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Hotline and CTU Papers from ESC Congress 2009

These papers will become available as and when their embargos are lifted.

Original Article
B - CONVINCED: Beta-blocker CONtinuation Vs. INterruption in patients with Congestive heart failure hospitalizED for a decompensation episode
Guillaume Jondeau et al

Commentary
Beta-Blockers in worsening heart failure: good or bad?
Karl Swedberg

Original Article
Effects of rosuvastatin on atrial fibrillation occurrence: ancillary results of the GISSI-HF trial
Aldo P. Maggioni et al.

Commentary
Primary prevention of atrial fibrillation by statins: still unresolved?
Harry J.G.M. Crijns

Original Article
Characteristics of heart failure patients associated with good and poor response to cardiac resynchronization therapy: a PROSPECT (Predictors of Response to CRT) sub-analysis.
Rutger J. van Bommel et al.

Commentary
Time to re-thinQ PROSPECT?
Johannes Holzmeister

Original Article
Unprotected Left Main Revascularization in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes
Gilles Montalescot et al

Commentary
PCI in acute left main disease: a paradigm shift or a new reality?
Roberto Corti et al.

Original Article
Randomized, non-inferiority trial of three limus agent-eluting stents with different polymer coatings: the Intracoronary Stenting and Angiographic Results: Test Efficacy of 3 Limus-Eluting Stents (ISAR-TEST-4) Trial
Robert A. Byrne et al.

Commentary
The quest for a 'Better Mousetrap'
Aaron D. Kugelmass

Original Article
Relationship between ivabradine treatment and cardiovascular outcomes in patients with stable coronary artery disease and left ventricular systolic dysfunction with limiting angina: a subgroup analysis of the randomized, controlled BEAUTIFUL trial
Kim Fox et al

Commentary
A BEAUTIFUL lesson: ivabradine protects from ischemia, but not from heart failure- through heart rate reduction or more?
Gerd Heusch

Original Article
Three-year follow-up and event rates in the international REduction of Atherothrombosis for Continued Health Registry
Mark J. Alberts et al

Commentary
Still a long way to go to defeating atherosclerotic disease: a call to arms!
Nicolas Danchin

Original Article
Effects of valsartan on morbidity and mortality in uncontrolled hypertensive patients with high cardiovascular risks: KYOTO HEART Study
Takahisa Sawada et al.

Commentary
Angiotensin receptor blockers: baseline therapy in hypertension?
Franz H. Messerli et al

Original Article
The European Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT) Survey
Kenneth Dickstein et al.

Commentary
Current practice of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) in the real world: Insights from the European CRT Survey
Jan Steffel et al.

Original Article
Clinical impact of thrombectomy in acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction: an individual patient-data pooled analysis of 11 trials
Francesco Burzotta et al.

Commentary
Thrombectomy in acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction: keep it simple
Eeckhout et al.