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• • ·Differences between men and women in the management of unstable angina pectoris (the Guarantee Registry)

    Pagina :1145-1150

    Benjamin M. Scirica, David J. Moliterno, Nathan R. Every, H.Vernon Anderson, Frank V. Aguirre, Christopher B. Granger, Costas T. Lambrew, LeRoy E. Rabbani, Anita Arnold, Shelly K. Sapp, Joan E. Booth, James J. Ferguson, Christopher P. Cannon, GUARANTEE Investigators1A complete list of the GUARANTEE Investigators is listed in the . 1 Appendix

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• • ·Prognostic implications of ambulatory myocardial ischemia and arrhythmias and relations to ischemia on exercise in chronic stable angina pectoris (the Angina Prognosis Study In Stockholm [APSIS])

    Pagina :1151-1157

    Lennart Forslund, Paul Hjemdahl, Claes Held, Sven V. Eriksson, Inge Björkander, Nina Rehnqvist

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• • ·Pulmonary artery wedge pressure and extravascular lung water in patients with acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema requiring mechanical ventilation

    Pagina :1158-1163

    Alexander J.G.H Bindels, Johannes G van der Hoeven, Arend E Meinders

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• • ·Effect of quinapril or metoprolol on circadian sympathetic and parasympathetic modulation after acute myocardial infarction

    Pagina :1164-1169

    Athanasios G Kontopoulos, Vasilios G Athyros, Athanasios A Papageorgiou, Harisios Boudoulas

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• • ·Comparison of acute myocardial infarct size to two-year mortality in patients <65 to those ≥65 years of age

    Pagina :1170-1175

    Todd D Miller, Timothy F Christian, David O Hodge, Mona R Hopfenspirger, Bernard J Gersh, Raymond J Gibbons

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• • ·Early use of ACE inhibitors in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction in the united states: experience from the National Registry of Myocardial Infarction 2

    Pagina :1176-1181

    Andrew D. Michaels, Charles Maynard, Nathan R. Every, Hal V. Barron, National Registry of Myocardial Infarction 2 Participants∗A complete listing of the participating registry hospitals is available from ClinTrials, Inc., Lexington, Kentucky 40504. ∗

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• • ·Absence of l-arginine effect on coronary hypersensitivity to serotonin in cardiac transplant recipients

    Pagina :1182-1186

    Guy Berkenboom, Vincent Crasset, Philippe Unger, Jean-Luc Vachiery, Jean-Louis LeClerc

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• • ·Effects of atrial pacing on arterial and coronary sinus endothelin-1 levels in syndrome X

    Pagina :1187-1191

    Gaetano A Lanza, Thomas F Lüscher, Vincenzo Pasceri, Sidney G Shaw, Antonino Buffon, Annibale S Montenero, Filippo Crea, Attilio Maseri

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• • ·The design of a prospective study of pravastatin in the elderly at risk (PROSPER)

    Pagina :1192-1197

    James Shepherd, Gerard Jan Blauw, Michael B Murphy, Stuart M Cobbe, Edward L.E.M Bollen, Brendan M Buckley, Ian Ford, J.Wouter Jukema, Michael Hyland, Allan Gaw, A.Margot Lagaay, Ivan J Perry, Peter W Macfarlane, A.Edo Meinders, Brian J Sweeney, Chris J Packard, Rudi G.J Westendorp, Cillian Twomey, David J Stott, The PROSPER Study Group

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• • ·Cholesterol lowering with high-viscosity hydroxypropylmethylcellulose

    Pagina :1198-1203

    Kevin C Maki, Michael H Davidson, Kathleen C Malik, Helmut H Albrecht, John O’Mullane, Bruce P Daggy

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• • ·Quantitative evaluation of left ventricular regional wall motion using a real-time wall thickness curve system with two-dimensional echocardiography

    Pagina :1204-1208

    Katsufumi Mizushige, Wataru Furumoto, Kenichi Hirao, Yasuyoshi Iwado, Koji Ohmori, Hirohide Matsuo

