European Journal of Heart Failure

Editorial

Christian Hall

The value of natriuretic peptides for the management of heart failure: current state of play
Eur J Heart Fail 2001 3: 395-397; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(01)00151-9 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Henry Krum and Stephen Lim

Pharmacoeconomics of beta-blockers: effective and cost-effective therapy in chronic heart failure
Eur J Heart Fail 2001 3: 399-402; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(01)00169-6 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review

Edimar Alcides Bocchi

Cardiomyoplasty for treatment of heart failure
Eur J Heart Fail 2001 3: 403-406; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(01)00162-3 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Maria Grazia Andreassi, Silvia Del Ry, Cataldo Palmieri, Aldo Clerico, Andrea Biagini, and Daniela Giannessi

Up-regulation of ‘clearance’ receptors in patients with chronic heart failure: a possible explanation for the resistance to biological effects of cardiac natriuretic hormones
Eur J Heart Fail 2001 3: 407-414; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(01)00161-1 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Gabriele Plenz, Zhi Fang Song, Tonny D.T. Tjan, Carsten Koenig, Hideo A. Baba, Michael Erren, Markus Flesch, Thomas Wichter, Hans H. Scheld, and Mario C. Deng

Activation of the cardiac interleukin-6 system in advanced heart failure
Eur J Heart Fail 2001 3: 415-421; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(01)00137-4 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Lawrence T. McGrath, Robin Patrick, and Bernard Silke

Breath isoprene in patients with heart failure
Eur J Heart Fail 2001 3: 423-427; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(01)00128-3 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Richard M. de Jong, Jan H. Cornel, Harry J.G.M. Crijns, and Dirk J. van Veldhuisen

Abnormal contractile responses during dobutamine stress echocardiography in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy
Eur J Heart Fail 2001 3: 429-436; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(01)00143-X [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract A.K. Agarwal and P. Venugopalan

Beneficial effect of carvedilol on heart rate response to exercise in digitalised patients with heart failure in atrial fibrillation due to idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy
Eur J Heart Fail 2001 3: 437-440; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(01)00130-1 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Yves Etienne, Jacques Mansourati, Abdelkader Touiza, Martine Gilard, Valérie Bertault-Valls, Philippe Guillo, Jacques Boschat, and Jean Jacques Blanc

Evaluation of left ventricular function and mitral regurgitation during left ventricular-based pacing in patients with heart failure
Eur J Heart Fail 2001 3: 441-447; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(01)00145-3 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Anna Jacobsson, Emma Pihl-Lindgren, and Bengt Fridlund

Malnutrition in patients suffering from chronic heart failure; the nurse's care
Eur J Heart Fail 2001 3: 449-456; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(01)00139-8 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Short Report

Get checked abstract Gad Cotter, Wolfgang Kiowski, Edo Kaluski, Isaac Kobrin, Olga Milovanov, Alon Marmor, Jamal Jafari, Leonardo Reisin, Ricardo Krakover, Zvi Vered, and Avi Caspi

Tezosentan (an intravenous endothelin receptor A/B antagonist) reduces peripheral resistance and increases cardiac power therefore preventing a steep decrease in blood pressure in patients with congestive heart failure
Eur J Heart Fail 2001 3: 457-461; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(01)00168-4 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Lars Gullestad, Cord Manhenke, Torbjørn Aarsland, Rita Skårdal, Hans Fagertun, John Wikstrand, and John Kjekshus

Effect of metoprolol CR/XL on exercise tolerance in chronic heart failure — a substudy to the MERIT-HF trial
Eur J Heart Fail 2001 3: 463-468; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(01)00146-5 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Erland Erdmann, Philippe Lechat, Patricia Verkenne, and Hermann Wiemann

Results from post-hoc analyses of the CIBIS II trial: effect of bisoprolol in high-risk patient groups with chronic heart failure
Eur J Heart Fail 2001 3: 469-479; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(01)00174-X [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract J.G.F. Cleland, J.C. Daubert, E. Erdmann, N. Freemantle, D. Gras, L. Kappenberger, W. Klein, and L. Tavazzi The CARE-HF study Steering Committee and Investigators

The CARE-HF study (CArdiac REsynchronisation in Heart Failure study): rationale, design and end-points
Eur J Heart Fail 2001 3: 481-489; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(01)00176-3 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Simon Thackray, Alison Coletta, Peter Jones, Anita Dunn, Andrew L. Clark, and John G.F. Cleland

Clinical trials update: Highlights of the Scientific Sessions of Heart Failure 2001, a meeting of the Working Group on Heart Failure of the European Society of Cardiology. CONTAK-CD, CHRISTMAS, OPTIME-CHF
Eur J Heart Fail 2001 3: 491-494; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(01)00175-1 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract John McMurray, Alain Cohen-Solal, Rainer Dietz, Eric Eichhorn, Leif Erhardt, Richard Hobbs, Aldo Maggioni, Ileana Pina, Jordi Soler-Soler, and Karl Swedberg

Practical recommendations for the use of ACE inhibitors, beta-blockers and spironolactone in heart failure: putting guidelines into practice
Eur J Heart Fail 2001 3: 495-502; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(01)00173-8 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract M. Komajda, J.B. Bouhour, P. Amouyel, F. Delahaye, E. Vicaut, I. Croce, E. Rougemond, F. Vuittenez, and E. Leutenegger

Ambulatory heart failure management in private practice in France
Eur J Heart Fail 2001 3: 503-507; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(01)00172-6 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bernard Cosyns and Marc Claeys

Management of heart failure in Belgium
Eur J Heart Fail 2001 3: 509-512; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(01)00127-1 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Calendar of Events

Calendar of Events
Eur J Heart Fail 2001 3: 513; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(01)00178-7 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Instructions to Authors

Instructions to Authors
Eur J Heart Fail 2001 3: 515-516; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(01)00177-5 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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