1. Point-of-care B-type natriuretic peptide and portable echocardiography for assessment of patients with suspected heart failure in primary care: rationale and design of the three-part Handheld-BNP program and results of the training study

   • Caroline Morbach
   • Thomas Buck
   • On Behalf of the Handheld-BNP Research Network

   Trial Design 15 November 2017 Pages: 95 - 107

   

2. Prevalence, predictors, and prognostic implications of PR interval prolongation in patients with heart failure

   • Theodora Nikolaidou
   • Pierpaolo Pellicori
   • Andrew L. Clark

   Original Paper Open access 15 September 2017 Pages: 108 - 119

   

3. Characteristics of sleep-disordered breathing in patients with atrial fibrillation and preserved left ventricular ejection fraction

   • Johanna Strotmann
   • Henrik Fox
   • Olaf Oldenburg

   Original Paper 23 September 2017 Pages: 120 - 129

   

4. The T-peak-to-T-end interval: a novel ECG marker for ventricular arrhythmia and appropriate ICD therapy in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

   • Leon Dinshaw
   • Julia Münch
   • Monica Patten

   Original Paper 30 September 2017 Pages: 130 - 137

   

5. Control of cardiac chronotropic function in patients after heart transplantation: effects of ivabradine and metoprolol succinate on resting heart rate in the denervated heart

   • Rasmus Rivinius
   • Matthias Helmschrott
   • Andreas O. Doesch

   Original Paper 02 November 2017 Pages: 138 - 147

   

6. Radial access protects from contrast media induced nephropathy after cardiac catheterization procedures

   • Thorsten Feldkamp
   • Maya Luedemann
   • Mark Luedde

   Original Paper 22 September 2017 Pages: 148 - 157

   

7. Predictors of survival stratification in patients with wild-type cardiac amyloidosis

   • F. aus dem Siepen
   • R. Bauer
   • Arnt V. Kristen

   Original Paper 27 September 2017 Pages: 158 - 169

   

8. Relationship between baseline systolic blood pressure and long-term outcomes in acute heart failure patients treated with TRV027: an exploratory subgroup analysis of BLAST-AHF

   • Gad Cotter
   • Beth A. Davison
   • Peter S. Pang

   Original Paper 06 October 2017 Pages: 170 - 181

   

9. Second generation cryoballoon ablation for persistent atrial fibrillation: an updated meta-analysis

   • Hazem Omran
   • Klaus-Jürgen Gutleben
   • Georg Nölker

   Original Paper 26 October 2017 Pages: 182 - 192