European Heart Journal

EDITORIALS:

William C. Wijns and Mitchell W. Krucoff

Increased mortality after implantation of first generation drug-eluting stents: seeing the smoke, where is the fire?
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on November 15, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl378
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 2737-2739. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hein J. Wellens

The significance of atrial fibrillation in heart failure
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on November 13, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl321
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 2740-2741. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Christoph Stellbrink

Quick, easy, and safe? On the use of low-molecular-weight heparins in cardioversion of atrial fibrillation
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on November 10, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl350
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 2742-2743. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peter R. Kowey and Gan-Xin Yan

The meta-analysis: supportive or illuminating?
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on November 15, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl372
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 2744-2745. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hisham Dokainish and Nasser Lakkis

Can alcohol septal ablation normalize systolic function in HOCM?
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on November 10, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl324
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 2746-2747. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CLINICAL VIGNETTES:

Ole-A. Breithardt, Theano Papavassiliu, and Martin Borggrefe

A coronary embolus originating from the interatrial septum
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on May 25, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl051
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 2745. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary movies] [Request Permissions]  

Francesc Planas, Sandra Pujadas, Ruben Leta, Francesc Carreras, and Guillem Pons-Lladó

Detection of myocardial infarction by delayed contrast-enhanced multislice computed tomography
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on May 22, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl027
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 2747. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pablo Robles, Pilar Olmedilla, and Jose Julio Jiménez

Aneurysm formation following stent implantation for aortic coarctation detected by multidetector computed cardiac tomography
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on May 30, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl037
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 2774. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

REVIEW:

Jens Kastrup, Rasmus Sejersten Ripa, Yongzhong Wang, and Erik Jørgensen

Myocardial regeneration induced by granulocyte-colony-stimulating factor mobilization of stem cells in patients with acute or chronic ischaemic heart disease: a non-invasive alternative for clinical stem cell therapy?
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on October 25, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl339
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 2748-2754. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CLINICAL RESEARCH:

Coronary heart disease:

Linn M.A. Kennedy, Kenneth Dickstein, Stefan D. Anker, Margaret James, Thomas J. Cook, Krister Kristianson, and Ronnie Willenheimer

Weight-change as a prognostic marker in 12 550 patients following acute myocardial infarction or with stable coronary artery disease
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on August 4, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl182
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 2755-2762. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Amanda Nicholson, Hannah Kuper, and Harry Hemingway

Depression as an aetiologic and prognostic factor in coronary heart disease: a meta-analysis of 6362 events among 146 538 participants in 54 observational studies
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on November 2, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl338
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 2763-2774. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Interventional cardiology:

Volker Schächinger, Sandra Erbs, Albrecht Elsässer, Werner Haberbosch, Rainer Hambrecht, Hans Hölschermann, Jiangtao Yu, Roberto Corti, Detlef G. Mathey, Christian W. Hamm, Tim Süselbeck, Nikos Werner, Jürgen Haase, Jörg Neuzner, Alfried Germing, Bernd Mark, Birgit Assmus, Torsten Tonn, Stefanie Dimmeler, and Andreas M. Zeiher for the REPAIR-AMI Investigators

Improved clinical outcome after intracoronary administration of bone-marrow-derived progenitor cells in acute myocardial infarction: final 1-year results of the REPAIR-AMI trial
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on November 10, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl388
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 2775-2783. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Alain Joel Nordmann, Matthias Briel, and Heiner Claudins Bucher

Mortality in randomized controlled trials comparing drug-eluting vs. bare metal stents in coronary artery disease: a meta-analysis
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on October 4, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl282
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 2784-2814. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David R. Holmes, Jr, Jeffrey W. Moses, Joachim Schofer, Marie-Claude Morice, Erick Schampaert, and Martin B. Leon

Cause of death with bare metal and sirolimus-eluting stents
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on November 15, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl385
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 2815-2822. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Heart failure/cardiomyopathy:

Veselin Mitrovic, Petar M. Seferovic, Dejan Simeunovic, Arsen D. Ristic, Milutin Miric, Valentin S. Moiseyev, Zhanna Kobalava, Klaus Nitsche, Wolf-Georg Forssmann, Hartmut Lüss, and Markus Meyer

Haemodynamic and clinical effects of ularitide in decompensated heart failure
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on October 30, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl337
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 2823-2832. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Willem G. van Dockum, Joost P.A. Kuijer, Marco J.W. Götte, Folkert J. ten Cate, Jurrien M. ten Berg, Aernout M. Beek, Jos W.R. Twisk, Johannes Tim Marcus, Cees A. Visser, and Albert C. van Rossum

Septal ablation in hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy improves systolic myocardial function in the lateral (free) wall: a follow-up study using CMR tissue tagging and 3D strain analysis
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on November 10, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl358
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 2833-2839. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Arrhythmia/electrophysiology:

Christophe Adrie, Alain Cariou, Bruno Mourvillier, Ivan Laurent, Hala Dabbane, Fatima Hantala, Abdel Rhaoui, Marie Thuong, and Mehran Monchi

Predicting survival with good neurological recovery at hospital admission after successful resuscitation of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: the OHCA score
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on November 2, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl335
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 2840-2845. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David C. Burgess, Michael J. Kilborn, and Anthony C. Keech

Interventions for prevention of post-operative atrial fibrillation and its complications after cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on October 2, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl272
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 2846-2857. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Allan L. Klein, Susan E. Jasper, William E. Katz, Joseph F. Malouf, Linda A. Pape, Marcus F. Stoddard, Carolyn Apperson-Hansen, Elizabeth A. Lieber, and The ACUTE II Steering and Publications Committee For the ACUTE II Investigators