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• • ·Value of a simple echocardiographic linear predictor of left ventricular mass in systemic hypertension

    Pagina :1209-1214

    Paolo Verdecchia, Gianpaolo Reboldi, Giuseppe Schillaci, Claudia Borgioni, Antonella Ciucci, Maria Pia Telera, Giuseppe Ambrosio, Carlo Porcellati

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• • ·Discussion

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• • ·Discussion

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• • ·Same-day combined coronary angioplasty and minimally invasive coronary surgery

    Pagina :1246-1247

    Basil S Lewis, Eyal Porat, David A Halon, Rony Ammar, Moshe Y Flugelman, Nader Khader, Amnon Merdler, Giora Weisz, Gideon Uretzky

    
• • ·Intravascular ultrasound comparison of chronic recoil among different stent designs

    Pagina :1247-1250

    Myeong-Ki Hong, Seong-Wook Park, Cheol Whan Lee, Jae-Yoon Ko, Duk-Hyun Kang, Jae-Kwan Song, Jae-Joong Kim, Rainer Hoffmann, Gary S Mintz, Seung-Jung Park

    
• • ·Stent implantation without predilation in patients with a single, noncalcified coronary artery lesion

    Pagina :1250-1253

    Gian Battista Danzi, Cinzia Capuano, Luigi Fiocca, Francesco Dallavalle, Salvatore Pirelli, Luigi Mauri, Eugenio Quaini

     
• • ·Reduced myocardial flow reserve does not impair exercise capacity in asymptomatic men

    Pagina :1253-1255

    Olli T. Raitakari, Jyri Toikka, Hanna Laine, Jorma Viikari, Juhani Knuuti, Jaakko Hartiala

    
• • ·Cardioversion of atrial fibrillation and its effect on right ventricular function as assessed by tricuspid annular motion

    Pagina :1256-1258

    Mahbubul Alam, Bassem A Samad, Anders Hedman, Mats Frick, Rolf Nordlander

     
• • ·Is the left atrium the only embolic source in ischemic stroke patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation?

    Pagina :1259-1261

    Hiroyuki Okura, Hiroo Inoue, Miyo Tomon, Shoji Nishiyama, Tadashi Yoshikawa, Kiyoshi Yoshida

    
• • ·Recovery of the right atrial effective refractory period after cardioversion of chronic atrial fibrillation

    Pagina :1261-1264

    Yasutaka Tanabe, Masaomi Chinushi, Kohji Taneda, Satoshi Fujita, Hidehiro Kasai, Masayuki Yamaura, Shunsuke Imai, Yoshifusa Aizawa

     
• • ·Decreased heart rate variability in appropriate sinus tachycardia and effects of rapid rate

    Pagina :1264-1266

    Agustin Castellanos, Gustavo Lopera, Federico Moleiro, Simon Chakko, Raul D Mitrani, Robert J Myerburg

     
• • ·Electrocardiographic predictors of successful ablation of tachycardia or bigeminy arising in the right ventricular outflow tract

    Pagina :1266-1268

    Matthew A Flemming, Hakan Oral, Michael H Kim, Hung Fat Tse, Frank Pelosi, Gregory F Michaud, Bradley P Knight, S.Adam Strickberger, Fred Morady

     
• • ·Echocardiographic identification of thymic hypoplasia in tetralogy of fallot/tetralogy pulmonary atresia

    Pagina :1268-1271

    Adrian M Moran, Steven D Colan, John E Mayer, Mary E van der Velde

     
• • ·Endothelium-dependent flow-mediated vasodilation in the postprandial state in type 2 diabetes mellitus

    Pagina :1272-1274

    Hideki Shige, Toshitsugu Ishikawa, Michio Suzukawa, Toshimitsu Ito, Kei Nakajima, Kenji Higashi, Makoto Ayaori, Shinji Tabata, Fumitaka Ohsuzu, Haruo Nakamura

    
• • ·Discussion

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• • ·Request for assistance

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• • ·Correspondence

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• • ·Correspondence

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• • ·Correspondence

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