abstract：Aims:To elucidate the effects of intensive LDL-C lowering treatment with a standard dose of statin and ezetimibe in patients with dyslipidaemia and high risk of coronary events, targeting LDL-C less than 70 mg/dL (1.8 mmol/L), compared with standard LDL-C lowering lipid monotherapy targeting less than 100 mg/dL (2.6 mm...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Hagiwara N,Kawada-Watanabe E,Koyanagi R,Arashi H,Yamaguchi J,Nakao K,Tobaru T,Tanaka H,Oka T,Endoh Y,Saito K,Uchida T,Matsui K,Ogawa H

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：Aims:To analyse reasons, timing and predictors of hospital readmissions after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). Methods and results:Patients included in the Bern TAVI Registry between August 2007 and June 2014 were analysed. Fine and Gray competing risk regression was used to identify factors predictive ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Franzone A,Pilgrim T,Arnold N,Heg D,Langhammer B,Piccolo R,Roost E,Praz F,Räber L,Valgimigli M,Wenaweser P,Jüni P,Carrel T,Windecker S,Stortecky S

更新日期：2017-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：Aims:Alcohol is a risk factor for cardiac arrhythmias. Retrospective analyses suggest supraventricular arrhythmias consecutive to acute alcohol consumption, but prospective data are limited. We intended to prospectively associate acute alcohol consumption with cardiac arrhythmias. Methods and results:At the 2015 Munic...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Brunner S,Herbel R,Drobesch C,Peters A,Massberg S,Kääb S,Sinner MF

更新日期：2017-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：Aims:Fractional flow reserve (FFR) has proven to its prognostic and therapeutic value. However, the additive prognostic value of coronary flow reserve (CFR) remains unclear. This study sought to investigate the clinical utility of combined FFR and CFR measurements to predict outcomes. Methods and results:Using the pro...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Ahn JM,Zimmermann FM,Johnson NP,Shin ES,Koo BK,Lee PH,Park DW,Kang SJ,Lee SW,Kim YH,Lee CW,Park SW,Pijls NHJ,Park SJ

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Aims:Short-term studies have reported left ventricular (LV) dilatation following surgical creation of arteriovenous fistulas (AVF) or arteriovenous grafts (AVGs), but chronic cardiac structural and functional changes have not been examined or related to clinical outcomes following AVF/AVG. We sought to characterize the...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Reddy YNV,Obokata M,Dean PG,Melenovsky V,Nath KA,Borlaug BA

更新日期：2017-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：Aims:Primary prevention implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) are established therapy for reducing mortality in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction and ischaemic heart disease (IHD). However, their efficacy in patients without IHD has been controversial. We undertook a meta-analysis of the tota...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Shun-Shin MJ,Zheng SL,Cole GD,Howard JP,Whinnett ZI,Francis DP

更新日期：2017-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：Aim:Studies have reported less favourable outcomes in women compared with men after primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Whether sex-specific differences in the magnitude or prognostic impact of infarct size or post-infarction cardiac function explain t...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Kosmidou I,Redfors B,Selker HP,Thiele H,Patel MR,Udelson JE,Magnus Ohman E,Eitel I,Granger CB,Maehara A,Kirtane A,Généreux P,Jenkins PL,Ben-Yehuda O,Mintz GS,Stone GW

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over two decades after the introduction of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) into clinical practice, ∼30% of candidates continue to fail to respond to this highly effective treatment of drug-refractory heart failure (HF). Since the causes of this non-response (NR) are multifactorial, it will require multidiscipl...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Daubert C,Behar N,Martins RP,Mabo P,Leclercq C

更新日期：2017-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：Aims:Epidemiological studies strongly suggest a link between stress, depression, and cardiovascular diseases (CVDs); the mechanistic correlation, however, is poorly understood. A single-nucleotide polymorphism in the BDNF gene (BDNFVal66Met), associated with depression and anxiety, has been proposed as a genetic risk f...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Amadio P,Colombo GI,Tarantino E,Gianellini S,Ieraci A,Brioschi M,Banfi C,Werba JP,Parolari A,Lee FS,Tremoli E,Barbieri SS

