Volume 30, Issue 24, December 2009

CardioPulse

CardioPulse Articles

European Heart Journal, Volume 30, Issue 24, December 2009, Pages 2951–2961, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehp485

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Editorials

Peak exercise responses in heart failure: back to basics

Alain Cohen-Solal and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 30, Issue 24, December 2009, Pages 2962–2964, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehp176

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Cardiovascular Flashlights

Anomalous connection of the inferior vena cava to the left atrium diagnosed using three-dimensional echocardiography

Nicholas J. Hayes and John M. Simpson

European Heart Journal, Volume 30, Issue 24, December 2009, Page 2964, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehp438

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Editorials

Inotropic therapy for heart failure: paradise lost

Jay N. Cohn

European Heart Journal, Volume 30, Issue 24, December 2009, Pages 2965–2966, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehp370

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Current opinion

Implantable cardioverter defibrillator and competitive sport participation

Antonio Pelliccia

European Heart Journal, Volume 30, Issue 24, December 2009, Pages 2967–2968, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehp463

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Cardiovascular Flashlights

Sixty-four-slice computed tomography for the detection of multiple intra-thoracic thrombi in Trousseau syndrome

Pierre Hénon and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 30, Issue 24, December 2009, Page 2968, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehp440

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Special article

Early and comprehensive management of atrial fibrillation: executive summary of the proceedings from the 2nd AFNET-EHRA consensus conference ‘research perspectives in AF’

Paulus Kirchhof and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 30, Issue 24, December 2009, Pages 2969–2980, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehp235

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Clinical Research

Coronary heart disease

Intracoronary bone marrow cell transfer after myocardial infarction: 5-year follow-up from the randomized-controlled BOOST trial

Gerd P. Meyer and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 30, Issue 24, December 2009, Pages 2978–2984, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehp374

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Arrhythmia/electrophysiology

New-onset atrial fibrillation as first clinical manifestation of latent Brugada syndrome: prevalence and clinical significance

Carlo Pappone and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 30, Issue 24, December 2009, Pages 2985–2992, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehp326

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Left bundle branch block causes relative but not absolute septal underperfusion during exercise

Pascal Koepfli and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 30, Issue 24, December 2009, Pages 2993–2999, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehp372

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Heart failure

Editor's Choice

Exercise haemodynamic variables rather than ventilatory efficiency indexes contribute to risk assessment in chronic heart failure patients treated with carvedilol

Ugo Corrà and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 30, Issue 24, December 2009, Pages 3000–3006, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehp138

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Abnormal coronary reserve and left ventricular wall motion during cold pressor test in patients with previous left ventricular ballooning syndrome

Giuseppe Barletta and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 30, Issue 24, December 2009, Pages 3007–3014, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehp325

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Editor's Choice

Effects of low-dose oral enoximone administration on mortality, morbidity, and exercise capacity in patients with advanced heart failure: the randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel group ESSENTIAL trials

Marco Metra and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 30, Issue 24, December 2009, Pages 3015–3026, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehp338

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Blunted frequency-dependent upregulation of cardiac output is related to impaired relaxation in diastolic heart failure

Rolf Wachter and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 30, Issue 24, December 2009, Pages 3027–3036, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehp341

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Valvular heart disease

Strain analysis in patients with severe aortic stenosis and preserved left ventricular ejection fraction undergoing surgical valve replacement

Victoria Delgado and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 30, Issue 24, December 2009, Pages 3037–3047, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehp351

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Prevention

Decreased platelet nitric oxide contributes to increased circulating monocyte-platelet aggregates in hypertension

Eugenia Gkaliagkousi and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 30, Issue 24, December 2009, Pages 3048–3054, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehp330

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Does abdominal obesity have a similar impact on cardiovascular disease and diabetes? A study of 91 246 ambulant patients in 27 European Countries

Keith A.A. Fox and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 30, Issue 24, December 2009, Pages 3055–3063, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehp371

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Cardiovascular Flashlights

Cardiac magnetic resonance characterization of atrial pseudo-mass in Erdheim-Chester disease

Achille Mileto and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 30, Issue 24, December 2009, Page 3063, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehp431

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Clinical Research

Prevention

Improvement in coronary endothelial function is independently associated with a slowed progression of coronary artery calcification in type 2 diabetes mellitus

Thomas H. Schindler and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 30, Issue 24, December 2009, Pages 3064–3073, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehp482

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Cardiovascular Flashlights

Mitral valve re-repair: correlating real-time three-dimensional intra-operative transoesophageal echocardiography and surgical findings

Hector I. Michelena and Rakesh M. Suri

European Heart Journal, Volume 30, Issue 24, December 2009, Page 3073, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehp439

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Preclinical research

Systemic telomere length and preclinical atherosclerosis: the Asklepios Study

Tim De Meyer and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 30, Issue 24, December 2009, Pages 3074–3081, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehp324

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Letters to the Editor

Bariatric surgery and inflammatory markers: the jury is still out

Christof Burgstahler and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 30, Issue 24, December 2009, Page 3082, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehp464

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Bariatric surgery and inflammatory markers: the jury is still out: reply

Ursula Hanusch-Enserer and Kurt Huber

European Heart Journal, Volume 30, Issue 24, December 2009, Pages 3082–3083, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehp465

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Routine stent implantation vs. percutaneous transluminal angioplasty in femoropopliteal artery disease: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Nicolas Diehm and Iris Baumgartner

European Heart Journal, Volume 30, Issue 24, December 2009, Page 3083, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehp466

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Routine stent implantation vs. percutaneous transluminal angioplasty in femoropopliteal artery disease: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials: reply

Christos Kasapis and Hitinder S. Gurm

European Heart Journal, Volume 30, Issue 24, December 2009, Pages 3083–3084, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehp467

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