Volume 29, Issue 20, October 2008

Editorials

The measurement of plasma aldosterone in patients post-myocardial infarction

Bertram Pitt

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 20, October 2008, Pages 2451–2452, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn425

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Nitric oxide: the missing lusitrope in failing myocardium

Jean G.F. Bronzwaer and Walter J. Paulus

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 20, October 2008, Pages 2453–2455, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn393

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On the use of Mendelian randomization to infer causality in observational epidemiology

Murielle Bochud

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 20, October 2008, Pages 2456–2457, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn428

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Review

How should we optimize cardiac resynchronization therapy?

Tony Stanton and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 20, October 2008, Pages 2458–2472, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn380

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CLINICAL VIGNETTES

A fistula from the coronary artery into the right atrium caused by transseptal puncture

Akira Tamura and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 20, October 2008, Page 2472, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn175

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Clinical Research

Coronary heart disease

Reduction in recurrent cardiovascular events with prasugrel compared with clopidogrel in patients with acute coronary syndromes from the TRITON-TIMI 38 trial

Sabina A. Murphy and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 20, October 2008, Pages 2473–2479, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn362

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Patterns and prognostic implications of low high-density lipoprotein levels in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes

Matthew T. Roe and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 20, October 2008, Pages 2480–2488, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn364

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CLINICAL VIGNETTES

Interventricular septal dissecting haematoma

Jian Zhuang and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 20, October 2008, Page 2488, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn182

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Clinical Research

Coronary heart disease

Editor's Choice

Plasma aldosterone levels during hospitalization are predictive of survival post-myocardial infarction

Barry R. Palmer and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 20, October 2008, Pages 2489–2496, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn383

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Heart failure/cardiomyopathy

The magnitude of reverse remodelling irrespective of aetiology predicts outcome of heart failure patients treated with cardiac resynchronization therapy

Luigi Di Biase and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 20, October 2008, Pages 2497–2505, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn221

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Differential effects of arginine methylation on diastolic dysfunction and disease progression in patients with chronic systolic heart failure

Wai Hong Wilson Tang and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 20, October 2008, Pages 2506–2513, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn360

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The Ser96Ala variant in histidine-rich calcium-binding protein is associated with life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy

Demetrios A. Arvanitis and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 20, October 2008, Pages 2514–2525, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn328

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CLINICAL VIGNETTES

Ebstein anomaly and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

José Alberto de Agustín and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 20, October 2008, Page 2525, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn186

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Clinical Research

Imaging

Assessing aortic valve area in aortic stenosis by continuity equation: a novel approach using real-time three-dimensional echocardiography

Kian Keong Poh and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 20, October 2008, Pages 2526–2535, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn022

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Effect of contrast application on interpretability and diagnostic value of dobutamine stress echocardiography in patients with intermediate coronary lesions: comparison with myocardial fractional flow reserve

Philip H. Jung and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 20, October 2008, Pages 2536–2543, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn204

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Combined coronary and late-enhanced multidetector-computed tomography for delineation of the etiology of left ventricular dysfunction: comparison with coronary angiography and contrast-enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance imaging

Jean-Benoît le Polain de Waroux and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 20, October 2008, Pages 2544–2551, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn381

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Prevention and epidemiology

Editor's Choice

Lifetime body mass index and later atherosclerosis risk in young adults: examining causal links using Mendelian randomization in the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns study

Mika Kivimäki and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 20, October 2008, Pages 2552–2560, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn252

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Hypertension

Dyslipidaemia as a predictor of hypertension in middle-aged men

David E. Laaksonen and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 20, October 2008, Pages 2561–2568, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn061

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Preclinical research

Contrast agents and renal cell apoptosis

Giulia Romano and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 20, October 2008, Pages 2569–2576, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn197

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Letters to the Editor

Psychology, cardiology, and gender

Viktor Čulić

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 20, October 2008, Page 2577, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn370

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Operator vs. patient radiation exposure in transradial and transfemoral coronary interventions

Olivier F. Bertrand and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 20, October 2008, Pages 2577–2578, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn394

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Adiponectin and prognostic outcome in patients with coronary artery disease

Maurizio Cesari and Gian Paolo Rossi

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 20, October 2008, Pages 2578–2579, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn395

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Adiponectin and prognostic outcome in patients with coronary artery disease: reply

Maximilian von Eynatten and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 20, October 2008, Pages 2579–2580, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn396

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Is the finding of the PROFESS study consistent with predictions of network meta-analysis?

Simon K.H. Lam and Andrew Owen

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 20, October 2008, Page 2580, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn397

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Is the finding of the PROFESS study consistent with predictions of network meta-analysis?: reply

Vincent Thijs and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 20, October 2008, Page 2581, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn398

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CLINICAL VIGNETTES

First human use of partial left ventricular heart support with the Circulite™ synergy™ micro-pump as a bridge to cardiac transplantation

Bart Meyns and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 20, October 2008, Page 2582, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn202

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