European Heart Journal

EDITORIALS

F.L.J. Visseren

Vascular consequences of metabolic syndrome in early life
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on February 27, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 693-694; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehm642 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nithima Chaowalit and Francisco Lopez-Jimenez

Epicardial adipose tissue: friendly companion or hazardous neighbour for adjacent coronary arteries?
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on January 29, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 695-697; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehm643 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hans Peter Brunner-La Rocca

Do we understand why the heart fails?
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on February 7, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 698-700; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn031 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Filippo Cademartiri, Erica Maffei, and Nico R. Mollet

Is dual-source CT coronary angiography ready for the real world?
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 701-703; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn052 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Emmanouil S. Brilakis and Peter B. Berger

Treatment of coronary bifurcations: might less be more?
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 704-706; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn054 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

REVIEW

Get checked abstract Verena Stangl, Vanessa Witzel, Gert Baumann, and Karl Stangl

Current diagnostic concepts to detect coronary artery disease in women
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on February 12, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 707-717; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn047 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Interventional cardiology

Get checked abstract Michael Billinger, Jonas Beutler, Keywan R. Taghetchian, Andrea Remondino, Peter Wenaweser, Stéphane Cook, Mario Togni, Christian Seiler, Christoph Stettler, Franz R. Eberli, Thomas F. Lüscher, Simon Wandel, Peter Jüni, Bernhard Meier, and Stephan Windecker

Two-year clinical outcome after implantation of sirolimus-eluting and paclitaxel-eluting stents in diabetic patients
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on February 12, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 718-725; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn021 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Bon-Kwon Koo, Kyung-Woo Park, Hyun-Jae Kang, Young-Seok Cho, Woo-Young Chung, Tae-Jin Youn, In-Ho Chae, Dong-Ju Choi, Seung-Jae Tahk, Byung-Hee Oh, Young-Bae Park, and Hyo-Soo Kim

Physiological evaluation of the provisional side-branch intervention strategy for bifurcation lesions using fractional flow reserve
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on February 28, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 726-732; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn045 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract George E. Kochiadakis, Maria E. Marketou, Dimitris Panutsopulos, Dimitris A. Arfanakis, Emmanuel I. Skalidis, Nikolaos E. Igoumenidis, Michael I. Hamilos, George Sourvinos, Gregory Chlouverakis, Demetrios Spandidos, and Panos E. Vardas

Vascular endothelial growth factor protein levels and gene expression in peripheral monocytes after stenting: a randomized comparative study of sirolimus: eluting and bare metal stents
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on February 27, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 733-740; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn060 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Heart failure/cardiomyopathy

Get checked abstract Giovanni de Simone, John S. Gottdiener, Marcello Chinali, and Mathew S. Maurer

Left ventricular mass predicts heart failure not related to previous myocardial infarction: the Cardiovascular Health Study
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on January 19, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 741-747; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehm605 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Eldrin F. Lewis, Eric J. Velazquez, Scott D. Solomon, Anne S. Hellkamp, John J.V. McMurray, Jasmine Mathias, Jean-Lucien Rouleau, Aldo P. Maggioni, Karl Swedberg, Lars Kober, Harvey White, Anthony J. Dalby, Gary S. Francis, Faiez Zannad, Robert M. Califf, and Marc A. Pfeffer

Predictors of the first heart failure hospitalization in patients who are stable survivors of myocardial infarction complicated by pulmonary congestion and/or left ventricular dysfunction: a VALIANT study
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on February 28, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 748-756; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn062 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Claudia Ypenburg, Patrizio Lancellotti, Laurens F. Tops, Eric Boersma, Gabe B. Bleeker, Eduard R. Holman, James D. Thomas, Martin J. Schalij, Luc A. Piérard, and Jeroen J. Bax

Mechanism of improvement in mitral regurgitation after cardiac resynchronization therapy
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on February 27, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 757-765; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn063 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Imaging

Get checked abstract Hatem Alkadhi, Hans Scheffel, Lotus Desbiolles, Oliver Gaemperli, Paul Stolzmann, André Plass, Gerhard W. Goerres, Thomas F. Luescher, Michele Genoni, Borut Marincek, Philipp A. Kaufmann, and Sebastian Leschka

Dual-source computed tomography coronary angiography: influence of obesity, calcium load, and heart rate on diagnostic accuracy
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on February 21, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 766-776; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn044 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Prevention and epidemiology

Get checked abstract Alexander M. de Vos, Mathias Prokop, Cornelis J. Roos, Matthijs F.L. Meijs, Yvonne T. van der Schouw, Annemarieke Rutten, Petra M. Gorter, Maarten-Jan Cramer, Pieter A. Doevendans, Benno J. Rensing, Marie-Louise Bartelink, Birgitta K. Velthuis, Arend Mosterd, and Michiel L. Bots

