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• • ·Prior aspirin use predicts worse outcomes in patients with non–ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes

    Pagina :1147-1151

    John H Alexander, Robert A Harrington, Robert H Tuttle, Lisa G Berdan, A.Michael Lincoff, Jaap W Deckers, Maarten L Simoons, Alan Guerci, Judith S Hochman, Robert G Wilcox, Michael M Kitt, Paul R Eisenberg, Robert M Califf, Eric J Topol, Karl Karsh, Witold Ruzyllo, Janine Stepinska, Peter Widimsky, Jean B Boland, Paul W Armstrong, on behalf of the PURSUIT Investigators

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• • ·Relation between QT dispersion and adenosine triphosphate stress thallium-201 single-photon emission computed tomographic imaging for detecting myocardial ischemia and scar

    Pagina :1152-1156

    Hiroki Teragawa, Hidekazu Hirao, Yuji Muraoka, Togo Yamagata, Hideo Matsuura, Goro Kajiyama

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• • ·Usefulness of flow reserve in the left internal mammary artery to determine graft patency to the left anterior descending coronary artery

    Pagina :1157-1163

    Vassilis Voudris, George Athanassopoulos, Vassilis Vassilikos, Dimitris Avramides, Athanassios Manginas, Alkis Michalis, Dennis V Cokkinos

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• • ·Determinants of stent restenosis in chronic coronary occlusions assessed by intracoronary ultrasound

    Pagina :1164-1169

    Gerald S Werner, Oliver Gastmann, Markus Ferrari, Karl H Scholz, Seda Schünemann, Hans R Figulla

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• • ·Tissue proliferation within and surrounding Palmaz-Schatz stents is dependent on the aggressiveness of stent implantation technique

    Pagina :1170-1174

    Rainer Hoffmann, Gary S. Mintz, Roxana Mehran, Kenneth M. Kent, Augusto D. Pichard, Lowell F. Satler, Martin B. Leon

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• • ·A proposed strategy for utilization of creatine kinase-MB and troponin I in the evaluation of acute chest pain

    Pagina :1175-1179

    Carı́si A Polanczyk, Paula A Johnson, E.Francis Cook, Thomas H Lee

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• • ·Comparison of medical care and survival of hospitalized patients with acute myocardial infarction in Poland and the United States

    Pagina :1180-1185

    Wayne Rosamond, Grazyna Broda, Ewa Kawalec, Stefan Rywik, Andrzej Pajak, Lawton Cooper, Lloyd Chambless

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• • ·Frequency of provoked coronary vasospasm in patients undergoing coronary arteriography with spasm provocation test of acetylcholine

    Pagina :1186-1190

    Shozo Sueda, Naoto Ochi, Hiroyuki Kawada, Shouzou Matsuda, Yutaka Hayashi, Takashi Tsuruoka, Tadao Uraoka

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• • ·Variability of myocardium at risk for acute myocardial infarction

    Pagina :1191-1195

    Kyle W Klarich, Timothy F Christian, Stuart T Higano, Raymond J Gibbons

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• • ·Cardiovascular risk factors, angiotensin-converting enzyme gene I/D polymorphism, and left ventricular mass in systemic hypertension

    Pagina :1196-1200

    Aldo Celentano, Francesco Paolo Mancini, Marina Crivaro, Vittorio Palmieri, Liberato Aldo Ferrara, Valentino De Stefano, Giovanni Di Minno, Giovanni de Simone

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• • ·Effects of carvedilol on left ventricular mass, chamber geometry, and mitral regurgitation in chronic heart failure

    Pagina :1201-1205

    Brian D Lowes, Edward A Gill, William T Abraham, Jorge-Rodriquez Larrain, Alastair D Robertson, Michael R Bristow, Edward M Gilbert

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• • ·Indexes of hypercoagulability measured in peripheral blood reflect levels in intracardiac blood in patients with atrial fibrillation secondary to mitral stenosis

    Pagina :1206-1209

    Foo Leong Li-Saw-Hee, Andrew D Blann, Ira Goldsmith, Gregory Y.H Lip

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• • ·Echocardiography can predict the development of severe mitral regurgitation after percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty by the inoue technique

    Pagina :1210-1213

    Luis R Padial, Vivian M Abascal, Pedro R Moreno, Arthur E Weyman, Robert A Levine, Igor F Palacios

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• • ·Late potentials and ventricular arrhythmias in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy

    Pagina :1214-1219

    Pietro Turrini, Annalisa Angelini, Gaetano Thiene, Gianfranco Buja, Luciano Daliento, Giulio Rizzoli, Andrea Nava

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• • ·Improvement in exercise capacity and exercise blood pressure response after transcoronary alcohol ablation therapy of septal hypertrophy in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

    Pagina :1220-1223

    Jae-Joong Kim, Cheol Whan Lee, Seong-Wook Park, Myeong-Ki Hong, Hee-Young Lim, Jae-Kwan Song, Young-Soo Jin, Seung-Jung Park

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• • ·Preoperative management of pulmonary venous hypertension in hypoplastic left heart syndrome with restrictive atrial septal defect

    Pagina :1224-1228

    Andrew M Atz, Jeffrey A Feinstein, Richard A Jonas, Stanton B Perry, David L Wessel

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• • ·Does ductal occlusion with the Gianturco coil cause left pulmonary artery and/or descending aorta obstruction?

