European Heart Journal

EDITORIALS

Stefan Agewall

Acute and stable coronary heart disease: different risk factors
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on July 10, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 1927-1929; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn321 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kari O. Niemelä

Biodegradable coating for drug-eluting stents—more than a facelift?
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on June 26, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 1930-1931; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn304 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Neville Suskin, Andrew Pipe, and Peter Prior

Smokers paradox or not in heart failure. Just quit
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on June 12, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 1932-1933; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn275 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jens J. Kaden and Dariusch Haghi

Hypertension in aortic valve stenosis—a Trojan horse
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on June 26, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 1934-1935; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn306 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

REVIEW

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Coronary heart disease

Get checked abstract Florian Leuschner, Jin Li, Stefan Göser, Lars Reinhardt, Renate Öttl, Peter Bride, Jörg Zehelein, Gabriele Pfitzer, Andrew Remppis, Evangelos Giannitsis, Hugo A. Katus, and Ziya Kaya

Absence of auto-antibodies against cardiac troponin I predicts improvement of left ventricular function after acute myocardial infarction
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on June 13, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 1949-1955; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn268 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Dimitar Divchev, Christina Grothusen, Maren Luchtefeld, Martin Thoenes, Frederick Onono, Rainer Koch, Helmut Drexler, and Bernhard Schieffer

Impact of a combined treatment of angiotensin II type 1 receptor blockade and 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl-CoA-reductase inhibition on secretory phospholipase A₂-type IIA and low density lipoprotein oxidation in patients with coronary artery disease
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on June 18, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 1956-1965; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn276 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jean-Philippe Empana, Florence Canoui-Poitrine, Gerald Luc, Irene Juhan-Vague, Pierre Morange, Dominique Arveiler, Jean Ferrieres, Philippe Amouyel, Annie Bingham, Michelle Montaye, Jean-Bernard Ruidavets, Bernadette Haas, Alun Evans, and Pierre Ducimetiere on behalf of the PRIME Study Group

Contribution of novel biomarkers to incident stable angina and acute coronary syndrome: the PRIME Study
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on July 10, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 1966-1974; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn331 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Interventional cardiology

Get checked abstract Julinda Mehilli, Robert A. Byrne, Anna Wieczorek, Raisuke Iijima, Stefanie Schulz, Olga Bruskina, Jürgen Pache, Rainer Wessely, Albert Schömig, and Adnan Kastrati for the Intracoronary Stenting and Angiographic Restenosis Investigators – Test Efficacy of Rapamycin-eluting Stents with Different Polymer Coating Strategies (ISAR-TEST-3)

Randomized trial of three rapamycin-eluting stents with different coating strategies for the reduction of coronary restenosis
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on June 11, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 1975-1982; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn253 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Heart failure/cardiomyopathy

Get checked abstract Gregg C. Fonarow, William T. Abraham, Nancy M. Albert, Wendy Gattis Stough, Mihai Gheorghiade, Barry H. Greenberg, Christopher M. O'Connor, Eduardo Nunez, Clyde W. Yancy, and James B. Young

A smoker's paradox in patients hospitalized for heart failure: findings from OPTIMIZE-HF
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on May 15, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 1983-1991; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn210 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Pierre V. Ennezat, Nicolas Lamblin, Frédéric Mouquet, Olivier Tricot, Philippe Quandalle, Valérie Aumégeat, Octave Equine, Olivier Nugue, Benoit Segrestin, Pascal de Groote, and Christophe Bauters on behalf of the REVE Investigators

The effect of ageing on cardiac remodelling and hospitalization for heart failure after an inaugural anterior myocardial infarction
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on June 20, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 1992-1999; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn267 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Imaging

Get checked abstract Olga Bondarenko, Aernout M. Beek, Jos W.R. Twisk, Cees A. Visser, and Albert C. van Rossum

