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Previous Next 		Contents: Volume 29, Number 7 : April 2008   [Index by Author] 
       EDITORIALS
       REVIEW
       CLINICAL RESEARCH
Coronary heart disease
Heart failure/cardiomyopathy
Arrhythmia/electrophysiology
Prevention and epidemiology
       SPECIAL ARTICLE
       LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
       CLINICAL VIGNETTES
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EDITORIALS:

Jacob E. Møller, Christian Torp-Pedersen, and Lars V. Køber
Is heart failure the critical warning sign for death following myocardial infarction?
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on March 19, 2008, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn067
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 833-834. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Duncan J. Campbell
Why do men and women differ in their risk of myocardial infarction?
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on March 11, 2008, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn074
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 835-836. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Robert J. MacFadyen and M. Jennyfer Ng Kam Chuen
Developing the utility of blood biomarker associations beyond population sample linkage to events in cardiovascular patients
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on March 10, 2008, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn075
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 837-839. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marco Stramba-Badiale
Atrial fibrillation subtypes, risk of stroke, and antithrombotic therapy
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on March 10, 2008, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm594
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 840-842. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Patrick T. Ellinor and David J. Milan
Polymorphisms and atrial fibrillation: sorting the wheat from the chaff
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on February 28, 2008, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn066
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 843-845. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Valérie Tikhonoff and Edoardo Casiglia
Evolving concepts of left ventricular hypertrophy
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on March 11, 2008, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn055
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 846-848. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

REVIEW:

John J.P. Kastelein and Eric de Groot
Ultrasound imaging techniques for the evaluation of cardiovascular therapies
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on March 11, 2008, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn070
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 849-858. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CLINICAL RESEARCH:

Coronary heart disease:

Azam Torabi, John G.F. Cleland, Nasrin K. Khan, Puan H. Loh, Andrew L. Clark, Farqad Alamgir, John L. Caplin, Alan S. Rigby, and Kevin Goode
The timing of development and subsequent clinical course of heart failure after a myocardial infarction
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on March 19, 2008, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn096
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 859-870. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michael A. McDonald, Yuling Fu, Uwe Zeymer, Galen Wagner, Shaun G. Goodman, Allan Ross, Christopher B. Granger, Frans Van de Werf, and Paul W. Armstrong for the ASSENT-4 PCI Investigators
Adverse outcomes in fibrinolytic-based facilitated percutaneous coronary intervention: insights from the ASSENT-4 PCI electrocardiographic substudy
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on March 4, 2008, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn078
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 871-879. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rajendra H. Mehta, Sunil V. Rao, E. Magnus Ohman, Eric R. Bates, Gretchen Marcucci, Min Zhang, Karen S. Pieper, Paul W. Armstrong, Harvey D. White, Frans Van de Werf, Robert M. Califf, and Christopher B. Granger
Variation in the use of stress testing and outcomes in patients with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes: insights from GUSTO IIb
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on March 10, 2008, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn100
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 880-887. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Heart failure/cardiomyopathy:

Ulrich H. Frey, Wolfgang Lieb, Jeanette Erdmann, Danai Savidou, Gerd Heusch, Kirsten Leineweber, Heinz Jakob, Hans-Werner Hense, Hannelore Löwel, Norbert H. Brockmeyer, Heribert Schunkert, and Winfried Siffert
Characterization of the GNAQ promoter and association of increased Gq expression with cardiac hypertrophy in humans
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on March 6, 2008, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm618
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 888-897. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Ignacio García-Bolao, Begoña López, Alfonso Macías, Juan J. Gavira, Pedro Azcárate, and Javier Díez
Impact of collagen type I turnover on the long-term response to cardiac resynchronization therapy
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on March 10, 2008, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn098
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 898-906. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Arrhythmia/electrophysiology:

Moritz F. Sinner, Arne Pfeufer, Mahmut Akyol, Britt-Maria Beckmann, Martin Hinterseer, Annette Wacker, Siegfried Perz, Wiebke Sauter, Thomas Illig, Michael Näbauer, Claus Schmitt, H.-Erich Wichmann, Albert Schömig, Gerhard Steinbeck, Thomas Meitinger, and Stefan Kääb
The non-synonymous coding IKr-channel variant KCNH2-K897T is associated with atrial fibrillation: results from a systematic candidate gene-based analysis of KCNH2 (HERG)
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on January 25, 2008, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm619
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 907-914. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Robby Nieuwlaat, Trang Dinh, S. Bertil Olsson, A. John Camm, Alessandro Capucci, Robert G. Tieleman, Gregory Y.H. Lip, and Harry J.G.M. Crijns on behalf of the Euro Heart Survey Investigators
Should we abandon the common practice of withholding oral anticoagulation in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation?
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on March 10, 2008, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn101
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 915-922. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Prevention and epidemiology:

