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8 May 2008

CLINICAL VIGNETTE: Chi Young Shim, Jong-Won Ha, Sung Jin Hong, Jinsun Kim, Eui-Young Choi, Namsik Chung, and Seung-Yun Cho
Uncommon variation in the papillary muscles presenting with ST elevation and T-wave inversion
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on May 8, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn199
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Abstract PRECLINICAL RESEARCH: Giulia Romano, Carlo Briguori, Cristina Quintavalle, Ciro Zanca, Natalia V. Rivera, Antonio Colombo, and Gerolama Condorelli
Contrast agents and renal cell apoptosis
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on May 8, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn197
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EDITORIAL: Natasja M.S. de Groot and Martin J. Schalij
Foetal echocardiography: tool to predict the future of patients with congenital heart defects?
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on May 8, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn200
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Abstract CLINICAL RESEARCH: Florentia Kaguelidou, Laurent Fermont, Younes Boudjemline, Jérôme Le Bidois, Alain Batisse, and Damien Bonnet
Foetal echocardiographic assessment of tetralogy of Fallot and post-natal outcome
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on May 8, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn194
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7 May 2008

Abstract CLINICAL RESEARCH: Dirk Sibbing, Gabriele Busch, Siegmund Braun, Stefan Jawansky, Albert Schömig, Adnan Kastrati, Ilka Ott, and Nicolas von Beckerath
Impact of bivalirudin or unfractionated heparin on platelet aggregation in patients pretreated with 600 mg clopidogrel undergoing elective percutaneous coronary intervention
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on May 7, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn195
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EDITORIAL: Michael Kindermann and Michael Böhm
Sweet hearts die earlier—lessons from CHARM
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on May 7, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn203
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2 May 2008

Abstract CLINICAL RESEARCH: Ayyaz Ali, Yasir Abu-Omar, Amit Patel, Ziad Ali, Ahmad Y. Sheikh, Asim Akhtar, Aleksandra Pavlovic, Panagiotis Theodorou, Thanos Athanasiou, and John Pepper
Valve failure following homograft aortic valve replacement: does implantation technique have an effect?
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on May 2, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn174
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Abstract PRECLINICAL RESEARCH: Yue-Jin Yang, Hai-Yan Qian, Ji Huang, Yong-Jian Geng, Run-Lin Gao, Ke-Fei Dou, Guo-Sheng Yang, Jian-Jun Li, Rui Shen, Zuo-Xiang He, Min-Jie Lu, and Shi-Hua Zhao
Atorvastatin treatment improves survival and effects of implanted mesenchymal stem cells in post-infarct swine hearts
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on May 2, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn167
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Elena Ladich and Renu Virmani
The role of endomyocardial biopsy in the management of cardiovascular disease: a Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association, the American College of Cardiology, and the European Society of Cardiology: reply
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on May 2, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn190
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Lisa Anderson and Dudley Pennell
The role of endomyocardial biopsy in the management of cardiovascular disease: a Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association, the American College of Cardiology, and the European Society of Cardiology
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on May 2, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn189
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30 April 2008

CLINICAL VIGNETTE: José Alberto de Agustín, Leopoldo Perez de Isla, and José Luis Zamorano
Ebstein anomaly and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 30, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn186
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29 April 2008

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Stephen Schroeder, Stephan Achenbach, Frank Bengel, Christof Burgstahler, Filippo Cademartiri, Pim J. de Feyter, Richard George, Philipp Kaufmann, Andreas F. Kopp, Juhani Knuuti, Dieter Ropers, Joanne Schuijf, Laurens F. Tops, and Jeroen J. Bax
Recommendations or mere prose?: reply
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 29, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn177
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Hans Van Brabandt
Recommendations or mere prose?
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 29, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn176
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28 April 2008

Abstract CLINICAL RESEARCH: Davinder S. Jassal, James W. Tam, Kapil M. Bhagirath, Isabelle Gaboury, Randall A. Sochowski, Jean G. Dumesnil, Peter J. Giannoccaro, John Jue, A. Shekhar Pandey, Campbell D. Joyner, Koon K. Teo, and Kwan L. Chan
Association of mitral annular calcification and aortic valve morphology: a substudy of the aortic stenosis progression observation measuring effects of rosuvastatin (ASTRONOMER) study
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 28, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn172
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25 April 2008

