Skip Navigation

Receive this page by email each issue: [Sign up for eTOCs]

Cover Image
Other Issues:
Previous Next 		Contents: Volume 30, Number 6, March 2009   [Index by Author] 

Down CardioPulse
Down EDITORIALS
Down CLINICAL RESEARCH
     Coronary heart disease
     Heart failure
     Arrhythmia
     Prevention
     Imaging
Down LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Down CARDIOVASCULAR FLASHLIGHTS
Cover Illustration


[Search ALL Issues]

Front Matter (PDF) | Table of Contents (PDF)

To see an article, click its [Full Text] or [PDF] link. To review many abstracts, check the boxes to the left of the titles you want, and click the 'Get All Checked Abstract(s)' button. To see one abstract at a time, click its [Abstract] link.

CardioPulse Back

Padua University: The role it has played in the History of Medicine and Cardiology and its position today
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 629-635; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehp082 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

EDITORIALS Back

Marcus L. Koller and Burghard Schumacher
Cryoballoon ablation of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: bigger is better and simpler is better
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on February 17, 2009
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 636-637; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehp031 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kristian Wachtell
Prevention of congestive heart failure in high risk patients
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on February 24, 2009
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 638-639; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehp064 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michal Tendera and Wojciech Wojakowski
Cell therapy—success does not come easy
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on February 19, 2009
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 640-641; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehp066 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alan G. Fraser
Echocardiographic epidemiology—an emerging tool for early diagnosis, studying pathophysiology, predicting prognosis, and testing treatments
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on February 19, 2009
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 642-644; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehp067 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CLINICAL RESEARCH Back

Coronary heart disease Back

Alexander Hirsch, Fons Windhausen, Jan G.P. Tijssen, Anthonius J.M. Oude Ophuis, Willem J. van der Giessen, P. Marc van der Zee, Jan Hein Cornel, Freek W.A. Verheugt, and Robbert J. de Winter for the Invasive versus Conservative Treatment in Unstable coronary Syndromes (ICTUS) Investigators
Diverging associations of an intended early invasive strategy compared with actual revascularization, and outcome in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome: the problem of treatment selection bias
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on September 29, 2008
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 645-654; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn438 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andrzej Budaj, John W. Eikelboom, Shamir R. Mehta, Rizwan Afzal, Susan Chrolavicius, Jean-Pierre Bassand, Keith A.A. Fox, Lars Wallentin, Ron J.G. Peters, Christopher B. Granger, Campbell D. Joyner, and Salim Yusuf on behalf of OASIS 5 Investigators
Improving clinical outcomes by reducing bleeding in patients with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on August 18, 2008
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 655-661; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn358 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lieven Herbots, Jan D'hooge, Elif Eroglu, Daisy Thijs, Javier Ganame, Piet Claus, Christophe Dubois, Koen Theunissen, Jan Bogaert, Joseph Dens, Maria Kalantzi, Steven Dymarkowski, Bart Bijnens, Ann Belmans, Marc Boogaerts, George Sutherland, Frans Van de Werf, Frank Rademakers, and Stefan Janssens
Improved regional function after autologous bone marrow-derived stem cell transfer in patients with acute myocardial infarction: a randomized, double-blind strain rate imaging study
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on December 23, 2008
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 662-670; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn532 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Heart failure Back

Masoud Shafazand, Maria Schaufelberger, Georgios Lappas, Karl Swedberg, and Annika Rosengren
Survival trends in men and women with heart failure of ischaemic and non-ischaemic origin: data for the period 1987–2003 from the Swedish Hospital Discharge Registry
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on December 24, 2008
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 671-678; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn541 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Paolo Verdecchia, Fabio Angeli, Claudio Cavallini, Roberto Gattobigio, Giorgio Gentile, Jan A. Staessen, and Gianpaolo Reboldi
Blood pressure reduction and renin–angiotensin system inhibition for prevention of congestive heart failure: a meta-analysis
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on January 23, 2009
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 679-688; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn575 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Arrhythmia Back

