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Ausgabe 2013/2

Original Paper
Assessment of serum cotinine in patients with chronic heart failure: self-reported versus objective smoking behaviour weiter

Nicole Ebner, Gabor Földes, Tibor Szabo, Matthias Tacke, Susann Fülster, Anja Sandek, Wolfram Doehner, Stefan D. Anker, Stephan Haehling

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Galectin-3 is an independent marker for ventricular remodeling and mortality in patients with chronic heart failure weiter

Dirk J. Lok, Sjoukje I. Lok, Pieta W. Bruggink-André de la Porte, Erik Badings, Eric Lipsic, Jan Wijngaarden, Rudolf A. Boer, Dirk J. Veldhuisen, Peter Meer

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The groin first approach for transcatheter aortic valve implantation: are we pushing the limits for transapical implantation? weiter

Carsten J. Beller, Bastian Schmack, Philipp Seppelt, Rawa Arif, Raffi Bekeredjian, Ulrike Krumsdorf, Hugo A. Katus, Matthias Karck, Klaus Kallenbach

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Percutaneous implantation of the Edwards SAPIEN™ pulmonic valve: initial results in the first 22 patients weiter

Nikolaus A. Haas, Axel Moysich, Ulrich Neudorf, Hojjat Mortezaeian, Mohamed Abdel-Wahab, Heike Schneider, Daniel Wolf, Jerome Petit, Sreeram Narayanswami, Kai Thorsten Laser, Eugen Sandica

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Baseline vectorcardiography as a predictor of invasively determined acute hemodynamic response to cardiac resynchronization therapy weiter

Thomas Schau, Walter Koglek, Josef Brandl, Martin Seifert, Jürgen Meyhöfer, Michael Neuss, Georg Grimm, Robert Bitschnau, Christian Butter

Original Paper
CHADS2 and CHA2DS2-VASc score of patients with atrial fibrillation or flutter and newly detected left atrial thrombus weiter

Kristina Wasmer, Julia Köbe, Dirk Dechering, Peter Milberg, Christian Pott, Julia Vogler, Jörg Stypmann, Johannes Waltenberger, Gerold Mönnig, Günter Breithardt, Lars Eckardt

Original Paper
The risk of delayed atrioventricular and intraventricular conduction block following ablation of bundle branch reentry weiter

Christopher Reithmann, Bernhard Herkommer, Adrien Huemmer, Franz Hoch, Michael Fiek

Letter to the Editors
Pro-thrombotic condition in a woman with peripartum cardiomyopathy treated with bromocriptine and an Impella LP 2.5 heart pump weiter

Marco R. Schroeter, Bernhard Unsöld, Karin Holke, Wolfgang Schillinger



Letter to the Editors
Transvenous ICD lead malposition in the left ventricle: long-term follow-up weiter

Harald Franck, Helmut Wollschläger

Letter to the Editors
Kounis syndrome due to angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor weiter

Rajesh Movva, Vincent M. Figueredo, D. Lynn Morris

Letter to the Editors
Secondary Budd–Chiari syndrome complicating calcified right atrial thrombosis related to ventriculoatrial shunt weiter

S. H. Schirmer, M. Kiefer, Y. J. Kim, G. Schneider, H. J. Schäfers, V. Zimmer

Letter to the Editors
Primary prevention of sudden cardiac death with an entirely subcutaneous defibrillator in a patient with a large right atrial thrombus weiter

Christof Kolb, Carsten Lennerz, Verena Semmler, Clemens Jilek

Original Paper

The pulsed Doppler and tissue Doppler-derived septal E/e′ ratio is significantly related to invasive measurement of ventricular end-diastolic pressure in biventricular rather than univentricular physiology in patients with congenital heart disease

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Y. P. Mi, H. Abdul-Khaliq

online first publiziert am 21. May 2013

Original Paper

Erectile dysfunction may be the first clinical sign of insulin resistance and endothelial dysfunction in young men

