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    European Journal of Heart Failure: Volume 7, Issue 1

    iii, 1-141
    January 2005
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Editorial Board

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Editorial Board

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Editorial Comment

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Letter from the outgoing Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal of Heart Failure

John Cleland, 
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Letter from the incoming Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal of Heart Failure

Karl Swedberg, 
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Review

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Non-compliance in patients with heart failure; how can we manage it?

Martje H.L. van der Wal,  Tiny Jaarsma,  Dirk J. van Veldhuisen, 
  • Pages: 5-17
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Colour M-mode velocity propagation: a glance at intra-ventricular pressure gradients and early diastolic ventricular performance

Bart W.L. De Boeck,  Jae K. Oh,  Pieter M. Vandervoort,  Jan A. Vierendeels,  Ronald P.L.M. van der Aa,  Maarten-Jan M. Cramer, 
  • Pages: 19-28
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Articles

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Altered hetero- and homeometric autoregulation in the terminally failing human heart

Klara Brixius,  Hannes Reuter,  Wilhelm Bloch,  Robert H.G. Schwinger, 
  • Pages: 29-35
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Comparison of selective ETA and ETB receptor antagonists in patients with chronic heart failure

Peter J. Cowburn,  John G.F. Cleland,  Theresa A. McDonagh,  John D. McArthur,  Henry J. Dargie,  James J. Morton, 
  • Pages: 37-42
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Chronic heart failure is associated with vascular remodeling of the brachial artery

Gerhard Poelzl,  Matthias Frick,  Heike Huegel,  Benedikt Lackner,  Hannes F. Alber,  Johannes Mair,  Manfred Herold,  Severin Schwarzacher,  Otmar Pachinger,  Franz Weidinger, 
  • Pages: 43-48
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Relation of myocardial histomorphometric features and left ventricular contractile reserve assessed by high-dose dobutamine stress echocardiography in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy

Petar Otašević,  Zoran B. Popović,  Jovan D. Vasiljević,  Radislav Vidaković,  Lorenza Pratali,  Alja Vlahović,  Aleksandar N. Nesšković, 
  • Pages: 49-56
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Serum levels of different tumour markers in patients with chronic heart failure

Pompilio Faggiano,  Antonio D'Aloia,  Loretta Brentana,  Tommaso Bignotti,  Claudia Fiorina,  Enrico Vizzardi,  Livio Dei Cas, 
  • Pages: 57-61
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Assessment of left atrial input impedance in normal subjects and in hypertensive patients

John Dernellis,  Maria Panaretou, 
  • Pages: 63-68
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B-type natriuretic peptide and its precursor in cardiac venous blood from failing hearts

Jens Peter Goetze,  Jens F. Rehfeld,  Regitze Videbaek,  Lennart Friis-Hansen,  Jens Kastrup, 
  • Pages: 69-74
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Bedside tests of B-type natriuretic peptide in the diagnosis of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in hypertensive patients

Tiemin Wei,  Chunlai Zeng,  Liping Chen,  Qunying Chen,  Ruiying Zhao,  Ganxin Lu,  Chunling Lu,  Lexin Wang, 
  • Pages: 75-79
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Influence of age on natriuretic peptides in patients with chronic heart failure: a comparison between ANP/NT-ANP and BNP/NT-proBNP

Jochem Hogenhuis,  Adriaan A. Voors,  Tiny Jaarsma,  Hans L. Hillege,  Frans Boomsma,  Dirk J. van Veldhuisen, 
  • Pages: 81-86
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Natriuretic peptides in the monitoring of anthracycline induced reduction in left ventricular ejection fraction

Gedske Daugaard,  Ulrik Lassen,  Peter Bie,  Erling Bjerregaard Pedersen,  Kaare Troels Jensen,  Ulrik Abildgaard,  Birger Hesse,  Andreas Kjaer, 
  • Pages: 87-93
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Short report/communication

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Cardiologic and neurologic findings in left ventricular hypertrabeculation/non-compaction related to wall thickness, size and systolic function

Claudia Stöllberger,  Josef Finsterer, 
  • Pages: 95-97
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Case report

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An unusual cause of heart failure identified by echocardiography in an octogenarian

Ming Lee Lin,  Kim Connelly,  David Prior, 
  • Pages: 99-102
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Articles

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Hereditary hemochromatosis gene (HFE) mutations C282Y, H63D and S65C in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy

Jokke Hannuksela,  Mari Leppilampi,  Keijo Peuhkurinen,  Satu Kärkkäinen,  Eija Saastamoinen,  Tiina Heliö,  Maija Kaartinen,  Markku S. Nieminen,  Pentti Nieminen,  Seppo Parkkila, 
  • Pages: 103-108
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Short report

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Short-term prognostic value of initial serum levels of interleukin-10 in patients with acute myocarditis

Koichi Fuse,  Makoto Kodama,  Yuji Okura,  Masahiro Ito,  Kiminori Kato,  Haruo Hanawa,  Yoshifusa Aizawa, 
  • Pages: 109-112
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Articles

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Relation between free triiodothyronine/free thyroxine ratio, echocardiographic parameters and mortality in dilated cardiomyopathy

Guliz Kozdag,  Dilek Ural,  Ahmet Vural,  Aysen Agacdiken,  Goksel Kahraman,  Tayfun Sahin,  Ertan Ural,  Baki Komsuoglu, 
  • Pages: 113-118
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Heart failure after myocardial infarction: clinical presentation and survival†

Jens P. Hellermann,  Steven J. Jacobsen,  Margaret M. Redfield,  Guy S. Reeder,  Susan A. Weston,  Véronique L. Roger, 
  • Pages: 119-125
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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

Rhidian J. Shelton,  Periaswamy Velavan,  Nikolay P. Nikitin,  Alison P. Coletta,  Andrew L. Clark,  Alan S. Rigby,  Nick Freemantle,  John G.F. Cleland, 
  • Pages: 127-135
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Calendar of Events

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Calendar of Events

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Instructions to Authors

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Instructions to Authors

  • Pages: 139-141
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