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Eur Heart J 2009 30: 2185-2194; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehp369 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ESC BARCELONA COMMENTARIES

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Roberto Corti and Stefan Toggweiler

PCI in acute left main disease: a paradigm shift or a new reality?
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on August 30, 2009
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 2295-2296; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehp354 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ESC clinical trial updates

Nicolas Danchin

Still a long way to go to defeating atherosclerotic disease: a call to arms!
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on August 31, 2009
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 2297-2299; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehp356 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gerd Heusch

A BEAUTIFUL lesson—ivabradine protects from ischaemia, but not from heart failure: through heart rate reduction or more?
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on August 31, 2009
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 2300-2301; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehp360 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Harry J.G.M. Crijns

Primary prevention of atrial fibrillation by statins: still unresolved?
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on August 30, 2009
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 2302-2303; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehp362 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CURRENT OPINION

Willem-Jan Flu, Jan-Peter van Kuijk, Jeroen J. Bax, John Gorcsan, III, and Don Poldermans

Three-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography: a novel approach in the assessment of left ventricular volume and function?
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on August 27, 2009
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 2304-2307; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehp343 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ESC BARCELONA FASTTRACK

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Get checked abstract Gilles Montalescot, David Brieger, Kim A. Eagle, Frederick A. Anderson, Jr, Gordon FitzGerald, Michael S. Lee, Ph. Gabriel Steg, Álvaro Avezum, Shaun G. Goodman, Joel M. Gore, and for the GRACE Investigators

Unprotected left main revascularization in patients with acute coronary syndromes
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on August 30, 2009
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 2308-2317; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehp353 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ESC clinical trial updates

Get checked abstract Aldo P. Maggioni, Gianna Fabbri, Donata Lucci, Roberto Marchioli, Maria Grazia Franzosi, Roberto Latini, Gian Luigi Nicolosi, Maurizio Porcu, Franco Cosmi, Severo Stefanelli, Gianni Tognoni, Luigi Tavazzi, and on behalf of the GISSI-HF Investigators

Effects of rosuvastatin on atrial fibrillation occurrence: ancillary results of the GISSI-HF trial
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on August 30, 2009
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 2327-2336; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehp357 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Kim Fox, Ian Ford, Ph. Gabriel Steg, Michal Tendera, Michele Robertson, and Roberto Ferrari on behalf of the BEAUTIFUL Investigators

Relationship between ivabradine treatment and cardiovascular outcomes in patients with stable coronary artery disease and left ventricular systolic dysfunction with limiting angina: a subgroup analysis of the randomized, controlled BEAUTIFUL trial
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on August 31, 2009
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 2337-2345; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehp358 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Prevention and epidemiology

Get checked abstract Lars Lind, Lars Wallentin, Tibor Kempf, Heike Tapken, Anja Quint, Bertil Lindahl, Sylvia Olofsson, Per Venge, Anders Larsson, Johannes Hulthe, Anders Elmgren, and Kai C. Wollert

Growth-differentiation factor-15 is an independent marker of cardiovascular dysfunction and disease in the elderly: results from the Prospective Investigation of the Vasculature in Uppsala Seniors (PIVUS) Study
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on June 26, 2009
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 2346-2353; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehp261 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Coronary heart disease

Get checked abstract Vien Khach Lai, Keng-Leong Ang, Wendy Rathbone, Nicholas James Harvey, and Manuel Galiñanes

Randomized controlled trial on the cardioprotective effect of bone marrow cells in patients undergoing coronary bypass graft surgery
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on June 26, 2009
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 2354-2359; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehp262 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Heart failure/cardiomyopathy

Get checked abstract Nina Ajmone Marsan, Jos J.M. Westenberg, Claudia Ypenburg, Rutger J. van Bommel, Stijntje Roes, Victoria Delgado, Laurens F. Tops, Rob J. van der Geest, Eric Boersma, Albert de Roos, Martin J. Schalij, and Jeroen J. Bax

Magnetic resonance imaging and response to cardiac resynchronization therapy: relative merits of left ventricular dyssynchrony and scar tissue
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on July 4, 2009
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 2360-2367; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehp280 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ESC GUIDELINES

Endorsed by the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) and by the International Society of Chemotherapy (ISC) for Infection and Cancer, Authors/Task Force Members, Gilbert Habib, Bruno Hoen, Pilar Tornos, Franck Thuny, Bernard Prendergast, Isidre Vilacosta, Philippe Moreillon, Manuel de Jesus Antunes, Ulf Thilen, John Lekakis, Maria Lengyel, Ludwig Müller, Christoph K. Naber, Petros Nihoyannopoulos, Anton Moritz, Jose Luis Zamorano, ESC Committee for Practice Guidelines (CPG), Alec Vahanian, Angelo Auricchio, Jeroen Bax, Claudio Ceconi, Veronica Dean, Gerasimos Filippatos, Christian Funck-Brentano, Richard Hobbs, Peter Kearney, Theresa McDonagh, Keith McGregor, Bogdan A. Popescu, Zeljko Reiner, Udo Sechtem, Per Anton Sirnes, Michal Tendera, Panos Vardas, Petr Widimsky, Document Reviewers, Alec Vahanian, Rio Aguilar, Maria Grazia Bongiorni, Michael Borger, Eric Butchart, Nicolas Danchin, Francois Delahaye, Raimund Erbel, Damian Franzen, Kate Gould, Roger Hall, Christian Hassager, Keld Kjeldsen, Richard McManus, José M. Miró, Ales Mokracek, Raphael Rosenhek, José A. San Román Calvar, Petar Seferovic, Christine Selton-Suty, Miguel Sousa Uva, Rita Trinchero, and Guy van Camp

Guidelines on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of infective endocarditis (new version 2009): The Task Force on the Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Infective Endocarditis of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on August 27, 2009
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 2369-2413; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehp285 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [CME/CE] [Request Permissions]  

CARDIOVASCULAR FLASHLIGHTS

Gianaugusto Slavich, Gianluca Piccoli, and Massimo Slavich

Acute proximal LAD occlusion without ST-segment elevation
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on July 11, 2009
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 2299; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehp281 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Klaus Empen, Marion Otto, and Stephan B. Felix

Secondary diaphragmatic rupture as a cause of worsening dyspnoea after blunt thorax trauma and consecutive pulmonary embolism
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on July 20, 2009
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 2317; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehp294 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Delicia I. Gentille Lorente

The pulmonary valve and the pulmonary artery
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on July 16, 2009
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 2326; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehp289 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Thomas Bartel, Ludwig Müller, and Silvana Müller

Intra-aortic phased-array imaging: new guiding tool for transcatheter aortic valve implantation
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on June 26, 2009
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 2368; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehp263 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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