European Heart Journal

Hotline editorial:

Franz H Messerli

The LIFE study: the straw that should break the camel's back
Eur Heart J 2003 24: 487-489. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorials:

J Thambyrajah and M.A De Belder

Management of non ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes—continuing the search for the bad guys
Eur Heart J 2003 24: 490-493. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Martin Oberhoff and Karl R Karsch

Who wants his plaque sealed?
Eur Heart J 2003 24: 494-495. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jens Mogensen, Ajay Bahl, and William J McKenna

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy—the clinical challenge of managing a hereditary heart condition
Eur Heart J 2003 24: 496-498. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rachel S Eidelman and Charles H Hennekens

Fibrinogen: a predictor of stroke and marker of atherosclerosis
Eur Heart J 2003 24: 499-500. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

H Schunkert and J Erdmann

Well kept secrets of the genome
Eur Heart J 2003 24: 501-503. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical perspectives:

Jan A Staessen, Ji-Guang Wang, and Willem H Birkenhäger

Outcome beyond blood pressure control?
Eur Heart J 2003 24: 504-514. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Regular articles:

Petru Liuba, Jerker Persson, Jukka Luoma, Seppo Ylä-Herttuala, and Erkki Pesonen

Acute infections in children are accompanied by oxidative modification of LDL and decrease of HDL cholesterol, and are followed by thickening of carotid intima–media
Eur Heart J 2003 24: 515-521. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. Hersi, Y. Fu, B. Wong, K.W. Mahaffey, R.A. Harrington, R.M. Califf, F. Van de Werf, and P.W. Armstrong for the PARAGON-B Investigators

Does the discharge ECG provide additional prognostic insight(s) in non-ST elevation ACS patients from that acquired on admission?
Eur Heart J 2003 24: 522-531. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C Daly, J Norrie, D.L Murdoch, I Ford, H.J Dargie, and K Fox for the TIBET study group

The value of routine non-invasive tests to predict clinical outcome in stable angina
Eur Heart J 2003 24: 532-540. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

N Mercado, W Maier, E Boersma, C Bucher, V de Valk, W.W O'Neill, B.J Gersh, B Meier, P.W Serruys, and W Wijns

Clinical and angiographic outcome of patients with mild coronary lesions treated with balloon angioplasty or coronary stenting: Implications for mechanical plaque sealing
Eur Heart J 2003 24: 541-551. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

T. Simon, M. Mary-Krause, C. Funck-Brentano, Ph. Lechat, and P. Jaillon on behalf of CIBIS II investigators

Bisoprolol dose–response relationship in patients with congestive heart failure: a subgroup analysis in the cardiac insufficiency bisoprolol study (CIBIS II)
Eur Heart J 2003 24: 552-559. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

I.M van Langen, E Birnie, N.J Leschot, G.J Bonsel, and A.A.M Wilde

Genetic knowledge and counselling skills of Dutch cardiologists: sufficient for the genomics era?
Eur Heart J 2003 24: 560-566. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S.C. Kofoed, H.H. Wittrup, H. Sillesen, and B.G. Nordestgaard

Fibrinogen predicts ischaemic stroke and advanced atherosclerosis but not echolucent, rupture-prone carotid plaques: The Copenhagen City Heart Study
Eur Heart J 2003 24: 567-576. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

L. Swan, D.H. Birnie, S. Padmanabhan, G. Inglis, J.M.C. Connell, and W.S. Hillis

The genetic determination of left ventricular mass in healthy adults
Eur Heart J 2003 24: 577-582. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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