The Year in Cardiology 2012

Helping to comply with the ESC's mission of reducing the burden of cardiovascular disease, The Year in Cardiology series allows anyone to read some of the most important articles published in the EHJ during 2012.

These groundbreaking articles are provided to you free of any charge and in the hope that they are of benefit to all readers.

Discover the editor-in-chief's notes and the first articles below:

• The Year in Cardiology series: the most recent advances in a nutshell for the readers of the European Heart Journal.
  Keith A.A. Fox, Iain A. Simpson, and Thomas F. Lüscher - EHJ 21/01/2013
• The Year in Cardiology 2012: echocardiography.
  Simon Ray - EHJ 21/01/2013
• The Year in Cardiology 2012: imaging, computed tomography, and cardiovascular magnetic resonance
  Charles Peebles - EHJ 21/01/2013
• The Year in Cardiology 2012: focus on cardiovascular disease prevention
  Marietta Charakida, Stefano Masi, and John Eric Deanfield
   - EHJ 21/01/2013
• The Year in Cardiology 2012: arrhythmia and pacing.
  Clifford J. Garratt and Yawer Saeed - EHJ 01/02/2013
• The Year in Cardiology 2012: coronary intervention
  Simon R Redwood - EHJ 01/02/2013
• The Year in Cardiology 2012: valvular heart disease
  Bernard D. Prendergast - EHJ 07/02/2013
• The Year in Cardiology 2012: acute coronary syndromes.
  Nick E.J. West - EHJ 07/02/2013 (you must be a EHJ subscriber to access the full text)
• The Year in Cardiology 2012: heart failure
  Theresa A. McDonagh - EHJ 14/02/2013 (you must be a EHJ subscriber to access the full text)