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Fengjuan Yao, Lijuan Liu, Yan Zhang, Yanping Huang, Donghong Liu, Hong Lin, Yanqiu Liu, Rui Fan, Cuiling Li, Chunhua Deng

online first publiziert am 17. May 2013

Original Paper

Outcome of percutaneous coronary intervention with drug-eluting stents in unprotected left main versus non-left main native coronary artery disease: results from the prospective multicenter German DES.DE registry

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I. Akin, C. Naber, G. Sabin, M. Hochadel, J. Senges, K. H. Kuck, C. Nienaber, G. Richardt, Ralph Tölg

online first publiziert am 17. May 2013

Letter to the Editors

Pickering syndrome: high-risk stenting of a renal artery stenosis in a multimorbid patient presenting with progressive congestive heart failure

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Thomas Demming, Norbert Frey, Christoph Langer

online first publiziert am 15. May 2013

Original Paper

Safety and efficacy of the subclavian access route for TAVI in cases of missing transfemoral access

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Andrea Muensterer, Domenico Mazzitelli, Hendrik Ruge, Anke Wagner, Ina Hettich, Nicolo Piazza, Ruediger Lange, Sabine Bleiziffer

online first publiziert am 11. May 2013

Original Paper

Detection of left ventricular hypertrophy by the R-wave voltage in lead aVL: population-based study

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Sérgio Lamêgo Rodrigues, Lílian Cláudia Souza Ângelo, Marcelo Perim Baldo, Eduardo Miranda Dantas, Alexandre Maulaz Barcelos, Alexandre C. Pereira, José Eduardo Krieger, José Geraldo Mill

online first publiziert am 10. May 2013

Original Paper

Door-to-implantation time of extracorporeal life support systems predicts mortality in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

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Jürgen Leick, Christoph Liebetrau, Sebastian Szardien, Ulrich Fischer-Rasokat, Matthias Willmer, Arnaud Linden, Johannes Blumenstein, Holger Nef, Andreas Rolf, Matthias Arlt, Thomas Walther, Christian Hamm, Helge Möllmann

online first publiziert am 09. May 2013

Original Paper

Outcomes of correcting hyponatremia in patients with myocardial infarction

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Waqas Qureshi, Syed Hassan, Fatima Khalid, Mohamed Faher Almahmoud, Bhavik Shah, Ra’ad Tashman, Nikhil Ambulgekar, Mostafa El-Refai, Chetan Mittal, Zaid Alirhayim

online first publiziert am 08. May 2013

Original Paper

Invasive versus non-invasive cooling after in- and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a randomized trial

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Undine Pittl, Alexandra Schratter, Steffen Desch, Raluca Diosteanu, Denise Lehmann, Katharina Demmin, Jacqueline Hörig, Gerhard Schuler, Thorsten Klemm, Meinhard Mende, Holger Thiele

online first publiziert am 05. May 2013

Original Paper

Persistent angina: highly prevalent and associated with long-term anxiety, depression, low physical functioning, and quality of life in stable angina pectoris

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Lasse Jespersen, Steen Z. Abildstrøm, Anders Hvelplund, Eva Prescott

online first publiziert am 01. May 2013

Original Paper

Heart rate before ICU discharge: a simple and readily available predictor of short- and long-term mortality from critical illness

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Wilhelm Grander, Kathrin Müllauer, Bernhard Koller, Herbert Tilg, Martin Dünser

online first publiziert am 27. April 2013

Original Paper

Environmental exposure to combustion-derived air pollution is associated with reduced functional capacity in apparently healthy individuals

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Arie Steinvil, Hezzy Shmueli, Eyal Ben-Assa, Eran Leshem-Rubinow, Itzhak Shapira, Shlomo Berliner, Levana Kordova-Biezuner, Ori Rogowski

online first publiziert am 26. April 2013

Letter to the Editors

Intracardiac fistula due to prosthetic aortic valve abscess causing acute heart failure

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Daniel Lavall, Jan-Christian Reil, Michael Böhm

online first publiziert am 26. April 2013

Original Paper

Impact of intracoronary reinfusion of bone marrow-derived mononuclear progenitor cells on cardiopulmonary exercise capacity in patients with chronic postinfarction heart failure

