European Heart Journal

Editorials:

S Lewington

The importance of cholesterol, blood pressure and smoking for coronary heart disease
Eur Heart J 2003 24: 1703-1704. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stein Ørn and Kenneth Dickstein

Neurohormonal inhibition in heart failure, is there no limit?
Eur Heart J 2003 24: 1705-1706. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Eric R Bates, Debabrata Mukherjee, and Wei C Lau

Drug–drug interactions involving antiplatelet agents
Eur Heart J 2003 24: 1707-1709. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review:

M.R Cowie, P Jourdain, A Maisel, U Dahlstrom, F Follath, R Isnard, A Luchner, T McDonagh, J Mair, M Nieminen, and G Francis

Clinical applications of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) testing
Eur Heart J 2003 24: 1710-1718. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical research:

Jonathan R Emberson, Peter H Whincup, Richard W Morris, and Mary Walker

Re-assessing the contribution of serum total cholesterol, blood pressure and cigarette smoking to the aetiology of coronary heart disease: impact of regression dilution bias
Eur Heart J 2003 24: 1719-1726. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Robert S. McKelvie, Jean-Lucien Rouleau, Michel White, Rizwan Afzal, James B. Young, Aldo P. Maggioni, Peter Held, and Salim Yusuf

Comparative impact of enalapril, candesartan or metoprolol alone or in combination on ventricular remodelling in patients with congestive heart failure
Eur Heart J 2003 24: 1727-1734. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R.S. Gardner, F. Özalp, A.J. Murday, S.D. Robb, and T.A. McDonagh

N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide: A new gold standard in predicting mortality in patients with advanced heart failure
Eur Heart J 2003 24: 1735-1743. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Horst Neubauer, Bülent Günesdogan, Christoph Hanefeld, Martin Spiecker, and Andreas Mügge

Lipophilic statins interfere with the inhibitory effects of clopidogrel on platelet function — a flow cytometry study
Eur Heart J 2003 24: 1744-1749. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Johan Herlitz, Johan Engdahl, Leif Svensson, Marie Young, Karl-Axel Ängquist, and Stig Holmberg

A short delay from out of hospital cardiac arrest to call for ambulance increases survival
Eur Heart J 2003 24: 1750-1755. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kirsten B. Holven, Anne M. Myhre, Pål Aukrust, Tor Arne Hagve, Leiv Ose, and Marit S. Nenseter

Patients with familial hypercholesterolaemia show enhanced spontaneous chemokine release from peripheral blood mononuclear cells ex vivo: Dependency of xanthomas/xanthelasms, smoking and gender
Eur Heart J 2003 24: 1756-1762. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marc Cohen, Philip Urban, Jan T. Christenson, Debra L. Joseph, Robert J. Freedman, Jr, Michael F. Miller, E.Magnus Ohman, Ramachandra C. Reddy, Gregg W. Stone, and James J. Ferguson, III on behalf of the Benchmark Registry collaborators

Intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation in US and non-US centres: results of the Benchmark^® Registry
Eur Heart J 2003 24: 1763-1770. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rungroj Krittayaphong, Gumpanart Veerakul, Koonlawee Nademanee, and Charuwan Kangkagate

Heart rate variability in patients with Brugada syndrome in Thailand
Eur Heart J 2003 24: 1771-1778. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Eric Dumont, Christophe Camus, Frédéric Victor, Christian de Place, Dominique Pavin, Christine Alonso, Philippe Mabo, and J.Claude Daubert

Suspected pacemaker or defibrillator transvenous lead infection: Prospective assessment of a TEE-guided therapeutic strategy
Eur Heart J 2003 24: 1779-1787. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Preclinical research:

Leonidas Diamantopoulos, Xiaoshun Liu, Ivan De Scheerder, Rob Krams, Shengiao Li, Johan Van Cleemput, Walter Desmet, and Patrick W Serruys

The effect of reduced blood-flow on the coronary wall temperature: Are significant lesions suitable for intravascular thermography?
Eur Heart J 2003 24: 1788-1795. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor:

J Muller-Nordhorn

Population-based cardiovascular risk prediction
Eur Heart J 2003 24: 1796. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hans-Werner Hense and Helmut Schulte

Response to the letter by Müller-Nordhorn and Willich
Eur Heart J 2003 24: 1796. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

U.J. Thilen

Closure of atrial septal defect: is the debate over?
Eur Heart J 2003 24: 1797. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lorna Swan

Response to the letter by ThilenASD closure: please don't lose the message
Eur Heart J 2003 24: 1797. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Diego Perez de Arenaza, Anil K Taneja, and Marcus Flather

Long distance transport for primary angioplasty vs immediate thrombolysis in acute myocardial infarction (PRAGUE-2 trial)
Eur Heart J 2003 24: 1798. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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