European Heart Journal

EDITORIALS:

Evangelos Giannitsis and Hugo A. Katus

Mirror, mirror on the wall: the quest for the earliest marker of myocardial ischaemia
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on October 11, 2005, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi599
Eur Heart J 2005 26: 2349-2350. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Martin H. Strauss, Eva M. Lonn, and Subodh Verma

Is the jury out? Class specific differences on coronary outcomes with ACE-inhibitors and ARBs: insight from meta-analysis and The Blood Pressure Lowering Treatment Trialists' Collaboration
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on October 11, 2005, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi574
Eur Heart J 2005 26: 2351-2353. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Eric Boersma

Direct thrombin inhibitors in acute coronary syndrome patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: special effects in selected patients?
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on October 11, 2005, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi554
Eur Heart J 2005 26: 2354-2355. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D. George Wyse

The Euro Heart Survey on atrial fibrillation: a picture and a thousand words
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on October 4, 2005, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi489
Eur Heart J 2005 26: 2356-2357. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sanne E. Hoeks, Jeroen J. Bax, and Don Poldermans

Should the ACC/AHA guidelines be changed in patients undergoing vascular surgery?
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on October 4, 2005, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi510
Eur Heart J 2005 26: 2358-2360. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CURRENT OPINION:

Ruud M.A. van de Wal, Dirk J. van Veldhuisen, Wiek H. van Gilst, and Adriaan A. Voors

Addition of an angiotensin receptor blocker to full-dose ACE-inhibition: controversial or common sense?
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on August 16, 2005, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi454
Eur Heart J 2005 26: 2361-2367. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CLINICAL VIGNETTES:

Mark B.H. Ng, Mark Chan, and James W.L. Yip

Extrinsic compression of the left main coronary artery
Eur Heart J 2005 26: 2367. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Theano Papavassiliu, Philipp Schnabel, Meike Schröder, and Martin Borggrefe

CMR scarring in a patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy correlates well with histological findings of fibrosis
Eur Heart J 2005 26: 2395. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

REVIEW:

Andreas Krack, Rakesh Sharma, Hans R. Figulla, and Stefan D. Anker

The importance of the gastrointestinal system in the pathogenesis of heart failure
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on June 24, 2005, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi389
Eur Heart J 2005 26: 2368-2374. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CLINICAL RESEARCH:

Kenichiro Arakawa, Yasuyuki Kawai, Teruhiko Kumamoto, Norihiro Morikawa, Masahiro Yoshida, Hiroshi Tada, Ren Kawaguchi, Koichi Taniguchi, Isamu Miyamori, Yoshihiko Kominato, Koichiro Kishi, and Toshihiro Yasuda

Serum deoxyribonuclease I activity can be used as a sensitive marker for detection of transient myocardial ischaemia induced by percutaneous coronary intervention
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 8, 2005, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi228
Eur Heart J 2005 26: 2375-2380. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Paolo Verdecchia, Fabio Angeli, Roberto Gattobigio, and Gian Paolo Reboldi

Do angiotensin II receptor blockers increase the risk of myocardial infarction?
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on August 4, 2005, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi445
Eur Heart J 2005 26: 2381-2386. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sophie Susen, Karine Sautière, Frédéric Mouquet, François Cuilleret, Akram Chmaït, Eugène P. McFadden, Bernadette Hennache, Florence Richard, Pascal de Groote, Jean-Marc Lablanche, Jean Dallongeville, Christophe Bauters, Brigitte Jude, and Eric Van Belle

Serum hepatocyte growth factor levels predict long-term clinical outcome after percutaneous coronary revascularization
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on August 16, 2005, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi436
Eur Heart J 2005 26: 2387-2395. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peter R. Sinnaeve, John Simes, Salim Yusuf, Jyotsna Garg, Shamir Mehta, John Eikelboom, John A. Bittl, Patrick Serruys, Eric J. Topol, and Christopher B. Granger

Direct thrombin inhibitors in acute coronary syndromes: effect in patients undergoing early percutaneous coronary intervention
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on October 7, 2005, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi590
Eur Heart J 2005 26: 2396-2403. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Aurelia Grosu, Tonino Bombardini, Michele Senni, Vincenzo Duino, Mauro Gori, and Eugenio Picano

End-systolic pressure/volume relationship during dobutamine stress echo: a prognostically useful non-invasive index of left ventricular contractility
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on August 16, 2005, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi444
Eur Heart J 2005 26: 2404-2412. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Willem J. Remme, John J.V. McMurray, Bernhard Rauch, Faiez Zannad, Karen Keukelaar, Alain Cohen-Solal, José Lopez-Sendon, F.D. Richard Hobbs, Diederick E. Grobbee, Alessandro Boccanelli, Charles Cline, Cezar Macarie, Rainer Dietz, and Witold Ruzyllo

