European Heart Journal

Editorials:

Susana Sans

In search of the grail: the never-ending story of biomarkers for coronary risk prediction
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 1271-1273. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ijaz A Khan

Pharmacological cardioversion of recent onset atrial fibrillation
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 1274-1276. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gerhard Steinbeck and Christopher Reithmann

Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia: preferential use of either adenosine or verapamil is dependent on the rate of tachycardia?
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 1277-1278. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Paul Schoenhagen

The emerging role of delayed contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging in the peri-operative evaluation of patients undergoing coronary revascularisation
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 1279-1280. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mikolaj Winnicki and Paolo Palatini

Obstructive sleep apnoea and plasma homocysteine: an overview
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 1281-1283. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Current opinion:

Alf Inge Larsen and Kenneth Dickstein

BNP in acute coronary syndromes: the heart expresses its suffering
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 1284-1286. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical research:

Jeremy G Wheeler, Michael E Mussolino, Richard F Gillum, and John Danesh

Associations between differential leucocyte count and incident coronary heart disease: 1764 incident cases from seven prospective studies of 30 374 individuals
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 1287-1292. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Johnny Steuer, Tomas Bjerner, Olov Duvernoy, Lena Jidéus, Lars Johansson, Håkan Ahlström, Elisabeth Ståhle, and Bertil Lindahl

Visualisation and quantification of peri-operative myocardial infarction after coronary artery bypass surgery with contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 1293-1299. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Prakash C Deedwania, Stephen Gottlieb, Jalal K Ghali, Finn Waagstein, and John CM Wikstrand for the MERIT-HF Study Group

Efficacy, safety and tolerability of ß-adrenergic blockade with metoprolol CR/XL in elderly patients with heart failure
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 1300-1309. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Piercarlo Ballo, Daniele Bernabò, and Sergio Antonio Faraguti

Heart rate is a predictor of success in the treatment of adults with symptomatic paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 1310-1317. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Johann Reisinger, Edmund Gatterer, Wolfgang Lang, Thetis Vanicek, Geza Eisserer, Theresia Bachleitner, Christopher Niemeth, Friedrich Aicher, Wilhelm Grander, Georg Heinze, Peter Kühn, and Peter Siostrzonek

Flecainide versus ibutilide for immediate cardioversion of atrial fibrillation of recent onset
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 1318-1324. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anna Svatikova, Robert Wolk, Mark J Magera, Abu S Shamsuzzaman, Bradley G Phillips, and Virend K Somers

Plasma homocysteine in obstructive sleep apnoea
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 1325-1329. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Preclinical research:

Felix Vogt, Andreas Stein, Gösta Rettemeier, Nicole Krott, Rainer Hoffmann, Jürgen vom Dahl, Anja-Katrin Bosserhoff, Walter Michaeli, Peter Hanrath, Christian Weber, and Rüdiger Blindt

Long-term assessment of a novel biodegradable paclitaxel-eluting coronary polylactide stent
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 1330-1340. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ESC Expert consensus document:

Task Force Members, José López-Sendó, Karl Swedberg, John McMurray, Juan Tamargo, Aldo P. Maggioni, Henry Dargie, Michal Tendera, Finn Waagstein, Jan Kjekshus, Philippe Lechat, Christian Torp Pedersen ESC Committee for Practice Guidelines, Silvia G. Priori, Maria Angeles Alonso García, Jean-Jacques Blanc, Andrzej Budaj, Martin Cowie, Veronica Dean, Jaap Deckers, Enrique Fernandez Burgos, John Lekakis, Bertil Lindahl, Gianfranco Mazzotta, Keith McGregor, João Morais, Ali Oto, Otto A. Smiseth Document Reviewers, Maria Angeles Alonso García, Diego Ardissino, Cristina Avendano, Carina Blomström Lundqvist, Denis Clé ment, Helmut Drexler, Roberto Ferrari, Keith A. Fox, Desmond Julian, Peter Kearney, Werner Klein, Lars Kö ber, Giuseppe Mancia, Markku Nieminen, Witold Ruzyllo, Maarten Simoons, Kristian Thygesen, Gianni Tognoni, Isabella Tritto, and Lars Wallentin

Expert consensus document on ß-adrenergic receptor blockers: The Task Force on Beta-Blockers of the European Society of Cardiology
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 1341-1362. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor:

M Galderisi and S Mondillo

Tissue Doppler and cardiac resynchronisation therapy: a new challenge for the optimal choice of candidates
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 1363. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S Ghio and L Tavazzi

Tissue Doppler and cardiac resynchronisation therapy: a new challenge for the optimal choice of candidates: Reply
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 1363-1364. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

T.W Koh

Long-term clopidogrel therapy in the drug-eluting stent era: beyond CREDO and PCI-CURE
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 1364. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peter Eriksson

Long-term clopidogrel therapy in the drug eluting stent era: beyond CREDO and CURE-PCI: Reply
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 1364-1365. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Robert A Boyajian, Shirley M Otis, Frank W Hall, and Philip A Higginbottom

Cardiovascular disease, periodontitis, and the monocyte relationship
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 1365-1366. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

H Achrafi

Direct epicardial mapping predicts the recovery of left ventricular dysfunction in chronic ischaemic myocardium
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 1366-1367. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kåre Buhlin, Anders Gustafsson, Johan Frostegård, Björn Klinge, and A Graham Pockley

Cardiovascular disease, periodontitis and the monocyte relationship: Reply
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 1366. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Christian Vahlhaus, Hans Jürgen Bruns, Günter Breithardt, and Thomas Wichter

Direct epicardial mapping predicts the recovery of left ventricular dysfunction in chronic ischaemic myocardium: Reply
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 1367-1368. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anna Strömberg and Ulf Dahlström

Heart failure clinics have decreased mortality and hospitalisation rates in Sweden
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 1368-1369. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peter Nicol and Christian Axelson

Contrast agent nephropathy
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 1369. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Maria Schaufelberger, Annika Rosengren, and Karl Swedberg

Many factors contribute to improved prognosis for patients with heart failure: Reply
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 1369. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Carlo Briguori

Contrast agent nephropathy: Reply
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 1370. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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