European Journal of Heart Failure

Editorial

Editiorial board
Eur J Heart Fail 2003 5: iii; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(03)00117-X [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

L.B. Tan, Simon G. Williams, and D.Jay Wright

Ventriculo–arterial function curves—a new dimension in characterising acute heart failure
Eur J Heart Fail 2003 5: 407-410; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(03)00043-6 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. Mark Richards

Vasopeptidase inhibitors for heart failure: where do we go from here?
Eur J Heart Fail 2003 5: 411-413; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(03)00045-X [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lukas E. Spieker and Thomas F. Lüscher

Endothelin receptor antagonists in heart failure—a refutation of a bold conjecture?
Eur J Heart Fail 2003 5: 415-417; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(03)00007-2 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review

Get checked abstract Giuseppe Boriani, Mauro Biffi, Cristian Martignani, Claudia Camanini, Francesco Grigioni, Claudio Rapezzi, and Angelo Branzi

Cardioverter-defibrillators after MADIT-II: the balance between weight of evidence and treatment costs
Eur J Heart Fail 2003 5: 419-425; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(03)00099-0 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Articles

Get checked abstract Helen Oxenham and Norman Sharpe

Cardiovascular aging and heart failure
Eur J Heart Fail 2003 5: 427-434; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(03)00011-4 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Roger Gaertner, Delphine Lepailleur-Enouf, Walter Gonzalez, Antonino Nicoletti, Chantal Mandet, Monique Philippe, Jean-Jacques Mercadier, and Jean-Baptiste Michel

Pulmonary endothelium as a site of synthesis and storage of interleukin-6 in experimental congestive heart failure
Eur J Heart Fail 2003 5: 435-442; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(03)00002-3 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Gad Cotter, Yaron Moshkovitz, Edo Kaluski, Olga Milo, Ylia Nobikov, Adam Schneeweiss, Ricardo Krakover, and Zvi Vered

The role of cardiac power and systemic vascular resistance in the pathophysiology and diagnosis of patients with acute congestive heart failure
Eur J Heart Fail 2003 5: 443-451; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(03)00100-4 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Adam C. Scott, Darrel P. Francis, Andrew J.S. Coats, and Massimo F. Piepoli

Reproducibility of the measurement of the muscle ergoreflex activity in chronic heart failure
Eur J Heart Fail 2003 5: 453-461; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(03)00012-6 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract On behalf of the MERIT-HF Study Group, Hazel L. White, Rudolf A. de Boer, Azhar Maqbool, Darren Greenwood, Dirk J. van Veldhuisen, Richard Cuthbert, Stephen G. Ball, Alistair S. Hall, and Anthony J. Balmforth

An evaluation of the beta-1 adrenergic receptor Arg389Gly polymorphism in individuals with heart failure: a MERIT-HF sub-study
Eur J Heart Fail 2003 5: 463-468; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(03)00044-8 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Michel Noutsias, Matthias Pauschinger, Heinz-Peter Schultheiss, and Uwe Kühl

Cytotoxic perforin+ and TIA-1+ infiltrates are associated with cell adhesion molecule expression in dilated cardiomyopathy
Eur J Heart Fail 2003 5: 469-479; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(03)00037-0 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Denis Mariano-Goulart, Marie-Claude Eberlé, Vincent Boudousq, Azadeh Hejazi-Moughari, Christophe Piot, Charles Caderas de Kerleau, Régis Verdier, Marie-Luce Barge, Frédéric Comte, Nicole Bressot, Michel Rossi, and Pierre-Olivier Kotzki

Major increase in brain natriuretic peptide indicates right ventricular systolic dysfunction in patients with heart failure
Eur J Heart Fail 2003 5: 481-488; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(03)00041-2 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Mark T. Kearney, James Nolan, Amanda J. Lee, Paul W. Brooksby, Robin Prescott, Ajay M. Shah, Azfar G. Zaman, Dwain L. Eckberg, H.Stephen Lindsay, Philip D. Batin, Richard Andrews, and Keith A.A. Fox

