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• • ·Age and gender distributions of coronary artery calcium detected by electron beam tomography in 35,246 adults

    Pagina :1335-1339

    Julie Anne Hoff, Eva V. Chomka, Andrew J. Krainik, Martha Daviglus, Stuart Rich, George T. Kondos

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• • ·Relation of ST-segment changes in inferior leads during anterior wall acute myocardial infarction to length and occlusion site of the left anterior descending coronary artery

    Pagina :1340-1345

    Kazuya Sasaki, Masayuki Yotsukura, Konomi Sakata, Hideaki Yoshino, Kyozo Ishikawa

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• • ·Prediction of functional recovery in patients with chronic coronary artery disease and left ventricular dysfunction combining the evaluation of myocardial perfusion and of contractile reserve using nitrate-enhanced technetium-99m sestamibi gated single-photon emission computed tomography and Dobutamine stress

    Pagina :1346-1350

    Mario Leoncini, Gabriella Marcucci, Roberto Sciagrà, Fabio Frascarelli, Ignazio Simonetti, Luciano Bini, Mauro Maioli, Alberto Mennuti, Roberto P Dabizzi

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• • ·Selective use of single-photon emission computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging in a chest pain center

    Pagina :1351-1355

    Brian G Abbott, Islam Abdel-Aziz, Satish Nagula, Edward P Monico, John A Schriver, Frans J.Th Wackers

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• • ·Creatine kinase-MB fraction elevation after percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with chronic renal failure

    Pagina :1356-1360

    Luis Gruberg, Roxana Mehran, Ron Waksman, George Dangas, Shmuel Fuchs, Hongsheng Wu, Kenneth M Kent, Augusto D Pichard, Lowell F Satler, Gregg W Stone, Martin B Leon

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• • ·Correlation of polymorphisms to coagulation and biochemical risk factors for cardiovascular diseases

    Pagina :1361-1366

    Alan H.B Wu, Gregory J Tsongalis

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• • ·Socioeconomic status as an independent risk factor for hospital readmission for heart failure

    Pagina :1367-1371

    Edward F Philbin, G.William Dec, Paul L Jenkins, Thomas G DiSalvo

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• • ·Cardiac catheterization of low birth weight infants

    Pagina :1372-1377

    John M Simpson, Phillip Moore, David F Teitel

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• • ·False lumen patency as a predictor of late outcome in aortic dissection

    Pagina :1378-1382

    Yvette Bernard, Hugues Zimmermann, Sidney Chocron, Jean-François Litzler, Bruno Kastler, Joseph-Philippe Etievent, Nicolas Meneveau, François Schiele, Jean-Pierre Bassand

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• • ·Heart failure in 2001: a prophesy revisited

    Pagina :1383-1386

    Arnold M Katz

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• • ·Guidelines for interpretation of electron beam computed tomography calcium scores from the Dallas Heart Disease Prevention Project

    Pagina :1387-1388

    Stanley P Watkins, Thomas C Andrews

    
• • ·The doctor in the courtroom

    Pagina :1389-1391

    Charles H Beckmann

    
• • ·Comparison of six-month outcomes of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty in patients ≥75 with those <75 years of age (the ROSETTA registry)

    Pagina :1392-1395

    Haim A Abenhaim, Mark J Eisenberg, David Schechter, Jeffrey Lefkovits, Evelyne Goudreau, Ubeydullah Deligonul, Koon-Hou Mak, Robert Duerr, Michael Del Core, Thao Huynh, Mark Smilovitch, Steven Sedlis, David L Brown, David Brieger, ROSETTA Investigators

     
• • ·Annual progression of coronary artery calcium by spiral computed tomography in hypertensive patients without myocardial ischemia but with prominent atherosclerotic risk factors, in patients with previous angina pectoris or healed acute myocardial infarction, and in patients with coronary events during follow-up

    Pagina :1395-1397

    Joseph Shemesh, Sara Apter, Dan Stolero, Yacov Itzchak, Michael Motro

     
• • ·Effect of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors on platelets in patients with coronary artery disease

    Pagina :1398-1400

    Victor L Serebruany, Christopher M O’Connor, Paul A Gurbel

    
• • ·Relation between plasma fibrinogen level and coronary plaque morphology in patients with stable angina pectoris

