European Heart Journal

Editorials:

Erik Jørgensen and Henning Kelbæk

Drug-eluting stents for chronic total occlusions make sense, but it is too early to close the discussion
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 8, 2005, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi243
Eur Heart J 2005 26: 1049-1051. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David Crook and Helen Smith

Brain natriuretic peptide in heart failure: an improving prognosis?
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on March 30, 2005, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi244
Eur Heart J 2005 26: 1052-1053. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jeroen J. Bax and Martin J. Schalij

How to predict response to cardiac resynchronization therapy?
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on March 24, 2005, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi246
Eur Heart J 2005 26: 1054-1055. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical research:

Lei Ge, Ioannis Iakovou, John Cosgrave, Alaide Chieffo, Matteo Montorfano, Iassen Michev, Flavio Airoldi, Mauro Carlino, Gloria Melzi, Giuseppe M. Sangiorgi, Nicola Corvaja, and Antonio Colombo

Immediate and mid-term outcomes of sirolimus-eluting stent implantation for chronic total occlusions
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 7, 2005, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi191
Eur Heart J 2005 26: 1056-1062. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michael J. Lim, Frederick A. Spencer, Joel M. Gore, Omar H. Dabbous, Giancarlo Agnelli, Eva M. Kline-Rogers, Donna DiBenedetto, Kim A. Eagle, and Rajendra H. Mehta for the GRACE Investigators

Impact of combined pharmacologic treatment with clopidogrel and a statin on outcomes of patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes: perspectives from a large multinational registry
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on February 16, 2005, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi139
Eur Heart J 2005 26: 1063-1069. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Timo Baks, Robert-Jan van Geuns, Elena Biagini, Piotr Wielopolski, Nico R. Mollet, Filippo Cademartiri, Eric Boersma, Willem J. van der Giessen, Gabriel P. Krestin, Dirk J. Duncker, Patrick W. Serruys, and Pim J. de Feyter

Recovery of left ventricular function after primary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on February 16, 2005, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi131
Eur Heart J 2005 26: 1070-1077. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Herbert Lorenz, Claus Jünger, Karlheinz Seidl, Anselm Gitt, Steffen Schneider, Rudolf Schiele, Harm Wienbergen, Ralph Winkler, Martin Gottwik, Wolfram Delius, Jochen Senges, and Bernhard Rauch

Do statins influence the prognostic impact of non-sustained ventricular tachycardia after ST-elevation myocardial infarction?
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on February 23, 2005, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi150
Eur Heart J 2005 26: 1078-1085. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data] [Request Permissions]  

David Adlam, Paul Silcocks, and Nigel Sparrow

Using BNP to develop a risk score for heart failure in primary care
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on March 15, 2005, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi178
Eur Heart J 2005 26: 1086-1093. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Guillaume Lecoq, Christophe Leclercq, Emmanuelle Leray, Christophe Crocq, Christine Alonso, Christian de Place, Philippe Mabo, and Claude Daubert

Clinical and electrocardiographic predictors of a positive response to cardiac resynchronization therapy in advanced heart failure
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on February 23, 2005, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi146
Eur Heart J 2005 26: 1094-1100. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Thor Ueland, Pål Aukrust, Arne Yndestad, Kari Otterdal, Stig S. Frøland, Kenneth Dickstein, John Kjekshus, Lars Gullestad, and Jan K. Damås

Soluble CD40 ligand in acute and chronic heart failure
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on February 16, 2005, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi132
Eur Heart J 2005 26: 1101-1107. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mats Ögren, David Bergqvist, Henry Eriksson, Bengt Lindblad, and Nils H. Sternby

Prevalence and risk of pulmonary embolism in patients with intracardiac thrombosis: a population-based study of 23 796 consecutive autopsies
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on February 4, 2005, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi130
Eur Heart J 2005 26: 1108-1114. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ESC Guidelines:

Authors/Task Force Members, Karl Swedberg Writing Committee:, John Cleland, Henry Dargie, Helmut Drexler, Ferenc Follath, Michel Komajda, Luigi Tavazzi, Otto A. Smiseth Other Contributors, Antonello Gavazzi, Axel Haverich, Arno Hoes, Tiny Jaarsma, Jerzy Korewicki, Samuel Lévy, Cecilia Linde, José-Luis Lopez-Sendon, Markku S. Nieminen, Luc Piérard, and Willem J. Remme

Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of chronic heart failure: executive summary (update 2005): The Task Force for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Heart Failure of the European Society of Cardiology
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on May 18, 2005, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi204
Eur Heart J 2005 26: 1115-1140. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME/CE] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the editor:

Carlos M. Ferrario

Myocardial infarction increases ACE2 expression in rat and humans
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 15, 2005, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi256
Eur Heart J 2005 26: 1141. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lawrence S. Zisman

Myocardial infarction increases ACE2 expression in rat and humans: reply
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 15, 2005, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi257
Eur Heart J 2005 26: 1141-1142. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Louise M. Burrell, Mark E. Cooper, and Colin I. Johnston

Myocardial infarction increases ACE2 expression in rat and humans: reply
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 15, 2005, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi275
Eur Heart J 2005 26: 1142-1143. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Piotr Jankowski

Relationship between reduced elasticity of extracardiac vessels and left main stem coronary artery disease
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 15, 2005, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi263
Eur Heart J 2005 26: 1143. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Claudia Stöllberger and Josef Finsterer

Evident, but poorly defined: left ventricular hypertrabeculation/noncompaction and its diagnostic criteria
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 15, 2005, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi264
Eur Heart J 2005 26: 1143-1144. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Deirdre Ward, Ross Murphy, Denis Pellerin, and Perry Elliott

Evident, but poorly defined: left ventricular hypertrabeculation/noncompaction and its diagnostic criteria: reply
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 15, 2005, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi265
Eur Heart J 2005 26: 1144-1145. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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