更新日期：2017-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：Aims:The ESC-EHRA Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Long-Term registry is a prospective, multinational study that aims at providing an accurate picture of contemporary real-world ablation for atrial fibrillation (AFib) and its outcome. Methods and results:A total of 104 centres in 27 European countries participated and wer...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Arbelo E,Brugada J,Blomström-Lundqvist C,Laroche C,Kautzner J,Pokushalov E,Raatikainen P,Efremidis M,Hindricks G,Barrera A,Maggioni A,Tavazzi L,Dagres N,on the behalf of the ESC-EHRA Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Long-term Regis

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：Aims:The purpose of the current trial was to test the hypothesis that breathing oxygen-enriched air increases exercise performance of patients with pulmonary arterial or chronic thrombo-embolic pulmonary hypertension (PAH/CTEPH) and to investigate involved mechanisms. Methods and results:Twenty-two patients with PAH/C...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Ulrich S,Hasler ED,Saxer S,Furian M,Müller-Mottet S,Keusch S,Bloch KE

更新日期：2017-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：Aims:To determine tolerability and the optimal dose regimen of the soluble guanylate cyclase stimulator vericiguat in patients with chronic heart failure and preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). Methods and results:SOCRATES-PRESERVED was a prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled double-blind, Phase 2b dose-finding...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Pieske B,Maggioni AP,Lam CSP,Pieske-Kraigher E,Filippatos G,Butler J,Ponikowski P,Shah SJ,Solomon SD,Scalise AV,Mueller K,Roessig L,Gheorghiade M

更新日期：2017-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：Aims:The aim of this study is to develop models to aid the decision to prolong dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) that requires balancing an individual patient's potential benefits and harms. Methods and results:Using population-based electronic health records (EHRs) (CALIBER, England, 2000-10), of patients evaluated 1 ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Pasea L,Chung SC,Pujades-Rodriguez M,Moayyeri A,Denaxas S,Fox KAA,Wallentin L,Pocock SJ,Timmis A,Banerjee A,Patel R,Hemingway H

更新日期：2017-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The left atrial appendage (LAA) is the main source of thromboembolism in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AF). As such, the LAA can be the target of specific occluding device therapies. Optimal management of patients with AF includes a comprehensive knowledge of the many aspects related to LAA structure...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Patti G,Pengo V,Marcucci R,Cirillo P,Renda G,Santilli F,Calabrò P,De Caterina AR,Cavallari I,Ricottini E,Parato VM,Zoppellaro G,Di Gioia G,Sedati P,Cicchitti V,Davì G,Golia E,Pariggiano I,Simeone P,Abbate R,Prisco

更新日期：2017-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：Aims:The choice between initiating a non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulant (NOAC) and a vitamin K antagonist (VKA) in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) may be challenging. To assist in this decision, we developed a risk score to identify patients for whom a therapeutic benefit of NOACs over VKA is predicted....

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Fanola CL,Giugliano RP,Ruff CT,Trevisan M,Nordio F,Mercuri MF,Antman EM,Braunwald E

更新日期：2017-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The choice of oral anticoagulant (OAC) for patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) may be influenced by individual clinical features or by patterns of risk factors and comorbidities. We reviewed analyses of subgroups of patients from trials of vitamin K antagonists vs. non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants (NOACs) for stro...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Diener HC,Aisenberg J,Ansell J,Atar D,Breithardt G,Eikelboom J,Ezekowitz MD,Granger CB,Halperin JL,Hohnloser SH,Hylek EM,Kirchhof P,Lane DA,Verheugt FWA,Veltkamp R,Lip GYH

更新日期：2017-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：Aims:Although cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is effective in patients with systolic heart failure (HF) and a wide QRS interval, a substantial proportion of patients remain non-responsive. The SonR contractility sensor embedded in the right atrial lead enables individualized automatic optimization of the atriov...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Brugada J,Delnoy PP,Brachmann J,Reynolds D,Padeletti L,Noelker G,Kantipudi C,Rubin Lopez JM,Dichtl W,Borri-Brunetto A,Verhees L,Ritter P,Singh JP,RESPOND CRT Investigators.

