European Heart Journal

Editorials:

Herman F.J. Mannaerts, Otto Kamp, and Cees A. Visser

Should mitral valve area assessment in patients with mitral stenosis be based on anatomical or on functional evaluation? A plea for 3D echocardiography as the new clinical standard
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 2073-2074. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hugo Kesteloot

Alcohol intake and markers of inflammation
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 2075-2076. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review:

Gavin J Murphy, Raimondo Ascione, and Gianni D Angelini

Coronary artery bypass grafting on the beating heart: surgical revascularization for the next decade?
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 2077-2085. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical research:

José Zamorano, Leopoldo Perez de Isla, Lissa Sugeng, Pedro Cordeiro, José Luis Rodrigo, Carlos Almeria, Lynn Weinert, Ted Feldman, Carlos Macaya, Roberto M. Lang, and Rosana Hernandez Antolin

Non-invasive assessment of mitral valve area during percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty: role of real-time 3D echocardiography
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 2086-2091. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. Imhof, M. Woodward, A. Doering, N. Helbecque, H. Loewel, P. Amouyel, G.D.O. Lowe, and W. Koenig

Overall alcohol intake, beer, wine, and systemic markers of inflammation in western Europe: results from three MONICA samples (Augsburg, Glasgow, Lille)
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 2092-2100. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dorothee Twardella, Jutta Küpper-Nybelen, Dietrich Rothenbacher, Harry Hahmann, Bernd Wüsten, and Hermann Brenner

Short-term benefit of smoking cessation in patients with coronary heart disease: estimates based on self-reported smoking data and serum cotinine measurements
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 2101-2108. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Carl Gunnar Gustavsson and Carl-David Agardh

Markers of inflammation in patients with coronary artery disease are also associated with glycosylated haemoglobin A_1c within the normal range
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 2120-2124. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mariann Gyöngyösi, Hans Domanovits, Werner Benzer, Moritz Haugk, Birgit Heinisch, Gottfried Sodeck, Ronald Hödl, Georg Gaul, Gerhard Bonner, Johann Wojta, Anton Laggner, Dietmar Glogar, and Kurt Huber for the ReoPro-BRIDGING Study Group

Use of abciximab prior to primary angioplasty in STEMI results in early recanalization of the infarct-related artery and improved myocardial tissue reperfusion – results of the Austrian multi-centre randomized ReoPro-BRIDGING Study
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 2125-2133. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Joerg Herrmann, Stuart T. Higano, Ryan J. Lenon, Charanjit S. Rihal, and Amir Lerman

Myocardial bridging is associated with alteration in coronary vasoreactivity
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 2134-2142. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anna F.C. Schut, Gysèle S. Bleumink, Bruno H.Ch. Stricker, Albert Hofman, Jacqueline C.M. Witteman, Huibert A.P. Pols, Jaap W. Deckers, Jaap Deinum, and Cornelia M. van Duijn

Angiotensin converting enzyme insertion/deletion polymorphism and the risk of heart failure in hypertensive subjects
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 2143-2148. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Takashi Noda, Wataru Shimizu, Kazuhiro Satomi, Kazuhiro Suyama, Takashi Kurita, Naohiko Aihara, and Shiro Kamakura

Classification and mechanism of Torsade de Pointes initiation in patients with congenital long QT syndrome
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 2149-2154. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Massimo Tritto, Roberto De Ponti, Jorge A. Salerno-Uriarte, Giammario Spadacini, Raffaella Marazzi, Paolo Moretti, and Marcelo Lanzotti

Adenosine restores atrio-venous conduction after apparently successful ostial isolation of the pulmonary veins
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 2155-2163. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Regular articles:

Winfried März, Hubert Scharnagl, Michael M. Hoffmann, Bernhard O. Boehm, and Bernhard R. Winkelmann

The apolipoprotein E polymorphism is associated with circulating C-reactive protein (the Ludwigshafen risk and cardiovascular health study)
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 2109-2119. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Special ESC report:

Stefanie Schellekens and Freek W.A. Verheugt

Hotline sessions of the 26th European Congress of Cardiology
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 2164-2166. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor:

André J. Scheen, Fabian Warzée, and Victor M.G. Legrand

Drug-eluting stents: meta-analysis in diabetic patients
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 2167-2168. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Adrian Bagust, Ameet Bakhai, Rumona Dickson, Yenal Dundar, Ruaraidh A Hill, and Tom Walley

Exploring groups at high risk of restenosis
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 2168-2169. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Steven R. Steinhubl and Eric J. Topol

Risk reduction with long-term clopidogrel following percutaneous coronary intervention
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 2169-2170. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peter Eriksson

Reply: Long-term clopidogrel following PCI: marginal antithrombotic effects are offset by increased bleeding risks
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 2170-2171. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Joseph B. Selvanayagam, Stefan Neubauer, and David P. Taggart

Quantification of peri-operative myocardial infarction after coronary artery bypass surgery
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 2171. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Johnny Steuer, Tomas Bjerner, Elisabeth Ståhle, and Bertil Lindahl

Quantification of peri-operative myocardial infarction after coronary artery bypass surgery
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 2171-2172. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hassan Abdel-Aty, Matthias G. Friedrich, and Jeanette Schulz-Menger

Myocardial infarction after coronary revascularization: role of cardiovascular magnetic resonance oedema imaging
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 2172. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Johnny Steuer and Tomas Bjerner

Myocardial infarction after coronary revascularization: role of cardiovascular magnetic resonance oedema imaging
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 2173. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peter Germonpre and Costantino Balestra

Risk of decompression illness among 230 divers in relation to the presence and size of patent foramen ovale
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 2173-2174. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rhidian Shelton

Prevention of atrial fibrillation after cardioversion: results of the PAFAC trial
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 2174. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Response to the Letter to the Editor:

Thomas Fetsch and Günter Breithardt

Prevention of atrial fibrillation after cardioversion: results of the PAFAC trial
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 2174-2175. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor:

Constantinos N. Mallioris and Nicholas G. Kounis

Glucocorticoids, Kounis syndrome and the prevention of atrial fibrillation
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 2175-2176. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Errata:

S. Richard Underwood, Jeroen J. Bax, Jurgen vom Dahl, Michael Y. Henein, Juhani Knuuti, Albert C. van Rossum, Ernst R. Schwarz, Jean-Louis Vanoverschelde, Ernst E. van der Wall, and William Wijns

Erratum to: "Imaging techniques for the assessment of myocardial hibernation Report of a Study Group of the European Society of Cardiology" [Eur Heart J 2004;25:815–36]
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 2176. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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