European Heart Journal

Hotline Editorial:

J. DEANFIELD

Passive smoking and early arterial damage
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 645-646. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorials:

L. J. JORDAENS

Incessant ventricular tachycardia: a lost case or new hope?
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 647-648. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. P. DAVIE and J. J. V. McMURRAY

Economic aspects of treatment with captopril after MI
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 648-650. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. YARNELL and A. EVANS

Chlamydia and coronary heart disease
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 650-651. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. H. GERSHLICK

Magnesium and acute myocardial infarction: misunderstood ion or irrelevant molecule?
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 651-653. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P. WEISMÜLLER and V. HOMBACH

Unipolar cardioverter/defibrillator systems implanted under local anaesthesia—a further step to feasibility and safety
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 653-655. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P. KLIGFIELD

Progress in exercise electrocardiography
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 655-657. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical Perspectives:

C. J. MOERMAN, J. C. M. WITTEMAN, H. J. A. COLLETTE, J. A. GEVERS LEUVEN, C. KLUFT, P. KENEMANS, K. MEETER, and FOR THE WORKING GROUP ON WOMEN AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE OF THE NETHERLANDS HEART FOUNDATION

Hormone replacement therapy: a useful tool in the prevention of coronary artery disease in postmenopausal women?
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 658-666. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

E. E. VAN DER WALL

Do magnetic resonance techniques contribute to the management of clinical problems?
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 666-673. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Evidence-based Cardiology:

J. G. F. Cleland, P. J. Cowburn, and R. H. Falk

Should all patients with atrial fibrillation receive warfarin? Evidence from randomized clinical trials
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 674-681. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles:

H. Miettinen, S. Lehto, P. Saikku, S. M. Haffner, T. Rönnemaa, K. Pyörälä, and M. Laakso

Epidemiology and prevention: Association of Chlamydia pneumoniae and acute coronary heart disease events in non-insulin dependent diabetic and non-diabetic subjects in Finland
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 682-688. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P. Klootwijk, A. Langer, S. Meij, C. Green, R. F. Veldkamp, A. M. Ross, P. W. Armstrong, M. L. Simoons, and for the GUSTO-I ECG-ischaemia monitoring substudy

lschaemic heart disease: Non-invasive prediction of reperfusion and coronary artery patency by continuous ST segment monitoring in the GUSTO-I trial
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 689-698. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C. M. C. Van Campen, F. C. Visser, and C. A. Visser

lschaemic heart disease: The QRS score: a promising new exercise score for detecting coronary artery disease based on exercise-induced changes of Q-, R- and S-waves: a relationship with myocardial ischaemia
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 699-708. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. Roth, R. Kornowski, Y. Agmon, N. Vardinon, D. Sheps, E. Graph, M. Burke, S. Laniado, and I. Yust

lschaemic heart disease: High-dose intravenous magnesium attenuates complement consumption after acute myocardial infarction treated by streptokinase
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 709-714. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. Heras, G. Sanz, E. Roig, F. Pérez-Villa, L. Recasens, A. Serra, and A. Betriu

lschaemic heart disease: Endothelial dysfunction of the non-infarct related, angiographically normal, coronary artery in patients with an acute myocardial infarction
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 715-720. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P. Kearney, R. Erbel, H. J. Rupperect, J. Ge, L. Koch, T. Voigtländer, P. Stähr, G. Görge, and J. Meyer

Interventional cardiology: Differences in the morphology of unstable and stable coronary lesions and their impact on the mechanisms of angioplasty. An in vivo study with intravascular ultrasound
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 721-730. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

B. C. Michel, M. J. Al, W. J. Remme, J. H. Kingma, J. A. Kragten, R. Van Nieuenhuizen, and B. A. Van Hout

Heart failure: Economic aspects of treatment with captopril for patients with asymptomatic left ventricular dysfunction in The Netherlands
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 731-740. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

H. Persson, S. V. Eriksson, and L. Erhardt

Heart failure: Effects of beta receptor antagonists on left ventricular function in patients with clinical evidence of heart failure after myocardial infarction. A double-blind comparison of metoprolol and xamoterol Echocardiographic results from the Metoprolol and Xamoterol Infarction Study (MEXIS)
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 741-749. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S. Andreas, A. J. Morguet, G. S. Werner, and H. Kreuzer

Cardiac arrhythmias: Ventilatory response to exercise and to carbon dioxide in patients with heart failure
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 750-755. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

K. Cao and B.-D. Gonska

Cardiac arrhythmias: Catheter ablation of incessant ventricular tachycardia: acute and long-term results
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 756-763. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

G. Stix, A. Anvari, M. Grabenwöger, C. Merhaut, Z. Türel, G. Laufer, and H. Schmidinger

Cardiac arrhythmias: Implantation of a unipolar cardioverter/defibrillator system under local anaesthesia
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 764-768. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

F. Lombardi, G. Sandrone, A. Porta, D. Torzillo, G. Terranova, G. Baselli, S. Cerutti, and A. Malliani

Cardiac arrhythmias: Spectral analysis of short term R-Tapex interval variability during sinus rhythm and fixed atrial rate
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 769-778. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P. Nazeyrollas, D. Metz, D. Jolly, B. Maillier, C. Jennesseaux, D. Maes, J. P. Chabert, L. Chapoutot, and J. Elaerts

Vascular and systemic diseases: Use of transthoracic Doppler echocardiography combined with clinical and electrocardiographic data to predict acute pulmonary embolism
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 779-786. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

H. Buikema, Y. M. Pinto, G. Rooks, J. G. Grandjean, H. Schunkert, and W. H. van Gilst

Cardiovascular physiology: The deletion polymorphism of the angiotensin-converting enzyme gene is related to phenotypic differences in human arteries
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 787-794. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S. P. Karwatowski, S. J. D. Brecker, G. Z. Yang, D. N. Firmin, M. St John Sutton, and S. R. Underwood

Cardiovascular physiology: A comparison of left ventricular myocardial velocity in diastole measured by magnetic resonance and left ventricular filling measured by Doppler echocardiography
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 795-802. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor:

M. PREVITALI, L. LANZARINI, R. FETIVEAU, A. POLI, and P. DIOTALLEVI

Dobutamine-induced and spontaneous sustained ventricular tachycardia in recent myocardial infarction
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 803-804. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P. R. VOGT, O. HESS, and M. I. TURINA

Internal mammary artery spasm immediately after grafting to the left anterior descending artery: diagnosis and treatment
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 804. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Erratum:

Atrial septal defect type Ostium secundum with and without prolonged atrioventricular conduction
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 805. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Instructions for Authors:

Instructions for Authors Check List
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 805. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Society notices:

Notices for the European Society of Cardiology
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 805. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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