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Eur Heart J 2009 30: 1155-1163; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehp150 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

EDITORIALS

Jan A. Staessen, Tom Richart, and Willem H. Birkenhäger

Candesartan for cardiovascular prevention in Japanese hypertensive patients with coronary heart disease
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 10, 2009
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 1164-1166; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehp155 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David S.H. Bell and James H. O'Keefe

Metabolic syndrome and postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF)
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 17, 2009
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 1167-1168; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehp167 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CURRENT OPINION

Get checked abstract Salvatore Patanè and Filippo Marte

Prostate-specific antigen kallikrein: from prostate cancer to cardiovascular system
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 10, 2009
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 1169-1170; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehp135 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Coronary heart disease

Get checked abstract Corrado Tamburino, Maria Elena Di Salvo, Davide Capodanno, Antonio Marzocchi, Imad Sheiban, Massimo Margheri, Aleardo Maresta, Fabio Barlocco, Giuseppe Sangiorgi, Giancarlo Piovaccari, Antonio Bartorelli, Carlo Briguori, Diego Ardissino, Francesco Di Pede, Angelo Ramondo, Luigi Inglese, Anna Sonia Petronio, Leonardo Bolognese, Alberto Benassi, Cataldo Palmieri, Aldo Patti, and Stefano De Servi

Are drug-eluting stents superior to bare-metal stents in patients with unprotected non-bifurcational left main disease? Insights from a multicentre registry
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on March 10, 2009
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 1171-1179; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehp052 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Stein Ørn, Cord Manhenke, Thor Ueland, Jan K. Damås, Tom Eirik Mollnes, Thor Edvardsen, Pål Aukrust, and Kenneth Dickstein

C-reactive protein, infarct size, microvascular obstruction, and left-ventricular remodelling following acute myocardial infarction
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on March 19, 2009
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 1180-1186; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehp070 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Adriaan A. Voors, Stephan von Haehling, Stefan D. Anker, Hans L. Hillege, Joachim Struck, Oliver Hartmann, Andreas Bergmann, Iain Squire, Dirk J. van Veldhuisen, and Kenneth Dickstein for the OPTIMAAL Investigators

C-terminal provasopressin (copeptin) is a strong prognostic marker in patients with heart failure after an acute myocardial infarction: results from the OPTIMAAL study
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 3, 2009
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 1187-1194; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehp098 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Deepak L. Bhatt, Eric D. Peterson, Robert A. Harrington, Fang-Shu Ou, Christopher P. Cannon, C. Michael Gibson, Neal S. Kleiman, Ralph G. Brindis, W. Frank Peacock, Sorin J. Brener, Venu Menon, Sidney C. Smith, Jr, Charles V. Pollack, Jr, W. Brian Gibler, E. Magnus Ohman, and Matthew T. Roe for the CRUSADE Investigators

Prior polyvascular disease: risk factor for adverse ischaemic outcomes in acute coronary syndromes
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 1, 2009
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 1195-1202; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehp099 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Hiroshi Kasanuki, Nobuhisa Hagiwara, Saichi Hosoda, Tetsuya Sumiyoshi, Takashi Honda, Kazuo Haze, Michitaka Nagashima, Jun-ichi Yamaguchi, Hideki Origasa, Mitsuyoshi Urashima, and Hiroshi Ogawa for the HIJ-CREATE Investigators

Angiotensin II receptor blocker-based vs. non-angiotensin II receptor blocker-based therapy in patients with angiographically documented coronary artery disease and hypertension: the Heart Institute of Japan Candesartan Randomized Trial for Evaluation in Coronary Artery Disease (HIJ-CREATE)
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 4, 2009
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 1203-1212; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehp101 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Heart failure/cardiomyopathy

Get checked abstract Adisai Buakhamsri, Zoran B. Popovic, Jingna Lin, Pascal Lim, Neil L. Greenberg, Allen G. Borowski, W.H. Wilson Tang, Allan L. Klein, Harry M. Lever, Milind Y. Desai, and James D. Thomas

Impact of left ventricular volume/mass ratio on diastolic function
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on March 20, 2009
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 1213-1221; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehp084 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Kazumasa Yamagishi, Aaron R. Folsom, Wayne D. Rosamond, and Eric Boerwinkle for the ARIC Investigators

