European Heart Journal

Hotline Editorial

W. H. VAN GILST and K. I. LIE

Calcium antagonism in perspective: new data on diltiazem in unstable angina
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 485-486. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorials

L. AGATI

Three-dimensional echocardiography: the virtual reality in cardiology—luxury or useful technique?
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 487-489. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P. J. RICHARDSON

Assessment of myocardial damage in dilated cardiomyopathy
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 489-490. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. VAN DER LAARSE, V. MANGER CATS, and A. V. G. BRUSCHKE

Preconditioning of the heart
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 490-491. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P. SELLIER

Stress induced T wave normalization: a new marker of myocardial ischaemia
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 491-493. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

B. S. LEWIS

Doppler diastolic transmitral ventricular filling patterns—towards a better understanding
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 493-495. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

V. PARSONNET

The cost-effectiveness of dual-chamber pacing
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 495-496. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P. J. WALTER and R. MOHAN

Too old for heart valve replacement?
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 496-497. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical Perspectives

M. E. JOSEPHSON and V. H. SCHIBGILLA

Athletes and arrhythmias: clinical considerations and perspectives
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 498-505. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. S. MARBER, D. L. BROWN, and R. A. KLONER

The open artery hypothesis: to open, or not to open, that is the question
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 505-509. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review Article

D. R. Holdright and K. M. Fox

Characterization and identification of women with angina pectoris
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 510-517. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Epidemiology and prevention

Get checked abstract N. Hoeymans, H. A. Smit, H. Verkleij, and D. Kromhout

Cardiovascular risk factors in relation to educational level in 36 000 men and women in the Netherlands
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 518-525. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ischaemic heart disease

Get checked abstract A. Elhendy, L. Geleijnse, A. Salustri, R. T. van Domburg, J. H. Cornel, M. Arnese, J. R. T. C. Roelandt, and P. M. Fioretti

T wave normalization during dobutamine stress testing in patients with non-Q wave myocardial infarction. A marker of myocardial ischaemia?
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 526-531. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract G. Malfatto, M. Facchini, R. Bragato, G. Branzi, L. Sala, and G. Leonetti

Short and long term effects of exercise training on the tonic autonomic modulation of heart rate variability after myocardial infarction
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 532-538. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Interventional cardiology

Get checked abstract M. J. Claeys, C. J. Vrints, J. M. Bosmans, V. M. Conraads, and J. P. Snoeck

Aminophylline inhibits adaptation to ischaemia during angioplasty Role of adenosine in ischaemic preconditioning
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 539-544. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Myocardial and pericardial disease

Get checked abstract V. Martí, P. Coll, M. Ballester, D. Obrador, I. Carrió, C. Moya, E. Lama, J. M. Augé, and L. C. Archard

Enterovirus persistence and myocardial damage detected by ¹¹¹In-monoclonal antimyosin antibodies in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 545-549. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cardiac arrhythmias

Get checked abstract G. N. Theodorakis, M. Markianos, C. K. Kouroubetsis, E. G. Livanis, I. A. Paraskevaidis, and D. TH. Kremastinos

Clinical, adrenergic and heart endocrine measures in chronic atrial fibrillation as predictors of conversion and maintenance of sinus rhythm after direct current cardioversion
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 550-556. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract A. Biffi, G. Ansalone, L. Verdile, F. Fernando, G. Caselli, F. Ammirati, A. Pelliccia, and M. Santini

Ventricular arrhythmias and athlete's heart: Role of signal-averaged electrocardiography
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 557-563. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract N. M. van Hemel, J. H. Kingma, J. J. A. M. Defauw, E. Hoogteijling-van Dusseldorp, J. C. Kelder, W. P. Beukema, and F. E. E. Vermeulen

Continuation of antiarrhythmic drugs, or arrhythmia surgery after multiple drug failures: A randomized trial in the treatment of postinfarction ventricular tachycardia
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 564-573. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract R. Sutton and I. Bourgeois

Cost benefit analysis of single and dual chamber pacing for sick sinus syndrome and atrioventricular block: An economic sensitivity analysis of the literature
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 574-582. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Valvular heart disease

Get checked abstract M. Olsson, H. Janfjäll, K. Orth-Gomér, A. Undén, and M. Rosenqvist

Quality of life in octogenarians after valve replacement due to aortic stenosis: A prospective comparison with younger patients
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 583-589. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Vascular and systemic diseases

Get checked abstract N. Nighoghossian, M. Perinetti, M. Barthelet, P. Adeleine, and P. Trouillas

Potential cardioembolic sources of stroke in patients less than 60 years of age
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 590-594. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract P. Messner-Pellenc, C. Ximenes, F. Leclercq, J. Mercier, R. Grolleau, and C. Préfaut

Exercise tolerance in patients with mitral stenosis before and after acute percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty: Role of lung diffusing capacity limitation?
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 595-605. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cardiovascular physiology

Get checked abstract T. Lauri

Cardiovascular responses to an acute volume load in deep hypothermia
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 606-611. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract T. Kangro, E. Henriksen, T. Jonason, H. Nilsson, and I. Ringqvist

Factors of importance to Doppler indices of left ventricular filling in 50-year-old healthy subjects
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 612-618. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Imaging

Get checked abstract T. Binder, S. Globlts, M. Zangeneh, H. Gabriel, W. Räthy, J. Koller, and D. Glogar

Three-dimensional echocardiography using a transoesophageal imaging probe: Potentials and technical considerations
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 619-628. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract A. Varga, M. Ostojic, A. Djordjevic-Dikic, R. Sicari, A. Pingitore, I. Nedeljkovic, and E Picano

Infra-low dose dipyridamole test: A novel dose regimen for selective assessment of myocardial viability by vasodilator stress echocardiography
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 629-634. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Th. Benoit, D. Vivegnis, A. Lahiri, R. Itti, S. Braat, and P. Rigo

Tomographic myocardial imaging with technetium-99m tetrofosmin: Comparison with tetrofosmin and Thallium planar imaging and with angiography
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 635-642. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Instructions to Authors

Instructions for Authors
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 643. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Society notices

Society notices
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 643. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor

G. NYBERG and P. ERIKSSON

Nodal re-entry tackycardia with angina treated with adenosine
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 643. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. M. PAEMELAERE, B. DESVEAUX, L. MAILLARD, L. QUILLIET, and P. H. RAYNAUD

Rare cause of pure aortic regurgitation: congenital quadricuspid aortic valve
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 643-644. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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