Table of Contents

Original Article

• Open Access

  Paddlewheel multi-slice helical computed tomography reformation in the detection of pulmonary embolism. An initial experience

  Hoda S. Darwish and Sadia R. Qamar

  Saudi Medical Journal September 2013, 34 (9) 896-900;
• Open Access

  The role of 3-dimensional echocardiography in evaluating congenital heart diseases

  Saad Q. Khoshhal

  Saudi Medical Journal September 2013, 34 (9) 901-907;
• Open Access

  Anatomical variation of brachial artery bifurcation

  Mayson A. Al-Sowayigh, Azza I. Zaki, Amira A. El-Haggagy, Iman H. Abdel Aal and Mohamed H. Badawoud

  Saudi Medical Journal September 2013, 34 (9) 908-912;
• Open Access

  Visual outcomes and patient satisfaction after implantable collamer lens and Toric implantable collamer lens correction for moderate to high myopia and myopic astigmatism

  Mahfouth A. Bamashmus, Ammar H. Al-Arabi and Mohammed A. Alawad

  Saudi Medical Journal September 2013, 34 (9) 913-919;
• Open Access

  The ideal aesthetic nasal dorsum in the Saudi population

  Sami E. Alharethy

  Saudi Medical Journal September 2013, 34 (9) 920-922;
• Open Access

  Arabic coffee increases the glycemic index but not insulinemic index of dates

  Muneera Q. Al-Mssallem and Jonathan E. Brown

  Saudi Medical Journal September 2013, 34 (9) 923-928;
• Open Access

  Prevalence and distribution of metabolic syndrome in a southern Chinese population. Relation to exercise, smoking, and educational level

  Yong-Qiang Li, Li-Qin Zhao, Xin-Yu Liu, Hong-Lei Wang, Xiao-Hong Wang, Bin Li, Kang-Ping Deng, Ying Zhang, Qin Liu, Harry Holthofer and He-Qun Zou

  Saudi Medical Journal September 2013, 34 (9) 929-936;
• Open Access

  The value of urine cytology in the diagnosis of bladder cancer. Cytopathological correlation

  Layla S. Abdullah

  Saudi Medical Journal September 2013, 34 (9) 937-941;
• Open Access

  Identification of Helicobacter pylori by different conventional staining techniques and its comparison with polymerase chain reaction

  Himani B. Pandya, Jagdish S. Patel, Harihar H. Agravat, Sahil B. Patel and Minal C. Thakkar

  Saudi Medical Journal September 2013, 34 (9) 942-948;
• Open Access

  Effects of infants' birth order, maternal age, and socio-economic status on birth weight

  Seyed J. Ghaemmaghami, Leila Nikniaz, Reza Mahdavi, Zeinab Nikniaz, Farzad Razmifard and Farzaneh Afsharnia

  Saudi Medical Journal September 2013, 34 (9) 949-953;
• Open Access

  Evaluation of biomedical research in Saudi Arabia

  Jamal Al-Bishri

  Saudi Medical Journal September 2013, 34 (9) 954-959;