European Heart Journal

EDITORIALS:

Pieter J. Vlaar, Bart J. G. L. de Smet, and Felix Zijlstra

DES or BMS in acute myocardial infarction?
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on October 24, 2007, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm474
Eur Heart J 2007 28: 2693-2694. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Leonard Hofstra and Stephane Heymans

Annexin A5 and the failing heart; lost or found in translation?
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on October 17, 2007, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm452
Eur Heart J 2007 28: 2695-2696. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dariush Mozaffarian

Free fatty acids, cardiovascular mortality, and cardiometabolic stress
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on October 12, 2007, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm451
Eur Heart J 2007 28: 2699-2700. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Emmanuelle Lemyre and Gregor Andelfinger

Catch me if you can: tracking down the genetic origins of congenital heart disease
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on October 25, 2007, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm479
Eur Heart J 2007 28: 2701-2702. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CURRENT OPINION:

Antonio Pelliccia

The preparticipation cardiovascular screening of competitive athletes: is it time to change the customary clinical practice?
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on October 26, 2007, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm455
Eur Heart J 2007 28: 2703-2705. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CLINICAL RESEARCH:

Interventional cardiology:

Adnan Kastrati, Alban Dibra, Christian Spaulding, Gerrit J. Laarman, Maurizio Menichelli, Marco Valgimigli, Emilio Di Lorenzo, Christoph Kaiser, Ilkka Tierala, Julinda Mehilli, Melchior Seyfarth, Olivier Varenne, Maurits T. Dirksen, Gianfranco Percoco, Attilio Varricchio, Undine Pittl, Mikko Syvänne, Maarten J. Suttorp, Roberto Violini, and Albert Schömig

Meta-analysis of randomized trials on drug-eluting stents vs. bare-metal stents in patients with acute myocardial infarction
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on September 27, 2007, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm402
Eur Heart J 2007 28: 2706-2713. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tullio Palmerini, Fabio Barlocco, Andrea Santarelli, Letizia Bacchi-Reggiani, Carlo Savini, Elisa Baldini, Laura Alessi, Michele Ruffini, Germano Di Credico, Giancarlo Piovaccari, Roberto Di Bartolomeo, Antonio Marzocchi, Angelo Branzi, and Stefano De Servi

A comparison between coronary artery bypass grafting surgery and drug eluting stent for the treatment of unprotected left main coronary artery disease in elderly patients (aged 75 years)
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on September 27, 2007, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm403
Eur Heart J 2007 28: 2714-2719. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rainer Wessely, Adnan Kastrati, Julinda Mehilli, Alban Dibra, Jürgen Pache, and Albert Schömig

Randomized trial of rapamycin- and paclitaxel-eluting stents with identical biodegradable polymeric coating and design
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on October 7, 2007, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm425
Eur Heart J 2007 28: 2720-2725. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Heart failure/cardiomyopathy:

Morten Damgaard, Jens Peter Goetze, Peter Norsk, and Niels Gadsbøll

Altered sodium intake affects plasma concentrations of BNP but not proBNP in healthy individuals and patients with compensated heart failure
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on October 17, 2007, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm396
Eur Heart J 2007 28: 2726-2731. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yvonne M. Hoedemaekers, Kadir Caliskan, Danielle Majoor-Krakauer, Ingrid van de Laar, Michelle Michels, Maarten Witsenburg, Folkert J. ten Cate, Maarten L. Simoons, and Dennis Dooijes

Cardiac ß-myosin heavy chain defects in two families with non-compaction cardiomyopathy: linking non-compaction to hypertrophic, restrictive, and dilated cardiomyopathies
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on October 17, 2007, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm429
Eur Heart J 2007 28: 2732-2737. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Antonello D'Andrea, Pio Caso, Silvio Romano, Raffaella Scarafile, Lucia Riegler, Gemma Salerno, Giuseppe Limongelli, Giovanni Di Salvo, Paolo Calabrò, Luca Del Viscovo, Gianpaolo Romano, Ciro Maiello, Lucio Santangelo, Sergio Severino, Sergio Cuomo, Maurizio Cotrufo, and Raffaele Calabrò

Different effects of cardiac resynchronization therapy on left atrial function in patients with either idiopathic or ischaemic dilated cardiomyopathy: a two-dimensional speckle strain study
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on October 24, 2007, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm443
Eur Heart J 2007 28: 2738-2748. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Arrhythmia/electrophysiology:

Giulliano Gardenghi, Maria Urbana P.B. Rondon, Ana Maria F.W. Braga, Mauricio I. Scanavacca, Carlos Eduardo Negrão, Eduardo Sosa, and Denise Tessariol Hachul

The effects of exercise training on arterial baroreflex sensitivity in neurally mediated syncope patients
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on June 7, 2007, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm208
Eur Heart J 2007 28: 2749-2755. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Imaging:

Masaaki Takeuchi, William B. Borden, Hiromi Nakai, Tomoko Nishikage, Michiko Kokumai, Toshiki Nagakura, Shinichiro Otani, and Roberto M Lang

Reduced and delayed untwisting of the left ventricle in patients with hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy: a study using two-dimensional speckle tracking imaging
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on October 19, 2007, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm440
Eur Heart J 2007 28: 2756-2762. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Prevention and epidemiology:

Stefan Pilz, Hubert Scharnagl, Beate Tiran, Britta Wellnitz, Ursula Seelhorst, Bernhard O. Boehm, and Winfried März

Elevated plasma free fatty acids predict sudden cardiac death: a 6.85-year follow-up of 3315 patients after coronary angiography
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on August 31, 2007, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm343
Eur Heart J 2007 28: 2763-2769. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Benoit J. Arsenault, Isabelle Lemieux, Jean-Pierre Després, Nicholas J. Wareham, Robert Luben, John J.P. Kastelein, Kay-Tee Khaw, and S. Matthijs Boekholdt

