European Heart Journal

EDITORIALS

Francois Schiele, Nicolas Meneveau, and Jean-Pierre Bassand

Routine pre-treatment with clopidogrel before diagnostic coronary angiography: the question is right, but what about the answer?
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on May 24, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 1475-1477; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn230 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. Pachón and J. Zamorano

Mitral annular calcifications and aortic valve stenosis
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on May 19, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 1478-1480; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn226 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jacob George

Erythropoietin and outcome prediction in patients with heart failure: the plot thickens...
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on May 25, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 1481-1482; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn229 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hisham Dokainish and Stuart J. Connolly

Atrial deformation: the key to maintenance of sinus rhythm in patients with atrial fibrillation?
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on May 21, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 1483-1484; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn227 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

REVIEW

Get checked abstract Shu Kasama, Mayumi Furuya, Takuji Toyama, Shuichi Ichikawa, and Masahiko Kurabayashi

Effect of atrial natriuretic peptide on left ventricular remodelling in patients with acute myocardial infarction
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on May 19, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 1485-1494; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn206 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Coronary heart disease

Interventional cardiology

Get checked abstract Dirk Sibbing, Gabriele Busch, Siegmund Braun, Stefan Jawansky, Albert Schömig, Adnan Kastrati, Ilka Ott, and Nicolas von Beckerath

Impact of bivalirudin or unfractionated heparin on platelet aggregation in patients pretreated with 600 mg clopidogrel undergoing elective percutaneous coronary intervention
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on May 7, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 1504-1509; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn195 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Heart failure/cardiomyopathy

Get checked abstract Peter van der Meer, Dirk J. Lok, James L. Januzzi, Pieta W. Bruggink-Andre de la Porte, Erik Lipsic, Jan van Wijngaarden, Adriaan A. Voors, Wiek H. van Gilst, and Dirk J. van Veldhuisen

Adequacy of endogenous erythropoietin levels and mortality in anaemic heart failure patients
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on May 21, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 1510-1515; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn205 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Rutger W. van der Meer, Luuk J. Rijzewijk, Michaela Diamant, Sebastiaan Hammer, Michael Schär, Jeroen J. Bax, Johannes W.A. Smit, Johannes A. Romijn, Albert de Roos, and Hildo J. Lamb

The ageing male heart: myocardial triglyceride content as independent predictor of diastolic function
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on May 19, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 1516-1522; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn207 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Arrhythmia/electrophysiology

Get checked abstract Bart Verheyden, Hugo Ector, Andre E. Aubert, and Tony Reybrouck

Tilt training increases the vasoconstrictor reserve in patients with neurally mediated syncope evoked by head-up tilt testing
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on March 27, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 1523-1530; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn134 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Gerfried Gratze, Harald Mayer, and Falko Skrabal

Sympathetic reserve, serum potassium, and orthostatic intolerance after endurance exercise and implications for neurocardiogenic syncope
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on May 14, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 1531-1541; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn193 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Valvular heart disease

Get checked abstract Davinder S. Jassal, James W. Tam, Kapil M. Bhagirath, Isabelle Gaboury, Randall A. Sochowski, Jean G. Dumesnil, Peter J. Giannoccaro, John Jue, A. Shekhar Pandey, Campbell D. Joyner, Koon K. Teo, and Kwan L. Chan

Association of mitral annular calcification and aortic valve morphology: a substudy of the aortic stenosis progression observation measuring effects of rosuvastatin (ASTRONOMER) study
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 28, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 1542-1547; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn172 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cardiovascular surgery

Get checked abstract Oliver J. Liakopoulos, Yeong-Hoon Choi, Peter L. Haldenwang, Justus Strauch, Thorsten Wittwer, Hilmar Dörge, Christof Stamm, Gernot Wassmer, and Thorsten Wahlers

Impact of preoperative statin therapy on adverse postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis of over 30 000 patients
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on May 27, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 1548-1559; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn198 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Pulmonary embolism and cor pulmonale

Get checked abstract Jochen Müller-Ehmsen, Daniela Braun, Thorsten Schneider, Roman Pfister, Nicolai Worm, Klaus Wielckens, Christof Scheid, Peter Frommolt, and Markus Flesch

Decreased number of circulating progenitor cells in obesity: beneficial effects of weight reduction
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on May 30, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 1560-1568; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn213 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pulmonary hypertension

Get checked abstract Olivier Sanchez, Ludovic Trinquart, Isabelle Colombet, Pierre Durieux, Menno V. Huisman, Gilles Chatellier, and Guy Meyer

Prognostic value of right ventricular dysfunction in patients with haemodynamically stable pulmonary embolism: a systematic review
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on May 21, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 1569-1577; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn208 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

PRECLINICAL RESEARCH

Get checked abstract Yue-Jin Yang, Hai-Yan Qian, Ji Huang, Yong-Jian Geng, Run-Lin Gao, Ke-Fei Dou, Guo-Sheng Yang, Jian-Jun Li, Rui Shen, Zuo-Xiang He, Min-Jie Lu, and Shi-Hua Zhao

Atorvastatin treatment improves survival and effects of implanted mesenchymal stem cells in post-infarct swine hearts
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on May 2, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 1578-1590; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn167 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Okan Erdogan

N-acetylcysteine for the prevention of postoperative atrial fibrillation: a prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled pilot study
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 25, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 1591; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn178 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mehmet Ozaydin and Erdogan Ibrisim

N-acetylcysteine for the prevention of postoperative atrial fibrillation: a prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled pilot study: reply
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 25, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 1591; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn179 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Maurizio Galderisi

The new European definition of cardiomyopathies: which space for muscle dystrophies?
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on May 15, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 1591-1592; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn187 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Perry Elliott, Bert Andersson, Eloisa Arbustini, Zofia Bilinska, Franco Cecchi, Philippe Charron, Olivier Dubourg, Uwe Kühl, Bernhard Maisch, William J. McKenna, Lorenzo Monserrat, Sabine Pankuweit, Claudio Rapezzi, Petar Seferovic, Luigi Tavazzi, and Andre Keren

The new European definition of cardiomyopathies: which space for muscle dystrophies?: reply
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on May 15, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 1592; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn188 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CLINICAL VIGNETTES

Alexandra Keithahn, Tareq Ibrahim, and Frauke Neff

Evaluation of a fibroelastoma with magnetic resonance imaging
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on January 3, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 1480; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehm611 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stefan Brunner, Markus G. Engelmann, and Michael Näbauer

Thoracic mycotic pseudoaneurysm from Candida albicans infection
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on January 5, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 1515; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehm623 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Giovanni Corrado, Claudia Borghi, and Paolo Panisi

Left ventricular congenital submitral aneurysm
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on January 17, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 1568; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehm622 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Angel Sanchez-Recalde, Raúl Moreno, and Santiago Jiménez-Valero

Stenting of spontaneous intramural coronary haematoma: long-term consequences
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on February 4, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 1593; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehm612 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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