1. Welcome message from the new Editor-in-Chief

   • Domenico Prisco

   Editor's Page 27 June 2009 Pages: 273 - 273

2. Perioperative handling of antiplatelet therapy: watching the two sides of the coin

   • Paolo Gresele

   IM - Commentary 17 June 2009 Pages: 275 - 276

3. Mild inflammation may switch on again atrial fibrillation after successful electrical cardioversion

   • Filippo Marzot
   • Vittorio Pengo

   IM - Commentary 09 June 2009 Pages: 277 - 278

4. Perioperative handling of patients on antiplatelet therapy with need for surgery

   • Matteo Nicola Dario Di Minno
   • Domenico Prisco
   • Giovanni Di Minno

   IM - Review 16 June 2009 Pages: 279 - 288

5. Anabolic steroids: dependence and complications of chronic use

   • Gianluca Quaglio
   • Anna Fornasiero
   • Alessandro Lechi

   IM - Review 26 May 2009 Pages: 289 - 296

6. The acute porphyrias: a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge in internal and emergency medicine

   • Paolo Ventura
   • Maria Domenica Cappellini
   • Emilio Rocchi

   IM - Review 29 May 2009 Pages: 297 - 308

   

7. High sensitivity C-reactive protein: a predictor for recurrence of atrial fibrillation after successful cardioversion

   • Enrico Vizzardi
   • Savina Nodari
   • Livio Dei Cas

   IM - Original 14 March 2009 Pages: 309 - 313

8. Relationships of PAI-1 levels to central obesity and liver steatosis in a sample of adult male population in southern Italy

   • Antonio Barbato
   • Roberto Iacone
   • on behalf of The Olivetti Heart Study Research Group

   IM - Original 07 April 2009 Pages: 315 - 323

   

9. Prognostic implications of diabetes phenotyping: new concepts for an old disease

   • Giuseppe Daniele
   • Cristina Bianchi
   • Roberto Miccoli

   IM - Case Record 14 March 2009 Pages: 325 - 329

   

10. Pulse oximeter, the fifth vital sign: a safety belt or a prison of the mind?

    • Camilla Tozzetti
    • Chiara Adembri
    • Pietro Amedeo Modesti

    IM - Physical Examination 13 June 2009 Pages: 331 - 332

11. A 67-year-old man with anterior neck swelling

    • Kathryn Volz
    • Carlo Rosen
    • Leon Sanchez

    EM - Airway Forum 17 June 2009 Pages: 333 - 338

    

12. Is thrombolysis for intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism beneficial? The case of Emeritus Professor Crow

    • Alessandro Squizzato
    • Lorenzo Moja
    • Andrea A. Conti

    CE - Cochrane's Corner 09 June 2009 Pages: 339 - 341

13. New evidence in cardiovascular medicine, general practice and public health

    • Andrea Alberto Conti
    • Beatrice Dilaghi
    • Carlo Nozzoli

    CE - The Cutting Edge: Research Update 09 June 2009 Pages: 343 - 345

14. A vivid example of angioedema

    • Cemil Kavalci
    • Mehmet İnal
    • Sibel Güldiken

    CE - Medical Illustration 14 March 2009 Pages: 347 - 348

    

15. Pneumoperitoneum secondary to a ruptured splenic abscess

    • Manon N. G. J. A. Braat
    • Willem E. Hueting
    • Eric J. Hazebroek

    CE - Medical Illustration 05 May 2009 Pages: 349 - 351

    

16. Prognostic stratification of chronic heart failure in elderly population: are cardiopulmonary tests and BNP really valuable?

    • Marco P. Donadini
    • Alessandro Squizzato
    • Walter Ageno

    CE - Letter to the Editor 09 April 2009 Pages: 353 - 354

17. Cardiopulmonary test in elderly: feasible, safe and useful

    • Angela Beatrice Scardovi
    • Renata De Maria

    CE - Letter to the Editor 02 July 2009 Pages: 355 - 355

18. Systemic capillary leak syndrome or Clarkson’s disease: a case report

    • Maria De Martino
    • Laura Sasso
    • Domenico Bonaduce

    CE - Letter to the Editor 14 June 2009 Pages: 357 - 358

19. Psychosis as the first presentation of hyperthyroidism

    • Thiti Snabboon
    • Ampai Khemkha
    • Vitaya Sridama

    CE - Letter to the Editor 19 May 2009 Pages: 359 - 360