Public awareness of heart failure in Europe: first results from SHAPE
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on August 31, 2005, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi447
Eur Heart J 2005 26: 2413-2421. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Robby Nieuwlaat, Alessandro Capucci, A. John Camm, S. Bertil Olsson, Dietrich Andresen, D. Wyn Davies, Stuart Cobbe, Günter Breithardt, Jean-Yves Le Heuzey, Martin H. Prins, Samuel Lévy, and Harry J.G.M. Crijns on behalf of the Euro Heart Survey Investigators

Atrial fibrillation management: a prospective survey in ESC Member Countries: The Euro Heart Survey on Atrial Fibrillation
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on October 4, 2005, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi505
Eur Heart J 2005 26: 2422-2434. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anna Svatikova, Robert Wolk, Lilach O. Lerman, Luis A. Juncos, Eddie L. Greene, Joseph P. McConnell, and Virend K. Somers

Oxidative stress in obstructive sleep apnoea
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on August 16, 2005, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi440
Eur Heart J 2005 26: 2435-2439. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Matthias Thielmann, Parwis Massoudy, Axel Schmermund, Markus Neuhäuser, Günter Marggraf, Markus Kamler, Ulf Herold, Ivan Aleksic, Klaus Mann, Michael Haude, Gerd Heusch, Raimund Erbel, and Heinz Jakob

Diagnostic discrimination between graft-related and non-graft-related perioperative myocardial infarction with cardiac troponin I after coronary artery bypass surgery
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on August 8, 2005, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi437
Eur Heart J 2005 26: 2440-2447. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Francesca Bursi, Luciano Babuin, Andrea Barbieri, Luigi Politi, Mauro Zennaro, Teresa Grimaldi, Antonio Rumolo, Mauro Gargiulo, Andrea Stella, Maria Grazia Modena, and Allan S. Jaffe

Vascular surgery patients: perioperative and long-term risk according to the ACC/AHA guidelines, the additive role of post-operative troponin elevation
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on July 29, 2005, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi430
Eur Heart J 2005 26: 2448-2456. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Meghan J. Perkins, Sara L. Van Driest, Erik G. Ellsworth, Melissa L. Will, Bernard J. Gersh, Steve R. Ommen, and Michael J. Ackerman

Gene-specific modifying effects of pro-LVH polymorphisms involving the renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system among 389 unrelated patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on August 8, 2005, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi438
Eur Heart J 2005 26: 2457-2462. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

SPECIAL ESC ARTICLE:

Eric G. Butchart, Christa Gohlke-Bärwolf, Manuel J. Antunes, Pilar Tornos, Raffaele De Caterina, Bertrand Cormier, Bernard Prendergast, Bernard Iung, Hans Bjornstad, Catherine Leport, Roger J.C. Hall, and Alec Vahanian on behalf of the Working Groups on Valvular Heart Disease, Thrombosis, and Cardiac Rehabilitation and Exercise Physiology, European Society of Cardiology

Recommendations for the management of patients after heart valve surgery
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on August 15, 2005, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi426
Eur Heart J 2005 26: 2463-2471. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Henry Krum

The Task Force for the diagnosis and treatment of chronic heart failure of the European Society of Cardiology. Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of chronic heart failure: full text (update 2005)
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on October 4, 2005, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi549
Eur Heart J 2005 26: 2472. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Maurizio Gasparini and Günter Breithardt

Indications to implantable cardioverter defibrillator in heart failure patients: a comment on the recently released ESC Guidelines on treatment and diagnosis of heart failure
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on October 4, 2005, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi550
Eur Heart J 2005 26: 2472-2473. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Writing Committee, ESC Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Treatment of CHF, Karl Swedberg, John Cleland, Henry Dargie, Helmut Drexler, Ferenc Follath, Michel Komajda, Otto Smiseth, and Luigi Tavazzi

The Task Force for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Heart Failure of the European Society of Cardiology: Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Heart Failure: reply
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on October 4, 2005, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi551
Eur Heart J 2005 26: 2473-2474. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

William H. Fennell and John Worrall

Evidence-based vs. ‘impressionist’ medicine: how best to implement guidelines
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on October 5, 2005, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi560
Eur Heart J 2005 26: 2474. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jean-Pierre Bassand, Michal Tendera, and Silvia G. Priori

Evidence-based vs. ‘impressionist’ medicine: how best to implement guidelines: reply
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on October 5, 2005, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi561
Eur Heart J 2005 26: 2474-2475. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hendrik-Jan Dieker, Marc A. Brouwer, and Freek W.A. Verheugt

ESC guidelines for percutaneous coronary interventions
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on October 5, 2005, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi562
Eur Heart J 2005 26: 2475. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mona A. Kholeif

ESC guidelines for percutaneous coronary interventions
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on October 5, 2005, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi563
Eur Heart J 2005 26: 2476. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sigmund Silber on behalf of the ESC-PCI Guidelines Task Force

ESC guidelines for percutaneous coronary interventions: reply
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on October 5, 2005, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi564
Eur Heart J 2005 26: 2476-2477. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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