European Journal of Heart Failure

Editorial Board

Editorial Board
Eur J Heart Fail 2002 4: iii; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(02)00149-6 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial

Charles Cline

Nurse-led clinics for heart failure in Sweden—doing the right thing?
Eur J Heart Fail 2002 4: 393-394; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(02)00100-9 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alain Cohen-Solal

Diastolic heart failure: myth or reality?
Eur J Heart Fail 2002 4: 395-400; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(02)00033-8 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alan B. Miller

Heart failure and depression
Eur J Heart Fail 2002 4: 401-402; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(02)00011-9 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review

Lukas E. Spieker, Frank T. Ruschitzka, Thomas F. Lüscher, and Georg Noll

The management of hyperuricemia and gout in patients with heart failure
Eur J Heart Fail 2002 4: 403-410; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(02)00086-7 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Alida L.P. Caforio, Niall J. Mahon, Francesco Tona, and William J. McKenna

Circulating cardiac autoantibodies in dilated cardiomyopathy and myocarditis: pathogenetic and clinical significance
Eur J Heart Fail 2002 4: 411-417; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(02)00010-7 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract D.J.W. van Kraaij, P.E.J. van Pol, A.W. Ruiters, J.B.R.M. de Swart, D.J. Lips, N. Lencer, and P.A.F.M. Doevendans

Diagnosing diastolic heart failure
Eur J Heart Fail 2002 4: 419-430; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(02)00020-X [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jan Erik Otterstad and Ian Ford

The effect of carvedilol in patients with impaired left ventricular systolic function following an acute myocardial infarction: How do the treatment effects on total mortality and recurrent myocardial infarction in CAPRICORN compare with previous beta-blocker trials?
Eur J Heart Fail 2002 4: 501-506; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(02)00099-5 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Articles

Get checked abstract Eckart Miche, Andrea Radzewitz, Gunawan Notohamiprodjo, Detlev Baller, Axel Kloppe, Siegfried Eckert, and Ulrich Gleichmann

[¹²³I]-phenylpentadecanoic acid uptake in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy
Eur J Heart Fail 2002 4: 431-438; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(02)00024-7 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Bodo Schwartzkopff, Michael Fassbach, Beate Pelzer, Michael Brehm, and Bodo E. Strauer

Elevated serum markers of collagen degradation in patients with mild to moderate dilated cardiomyopathy
Eur J Heart Fail 2002 4: 439-444; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(02)00092-2 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jens Refsgaard, Claus Thomsen, Frederik Andreasen, and Ole Gøtzsche

Carvedilol does not alter the insulin sensitivity in patients with congestive heart failure
Eur J Heart Fail 2002 4: 445-453; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(02)00035-1 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Giorgio Vescovo, Barbara Ravara, Annalisa Angelini, Marco Sandri, Ugo Carraro, Claudio Ceconi, and Luciano Dalla Libera

Effect of thalidomide on the skeletal muscle in experimental heart failure
Eur J Heart Fail 2002 4: 455-460; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(02)00022-3 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract V.L. Serebruany, M.E. McKenzie, A.F. Meister, S.Y. Fuzaylov, P.A. Gurbel, D. Atar, W.A. Gattis, and C.M. O'Connor

Whole blood impedance aggregometry for the assessment of platelet function in patients with congestive heart failure (EPCOT Trial)
Eur J Heart Fail 2002 4: 461-467; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(02)00026-0 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Klaus K.A. Witte and Andrew L. Clark

Is the elevated slope relating ventilation to carbon dioxide production in chronic heart failure a consequence of slow metabolic gas kinetics?
Eur J Heart Fail 2002 4: 469-472; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(02)00093-4 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract John M. Cahill, Mairead Horan, Peter Quigley, Brian J. Maurer, and Ken McDonald

Doppler-echocardiographic indices of diastolic function in heart failure admissions with preserved left ventricular systolic function
Eur J Heart Fail 2002 4: 473-478; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(02)00023-5 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Graham McGeoch, John Lainchbury, G.Ian Town, Les Toop, Eric Espiner, and A.Mark Richards

Plasma brain natriuretic peptide after long-term treatment for heart failure in general practice
Eur J Heart Fail 2002 4: 479-483; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(02)00027-2 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jeffrey W.H. Fung, Skiva K.W. Chan, Leata Y.C. Yeung, and John E. Sanderson

Is beta-blockade useful in heart failure patients with atrial fibrillation? An analysis of data from two previously completed prospective trials
Eur J Heart Fail 2002 4: 489-494; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(02)00031-4 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Christian Torp-Pedersen, Lars Køber, Stephen Ball, Alistair Hall, Bente Brendorp, Michael Mundt Ottesen, Jens Berning, Gorm Jensen, John Hampton, Peter Zilles, Siegfried Eberle, and Jan Carlsen

The incomplete Bucindolol Evaluation in Acute myocardial infarction Trial (BEAT)
Eur J Heart Fail 2002 4: 495-499; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(02)00032-6 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Juan Cosín, and Javier Díez on behalf of the TORIC investigators

Torasemide in chronic heart failure: results of the TORIC study
Eur J Heart Fail 2002 4: 507-513; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(02)00122-8 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Simon Thackray, Joanne Easthaugh, Nick Freemantle, and John G.F. Cleland

The effectiveness and relative effectiveness of intravenous inotropic drugs acting through the adrenergic pathway in patients with heart failure—a meta-regression analysis
Eur J Heart Fail 2002 4: 515-529; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(02)00041-7 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Fátima Ceia, Cândida Fonseca, Teresa Mota, Humberto Morais, Fernando Matias, António de Sousa, and António Gouveia Oliveira on behalf of the EPICA Investigators

Prevalence of chronic heart failure in Southwestern Europe: the EPICA study
Eur J Heart Fail 2002 4: 531-539; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(02)00034-X [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract R. Faris, H. Purcell, M.Y. Henein, and A.J.S. Coats

Clinical depression is common and significantly associated with reduced survival in patients with non-ischaemic heart failure
Eur J Heart Fail 2002 4: 541-551; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(02)00101-0 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Warren Mark Hart, Carlos Rubio-Terres, Francisco Pajuelo, and Jose R. González Juanatey

Cost-effectiveness of the treatment of heart failure with ramipril: a Spanish analysis of the AIRE study
Eur J Heart Fail 2002 4: 553-558; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(02)00087-9 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract A.P. Coletta, A.L. Clark, P. Banarjee, and J.G.F. Cleland

Clinical trials update: RENEWAL (RENAISSANCE and RECOVER) and ATTACH
Eur J Heart Fail 2002 4: 559-561; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(02)00121-6 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Cândida Fonseca, Fátima Ceia, Dulce Brito, and Hugo Madeira

How patients with heart failure are managed in Portugal
Eur J Heart Fail 2002 4: 563-566; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(02)00009-0 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case report

Andrew R.J. Mitchell, Philip A.R. Spurrell, Huseyin Ahmet, Mike Higson, and Neil Sulke

Reversal of tachycardiomyopathy by the atrial defibrillator
Eur J Heart Fail 2002 4: 485-488; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(02)00095-8 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Calendar of Events

Calendar of Events
Eur J Heart Fail 2002 4: 567; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(02)00154-X [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Instructions to Authors

Instructions to Authors
Eur J Heart Fail 2002 4: 569-570; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(02)00155-1 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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