The use of enoxaparin compared with unfractionated heparin for short-term antithrombotic therapy in atrial fibrillation patients undergoing transoesophageal echocardiography-guided cardioversion: Assessment of Cardioversion Using Transoesophageal Echocardiography (ACUTE) II randomized multicentre study
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on November 10, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl353
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 2858-2865. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ole Dyg Pedersen, Peter Søndergaard, Tonny Nielsen, Søren Junge Nielsen, Eric Steen Nielsen, Niels Falstie-Jensen, Ingolf Nielsen, Lars Køber, Hans Burchardt, Marie Seibæk, and Christian Torp-Pedersen on behalf of the DIAMOND study group investigators

Atrial fibrillation, ischaemic heart disease, and the risk of death in patients with heart failure
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on November 13, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl359
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 2866-2870. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stephan Willems, Hanno Klemm, Thomas Rostock, Benedikt Brandstrup, Rodolfo Ventura, Daniel Steven, Tim Risius, Boris Lutomsky, and Thomas Meinertz

Substrate modification combined with pulmonary vein isolation improves outcome of catheter ablation in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation: a prospective randomized comparison
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on June 16, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl093
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 2871-2878. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Imaging:

Alicia M. Maceira, Sanjay K. Prasad, Mohammed Khan, and Dudley J. Pennell

Reference right ventricular systolic and diastolic function normalized to age, gender and body surface area from steady-state free precession cardiovascular magnetic resonance
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on November 6, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl336
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 2879-2888. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Congenital heart disease:

Gianfranco Butera, Mario Carminati, Massimo Chessa, Luciane Piazza, Raul Abella, Diana Gabriella Negura, Alessandro Giamberti, Bussadori Claudio, Angelo Micheletti, Youssef Tammam, and Alessandro Frigiola

Percutaneous closure of ventricular septal defects in children aged <12: early and mid-term results
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on October 19, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl340
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 2889-2895. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

SPECIAL ESC ARTICLE:

Nick Clappers and Freek W.A. Verheugt

Hotline sessions of the 28th European Congress of Cardiology/World Congress of Cardiology 2006
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on November 13, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl368
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 2896-2899. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

André J. Scheen and Delphine Legrand

Aspirin and clopidogrel resistance in patients with diabetes mellitus
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on October 2, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl295
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 2900. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Thomas H. Wang and Deepak L. Bhatt

Aspirin and clopidogrel resistance in patients with diabetes mellitus: reply
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on October 2, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl296
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 2900-2901. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Josef Veselka

Improvement of left ventricular diastolic function after alcohol septal ablation for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy? Yes, of course, but...
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on October 10, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl297
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 2901-2902. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Davinder S. Jassal, Michael H. Picard, Michael A. Fifer, and Danita M. Yoerger

Improvement of left ventricular diastolic function after alcohol septal ablation for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy? Yes, of course, but...: reply
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on October 10, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl298
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 2902. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Franz H. Messerli, Giuseppe Mancia, Charles Richard Conti, and Carl J Pepine

Guidelines on the management of stable angina pectoris: executive summary: The Task Force on the Management of Stable Angina Pectoris of the European Society of Cardiology
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on October 23, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl308
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 2902-2903. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Caroline Daly, Guy DeBacker, and Kim Fox

Guidelines on the management of stable angina pectoris: executive summary: The Task Force on the Management of Stable Angina Pectoris of the European Society of Cardiology: reply
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on October 23, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl309
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 2903. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cody Hamilton and Giovanni Filardo

The dangers of categorizing body mass index
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on October 17, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl330
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 2903-2904. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Madeline Murguia Rice, Kathleen A. Jablonski, Sarah E. Fowler, Michael J. Domanski, and Eugene Braunwald

The dangers of categorizing BMI: reply
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on October 17, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl331
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 2904. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Eva Prescott On behalf of the Danish task force

Cardiovascular pre-participation screening of young competitive athletes for prevention of sudden death: proposal for a common European protocol
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on October 30, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl342
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 2904-2905. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Domenico Corrado, Antonio Pelliccia, Hans H. Bjørnstad, and Gaetano Thiene On behalf of the Study Group on Sports Cardiology of the European Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation

Cardiovascular pre-participation screening of young competitive athletes for prevention of sudden death: proposal for a common European protocol: reply
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on October 30, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl343
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 2905-2906. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Vjeran Nkolic-Heitzler and Zdravko Babic

Incidence, time course, and predictors of early malignant ventricular arrhythmias after non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in patients with early invasive treatment
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on November 7, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl344
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 2906-2907. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kazem Rahimi

Incidence, time course, and predictors of early malignant ventricular arrhythmias after non-ST-segment elevation infarction in patients with early invasive treatment: reply
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on November 7, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl345
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 2907. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Viktor Culic

Apical ballooning syndrome, emotional stress and women
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on October 26, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl346
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 2907-2908. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Monica Gianni, Francesco Dentali, and Eva Lonn

Apical ballooning syndrome, emotional stress and women: reply
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on October 26, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl347
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 2908. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andrea Rubboli and Giuseppe Di Pasquale

The combination of anticoagulant and anti-platelet therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation: a comment on the recent ACC/AHA/ESC guidelines for the management of patients with atrial fibrillation
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on October 30, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl348
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 2908-2909. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

José Zamorano and Victoria Cañadas

The combination of anticoagulant and anti-platelet therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation: a comment on the recent ACC/AHA/ESC guidelines for the management of patients with atrial fibrillation: reply
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on October 30, 2006, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl349
Eur Heart J 2006 27: 2909-2910. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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