European Heart Journal

Hotline Editorial:

E. M. ANTMAN and E. BRAUNWALD

Trials and tribulations of thrombin inhibition
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 971-973. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorials:

A. P. DAVIE and J. J. V. MCMURRAY

Cost-benefit analysis of lipid lowering therapy
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 974-975. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. ELHENDY and P. M. FIORETTI

Stress-induced ST-segment elevation after a recent myocardial infarction: myocardial necrosis, viability or both?
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 975-977. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

V. J. DZAU and M. HORIUCHI

Differential expression of angiotensin receptor subtypes in the myocardium: a hypothesis
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 978-980. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

F. CREA

Variant angina in patients without obstructive coronary atherosclerosis: a benign form of spasm
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 980-982. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R. DISSMANN and H.-P. SCHULTHEISS

lschaemia in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy—various causes and symptoms and the difficulties of ischaemia screening tests
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 982-984. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Y. BASHIR

Optimising radiofrequency catheter ablation of accessory pathways
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 984-986. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical Perspective:

E. E. VAN DER WALL and M. SCHWAIGER

Twenty years of myocardial perfusion imaging 1976–1996: anything new for the clinical cardiologist?
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 987-990. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review Article:

J. Rawles

What is the likely benefit of earlier thrombolysis?
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 991-995. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Guidelines:

Recommendations of the European Board for the Specialty Cardiology (EBSC) for education and training in basic cardiology in Europe: The Executive Committee of the European Board for the Specialty Cardiology
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 996-1000. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles:

B. Jönsson, M. Johannesson, J. Kjekshus, A. G. Olsson, T. R. Pedersen, H. Wedel, and Scandlnavlan Simvastatin Survival Study Group

Cost-effectiveness of cholesterol lowering: Results from the Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study (4S)
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 1001-1007. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

L. Lanzarini, R. Fetiveau, A. Poli, C. Cavalotti, M. Griffini, and M. Previtali

Significance of ST-segment elevation during dobutamine-stress echocardiography in patients with acute myocardial infarction treated with thrombolysis
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 1008-1014. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. Bory, F. Pierron, D. Panagides, J. L. Bonnet, S. Yvorra, and L. Desfossez

Coronary artery spasm in patients with normal or near normal coronary arteries: Long-term follow-up of 277 patients
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 1015-1021. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

F. Tomal, F. Crea, A. Danesi, M. Perino, A. Gaspardone, A. S. Ghini, M. T. Cascarano, L. Chiariello, and P. A. Gioffrè

Mechanisms of the warm-up phenomenon
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 1022-1027. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P. Fruergaard, J. Launbjerg, B. Hesse, F. Jørgensen, A. Petri, P. Eiken, S. Aggestrup, L. Elsborg, and K. Mellemgaard

The diagnoses of patients admitted with acute chest pain but without myocardial infarction
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 1028-1034. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. M. Glancy, P. J. Weston, H. K. Bhullar, C. J. Garratt, K. L. Woods, and D. P. de Bono

Reproducibility and automatic measurement of QT dispersion
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 1035-1039. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

K. Meyer, L. Samek, M. Schwaibold, S. Westbrook, R. Hajric, M. Lehmann, D. Eßfeld, and H. Roskamm

Physical responses to different modes of interval exercise in patients with chronic heart failure—application to exercise training
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 1040-1047. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

G. Magnusson, A. Gordon, L. Kaijser, C. Sylvén, B. Isberg, J. Karpakka, and B. Saltin

High intensity knee extensor training, in patients with chronic heart failure: Major skeletal muscle improvement
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 1048-1055. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P. M. Elliott, J. C. Kaski, K. Prasad, H. Seo, A. K. Slade, J. H. Goldman, and W. J. McKenna

Chest pain during daily life in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: an ambulatory electrocardiographic study
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 1056-1064. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

L. Frost, B. Lund, H. Pilegaard, and E. H. Christiansen

Re-evaluation of the role of P-wave duration and morphology as predictors of atrial fibrillation and flutter after coronary artery bypass surgery
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 1065-1071. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

B. Xie, S. C. Heald, A. J. Camm, E. Rowland, and D. E. Ward

Successful radiofrequency ablation of accessory pathways with the first energy delivery: the anatomic and electrical characteristics
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 1072-1079. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S. Yuan, C. Blomström-Lundqvist, S. Pehrson, C.-M. Pripp, B. Wohlfart, and S. B. Olsson

Dispersion of repolarization following double and triple programmed stimulation: A clinical study using the monophasic action potential recording technique
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 1080-1091. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S. Willems, H. Shenasa, H. Kottkamp, X. Chen, G. Hindricks, S. Yli-Mäyry, W. Haverkamp, T. Wichter, B. Rotman, G. Breithardt, and M. Borggrefe

Temperature-controlled slow pathway ablation for treatment of atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia using a combined anatomical and electrogram guided strategy
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 1092-1102. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. Roijer, A. Lindgren, O. Rudling, L. Wallin, S. B. Olsson, B. B. Johansson, and J. Eskilsson

Potential cardioembolic sources in an elderly population without stroke: A transthoracic and transoesophageal echocardiographic study in randomly selected volunteers
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 1103-1111. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

H. Rogg, M. de Gasparo, E. Graedel, P. Stulz, F. Burkart, M. Eberhard, and P. Erne

Angiotensin II-receptor subtypes in human atria and evidence for alterations in patients with cardiac dysfunction
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 1112-1120. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

E. Henriksen, J. Landelius, L. Wesslén, H. Arnell, C. Nyström-Rosander, T. Kangro, T. Jonason, C. Rolf, C. Lidell, E. Hammarström, I. Ringqvist, and G. Friman

Echocardiographic right and left ventricular measurements in male elite endurance athletes
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 1121-1128. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Instructions for Authors:

Instructions for Authors
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 1129. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Society notices:

Notices for the European Society of Cardiology
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 1129. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical trial update:

P. COWBURN and J. G. F. CLELAND

SPAF-III results
Eur Heart J 1996 17: 1129. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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