Volume 30, Issue 4, February 2009

Editorials

Aldosterone blockade in patients with heart failure and a reduced left ventricular ejection fraction

Bertram Pitt

European Heart Journal, Volume 30, Issue 4, February 2009, Pages 387–388, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehp026

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Cardiogenic shock: to pump or not to pump?

Holger Thiele and Gerhard Schuler

European Heart Journal, Volume 30, Issue 4, February 2009, Pages 389–390, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehp030

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Treatment of heart failure in the elderly: never say it's too late

Marco Metra and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 30, Issue 4, February 2009, Pages 391–393, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehp024

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FASTTRACK

Heart failure/cardiomyopathy

Editor's Choice

A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials in pulmonary arterial hypertension

Nazzareno Galiè and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 30, Issue 4, February 2009, Pages 394–403, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehp022

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Current opinion

Controversial role of plant sterol esters in the management of hypercholesterolaemia

Oliver Weingärtner and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 30, Issue 4, February 2009, Pages 404–409, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn580

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Cardiovascular Flashlights

Extrinsic compression of the right coronary artery

Christos Eftychiou and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 30, Issue 4, February 2009, Page 409, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn440

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Review

Atrial fibrillation following cardiac surgery: clinical features and preventative strategies

Diana Kaireviciute and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 30, Issue 4, February 2009, Pages 410–425, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn609

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Cardiovascular Flashlights

Coronary artery occlusion due to lead insertion into the right ventricular outflow tract

Abdul Shokor Parwani and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 30, Issue 4, February 2009, Page 425, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn487

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Special article

Interindividual variability in the response to oral antiplatelet drugs: a position paper of the Working Group on antiplatelet drugs resistance appointed by the Section of Cardiovascular Interventions of the Polish Cardiac Society, endorsed by the Working Group on Thrombosis of the European Society of Cardiology

Wiktor Kuliczkowski and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 30, Issue 4, February 2009, Pages 426–435, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn562

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Cardiovascular Flashlights

Cardiac strangulation: a rare, but devastating complication of epicardial pacing causing progressive myocardial ischaemia

Frank T. Riede and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 30, Issue 4, February 2009, Page 435, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn449

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Clinical Research

Coronary heart disease

Quality of life several years after myocardial infarction: comparing the MONICA/KORA registry to the general population

Bernd Schweikert and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 30, Issue 4, February 2009, Pages 436–443, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn509

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Regional myocardial perfusion reserve determined using myocardial perfusion magnetic resonance imaging showed a direct correlation with coronary flow velocity reserve by Doppler flow wire

Tairo Kurita and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 30, Issue 4, February 2009, Pages 444–452, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn521

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The clinical outcome after coronary bypass surgery: a 30-year follow-up study

Ron T. van Domburg and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 30, Issue 4, February 2009, Pages 453–458, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn530

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A systematic review and meta-analysis of intra-aortic balloon pump therapy in ST-elevation myocardial infarction: should we change the guidelines?

Krischan D. Sjauw and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 30, Issue 4, February 2009, Pages 459–468, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn602

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Heart failure/cardiomyopathy

Aldosterone blockade and left ventricular dysfunction: a systematic review of randomized clinical trials

Justin A. Ezekowitz and Finlay A. McAlister

European Heart Journal, Volume 30, Issue 4, February 2009, Pages 469–477, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn543

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Cardiovascular Flashlights

Endocardial fibroelastosis in dilated cardiomyopathy in a 28-year-old transplant recipient

Esther Pérez David and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 30, Issue 4, February 2009, Page 477, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn426

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Clinical Research

Heart failure/cardiomyopathy

Editor's Choice

Contemporary management of octogenarians hospitalized for heart failure in Europe: Euro Heart Failure Survey II

Michel Komajda and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 30, Issue 4, February 2009, Pages 478–486, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn539

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Arrhythmia/electrophysiology

Transcriptional profiling of ion channel genes in Brugada syndrome and other right ventricular arrhythmogenic diseases

Nathalie Gaborit and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 30, Issue 4, February 2009, Pages 487–496, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn520

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Congenital heart disease

Self-estimated physical functioning poorly predicts actual exercise capacity in adolescents and adults with congenital heart disease

Alexander Gratz and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 30, Issue 4, February 2009, Pages 497–504, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn531

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Letters to the Editor

Three-dimensional echocardiography for optimization of cardiac resynchronization therapy

Piercarlo Ballo and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 30, Issue 4, February 2009, Page 505, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehp001

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Three-dimensional echocardiography for optimization of cardiac resynchronization therapy: reply

Tony Stanton and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 30, Issue 4, February 2009, Pages 505–506, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehp002

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Survival benefit after percutaneous treatment of chronic total coronary occlusions

Guido Belli

European Heart Journal, Volume 30, Issue 4, February 2009, Page 506, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn606

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Survival benefit after percutaneous treatment of chronic total coronary occlusions: reply

Renato Valenti and David Antoniucci

European Heart Journal, Volume 30, Issue 4, February 2009, Pages 506–507, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn607

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Effect of sildenafil on haemodynamic response to exercise and exercise capacity in Fontan patients

Alfred Hager and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 30, Issue 4, February 2009, Pages 507–508, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehp035

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Effect of sildenafil on haemodynamic response to exercise and exercise capacity in Fontan patients: reply

Alessandro Giardini

European Heart Journal, Volume 30, Issue 4, February 2009, Page 508, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehp036

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List of Referees

LIST OF REFEREES, 2008

European Heart Journal, Volume 30, Issue 4, February 2009, Pages 509–514, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehp038

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Cardiovascular Flashlights

Septal branch aneurysm during coronary computed tomography angiography: a cause of right bundle branch block?

Rajnil G. Shah and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 30, Issue 4, February 2009, Page 515, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn442

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