Time course of functional recovery after revascularization of hibernating myocardium: a contrast-enhanced cardiovascular magnetic resonance study
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on June 13, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 2000-2005; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn266 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Maureen M. Henneman, Joanne D. Schuijf, Jacob M. van Werkhoven, Gabija Pundziute, Ernst E. van der Wall, J. Wouter Jukema, and Jeroen J. Bax

Multi-slice computed tomography coronary angiography for ruling out suspected coronary artery disease: what is the prevalence of a normal study in a general clinical population?
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on June 23, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 2006-2013; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn284 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Tatiana Kuznetsova, Lieven Herbots, Tom Richart, Jan D'hooge, Lutgarde Thijs, Robert H. Fagard, Marie-Christine Herregods, and Jan A. Staessen

Left ventricular strain and strain rate in a general population
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on June 26, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 2014-2023; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn280 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Prevention and epidemiology

Get checked abstract Martinette T. Streppel, Marga C. Ocké, Hendriek C. Boshuizen, Frans J. Kok, and Daan Kromhout

Long-term fish consumption and n-3 fatty acid intake in relation to (sudden) coronary heart disease death: the Zutphen study
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on July 18, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 2024-2030; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn294 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Congenital heart disease

Get checked abstract Oleg Reich, Petr Tax, Helena Bartáková, Viktor Tomek, Jirí Gilík, Jirí Lisy, Jirí Radvansky, Tomás Matejka, Tomás Tláskal, Irena Svobodová, Václav Chaloupecky, and Jan Skovránek

Long-term (up to 20 years) results of percutaneous balloon angioplasty of recurrent aortic coarctation without use of stents
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on June 10, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 2042-2048; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn251 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

PRECLINICAL RESEARCH

Get checked abstract Julia Mascherbauer, Christina Fuchs, Martin Stoiber, Heinrich Schima, Elisabeth Pernicka, Gerald Maurer, and Helmut Baumgartner

Systemic pressure does not directly affect pressure gradient and valve area estimates in aortic stenosis in vitro
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on May 22, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 2049-2057; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn209 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Ronald G. Garcia and Patricio López-Jaramillo

Cardiovascular prevention in high-risk patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: when to start it?
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on June 16, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 2058; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn262 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Linda G. Mellbin, Lars Rydén, Klas Malmberg, Anna Norhammar, and Hans Wedel

Cardiovascular prevention in high-risk patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: when to start it?: reply
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on June 13, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 2058-2059; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn263 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Maciej Kostrubiec, Anna Kaczynska, and Piotr Pruszczyk

Right ventricle remodelling and elevated D-dimer concentration in patients 6 months after first episode of acute pulmonary embolism
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on June 17, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 2059-2060; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn264 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jeffrey A. Kline

Right ventricle remodelling and elevated D-dimer concentration in patients 6 months after first episode of acute pulmonary embolism: reply
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on June 17, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 2060; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn265 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ERRATUM

Fatih Bayrak, Tahsin Guneysu, Muzaffer Degertekin, and Gokmen Gemici

Isolated left ventricular diverticulum in an asymptomatic patient
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 2060; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn355 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CLINICAL VIGNETTES

Mathieu Granier, Antoine Micheau, and Isabelle Serre

A rare cause of cardiac tumour: an Erdheim–Chester disease with cardiac involvement co-existing with an intracerebral Langerhans cell histiocytosis
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 4, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 1929; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn082 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mathias Lange, Dieter Horstkotte, and Marcus Wiemer

Radiopaque thrombus in right ventricle
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on March 6, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 1955; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn084 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Vittoria Rizzello, Christian Colizzi, and Piergiorgio Falappa

Primary chylopericardium due to lymphangiectasias: the crucial role of lymphangiography
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on March 6, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 1974; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn083 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peter Barlis, Patrick W. Serruys, Arie DeVries, and Evelyn Regar

Optical coherence tomography assessment of vulnerable plaque rupture: predilection for the plaque ‘shoulder’
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on March 11, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 2023; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn085 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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