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