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Previous 		Contents: Volume 11, Number 12, December 2009   [Index by Author] 

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EDITORIALS Back

Pim van der Harst, Rudolf A. de Boer, and Dirk J. van Veldhuisen
The Nobel Prize for medicine for telomere biology and relevance to heart failure research
Eur J Heart Fail 2009 11: 1113-1115; doi:10.1093/eurjhf/hfp163 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Annika Rosengren
Acute coronary syndromes, heart failure, and diabetes in the Gulf Registry of Acute Coronary Events
Eur J Heart Fail 2009 11: 1116-1117; doi:10.1093/eurjhf/hfp159 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

EXPERIMENTAL Back

An Van den Bergh, Peter Vangheluwe, Annelies Vanderper, Peter Carmeliet, Frank Wuytack, Stefan Janssens, Willem Flameng, Paul Holvoet, and Paul Herijgers
Food-restriction in obese dyslipidaemic diabetic mice partially restores basal contractility but not contractile reserve
Eur J Heart Fail 2009 11: 1118-1125; doi:10.1093/eurjhf/hfp156 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Carolina Rosa Gioda, Danilo Roman-Campos, Miguel Araújo Carneiro-Júnior, Karina Ana da Silva, Matheus Ornelas de Souza, Liliane Jorge Mendes, Antônio José Natali, and Jader Santos Cruz
Impaired cellular contractile function in thiamine-deficient rat cardiomyocytes
European Journal of Heart Failure Advance Access published on October 29, 2009
Eur J Heart Fail 2009 11: 1126-1128; doi:10.1093/eurjhf/hfp146 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

EPIDEMIOLOGY Back

Kathryn A. Britton, J. Michael Gaziano, and Luc Djoussé
Normal systolic blood pressure and risk of heart failure in US male physicians
European Journal of Heart Failure Advance Access published on October 27, 2009
Eur J Heart Fail 2009 11: 1129-1134; doi:10.1093/eurjhf/hfp141 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alawi A. Alsheikh-Ali, Mouaz H. Al-Mallah, Wael Al-Mahmeed, Nazar Albustani, Jassim Al Suwaidi, Kadhim Sulaiman, and Mohammad Zubaid for the Gulf RACE Investigators
Heart failure in patients hospitalized with acute coronary syndromes: observations from the Gulf Registry of Acute Coronary Events (Gulf RACE)
European Journal of Heart Failure Advance Access published on November 4, 2009
Eur J Heart Fail 2009 11: 1135-1142; doi:10.1093/eurjhf/hfp151 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dirk J. van Veldhuisen, Alexander H. Maass, Silvia G. Priori, Pelle Stolt, Isabelle C. van Gelder, Kenneth Dickstein, and Karl Swedberg
Implementation of device therapy (cardiac resynchronization therapy and implantable cardioverter defibrillator) for patients with heart failure in Europe: changes from 2004 to 2008
European Journal of Heart Failure Advance Access published on November 1, 2009
Eur J Heart Fail 2009 11: 1143-1151; doi:10.1093/eurjhf/hfp149 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

BIOMARKERS Back

Colette E. Jackson, Jonathan R. Dalzell, Vladimir Bezlyak, Ioannis K. Tsorlalis, Rachel C. Myles, Richard Spooner, Ian Ford, Mark C. Petrie, Stuart M. Cobbe, and John J.V. McMurray
Red cell distribution width has incremental prognostic value to B-type natriuretic peptide in acute heart failure
Eur J Heart Fail 2009 11: 1152-1154; doi:10.1093/eurjhf/hfp157 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yahya Al-Najjar, Kevin M. Goode, Jufen Zhang, John G.F. Cleland, and Andrew L. Clark
Red cell distribution width: an inexpensive and powerful prognostic marker in heart failure
Eur J Heart Fail 2009 11: 1155-1162; doi:10.1093/eurjhf/hfp147 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peter Bobbert, Alice Weithäuser, Janin Andres, Thomas Bobbert, Uwe Kühl, Heinz Peter Schultheiss, Ursula Rauch, and Carsten Skurk
Increased plasma retinol binding protein 4 levels in patients with inflammatory cardiomyopathy
Eur J Heart Fail 2009 11: 1163-1168; doi:10.1093/eurjhf/hfp153 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY Back