更新日期：2017-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Tricuspid regurgitation (TR) is the most common lesion of the tricuspid valve (TV). Mild TR is common and usually is benign. However, moderate or severe TR can lead to irreversible myocardial damage and adverse outcomes. Despite these findings, few patients with significant TR undergo surgery. The treatment of functio...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Arsalan M,Walther T,Smith RL 2nd,Grayburn PA

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：Aims:Naturally secreted nanovesicles known as exosomes are required for the regenerative effects of cardiosphere-derived cells (CDCs), and exosomes mimic the benefits of CDCs in rodents. Nevertheless, exosomes have not been studied in a translationally realistic large-animal model. We sought to optimize delivery and as...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Gallet R,Dawkins J,Valle J,Simsolo E,de Couto G,Middleton R,Tseliou E,Luthringer D,Kreke M,Smith RR,Marbán L,Ghaleh B,Marbán E

更新日期：2017-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：Aims:Catheter-based renal artery denervation (RDN) has been shown to lower blood pressure (BP) in certain patients with uncontrolled hypertension. Isolated systolic hypertension (ISH) (systolic BP [SBP] ≥140 mmHg and diastolic BP <90 mmHg), characterized by increased vascular stiffness, is the predominant hypertensive ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Mahfoud F,Bakris G,Bhatt DL,Esler M,Ewen S,Fahy M,Kandzari D,Kario K,Mancia G,Weber M,Böhm M

更新日期：2017-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the effect of alirocumab on frequency of standard apheresis treatments [weekly or every 2 weeks (Q2W)] in heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia (HeFH). METHODS AND RESULTS:ODYSSEY ESCAPE (NCT02326220) was a double-blind study in 62 HeFH patients undergoing regular weekly or Q2W lipoprotein aphere...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Moriarty PM,Parhofer KG,Babirak SP,Cornier MA,Duell PB,Hohenstein B,Leebmann J,Ramlow W,Schettler V,Simha V,Steinhagen-Thiessen E,Thompson PD,Vogt A,von Stritzky B,Du Y,Manvelian G

更新日期：2016-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Statins have modest adverse effects on glycaemic control. Alirocumab, a proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 inhibitor, lowers low-density lipoprotein cholesterol. This study assessed the effects of alirocumab on new-onset diabetes and pre-diabetes incidence in individuals without diabetes at baseline. M...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Colhoun HM,Ginsberg HN,Robinson JG,Leiter LA,Müller-Wieland D,Henry RR,Cariou B,Baccara-Dinet MT,Pordy R,Merlet L,Eckel RH

更新日期：2016-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:We demonstrate that in patients with stress cardiomyopathy the type of triggering event is associated with different clinical, instrumental, and laboratory features that characterize the phenotype at presentation. ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Ancona F,Bertoldi LF,Ruggieri F,Cerri M,Magnoni M,Beretta L,Cianflone D,Camici PG

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) is typically provoked by negative stressors such as grief, anger, or fear leading to the popular term 'broken heart syndrome'. However, the role of positive emotions triggering TTS remains unclear. The aim of the present study was to analyse the prevalence and characteristics of patients w...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Ghadri JR,Sarcon A,Diekmann J,Bataiosu DR,Cammann VL,Jurisic S,Napp LC,Jaguszewski M,Scherff F,Brugger P,Jäncke L,Seifert B,Bax JJ,Ruschitzka F,Lüscher TF,Templin C,InterTAK Co-investigators:.

