DOI: 10.1055/s-00000116

Seminars in Vascular Medicine

Issue 02 · Volume 4 · May 2004 DOI: 10.1055/s-002-3659 Cardiovascular Endocrinology Editor in Chief Jan Jacques Michiels M.D. Ph.D., Guest Editor Marcel Th.B Twickler M.D. Ph.D. (U.U.) Ph.D. (Paris VI)

PREFACE

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Twickler, Marcel Th B.: Cardiovascular Endocrinology

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Benso, Andrea; Broglio, Fabio; Marafetti, Lisa; Lucatello, Barbara; Seardo, Maria Angela; Granata, Riccarda; Martina, Valentino; Papotti, Mauro; Muccioli, Giampiero; Ghigo, Ezio: Ghrelin and Synthetic Growth Hormone Secretagogues are Cardioactive Molecules with Identities and Differences
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Twickler, Th. B.; Cramer, M. J. M.; Senden, S. P.; Doevendans, P. A.; de Vries, W. R.; Erkelens, D. W.; Koppeschaar, H. P. F.: Acromegaly and Heart Failure: Revisions of the Growth Hormone/Insulin-Like Growth Factor Axis and Its Relation to the Cardiovascular System
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van Uum, Stan H. M.; Lenders, Jacques W. M.; Hermus, Ad R. M. M.: Cortisol, 11β-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases, and Hypertension
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Cheung, Bernard M. Y.; Li, Carol Y. Y.; Wong, Louisa Y. F.: Adrenomedullin: Its Role in the Cardiovascular System
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Maas, Angela H. E. M.: The Lost Promise of Hormone Replacement Therapy and Heart Disease
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Jublanc, Christel; Bruckert, Eric: Hypothyroidism and Cardiovascular Disease: Role of New Risk Factors and Coagulation Parameters
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Lau, G. T.; Lowe, H. C.; Kritharides, L.: Cardiac Saphenous Vein Bypass Graft Disease
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Petrlová, Barbora; Rosolova, Hana; Hess, Zdeněk; Podlipný, Jiří; Šimon, Jaroslav: Depressive Disorders and the Metabolic Syndrome of Insulin Resistance
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Creyghton, Wouter M.; van Dam, P. Sytze; Koppeschaar, Hans P. F.: The Role of the Somatotropic System in Cognition and Other Cerebral Functions
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de Lange, Dylan W.; van de Wiel, Albert: Drink to Prevent: Review on the Cardioprotective Mechanisms of Alcohol and Red Wine Polyphenols
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Nicholls, Stephen; Lundman, Pia: The Emerging Role of Lipoproteins in Atherogenesis: Beyond LDL Cholesterol
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Correia, Luis C. L.; Twickler, Marcel Th B.; Sposito, Andrei C.: Mechanistic Insights and Clinical Relevance of the Interaction between Acute Coronary Syndromes and Lipid Metabolism
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Aguilar Salinas, Carlos A.; Zamora, Margarita; Gómez-Díaz, Rita A.; Mehta, Roopa; Gómez Pérez, Francisco J.; Rull, Juan A.: Familial Combined Hyperlipidemia: Controversial Aspects of its Diagnosis and Pathogenesis
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Kostner, Karam M.; Kostner, Gert M.: Factors Affecting Plasma Lipoprotein(a) Levels: Role of Hormones and Other Nongenetic Factors
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Hansel, Boris; Kontush, Anatol; Twickler, Marcel Th B.: High-Density Lipoprotein as a Key Component in the Prevention of Premature Atherosclerotic Disease in the Insulin Resistance Syndrome