Editorial

From Editor-in-Chief

Gulmira Kudaiberdieva

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Editorial

What research topic is the “hot” research topic?

Ljuba Bacharova, Bratislava, Slovakia

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Original Research

Availability of cardiac surgical care in surgical correction of acquired heart defects in patients of older age group

Kubatbek S. Urmanbetov, Ivan I. Skopin, Elmira N. Tukusheva, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Moscow, Russia

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Invited Review

Echocardiographic evaluation of heart valve prosthetic dysfunction

Yuriy Ivaniv, Lviv, Ukraine                                 

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Review

Diet of schoolchildren as a risk factor of nutritional disorders

Feruza Kochkorova, Marina Esenamanova, Tatiana Tsivinskaya, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

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Brief Report: innovative Solutions

New designs for counterpulsation devices

Shutan Liao, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Guangzhou, China

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Quiz: Electrophysiology

The ICD patient with chest pain

Dolly Marope, Ashutosh Hardikar, Keshav Bhattarai, Jonathan A. Lipton, Hobart, TAS, Australia

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News

On Eurasian Association of Cardiothoracic Surgeons – EAACTS

Jamal Ashimov, Taalaibek Kudaiberdiev, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

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Answers to Quiz and Case Discussion

Answer to quiz on page 26  and case discussion: The ICD patient with chest pain

Dolly Marope, Ashutosh Hardikar, Keshav Bhattarai, Jonathan A. Lipton, Hobart, TAS, Australia

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Indexes

Author Index

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Reviewer Index

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Content  Index

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Correction note

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