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• • ·Editorial Board

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• • ·Contents

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• Coronary Artery Disease

  • ·Safety and Efficacy of Atorvastatin-Induced Very Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Levels in Patients With Coronary Heart Disease (a Post Hoc Analysis of the Treating to New Targets [TNT] Study)

    Pagina :747-752

    John C. LaRosa, Scott M. Grundy, John J.P. Kastelein, John B. Kostis, Heiner Greten, Treating to New Targets (TNT) Steering Committee and Investigators

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  • ·Relation of C-Reactive Protein and New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction

    Pagina :753-757

    Doron Aronson, Monther Boulos, Abeer Suleiman, Salma Bidoosi, Yoram Agmon, Michael Kapeliovich, Rafael Beyar, Walter Markiewicz, Haim Hammerman, Mahmoud Suleiman

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  • ·Serial Changes in von Willebrand Factor-Cleaving Protease (ADAMTS13) and Prognosis After Acute Myocardial Infarction

    Pagina :758-763

    Masakazu Matsukawa, Koichi Kaikita, Kenji Soejima, Shunichiro Fuchigami, Yoshinori Nakamura, Tsuyoshi Honda, Kenichi Tsujita, Yasuhiro Nagayoshi, Sunao Kojima, Hideki Shimomura, Seigo Sugiyama, Kazuteru Fujimoto, Michihiro Yoshimura, Tomohiro Nakagaki, Hisao Ogawa

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  • ·Usefulness of Detectable Levels of Troponin, Below the 99th Percentile of the Normal Range, as a Clue to the Presence of Underlying Coronary Artery Disease

    Pagina :764-769

    Olaf Schulz, Claudia Paul-Walter, Matthias Lehmann, Klaus Abraham, Gunnar Berghöfer, Ingolf Schimke, Allan S. Jaffe

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  • ·Meta-Analysis of Published Reports on the Effect of Statin Treatment Before Percutaneous Coronary Intervention on Periprocedural Myonecrosis

    Pagina :770-776

    Ramanna Merla, Nischita K. Reddy, Fen-Wei Wang, Barry F. Uretsky, Alejandro Barbagelata, Yochai Birnbaum

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  • ·Predictors of In-stent Restenosis and Patient Outcome After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus

    Pagina :777-780

    Rishi Sukhija, Wilbert S. Aronow, Ravi Sureddi, Sumith Aleti, Behzad Molavi, Rajesh Sachdeva, Jawahar L. Mehta

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  • ·Comparison of Usefulness of Sodium Bicarbonate Versus Sodium Chloride to Prevent Contrast-Induced Nephropathy in Patients Undergoing an Emergent Coronary Procedure

    Pagina :781-786

    Masaharu Masuda, Takahisa Yamada, Takanao Mine, Takashi Morita, Shunsuke Tamaki, Yasumasa Tsukamoto, Keiji Okuda, Yuusuke Iwasaki, Masatsugo Hori, Masatake Fukunami

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  • ·Usefulness of Prehospital Triage in Patients With Cardiogenic Shock Complicating ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Treated With Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

    Pagina :787-792

    Paolo Ortolani, Antonio Marzocchi, Cinzia Marrozzini, Tullio Palmerini, Francesco Saia, Federica Baldazzi, Simona Silenzi, Nevio Taglieri, Maria Letizia Bacchi-Reggiani, Giovanni Gordini, Paolo Guastaroba, Roberto Grilli, Angelo Branzi

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  • ·Mortality in Patients With Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction ≤30% After Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction

    Pagina :793-797

    Jan Paul Ottervanger, Anand R. Ramdat Misier, Jan-Henk E. Dambrink, Menko-Jan de Boer, Jan C.A. Hoorntje, A.T. Marcel Gosselink, Harry Suryapranata, Stoffer Reiffers, Arnoud W.J. van ‘t Hof, Zwolle Myocardial Infarction Study Group

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  • ·Comparison of Outcomes of Direct Stenting Versus Stenting After Balloon Predilation in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction (DIRAMI)

