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    European Journal of Heart Failure: Volume 8, Issue 7

    iii, 665-768
    November 2006
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Editorial Board

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Editorial Board

  • Page: iii
  • First Published: 28 October 2006

Articles

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Toll-like receptor 4 modulates myocardial ischaemia–reperfusion injury: Role of matrix metalloproteinases

Heidi Stapel,  Se-Chan Kim,  Steffen Osterkamp,  Pascal Knuefermann,  Andreas Hoeft,  Rainer Meyer,  Christian Grohé,  Georg Baumgarten, 
  • Pages: 665-672
  • First Published: 28 October 2006
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High intracellular Na+ preserves myocardial function at low heart rates in isolated myocardium from failing hearts

Wolfgang Schillinger,  Nils Teucher,  Claus Christians,  Michael Kohlhaas,  Samuel Sossalla,  Phuc Van Nguyen,  Albrecht G. Schmidt,  Ortwin Schunck,  Klaus Nebendahl,  Lars S. Maier,  Oliver Zeitz,  Gerd Hasenfuss, 
  • Pages: 673-680
  • First Published: 28 October 2006
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Intact acute cardiorenal and humoral responsiveness following chronic subcutaneous administration of the cardiac peptide BNP in experimental heart failure

Horng H. Chen,  John A. Schirger,  Alessandro Cataliotti,  John C. Burnett Jr., 
  • Pages: 681-686
  • First Published: 28 October 2006
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Dissociation between gene and protein expression of metabolic enzymes in a rodent model of heart failure

Eric E. Morgan,  Margaret P. Chandler,  Martin E. Young,  Tracy A. McElfresh,  Theodore A. Kung,  Julie H. Rennison,  Kou-Yi Tserng,  Brian D. Hoit,  William C. Stanley, 
  • Pages: 687-693
  • First Published: 28 October 2006
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Hypothesis: Correction of low vitamin D status among Arab women will prevent heart failure and improve cardiac function in established heart failure

Hussein F. Saadi,  Elsadig Kazzam,  Bahlul A. Ghurbana,  M. Gary Nicholls, 
  • Pages: 694-696
  • First Published: 28 October 2006
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Clinical profile, contemporary management and one-year mortality in patients with severe acute heart failure syndromes: The EFICA study☆

Faiez Zannad,  Alexandre Mebazaa,  Yves Juillière,  Alain Cohen-Solal,  Louis Guize,  François Alla,  Pierre Rougé,  Patrick Blin,  Marie-Hélène Barlet,  Laurence Paolozzi,  Catherine Vincent,  Michel Desnos,  Kamran Samii,  for the EFICA Investigators , 
  • Pages: 697-705
  • First Published: 28 October 2006

Review

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Heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: An ignored combination?

Frans H. Rutten,  Maarten-Jan M. Cramer,  Jan-Willem J. Lammers,  Diederick E. Grobbee,  Arno W. Hoes, 
  • Pages: 706-711
  • First Published: 28 October 2006

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Ventricular pre-excitation and cardiac hypertrophy mimicking hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in a Turkish family with a novel PRKAG2 mutation

Fatih Bayrak,  Evrim Komurcu-Bayrak,  Bulent Mutlu,  Gokhan Kahveci,  Yelda Basaran,  Nihan Erginel-Unaltuna, 
  • Pages: 712-715
  • First Published: 28 October 2006
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Influence of cardiac-resynchronization therapy on heart rate and blood pressure variability: 1-year follow-up

Gianfranco Piccirillo,  Damiano Magrí,  Silvia di Carlo,  Tiziana De Laurentis,  Alessia Torrini,  Sabrina Matera,  Marzia Magnanti,  Leda Bernardi,  Franco Barillà,  Raffaele Quaglione,  Evaristo Ettorre,  Vincenzo Marigliano, 
  • Pages: 716-722
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Cardiogenic shock after primary percutaneous coronary intervention: Effects of levosimendan compared with dobutamine on haemodynamics

Martín J. García-González,  Alberto Domínguez-Rodríguez,  Julio J. Ferrer-Hita,  Pedro Abreu-González,  Miguel Bethencourt Muñoz, 
  • Pages: 723-728
  • First Published: 28 October 2006
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Carvedilol reduces exercise-induced hyperventilation: A benefit in normoxia and a problem with hypoxia

Piergiuseppe Agostoni,  Mauro Contini,  Alessandra Magini,  Anna Apostolo,  Gaia Cattadori,  Maurizio Bussotti,  Fabrizio Veglia,  Daniele Andreini,  Pietro Palermo, 
  • Pages: 729-735
  • First Published: 28 October 2006
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Impact of pulmonary regurgitation and right ventricular dysfunction on oxygen uptake recovery kinetics in repaired tetralogy of Fallot

Alessandro Giardini,  Salvatore Specchia,  Gloria Coutsoumbas,  Andrea Donti,  Roberto Formigari,  Rossella Fattori,  Guido Oppido,  Gaetano Gargiulo,  Fernando M. Picchio, 
  • Pages: 736-743
  • First Published: 28 October 2006
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Fatigue and anaemia in patients with chronic heart failure

Kristin Falk,  Karl Swedberg,  Fannie Gaston-Johansson,  Inger Ekman, 
  • Pages: 744-749
  • First Published: 28 October 2006
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Impact of obesity on quality of life and depression in patients with heart failure

Lorraine S. Evangelista,  Debra K. Moser,  Cheryl Westlake,  Michele A. Hamilton,  Gregg C. Fonarow,  Kathleen Dracup, 
  • Pages: 750-755
  • First Published: 28 October 2006

Case Report

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Patients supported for over 4 years with left ventricular assist devices

Evgenij V. Potapov,  Michael J. Jurmann,  Thorsten Drews,  Miralem Pasic,  Matthias Loebe,  Yuguo Weng,  Roland Hetzer, 
  • Pages: 756-759
  • First Published: 28 October 2006
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Non-compaction cardiomyopathy associated with myocardial bridging: A frequently overlooked or misdiagnosed cardiomyopathy

Dursun Aras,  Omac Tufekcioglu,  Serkan Topaloglu,  Ozcan Ozeke,  Kumral Ergun,  Ali Yildiz,  Bulent Deveci,  Sule Korkmaz, 
  • Pages: 760-763
  • First Published: 28 October 2006

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Clinical trials update from the Heart Failure Society of America meeting: FIX-CHF-4, selective cardiac myosin activator and OPT-CHF

John G.F. Cleland,  Alison P. Coletta,  Andrew L. Clark, 
  • Pages: 764-766
  • First Published: 28 October 2006

Calendar of Forthcoming Meetings

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Calendar of Forthcoming Meetings

  • Pages: 767-768
  • First Published: 28 October 2006