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Contents: Volume 10, Number 5, May 2008   [Index by Author] 
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Editorial Board
Eur J Heart Fail 2008 10: iii; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(08)00173-6 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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A statement on ethics from the HEART group
Eur J Heart Fail 2008 10: 437-438; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.03.001 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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Mario Lorenz, Niels Hellige, Philipp Rieder, Hans-Tilmann Kinkel, Christiane Trimpert, Alexander Staudt, Stephan B. Felix, Gert Baumann, Karl Stangl, and Verena Stangl
Positive inotropic effects of epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) involve activation of Na+/H+ and Na+/Ca2+ exchangers
Eur J Heart Fail 2008 10: 439-445; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.03.004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mayu Nishio, Yasushi Sakata, Toshiaki Mano, Tomohito Ohtani, Yasuharu Takeda, Takeshi Miwa, Masatsugu Hori, Tohru Masuyama, Takashi Kondo, and Kazuhiro Yamamoto
Beneficial effects of bisoprolol on the survival of hypertensive diastolic heart failure model rats
Eur J Heart Fail 2008 10: 446-453; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.03.002 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Manuel Mazo, Valérie Planat-Bénard, Gloria Abizanda, Beatriz Pelacho, Bertrand Léobon, Juan José Gavira, Iván Peñuelas, Arantxa Cemborain, Luc Pénicaud, Patrick Laharrague, Carine Joffre, Marie Boisson, Margarita Ecay, Maria Collantes, Joaquin Barba, Louis Casteilla, and Felipe Prósper
Transplantation of adipose derived stromal cells is associated with functional improvement in a rat model of chronic myocardial infarction
Eur J Heart Fail 2008 10: 454-462; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.03.017 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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Joanna M. Young, Christopher H. Strey, Peter M. George, Christopher M. Florkowski, Christiaan W. Sies, Christopher M. Frampton, and Russell S. Scott
Effect of atorvastatin on plasma levels of asymmetric dimethylarginine in patients with non-ischaemic heart failure
Eur J Heart Fail 2008 10: 463-466; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.03.010 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ellen A. ten Brinke, Robert J. Klautz, Sven A. Tulner, Frank H. Engbers, Harriette F. Verwey, Douwe E. Atsma, Martin J. Schalij, Ernst E. van der Wall, Jeroen J. Bax, Hein Putter, Robert A. Dion, and Paul Steendijk
Haemodynamics and left ventricular function in heart failure patients: Comparison of awake versus intra-operative conditions
Eur J Heart Fail 2008 10: 467-474; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.03.012 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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Frangiskos I. Parthenakis, Alexandros P. Patrianakos, Costas N. Haritakis, Evangelos A. Zacharis, Eva G. Nyktari, and Panos E. Vardas
NT-proBNP response to dobutamine stress echocardiography predicts left ventricular contractile reserve in dilated cardiomyopathy
Eur J Heart Fail 2008 10: 475-481; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.03.003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michael Weber, Maria Burian, Ivana Dragutinovic, Helge Moellmann, Holger Nef, Albrecht Elsaesser, Veselin Mitrovic, Christian Hamm, and Gerd Geisslinger
Genetic polymorphism of the type A human natriuretic peptide receptor (NPR-A) gene contributes to the interindividual variability in the BNP system
Eur J Heart Fail 2008 10: 482-489; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.03.009 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Echocardiography Back

Per Lindqvist, Gerhard Wikström, and Anders Waldenström
The use of E/Em and the time interval difference of isovolumic relaxation (TIVRT–IVRTm) in estimating left ventricular filling pressures
Eur J Heart Fail 2008 10: 490-497; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.03.005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy Back

Kinga Goscinska-Bis, Jaroslaw Bis, Michal Krejca, Rafal Ulczok, Przemyslaw Szmagala, Andrzej Bochenek, and Wlodzimierz Kargul
Totally epicardial cardiac resynchronization therapy system implantation in patients with heart failure undergoing CABG
Eur J Heart Fail 2008 10: 498-506; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.03.007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dominic P.S. Rogers, Stefania Marazia, Anthony W. Chow, Pier D. Lambiase, Martin D. Lowe, Michael Frenneaux, William J. McKenna, and Perry M. Elliott
Effect of biventricular pacing on symptoms and cardiac remodelling in patients with end-stage hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Eur J Heart Fail 2008 10: 507-513; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.03.006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cinzia Valzania, Fredrik Gadler, Reidar Winter, Frieder Braunschweig, Lars-Åke Brodin, Petri Gudmundsson, Giuseppe Boriani, and Maria J. Eriksson
Effects of cardiac resynchronization therapy on coronary blood flow: Evaluation by transthoracic Doppler echocardiography
Eur J Heart Fail 2008 10: 514-520; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.03.011 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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Calendar of Events
Eur J Heart Fail 2008 10: 521; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(08)00178-5 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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