European Heart Journal

Editorials:

Stephen Colagiuri

The prevalence of abnormal glucose regulation in patients with coronary artery disease across Europe
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 1861-1862. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Graham Derrick and John E. Deanfield

Decline in ventricular function and clinical condition after Mustard repair
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 1863-1864. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sherif F. Nagueh

Tissue Doppler imaging for the pre-clinical diagnosis of cardiomyopathy
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 1865-1866. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Current opinion:

Paolo Voci, Francesco Pizzuto, and Francesco Romeo

Coronary flow: a new asset for the echo lab?
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 1867-1879. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical research:

Malgorzata Bartnik, Lars Rydén, Roberto Ferrari, Klas Malmberg, Kalevi Pyörälä, Maarten Simoons, Eberhard Standl, Jordi Soler-Soler, and John Öhrvik on behalf of the Euro Heart Survey Investigators

The prevalence of abnormal glucose regulation in patients with coronary artery disease across Europe: The Euro Heart Survey on diabetes and the heart
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 1880-1890. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Charlotte Kragelund, Ole Snorgaard, Lars Køber, Bruno Bengtsson, Michael Ottesen, Søren Højberg, Claus Olesen, Jens-Jørgen Kjærgaard, Jan Carlsen, and Christian Torp-Petersen on behalf of the TRACE Study Group

Hyperinsulinaemia is associated with increased long-term mortality following acute myocardial infarction in non-diabetic patients
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 1891-1897. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Olga Gorchakova, Nicolas von Beckerath, Meinrad Gawaz, Adrienne Mocz, Alexander Joost, Albert Schömig, and Adnan Kastrati

Antiplatelet effects of a 600 mg loading dose of clopidogrel are not attenuated in patients receiving atorvastatin or simvastatin for at least 4 weeks prior to coronary artery stenting
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 1898-1902. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dominick J. Angiolillo, Antonio Fernández-Ortiz, Esther Bernardo, Celia Ramírez, Manel Sabaté, Camino Bañuelos, Rosana Hernández-Antolín, Javier Escaned, Raul Moreno, Fernando Alfonso, and Carlos Macaya

High clopidogrel loading dose during coronary stenting: effects on drug response and interindividual variability
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 1903-1910. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Eric J. Velazquez, Gary S. Francis, Paul W. Armstrong, Phillip E. Aylward, Rafael Diaz, Christopher M. O'Connor, Harvey D. White, Marc Henis, Lois M. Rittenhouse, Rakhi Kilaru, Wiek van Gilst, Georg Ertl, Aldo P. Maggioni, Jiri Spac, W. Douglas Weaver, Jean-Lucien Rouleau, John J.V. McMurray, Marc A. Pfeffer, and Robert M. Califf

An international perspective on heart failure and left ventricular systolic dysfunction complicating myocardial infarction: the VALIANT registry
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 1911-1919. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Eileen O'Meara, Scott Solomon, John McMurray, Marc Pfeffer, Salim Yusuf, Eric Michelson, Chris Granger, Bertil Olofsson, James B. Young, and Karl Swedberg

Effect of candesartan on New York Heart Association functional class: Results of the Candesartan in Heart failure: Assessment of Reduction in Mortality and morbidity (CHARM) programme
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 1920-1926. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andressa M. Soares, Vera D. Aiello, José L. Andrade, Luis J. Kajita, José Soares, Jr, Samira S. Morhy, Wilson Mathias, Jr, Antonio A. B. Lopes, and José A.F. Ramires

Doppler flow evaluation can anticipate abnormal left lung perfusion after transcatheter closure of patent ductus arteriosus
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 1927-1933. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Preclinical research:

Valérie Chetboul, Catherine Escriou, Dominique Tessier, Vincent Richard, Jean-Louis Pouchelon, Hélène Thibault, Françoise Lallemand, Christian Thuillez, Stéphane Blot, and Geneviève Derumeaux

Tissue Doppler imaging detects early asymptomatic myocardial abnormalities in a dog model of Duchenne's cardiomyopathy
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 1934-1939. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Special article:

Dudley J. Pennell, Udo P. Sechtem, Charles B. Higgins, Warren J. Manning, Gerald M. Pohost, Frank E. Rademakers, Albert C. van Rossum, Leslee J. Shaw, and E. Kent Yucel

Clinical indications for cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR): Consensus Panel report
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 1940-1965. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor:

Thomas Weber, Johann Auer, Bernd Eber, and Michael F. O'Rourke

Relationship between reduced elasticity of extracardiac vessels and left main stem coronary artery disease
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 1966. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mathias H. Aazami

Metoprolol reduces the coronary collateral flow index: alternative explanations
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 1966. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Asterios Karagiannis, Konstantinos Tziomalos, and Chrysanthos Zamboulis

Plasma B-type natriuretic peptide is related to left ventricular mass in hypertensive patients
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 1967. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Laurent Fauchier, Pierre Cosnay, Dominique Babuty, and Jean Paul Fauchier

Prognosis of heart failure in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy: has it improved in tertiary referral centres over the last 10 years?
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 1967. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Errata:

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

Erratum to: "Efficacy, safety and tolerability of b-adrenergic blockade with metoprolol CR/XL in elderly patients with heart failure"
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 1968. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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