European Journal of Heart Failure

Editorial

Paul J. Hauptman

All clinical trials are not created equal: The dilemma of HEAAL
Eur J Heart Fail 2008 10: 817-818; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.06.017 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reviews

Get checked abstract Donald S. Silverberg, Dov Wexlerb, Adrian Iaina, and Doron Schwartz

The role of correction of anaemia in patients with congestive heart failure: A short review
Eur J Heart Fail 2008 10: 819-823; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.06.015 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Alan Maisel, Christian Mueller, Kirkwood Adams, Jr., Stefan D. Anker, Nadia Aspromonte, John G.F. Cleland, Alain Cohen-Solal, Ulf Dahlstrom, Anthony DeMaria, Salvatore Di Somma, Gerasimos S. Filippatos, Gregg C. Fonarow, Patrick Jourdain, Michel Komajda, Peter P. Liu, Theresa McDonagh, Kenneth McDonald, Alexandre Mebazaa, Markku S. Nieminen, W. Frank Peacock, Marco Tubaro, Roberto Valle, Marc Vanderhyden, Clyde W. Yancy, Faiez Zannad, and Eugene Braunwald

State of the art: Using natriuretic peptide levels in clinical practice
Eur J Heart Fail 2008 10: 824-839; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.07.014 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Experimental

Get checked abstract Takuo Hirose, Kazuhito Totsune, Nobuyoshi Mori, Ryo Morimoto, Masahiro Hashimoto, Yukiko Nakashige, Hirohito Metoki, Kei Asayama, Masahiro Kikuya, Takayoshi Ohkubo, Junichiro Hashimoto, Hironobu Sasano, Masahiro Kohzuki, Kazuhiro Takahashi, and Yutaka Imai

Increased expression of adrenomedullin 2/intermedin in rat hearts with congestive heart failure
Eur J Heart Fail 2008 10: 840-849; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.06.020 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Epidemiology

Get checked abstract Jeanette Schulz-Menger, Hassan Abdel-Aty, Andre Rudolph, Thomas Elgeti, Daniel Messroghli, Wolfgang Utz, Philipp Boyé, Steffen Bohl, Andreas Busjahn, Bernd Hamm, and Rainer Dietz

Gender-specific differences in left ventricular remodelling and fibrosis in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Insights from cardiovascular magnetic resonance
Eur J Heart Fail 2008 10: 850-854; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.06.021 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pregnancy

Get checked abstract Verena Stangl, Johanna Schad, Gabriele Gossing, Adrian Borges, Gert Baumann, and Karl Stangl

Maternal heart disease and pregnancy outcome: A single-centre experience
Eur J Heart Fail 2008 10: 855-860; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.07.017 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Olaf Forster, Denise Hilfiker-Kleiner, Aftab A. Ansari, J. Bruce Sundstrom, Elena Libhaber, Winnie Tshani, Anthony Becker, Anthony Yip, Gunnar Klein, and Karen Sliwa

Reversal of IFN-, oxLDL and prolactin serum levels correlate with clinical improvement in patients with peripartum cardiomyopathy
Eur J Heart Fail 2008 10: 861-868; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.07.005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy

Get checked abstract P. Blomström, M. Ekman, C. Blomström Lundqvist, M.J. Calvert, N. Freemantle, S. Lönnerholm, G. Wikström, and B; Jönsson

Cost effectiveness of cardiac resynchronization therapy in the Nordic region: An analysis based on the CARE-HF trial
Eur J Heart Fail 2008 10: 869-877; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.06.018 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Soban Umar, Jeroen J. Bax, Margreet Klok, Rutger J. van Bommel, Marleen H.M. Hessel, Brigit den Adel, Gabe B. Bleeker, Maureen M. Henneman, Douwe E. Atsma, Ernst E. van der Wall, Martin J. Schalij, and Arnoud van der Laarse

Myocardial collagen metabolism in failing hearts before and during cardiac resynchronization therapy
Eur J Heart Fail 2008 10: 878-883; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.06.019 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Treatment

Get checked abstract Peter J. Schwartz, Gaetano M. De Ferrari, Antonio Sanzo, Maurizio Landolina, Roberto Rordorf, Claudia Raineri, Carlo Campana, Miriam Revera, Nina Ajmone-Marsan, Luigi Tavazzi, and Attilio Odero

Long term vagal stimulation in patients with advanced heart failure First experience in man
Eur J Heart Fail 2008 10: 884-891; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.07.016 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Tord Juhlin, Bo A.G. Jönsson, and Peter Höglund

Renal effects of aspirin are clearly dose-dependent and are of clinical importance from a dose of 160 mg
Eur J Heart Fail 2008 10: 892-898; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.06.014 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical Trials

Get checked abstract Marvin A. Konstam, Philip A. Poole-Wilson, Kenneth Dickstein, Helmut Drexler, Steven J. Justice, Michel Komajda, William Malbecq, Felipe A. Martinez, James D. Neaton, Gunter A.J. Riegger, and Soneil Guptha

Design of the Heart failure Endpoint evaluation of AII-Antagonist Losartan (HEAAL) study in patients intolerant to ACE-inhibitor
Eur J Heart Fail 2008 10: 899-906; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.07.004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Frieder Braunschweig, Ian Ford, Viviane Conraads, Martin R. Cowie, Guillaume Jondeau, Josef Kautzner, Maurizio Lunati, Roberto Munoz Aguilera, Cheuk Man Yu, Monique Marijianowski, Martin Borggrefe, and Dirk J. van Veldhuisen DOT-HF steering committee and investigators

Can monitoring of intrathoracic impedance reduce morbidity and mortality in patients with chronic heart failure? Rationale and design of the Diagnostic Outcome Trial in Heart Failure (DOT-HF)
Eur J Heart Fail 2008 10: 907-916; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.06.016 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Alison P. Coletta, John G.F. Cleland, Damien Cullington, and Andrew L. Clark

Clinical trials update from Heart Rhythm 2008 and Heart Failure 2008: ATHENA, URGENT, INH study, HEART and CK-1827452
Eur J Heart Fail 2008 10: 917-920; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.07.006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Erratum

Angélique A. Schiffer, Susanne S. Pedersen, Jos W. Widdershoven, and Johan Denollet

Erratum to "Type D personality and depressive symptoms are independent predictors of impaired health status in chronic heart failure" [European Journal of Heart Failure 10 (2008) 802–810]
Eur J Heart Fail 2008 10: 921; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.07.009 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Articles

Get checked abstract Angélique A. Schiffer, Susanne S. Pedersen, Jos W. Widdershoven, and Johan Denollet

Type D personality and depressive symptoms are independent predictors of impaired health status in chronic heart failure
Eur J Heart Fail 2008 10: 922-930; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.07.010 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Calendar of Events

Calendar of Events
Eur J Heart Fail 2008 10: 931; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(08)00410-8 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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