Antonello D'Andrea, Raffaella Scarafile, Lucia Riegler, Gemma Salerno, Rita Gravino, Rosangela Cocchia, Francesca Castaldo, Filomena Allocca, Giuseppe Limongelli, Giovanni Di Salvo, Sergio Cuomo, Giuseppe Pacileo, Pio Caso, Maria Giovanna Russo, and Raffaele Calabrò
Right atrial size and deformation in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy undergoing cardiac resynchronization therapy
Eur J Heart Fail 2009 11: 1169-1177; doi:10.1093/eurjhf/hfp158 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

George Hahalis, Alexandra Kourakli, Ioanna Gerasimidou, Andreas P. Kalogeropoulos, George Sitafidis, Urania Papageorgiou, Periklis Davlouros, Nikos Grapsas, Nicholas C. Zoumbos, and Dimitrios Alexopoulos
Cardiac mortality in β-thalassemia major: resting but not dobutamine stress echocardiography predicts mortality among initially cardiac disease-free patients in a prospective 12-year study
European Journal of Heart Failure Advance Access published on November 4, 2009
Eur J Heart Fail 2009 11: 1178-1181; doi:10.1093/eurjhf/hfp152 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

PROGNOSIS Back

Laura C.M. Boudestein, Frans H. Rutten, Maarten J. Cramer, Jan Willem J. Lammers, and Arno W. Hoes
The impact of concurrent heart failure on prognosis in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
European Journal of Heart Failure Advance Access published on November 3, 2009
Eur J Heart Fail 2009 11: 1182-1188; doi:10.1093/eurjhf/hfp148 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lutz Frankenstein, Christian Zugck, Manfred Nelles, Dieter Schellberg, Hugo A. Katus, and B. Andrew Remppis
The obesity paradox in stable chronic heart failure does not persist after matching for indicators of disease severity and confounders
European Journal of Heart Failure Advance Access published on November 3, 2009
Eur J Heart Fail 2009 11: 1189-1194; doi:10.1093/eurjhf/hfp150 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

TREATMENT Back

Takayoshi Tsutamoto, Masayuki Yamaji, Chiho Kawahara, Keizo Nishiyama, Masanori Fujii, Takashi Yamamoto, and Minoru Horie
Effect of simvastatin vs. rosuvastatin on adiponectin and haemoglobin A1c levels in patients with non-ischaemic chronic heart failure
European Journal of Heart Failure Advance Access published on November 4, 2009
Eur J Heart Fail 2009 11: 1195-1201; doi:10.1093/eurjhf/hfp144 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

DEPRESSION Back

Ivonne Lesman-Leegte, Dirk J. van Veldhuisen, Hans L. Hillege, Debra Moser, Robbert Sanderman, and Tiny Jaarsma
Depressive symptoms and outcomes in patients with heart failure: data from the COACH study
Eur J Heart Fail 2009 11: 1202-1207; doi:10.1093/eurjhf/hfp155 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

MANAGEMENT Back

Humberto Mendoza, María Jesús Martín, Angel García, Fernando Arós, Felipe Aizpuru, José Regalado De Los Cobos, María Concepción Belló, Pedro Lopetegui, and Juan Miguel Cia
‘Hospital at home’ care model as an effective alternative in the management of decompensated chronic heart failure
European Journal of Heart Failure Advance Access published on October 29, 2009
Eur J Heart Fail 2009 11: 1208-1213; doi:10.1093/eurjhf/hfp143 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

MEETING REPORT Back

John G.F. Cleland, Alison P. Coletta, Ashraf Yassin, Laszlo Buga, Azam Torabi, and Andrew L. Clark
Clinical trials update from the European Society of Cardiology Meeting 2009: AAA, RELY, PROTECT, ACTIVE-I, European CRT survey, German pre-SCD II registry, and MADIT-CRT
Eur J Heart Fail 2009 11: 1214-1219; doi:10.1093/eurjhf/hfp162 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Back

Dimitrios Farmakis, John Parissis, and Dimitrios T. Kremastinos
The prognostic role of echocardiographic indices in chronic heart failure: right ventricle revisited
Eur J Heart Fail 2009 11: 1220; doi:10.1093/eurjhf/hfp164 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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