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

   • Jan Balzer
   • Harald Kühl
   • Andreas Franke

   REVIEW 29 May 2008 Pages: 565 - 574

   

2. 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

   EDITORIAL 05 June 2008 Pages: 575 - 577

   

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

   • Hans-Dirk Düngen
   • Svetlana Apostolović
   • on behalf of the CIBIS-ELD investigators, subproject “Multicenter Trials” in the Competence Network Heart Failure

   ORIGINAL PAPER 09 June 2008 Pages: 578 - 586

   

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

   • Walter Knirsch
   • Felix Berger
   • Oliver Kretschmar

   ORIGINAL PAPER 17 March 2008 Pages: 587 - 593

   

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

   • Lutz Frankenstein
   • Christian Zugck
   • Hugo Katus

   ORIGINAL PAPER 17 March 2008 Pages: 594 - 600

   

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

   • K. Alexiou
   • U. Kappert
   • S. M. Tugtekin

   ORIGINAL PAPER 31 March 2008 Pages: 601 - 608

   

7. 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

   ORIGINAL PAPER 31 March 2008 Pages: 609 - 614

   

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

   • Eckart Miche
   • Elisabeth Roelleke
   • Andrea Radzewitz

   ORIGINAL PAPER 23 April 2008 Pages: 615 - 622

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

   • Oliver Koeth
   • Bernd Mark
   • Uwe Zeymer

   ORIGINAL PAPER 01 August 2008 Pages: 623 - 627

   

10. 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
    • Joachim Thale

    CLINICAL CORRESPONDENCE 16 July 2008 Pages: 628 - 629

    

11. Herzerkrankungen in der Schwangerschaft

    • Vera Regitz-Zagrosek
    • Christa Gohlke-Bärwolf
    • Christoph Nienaber

    LEITLINIE 25 June 2008 Pages: 630 - 665

12. 40. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Pädiatrische Kardiologie

    ABSTRACTS 03 September 2008 Pages: 666 - 712