EDITORIAL: Manuel J. Antunes
Percutaneous aortic valve implantation. The demise of classical aortic valve replacement?
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 25, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn180
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Abstract CLINICAL RESEARCH: Caroline E. Veltman, Osama I.I. Soliman, Marcel L. Geleijnse, Wim B. Vletter, Pieter C. Smits, Folkert J. ten Cate, Luc J. Jordaens, Aggie H.H.M. Balk, Patrick W. Serruys, Eric Boersma, Ron T. van Domburg, and Wim J. van der Giessen
Four-year follow-up of treatment with intramyocardial skeletal myoblasts injection in patients with ischaemic cardiomyopathy
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 25, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn171
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Abstract CLINICAL RESEARCH: Magnus Settergren, Felix Böhm, Lars Rydén, and John Pernow
Cholesterol lowering is more important than pleiotropic effects of statins for endothelial function in patients with dysglycaemia and coronary artery disease
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 25, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn166
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Abstract CLINICAL RESEARCH: Lydi M.J.W. van Driel, Huberdina P.M. Smedts, Willem A. Helbing, Aaron Isaacs, Jan Lindemans, André G. Uitterlinden, Cornelia M. van Duijn, Jeanne H.M. de Vries, Eric A.P. Steegers, and Regine P.M. Steegers-Theunissen
Eight-fold increased risk for congenital heart defects in children carrying the nicotinamide N-methyltransferase polymorphism and exposed to medicines and low nicotinamide
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 25, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn170
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Abstract CLINICAL RESEARCH
Petr Widimsky, Zuzana Motovská, Stanislav Simek, Petr Kala, Radek Pudil, Frantisek Holm, Robert Petr, Dana Bílková, Hana Skalická, Petr Kuchynka, Martin Poloczek, Roman Miklík, Marek Maly, Michael Aschermann, and on behalf of the PRAGUE-8 trial Investigators
Clopidogrel pre-treatment in stable angina: for all patients >6 h before elective coronary angiography or only for angiographically selected patients a few minutes before PCI? A randomized multicentre trial PRAGUE-8
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 25, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn169
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Mehmet Ozaydin and Erdogan Ibrisim
N-acetylcysteine for the prevention of postoperative atrial fibrillation: a prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled pilot study: reply
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 25, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn179
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Okan Erdogan
N-acetylcysteine for the prevention of postoperative atrial fibrillation: a prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled pilot study
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 25, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn178
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24 April 2008

CLINICAL VIGNETTE: Akira Tamura, Shigeru Naono, and Junichi Kadota
A fistula from the coronary artery into the right atrium caused by transseptal puncture
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 24, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn175
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Abstract CLINICAL RESEARCH: Toru Suzuki, Alessandro Distante, Antonella Zizza, Santi Trimarchi, Massimo Villani, Jorge Antonio Salerno Uriarte, Luigi de Luca Tupputi Schinosa, Attilio Renzulli, Federico Sabino, Richard Nowak, Robert Birkhahn, Judd E. Hollander, Francis Counselman, Eduardo Bossone, Kim Eagle, and on behalf of the International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection Substudy on Biomarkers (IRAD-Bio) Investigators
Preliminary experience with the smooth muscle troponin-like protein, calponin, as a novel biomarker for diagnosing acute aortic dissection
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 24, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn162
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Abstract CLINICAL RESEARCH: Carsten Schneider, Rainer Malisius, Korff Krause, Friedrun Lampe, Edda Bahlmann, Sigrid Boczor, Matthias Antz, Sabine Ernst, and Karl-Heinz Kuck
Strain rate imaging for functional quantification of the left atrium: atrial deformation predicts the maintenance of sinus rhythm after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 24, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn168
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23 April 2008

EDITORIAL: Jean-Philippe Empana
Adiponectin isoforms and cardiovascular disease: the epidemiological evidence has just begun
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 23, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn185
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EDITORIAL: Christiaan J. M. Vrints
Acute coronary syndrome in the elderly
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 23, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn184
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EDITORIAL: Thierry C. Gillebert and Nico R. Van de Veire
About left ventricular torsion, sex differences, shear strain, and diastolic heart failure
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 23, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn173
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21 April 2008

Abstract CLINICAL RESEARCH: Stefan Möhlenkamp, Nils Lehmann, Frank Breuckmann, Martina Bröcker-Preuss, Kai Nassenstein, Martin Halle, Thomas Budde, Klaus Mann, Jörg Barkhausen, Gerd Heusch, Karl-Heinz Jöckel, Raimund Erbel, and on behalf of the Marathon Study Investigators and the Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study Investigators
Running: the risk of coronary events : Prevalence and prognostic relevance of coronary atherosclerosis in marathon runners
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 21, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn163
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18 April 2008

