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• • ·Editorial Board

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• • ·Contents

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• Coronary Artery Disease

  • ·An Early and Simple Predictor of Severe Left Main and/or Three-Vessel Disease in Patients With Non–ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome

    Pagina :495-500

    Masami Kosuge, Toshiaki Ebina, Kiyoshi Hibi, Satoshi Morita, Mitsuaki Endo, Nobuhiki Maejima, Noriaki Iwahashi, Kozo Okada, Toshiyuki Ishikawa, Satoshi Umemura, Kazuo Kimura

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  • ·Reperfusion by Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients With ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Within 12 to 24 Hours of the Onset of Symptoms (from a Prospective National Observational Study [PL-ACS])

    Pagina :501-508

    Marek Gierlotka, Mariusz Gasior, Krzysztof Wilczek, Michal Hawranek, Janusz Szkodzinski, Piotr Paczek, Andrzej Lekston, Zbigniew Kalarus, Marian Zembala, Lech Polonski

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• Review

  • ·Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Non ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes: Which, When and How?

    Pagina :509-515

    Robert K. Riezebos, Jan G.P. Tijssen, Freek W.A. Verheugt, Gerrit J. Laarman

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• Coronary Artery Disease

  • ·Long-Term Follow-Up of Patients With First-Time Chest Pain Having 64-Slice Computed Tomography

    Pagina :516-521

    Fabiola B. Sozzi, Filippo Civaia, Philippe Rossi, Jean-Francois Robillon, Stephane Rusek, Frederic Berthier, Francois Bourlon, Laura Iacuzio, Gilles Dreyfus, Vincent Dor

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  • ·Usefulness of Cooling and Coronary Catheterization to Improve Survival in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

    Pagina :522-527

    Dion Stub, Christopher Hengel, William Chan, Damon Jackson, Karen Sanders, Anthony M. Dart, Andrew Hilton, Vincent Pellegrino, James A. Shaw, Stephen J. Duffy, Stephen Bernard, David M. Kaye

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  • ·Two-Year Safety and Effectiveness of Sirolimus-Eluting Stents (from a Prospective Registry)

    Pagina :528-534

    Bimmer E. Claessen, Roxana Mehran, Martin B. Leon, Eric A. Heller, Giora Weisz, George Syros, Gary S. Mintz, Theresa Franklin-Bond, Irene Apostolidou, Jose P.S. Henriques, Gregg W. Stone, Jeffrey W. Moses, George D. Dangas

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  • ·Comparison of Morbidity and Mortality in Diabetics Versus Nondiabetics Having Isolated Coronary Bypass Versus Coronary Bypass plus Valve Operations Versus Isolated Valve Operations

    Pagina :535-539

    Serenella Castelvecchio, Lorenzo Menicanti, Ekaterina Baryshnikova, Carlo de Vincentiis, Alessandro Frigiola, Marco Ranucci, Surgical and Clinical Outcome Research (SCORE) Group

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• Heart Failure

  • ·Relation of Bundle Branch Block to Long-Term (Four-Year) Mortality in Hospitalized Patients With Systolic Heart Failure

    Pagina :540-544

    Alon Barsheshet, Ilan Goldenberg, Moshe Garty, Shmuel Gottlieb, Amir Sandach, Avishag Laish-Farkash, Michael Eldar, Michael Glikson

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  • ·Characteristics of Depression Remission and Its Relation With Cardiovascular Outcome Among Patients With Chronic Heart Failure (from the SADHART-CHF Study)

    Pagina :545-551

    Wei Jiang, Ranga Krishnan, Maragatha Kuchibhatla, Michael S. Cuffe, Carolyn Martsberger, Rebekka M. Arias, Christopher M. O'Connor, SADHART-CHF Investigators

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  • ·Warfarin Use and Outcomes in Patients With Advanced Chronic Systolic Heart Failure Without Atrial Fibrillation, Prior Thromboembolic Events, or Prosthetic Valves

    Pagina :552-557

    Marjan Mujib, Abu-Ahmed Z. Rahman, Ravi V. Desai, Mustafa I. Ahmed, Margaret A. Feller, Inmaculada Aban, Thomas E. Love, Michel White, Prakash Deedwania, Wilbert S. Aronow, Gregg Fonarow, Ali Ahmed

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• Editorial

  • ·The Risk of Thromboembolism in Heart Failure: Does It Merit Anticoagulation Therapy?

