Clinical Research in Cardiology

Real-time transesophageal three-dimensional echocardiography for guidance of percutaneous cardiac interventions: first experience

Jan Balzer, Harald Kühl, Tienush Rassaf, Rainer Hoffmann, Patrick Schauerte, Malte Kelm, Andreas Franke

Heart failure, aging and beta-blockers: the need for more data on tolerability and efficacy

Kevin Damman, Rudolf A. de Boer, Dirk J. van Veldhuisen

Bisoprolol vs. carvedilol in elderly patients with heart failure: rationale and design of the CIBIS-ELD trial

Hans-Dirk Düngen, Svetlana Apostolović, Simone Inkrot, Elvis Tahirović, Florian Krackhardt, Milan Pavlović, Biljana Putniković, Mitja Lainščak, Götz Gelbrich, Frank Edelmann, Rolf Wachter, Thomas Eschenhagen, Finn Waagstein, Ferenc Follath, Mathias Rauchhaus, Wilhelm Haverkamp, Karl-Josef Osterziel, Rainer Dietz

Balloon valvuloplasty of aortic valve stenosis in childhood: early and medium term results

Walter Knirsch, Felix Berger, Paul Harpes, Oliver Kretschmar

Primary ICD-therapy in patients with advanced heart failure: selection strategies and future trials

Lutz Frankenstein, Christian Zugck, Manfred Nelles, Dieter Schellberg, Andrew Remppis, Hugo Katus

Coronary surgery for acute coronary syndrome: which determinants of outcome remain?

K. Alexiou, U. Kappert, A. Staroske, D. Joskowiak, M. Wilbring, K. Matschke, S. M. Tugtekin

Hydrophilic-coated sheaths increase the success rate of transradial coronary procedures and reduce patient discomfort but do not reduce the occlusion rate: randomized single-blind comparison of coated vs. non-coated sheaths

Martin Kindel, Rudolf Rüppel

Combined endurance and muscle strength training in female and male patients with chronic heart failure

Eckart Miche, Elisabeth Roelleke, Ulrike Wirtz, Bettina Zoller, Melanie Tietz, Maria Huerst, Andrea Radzewitz

Clinical, angiographic and cardiovascular magnetic resonance findings in consecutive patients with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy

Oliver Koeth, Bernd Mark, Andreas Kilkowski, Günter Layer, Bernd Cornelius, Kleopatra Kouraki, Timm Bauer, Ralf Zahn, Jochen Senges, Uwe Zeymer

Demand for open heart surgery due to entrapment of a circular mapping catheter in the mitral valve in a patient undergoing atrial fibrillation ablation

Rainer Grove, Wolfgang Kranig, Ruud Coppoolse, Guido Lüdorff, Endrik Wolff, Henning Warnecke, Joachim Thale

Herzerkrankungen in der Schwangerschaft

Vera Regitz-Zagrosek, Christa Gohlke-Bärwolf, Annette Geibel-Zehender, Markus Haass, Harald Kaemmerer, Irmtraut Kruck, Christoph Nienaber

40. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Pädiatrische Kardiologie