European Journal of Heart Failure

Editorial

Gillie M. Porter, Alison P. Coletta, and John G.F. Cleland

The European Journal of Heart Failure; update on the story so far!
Eur J Heart Fail 2002 4: 225-226; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(02)00042-9 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review

Get checked abstract Gad Cotter, Yaron Moshkovitz, Olga Milovanov, Ahmed Salah, Alex Blatt, Ricardo Krakover, Zvi Vered, and Edo Kaluski

Acute heart failure: a novel approach to its pathogenesis and treatment
Eur J Heart Fail 2002 4: 227-234; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(02)00017-X [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Articles

Get checked abstract M.I. Gharib and A.K. Burnett

Chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity: current practice and prospects of prophylaxis
Eur J Heart Fail 2002 4: 235-242; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(01)00201-X [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Matthias Schäfer, Claudia Schäfer, Hans Michael Piper, and Klaus-Dieter Schlüter

Hypertrophic responsiveness of cardiomyocytes to - or β-adrenoceptor stimulation requires sodium-proton-exchanger-1 (NHE-1) activation but not cellular alkalization
Eur J Heart Fail 2002 4: 249-254; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(02)00016-8 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Maarten P. van den Berg, Geert Tjeerdsma, Pieter Jan de Kam, Frans Boomsma, Harry J.G.M. Crijns, and Dirk J. van Veldhuisen

Longstanding atrial fibrillation causes depletion of atrial natriuretic peptide in patients with advanced congestive heart failure
Eur J Heart Fail 2002 4: 255-262; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(01)00232-X [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract P. Jourdain, M. Bellorini, F. Funck, Y. Fulla, N. Guillard, J. Loiret, B. Thebault, N. Sadeg, and M. Desnos

Short-term effects of sinus rhythm restoration in patients with lone atrial fibrillation: a hormonal study
Eur J Heart Fail 2002 4: 263-267; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(02)00004-1 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract P. Jourdain, F. Funck, Y. Fulla, A. Hagege, M. Bellorini, N. Guillard, J. Loiret, B. Thebault, and M. Desnos

Myocardial contractile reserve under low doses of dobutamine and improvement of left ventricular ejection fraction with treatment by carvedilol
Eur J Heart Fail 2002 4: 269-276; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(01)00239-2 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Pieter-Jan de Kam, Adriaan A. Voors, Jan Brouwer, Martin St John Sutton, and Wiek H. van Gilst

Approaches to statistical analysis of repeated echocardiographic measurements after myocardial infarction and its relation to heart failure: Application of a random-effects model
Eur J Heart Fail 2002 4: 277-282; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(02)00003-X [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Angie Rogers, Julia M. Addington-Hall, Anne S.M. McCoy, Polly M. Edmonds, Alison J. Abery, Andrew J.S. Coats, J. Simon, and R. Gibbs

A qualitative study of chronic heart failure patients’ understanding of their symptoms and drug therapy
Eur J Heart Fail 2002 4: 283-287; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(01)00213-6 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Andrew R. Houghton, Maxine Harrison, Alan J. Cowley, and John R. Hampton

Assessing exercise capacity, quality of life and haemodynamics in heart failure: do the tests tell us the same thing?
Eur J Heart Fail 2002 4: 289-295; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(01)00236-7 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Monica R. Shah, Vic Hasselblad, Sandra S. Stinnett, Judith M. Kramer, Steven Grossman, Mihai Gheorghiade, Kirkwood F. Adams, Jr., Karl Swedberg, Robert M. Califf, and Christopher M. O'Connor

Dissociation between hemodynamic changes and symptom improvement in patients with advanced congestive heart failure
Eur J Heart Fail 2002 4: 297-304; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(01)00202-1 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Karen Sliwa, Daniel Skudicky, Geoffrey Candy, Anette Bergemann, Mark Hopley, and Pinhas Sareli

