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Contents
Advisory Panel
6
Foreword
8
Petros Nihoyannopoulos
President, European Association of Echocardiography (EAE)
Disease Risk Management
Statin–Fibrate Combination for the Treatment of Dyslipidaemia 10
Ewa Dembowski and Michael H Davidson
Department of Cardiology, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
Cardiovascular Risk Assessment and Primary Prevention in the
Era of Plaque Imaging 12
Cesare Rusconi
President, European Society for Non-invasive Cardiovascular Dynamics, and Clinical
Professor, Cardiovascular Physiology and Medical Ethics, School of Cardiology,
Faculty of Medicine, University of Brescia
Menopause, Cholesterol and Cardiovascular Disease 17
Heather Currie
Associate Specialist Gynaecologist and Obstetrician, Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary
Non-invasive Risk Stratification Early After a Myocardial
Infarction – The Risk Estimation Following Infarction
Non-invasive Evaluation (REFINE) Study 21
Derek V Exner
Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, University of Calgary
Risk Stratification for Coronary Artery Disease in Marathon Runners 23
Stefan Möhlenkamp, Raimund Erbel and Gerd Heusch
Clinic of Cardiology and Institute of Pathophysiology, West German Heart Center Essen,
University School of Medicine Essen
Heart Failure
Phosphodiesterase-5 Inhibition in Chronic Heart Failure –
An Emerging Therapeutic Opportunity 28
Marco Guazzi
Associate Professor of Cardiology, University of Milan, and Head, Cardiopulmonary Unit,
San Paolo Hospital
Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction 31
Gilles W De Keulenaer and Dirk Brutsaert
Department of Pharmacology, University of Antwerp
Ventricular Assist Devices
Percutaneous Mechanical Assist for Acute ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction 34
José PS Henriques
Director, Catheterisation Laboratory, Academic Medical Centre,
University of Amsterdam
Imaging
Imaging Techniques for the Assessment of Coronary Flow Reserve 37
Mario Petretta,
1
Pierluigi Costanzo
1
and Alberto Cuocolo
2
1. Department of Clinical Medicine, Cardiovascular and Immunological Sciences;
2. Department of Biomorphological and Functional Sciences, University of Naples Federico II
EUROPEAN CARDIOLOGY 3
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