Cholesterol levels in small LDL particles predict the risk of coronary heart disease in the EPIC-Norfolk prospective population study
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on October 17, 2007, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm390
Eur Heart J 2007 28: 2770-2777. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Congenital heart disease:

Bernard Thienpont, Luc Mertens, Thomy de Ravel, Benedicte Eyskens, Derize Boshoff, Nicole Maas, Jean-Pierre Fryns, Marc Gewillig, Joris R. Vermeesch, and Koen Devriendt

Submicroscopic chromosomal imbalances detected by array-CGH are a frequent cause of congenital heart defects in selected patients
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on March 23, 2007, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl560
Eur Heart J 2007 28: 2778-2784. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hypertension:

Susana Ravassa, Arantxa González, Begoña López, Javier Beaumont, Ramón Querejeta, Mariano Larman, and Javier Díez

Upregulation of myocardial Annexin A5 in hypertensive heart disease: association with systolic dysfunction
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on August 31, 2007, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm370
Eur Heart J 2007 28: 2785-2791. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

PRECLINICAL RESEARCH:

Moriel H. Vandsburger, Brent A. French, Patrick A. Helm, Rene Jack Roy, Christopher M. Kramer, Alistair A. Young, and Frederick H. Epstein

Multi-parameter in vivo cardiac magnetic resonance imaging demonstrates normal perfusion reserve despite severely attenuated ß-adrenergic functional response in neuronal nitric oxide synthase knockout mice
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on June 30, 2007, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm241
Eur Heart J 2007 28: 2792-2798. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ESC ARTICLE:

Erwin S. Zegers and Freek W.A. Verheugt

Hotline Sessions of the 29th European Congress of Cardiology
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on October 24, 2007, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm495
Eur Heart J 2007 28: 2799-2802. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

SPECIAL ARTICLE:

Paulus Kirchhof, Angelo Auricchio, Jeroen Bax, Harry Crijns, John Camm, Hans-Christoph Diener, Andreas Goette, Gerd Hindricks, Stefan Hohnloser, Lukas Kappenberger, Karl-Heinz Kuck, Gregory Y.H. Lip, Bertil Olsson, Thomas Meinertz, Silvia Priori, Ursula Ravens, Gerhard Steinbeck, Elisabeth Svernhage, Jan Tijssen, Alphons Vincent, and Günter Breithardt

Outcome parameters for trials in atrial fibrillation: executive summary: Recommendations from a consensus conference organized by the German Atrial Fibrillation Competence NETwork (AFNET) and the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA)
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on September 25, 2007, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm358
Eur Heart J 2007 28: 2803-2817. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Bernard Lambermont and Vincent D'Orio

Cystatin C blood level as a risk factor for death after heart surgery
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on October 16, 2007, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm432
Eur Heart J 2007 28: 2818. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Didier Ledoux, Mehran Monchi, Jean-Paul Chapelle, and Pierre Damas

Cystatin C blood level as a risk factor for death after heart surgery: reply
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on October 16, 2007, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm433
Eur Heart J 2007 28: 2818-2819. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Aimé Bonny, Joelci Tonet, Guy Fontaine, and Robert Frank

Long-term follow-up of primary prophylactic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy in Brugada syndrome
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on October 19, 2007, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm457
Eur Heart J 2007 28: 2819-2820. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andrea Sarkozy, Tim Boussy, Georgios Kourgiannides, Gian-Battista Chierchia, Sergio Richter, Tom De Potter, Peter Geelen, Francis Wellens, Marieke Dingena Spreeuwenberg, and Pedro Brugada

Long-term follow-up of primary prophylactic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy in Brugada syndrome: reply
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on October 19, 2007, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm478
Eur Heart J 2007 28: 2820-2821. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Christodoulos E. Papadopoulos, Haralambos I. Karvounis, and Georgios E. Parharidis

Is stress hyperglycaemia a prognostic marker of left ventricular remodelling after first anterior myocardial infarction?
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on October 24, 2007, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm458
Eur Heart J 2007 28: 2821. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Christophe Bauters on behalf of the REVE Investigators

Is stress hyperglycaemia a prognostic marker of left ventricular remodelling after first anterior myocardial infarction?: reply
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on October 24, 2007, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm459
Eur Heart J 2007 28: 2821-2822. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CLINICAL VIGNETTES:

Leo E. Weijs, Georgios Arsos, Henk J. Baarslag, Shulamiet Wittebol, and John M. de Klerk

Pericardial involvement in a non-Hodgkin lymphoma patient: coregistered FDG-PET and CT imaging
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on June 12, 2007, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm218
Eur Heart J 2007 28: 2698. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stephanie C. Altwegg, Lukas A. Altwegg, and Willibald Maier

Intracoronary thrombus with tissue factor expression heralding acute promyelocytic leukaemia
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on June 7, 2007, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm216
Eur Heart J 2007 28: 2731. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anne-Catherine Pouleur, Jean-Benoît le Polain de Waroux, Agnès Pasquet, Christine Watremez, Jean-Louis J. Vanoverschelde, Gébrine El Khoury, and Bernhard L. Gerber

Successful repair of a quadricuspid aortic valve illustrated by transoesophageal echocardiography, 64-slice multidetector computed tomography, and cardiac magnetic resonance
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on June 12, 2007, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm215
Eur Heart J 2007 28: 2769. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Saïd Ghostine, Samer Tawm, Jean François Paul, and Christophe Caussin

An epicardial electrode's 8-year travel
Eur Heart J 2007 28: 2791. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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