    Pagina :1401-1404

    Kenichirou Nishikawa, Kimio Satomura, Takayuki Miyake, Kikuo Isoda, Bonpei Takase, Kenya Nishizawa, Koh Arakawa, Toshio Shibuya, Fumitaka Ohsuzu, Kyouichi Mizuno

     
• • ·Effect of acute psychological stress on the hypercoagulable state in subjects (spousal caregivers of patients with Alzheimer’s disease) with coronary or cerebrovascular disease and/or systemic hypertension

    Pagina :1405-1408

    Roland von Känel, Joel E Dimsdale, Michael G Ziegler, Paul J Mills, Thomas L Patterson, Serena K Lee, Igor Grant

     
• • ·Comparison of effects of Losartan versus Enalapril on fibrinolysis and coagulation in patients with acute myocardial infarction

    Pagina :1408-1411

    Hirofumi Soejima, Hisao Ogawa, Hisakazu Suefuji, Koichi Kaikita, Keiji Takazoe, Shinzo Miyamoto, Ichiro Kajiwara, Hideki Shimomura, Tomohiro Sakamoto, Michihiro Yoshimura, Shin Nakamura

     
• • ·Sex differences in uric acid and risk factors for coronary artery disease

    Pagina :1411-1414

    Katherine R Tuttle, Robert A Short, Richard J Johnson

     
• • ·Effect of Quinapril versus Nitrendipine on endothelial dysfunction in patients with systemic hypertension

    Pagina :1414-1416

    Akimi Uehata, Bonpei Takase, Toshihiko Nishioka, Katsuhiro Kitamura, Takashi Akima, Akira Kurita, Kazushige Isojima

    
• • ·Prevalence of heart failure in Asturias (a region in the North of Spain)

    Pagina :1417-1419

    Arturo Cortina, Julian Reguero, Eduardo Segovia, Jose Luis Rodrı́guez Lambert, Rosario Cortina, Juan Carlos Arias, Javier Vara, Fernando Torre

    
• • ·Quantitative assessment of valve thickness in normal subjects by transesophageal echocardiography

    Pagina :1419-1423

    Michael H Crawford, Carlos A Roldan

     
• • ·Comparison of outcome in patients with culture-negative versus culture-positive active infective endocarditis

    Pagina :1423-1425

    José Zamorano, Javier Sanz, Raúl Moreno, Carlos Almerı́a, Jose-Luis Rodrigo, Miriam Samedi, Dioniosio Herrera, Adalia Aubele, Luis Mataix, Viviana Serra, Luis Sánchez-Harguindey

    
• • ·Comparison of myocardial perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography with coronary artery angiography after arterial switch operation

    Pagina :1425-1427

    Philippe Acar, Christophe Maunoury, Damien Bonnet, Stéphane Sébahoun, Philipp Bonhoeffer, Zakhia Saliba, Daniel Sidi, Jean Kachaner

     
• • ·Auscultation versus echocardiography in a healthy population with precordial murmur

    Pagina :1428-1430

    Eric A Shry, Maureen A Smithers, Alice M Mascette

    
• • ·Use of contrast for image enhancement during stress echocardiography is cost-effective and reduces additional diagnostic testing

    Pagina :1430-1432

    Srihari Thanigaraj, Robert F. Nease, Kenneth B. Schechtman, Robert L. Wade, Stephanie Loslo, Julio E. Pérez

    
• • ·John Hay and the earliest description of type II second-degree atrioventricular block

    Pagina :1433-1435

    S.Serge Barold, Berndt Lüderitz

     
• • ·Effectiveness of medical therapy alone compared with coronary angioplasty or left internal mammary artery bypass for single-vessel coronary artery disease

    Pagina :1436

    David T Nash

    
• • ·Effectiveness of medical therapy alone compared with coronary angioplasty or left internal mammary artery bypass for single-vessel coronary artery disease: reply

    Pagina :1436-1437

    Adam B Greenbaum, Joseph A Puma

    
• • ·Mentor for MENTOR

    Pagina :1437

    Tsung O Cheng

    
• • ·Cardiosource is a good source for definition of trial acronyms

    Pagina :1437-1438

    Tsung O. Cheng

    
• • ·Correction

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• • ·Correction

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• • ·Author index

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• • ·Subject index

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• • ·Contents index—January 1, 2001 through June 15, 2001

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