European Heart Journal

EDITORIALS:

Philippe Gabriel Steg and Nicolas Danchin

WEST: new data on the integration of early thrombolysis and mechanical intervention in the early management of STEMI
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on June 8, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl107
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 1511-1512. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Vivek Rajagopal and Deepak L. Bhatt

Gaps in myocardial infarction care: how might we best EFFECT change?
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on June 7, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl007
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 1513-1514. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Simon James Walsh, Colum Gerard Owens, and Agnes Anne Jennifer Adgey

Pre-hospital diagnosis of myocardial infarction: an opportunity to improve outcomes?
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on June 7, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl064
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 1515-1516. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Arnoud van der Laarse and Ernst E. van der Wall

Myocardial contrast echocardiography: another discriminator of physiological and pathological left ventricular hypertrophy?
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on June 7, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl063
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 1517-1518. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Amanda M. Shearman

Oestrogen receptor genetics: a needle that cuts through many haystacks?
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on June 7, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl065
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 1519-1520. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michal Tendera

How much does Europe invest in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases?
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on June 6, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl075
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 1521-1522. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

REVIEW:

Monica Gianni, Francesco Dentali, Anna Maria Grandi, Glen Sumner, Rajesh Hiralal, and Eva Lonn

Apical ballooning syndrome or takotsubo cardiomyopathy: a systematic review
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on May 23, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl032
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 1523-1529. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CLINICAL RESEARCH:

Coronary heart disease:

Paul W. Armstrong and WEST Steering Committee

A comparison of pharmacologic therapy with/without timely coronary intervention vs. primary percutaneous intervention early after ST-elevation myocardial infarction: the WEST (Which Early ST-elevation myocardial infarction Therapy) study
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on June 6, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl088
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 1530-1538. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David A. Alter, Dennis T. Ko, Alice Newman, and Jack V. Tu

Factors explaining the under-use of reperfusion therapy among ideal patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on June 7, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl066
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 1539-1549. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Paolo Ortolani, Antonio Marzocchi, Cinzia Marrozzini, Tullio Palmerini, Francesco Saia, Carlo Serantoni, Matteo Aquilina, Simona Silenzi, Federica Baldazzi, Daniele Grosseto, Nevio Taglieri, Robin M.T. Cooke, Maria Letizia Bacchi-Reggiani, and Angelo Branzi

Clinical impact of direct referral to primary percutaneous coronary intervention following pre-hospital diagnosis of ST-elevation myocardial infarction
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on May 17, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl006
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 1550-1557. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Karen P. Alexander, Laura Kristin Newby, Manju V. Bhapkar, Harvey D. White, Judith S. Hochman, Matthias E. Pfisterer, David J. Moliterno, Eric D. Peterson, Frans Van de Werf, Paul W. Armstrong, and Robert M. Califf for the SYMPHONY and 2nd SYMPHONY Investigators

International variation in invasive care of the elderly with acute coronary syndromes
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on June 7, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl067
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 1558-1564. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alireza Shamaei-Tousi, Jeffrey W. Stephens, Ren Bin, Jacqueline A. Cooper, Andrew Steptoe, Anthony R.M. Coates, Brian Henderson, and Steve E. Humphries

Association between plasma levels of heat shock protein 60 and cardiovascular disease in patients with diabetes mellitus
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on June 8, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl081
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 1565-1570. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CLINICAL VIGNETTES:

Dimitrios A. Stakos, Dimitrios I. Xatseras, and Harisios Boudoulas

Cardiac lymphoma
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on October 24, 2005, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi593
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 1538. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mohaned Egred and Lindsay Morrison

A late complication of a patent foramen ovale amplatzer occluder device
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on December 19, 2005, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi698
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 1604. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andrew O. Maree, Hani Jneid, and Igor F. Palacios

Percutaneous closure of a post-infarction ventricular septal defect that recurred after surgical repair
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on October 17, 2005, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi600
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 1626. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CLINICAL RESEARCH:

Heart failure/cardiomyopathy:

Andreas Indermühle, Rolf Vogel, Pascal Meier, Simone Wirth, Regula Stoop, Markus G. Mohaupt, and Christian Seiler

The relative myocardial blood volume differentiates between hypertensive heart disease and athlete's heart in humans
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on May 22, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl024
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 1571-1578. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Arrhythmia/electrophysiology:

Atsuyuki Watanabe, Kengo Fukushima Kusano, Hiroshi Morita, Daiji Miura, Wakako Sumida, Shigeki Hiramatsu, Kimikazu Banba, Nobuhiro Nishii, Satoshi Nagase, Kazufumi Nakamura, Satoru Sakuragi, and Tohru Ohe