    Pagina :798-805

    Mariusz Gasior, Marek Gierlotka, Andrzej Lekston, Krzysztof Wilczek, Tadeusz Zebik, Michal Hawranek, Rafal Wojnar, Janusz Szkodzinski, Jacek Piegza, Krzysztof Dyrbus, Zbigniew Kalarus, Marian Zembala, Lech Polonski

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  • ·Usefulness of Coronary Flow Reserve Immediately After Primary Coronary Angioplasty for Acute Myocardial Infarction in Predicting Long-Term Adverse Cardiac Events

    Pagina :806-811

    Takefumi Takahashi, Yoshikazu Hiasa, Yoshikazu Ohara, Shin-ichiro Miyazaki, Riyo Ogura, Hitoshi Miyajima, Ken-ichiro Yuba, Naoki Suzuki, Shinobu Hosokawa, Koichi Kishi, Ryuji Ohtani

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  • ·Nonrandomized Comparison of Coronary Stenting Under Intravascular Ultrasound Guidance of Direct Stenting Without Predilation Versus Conventional Predilation With a Semi-Compliant Balloon Versus Predilation With a New Scoring Balloon

    Pagina :812-817

    Jose de Ribamar Costa, Gary S. Mintz, Stéphane G. Carlier, Roxana Mehran, Paul Teirstein, Koichi Sano, Xuebo Liu, Joanna Lui, Yingbo Na, Celia Castellanos, Sinan Biro, Lockeshi Dani, Jason Rinker, Issam Moussa, George Dangas, Alexandra J. Lansky, Edward M. Kreps, Michael Collins, Gregg W. Stone, Jeffrey W. Moses, Martin B. Leon

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  • ·Detailed Intravascular Ultrasound Analysis of Zotarolimus-Eluting Phosphorylcholine-Coated Cobalt-Chromium Alloy Stent in de Novo Coronary Lesions (Results from the ENDEAVOR II Trial)

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    Ryota Sakurai, Yoichiro Hongo, Masao Yamasaki, Yasuhiro Honda, Heidi N. Bonneau, Paul G. Yock, Donald Cutlip, Jeffrey J. Popma, Peter Zimetbaum, Jean Fajadet, Richard E. Kuntz, William Wijns, Peter J. Fitzgerald, ENDEAVOR II Trial Investigators

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  • ·Effect of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 (GLP-1) on Glycemic Control and Left Ventricular Function in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

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    George G. Sokos, Hakki Bolukoglu, Judy German, Teresa Hentosz, George J. Magovern, Thomas D. Maher, David A. Dean, Stephen H. Bailey, Gary Marrone, Daniel H. Benckart, Dariush Elahi, Richard P. Shannon

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• Preventive Cardiology

  • ·Metabolic Syndrome Components in African-Americans and European-American Patients and Its Relation to Coronary Artery Disease

    Pagina :830-834

    Erdembileg Anuurad, Alan Chiem, Thomas A. Pearson, Lars Berglund

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  • ·Ten-Year Cardiovascular Disease Risk of Metabolic Syndrome Without Central Obesity in Middle-Aged Chinese

    Pagina :835-839

    Dong Zhao, Scott M. Grundy, Wei Wang, Jing Liu, Zhechun Zeng, Wenhua Wang, Zhaosu Wu

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  • ·Combined Effect of High Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Metabolic Syndrome on Subclinical Coronary Atherosclerosis in White Men Without Clinical Evidence of Myocardial Ischemia

    Pagina :840-843

    Catherine Y. Campbell, Khurram Nasir, Ammar Sarwar, Romeu S. Meneghelo, Jose A.M. Carvalho, Roger S. Blumenthal, Raul D. Santos

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  • ·Comparison of the Prognostic Significance of the Electrocardiographic QRS/T Angles in Predicting Incident Coronary Heart Disease and Total Mortality (from the Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities Study)

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    Zhu-ming Zhang, Ronald J. Prineas, Douglas Case, Elsayed Z. Soliman, Pentti M. Rautaharju, ARIC Research Group

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• Arrhythmias and Conduction Disturbances

  • ·Long-Term Prognostic Value of P-Wave Characteristics for the Development of Atrial Fibrillation in Subjects Aged 55 to 74 Years at Baseline

