European Journal of Heart Failure

Review

Get checked abstract Liza S.M. Wong, Rudolf A. de Boer, Nilesh J. Samani, Dirk J. van Veldhuisen, and Pim van der Harst

Telomere biology in heart failure
Eur J Heart Fail 2008 10: 1049-1056; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.08.007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Experimental

Get checked abstract Lianzhi Gu, Vikas Pandey, David L. Geenen, Shamim A.K. Chowdhury, and Mariann R. Piano

Cigarette smoke-induced left ventricular remodelling is associated with activation of mitogen-activated protein kinases
Eur J Heart Fail 2008 10: 1057-1064; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.08.009 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cell Therapy

Get checked abstract Maitane Perez-Ilzarbe, Onnik Agbulut, Beatriz Pelacho, Cristina Ciorba, Edurne San Jose-Eneriz, Michel Desnos, Albert A. Hagège, Pablo Aranda, Enrique J. Andreu, Philippe Menasché, and Felipe Prósper

Characterization of the paracrine effects of human skeletal myoblasts transplanted in infarcted myocardium
Eur J Heart Fail 2008 10: 1065-1072; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.08.002 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CRT

Get checked abstract Maurizio Landolina, Maurizio Gasparini, Maurizio Lunati, Massimo Santini, Roberto Rordorf, Antonio Vincenti, Paolo Diotallevi, Annibale S. Montenero, Carlo Bonanno, Tiziana De Santo, Sergio Valsecchi, and Luigi Padeletti InSync/InSync ICD Italian Registry Investigators

Heart rate variability monitored by the implanted device predicts response to CRT and long-term clinical outcome in patients with advanced heart failure
Eur J Heart Fail 2008 10: 1073-1079; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.08.011 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Echocardiography

Get checked abstract Christina Jarnert, Anders Melcher, Kenneth Caidahl, Hans Persson, Lars Rydén, and Maria J. Eriksson

Left atrial velocity vector imaging for the detection and quantification of left ventricular diastolic function in type 2 diabetes
Eur J Heart Fail 2008 10: 1080-1087; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.08.012 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Bas M. van Dalen, Kadir Caliskan, Osama I.I. Soliman, Attila Nemes, Wim B. Vletter, Folkert J. ten Cate, and Marcel L. Geleijnse

Left ventricular solid body rotation in non-compaction cardiomyopathy: A potential new objective and quantitative functional diagnostic criterion?
Eur J Heart Fail 2008 10: 1088-1093; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.08.006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Tomoko Ishizu, Yoshihiro Seo, Satoru Kawano, Shigeyuki Watanabe, Toshiyuki Ishimitsu, and Kazutaka Aonuma

Stratification of impaired relaxation filling patterns by passive leg lifting in patients with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction
Eur J Heart Fail 2008 10: 1094-1101; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.07.011 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Prognosis

Get checked abstract Paul A Scott, Gabrielle H. Kingsley, and David L Scott

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and cardiac failure: meta-analyses of observational studies and randomised controlled trials
Eur J Heart Fail 2008 10: 1102-1107; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.07.013 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Paresh A. Mehta, Simon W. Dubrey, Hugh F. McIntyre, David M. Walker, Suzanna M.C. Hardman, George C. Sutton, Theresa A. McDonagh, and Martin R. Cowie

Mode of death in patients with newly diagnosed heart failure in the general population
Eur J Heart Fail 2008 10: 1108-1116; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.09.004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Exercise

Get checked abstract Heikki Ukkonen, Ian G. Burwash, William Dafoe, Robert A. de Kemp, Haissam Haddad, Keiichiro Yoshinaga, Ross A. Davies, Edward K. Gannon, Jean N. DaSilva, and Rob S.B. Beanlands

Is ventilatory efficiency (VE/VCO₂ slope) associated with right ventricular oxidative metabolism in patients with congestive heart failure?
Eur J Heart Fail 2008 10: 1117-1122; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.08.010 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Lukasz A. Malek, Lidia Chojnowska, Mariusz Klopotowski, Renata Maczynska, Marcin Demkow, Adam Witkowski, Beata Kusmierczyk, Ewa Piotrowicz, Marek Konka, Maciej Dabrowski, and Witold Ruzyllo

Long term exercise capacity in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy treated with percutaneous transluminal septal myocardial ablation
Eur J Heart Fail 2008 10: 1123-1126; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.09.005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nutrition

Get checked abstract Roberto Aquilani, Cristina Opasich, Alessandra Gualco, Manuela Verri, Amidio Testa, Evasio Pasini, Simona Viglio, Paolo Iadarola, Ornella Pastoris, Maurizia Dossena, and Federica Boschi

Adequate energy-protein intake is not enough to improve nutritional and metabolic status in muscle-depleted patients with chronic heart failure
Eur J Heart Fail 2008 10: 1127-1135; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.09.002 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Management

Get checked abstract Aggie H. Balk, Wim Davidse, Paula van Dommelen, Ellen Klaassen, Kadir Caliskan, Pieter van der Burgh, and Christina M. Leenders

Tele-guidance of chronic heart failure patients enhances knowledge about the disease. A multi-centre, randomised controlled study
Eur J Heart Fail 2008 10: 1136-1142; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.08.003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Arash Arya, Michael Block, Josef Kautzner, Thorsten Lewalter, Heinrich Mörtel, Stefan Sack, Burghard Schumacher, Peter Søgaard, Milos Taborsky, Daniela Husser, Gerhard Hindricks, and IN-TIME investigators

Influence of Home Monitoring on the clinical status of heart failure patients: Design and rationale of the IN-TIME study
Eur J Heart Fail 2008 10: 1143-1148; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.08.004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Report

Get checked abstract Dirk Habedank, York Kühnle, Thomas Elgeti, Joachim W. Dudenhausen, Wilhelm Haverkamp, and Rainer Dietz

Recovery from peripartum cardiomyopathy after treatment with bromocriptine
Eur J Heart Fail 2008 10: 1149-1151; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.09.001 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Calendar of Events

Calendar of Events
Eur J Heart Fail 2008 10: 1152; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(08)00497-2 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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