European Heart Journal

EDITORIAL

Gaetano M. De Ferrari and Peter J. Schwartz

Long QT syndrome, a purely electrical disease? Not anymore
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on January 16, 2009
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 253-255; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn587 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

REVIEWS

Get checked abstract Elisabeth Bédard, Konstantinos Dimopoulos, and Michael A. Gatzoulis

Has there been any progress made on pregnancy outcomes among women with pulmonary arterial hypertension?
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on January 15, 2009
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 256-265; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn597 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Douwe Pons, Florentine R. de Vries, Peter J. van den Elsen, Bastiaan T. Heijmans, Paul H.A. Quax, and J. Wouter Jukema

Epigenetic histone acetylation modifiers in vascular remodelling: new targets for therapy in cardiovascular disease
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on January 15, 2009
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 266-277; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn603 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

SPECIAL ARTICLE

Rosa Sicari, Petros Nihoyannopoulos, Arturo Evangelista, Jaroslav Kasprzak, Patrizio Lancellotti, Don Poldermans, Jens-Uwe Voigt, and Jose Luis Zamorano on behalf of the European Association of Echocardiography

Stress Echocardiography Expert Consensus Statement—Executive Summary: European Association of Echocardiography (EAE) (a registered branch of the ESC)
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on November 11, 2008
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 278-289; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn492 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Coronary heart disease

Get checked abstract Raisuke Iijima, Gjin Ndrepepa, Julinda Mehilli, Robert A. Byrne, Stefanie Schulz, Franz-Josef Neumann, Gert Richardt, Peter B. Berger, Albert Schömig, and Adnan Kastrati

Profile of bleeding and ischaemic complications with bivalirudin and unfractionated heparin after percutaneous coronary intervention
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on January 15, 2009
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 290-296; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn586 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Alessandro Parolari, Lorenzo L. Pesce, Matteo Trezzi, Claudia Loardi, Samer Kassem, Claudio Brambillasca, Bruno Miguel, Elena Tremoli, Paolo Biglioli, and Francesco Alamanni

Performance of EuroSCORE in CABG and off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: single institution experience and meta-analysis
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on January 13, 2009
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 297-304; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn581 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Massimo Napodano, Angelo Ramondo, Giuseppe Tarantini, Diletta Peluso, Silvia Compagno, Chiara Fraccaro, Anna Chiara Frigo, Renato Razzolini, and Sabino Iliceto

Predictors and time-related impact of distal embolization during primary angioplasty
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on January 19, 2009
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 305-313; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn594 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Till Keller, Claudia Martina Messow, Edith Lubos, Viviane Nicaud, Philipp S. Wild, Hans J. Rupprecht, Christoph Bickel, Stergios Tzikas, Dirk Peetz, Karl J. Lackner, Laurence Tiret, Thomas F. Münzel, Stefan Blankenberg, and Renate B. Schnabel

Cystatin C and cardiovascular mortality in patients with coronary artery disease and normal or mildly reduced kidney function: results from the AtheroGene study
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on January 19, 2009
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 314-320; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn598 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Acute coronary syndrome

Get checked abstract Ph. Gabriel Steg, Keith A.A. Fox, Kim A. Eagle, Mark Furman, Frans Van de Werf, Gilles Montalescot, Shaun G. Goodman, Álvaro Avezum, Wei Huang, and Joel M. Gore for the Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE) Investigators

Mortality following placement of drug-eluting and bare-metal stents for ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction in the Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on January 15, 2009
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 321-329; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn604 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Arrhythmias

Heart failure

Get checked abstract Putte Abrahamsson, Joanna Dobson, Christopher B. Granger, John J.V. McMurray, Eric L. Michelson, Marc Pfeffer, Stuart Pocock, Scott D. Solomon, Salim Yusuf, and Karl Swedberg for the CHARM Investigators

Impact of hospitalization for acute coronary events on subsequent mortality in patients with chronic heart failure
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on November 11, 2008
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 338-345; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn503 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Valvular and congenital heart disease

Get checked abstract Yasuharu Matsumoto, Volker Adams, Claudia Walther, Caroline Kleinecke, Peter Brugger, Axel Linke, Thomas Walther, Friedrich Wilhelm Mohr, and Gerhard Schuler

Reduced number and function of endothelial progenitor cells in patients with aortic valve stenosis: a novel concept for valvular endothelial cell repair
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on November 13, 2008
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 346-355; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn501 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Rachel M. Wald, Andrew N. Redington, Andre Pereira, Yves L. Provost, Narinder S. Paul, Erwin N. Oechslin, and Candice K. Silversides

Refining the assessment of pulmonary regurgitation in adults after tetralogy of Fallot repair: should we be measuring regurgitant fraction or regurgitant volume?
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on January 22, 2009
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 356-361; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn595 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Imaging

Get checked abstract Thomas P. Carrigan, Deepu Nair, Paul Schoenhagen, Ronan J. Curtin, Zoran B. Popovic, Sandra Halliburton, Stacie Kuzmiak, Richard D. White, Scott D. Flamm, and Milind Y. Desai

Prognostic utility of 64-slice computed tomography in patients with suspected but no documented coronary artery disease
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on January 19, 2009
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 362-371; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn605 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

PRECLINICAL RESEARCH

Get checked abstract Tian Gang Zhu, Chinmay Patel, Seth Martin, Xin Quan, Ying Wu, James F. Burke, Michael Chernick, Peter R. Kowey, and Gan-Xin Yan

Ventricular transmural repolarization sequence: its relationship with ventricular relaxation and role in ventricular diastolic function
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on January 15, 2009
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 372-380; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn585 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Viktor Culic

Moderate drinking, psychological factors, and cardiovascular protection
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on January 15, 2009
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 381; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn556 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Imre Janszky, Rickard Ljung, Johan Hallqvist, Staffan Ahnve, Anna M. Bennet, and Kenneth J. Mukamal

Moderate drinking, psychological factors, and cardiovascular protection: reply
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on January 15, 2009
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 381-382; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn557 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jane Nautrup Østergaard, Berit Lilienthal Heitmann, Peter Schnohr, and Morten Grønbæk

Moderate drinking, psychological factors, and cardiovascular protection: reply
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on January 15, 2009
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 382; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn558 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Roman Pfister and Christian A. Schneider

ESC guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure 2008: application of natriuretic peptides
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on December 24, 2008
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 382-383; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn560 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kenneth Dickstein

ESC guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure 2008: application of natriuretic peptides: reply
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on December 24, 2008
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 383; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn561 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CARDIOVASCULAR FLASHLIGHTS

Ron Blankstein, Ronen Durst, Michael H. Picard, and Ricardo C. Cury

Progression of mitral annulus calcification to caseous necrosis of the mitral valve: complementary role of multi-modality imaging
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on September 10, 2008
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 304; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn411 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mirja Neizel, Malte Kelm, and Harald P. Kuehl

Incremental value of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in the differential diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome in a young man
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on September 12, 2008
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 380; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn413 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Thomas Hovasse, Thierry Unterseeh, and Jérôme Garot

Unusual form of ‘obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy’: unique contribution of comprehensive cardiovascular magnetic resonance
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on September 10, 2008
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 384; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn412 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Fernando Alfonso, Eric Canales, and Godfrey Aleong

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection: diagnosis by optical coherence tomography
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on October 2, 2008
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 385; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn441 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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