European Journal of Heart Failure

Editorial Board

Editorial Board
Eur J Heart Fail 2005 7: iii; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(04)00350-2 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Comment

John Cleland

Letter from the outgoing Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal of Heart Failure
Eur J Heart Fail 2005 7: 1-2; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2004.11.007 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Karl Swedberg

Letter from the incoming Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal of Heart Failure
Eur J Heart Fail 2005 7: 3; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2004.11.006 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review

Get checked abstract Martje H.L. van der Wal, Tiny Jaarsma, and Dirk J. van Veldhuisen

Non-compliance in patients with heart failure; how can we manage it?
Eur J Heart Fail 2005 7: 5-17; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2004.04.007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Bart W.L. De Boeck, Jae K. Oh, Pieter M. Vandervoort, Jan A. Vierendeels, Ronald P.L.M. van der Aa, and Maarten-Jan M. Cramer

Colour M-mode velocity propagation: a glance at intra-ventricular pressure gradients and early diastolic ventricular performance
Eur J Heart Fail 2005 7: 19-28; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2004.03.010 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Articles

Get checked abstract Klara Brixius, Hannes Reuter, Wilhelm Bloch, and Robert H.G. Schwinger

Altered hetero- and homeometric autoregulation in the terminally failing human heart
Eur J Heart Fail 2005 7: 29-35; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2004.03.018 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Peter J. Cowburn, John G.F. Cleland, Theresa A. McDonagh, John D. McArthur, Henry J. Dargie, and James J. Morton

Comparison of selective ET_A and ET_B receptor antagonists in patients with chronic heart failure
Eur J Heart Fail 2005 7: 37-42; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2004.08.001 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Gerhard Poelzl, Matthias Frick, Heike Huegel, Benedikt Lackner, Hannes F. Alber, Johannes Mair, Manfred Herold, Severin Schwarzacher, Otmar Pachinger, and Franz Weidinger

Chronic heart failure is associated with vascular remodeling of the brachial artery
Eur J Heart Fail 2005 7: 43-48; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2004.04.008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Petar Otasevic, Zoran B. Popovic, Jovan D. Vasiljevic, Radislav Vidakovic, Lorenza Pratali, Alja Vlahovic, and Aleksandar N. Nesskovic

Relation of myocardial histomorphometric features and left ventricular contractile reserve assessed by high-dose dobutamine stress echocardiography in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy
Eur J Heart Fail 2005 7: 49-56; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2004.01.017 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Pompilio Faggiano, Antonio D'Aloia, Loretta Brentana, Tommaso Bignotti, Claudia Fiorina, Enrico Vizzardi, and Livio Dei Cas

Serum levels of different tumour markers in patients with chronic heart failure
Eur J Heart Fail 2005 7: 57-61; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2004.04.009 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract John Dernellis and Maria Panaretou

Assessment of left atrial input impedance in normal subjects and in hypertensive patients
Eur J Heart Fail 2005 7: 63-68; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2004.03.019 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jens Peter Goetze, Jens F. Rehfeld, Regitze Videbaek, Lennart Friis-Hansen, and Jens Kastrup

B-type natriuretic peptide and its precursor in cardiac venous blood from failing hearts
Eur J Heart Fail 2005 7: 69-74; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2004.04.012 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Tiemin Wei, Chunlai Zeng, Liping Chen, Qunying Chen, Ruiying Zhao, Ganxin Lu, Chunling Lu, and Lexin Wang

Bedside tests of B-type natriuretic peptide in the diagnosis of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in hypertensive patients
Eur J Heart Fail 2005 7: 75-79; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2004.03.015 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jochem Hogenhuis, Adriaan A. Voors, Tiny Jaarsma, Hans L. Hillege, Frans Boomsma, and Dirk J. van Veldhuisen

Influence of age on natriuretic peptides in patients with chronic heart failure: a comparison between ANP/NT-ANP and BNP/NT-proBNP
Eur J Heart Fail 2005 7: 81-86; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2004.03.014 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Gedske Daugaard, Ulrik Lassen, Peter Bie, Erling Bjerregaard Pedersen, Kaare Troels Jensen, Ulrik Abildgaard, Birger Hesse, and Andreas Kjaer

Natriuretic peptides in the monitoring of anthracycline induced reduction in left ventricular ejection fraction
Eur J Heart Fail 2005 7: 87-93; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2004.03.009 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jokke Hannuksela, Mari Leppilampi, Keijo Peuhkurinen, Satu Kärkkäinen, Eija Saastamoinen, Tiina Heliö, Maija Kaartinen, Markku S. Nieminen, Pentti Nieminen, and Seppo Parkkila

Hereditary hemochromatosis gene (HFE) mutations C282Y, H63D and S65C in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy
Eur J Heart Fail 2005 7: 103-108; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2004.03.007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Guliz Kozdag, Dilek Ural, Ahmet Vural, Aysen Agacdiken, Goksel Kahraman, Tayfun Sahin, Ertan Ural, and Baki Komsuoglu

Relation between free triiodothyronine/free thyroxine ratio, echocardiographic parameters and mortality in dilated cardiomyopathy
Eur J Heart Fail 2005 7: 113-118; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2004.04.016 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jens P. Hellermann, Steven J. Jacobsen, Margaret M. Redfield, Guy S. Reeder, Susan A. Weston, and Véronique L. Roger

Heart failure after myocardial infarction: clinical presentation and survival
Eur J Heart Fail 2005 7: 119-125; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2004.04.011 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Rhidian J. Shelton, Periaswamy Velavan, Nikolay P. Nikitin, Alison P. Coletta, Andrew L. Clark, Alan S. Rigby, Nick Freemantle, and John G.F. Cleland

Clinical trials update from the American Heart Association meeting: ACORN-CSD, primary care trial of chronic disease management, PEACE, CREATE, SHIELD, A-HeFT, GEMINI, vitamin E meta-analysis, ESCAPE, CARP, and SCD-HeFT cost-effectiveness study
Eur J Heart Fail 2005 7: 127-135; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2004.11.008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Short report/communication

Get checked abstract Claudia Stöllberger and Josef Finsterer

Cardiologic and neurologic findings in left ventricular hypertrabeculation/non-compaction related to wall thickness, size and systolic function
Eur J Heart Fail 2005 7: 95-97; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2004.02.011 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case report

Get checked abstract Ming Lee Lin, Kim Connelly, and David Prior

An unusual cause of heart failure identified by echocardiography in an octogenarian
Eur J Heart Fail 2005 7: 99-102; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2004.03.004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Short report

Get checked abstract Koichi Fuse, Makoto Kodama, Yuji Okura, Masahiro Ito, Kiminori Kato, Haruo Hanawa, and Yoshifusa Aizawa

Short-term prognostic value of initial serum levels of interleukin-10 in patients with acute myocarditis
Eur J Heart Fail 2005 7: 109-112; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2004.03.006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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Calendar of Events
Eur J Heart Fail 2005 7: 137; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(04)00355-1 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Instructions to Authors

Instructions to Authors
Eur J Heart Fail 2005 7: 139-141; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(04)00358-7 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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