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CLINICAL RESEARCHGo to top of the page

CLINICAL RESEARCH
Gregg C. Fonarow, William T. Abraham, Nancy M. Albert, Wendy Gattis Stough, Mihai Gheorghiade, Barry H. Greenberg, Christopher M. O'Connor, Eduardo Nunez, Clyde W. Yancy, and James B. Young
A smoker's paradox in patients hospitalized for heart failure: findings from OPTIMIZE-HF
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on May 15, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn210
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CLINICAL RESEARCH
Gerfried Gratze, Harald Mayer, and Falko Skrabal
Sympathetic reserve, serum potassium, and orthostatic intolerance after endurance exercise and implications for neurocardiogenic syncope
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on May 14, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn193
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CLINICAL RESEARCH
Anne M. Gillis, Margaret Morck, Derek V. Exner, Andrea Soo, M. Sarah Rose, Robert S. Sheldon, Henry J. Duff, Katherine M. Kavanagh, L. Brent Mitchell, and D. George Wyse
Beneficial effects of statin therapy for prevention of atrial fibrillation following DDDR pacemaker implantation
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on May 13, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn192
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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CLINICAL RESEARCH
Maurizio Gasparini, Angelo Auricchio, Marco Metra, François Regoli, Cecilia Fantoni, Barbara Lamp, Antonio Curnis, Juergen Vogt, Catherine Klersy, and for the Multicentre Longitudinal Observational Study (MILOS) Group
Long-term survival in patients undergoing cardiac resynchronization therapy: the importance of atrio-ventricular junction ablation in patients with permanent atrial fibrillation
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 4, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn133
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CLINICAL RESEARCH
Richard C. Saumarez, Mariusz Pytkowski, Maciej Sterlinski, John P. Bourke, Jonathan R. Clague, Stuart M. Cobbe, Derek T. Connelly, Michael J. Griffith, Pascal P. McKeown, Karen McLeod, John M. Morgan, Nicolas Sadoul, Lidia Chojnowska, Christopher L.-H. Huang, and Andrew A. Grace
Paced ventricular electrogram fractionation predicts sudden cardiac death in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 2, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn111
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CLINICAL RESEARCH
Saïd Ghostine, Christophe Caussin, Michel Habis, Yacoub Habib, Chaoui Clément, Anne Sigal-Cinqualbre, Claude-Yves Angel, Bernard Lancelin, André Capderou, and Jean-François Paul
Non-invasive diagnosis of ischaemic heart failure using 64-slice computed tomography
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 1, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn072
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CLINICAL RESEARCH
Bart Verheyden, Hugo Ector, Andre E Aubert, and Tony Reybrouck
Tilt training increases the vasoconstrictor reserve in patients with neurally mediated syncope evoked by head-up tilt testing
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on March 27, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn134
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CLINICAL RESEARCH
Fleur Descoutures, Dominique Himbert, Laurent Lepage, Bernard Iung, Delphine Détaint, Didier Tchetche, Eric Brochet, Yves Castier, Jean-Pol Depoix, Patrick Nataf, and Alec Vahanian
Contemporary surgical or percutaneous management of severe aortic stenosis in the elderly
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on March 6, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn081
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CLINICAL RESEARCH
David E. Laaksonen, Leo Niskanen, Kristiina Nyyssönen, Timo A. Lakka, Jari A. Laukkanen, and Jukka T. Salonen
Dyslipidaemia as a predictor of hypertension in middle-aged men
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on February 28, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn061
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CLINICAL RESEARCH
Yuichiro Yano, Tsukasa Ohmori, Satoshi Hoshide, Seiji Madoiwa, Keiji Yamamoto, Takaaki Katsuki, Takeshi Mitsuhashi, Jun Mimuro, Kazuyuki Shimada, Kazuomi Kario, and Yoichi Sakata
Determinants of thrombin generation, fibrinolytic activity, and endothelial dysfunction in dual-antiplatelet therapy: involvement of factors other than platelet aggregability in Virchow's triad
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on February 12, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn027
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CLINICAL RESEARCH
Kian Keong Poh, Robert A. Levine, Jorge Solis, Liang Shen, Mary Flaherty, Yue-Jian Kang, J. Luis Guerrero, and Judy Hung
Assessing aortic valve area in aortic stenosis by continuity equation: a novel approach using real-time three-dimensional echocardiography
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on February 9, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn022
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CLINICAL RESEARCH
Loes M.A. Klieverik, Jos A. Bekkers, Jolien W. Roos, M.J.C. Eijkemans, Goris Bol Raap, Ad. J.J.C. Bogers, and Johanna J.M. Takkenberg
Autograft or allograft aortic valve replacement in young adult patients with congenital aortic valve disease
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on January 18, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehm589
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CLINICAL RESEARCH
Andrzej Ciszewski, Zofia T. Bilinska, Lidia B. Brydak, Cezary Kepka, Mariusz Kruk, Magdalena Romanowska, Ewa Ksiezycka, Jakub Przyluski, Walerian Piotrowski, Renata Maczynska, and Witold Ruzyllo
