Document Reviewers: Sigmund Silber (CPG Review Coordinator)(Germany), Frank V.
Aguirre (USA), Nawwar Al-Attar (France), Eduardo Alegria (Spain), Felicita Andreotti (Italy) …

Objectives: This study sought to investigate the efficacy and tolerability of candesartan,
according to baseline blood pressure (BP), in the 4,576 patients with a low ejection fraction …

Implanted biventricular pacemakers (cardiac resynchronisation therapy, CRT) with or
without implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) improve survival and morbidity in some …

Background Left ventricular size and function are important prognostic factors in heart
disease. Their measurement is the most frequent reason for sending patients to the echo …

Abstract Background Cardiac resynchronization Therapy (CRT) is an effective therapy for
chronic heart failure with beneficial hemodynamic effects leading to a reduction of morbidity …

In recent issues of the European Heart Journal [1] and the European Journal of Heart Failure
[2], the new ESC guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart …

Cardiomyocytes exhibit robust proliferative activity during development. After birth,
cardiomyocyte proliferation is markedly reduced. Consequently, regenerative growth in the …

Avrupa Kardiyoloji Derne¤ i (ESC) K› lavuzlar›'n› n içeri¤ i yaln› zca bireysel ve e¤ itim
amaçl› kullan› m için yay› mlanm› flt› r. Ticari kullan› ma izin verilmemektedir. ESC k› …

It was encouraging to see that there were several sessions dedicated to biomarkers at the
annual meeting of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) in September 2008 …

Vorhofflimmern und Herzinsuffizienz sind häufige Erkrankungen, die sich wechselseitig
beeinflussen und bedingen können. Die Behandlung von Vorhofflimmern mit …