European Heart Journal

Editorials:

Karl Swedberg and John J.V McMurray

Angiotensin receptor blockers and heart failure: still CHARMing after VALIANT?
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 357-358. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Federico Lombardi

Sympathetic activation and sub-clinical inflammation: a new combination to identify high risk subjects
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 359-360. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Horst Sievert and Margaret Taaffe

Patent foramen ovale: the jury is still out
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 361-362. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical research:

Ahmad Sajadieh, Olav Wendelboe Nielsen, Verner Rasmussen, Hans Ole Hein, Sadollah Abedini, and Jørgen Fischer Hansen

Increased heart rate and reduced heart-rate variability are associated with subclinical inflammation in middle-aged and elderly subjects with no apparent heart disease
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 363-370. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andrew J Makin, Andrew D Blann, Natali A.Y Chung, Stanley H Silverman, and Gregory Y.H Lip

Assessment of endothelial damage in atherosclerotic vascular disease by quantification of circulating endothelial cells: Relationship with von Willebrand factor and tissue factor
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 371-376. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mohammed Yousufuddin, Showkat Haji, Randall C. Starling, E. Murat Tuzcu, Norman B. Ratliff, Daniel J. Cook, Ashraf Abdo, Yasser Saad, Sadashiva S. Karnik, Duolao Wang, Patrick M. McCarthy, James B. Young, and Mohamad H. Yamani

Cardiac angiotensin II receptors as predictors of transplant coronary artery disease following heart transplantation
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 377-385. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anna-Lena Eriksson, Stanko Skrtic, Anders Niklason, Lillemor Mattsson Hultén, Olov Wiklund, Thomas Hedner, and Claes Ohlsson

Association between the low activity genotype of catechol-O-methyltransferase and myocardial infarction in a hypertensive population
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 386-391. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Maurits T Dirksen, GertJan Laarman, Arnoud W.J van ‘t Hof, Giulio Guagliumi, Wilhelmus A.L Tonino, Luigi Tavazzi, Dirk J.G.M Duncker, and Maarten L Simoons on behalf of the PARI-MI Investigators

The effect of ITF-1697 on reperfusion in patients undergoing primary angioplasty: Safety and efficacy of a novel tetrapeptide, ITF-1697
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 392-400. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ramón Arroyo-Espliguero, Pablo Avanzas, Juan Cosín-Sales, Guillermo Aldama, Carmine Pizzi, and Juan Carlos Kaski

C-reactive protein elevation and disease activity in patients with coronary artery disease
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 401-408. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Abdullah Al Mamun, Anna Peeters, Jan Barendregt, Frans Willekens, Wilma Nusselder, and Luc Bonneux for NEDCOM, The Netherlands Epidermiology and Demography Compression of Morbidity Research Group

Smoking decreases the duration of life lived with and without cardiovascular disease: a life course analysis of the Framingham Heart Study
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 409-415. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Torstein Hole, Christian Hall, and Terje Skjærpe

N-terminal proatrial natriuretic peptide predicts two-year remodelling in patients with acute transmural myocardial infarction
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 416-423. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M Braun, V Gliech, A Boscheri, S Schoen, G Gahn, H Reichmann, M Haass, R Schraeder, and R.H Strasser

Transcatheter closure of patent foramen ovale (PFO) in patients with paradoxical embolism: Periprocedural safety and mid-term follow-up results of three different device occluder systems
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 424-430. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ghada W Mikhail, Sanjay K Prasad, Wei Li, Paula Rogers, Adrian H Chester, Stephanie Bayne, David Stephens, Mohammed Khan, J.S.R Gibbs, Timothy W Evans, Andrew Mitchell, Magdi H Yacoub, and Michael A Gatzoulis

Clinical and haemodynamic effects of sildenafil in pulmonary hypertension: acute and mid-term effects
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 431-436. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Policy conference:

Silvia G. Priori, Leo L. Bossaert, Douglas A. Chamberlain, Carlo Napolitano, Hans R. Arntz, Rudolph W. Koster, Koen G. Monsieurs, Alessandro Capucci, and Hein J. Wellens

ESC-ERC recommendations for the use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in Europe
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 437-445. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor:

H. Greten

Principles of prevention of cardiovascular disease
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 446. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

I.M Graham

Principles of prevention of cardiovascular disease: Reply
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 446. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Simon G Williams, Diane Barker, and Lip-Bun Tan

Assessing the effect of ACE inhibitors on exercise tolerance: a question of study design
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 447. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jawdat Abdulla, Lars Køber, and Christian Torp-Pedersen

Assessing the effect of ACE inhibitors on exercise tolerance: a question of study design: Reply
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 447. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M Shechter

Do statins really interfere with clopidogrel-induced platelet function?
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 448. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A Mugge and H Neubauer

Do statins really interfere with clopidogrel-induced platelet function?: Reply
Eur Heart J 2004 25: 449. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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