European Journal of Heart Failure

EDITORIALS

John J.V. McMurray and Karl Swedberg

HEAAL: the final chapter in the story of angiotensin receptor blockers in heart failure—lessons learnt from a decade of trials
Eur J Heart Fail 2010 12: 99-103; doi:10.1093/eurjhf/hfp197 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Erik Lipsic and Peter van der Meer

Erythropoietin, iron, or both in heart failure: FAIR-HF in perspective
Eur J Heart Fail 2010 12: 104-105; doi:10.1093/eurjhf/hfp196 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

EXPERIMENTAL

Get checked abstract Dirk von Lewinski, Robert Gasser, Peter P. Rainer, Marie-Sophie Huber, Bastian Wilhelm, Ulrich Roessl, Tobias Haas, Andrae Wasler, Michael Grimm, Egbert Bisping, and Burkert Pieske

Functional effects of glucose transporters in human ventricular myocardium
Eur J Heart Fail 2010 12: 106-113; doi:10.1093/eurjhf/hfp191 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

EPIDEMIOLOGY

Get checked abstract Giuseppe Limongelli, Maite Tome-Esteban, Charungthai Dejthevaporn, Shamima Rahman, Michael G. Hanna, and Perry M. Elliott

Prevalence and natural history of heart disease in adults with primary mitochondrial respiratory chain disease
Eur J Heart Fail 2010 12: 114-121; doi:10.1093/eurjhf/hfp186 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

BIOMARKERS

Get checked abstract Amalia Vaz Pérez, Katrin Otawa, Arabel V. Zimmermann, Martin Stockburger, Ursula Müller-Werdan, Karl Werdan, Hendrik B. Schmidt, Hüseyin Ince, and Mathias Rauchhaus

The impact of impaired renal function on mortality in patients with acutely decompensated chronic heart failure
Eur J Heart Fail 2010 12: 122-128; doi:10.1093/eurjhf/hfp184 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Roland R.J. van Kimmenade, Asim A. Mohammed, Shanmugam Uthamalingam, Peter van der Meer, G. Michael Felker, and James L. Januzzi, Jr

Red blood cell distribution width and 1-year mortality in acute heart failure
European Journal of Heart Failure Advance Access published on December 20, 2009
Eur J Heart Fail 2010 12: 129-136; doi:10.1093/eurjhf/hfp179 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

DYSPNOEA

Get checked abstract Miriam J. Johnson, Stephen G. Oxberry, John G.F. Cleland, and Andrew L. Clark

Measurement of breathlessness in clinical trials in patients with chronic heart failure: the need for a standardized approach: a systematic review
Eur J Heart Fail 2010 12: 137-147; doi:10.1093/eurjhf/hfp194 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

PROGNOSIS

Get checked abstract María T. Vidán, Héctor Bueno, Yongfei Wang, Geoffrey Schreiner, Joseph S. Ross, Jersey Chen, and Harlan M. Krumholz

The relationship between systolic blood pressure on admission and mortality in older patients with heart failure
Eur J Heart Fail 2010 12: 148-155; doi:10.1093/eurjhf/hfp195 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Etienne Huvelle, Renaud Fay, François Alla, Alain Cohen Solal, Alexandre Mebazaa, and Faiez Zannad

Left bundle branch block and mortality in patients with acute heart failure syndrome: a substudy of the EFICA cohort
European Journal of Heart Failure Advance Access published on December 21, 2009
Eur J Heart Fail 2010 12: 156-163; doi:10.1093/eurjhf/hfp180 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

TELEMONITORING

Get checked abstract Ewa Piotrowicz, Rafal Baranowski, Maria Bilinska, Monika Stepnowska, Malgorzata Piotrowska, Anna Wójcik, Jerzy Korewicki, Lidia Chojnowska, Lukasz A. Malek, Mariusz Klopotowski, Walerian Piotrowski, and Ryszard Piotrowicz

A new model of home-based telemonitored cardiac rehabilitation in patients with heart failure: effectiveness, quality of life, and adherence
European Journal of Heart Failure Advance Access published on December 30, 2009
Eur J Heart Fail 2010 12: 164-171; doi:10.1093/eurjhf/hfp181 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

