Volume 29, Issue 4, February 2008

Editorials

Statin therapy for prevention of coronary artery disease. The earlier the better or the longer the better?

Hallvard Holdaas

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 4, February 2008, Pages 425–426, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehm628

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Factor XIII: the cement of the heart after myocardial infarction?

Davy Vanhoutte and Stephane Heymans

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 4, February 2008, Pages 427–428, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehm610

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Platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor inhibitors—end of an era?

Marco Roffi and Debabrata Mukherjee

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 4, February 2008, Pages 429–431, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehm624

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Bicuspid aortic valve syndrome: heterogeneous but predictable?

Paul W. M. Fedak

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 4, February 2008, Pages 432–433, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehm609

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MR perfusion imaging. What will be its impact for detection of coronary disease in the future?

Bernhard L. Gerber

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 4, February 2008, Pages 434–435, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn030

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Current opinion

Editor's Choice

New cardiovascular risk determinants do exist and are clinically useful

Yvo M. Smulders and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 4, February 2008, Pages 436–440, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehm566

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Editor's Choice

New cardiovascular risk factors exist, but are they clinically useful?

Thomas J. Wang

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 4, February 2008, Pages 441–444, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehm644

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CLINICAL VIGNETTES

Alkaptonuric aortic stenosis

Mattias Roser and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 4, February 2008, Page 444, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehm406

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Clinical Research

Coronary heart disease

Transglutaminase activity in acute infarcts predicts healing outcome and left ventricular remodelling: implications for FXIII therapy and antithrombin use in myocardial infarction

Matthias Nahrendorf and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 4, February 2008, Pages 445–454, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehm558

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One-year clinical outcomes with abciximab vs. placebo in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention after pre-treatment with clopidogrel: results of the ISAR-REACT 2 randomized trial

Gjin Ndrepepa and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 4, February 2008, Pages 455–461, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehm562

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Interventional cardiology

Impact of anticoagulation levels on outcomes in patients undergoing elective percutaneous coronary intervention: insights from the STEEPLE trial

Gilles Montalescot and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 4, February 2008, Pages 462–471, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn008

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Valvular heart disease

Aortic elasticity and size in bicuspid aortic valve syndrome

Stefano Nistri and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 4, February 2008, Pages 472–479, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehm528

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Imaging

MR-IMPACT: comparison of perfusion-cardiac magnetic resonance with single-photon emission computed tomography for the detection of coronary artery disease in a multicentre, multivendor, randomized trial

Juerg Schwitter and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 4, February 2008, Pages 480–489, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehm617

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CLINICAL VIGNETTES

Suppurative bacterial myocarditis: echocardiographic and pathological findings

Tania Elias and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 4, February 2008, Page 489, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehm385

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Clinical Research

Imaging

Early validation study of 64-slice multidetector computed tomography for the assessment of myocardial viability and the prediction of left ventricular remodelling after acute myocardial infarction

Akira Sato and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 4, February 2008, Pages 490–498, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehm630

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Prevention and epidemiology

The Anglo-Scandinavian Cardiac Outcomes Trial lipid lowering arm: extended observations 2 years after trial closure

Peter S. Sever and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 4, February 2008, Pages 499–508, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehm583

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Prognostic role of echocardiography and brain natriuretic peptide in symptomatic breathless patients in the community

Gillian A. Whalley and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 4, February 2008, Pages 509–516, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehm647

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Vascular medicine

Assessment of renal artery stenosis: side-by-side comparison of angiography and duplex ultrasound with pressure gradient measurements

Benny Drieghe and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 4, February 2008, Pages 517–524, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehm631

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Preclinical research

Genome-wide linkage analysis of electrocardiographic and echocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy in families with hypertension

Bongani M. Mayosi and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 4, February 2008, Pages 525–530, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn028

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SPECIAL ARTICLES

Cardiac computed tomography: indications, applications, limitations, and training requirements: Report of a Writing Group deployed by the Working Group Nuclear Cardiology and Cardiac CT of the European Society of Cardiology and the European Council of Nuclear Cardiology

Stephen Schroeder and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 4, February 2008, Pages 531–556, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehm544

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Clinical value, cost-effectiveness, and safety of myocardial perfusion scintigraphy: a position statement

Claudio Marcassa and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 4, February 2008, Pages 557–563, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehm607

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Letters to the Editor

Diabetic cardiomyopathy: a controversial entity

Theodoros D. Karamitsos and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 4, February 2008, Page 564, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehm590

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Diabetic cardiomyopathy: a controversial entity: reply

Ewa Konduracka and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 4, February 2008, Page 565, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehm591

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Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the effect of two dosing regimens of darbepoetin alfa in patients with heart failure and anaemia

Przemyslaw Leszek and Marcin Kruszewski

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 4, February 2008, Pages 565–566, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehm598

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Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the effect of two dosing regiments of darbepoetin alfa in patients with heart failure and anaemia: reply

Dirk J. van Veldhuisen and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 4, February 2008, Pages 566–567, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehm600

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Intraoperative myocardial infarction in non-cardiac surgery: is a universal definition feasible?

Eftychios Siniorakis and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 4, February 2008, Page 567, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehm599

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Intraoperative myocardial infarction in non-cardiac surgery: is a universal definition feasible? reply

Kristian Thygesen and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 4, February 2008, Pages 567–568, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehm601

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CLINICAL VIGNETTES

A case of clover-shaped left ventricular non-compaction

Tairo Kurita and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 4, February 2008, Page 569, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehm407

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Cardiac magnetic resonance and 64-slice cardiac CT of lipomatous metaplasia of chronic myocardial infarction

Jean-Francois Deux and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 29, Issue 4, February 2008, Page 570, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehm408

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