    Pagina :1229-1235

    Daniel Stromberg, Ricardo Pignatelli, Geoffrey L Rosenthal, Frank F Ing

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• • ·Echocardiographic characteristics of successful deployment of the Das AngelWings atrial septal defect closure device: initial multicenter experience in the United States

    Pagina :1236-1241

    Anirban Banerjee, A.Resai Bengur, Jennifer S Li, David C Homans, Cynthia Toher, Alan J Bank, Gerald R Marx, Jonathan Rhodes, Gladwin S Das

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• • ·Heart rate variability in obesity and the effect of weight loss

    Pagina :1242-1247

    Kristjan Karason, Henning Mølgaard, John Wikstrand, Lars Sjöström

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• • ·A novel vascular sealing device for closure of percutaneous arterial access sites

    Pagina :1248-1252

    Sigmund Silber, Gary Gershony, Brigitte Schön, Norbert Schön, Todd Jensen, Wolfgang Schramm

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• • ·Discussion

    Pagina :1253-1262

    
• • ·Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs after acute myocardial infarction

    Pagina :1263-1265

    Ahmad Sajadieh, Olav Wendelboe, Jørgen Fischer Hansen, Leif Spange Mortensen, for the DAVIT Study Group

     
• • ·Early temporal expression of soluble cellular adhesion molecules in patients with unstable angina and subendocardial myocardial infarction

    Pagina :1265-1267

    Niall Mulvihill, J.Brendan Foley, Nitin Ghaisas, Ross Murphy, Peter Crean, Michael Walsh

     
• • ·Long-term outcome and determinants of event-free survival in patients treated with balloon angioplasty for in-stent restenosis

    Pagina :1268-1270

    Fernando Alfonso, Marı́a J Pérez-Vizcayno, Rosana Hernández, Javier Goicolea, Antonio Fernández-Ortı́z, Javier Escaned, Camino Bañuelos, Cristina Fernández, Carlos Macaya

     
• • ·Usefulness of positron emission tomography in defining myocardial viability in patients referred for cardiac transplantation

    Pagina :1271-1274

    Olakunle O Akinboboye, Olajide Idris, Paul J Cannon, Steven R Bergmann

     
• • ·Diuretic effect of phosphodiesterase inhibitors depends on baseline renal function in patients with cogestive heart failure

    Pagina :1274-1277

    Munetake Kanda, Satoshi Yasuda, Yoichi Goto, Hitoshi Sumida, Takeshi Baba, Teruo Noguchi, Hiroshi Nonogi

     
• • ·Coronary arterial dimension-to-left ventricular mass ratio in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy

    Pagina :1277-1280

    Theofanie Mela, Theo E. Meyer, Linda A. Pape, Eugene S. Chung, Gerard P. Aurigemma, Bonnie H. Weiner

     
• • ·Predictors of death from congestive heart failure in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

    Pagina :1280-1283

    Hisao Ikeda, Sanae Maki, Noriko Yoshida, Toyoaki Murohara, Hisashi Adachi, Yoshinori Koga, Tsutomu Imaizumi

     
• • ·Effect of estrogen replacement therapy on corrected thrombolysis in myocardial infarction frame count

    Pagina :1284-1285

    Joseph A Guzzo, Kavita Nanda, Barbara A Faile, Sidney C Smith, Gregory J Dehmer

    
• • ·Different effects of bisoprolol on heart rate in patients with ischemic or idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (a 24-hour holter substudy of the cardiac insufficiency bisoprolol study [CIBIS])

    Pagina :1286-1289

    Rutger L Anthonio, Jan Brouwer, Phillipe Lechat, Jaap Haaksma, Louis van der Ven, Dirk J van Veldhuisen, Harry J.G.M Crijns, Wiek H van Gilst

     
• • ·Operative therapy of coronary arterial aneurysm

    Pagina :1290-1293

    Safoora Harandi, Stephen B Johnston, Richard E Wood, William C Roberts

     
• • ·Late development of an aneurysm of a saphenous vein used as an aortocoronary conduit

    Pagina :1294-1295

    Mamoo Nakamura, Hideo Nishikawa, Toshikazu Aoki, Morimichi Setsuda, Sei Mukai, Takehiko Yamada, Haruo Makuuchi, Yoshihiro Naruse, Hiroya Tamada, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Takahiro Ohnishi, Yutaka Kakuta, Takeshi Nakano

     
• • ·Bilateral aortoostial coronary artery disease: moyamoya of the heart?

    Pagina :1296-1299

    Frederick G St. Goar, Stasha C Gominak, Benjamin N Potkin

     
• • ·Correspondence

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