European Heart Journal

Editorials:

Divaka Perera, Gajen Kanaganayagam, and Michael Marber

Stem cells in unstable angina: the dynamic duo
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 999-1000. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C.Michael Gibson, James A. de Lemos, and Elliott M. Antman from the TIMI Study Group

Time is muscle in primary PCI: the strength of the evidence grows
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 1001-1002. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical research:

Jacob George, Emil Goldstein, Soulico Abashidze, Varda Deutsch, Haim Shmilovich, Ariel Finkelstein, Itzhak Herz, Hylton Miller, and Gad Keren

Circulating endothelial progenitor cells in patients with unstable angina: association with systemic inflammation
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 1003-1008. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Giuseppe De Luca, Arnoud W.J van't Hof, Menko-Jan de Boer, Jan Paul Ottervanger, Jan C.A Hoorntje, A.T.Marcel Gosselink, Jan-Henk E Dambrink, Felix Zijlstra, and Harry Suryapranata

Time-to-treatment significantly affects the extent of ST-segment resolution and myocardial blush in patients with acute myocardial infarction treated by primary angioplasty
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 1009-1013. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sandra Rea Torti, Michael Billinger, Markus Schwerzmann, Rolf Vogel, Rainer Zbinden, Stephan Windecker, and Christian Seiler

Risk of decompression illness among 230 divers in relation to the presence and size of patent foramen ovale
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 1014-1020. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rakesh Sharma, Darrel P Francis, Bertram Pitt, Philip A Poole-Wilson, Andrew J.S Coats, and Stefan D Anker

Haemoglobin predicts survival in patients with chronic heart failure: a substudy of the ELITE II trial
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 1021-1028. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Amit Segev, Saleem Kassam, Christopher E Buller, Herbert K Lau, John D Sparkes, Philip W Connelly, Peter H Seidelin, Madhu K Natarajan, Eric A Cohen, and Bradley H Strauss

Pre-procedural plasma levels of C-reactive protein and interleukin-6 do not predict late coronary angiographic restenosis after elective stenting
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 1029-1035. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Christoph Kaiser, Gabriela M. Kuster, Paul Erne, Wolfgang Amann, Barbara Naegeli, Stefan Osswald, Peter Buser, Heinz Schläpfer, Wolfgang Brett, Hans-Reinhard Zerkowski, Christian Schindler, and Matthias Pfisterer the TIME Investigators

Risks and benefits of optimised medical and revascularisation therapy in elderly patients with angina – on-treatment analysis of the TIME trial
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 1036-1042. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Eugenio Martuscelli, Andrea Romagnoli, Alessia D'Eliseo, Cinzia Razzini, Marco Tomassini, Massimiliano Sperandio, Giovanni Simonetti, and Francesco Romeo

Accuracy of thin-slice computed tomography in the detection of coronary stenoses
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 1043-1048. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J.W.G Yarnell, C.C Patterson, P.M Sweetnam, and G.D.O Lowe

Haemostatic/inflammatory markers predict 10-year risk of IHD at least as well as lipids: the Caerphilly collaborative studies
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 1049-1056. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J.W Roos-Hesselink, F.J Meijboom, S.E.C Spitaels, R van Domburg, E.H.M van Rijen, E.M.W.J Utens, A.J.J.C Bogers, and M.L Simoons

Outcome of patients after surgical closure of ventricular septal defect at young age: longitudinal follow-up of 22–34 years
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 1057-1062. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andrea Puglisi, Maurizio Lunati, Antonino G.M Marullo, Stefano Bianchi, Mariano Feccia, Fabrizio Sgreccia, Ilaria Vicini, Sergio Valsecchi, Francesco Musumeci, and Ettore Vitali

Limited thoracotomy as a second choice alternative to transvenous implant for cardiac resynchronisation therapy delivery
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 1063-1069. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Emmanuel N Simantirakis, Sophia I Schiza, Mary E Marketou, Stavros I Chrysostomakis, Gregory I Chlouverakis, Nick C Klapsinos, Nikolas S Siafakas, and Panos E Vardas

Severe bradyarrhythmias in patients with sleep apnoea: the effect of continuous positive airway pressure treatment: A long-term evaluation using an insertable loop recorder
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 1070-1076. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Special article:

Johannes A Schaar, James E Muller, Erling Falk, Renu Virmani, Valentin Fuster, Patrick W Serruys, Antonio Colombo, Christodoulos Stefanadis, S Ward Casscells, Pedro R Moreno, Attilio Maseri, and Anton F.W van der Steen

Terminology for high-risk and vulnerable coronary artery plaques
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 1077-1082. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Obituary:

Jerónimo Farré and Hein J. Wellens

Obituary to: Philippe Coumel – A founding father of modern arrhythmology
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 1083-1084. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor:

Gerasimos S. Filippatos, Stefan D. Anker, and Fotis Kardaras

B-type natriuretic peptide serum levels in acute heart failure
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 1085. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M.R. Cowie

B-type natriuretic peptide serum levels in acute heart failure: Reply
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 1085. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Panagiotis Korantzopoulos, Theofilos Kolettis, Evaggelos Kountouris, and Konstantinos Siogas

Atrial remodeling in persistent atrial fibrillation: the potential role of aldosterone
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 1086. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kwo-Chang Ueng and Shih-Ann Chen

Atrial remodelling in persistent atrial fibrillation: the potential role of aldosterone: Reply
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 1087. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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