The addition of pentoxifylline to conventional therapy improves outcome in patients with peripartum cardiomyopathy
Eur J Heart Fail 2002 4: 305-309; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(02)00008-9 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Daniel Gras, Christophe Leclercq, Anthony S.L. Tang, Cliff Bucknall, Henk Oude Luttikhuis, and Anders Kirstein-Pedersen

Cardiac resynchronization therapy in advanced heart failure the multicenter InSync clinical study
Eur J Heart Fail 2002 4: 311-320; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(02)00018-1 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Philip A. Poole-Wilson, John G.F. Cleland, Andrea Di Lenarda, Peter Hanrath, Michel Komajda, Marco Metra, Willem J. Remme, Karl Swedberg, and Christian Torp-Pedersen

Rationale and design of the carvedilol or metoprolol European trial in patients with chronic heart failure: COMET
Eur J Heart Fail 2002 4: 321-329; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(02)00025-9 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract J.L. Alonso-Martínez, B. Llorente-Diez, M. Echegaray-Agara, F. Olaz-Preciado, M. Urbieta-Echezarreta, and C. González-Arencibia

C-reactive protein as a predictor of improvement and readmission in heart failure
Eur J Heart Fail 2002 4: 331-336; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(02)00021-1 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract François Alla, Serge Briançon, Francis Guillemin, Yves Juillière, Paul-Michel Mertès, Jean-Pierre Villemot, Faiez Zannad, and for the EPICAL Investigators

Self-rating of quality of life provides additional prognostic information in heart failure. Insights into the EPICAL study
Eur J Heart Fail 2002 4: 337-343; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(02)00006-5 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Simon Stewart and John D. Horowitz

Detecting early clinical deterioration in chronic heart failure patients post-acute hospitalisation—a critical component of multidisciplinary, home-based intervention?
Eur J Heart Fail 2002 4: 345-351; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(02)00019-3 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ana Azevedo, Joana Pimenta, Paula Dias, Paulo Bettencourt, António Ferreira, and Mário Cerqueira-Gomes

Effect of a heart failure clinic on survival and hospital readmission in patients discharged from acute hospital care
Eur J Heart Fail 2002 4: 353-359; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(02)00013-2 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Simon Stewart, Andrew Jenkins, Scot Buchan, Alistair McGuire, Simon Capewell, and John J.J.V. McMurray

The current cost of heart failure to the National Health Service in the UK
Eur J Heart Fail 2002 4: 361-371; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(01)00198-2 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Alison Coletta, Simon Thackray, Nikolay Nikitin, and John G.F. Cleland

Clinical trials update: highlights of the scientific sessions of The American College of Cardiology 2002: LIFE, DANAMI 2, MADIT-2, MIRACLE-ICD, OVERTURE, OCTAVE, ENABLE 1 & 2, CHRISTMAS, AFFIRM, RACE, WIZARD, AZACS, REMATCH, BNP trial and HARDBALL
Eur J Heart Fail 2002 4: 381-388; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(02)00040-5 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Point-of-view

John G.F. Cleland

How to assess new treatments for the management of heart failure: composite scoring systems to assess the patients’ clinical journey
Eur J Heart Fail 2002 4: 243-247; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(02)00039-9 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

National report

Get checked abstract C.M.J. Cline, K. Boman, M. Holst, L.R. Erhardt, and for the Swedish Society of Cardiology Working Group for Heart Failure

The management of heart failure in Sweden
Eur J Heart Fail 2002 4: 373-376; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(01)00233-1 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case report

Get checked abstract Roy S. Gardner, James McGowan, and Theresa A. McDonagh

Left ventricular systolic dysfunction in a cardiac transplant recipient treated with carvedilol
Eur J Heart Fail 2002 4: 377-379; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(02)00012-0 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

In appreciation

In appreciation
Eur J Heart Fail 2002 4: 389-390; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(02)00043-0 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Calendar of Events

Calendar of Events
Eur J Heart Fail 2002 4: 391; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(02)00082-X [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Instructions to Authors

Instructions to Authors
Eur J Heart Fail 2002 4: 393-394; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(02)00083-1 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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