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    Dirk De Bacquer, Julie Willekens, Guy De Backer

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• Systemic Hypertension

  • ·Effect of Hemoglobin Levels on Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients With Isolated Systolic Hypertension and Left Ventricular Hypertrophy (from the LIFE Study)

    Pagina :855-859

    Marianne L. Smebye, Emil K. Iversen, Aud Høieggen, Arnljot Flaa, Ingrid Os, Sverre E. Kjeldsen, Michael Hecht Olsen, Arghya Chattopadhyay, Darcy A. Hille, Paulette A. Lyle, Richard B. Devereux, Björn Dahlöf

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• Heart Failure

  • ·Diagnostic Usefulness and Prognostic Implications of the Mitral E/E′ Ratio in Patients With Heart Failure and Severe Secondary Mitral Regurgitation

    Pagina :860-865

    Christian Bruch, Igor Klem, Günter Breithardt, Thomas Wichter, Rainer Gradaus

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  • ·Usefulness of Acoustic Cardiography to Resolve Ambiguous Values of B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Levels in Patients With Suspected Heart Failure

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    Michel Zuber, Peter Kipfer, Christine H. Attenhofer Jost

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  • ·Independent Value of Echocardiography and N-Terminal Pro-Natriuretic Peptide for the Prediction of Major Outcomes in Patients With Suspected Heart Failure

    Pagina :870-875

    Tiong Keng Lim, Sajad Ahmed Hayat, David Gaze, Esra Celik, Paul Collinson, Roxy Senior

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  • ·Risk Factors and Predictors of Torsade de Pointes Ventricular Tachycardia in Patients With Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction Receiving Dofetilide

    Pagina :876-880

    Henriette Sloth Pedersen, Hanne Elming, Marie Seibæk, Hans Burchardt, Bente Brendorp, Christian Torp-Pedersen, Lars Køber, DIAMOND Study Group

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• Miscellaneous

  • ·Effect of a Single 20-mg Tablet of Atorvastatin on Brachial Artery Blood Flow in Normolipidemic Male Smokers Versus Nonsmokers

    Pagina :881-884

    Kiyoshi Iida, Sorel Goland, Takashi Akima, Huai Luo, Yochai Birnbaum, Robert J. Siegel

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  • ·Frequency and Cause of Cardiac Troponin T Elevation in Chronic Hemodialysis Patients from Study of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

    Pagina :885-889

    Christopher R. deFilippi, Eric M. Thorn, Monica Aggarwal, Abel Joy, Robert H. Christenson, Show-Hong Duh, Jean Jeudy, Garth Beache

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  • ·Heart Rate Variability and Heart Rate Turbulence in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus With Versus Without Cardiac Autonomic Neuropathy

    Pagina :890-893

    Serhat Balcıoğlu, Uğur Arslan, Sedat Türkoğlu, Murat Özdemir, Atiye Çengel

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• Methods

  • ·Quantitative Estimation of Left Atrial Linear Dimension on a Transthoracic Echocardiogram Using an Electrocardiographic Formulaic Assessment

    Pagina :894-898

    Vignendra Ariyarajah, Laxman Prajapat, Kenny K. Kumar, Ivan Barac, Sirin Apiyasawat, David H. Spodick

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• Review

  • ·Postprandial Hyperglycemia/Hyperlipidemia (Postprandial Dysmetabolism) Is a Cardiovascular Risk Factor

    Pagina :899-904

    James H. O’Keefe, David S.H. Bell

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• Editorials

  • ·Patent Foramen Ovale Closure Devices: Thoughts from the Circulatory Device Advisory Panel

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    John Somberg

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  • ·A New Perspective on Nonprescription Statins: An Opportunity for Patient Education and Involvement

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    Valentin Fuster

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• Readers' Comments

  • ·Comment on Massing Report on Premature Ventricular Complexes and Coronary Artery Disease: Historical Reflection

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    Andrew E. Epstein

     
  • ·Reexamining the New York Heart Association Functional Classification of Heart Failure

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    Efstratios Apostolakis, Karolina Akinosoglou