Restructuring Cardiovascular Exercise Therapy in Germany with Reference to Current International Guidelines

Martin Dürsch, Olaf Schulz

From Bench to Bicycle. Risk Assessment in Connection with Sports Activities and Exercise Programs in the Primary and Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases

Olaf Schulz, Martin Dürsch

B-Type Natriuretic Peptide – Current Use in the Diagnosis and Management of Heart Failure

Christian Müller, Gabriela Kuster, Heinz J. Büttner, Peter Buser

Surgical Therapy of End-Stage Heart Failure

Stefan Christiansen, Stefan Brose, Rüdiger Autschbach

Platelet Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Inhibitors in Coronary Artery Disease

Johann Auer, Robert Berent, Elisabeth Laßnig, Thomas Weber, Edwin Maurer, Bernd Eber

Effects of a Phase II Cardiac Rehabilitation Program Performed on an Outpatient Basis

Birna Bjarnason-Wehrens, Lothar Benesch, Karl Otto Bischoff, Brigitte Buran-Kilian, Detlef Gysan, Ulrich Hollenstein, Wolfgang Mayer-Berger, Mike McCabe, Rolf Wilkniss, Gregor Sauer

Long-Term Outcome in Patients with Angina-Like Chest Pain and Normal Coronary Angiograms

Manfred Scholz, Katlin Wegener, Martin Unverdorben, Harald Klepzig

Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease after Different Treatments for Angina in Routine Clinical Practice

Werner Benzer MD, Stefan Höfer, Neil B. Oldridge

Impact of Age on Postoperative Events and Mortality in Cardiac Surgery

Amir Mortasawi, Bert Arnrich, Jörg Walter, Ines Florath, Ulrich Rosendahl, Alexander Albert, Jürgen Ennker

Factors Determining Left Atrial Kinetic Energy in Patients with Chronic Mitral Valve Disease

Konstantinos D. Boudoulas MD PhD Director, Elizabeth A. Sparks, Stanley E. Rittgers, Charles F. Wooley, Harisios Boudoulas

Laboratory Monitoring of Heparin and the Combination of Heparin and the Platelet Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Receptor Antibody Fragment Abciximab (c7E3) in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA)

Ralf Zahn MD, Hannelore Haubelt, Sabine Bechtloff, Steffen Schneider, Birgit Frilling, Jörg Rustige, Parvaneh Marsalek, Karlheinz Seidl, Jochen Senges, Peter Hellstern

Amyloid of Heart and Lungs in a Patient with Low Output Syndrome after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Parwis Massoudy, Andras K. Szabo, Olaf Dirsch, Heiner Wienecke, Henry J. C. M. van de Wal, Heinz G. Jakob

Rare Case of Enterovirus Myocarditis with Consecutive Acute Heart Failure and Subsequent "Rescue Therapy" with Biventricular Assist Device

Norbert Augustin, Christian Schreiber, Karin Klingel, Reinhard Kandolf, Rüdiger Lange

Detection of a Silent Myocardial Infarction with Phosphor-31 Two-Dimensional Chemical Shift Imaging (31P 2-D CSI)

Peter Steinboeck, Bernhard Metzler, Michael F. H. Schocke, Monika Lechleitner, Werner Jaschke, Otmar Pachinger MD

Familial Left Ventricular Hypertrabeculation in Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1

Josef Finsterer MD, PhD, Claudia Stöllberger, Wolfgang Kopsa

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