Abstract REVIEW: Michael R. MacDonald, Mark C. Petrie, Nathaniel M. Hawkins, John R. Petrie, Miles Fisher, Robert McKelvie, David Aguilar, Henry Krum, and John J.V. McMurray
Diabetes, left ventricular systolic dysfunction, and chronic heart failure
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 18, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn156
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Abstract CLINICAL RESEARCH: Seung Hwan Han, Jang Ho Bae, David R. Holmes Jr, Ryan J. Lennon, Eric Eeckhout, Gregory W. Barsness, Charanjit S. Rihal, and Amir Lerman
Sex differences in atheroma burden and endothelial function in patients with early coronary atherosclerosis
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 18, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn142
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17 April 2008

Abstract CLINICAL RESEARCH: Robert Byrne, Orla Constant, Yvonne Smyth, Grace Callagy, Patrick Nash, Kieran Daly, and James Crowley
Multiple source surveillance incidence and aetiology of out-of-hospital sudden cardiac death in a rural population in the West of Ireland
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 17, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn155
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16 April 2008

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Yvo Smulders
New cardiovascular risk determinants do exist and are clinically useful: reply
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 16, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn150
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Stanley S. Levinson
New cardiovascular risk determinants do exist and are clinically useful
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 16, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn149
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15 April 2008

CURRENT OPINION: Paolo Palatini
Exercise testing in asymptomatic subjects: from diagnostic test to prognostic tool?
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 15, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn165
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Abstract CLINICAL RESEARCH: Luc F. Van Gaal, André J. Scheen, Aila M. Rissanen, Stephan Rössner, Corinne Hanotin, Olivier Ziegler, and for the RIO-Europe Study Group
Long-term effect of CB₁ blockade with rimonabant on cardiometabolic risk factors: two year results from the RIO-Europe Study
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 15, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn076
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Yvo Smulders
Why must new cardiovascular risk factors be carefully re-assessed prior to clinical application?: reply
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 15, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn152
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Sok-Ja Janket, Ye Shen, and Alison E. Baird
Why must new cardiovascular risk factors be carefully re-assessed prior to clinical application?
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 15, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn151
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Matthew J. Price
How to react to high platelet reactivity? Reply
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 15, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn159
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Nick Clappers, Marc A. Brouwer, and Freek W.A. Verheugt
How to react to high platelet reactivity?
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 15, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn158
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EDITORIAL: Paolo Palatini
Is there benefit of cardiac slowing drugs in the treatment of hypertensive patients with elevated heart rate?
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 15, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn164
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14 April 2008

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: David Pereg
Mild renal dysfunction associated with incident coronary artery disease in young males (from MELANY Study investigators): reply
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 14, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn161
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Ismail Biyik
Mild renal dysfunction associated with incident coronary artery disease in young males (from MELANY Study investigators)
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 14, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn160
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Abstract CLINICAL RESEARCH: Jeroen B. van der Net, Jeroen van Etten, Mojgan Yazdanpanah, Geesje M. Dallinga-Thie, John J.P. Kastelein, Joep C. Defesche, Richard P. Koopmans, Ewout W. Steyerberg, and Eric J.G. Sijbrands
Gene-load score of the renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system is associated with coronary heart disease in familial hypercholesterolaemia
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 14, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn154
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Abstract CLINICAL RESEARCH: Michael R. MacDonald, Mark C. Petrie, Fumi Varyani, Jan Östergren, Eric L. Michelson, James B. Young, Scott D. Solomon, Christopher B. Granger, Karl Swedberg, Salim Yusuf, Marc A. Pfeffer, John J.V. McMurray, and for the CHARM Investigators
Impact of diabetes on outcomes in patients with low and preserved ejection fraction heart failure: An analysis of the Candesartan in Heart failure: Assessment of Reduction in Mortality and morbidity (CHARM) programme
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 14, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn153
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5 April 2008

CLINICAL VIGNETTE: Patrick Sparrow and Naeem Merchant
Sub-aortic mitral impact lesion depicted by delayed enhancement cardiac magnetic resonance imaging
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 5, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn157
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Abstract CLINICAL RESEARCH: Maximilian von Eynatten, Andreas Hamann, Dorothee Twardella, Peter P. Nawroth, Hermann Brenner, and Dietrich Rothenbacher
Atherogenic dyslipidaemia but not total- and high-molecular weight adiponectin are associated with the prognostic outcome in patients with coronary heart disease
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 5, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn135
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