Peri-coronary epicardial adipose tissue is related to cardiovascular risk factors and coronary artery calcification in post-menopausal women
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on December 20, 2007
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 777-783; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehm564 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Noora Mattsson, Tapani Rönnemaa, Markus Juonala, Jorma S.A. Viikari, Eero Jokinen, Nina Hutri-Kähönen, Mika Kähönen, Tomi Laitinen, and Olli T. Raitakari

Arterial structure and function in young adults with the metabolic syndrome: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on December 15, 2007
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 784-791; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehm576 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Yacine Aggoun, Nathalie J. Farpour-Lambert, Laetitia M. Marchand, Emmanuelle Golay, Albane B.R. Maggio, and Maurice Beghetti

Impaired endothelial and smooth muscle functions and arterial stiffness appear before puberty in obese children and are associated with elevated ambulatory blood pressure
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on February 1, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 792-799; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehm633 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Robert Clarke, Jonathan R. Emberson, Elizabeth Breeze, Juan P. Casas, Sarah Parish, Aroon D. Hingorani, Astrid Fletcher, Rory Collins, and Liam Smeeth

Biomarkers of inflammation predict both vascular and non-vascular mortality in older men
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on February 25, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 800-809; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn049 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Congenital heart disease

Get checked abstract Johannes Nordmeyer, Louise Coats, Philipp Lurz, Twin-Yen Lee, Graham Derrick, Philipp Rees, Seamus Cullen, Andrew M. Taylor, Sachin Khambadkone, and Philipp Bonhoeffer

Percutaneous pulmonary valve-in-valve implantation: a successful treatment concept for early device failure
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on March 3, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 810-815; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn073 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

SPECIAL ARTICLE

Get checked abstract Peter S. Pang, John G.F. Cleland, John R. Teerlink, Sean P. Collins, Christopher J. Lindsell, George Sopko, W. Frank Peacock, Gregg C. Fonarow, Amer Z. Aldeen, J. Douglas Kirk, Alan B. Storrow, Miguel Tavares, Alexandre Mebazaa, Edmond Roland, Barry M. Massie, Alan S. Maisel, Michel Komajda, Gerasimos Filippatos, and Mihai Gheorghiade for the Acute Heart Failure Syndromes International Working Group

A proposal to standardize dyspnoea measurement in clinical trials of acute heart failure syndromes: the need for a uniform approach
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on March 1, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 816-824; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn048 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Andrew T. Burns, Andre La Gerche, David L. Prior, and Andrew I. MacIsaac

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 January 31, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 825; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn004 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Masaaki Takeuchi 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: reply
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on January 29, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 825-826; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn006 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Riyaz S. Patel, Habib Samady, Abarmard Maziar Zafari, and Arshed A. Quyyumi

Familial aggregation of left main coronary artery disease and future risk of coronary events in asymptomatic siblings of affected patients
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on February 9, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 826-827; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn035 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marcus Fischer and Heribert Schunkert

Familial aggregation of left main coronary artery disease and future risk of coronary events in asymptomatic siblings of affected patients: reply
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on February 9, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 827-828; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn014 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Patrick Ohlmann, Olivier Morel, Bogdan Radulescu, Michel Kindo, Antoine Faure, Philippe Billaud, Hélène Petit, Nicolas Meyer, Laurence Jesel, Dominique Desprez, Jean-Philippe Mazzucotelli, Bernard Eisenmann, and Pierre Bareiss

D-Dimer in ruling out acute aortic dissection: sensitivity is not 100%
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on February 7, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 828-829; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn015 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gottfried Sodeck and Hans Domanovits

D-dimer in ruling out acute aortic dissection: a systematic review and prospective cohort study: reply
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on February 7, 2008
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 829; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn033 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CLINICAL VIGNETTES

Javier Ganame, Jeremy Wright, and Jan Bogaert

Cardiac lipoma diagnosed by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on October 29, 2007
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 697; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehm476 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pier Giorgio Masci, Joris De Bondt, and Jan Bogaert

Helical form of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a new entity?
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on October 18, 2007
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 706; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehm450 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marcello Di Valentino, Gianmarco M. Balestra, Michael Christ, Ines Raineri, Daniel Oertli, and Michael J. Zellweger

Inverted Takotsubo cardiomyopathy due to pheochromocytoma
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on October 21, 2007
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 830; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehm449 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Markus Kondruweit, Michael Schmid, and Thomas Strecker

Papillary fibroelastoma of the mitral valve: appearance in 64-slice spiral computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and echocardiography
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on October 24, 2007
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 831; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehm475 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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