European Heart Journal

Editorials:

Catherine M. Otto

Aortic stenosis: even mild disease is significant
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 185-187. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M Billinger, O.M Hess, and B Meier

Prevention of contrast-induced renal dysfunction by N-acetylcysteine: Truth or myth?
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 188-189. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review:

Marco Roffi and Eric J. Topol

Percutaneous coronary intervention in diabetic patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 190-198. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical research:

Raphael Rosenhek, Ursula Klaar, Michael Schemper, Christine Scholten, Maria Heger, Harald Gabriel, Thomas Binder, Gerald Maurer, and Helmut Baumgartner

Mild and moderate aortic stenosis: Natural history and risk stratification by echocardiography
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 199-205. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Carlo Briguori, Antonio Colombo, Anna Violante, Pasquale Balestrieri, Fiore Manganelli, Pietro Paolo Elia, Bruno Golia, Stefano Lepore, Guido Riviezzo, Pierfranco Scarpato, Amelia Focaccio, Mariateresa Librera, Erminio Bonizzoni, and Bruno Ricciardelli

Standard vs double dose of N-acetylcysteine to prevent contrast agent associated nephrotoxicity
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 206-211. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Emanuele Barbato, Wilbert Aarnoudse, Wim R. Aengevaeren, Gerald Werner, Volker Klauss, Waldemar Bojara, Istvan Herzfeld, Keith G. Oldroyd, Nico H.J. Pijls, and Bernard De Bruyne for the ‘week 25 study’ group

Validation of coronary flow reserve measurements by thermodilution in clinical practice
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 219-223. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Johan Herlitz, Johan Holm, Magnus Peterson, Björn W Karlson, Maria Haglid Evander, and Leif Erhardt for the LoWASA study group

Effect of fixed low-dose warfarin added to aspirin in the long term after acute myocardial infarction: the LoWASA Study
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 232-239. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Arthur Pollak, Ariel Rokach, Anat Blumenfeld, Laura J Rosen, Luba Resnik, and Rivka Dresner Pollak

Association of oestrogen receptor alpha gene polymorphism with the angiographic extent of coronary artery disease
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 240-245. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tetsuo Konno, Masami Shimizu, Hidekazu Ino, Masato Yamaguchi, Hidenobu Terai, Katsuharu Uchiyama, Kotaro Oe, Tomohito Mabuchi, Tomoya Kaneda, and Hiroshi Mabuchi

Diagnostic value of abnormal Q waves for identification of preclinical carriers of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy based on a molecular genetic diagnosis
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 246-251. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

G.D.O. Lowe, J. Danesh, S. Lewington, M. Walker, L. Lennon, A. Thomson, A. Rumley, and P.H. Whincup

Tissue plasminogen activator antigen and coronary heart disease: Prospective study and meta-analysis
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 252-259. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Shahrokh Javaheri, William T. Abraham, Candice Brown, Hiroshi Nishiyama, Rosanne Giesting, and Lynne E. Wagoner

Prevalence of obstructive sleep apnoea and periodic limb movement in 45 subjects with heart transplantation
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 260-266. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical paper:

Ilan Goldenberg, Michael Shechter, Shlomi Matetzky, Michael Jonas, Miriam Adam, Hanna Pres, Dan Elian, Oren Agranat, Ehud Schwammenthal, and Victor Guetta

Oral acetylcysteine as an adjunct to saline hydration for the prevention of contrast-induced nephropathy following coronary angiography: A randomized controlled trial and review of the current literature
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 212-218. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical review:

Josefa Cortadellas, Jaume Figueras, Mario Missorici, Enric Domingo, Josep Rodés, Joan Castell, and Jordi Soler Soler

ST segment elevation at 72 hours in patients with a first anterior myocardial infarction best correlates with pre-discharge and 1-year regional contractility and ventricular dilatation
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 224-231. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ESC Guidelines:

Task Force Members, Dieter Horstkotte, Ferenc Follath, Erno Gutschik, Maria Lengyel, Ali Oto, Alain Pavie, Jordi Soler-Soler, Gaetano Thiene, Alexander von Graevenitz 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, John Lekakis, Alec Vahanian, François Delahaye, Alexander Parkhomenko, Gerasimos Filipatos, Jan Aldershvile, and Panos Vardas

Guidelines on Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of Infective Endocarditis Executive Summary: The Task Force on Infective Endocarditis of the European Society of Cardiology
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 267-276. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor:

S Nagassaki

Functional implications of polymorphisms of endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 277-278. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Henry Krum and David Hare

Correspondence
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 277. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Adam Morton

Hormones and the heart — is sleep apnoea the link?
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 278-279. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Werner Koch, Olga Gorchakova, Nicolas von Beckerath, Adnan Kastrati, and Arne Pfeufer

Functional implications of polymorphisms of endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene: Reply
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 278. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C.J. Malkin, P.J. Pugh, and K.S. Channer

Hormones and the heart — is sleep apnoea the link?: Reply
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 279. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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