Influenza vaccination in secondary prevention from coronary ischaemic events in coronary artery disease: FLUCAD study
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on January 10, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehm581
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Perry Elliott, and on behalf of the following co-authors:, Bert Andersson, Eloisa Arbustini, Zofia Bilinska, Franco Cecchi, Philippe Charron, Olivier Dubourg, Uwe Kühl, Bernhard Maisch, William J. McKenna, Lorenzo Monserrat, Sabine Pankuweit, Claudio Rapezzi, Petar Seferovic, Luigi Tavazzi, and Andre Keren
The new European definition of cardiomyopathies: which space for muscle dystrophies? reply
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on May 15, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn188
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Maurizio Galderisi
The new European definition of cardiomyopathies: which space for muscle dystrophies?
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on May 15, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn187
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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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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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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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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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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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CLINICAL VIGNETTE
Bart Meyns, Joris Ector, Filip Rega, Walter Droogne, Johan Vanhaecke, Jan Vanhemelrijck, Bartley Griffith, Robert Dowling, Mark Zucker, and Daniel Burkhoff
First human use of partial left ventricular heart support with the CirculiteTM synergyTM micro-pump as a bridge to cardiac transplantation
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on May 13, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn202
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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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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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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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CLINICAL VIGNETTE
Mathieu Granier, Antoine Micheau, and Isabelle Serre
A rare cause of cardiac tumour: an Erdheim–Chester disease with cardiac involvement co-existing with an intracerebral Langerhans cell histiocytosis
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 15, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn082
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CLINICAL VIGNETTE
Elisabet Zamora, Xavier Ruyra, and Vicente Valle
Osteosarcoma in left atrium treated with autotransplant
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 11, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn145
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CLINICAL VIGNETTE
José Alberto de Agustín Loeches, Vera Lennie Labayru, and Jose Luis Rodrigo López
Asymptomatic coronary artery aneurysms: echocardiography, cardiac magnetic resonance, and coronariography assessment
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 8, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn086
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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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Stefan Gattenlöhner, Philipp Demmer, Eva Geissinger, and Hans-Konrad Müller-Hermelink
Sudden cardiac death due to acute right heart failure in a patient with arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia and acute myocardial infarction
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 4, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn089
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CLINICAL VIGNETTE
Qing Li, Lei Kou, and Zhong Chen
Transcatheter closure of a large abdominal aortic pseudoaneurysm with a septal occluder device
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 2, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn050
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Roberto Martín-Reyes Jr, Miguel Angel Navas Lobato, Rafael Peinado, Angel Sánchez-Recalde, Raúl Moreno, Mar Moreno Yangüela, Jose Luis López Sendón, and Ivan Gómez Blázquez
Acute myocardial infarction and mechanical complications due to a penetrating knife injury of the heart
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on April 1, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn040
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Alfonso Ielasi, Azeem Latib, Andrzej Okreglicki, and Antonio Colombo
Malignant ST segment elevation
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on March 31, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn146
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CLINICAL VIGNETTE
Juan Garcia-Lara, Eduardo Pinar, and Mariano Valdés-Chávarri
Blunt traumatic haematoma of the left anterior descending artery: intravascular findings
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on March 28, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn107
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CLINICAL VIGNETTE
Wen-Jeng Lee, Shyh-Jye Chen, and Tzung-Dau Wang
Multiple accessory left atrial appendages along a semi-circular path
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on March 27, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn144
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CLINICAL VIGNETTE