A genetic variant on chromosome 9p21 and incident heart failure in the ARIC study
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on March 26, 2009
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 1222-1228; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehp087 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Arne Yndestad, Linn Landrø, Thor Ueland, Christen P. Dahl, Trude H. Flo, Leif Erik Vinge, Terje Espevik, Stig S. Frøland, Cathrine Husberg, Geir Christensen, Kenneth Dickstein, John Kjekshus, Erik Øie, Lars Gullestad, and Pål Aukrust

Increased systemic and myocardial expression of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin in clinical and experimental heart failure
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on March 26, 2009
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 1229-1236; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehp088 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Arrhythmia/electrophysiology

Get checked abstract Serge Boveda, Eloi Marijon, Sophie Jacob, Pascal Defaye, Jobst B. Winter, Alan Bulava, Daniel Gras, Jean Paul Albenque, Nicolas Combes, Dominique Pavin, Nicolas Delarche, Alexander Teubl, Marie Lambiez, and Philippe Chevalier on behalf of the Mona Lisa Study Group

Incidence and prognostic significance of sustained ventricular tachycardias in heart failure patients implanted with biventricular pacemakers without a back-up defibrillator: results from the prospective, multicentre, Mona Lisa cohort study
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on March 4, 2009
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 1237-1244; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehp071 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jonathan P. Piccini, Jeffrey S. Berger, and Christopher M. O’Connor

Amiodarone for the prevention of sudden cardiac death: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on March 31, 2009
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 1245-1253; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehp100 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Valvular heart disease

Get checked abstract Jae-Kwan Song, Jong-Min Song, Duk-Hyun Kang, Sung-Cheol Yun, Duk Woo Park, Seung Whan Lee, Young-Hak Kim, Cheol Whan Lee, Myeong-Ki Hong, Jae-Joong Kim, Seong-Wook Park, and Seung-Jung Park

Restenosis and adverse clinical events after successful percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty: immediate post-procedural mitral valve area as an important prognosticator
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 3, 2009
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 1254-1262; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehp096 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Prevention and epidemiology

Get checked abstract Sarah L. Prior, David R. Gable, Jackie A. Cooper, Stephen C. Bain, Steven J. Hurel, Steve E. Humphries, and Jeffrey W. Stephens

Association between the adiponectin promoter rs266729 gene variant and oxidative stress in patients with diabetes mellitus
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on March 26, 2009
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 1263-1269; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehp090 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Nicolas Girerd, Philippe Pibarot, Dominique Fournier, Pascal Daleau, Pierre Voisine, Gilles O'Hara, Jean-Pierre Després, and Patrick Mathieu

Middle-aged men with increased waist circumference and elevated C-reactive protein level are at higher risk for postoperative atrial fibrillation following coronary artery bypass grafting surgery
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on March 27, 2009
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 1270-1278; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehp091 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Fabio M. Pulcinelli, Luigi M. Biasucci, Silvia Riondino, Simona Giubilato, Andrea Leo, Livia Di Renzo, Elisabetta Trifirò, Teresa Mattiello, Dario Pitocco, Giovanna Liuzzo, Giovanni Ghirlanda, and Filippo Crea

COX-1 sensitivity and thromboxane A₂ production in type 1 and type 2 diabetic patients under chronic aspirin treatment
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 3, 2009
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 1279-1286; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehp097 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Steven M. Shaw and Simon G. Williams

Should beta-blockade continue to be withheld from patients with chronic heart failure and asthma?
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 16, 2009
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 1287; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehp146 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kenneth Dickstein and John J.V. McMurray

Should beta-blockade continue to be withheld from patients with chronic heart failure and asthma?: reply
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 16, 2009
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 1287-1288; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehp147 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

John E. Madias

Prediction of fatal or near fatal arrhythmias in patients with a depressed left ventricular function after an acute myocardial infarction
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 20, 2009
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 1288; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehp166 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CARDIOVASCULAR FLASHLIGHTS

Deok-Kyu Cho, Jeong Hun Kim, and Namsik Chung

Transient mid-ventricular ballooning cardiomyopathy associated with bladder pheochromocytoma
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on February 17, 2009
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 1202; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehp074 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hee Hwa Ho, Chung Wah Siu, and Wai Luen Lee

Multi-vessel coronary artery spasm
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on January 23, 2009
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 1212; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn611 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sandor Szabados, Edit Varady, and Laszlo Göbölös

Paraganglioma of the aortopulmonary window
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on January 22, 2009
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 1286; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn616 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Luc Jordaens, Suzanne D.A. Valk, and Yves Van Belle

Ablation of ventricular tachycardia in the anterior interventricular vein
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on March 10, 2009
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 1289; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehp056 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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