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Adults who engage in leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) have a reduced risk of developing heart failure. We hypothesized that high levels of LTPA are associated with diminished adverse age-related changes in cardiac structure and function. METHODS AND RESULTS:We studied 4342 Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Hegde SM,Gonçalves A,Claggett B,Evenson KR,Cheng S,Shah AM,Folsom AR,Solomon SD

更新日期：2016-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Our aims were to evaluate the distribution of troponin I concentrations in population cohorts across Europe, to characterize the association with cardiovascular outcomes, to determine the predictive value beyond the variables used in the ESC SCORE, to test a potentially clinically relevant cut-off value, and to ev...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Blankenberg S,Salomaa V,Makarova N,Ojeda F,Wild P,Lackner KJ,Jørgensen T,Thorand B,Peters A,Nauck M,Petersmann A,Vartiainen E,Veronesi G,Brambilla P,Costanzo S,Iacoviello L,Linden G,Yarnell J,Patterson CC,Everett BM

更新日期：2016-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Decreasing cholesterol levels in Western populations is the main reason for decreasing mortality due to coronary heart disease. Our aim was to analyze trends in cholesterol levels in the population during a period of 20 years in relation to previous cardiovascular disease (CVD), other cardiovascular risk factors, a...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Eriksson M,Forslund AS,Jansson JH,Söderberg S,Wennberg M,Eliasson M

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The pathophysiology of myocardial infarction (MI) may differ depending on whether it occurs early or late in life. We tested the hypothesis that risk factor pattern differs according to the age at MI. METHODS:We performed a matched case-control study in the population-based Malmö Preventive Project (n = 33 ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Gränsbo K,Almgren P,Nilsson PM,Hedblad B,Engström G,Melander O

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Microvascular obstruction (MVO) following primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) treatment of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) contributes to infarct expansion, left ventricular (LV) remodelling, and worse clinical outcomes. The REFLO-STEMI trial tested whether intra-coronary (IC...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Nazir SA,McCann GP,Greenwood JP,Kunadian V,Khan JN,Mahmoud IZ,Blackman DJ,Been M,Abrams KR,Shipley L,Wilcox R,Adgey AA,Gershlick AH

更新日期：2016-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The purpose of our study was to evaluate the relative impact of bivalirudin on bleeding outcomes associated with trans-radial interventions (TRI) in real world practice. METHODS AND RESULTS:Data for patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) between January 2010 and March 2014 at the 47 hospitals...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Perdoncin E,Seth M,Dixon S,Cannon L,Khandelwal A,Riba A,David S,Wohns D,Gurm H

更新日期：2016-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Increased left ventricular wall thickness (LVWT) is a common finding in cardiology. It is not known how often hereditary transthyretin-related familial amyloid cardiomyopathy (mTTR-FAC) is responsible for LVWT. Several therapeutic modalities for mTTR-FAC are currently in clinical trials; thus, it is important to e...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Damy T,Costes B,Hagège AA,Donal E,Eicher JC,Slama M,Guellich A,Rappeneau S,Gueffet JP,Logeart D,Planté-Bordeneuve V,Bouvaist H,Huttin O,Mulak G,Dubois-Randé JL,Goossens M,Canoui-Poitrine F,Buxbaum JN

更新日期：2016-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Phenotypic heterogeneity and incomplete penetrance are common in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). We aim to improve the understanding in genotype-phenotype correlations in HCM, particularly the contribution of an MYL2 founder mutation and risk factors to left ventricular hypertrophic remodelling. ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Claes GR,van Tienen FH,Lindsey P,Krapels IP,Helderman-van den Enden AT,Hoos MB,Barrois YE,Janssen JW,Paulussen AD,Sels JW,Kuijpers SH,van Tintelen JP,van den Berg MP,Heesen WF,Garcia-Pavia P,Perrot A,Christiaans I,Salem