A prognostic index to predict long-term mortality in patients with mild to moderate chronic heart failure stabilised on angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors
Eur J Heart Fail 2003 5: 489-497; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(03)00053-9 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Russell J. O'Brien, Iain B. Squire, Bettina Demme, Joan E. Davies, and Leong L. Ng

Pre-discharge, but not admission, levels of NT-proBNP predict adverse prognosis following acute LVF
Eur J Heart Fail 2003 5: 499-506; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(03)00098-9 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Wei-Hsian Yin, Jaw-Wen Chen, Hsu-Lung Jen, Meng-Cheng Chiang, Wen-Pin Huang, An-Ning Feng, Shing-Jong Lin, and Mason Shing Young

The prognostic value of circulating soluble cell adhesion molecules in patients with chronic congestive heart failure
Eur J Heart Fail 2003 5: 507-516; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(03)00009-6 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract V.L. Serebruany, A.H. Glassman, A.I. Malinin, D. Atar, D.C. Sane, B.R. Oshrine, J.J. Ferguson, and C.M. O'Connor

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors yield additional antiplatelet protection in patients with congestive heart failure treated with antecedent aspirin
Eur J Heart Fail 2003 5: 517-521; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(03)00005-9 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Åsa Cider, Maria Schaufelberger, Katharina Stibrant Sunnerhagen, and Bert Andersson

Hydrotherapy—a new approach to improve function in the older patient with chronic heart failure
Eur J Heart Fail 2003 5: 527-535; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(03)00048-5 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Eric J. Velazquez, Marc A. Pfeffer, John V. McMurray, Aldo P. Maggioni, Jean-Lucien Rouleau, Frans Van de Werf, Lars Kober, Harvey D. White, Karl Swedberg, Jeffrey D. Leimberger, Paul Gallo, Mary Ann Sellers, Susan Edwards, Marc Henis, Robert M. Califf, and for the VALIANT Investigators

VALsartan In Acute myocardial iNfarcTion (VALIANT) trial: baseline characteristics in context
Eur J Heart Fail 2003 5: 537-544; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(03)00112-0 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Alison P. Coletta, Andrew L. Clark, Anne-Marie L. Seymour, and John G.F. Cleland

Clinical trials update from the European Society of Cardiology Heart Failure meeting: COMET, COMPANION, Tezosentan and SHAPE
Eur J Heart Fail 2003 5: 545-548; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(03)00111-9 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Sinéad P. McKee, Stephen J. Leslie, John P. LeMaitre, David J. Webb, and Martin A. Denvir

Management of chronic heart failure due to systolic left ventricular dysfunction by cardiologist and non-cardiologist physicians
Eur J Heart Fail 2003 5: 549-555; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(03)00003-5 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Sabina De Geest, Lieve Scheurweghs, Isabelle Reynders, Walter Pelemans, Walter Droogné, Johan Van Cleemput, Marcia Leventhal, and Johan Vanhaecke

Differences in psychosocial and behavioral profiles between heart failure patients admitted to cardiology and geriatric wards
Eur J Heart Fail 2003 5: 557-567; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(02)00298-2 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Aun-Yeong Chong, Ratna Rajaratnam, Nur-Run Hussein, and Gregory Y.H. Lip

Heart failure in a multiethnic population in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Eur J Heart Fail 2003 5: 569-574; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(03)00013-8 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Short communication

Get checked abstract Christof Kolb, Bernhard Zrenner, Jürgen Schreieck, and Claus Schmitt

Strategies to avoid inappropriate therapies due to ventricular double detection in biventricular pacing implantable cardioverter/defibrillators
Eur J Heart Fail 2003 5: 523-526; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(03)00004-7 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case report

Get checked abstract Patrick Sparrow, Dermot Murnaghan, Peter Kearney, John Hogan, and Mary N. Sheppard

Acute cardiac failure in neuroleptic malignant syndrome
Eur J Heart Fail 2003 5: 575-578; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(03)00036-9 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Calendar of Events

Calendar of Events
Eur J Heart Fail 2003 5: 579; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(03)00122-3 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Instructions to Authors

Instructions to Authors
Eur J Heart Fail 2003 5: 581-582; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(03)00123-5 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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