European Heart Journal

ESC News and Appointments:

ESC News and Appointments
Eur Heart J 2001 22: I-IV. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorials:

B. de Geest and D. Collen

Antibodies against oxidized LDL for non-invasive diagnosis of atherosclerotic vascular disease
Eur Heart J 2001 22: 1517-1518. [PDF] [References] [Request Permissions]  

A. Gaspardone

Endothelin: a new marker of risk of rapid coronary stenosis progression in patients with stable angina?
Eur Heart J 2001 22: 1519-1520. [PDF] [References] [Request Permissions]  

A. L'Abbate and G. Sambuceti

Studying the neuronal side of the synaptic cleft. A tool for investigating the paradox of sympathetic nervous system and heart failure in dilated cardiomyopathy
Eur Heart J 2001 22: 1521-1522. [PDF] [References] [Request Permissions]  

S.G. Ball

Why patients with heart failure die
Eur Heart J 2001 22: 1523-1524. [PDF] [References] [Request Permissions]  

R.E. Ideker and P.C. Fotuhi

Early atrial defibrillation; ‘a stitch in time saves nine’ or ‘haste makes waste’?
Eur Heart J 2001 22: 1524-1526. [PDF] [References] [Request Permissions]  

Task Force report:

Task Force for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Heart Failure, European Society of Cardiology, W. J. Remme, and K. Swedberg

Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of chronic heart failure
Eur Heart J 2001 22: 1527-1560. [PDF] [References] [Request Permissions]  

Review article:

S. Kamath, A.D. Blann, and G.Y.H. Lip

Platelet activation: assessment and quantification
Eur Heart J 2001 22: 1561-1571. [PDF] [References] [Request Permissions]  

Regular articles:

C. Monaco, F. Crea, G. Niccoli, F. Summaria, D. Cianflone, R. Bordone, G. Bellomo, and A. Maseri

Autoantibodies against oxidized low density lipoproteins in patients with stable angina, unstable angina or peripheral vascular disease; pathophysiological implications
Eur Heart J 2001 22: 1572-1577. [Abstract] [PDF] [References] [Request Permissions]  

E.G. Zouridakis, R. Schwartzman, X. Garcia-Moll, I.D. Cox, S. Fredericks, D.W. Holt, and J.C. Kaski

Increased plasma endothelin levels in angina patients with rapid coronary artery disease progression
Eur Heart J 2001 22: 1578-1584. [Abstract] [PDF] [References] [Request Permissions]  

D.P. Foley, M. Pieper, W. Wijns, H. Suryapranata, G. Grollier, V. Legrand, I. de Scheerder, C. Hanet, J. Puel, H. Mudra, H.J.R.M. Bonnier, A. Colombo, M. Thomas, P. Probst, M.-C. Morice, J. Kleijne, and P.W. Serruys on behalf of the MAGIC 5L investigators

The influence of stent length on clinical and angiographic outcome in patients undergoing elective stenting for native coronary artery lesions; final results of the Magic 5L Study
Eur Heart J 2001 22: 1585-1593. [Abstract] [PDF] [References] [Request Permissions]  

F.M. Bengel, B. Permanetter, M. Ungerer, S.G. Nekolla, and M. Schwaiger

Relationship between altered sympathetic innervation, oxidative metabolism and contractile function in the cardiomyopathic human heart; a non-invasive study using positron emission tomography
Eur Heart J 2001 22: 1594-1600. [Abstract] [PDF] [References] [Request Permissions]  

J.G.F. Cleland, K. Thygesen, B.F. Uretsky, P. Armstrong, J.D. Horowitz, B. Massie, M. Packer, P.A. Poole-Wilson, and L. Rydén on behalf of the ATLAS investigators

Cardiovascular critical event pathways for the progression of heart failure; a report from the ATLAS study
Eur Heart J 2001 22: 1601-1612. [Abstract] [PDF] [References] [Request Permissions]  

P.E. Vardas, E.G. Manios, E.M. Kanoupakis, D.N. Dermitzaki, H.E. Mavrakis, and E.M. Kallergis

Atrial defibrillation threshold in humans minutes after atrial fibrillation induction. ‘a stitch in time saves nine’
Eur Heart J 2001 22: 1613-1617. [Abstract] [PDF] [References] [Request Permissions]  

C. Kouakam, G. Vaksmann, E. Pachy, D. Lacroix, C. Rey, and S. Kacet

Long-term follow-up of children and adolescents with syncope; predictor of syncope recurrence
Eur Heart J 2001 22: 1618-1625. [Abstract] [PDF] [References] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor:

P.K. Rønnevik

Prognostic value of exercise testing
Eur Heart J 2001 22: 1626. [PDF] [References] [Request Permissions]  

R.M. Norris

Dissent from the consensus on the redefinition of myocardial infarction
Eur Heart J 2001 22: 1626-1627. [PDF] [References] [Request Permissions]  

H. Domínguez, C. Torp-Pedersen, L. Kober, and C. Rask-Madsen

A reply
Eur Heart J 2001 22: 1627. [PDF] [References] [Request Permissions]  

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