Sommario

• • ·Editorial Board

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• • ·Contents

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• Coronary Artery Disease

  • ·Contribution of High Plasma Triglycerides and Low High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol to Residual Risk of Coronary Heart Disease After Establishment of Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Control

    Pagina :757-763

    Vincent J. Carey, Louise Bishop, Nancy Laranjo, Benjamin J. Harshfield, Carolyn Kwiat, Frank M. Sacks

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  • ·Relation of Elevated Plasma Renin Activity at Baseline to Cardiac Events in Patients With Angiographically Proven Coronary Artery Disease

    Pagina :764-769

    Joseph B. Muhlestein, Heidi T. May, Tami L. Bair, Margaret F. Prescott, Benjamin D. Horne, Richard White, Jeffrey L. Anderson

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  • ·Usefulness of Primary Angioplasty in Nonagenarians With Acute Myocardial Infarction

    Pagina :770-773

    Gian Battista Danzi, Marco Centola, Guido A. Pomidossi, Dario Consonni, Sara De Matteis, Amerigo Stabile, Marco Sesana, Angelo Anzuini, Paolo Sganzerla, Bernardo Cortese, Angela Migliorini, David Antoniucci

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  • ·Effect of Coronary Target Lesion Revascularization on Late Cardiac Events After Insertion of Sirolimus-Eluting or Bare Metal Stents

    Pagina :774-779

    Victor Novack, Michael C. Nguyen, Meredith Rooney, Riya Chacko, Lena Novack, Michael Pencina, Patricia Apruzzese, Laura Mauri, Sidney A. Cohen, Jeffrey Moses, Martin B. Leon, Donald E. Cutlip

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  • ·Long-Term Prognostic Value of Cardiac Troponin I and T Versus Creatine Kinase-MB Mass After Cardiac Surgery in Low-Risk Patients with Stable Symptoms

    Pagina :780-786

    Kjell Vikenes, Knut S. Andersen, Tor Melberg, Mikael Farstad, Jan Erik Nordrehaug

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• Preventive Cardiology

  • ·Efficacy and Safety of Adding Fenofibrate 160 mg in High-Risk Patients With Mixed Hyperlipidemia Not Controlled by Pravastatin 40 mg monotherapy

    Pagina :787-792

    Michel Farnier, Jean Ducobu, Leszek Bryniarski

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  • ·Relation of Serum Phosphorus Levels to Carotid Intima–Media Thickness in Asymptomatic Young Adults (from the Bogalusa Heart Study)

    Pagina :793-797

    Litao Ruan, Wei Chen, Sathanur R. Srinivasan, Jihua Xu, Ahmet Toprak, Gerald S. Berenson

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• Review

  • ·Role of Vitamin D in Cardiovascular Health

    Pagina :798-805

    Subba Reddy Vanga, Mathew Good, Patricia A. Howard, James L. Vacek

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• Arrhythmias and Conduction Disturbances

  • ·Relation of Right Ventricular Pacing Site to Left Ventricular Mechanical Synchrony

    Pagina :806-809

    Amit J. Verma, Matthew S. Lemler, Ilana J. Zeltser, William A. Scott

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• Historical Study

  • ·50th Anniversary of the First Successful Permanent Pacemaker Implantation in the United States: Historical Review and Future Directions

    Pagina :810-818

    Hiroko Beck, William E. Boden, Sushmitha Patibandla, Dmitriy Kireyev, Vipul Gupta, Franklin Campagna, Michael E. Cain, Joseph E. Marine

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• Systemic Hypertension

  • ·Effect of Amlodipine + Candesartan on Cardiovascular Events in Hypertensive Patients With Coronary Artery Disease (from The Heart Institute of Japan Candesartan Randomized Trial for Evaluation in Coronary Artery Disease [HIJ-CREATE] Study)

    Pagina :819-824

    Junichi Yamaguchi, Nobuhisa Hagiwara, Hiroshi Ogawa, Ryo Koyanagi, Hiroshi Kasanuki, Atsushi Takagi, Fumiaki Mori, Michitaka Nagashima, Masahiro Yagi, HIJ-CREATE Investigators

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• Review

  • ·Effectiveness of Lowering Blood Pressure to Prevent Stroke Versus to Prevent Coronary Events

