...
• Jared S. Winoker,
• Neville M. Jadeja,
• Ronald Zolty
Published online: August 26, 2014
p569-573

Unresolved pulmonary embolism leading to a diagnosis of pulmonary artery sarcoma
• Alejandra Gutiérrez,
• Maor Sauler,
• James M. Mitchell,
• ...
• Terence K. Trow,
• Matthew Bacchetta,
• Wassim H. Fares
Published online: June 10, 2014
p574-576

Letters to the Editor

To the readers of Heart & Lung
• Ralph Tramm
Published online: September 25, 2014
p577
Reply to Letter to the Editor
• Ariana Chao,
• Myoungock Jang,
• Karl E. Minges,
• Chorong Park, MSN, RN,
• Robin Whittemore
Published online: September 15, 2014
p577-578
Withdrawal of prolonged antidepressant therapy and Takotsubo syndrome
• John E. Madias
Published online: July 22, 2014
p578

Frontmatter

Table of Contents
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Board of Directors
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Information for Readers
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