European Heart Journal

Editorials:

Marc Cohen

Progress with diabetic patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 99-100. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J.S. Rumsfeld and F.A. Masoudi

Sex differences: implications for heart failure care
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 101-103. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alf Inge Larsen and Kenneth Dickstein

Can sedentary patients with heart failure achieve the beneficial effect of exercise training without moving?
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 104-106. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical research:

Alexandre Abizaid, Marco A. Costa, Didier Blanchard, Mariano Albertal, Hélèn Eltchaninoff, Giulio Guagliumi, Laarman Geert-Jan, Andrea S. Abizaid, Amanda G.M.R. Sousa, Egon Wuelfert, Lindeboom Wietze, J.Eduardo Sousa, Patrick W. Serruys, and Marie-Claude Morice on behalf of the Ravel Investigators

Sirolimus-eluting stents inhibit neointimal hyperplasia in diabetic patients: Insights from the RAVEL Trial
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 107-112. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Erik Björklund, Bertil Lindahl, Per Johanson, Tomas Jernberg, Ann-Marie Svensson, Per Venge, Lars Wallentin, Mikael Dellborg, and the ASSENT-2 and ASSENT-PLUS study groups

Admission Troponin T and measurement of ST-segment resolution at 60 min improve early risk stratification in ST-elevation myocardial infarction
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 113-120. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dirk De Bacquer, Guy De Backer, Dennis Cokkinos, Ulrich Keil, Michèle Montaye, Erika Östör, Kalevi Pyörälä, and Susana Sans for the EUROASPIRE II Study Group

Overweight and obesity in patients with established coronary heart disease: Are we meeting the challenge?
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 121-128. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Finn Gustafsson, Christian Torp-Pedersen, Hans Burchardt, Pernille Buch, Marie Seibaek, Erik Kjøller, Ida Gustafsson, and Lars Køber for the DIAMOND Study group

Female sex is associated with a better long-term survival in patients hospitalized with congestive heart failure
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 129-135. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Martin J. Nuhr, Dirk Pette, Rudolf Berger, Michael Quittan, Richard Crevenna, Martin Huelsman, Guenther F. Wiesinger, Petra Moser, Veronika Fialka-Moser, and Richard Pacher

Beneficial effects of chronic low-frequency stimulation of thigh muscles in patients with advanced chronic heart failure
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 136-143. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kevin S. Channer, Andrew Birchall, Richard P. Steeds, Stephen J. Walters, Wilf W. Yeo, John N. West, Rangasamy Muthusamy, Walter E. Rhoden, Basil T. Saeed, Phillip Batin, W.Paul Brooksby, Ian Wilson, and Simon Grant

A randomized placebo-controlled trial of pre-treatment and short- or long-term maintenance therapy with amiodarone supporting DC cardioversion for persistent atrial fibrillation
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 144-150. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Christian Vahlhaus, Hans-Jürgen Bruns, Jörg Stypmann, Tonny D.T Tjan, Frauke Janssen, Michael Schäfers, Hans H Scheld, Otmar Schober, Günter Breithardt, and Thomas Wichter

Direct epicardial mapping predicts the recovery of left ventricular dysfunction in chronic ischaemic myocardium
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 151-157. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Preclinical research:

Stefan Verheye, Guido R.Y. De Meyer, Rob Krams, Mark M. Kockx, Luc C.A. Van Damme, Babak Mousavi Gourabi, Michiel W.M. Knaapen, Glenn Van Langenhove, and Patrick W. Serruys

Intravascular thermography: Immediate functional and morphological vascular findings
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 158-165. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ESC Expert consensus document:

Carlo Patrono, Fedor Bachmann, Colin Baigent, Christopher Bode, Raffaele De Caterina, Bernard Charbonnier, Desmond Fitzgerald, Jack Hirsh, Steen Husted, Jan Kvasnicka, Gilles Montalescot, Luis Alberto García Rodríguez, Freek Verheugt, Jozef Vermylen, Lars Wallentin, ESC Committee for Practice Guidelines, Silvia G Priori, Maria Angeles Alonso Garcia, Jean-Jacques Blanc, Andrzej Budaj, Martin Cowie, Veronica Dean, Jaap Deckers, Enrique Fernández Burgos, John Lekakis, Bertil Lindahl, Gianfranco Mazzotta, João Morais, Ali Oto, Otto A Smiseth Document Reviewers, João Morais, Jaap Deckers, Rafael Ferreira, Gianfranco Mazzotta, Philippe-Gabriel Steg, Frederico Teixeira, and Robert Wilcox

Expert Consensus Document on the Use of Antiplatelet Agents: The Task Force on the Use of Antiplatelet Agents in Patients with Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease of the European Society of Cardiology
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 166-181. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor:

T. Jaarsma and D.J. van Veldhuisen

Searching for dose-response in HF clinics
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 182. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A Strömberg

Searching for dose-response in heart failure clinics: Reply
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 182-183. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Johann Auer, Thomas Weber, Robert Berent, and Bernd Eber

Verapamil, atrial fibrillation recurrences and anticoagulation
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 183-184. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Vicente Climent, Francisco Marín, Antonio Picó, and Francisco Sogorb

Growth Hormone Therapy: , Is it Always Good for the Heart?
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 183. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tsung O Cheng

Low cholesterol values are no longer common in China
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 184. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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