Marcus R. Makowski, Ullrich Ebersberger, Stephan Nekolla, and Markus Schwaiger
In vivo molecular imaging of angiogenesis, targeting {alpha}vβ3 integrin expression, in a patient after acute myocardial infarction
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on March 27, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn129
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CLINICAL VIGNETTE
Jan Balzer, Harald Kühl, and Andreas Franke
Real-time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography for guidance of atrial septal defect closures
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on March 13, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn115
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CLINICAL VIGNETTE
Jan Vojacek, Rudolf Praus, and Jan Dominik
Thrombus in left ventricular aneurysm: a change in morphology during echocardiographic follow-up
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on March 13, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn110
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CLINICAL VIGNETTE
Jérôme Garot, Thierry Unterseeh, and Marie-Claude Morice
Comprehensive cardiovascular magnetic resonance for diagnosis of cardiac hydatid cyst
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on March 12, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn090
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CLINICAL VIGNETTE
Peter Barlis, Patrick W. Serruys, Arie DeVries, and Evelyn Regar
Optical coherence tomography assessment of vulnerable plaque rupture: predilection for the plaque ‘shoulder’
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on March 11, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn085
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CLINICAL VIGNETTE
Mathias Lange, Dieter Horstkotte, and Marcus Wiemer
Radiopaque thrombus in right ventricle
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on March 6, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn084
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CLINICAL VIGNETTE
Vittoria Rizzello, Christian Colizzi, and Piergiorgio Falappa
Primary chylopericardium due to lymphangiectasias: the crucial role of lymphangiography
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on March 6, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn083
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CLINICAL VIGNETTE
Christophe Tron, David Bertrand, Jean-Nicolas Dacher, and Alain Cribier
Sixty-four multislice computed tomography after transcutaneous implantation of a Cribier-Edwards bioprosthesis in the aortic position
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on March 4, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn087
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CLINICAL VIGNETTE
Hutyra Martin, Skála Tomás, Bencat Marián, Lonsky Vladimír, Václavík Jan, Novotny Josef, and Lukl Jan
Acute proximal aortic dissection penetrating into left atrium with a hypermobile thrombus
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on March 1, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn041
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CLINICAL VIGNETTE
Jacobo Kirsch and Eric E. Williamson
Aberrant left internal mammary artery off an aberrant vertebral artery
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on February 22, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn039
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CLINICAL VIGNETTE
Kazuhiro Nishigami, Touitsu Hirayama, and Takihiro Kamio
Pericardial cyst rupture mimicking acute aortic syndrome
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on February 22, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn038
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CLINICAL VIGNETTE
Luc Christiaens, Jean Mergy, Sébastien Franco, Laura Serrano, and Paul Ardilouze
Aortic valvular endocarditis with mobile vegetations and intracoronary embolism: demonstration by cardiac multislice computed tomography
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on February 10, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn042
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CLINICAL VIGNETTE
Marc Dewey, Elke Zimmermann, Michael Laule, Wolfgang Rutsch, and Bernd Hamm
Three-vessel coronary artery disease examined with 320-slice computed tomography coronary angiography
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on February 7, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehm626
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CLINICAL VIGNETTE
Angel Sanchez-Recalde, Raúl Moreno, and Santiago Jiménez-Valero
Stenting of spontaneous intramural coronary haematoma: long-term consequences
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on February 4, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehm612
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CLINICAL VIGNETTE
Orhan Ozer, Vedat Davutoglu, and Ibrahim Sari
Congenital left ventricular diverticuli with anomalous course of right coronary artery surrounding diverticular neck
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on January 31, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn016
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CLINICAL VIGNETTE
Christian Thilo, U. Joseph Schoepf, and John S. Ikonomidis
Posttraumatic pseudoaneurysm of the left ventricle: multimodality assessment
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on January 29, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn017
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CLINICAL VIGNETTE
Niels Zorger, Markus Steinbauer, and Andreas Luchner
Percutaneous removal of embolized Amplatzer occluder from the abdominal aorta: a different type of belly-button
