1. Assessment of serum cotinine in patients with chronic heart failure: self-reported versus objective smoking behaviour

   • Nicole Ebner
   • Gabor Földes
   • Stephan von Haehling

   Original Paper 10 August 2012 Pages: 95 - 101

   

2. Galectin-3 is an independent marker for ventricular remodeling and mortality in patients with chronic heart failure

   • Dirk J. Lok
   • Sjoukje I. Lok
   • Peter van der Meer

   Original Paper 12 August 2012 Pages: 103 - 110

   

3. The groin first approach for transcatheter aortic valve implantation: are we pushing the limits for transapical implantation?

   • Carsten J. Beller
   • Bastian Schmack
   • Klaus Kallenbach

   Original Paper 05 August 2012 Pages: 111 - 117

   

4. Percutaneous implantation of the Edwards SAPIEN^™ pulmonic valve: initial results in the first 22 patients

   • Nikolaus A. Haas
   • Axel Moysich
   • Eugen Sandica

   Original Paper 30 August 2012 Pages: 119 - 128

   

5. Baseline vectorcardiography as a predictor of invasively determined acute hemodynamic response to cardiac resynchronization therapy

   • Thomas Schau
   • Walter Koglek
   • Christian Butter

   Original Paper 23 September 2012 Pages: 129 - 138

   

6. CHADS₂ and CHA₂DS₂-VASc score of patients with atrial fibrillation or flutter and newly detected left atrial thrombus

   • Kristina Wasmer
   • Julia Köbe
   • Lars Eckardt

   Original Paper 15 September 2012 Pages: 139 - 144

7. The risk of delayed atrioventricular and intraventricular conduction block following ablation of bundle branch reentry

   • Christopher Reithmann
   • Bernhard Herkommer
   • Michael Fiek

   Original Paper 27 September 2012 Pages: 145 - 153

   

8. Pro-thrombotic condition in a woman with peripartum cardiomyopathy treated with bromocriptine and an Impella LP 2.5 heart pump

   • Marco R. Schroeter
   • Bernhard Unsöld
   • Wolfgang Schillinger

   Letter to the Editors Open access 25 July 2012 Pages: 155 - 157

   

9. Transvenous ICD lead malposition in the left ventricle: long-term follow-up

   • Harald Franck
   • Helmut Wollschläger

   Letter to the Editors 07 August 2012 Pages: 159 - 161

   

10. Kounis syndrome due to angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor

    • Rajesh Movva
    • Vincent M. Figueredo
    • D. Lynn Morris

    Letter to the Editors 10 August 2012 Pages: 163 - 164

    

11. Secondary Budd–Chiari syndrome complicating calcified right atrial thrombosis related to ventriculoatrial shunt

    • S. H. Schirmer
    • M. Kiefer
    • V. Zimmer

    Letter to the Editors 19 September 2012 Pages: 165 - 168

    

12. Primary prevention of sudden cardiac death with an entirely subcutaneous defibrillator in a patient with a large right atrial thrombus

    • Christof Kolb
    • Carsten Lennerz
    • Clemens Jilek

    Letter to the Editors 28 September 2012 Pages: 169 - 170