European Journal of Heart Failure

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Eur J Heart Fail 2008 10: iii; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(08)00277-8 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Experimental

Get checked abstract Anuradha Guggilam, Kaushik P. Patel, Masudul Haque, Philip J. Ebenezer, Daniel R. Kapusta, and Joseph Francis

Cytokine blockade attenuates sympathoexcitation in heart failure: Cross-talk between nNOS, AT-1R and cytokines in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus
Eur J Heart Fail 2008 10: 625-634; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.05.004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Guillaume Gary-Bobo, Ara Parlakian, Brigitte Escoubet, Claudio Areias Franco, Sophie Clément, Patrick Bruneval, David Tuil, Dominique Daegelen, Denise Paulin, Zhenlin Li, and Mathias Mericskay

Mosaic inactivation of the serum response factor gene in the myocardium induces focal lesions and heart failure
Eur J Heart Fail 2008 10: 635-645; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.04.014 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pathophysiology

Get checked abstract Hernan Alcaino, Douglas Greig, Mario Chiong, Hugo Verdejo, Rodrigo Miranda, Roberto Concepcion, José Luis Vukasovic, Guillermo Diaz-Araya, Rosemarie Mellado, Lorena Garcia, Daniela Salas, Leticia Gonzalez, Ivan Godoy, Pablo Castro, and Sergio Lavandero

Serum uric acid correlates with extracellular superoxide dismutase activity in patients with chronic heart failure
Eur J Heart Fail 2008 10: 646-651; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.05.008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Khalid Abozguia, Thanh Trung Phan, Ganesh Nallur Shivu, Abdul R. Maher, Ibrar Ahmed, Anton Wagenmakers, and Michael P. Frenneaux

Reduced in vivo skeletal muscle oxygen consumption in patients with chronic heart failure—A study using Near Infrared Spectrophotometry (NIRS)
Eur J Heart Fail 2008 10: 652-657; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.05.009 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Diagnosis

Get checked abstract Thomas Kümler, Gunnar Hilmar Gislason, Vibeke Kirk, Morten Bay, Olav W. Nielsen, Lars Køber, and Christian Torp-Pedersen

Accuracy of a heart failure diagnosis in administrative registers
Eur J Heart Fail 2008 10: 658-660; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.05.006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Treatment

Get checked abstract Axel C.P. Diederichsen, Jacob E. Møller, Per Thayssen, Anders B. Junker, Lars Videbæk, Susanne G. Sækmose, Torben Barington, Malthe Kristiansen, and Moustapha Kassem

Effect of repeated intracoronary injection of bone marrow cells in patients with ischaemic heart failure The Danish Stem Cell study—Congestive Heart Failure trial (DanCell-CHF)
Eur J Heart Fail 2008 10: 661-667; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.05.010 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Matias G. Lindholm, Søren Boesgaard, Jens Jakob Thune, Henning Kelbaek, Henning Rud Andersen, and Lars Kober DANAMI-2 investigators

Percutaneous coronary intervention for acute MI does not prevent in-hospital development of cardiogenic shock compared to fibrinolysis
Eur J Heart Fail 2008 10: 668-674; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.04.015 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Harshida Patel, Masoud Shafazand, Inger Ekman, Sören Höjgård, Karl Swedberg, and Maria Schaufelberger

Home care as an option in worsening chronic heart failure— A pilot study to evaluate feasibility, quality adjusted life years and cost-effectiveness
Eur J Heart Fail 2008 10: 675-681; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.05.012 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Prognosis

Get checked abstract Morten Schou, Christian Torp-Pedersen, Finn Gustafsson, Jawdat Abdulla, and Lars Kober

Wall motion index, estimated glomerular filtration rate and mortality risk in patients with heart failure or myocardial infarction: A pooled analysis of 18,010 patients
Eur J Heart Fail 2008 10: 682-688; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.04.006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Dilek Akkan, Jesper Kjærgaard, Jacob Eifer Møller, Christian Hassager, Christian Torp-Pedersen, and Lars Køber EchoCardiography and Heart Outcome Study (ECHOS) investigators

Prognostic importance of a short deceleration time in symptomatic congestive heart failure
Eur J Heart Fail 2008 10: 689-695; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.05.007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Andrew L. Clark, Kevin Goode, and John G.F. Cleland

The prevalence and incidence of left bundle branch block in ambulant patients with chronic heart failure
Eur J Heart Fail 2008 10: 696-702; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.05.001 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Diabetes

Get checked abstract Finlay A. McAlister, Dean T. Eurich, Sumit R. Majumdar, and Jeffrey A. Johnson

The risk of heart failure in patients with type 2 diabetes treated with oral agent monotherapy
Eur J Heart Fail 2008 10: 703-708; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.05.013 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Depression

Get checked abstract Apostolos Karavidas, John Parissis, Sophia Arapi, Dimitrios Farmakis, Dimitrios Korres, Maria Nikolaou, John Fotiadis, Nikolaos Potamitis, Xenia Driva, Ioannis Paraskevaidis, Evaggelos Matsakas, Gerasimos Filippatos, and Dimitrios T. Kremastinos

Effects of functional electrical stimulation on quality of life and emotional stress in patients with chronic heart failure secondary to ischaemic or idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy: A randomised, placebo-controlled trial
Eur J Heart Fail 2008 10: 709-713; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.05.014 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Alejandro Macchia, Simona Monte, Fabio Pellegrini, Marilena Romero, Antonio D'Ettorre, Luigi Tavazzi, Gianni Tognoni, and Aldo P. Maggioni

Depression worsens outcomes in elderly patients with heart failure: An analysis of 48,117 patients in a community setting
Eur J Heart Fail 2008 10: 714-721; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.05.011 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Correspondence

Lindsay M. Edwards, Simon A. Jobson, and Graham J. Kemp

Is exercise efficiency really impaired in heart failure patients?
Eur J Heart Fail 2008 10: 722-723; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.05.005 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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Eur J Heart Fail 2008 10: 724; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(08)00282-1 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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