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Joerg Honold, Ulrich Fischer-Rasokat, Florian H. Seeger, David Leistner, Saskia Lotz, Stefanie Dimmeler, Andreas M. Zeiher, Birgit Assmus

online first publiziert am 24. April 2013

Review

Mobile left ventricular thrombus in left ventricular dysfunction: case report and review of literature

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Jürgen Leick, Sebastian Szardien, Christoph Liebetrau, Matthias Willmer, Ulrich Fischer-Rasokat, Jörg Kempfert, Holger Nef, Andreas Rolf, Thomas Walther, Christian Hamm, Helge Möllmann

online first publiziert am 14. April 2013

Original Paper

Increased pericardial adipose tissue is correlated with atrial fibrillation and left atrial dilatation

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Martin Greif, Franz von Ziegler, Reza Wakili, Janine Tittus, Christoph Becker, Susanne Helbig, Ruediger P. Laubender, Wolfgang Schwarz, Melvin D’Anastasi, Jan Schenzle, Alexander W. Leber, Alexander Becker

online first publiziert am 13. April 2013

Original Paper

Electrical myostimulation improves left ventricular function and peak oxygen consumption in patients with chronic heart failure: results from the exEMS study comparing different stimulation strategies

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Frank Buuren, Klaus Peter Mellwig, Christian Prinz, Britta Körber, Andreas Fründ, Dirk Fritzsche, Lothar Faber, Tanja Kottmann, Nicola Bogunovic, Johannes Dahm, Dieter Horstkotte

online first publiziert am 12. April 2013

Original Paper

Portable recording for detecting sleep disorder breathing in patients under the care of a heart failure clinic

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Peter Dolliner, Lindsay Brammen, Senta Graf, Martin Huelsmann, Leopold Stiebellehner, Andreas Gleiss, Philipp Ubl, Guenter Steurer

online first publiziert am 12. April 2013

Original Paper

Intact skeletal muscle mitochondrial enzyme activity but diminished exercise capacity in advanced heart failure patients on optimal medical and device therapy

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Holly R. Middlekauff, M. Anthony Verity, Tamara B. Horwich, Gregg C. Fonarow, Michele A. Hamilton, Perry Shieh

online first publiziert am 11. April 2013

Original Paper

One-year outcome after CRT implantation in NYHA class IV in comparison to NYHA class III patients

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Andreas Schuchert, Carmine Muto, Themistoklis Maounis, Robert Frank, Rita Omega Ella, Alexander Polauck, Luigi Padeletti

online first publiziert am 31. March 2013

Original Paper

Comparing outcome of patients with coronary artery disease and dilated cardiomyopathy in ICD and CRT recipients: data from the German DEVICE—registry

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Kristina Wasmer, Julia Köbe, Dietrich Andresen, Ralf Zahn, Stefan G. Spitzer, Joachim Jehle, Johannes Brachmann, Christoph Stellbrink, Eimo Martens, Matthias Hochadel, Jochen Senges, Helmut Klein, Lars Eckardt

online first publiziert am 30. March 2013

Original Paper

Angiographic score assessment improves cardiovascular risk prediction: the clinical value of SYNTAX and Gensini application

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Christoph Sinning, Lars Lillpopp, Sebastian Appelbaum, Francisco Ojeda, Tanja Zeller, Renate Schnabel, Edith Lubos, Annika Jagodzinski, Till Keller, Thomas Munzel, Christoph Bickel, Stefan Blankenberg

online first publiziert am 23. March 2013

Original Paper

Intermittent levosimendan treatment in patients with severe congestive heart failure

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Petri O. Tuomainen, Jarkko Magga, Pekka Timonen, Kati Miettinen, Minna Kurttila, Esko Vanninen, Tomi Laitinen, Kirsi Timonen, Kari Punnonen, Ilkka Parviainen, Ari Uusaro, Olli Vuolteenaho, Matti Kivikko, Keijo Peuhkurinen

online first publiziert am 17. March 2013

Original Paper

25-Hydroxyvitamin D insufficiency is associated with impaired renal endothelial function and both are improved with rosuvastatin treatment

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Christian Ott, Ulrike Raff, Markus P. Schneider, Stephanie I. Titze, Roland E. Schmieder

online first publiziert am 21. December 2012