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    European Journal of Heart Failure: Volume 11, Issue 6

    531-633
    June 2009
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EDITORIAL

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Ethics in human research: when is clinical practice research?

Lars H. Lund,  Karl Swedberg, 
  • Pages: 531-532
  • First Published: 25 May 2009

EXPERIMENTAL

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Defective peroxisomal proliferators activated receptor gamma activity due to dominant-negative mutation synergizes with hypertension to accelerate cardiac fibrosis in mice

Adrienn Kis,  Colin Murdoch,  Min Zhang,  Anjana Siva,  Sergio Rodriguez-Cuenca,  Stefania Carobbio,  Agnes Lukasik,  Margaret Blount,  Steve O'Rahilly,  Sarah L. Gray,  Ajay M. Shah,  Antonio Vidal-Puig, 
  • Pages: 533-541
  • First Published: 25 May 2009

EPIDEMIOLOGY

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Baseline factors associated with congestive heart failure in patients receiving etoricoxib or diclofenac: multivariate analysis of the MEDAL program

Henry Krum,  Sean P. Curtis,  Amarjot Kaur,  Hongwei Wang,  Steven S. Smugar,  Matthew R. Weir,  Loren Laine,  D. Craig Brater,  Christopher P. Cannon, 
  • Pages: 542-550
  • First Published: 25 May 2009

MARKERS

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Plasma apelin concentration is depressed following acute myocardial infarction in man

Robin A.P. Weir,  Kwok Shiong Chong,  Jonathan R. Dalzell,  Colin J. Petrie,  Charles A. Murphy,  Tracey Steedman,  Patrick B. Mark,  Theresa A. McDonagh,  Henry J. Dargie,  John J.V. McMurray, 
  • Pages: 551-558
  • First Published: 25 May 2009
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Upregulated expression of cardiac ankyrin repeat protein in human failing hearts due to arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy

Ying-Jie Wei,  Chuan-Jue Cui,  Yin-Xia Huang,  Xiao-Lling Zhang,  Hao Zhang,  Sheng-Shou Hu, 
  • Pages: 559-566
  • First Published: 25 May 2009
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Adiponectin is increased in cardiac cachexia irrespective of body mass index

José Paulo Araújo,  Patrícia Lourenço,  Francisco Rocha-Gonçalves,  António Ferreira,  Paulo Bettencourt, 
  • Pages: 567-572
  • First Published: 25 May 2009

IMAGING

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Patterns of late gadolinium enhancement are associated with ventricular stiffness in patients with advanced non-ischaemic dilated cardiomyopathy†

Eui-Young Choi,  Byoung Wook Choi,  Sung-Ai Kim,  Sang Jae Rhee,  Chi Young Shim,  Young Jin Kim,  Seok-Min Kang,  Jong-Won Ha,  Namsik Chung, 
  • Pages: 573-580
  • First Published: 25 May 2009

PROGNOSIS

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Long-term prognosis of medically treated patients with functional mitral regurgitation and left ventricular dysfunction

Eustachio Agricola,  Alfonso Ielasi,  Michele Oppizzi,  Pompilio Faggiano,  Luca Ferri,  Alice Calabrese,  Enrico Vizzardi,  Ottavio Alfieri,  Alberto Margonato, 
  • Pages: 581-587
  • First Published: 25 May 2009
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Vascular endothelial function predicts mortality risk in patients with advanced ischaemic chronic heart failure†

Michael Shechter,  Shlomi Matetzky,  Michael Arad,  Micha S. Feinberg,  Dov Freimark, 
  • Pages: 588-593
  • First Published: 25 May 2009

EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY

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Continuous central haemodynamic measurements during the six-minute walk test and daily life in patients with chronic heart failure

Frieder Braunschweig,  Cecilia Linde,  Philip B. Adamson,  Anthony Magalski,  Erland Erdmann,  Barbro Kjellstrom,  Tom Bennett, 
  • Pages: 594-601
  • First Published: 25 May 2009

SLEEP DISORDERS

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Sleep-disordered breathing in heart failure with normal left ventricular ejection fraction

Thomas Bitter,  Lothar Faber,  Detlef Hering,  Christoph Langer,  Dieter Horstkotte,  Olaf Oldenburg, 
  • Pages: 602-608
  • First Published: 25 May 2009

PATIENT EDUCATION

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The impact of a self-management group programme on health behaviour and healthcare utilization among congestive heart failure patients

Esther S.T.F. Smeulders,  Jolanda C.M. van Haastregt,  Ton Ambergen,  Josiane J.J. Janssen-Boyne,  Jacques Th.M. van Eijk,  Gertrudis I.J.M. Kempen, 
  • Pages: 609-616
  • First Published: 25 May 2009
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Patient and informal caregivers’ knowledge of heart failure: necessary but insufficient for effective self-care

Alexander M. Clark,  C. Nicole Freydberg,  Finlay A. McAlister,  Ross T. Tsuyuki,  Paul W. Armstrong,  Laurel A. Strain, 
  • Pages: 617-621
  • First Published: 25 May 2009

MEETING REPORT

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Clinical trials update from the American College of Cardiology 2009: ADMIRE-HF, PRIMA, STICH, REVERSE, IRIS, partial ventricular support, FIX-HF-5, vagal stimulation, REVIVAL-3, pre-RELAX-AHF, ACTIVE-A, HF-ACTION, JUPITER, AURORA, and OMEGA

John G.F. Cleland,  Alison P. Coletta,  Andrew L. Clark,  Damien Cullington, 
  • Pages: 622-630
  • First Published: 25 May 2009

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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Influence of gender of physicians and patients on guideline-recommended treatment of chronic heart failure in a cross-sectional study

Pascal Meier,  Claire S. Duvernoy, 
  • Page: 631
  • First Published: 25 May 2009
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Influence of gender of physicians and patients on guideline-recommended treatment of chronic heart failure in a cross-sectional study: reply

Magnus Baumhäkel,  Ulrike Müller,  Michael Böhm, 
  • Pages: 631-632
  • First Published: 25 May 2009
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Heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: lung function test interpretation

Hanneke A.C. van Helvoort,  Yvonne F. Heijdra, 
  • Page: 632
  • First Published: 25 May 2009
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Heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: lung function test interpretation: reply

Nathaniel M. Hawkins,  Mark C. Petrie,  Pardeep S. Jhund,  George W. Chalmers,  Francis G. Dunn,  John J.V. McMurray, 
  • Pages: 632-633
  • First Published: 25 May 2009