    Pagina :825-829

    Steven G. Chrysant, George S. Chrysant

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• Heart Failure

  • ·Comparison of Usefulness of Each of Five Predictors of Mortality and Urgent Transplantation in Patients With Advanced Heart Failure

    Pagina :830-835

    Amit Sachdeva, Tamara B. Horwich, Gregg C. Fonarow

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• Valvular Heart Disease

  • ·Serial Changes in Left Ventricular Shape Following Early Mitral Valve Repair

    Pagina :836-842

    Francesco Maffessanti, Enrico G. Caiani, Gloria Tamborini, Manuela Muratori, Lissa Sugeng, Lynn Weinert, Francesco Alamanni, Marco Zanobini, Victor Mor-Avi, Roberto M. Lang, Mauro Pepi

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• Congenital Heart Disease

  • ·Usefulness of Real-Time Three-Dimensional Echocardiography to Identify Right Ventricular Dysfunction in Patients With Congenital Heart Disease

    Pagina :843-850

    Heleen B. van der Zwaan, Willem A. Helbing, Eric Boersma, Marcel L. Geleijnse, Jackie S. McGhie, Osama I.I. Soliman, Jolien W. Roos-Hesselink, Folkert J. Meijboom

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  • ·Vascular Function in Children With Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot

    Pagina :851-855

    Patricia C.E. de Groot, Dick Thijssen, Matthijs Binkhorst, Daniel J. Green, Michiel Schokking, Maria T.E. Hopman

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• Miscellaneous

  • ·Effect of Mirthful Laughter on Vascular Function

    Pagina :856-859

    Jun Sugawara, Takashi Tarumi, Hirofumi Tanaka

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  • ·Influence of Left Ventricular Dysfunction (Diastolic Versus Systolic) on Long-Term Prognosis in Patients With Versus Without Diabetes Mellitus Having Elective Peripheral Arterial Surgery

    Pagina :860-864

    Jan-Peter van Kuijk, Willem-Jan Flu, Tabita M. Valentijn, Michel Chonchol, Ruud J. Kuiper, Hence J.M. Verhagen, Jeroen J. Bax, Don Poldermans

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  • ·Usefulness of N-Terminal Pro–Brain Natriuretic Peptide to Predict Postoperative Cardiac Complications and Long-Term Mortality After Emergency Lower Limb Orthopedic Surgery

    Pagina :865-872

    Carol P. Chong, Julie E. Ryan, William J. van Gaal, Que T. Lam, Rabindra N. Sinnappu, Louise M. Burrell, Judy Savige, Wen Kwang Lim

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• Roundtable Discussion (CME)

  • ·AJC Editor's Consensus: Selective and Nonselective Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs and Cardiovascular Risk

    Pagina :873-884

    Vincent E. Friedewald, Joel S. Bennett, J. Paul Christo, James L. Pool, James M. Scheiman, Lee S. Simon, Vibeke Strand, William B. White, Gary W. Williams, William C. Roberts

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• Methods

  • ·Analysis of the Left Atrial Appendage by Three-Dimensional Transesophageal Echocardiography

    Pagina :885-892

    Hideki Nakajima, Yoshihiro Seo, Tomoko Ishizu, Masayoshi Yamamoto, Tomoko Machino, Yoshie Harimura, Ryo Kawamura, Yukio Sekiguchi, Hiroshi Tada, Kazutaka Aonuma

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• Review

  • ·Cardiac and Metabolic Effects of Anabolic-Androgenic Steroid Abuse on Lipids, Blood Pressure, Left Ventricular Dimensions, and Rhythm

    Pagina :893-901

    Suraj Achar, Armand Rostamian, Sanjiv M. Narayan

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• Editorial

  • ·Is the Present Therapy for Coronary Artery Disease the Radical Mastectomy of the Twenty-First Century?

    Pagina :902-904

    Caldwell B. Esselstyn

     
  • ·Should Statin Therapy Be Allocated on the Basis of Global Risk or on the Basis of Randomized Trial Evidence?

    Pagina :905-909

    Deeptankar DeMazumder, Rani K. Hasan, Roger S. Blumenthal, Erin D. Michos, Steven Jones

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• Readers' Comments

  • ·Heart Rate Variability and Longevity

    Pagina :910

    Phyllis K. Stein

    
  • ·High Heart Rate Variability, Marker of Healthy Longevity

    Pagina :910

    Donald H. Singer

    
  • ·Erratum

    Pagina :910