Malcolm J. West, Paul J. Nestel, Adrienne C. Kirby, Renate Schnabel, David Sullivan, R. John Simes, Christine Pollicino, Edith Lubos, Thomas F. Münzel, Harvey D. White, Andrew M. Tonkin, Christoph Bickel, Laurence Tiret, and Stefan Blankenberg for the LIPID Study Investigators
The value of N-terminal fragment of brain natriuretic peptide and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 levels as predictors of cardiovascular outcome in the LIPID study
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on February 22, 2008, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn007
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 923-931. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sonia S. Anand, Shofiqul Islam, Annika Rosengren, Maria Grazia Franzosi, Krisela Steyn, Afzal Hussein Yusufali, Matyas Keltai, Rafael Diaz, Sumathy Rangarajan, and Salim Yusuf on behalf of the INTERHEART Investigators
Risk factors for myocardial infarction in women and men: insights from the INTERHEART study
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on March 10, 2008, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn018
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 932-940. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

SPECIAL ARTICLE:

Christopher P. Nelson, Paul C. Lambert, Iain B. Squire, and David R. Jones
Relative survival: what can cardiovascular disease learn from cancer?
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on March 6, 2008, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn079
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 941-947. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Georgios K. Efthimiadis, Soultana Meditskou, Georgios Giannakoulas, Despina Parcharidou, Ioannis Styliadis, Sotirios Mochlas, and Georgios E. Parcharidis
Normal systolic function in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: reality or myth?
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on February 28, 2008, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn019
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 948. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Javier Ganame and Ricardo H. Pignatelli
Normal systolic function in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: reality or myth?: reply
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on February 28, 2008, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn034
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 949. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tjeerd Germans, Arthur A.M. Wilde, and Albert C. van Rossum
Non-compaction: a distinct cardiomyopathy or non-specific morphological trait?
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on February 7, 2008, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn029
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 949-950. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dennis Dooijes
Non-compaction: a distinct cardiomyopathy or non-specific morphological trait?: reply
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on February 7, 2008, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn032
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 950-951. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Claudia Stöllberger and Josef Finsterer
No re-appraisal of non-compaction diagnostic criteria without considering neurological co-morbidity and genetic heterogeneity
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on February 12, 2008, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn036
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 951. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Perry M. Elliott, Sanjay K. Kohli, Antonios A. Pantazis, and Sanjay Sharma
No re-appraisal of non-compaction diagnostic criteria without considering neurological co-morbidity and genetic heterogeneity: reply
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on February 12, 2008, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn057
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 951-952. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Undurti N. Das
Risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus in those with hypertension
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on February 26, 2008, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn037
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 952-953. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David Conen, Paul M. Ridker, Samia Mora, Julie E. Buring, and Robert J. Glynn
Risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus in those with hypertension: reply
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on February 26, 2008, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn058
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 953-954. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Martial Hamon and Angelos Sourgounis
Radiation exposure and vascular access site
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on February 27, 2008, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn043
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 954. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Camille Brasselet and Damien Metz
Radiation exposure and vascular access site: reply
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on February 27, 2008, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn059
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 954-955. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CLINICAL VIGNETTES:

Hendrik Bonnemeier and Melanie Barantke
A dangerous bridge: myocardial infarction due to myocardial bridging in left ventricular hypertrophy
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on October 31, 2007, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm477
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 839. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Christian von Bary, Thomas Liebig, Jochen Gaa, and Nicolas von Beckerath
Ischaemic stroke and myocardial infarction in a Caucasian patient with Moya–Moya disease
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on November 6, 2007, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm513
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 842. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Daniela Prandstraller, Ornella Leone, Elena Biagini, Fernando M. Picchio, and Claudio Rapezzi
Prenatal echographic recognition of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy leading to heart transplantation in the newborn
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on November 14, 2007, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm510
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 845. [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF]   OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE  

Nicola Gaibazzi, Fabrizio Ugo, and Diego Ardissino
Summertime loneliness as a trigger for all variants of stress-cardiomyopathy in the elderly
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on October 25, 2007, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm492
Eur Heart J 2008 29: 956. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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