Heikki V. Huikuri, M.J. Pekka Raatikainen, Rikke Moerch-Joergensen, Juha Hartikainen, Vesa Virtanen, Jean Boland, Olli Anttonen, Nis Hoest, Lucas V.A. Boersma, Eivind S. Platou, Marc D. Messier, and Poul-Erik Bloch-Thomsen for the Cardiac Arrhythmias and Risk Stratification after Acute Myocardial Infarction (CARISMA) study group
Prediction of fatal or near-fatal cardiac arrhythmia events in patients with depressed left ventricular function after an acute myocardial infarction
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on January 20, 2009
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 689-698; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn537 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF]   Creative Commons License OPEN ACCESS  

Kyoung-Ryul Julian Chun, Boris Schmidt, Andreas Metzner, Roland Tilz, Thomas Zerm, Ilka Köster, Alexander Fürnkranz, Buelent Koektuerk, Melanie Konstantinidou, Matthias Antz, Feifan Ouyang, and Karl Heinz Kuck
The ‘single big cryoballoon’ technique for acute pulmonary vein isolation in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: a prospective observational single centre study
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on December 24, 2008
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 699-709; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn570 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF]   Creative Commons License OPEN ACCESS  

Prevention Back

Justo Sierra-Johnson, Rachel M. Fisher, Abel Romero-Corral, Virend K. Somers, Francisco Lopez-Jimenez, John Öhrvik, Göran Walldius, Mai-Lis Hellenius, and Anders Hamsten
Concentration of apolipoprotein B is comparable with the apolipoprotein B/apolipoprotein A-I ratio and better than routine clinical lipid measurements in predicting coronary heart disease mortality: findings from a multi-ethnic US population
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on August 1, 2008
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 710-717; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn347 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Salvatore Mottillo, Kristian B. Filion, Patrick Bélisle, Lawrence Joseph, André Gervais, Jennifer O'Loughlin, Gilles Paradis, Robert Pihl, Louise Pilote, Stephane Rinfret, Michèle Tremblay, and Mark J. Eisenberg
Behavioural interventions for smoking cessation: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on December 24, 2008
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 718-730; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn552 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Imaging Back

Rasmus Mogelvang, Peter Sogaard, Sune A. Pedersen, Niels T. Olsen, Peter Schnohr, and Jan S. Jensen
Tissue Doppler echocardiography in persons with hypertension, diabetes, or ischaemic heart disease: the Copenhagen City Heart Study
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on January 27, 2009
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 731-739; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn596 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Back

Jesús Peteiro and Alberto Bouzas-Mosquera
Peak treadmill exercise echocardiography: not feasible?
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on January 24, 2009
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 740; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn592 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rosa Sicari on behalf of the EAE Board
Peak treadmill exercise echocardiography: not feasible?: reply
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on January 24, 2009
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 740-741; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn593 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CARDIOVASCULAR FLASHLIGHTS Back

Bernhard A. Herzog, Lars Husmann, Ulf Landmesser, and Philipp A. Kaufmann
Low-dose computed tomography coronary angiography and myocardial perfusion imaging: cardiac hybrid imaging below 3mSv
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on November 25, 2008
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 644; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn490 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Fabien Hyafil, Eric Brochet, Richard Raffoul, and Alec Vahanian
Obstructive thrombosis of a bileaflet mitral valve assessed with real-time three-dimensional transoesophageal echocardiography
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on November 1, 2008
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 678; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn497 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Alexander Ghanem, Klaus Tiemann, and Georg Nickenig
Gone with the flow: percutanous retrieval of a migrated wallstent trapped in the right ventricle
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on December 5, 2008
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 717; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn547 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David Vivas, Lorenzo Hernando, and Antonio Fernández-Ortiz
Acute myocardial infarction after football chest trauma: management guided by intravascular ultrasound
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on December 9, 2008
Eur Heart J 2009 30: 739; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn546 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

To see an article, click its [Full Text] or [PDF] link. To review many abstracts, check the boxes to the left of the titles you want, and click the 'Get All Checked Abstract(s)' button. To see one abstract at a time, click its [Abstract] link.