TREATMENT

Get checked abstract Massimo F. Piepoli, Daniele Vallisa, Mariacristina Arbasi, Luigi Cavanna, Luigi Cerri, Monica Mori, Francesco Passerini, Luigi Tommasi, Agostino Rossi, and Alessandro Capucci on behalf of the Cardiac Study Group

Bone marrow cell transplantation improves cardiac, autonomic, and functional indexes in acute anterior myocardial infarction patients (Cardiac Study)
European Journal of Heart Failure Advance Access published on December 30, 2009
Eur J Heart Fail 2010 12: 172-180; doi:10.1093/eurjhf/hfp183 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

STUDY DESIGN

Get checked abstract Jingmin Zhou, Haiming Shi, Jian Zhang, Yongxin Lu, Michael Fu, and Junbo Ge for the β-PRESERVE Study Investigators

Rationale and design of the β-blocker in heart failure with normal left ventricular ejection fraction (β-PRESERVE) study
Eur J Heart Fail 2010 12: 181-185; doi:10.1093/eurjhf/hfp193 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Johann Altenberger, John T. Parissis, Hanno Ulmer, and Gerhard Poelzl on behalf of the LevoRep Investigators

Rationale and design of the multicentre randomized trial investigating the efficacy and safety of pulsed infusions of levosimendan in outpatients with advanced heart failure (LevoRep study)
Eur J Heart Fail 2010 12: 186-192; doi:10.1093/eurjhf/hfp189 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

MEETING REPORTS

Get checked abstract Mitja Lainscak, Alison P. Coletta, Nasser Sherwi, and John G.F. Cleland

Clinical trials update from the Heart Failure Society of America Meeting 2009: FAST, IMPROVE-HF, COACH galectin-3 substudy, HF-ACTION nuclear substudy, DAD-HF, and MARVEL-1
European Journal of Heart Failure Advance Access published on December 30, 2009
Eur J Heart Fail 2010 12: 193-196; doi:10.1093/eurjhf/hfp185 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract John G.F. Cleland, Alison P. Coletta, Nick Freemantle, Daniyal Ahmed, Pawel Rubis, and Andrew L. Clark

Clinical trials update from the American Heart Association meeting 2009: HEAAL, FAIR-HF, J-CHF, HeartMate II, PACE and a meta-analysis of dose-ranging studies of beta-blockers in heart failure
Eur J Heart Fail 2010 12: 197-201; doi:10.1093/eurjhf/hfp199 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CASE REPORT

Get checked abstract Verena Stangl, Christian Bamberg, Torsten Schröder, Thomas Volk, Adrian Constantin Borges, Gert Baumann, and Karl Stangl

Pregnancy outcome in patients with complex pulmonary atresia: case report and review of the literature
European Journal of Heart Failure Advance Access published on January 2, 2010
Eur J Heart Fail 2010 12: 202-207; doi:10.1093/eurjhf/hfp192 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Amir Kazory

Haemodialysis, not ultrafiltration, can correct hyponatraemia in heart failure
European Journal of Heart Failure Advance Access published on December 30, 2009
Eur J Heart Fail 2010 12: 208; doi:10.1093/eurjhf/hfp188 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

John E. Madias

T-wave alternans in patients with congestive heart failure and sleep apnoea
Eur J Heart Fail 2010 12: 208-209; doi:10.1093/eurjhf/hfp187 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nobuhiro Takasugi, Kazuhiko Nishigaki, Tomoki Kubota, Kunihiko Tsuchiya, Kenji Natsuyama, Mieko Takasugi, Takahide Nawa, Shinsuke Ojio, Takuma Aoyama, Masanori Kawasaki, Genzou Takemura, and Shinya Minatoguchi

Impact of T-wave amplitude on circadian variation in T-wave alternans
Eur J Heart Fail 2010 12: 209-211; doi:10.1093/eurjhf/hfp190 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

To see an article, click its [Full Text] or [PDF] link. To review many abstracts, check the boxes to the left of the titles you want, and click the 'Get All Checked Abstract(s)' button. To see one abstract at a time, click its [Abstract] link.