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on January 24, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehm640
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CLINICAL VIGNETTE
Masaya Kato, Keigo Dote, and Mayumi Kaneko
Splenic infarction due to multiple left ventricular mobile thrombi in hypereosinophilic endomyocarditis
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on January 21, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehm636
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CLINICAL VIGNETTE
Alban-Elouen Baruteau, Raphaël Pedro Martins, and Dominique Boulmier
Hunting rifle shot to the chest: a rare cause of myocardial infarction
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on January 19, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehm627
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CLINICAL VIGNETTE
Giovanni Corrado, Claudia Borghi, and Paolo Panisi
Left ventricular congenital submitral aneurysm
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on January 17, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehm622
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CLINICAL VIGNETTE
Steffen P. Schoen, Ruth H. Strasser, and Utz Kappert
Non-compaction cardiomyopathy with low-gradient aortic valve stenosis
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on January 5, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehm625
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CLINICAL VIGNETTE
Stefan Brunner, Markus G. Engelmann, and Michael Näbauer
Thoracic mycotic pseudoaneurysm from Candida albicans infection
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on January 5, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehm623
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CLINICAL VIGNETTE
Alexandra Keithahn, Tareq Ibrahim, and Frauke Neff
Evaluation of a fibroelastoma with magnetic resonance imaging
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on January 3, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehm611
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CLINICAL VIGNETTE
Patrizio Pascale, John O. Prior, Pierre-Nicolas Carron, Etienne Pruvot, and Olivier Muller
Haemoptysis and complete atrioventricular block
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on December 22, 2007.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehm579
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CLINICAL VIGNETTE
Rafael Romaguera, Rafael Paya, Francisco Ridocci, and Jordi Estornell
Ventricular septal defect as casual finding in non-invasive CT-angiography
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on December 15, 2007.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehm580
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CLINICAL VIGNETTE
Kenichi Fujii, Motomaru Masutani, and Mitsumasa Ohyanagi
Contribution of organized thrombus to in-stent restenosis after sirolimus-eluting stent implantation: optical coherence tomography findings
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on December 12, 2007.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehm570
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CLINICAL VIGNETTE
Nina Ghosh, Gillian Nesbitt, Anthony Rocca, Jagdish Butany, Yves Provost, and Heather Ross
An unappetizing dog bone: cardiac sarcoidosis presenting with heart block and unusual left ventricular bulging
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on December 7, 2007.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehm572
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SPECIAL ARTICLE
Alec Vahanian, Ottavio Alfieri, Nawwar Al-Attar, Manuel Antunes, Jeroen Bax, Bertrand Cormier, Alain Cribier, Peter De Jaegere, Gerard Fournial, Arie Pieter Kappetein, Jan Kovac, Susanne Ludgate, Francesco Maisano, Neil Moat, Friedrich Mohr, Patrick Nataf, Luc Piérard, José Luis Pomar, Joachim Schofer, Pilar Tornos, Murat Tuzcu, Ben van Hout, Ludwig K. Von Segesser, and Thomas Walther
Transcatheter valve implantation for patients with aortic stenosis: a position statement from the European Association of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) and the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), in collaboration with the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI)
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on May 12, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn183
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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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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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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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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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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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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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CLINICAL REVIEW
Jan-Willem Lankhaar, Nico Westerhof, Theo J.C. Faes, C. Tji-Joong Gan, Koen M. Marques, Anco Boonstra, Fred G. van den Berg, Pieter E. Postmus, and Anton Vonk-Noordegraaf
Pulmonary vascular resistance and compliance stay inversely related during treatment of pulmonary hypertension
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on March 17, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn103
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REVIEW
Norman Briffa
Off pump coronary artery bypass: a passing fad or ready for prime time?
European Heart Journal Advance Access published on March 16, 2008.
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn128
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