Volume 29, Issue 18, September 2008

Editorials

Genome-wide association studies of coronary artery disease: have the results of replication studies been replicable?

Chew-Kiat Heng

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 18, September 2008, Pages 2189–2190, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn349

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Diabetic atherothrombosis: helpful adjunctive therapy

James H. Chesebro

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 18, September 2008, Pages 2191–2192, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn367

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Not all diabetics are created equal (in cardiovascular risk)

Matthew J. Budoff

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 18, September 2008, Pages 2193–2194, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn368

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Clinical Research

Coronary heart disease

Replication study of 10 genetic polymorphisms associated with coronary heart disease in a specific high-risk population with familial hypercholesterolemia

Jeroen B. van der Net and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 18, September 2008, Pages 2195–2201, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn303

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CLINICAL VIGNETTES

In vivo molecular imaging of angiogenesis, targeting α_vβ₃ integrin expression, in a patient after acute myocardial infarction

Marcus R. Makowski and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 18, September 2008, Page 2201, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn129

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Clinical Research

Coronary heart disease

A randomized study assessing the impact of cilostazol on platelet function profiles in patients with diabetes mellitus and coronary artery disease on dual antiplatelet therapy: results of the OPTIMUS-2 study

Dominick J. Angiolillo and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 18, September 2008, Pages 2202–2211, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn287

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Association between C-reactive protein and generalized anxiety disorder in stable coronary heart disease patients

Bettina Bankier and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 18, September 2008, Pages 2212–2217, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn326

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High plasma concentrations of autoantibodies against native peptide 210 of apoB-100 are related to less coronary atherosclerosis and lower risk of myocardial infarction

Per Sjögren and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 18, September 2008, Pages 2218–2226, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn336

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CLINICAL VIGNETTES

Real-time three-dimensional transoesophageal echocardiography for guidance of atrial septal defect closures

Jan Balzer and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 18, September 2008, Page 2226, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn115

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Clinical Research

Arrhythmia/electrophysiology

Editor's Choice

Obesity as a risk factor for the progression of paroxysmal to permanent atrial fibrillation: a longitudinal cohort study of 21 years

Teresa S.M. Tsang and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 18, September 2008, Pages 2227–2233, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn324

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Electrical remodelling of the left and right atria due to rheumatic mitral stenosis

Bobby John and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 18, September 2008, Pages 2234–2243, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn329

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Imaging

Coronary calcium measurement improves prediction of cardiovascular events in asymptomatic patients with type 2 diabetes: the PREDICT study

Robert S. Elkeles and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 18, September 2008, Pages 2244–2251, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn279

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Prevention and epidemiology

Editor's Choice

Prevalence and pathophysiological mechanisms of elevated cardiac troponin I levels in a population-based sample of elderly subjects

Kai M. Eggers and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 18, September 2008, Pages 2252–2258, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn327

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CLINICAL VIGNETTES

Thrombus in left ventricular aneurysm: a change in morphology during echocardiographic follow-up

Jan Vojacek and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 18, September 2008, Page 2258, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn110

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Clinical Research

Prevention and epidemiology

NT-proBNP has a high negative predictive value to rule-out short-term cardiovascular events in patients with diabetes mellitus

Martin Huelsmann and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 18, September 2008, Pages 2259–2264, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn334

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Preclinical research

Improvement of regional myocardial blood flow and function and reduction of infarct size with ivabradine: protection beyond heart rate reduction

Gerd Heusch and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 18, September 2008, Pages 2265–2275, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn337

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ESC guidelines

Guidelines

Guidelines on the diagnosis and management of acute pulmonary embolism: The Task Force for the Diagnosis and Management of Acute Pulmonary Embolism of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)

Authors/Task Force Members and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 18, September 2008, Pages 2276–2315, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn310

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Letters to the Editor

Assessment and relevance of ventricular wall stress in heart failure

Peter Alter and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 18, September 2008, Page 2316, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn330

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Radial artery catheterization and radiological exposure

Christian Pristipino

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 18, September 2008, Pages 2316–2317, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn332

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Leucocyte activation in coronary heart disease: but how and why?

Undurti N. Das

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 18, September 2008, Pages 2317–2318, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn350

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CLINICAL VIGNETTES

Blunt traumatic haematoma of the left anterior descending artery: intravascular findings

Juan Garcia-Lara and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 18, September 2008, Page 2318, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn107

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