更新日期：2016-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Circulating microRNAs (miRs) may reflect pathophysiologically relevant processes in the atherosclerotically diseased coronary arterial wall. Given the unmet medical need to identify patients with an unstable plaque phenotype, we determined the relation of circulating atherosclerosis-regulatory miRs with plaque phe...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Leistner DM,Boeckel JN,Reis SM,Thome CE,De Rosa R,Keller T,Palapies L,Fichtlscherer S,Dimmeler S,Zeiher AM

更新日期：2016-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Stent thrombosis (ST) is a rare but serious complication following percutaneous coronary intervention. Analysis of thrombus composition from patients undergoing catheter thrombectomy may provide important insights into the pathological processes leading to thrombus formation. We performed a large-scale multi...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Riegger J,Byrne RA,Joner M,Chandraratne S,Gershlick AH,Ten Berg JM,Adriaenssens T,Guagliumi G,Godschalk TC,Neumann FJ,Trenk D,Feldman LJ,Steg PG,Desmet W,Alfonso F,Goodall AH,Wojdyla R,Dudek D,Philippi V,Opinaldo S

更新日期：2016-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Ventricular fibrillation (VF), the main cause of sudden cardiac death (SCD), occurs most frequently in the acute phase of myocardial infarction: a certain fraction of VF, however, develops in an apparently healthy heart, referred as idiopathic VF. The contribution of perturbation in the fast conduction system in th...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Koizumi A,Sasano T,Kimura W,Miyamoto Y,Aiba T,Ishikawa T,Nogami A,Fukamizu S,Sakurada H,Takahashi Y,Nakamura H,Ishikura T,Koseki H,Arimura T,Kimura A,Hirao K,Isobe M,Shimizu W,Miura N,Furukawa T

更新日期：2016-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:We aimed to assess the contemporary outcome of Eisenmenger syndrome (ES), delineate the use of disease targeting therapies (DTT) in these patients and to investigate the effect of treatment on outcome in the community. METHODS AND RESULTS:Patients with ES were systematically identified from the German National Re...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Diller GP,Körten MA,Bauer UM,Miera O,Tutarel O,Kaemmerer H,Berger F,Baumgartner H,German Competence Network for Congenital Heart Defects Investigators.

更新日期：2016-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Coronary plaque characteristics are associated with ischaemia. Differences in plaque volumes and composition may explain the discordance between coronary stenosis severity and ischaemia. We evaluated the association between coronary stenosis severity, plaque characteristics, coronary computed tomography angiograph...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Gaur S,Øvrehus KA,Dey D,Leipsic J,Bøtker HE,Jensen JM,Narula J,Ahmadi A,Achenbach S,Ko BS,Christiansen EH,Kaltoft AK,Berman DS,Bezerra H,Lassen JF,Nørgaard BL

更新日期：2016-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To assess the prognostic significance of infarct core tissue characteristics using cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging in survivors of acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). METHODS AND RESULTS:We performed an observational prospective single centre cohort study in 300 reperfused STEMI patients (m...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Carrick D,Haig C,Rauhalammi S,Ahmed N,Mordi I,McEntegart M,Petrie MC,Eteiba H,Hood S,Watkins S,Lindsay M,Mahrous A,Ford I,Tzemos N,Sattar N,Welsh P,Radjenovic A,Oldroyd KG,Berry C

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Trans-fatty acids (TFAs) are generated by the food industry and also occur naturally in trace amounts in dairy products. For the latter, beneficial health effects have been claimed, while there are numerous reports about TFA of industrial origin being hazardous to human health. Therefore, we aimed to investigate t...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Kleber ME,Delgado GE,Lorkowski S,März W,von Schacky C

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction (LVEF) is currently considered for the decision making of patients with mitral regurgitation (MR). However, LVEF represents change in LV volume between end-diastole and end-systole but does not characterize the intrinsic function of the myocardium. In contrast, speckle-track...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Kamperidis V,Marsan NA,Delgado V,Bax JJ

更新日期：2016-03-07 00:00:00