Low-dose isoproterenol for repetitive ventricular arrhythmia in patients with Brugada syndrome
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on June 7, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl060
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 1579-1583. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marco Budeus, Marcus Hennersdorf, Stefan Perings, Shinga Röhlen, Stefan Schnitzler, Oliver Felix, Klaus Reimert, Peter Feindt, Emmeran Gams, Nils Lehmann, Heinrich Wieneke, Stefan Sack, Raimund Erbel, and Christian Perings

Amiodarone prophylaxis for atrial fibrillation of high-risk patients after coronary bypass grafting: a prospective, double-blinded, placebo-controlled, randomized study
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on June 7, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl082
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 1584-1591. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mohammad Ali Kizilbash, Mercedes R. Carnethon, Cheeling Chan, David R. Jacobs, Stephen Sidney, and Kiang Liu

The temporal relationship between heart rate recovery immediately after exercise and the metabolic syndrome: the CARDIA study
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on May 25, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl043
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 1592-1596. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Prevention and epidemiology:

Debbie A. Lawlor, Nick Timpson, Shah Ebrahim, Ian N.M. Day, and George Davey Smith

The association of oestrogen receptor -haplotypes with cardiovascular risk factors in the British Women's Heart and Health Study
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on March 21, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi833
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 1597-1604. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Vascular medicine:

Fabrice M.A.C. Martens, Ton J. Rabelink, Jos op 't Roodt, Eelco J.P. de Koning, and Frank L.J. Visseren

TNF- induces endothelial dysfunction in diabetic adults, an effect reversible by the PPAR- agonist pioglitazone
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on June 8, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl079
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 1605-1609. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Disease management:

José Leal, Ramón Luengo-Fernández, Alastair Gray, Sophie Petersen, and Mike Rayner

Economic burden of cardiovascular diseases in the enlarged European Union
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on February 22, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi733
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 1610-1619. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data] [Request Permissions]  

PRECLINICAL RESEARCH:

Ewout J. van den Bos, Timo Baks, Amber D. Moelker, Wendy Kerver, Robert-Jan van Geuns, Willem J. van der Giessen, Dirk J. Duncker, and Piotr A. Wielopolski

Magnetic resonance imaging of haemorrhage within reperfused myocardial infarcts: possible interference with iron oxide-labelled cell tracking?
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on June 2, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl059
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 1620-1626. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Jos Spaan and Maria Siebes

Is myocardial contrast echocardiography ready to assume ‘gold standard’ status for quantification of collateral flow in humans?
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on May 25, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl029
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 1627. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rolf Vogel, Rainer Zbinden, Andreas Indermühle, Stephan Windecker, Bernhard Meier, and Christian Seiler

Is myocardial contrast echocardiography ready to assume ‘gold standard’ status for quantification of collateral flow in humans?: reply
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on May 25, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl030
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 1627-1628. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ram B. Singh, Daniel Pella, and Fabien DeMeester

What to ‘eat and chew’ in acute myocardial infarction?
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on May 22, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl035
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 1628-1629. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dario Giugliano and Katherine Esposito

What to ‘eat and chew’ in acute myocardial infarction?: reply
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on May 22, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl036
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 1629-1630. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Shahbudin H. Rahimtoola

Digoxin and reduction in mortality in systolic and diastolic heart failure at low serum digoxin concentrations
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on June 7, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl045
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 1630. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ali Ahmed, Michael W. Rich, Inmaculada B. Aban, and Mihai Gheorghiade

Digoxin and reduction in mortality and hospitalization in systolic and diastolic heart failure at low serum digoxin concentrations: reply
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on June 7, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl046
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 1630-1631. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jessica de Vries, Mike J.L. DeJongste, and René A. Tio

An open label, single-centre, randomized trial of spinal cord stimulation vs. percutaneous myocardial laser revascularization in patients with refractory angina pectoris: the SPiRiT trial
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on June 2, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl049
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 1631-1632. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Duncan McNab and Sadia N. Khan

An open label, single-centre, randomized trial of spinal cord stimulation vs. percutaneous myocardial laser revascularization in patients with refractory angina pectoris: the SPiRiT trial: reply
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on June 2, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl050
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 1632. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Patrice Flore, Julia Tonini, Jean-Louis Pepin, Patrick Levy, and Bernard Wuyam

Obstructive sleep apnoea: hypoapnoea syndrome reversibly depresses cardiac response to exercise
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on May 25, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl054
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 1632-1633. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alberto Alonso-Fernández, Francisco García-Río, and Miguel A. Arias

Obstructive sleep apnoea–hypopnoea syndrome reversibly depresses cardiac response to exercise: reply
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on May 25, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl055
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 1633-1634. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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