    Pagina :558-560

    Eduard Shantsila, Gregory Y.H. Lip

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• Heart Failure

  • ·Trials on the Effect of Cardiac Resynchronization on Arterial Blood Pressure in Patients With Heart Failure

    Pagina :561-568

    Sameer Ather, Sripal Bangalore, Srinath Vemuri, Long B. Cao, Biykem Bozkurt, Franz H. Messerli

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  • ·Patient Perception Versus Medical Record Entry of Health-Related Conditions Among Patients With Heart Failure

    Pagina :569-572

    Adnan S. Malik, Grigorios Giamouzis, Vasiliki V. Georgiopoulou, Lucy V. Fike, Andreas P. Kalogeropoulos, Catherine R. Norton, Dan Sorescu, Sidra Azim, Sonjoy R. Laskar, Andrew L. Smith, Sandra B. Dunbar, Javed Butler

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  • ·Effectiveness of Serial Increases in Amino-Terminal Pro–B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Levels to Indicate the Need for Mechanical Circulatory Support in Children With Acute Decompensated Heart Failure

    Pagina :573-578

    Derek T.H. Wong, Kristen George, Judith Wilson, Cedric Manlhiot, Brian W. McCrindle, Khosrow Adeli, Paul F. Kantor

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• Arrhythmias and Conduction Disturbances

  • ·Relation of Obesity to Recurrence Rate and Burden of Atrial Fibrillation

    Pagina :579-582

    Maya Guglin, Kuldeep Maradia, Ren Chen, Anne B. Curtis

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• Roundtable Discussion (CME)

  • ·The Editor's Roundtable: Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators in Primary Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death and Disparity-Related Barriers to Implementation

    Pagina :583-590

    Vincent E. Friedewald, Gregg C. Fonarow, Brian Olshansky, Clyde W. Yancy, William C. Roberts

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• Valvular Heart Disease

  • ·Comparison of the Effectiveness and Safety of Low-Molecular Weight Heparin Versus Unfractionated Heparin Anticoagulation After Heart Valve Surgery

    Pagina :591-594

    Claudia Bucci, William H. Geerts, Andrew Sinclair, Stephen E. Fremes

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• Congenital Heart Disease

  • ·Seeking Optimal Relation Between Oxygen Saturation and Hemoglobin Concentration in Adults With Cyanosis from Congenital Heart Disease

    Pagina :595-599

    Craig S. Broberg, Ananda R. Jayaweera, Gerhard P. Diller, Sanjay K. Prasad, Swee Lay Thein, Bridget E. Bax, John Burman, Michael A. Gatzoulis

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• Cardiomyopathy

  • ·Relation of Pulse Pressure to Blood Pressure Response to Exercise in Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

    Pagina :600-603

    Kevin S. Heffernan, Martin S. Maron, Eshan A. Patvardhan, Richard H. Karas, Jeffrey T. Kuvin, Vascular Function Study Group

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• Editorial

  • ·Clinical Challenges of Genotype Positive (+)–Phenotype Negative (−) Family Members in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

    Pagina :604-608

    Barry J. Maron, Laura Yeates, Christopher Semsarian

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• Miscellaneous

  • ·Usefulness of Repeated N-Terminal Pro-B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Measurements as Incremental Predictor for Long-Term Cardiovascular Outcome After Vascular Surgery

    Pagina :609-614

    Dustin Goei, Jan-Peter van Kuijk, Willem-Jan Flu, Sanne E. Hoeks, Michel Chonchol, Hence J.M. Verhagen, Jeroen J. Bax, Don Poldermans

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  • ·Usefulness of At Rest and Exercise Hemodynamics to Detect Subclinical Myocardial Disease in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

    Pagina :615-621

    Christine L. Jellis, Tony Stanton, Rodel Leano, Jennifer Martin, Thomas H. Marwick

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  • ·Specific Characteristics of Sudden Death in a Mediterranean Spanish Population

    Pagina :622-627

    M. Teresa Subirana, Josep O. Juan-Babot, Teresa Puig, Joaquín Lucena, Antonio Rico, Manuel Salguero, Juan C. Borondo, Jorge Ordóñez, Josep Arimany, Rafael Vázquez, Lina Badimon, Gaetano Thiene, Antonio Bayés de Luna

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  • ·Clinical and Prognostic Relevance of Echocardiographic Evaluation of Right Ventricular Geometry in Patients With Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

    Pagina :628-632

    Stefano Ghio, Anna Sara Pazzano, Catherine Klersy, Laura Scelsi, Claudia Raineri, Rita Camporotondo, Andrea D'Armini, Luigi Oltrona Visconti

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  • ·Clinically Significant Incidental Findings Among Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Men During Computed Tomography for Determination of Coronary Artery Calcium

    Pagina :633-637

    Nancy Crum-Cianflone, James Stepenosky, Sheila Medina, Dylan Wessman, David Krause, Gilbert Boswell

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• Case Report

  • ·Self-Terminated Ventricular Fibrillation and Recurrent Syncope

    Pagina :638-640

    Yuval Konstantino, Angela Morello, Peter J. Zimetbaum, Mark E. Josephson

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• Readers' Comments

  • ·Comparison of 600 Versus 300-mg Clopidogrel Loading Dose in Patients With ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Undergoing Primary Coronary Angioplasty

    Pagina :641

    Gen-Min Lin, Yi-Hwei Li

    
  • ·Long-Term Follow Up of Atrioventricular Block in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation

    Pagina :641-642

    José Rubín, Pablo Avanzas, Raquel del Valle, Cesar Morís