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• • ·Intravascular ultrasound assessment of the stenoses location and morphology in the left main coronary artery in relation to anatomic left main length

    Pagina :1-4

    Akiko Maehara, Gary S Mintz, Marco T Castagna, August D Pichard, Lowell F Satler, Ron Waksman, John R Laird, William O Suddath, Kenneth M Kent, Neil J Weissman

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• • ·Simplified risk score models accurately predict the risk of major in-hospital complications following percutaneous coronary intervention

    Pagina :5-9

    Frederic S Resnic, Lucila Ohno-Machado, Andrew Selwyn, Daniel I Simon, Jeffrey J Popma

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• • ·Long-term (≥8 years) outcome after palmaz-schatz stent implantation

    Pagina :10-16

    Rémi Choussat, Catherine Klersy, Alexander J.R Black, Irene Bossi, Jean-Pierre Laurent, Christian Jordan, Giulio Guagliumi, Jean Fajadet, Jean Marco

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• • ·Fractal correlation properties of heart rate dynamics and adverse events in patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators

    Pagina :17-22

    Juha S Perkiömäki, Wojciech Zareba, James P Daubert, Jean-Philippe Couderc, Andrew Corsello, Kristina Kremer

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• • ·Effects of kaliuretic peptide on sodium and water excretion in persons with congestive heart failure

    Pagina :23-29

    Ali Nasser, John R Dietz, Maqsood Siddique, Hamang Patel, Nadim Khan, Ernest K Antwi, Gloria I San Miguel, Michael T McCormick, Douglas D Schocken, David L Vesely

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• • ·Elevated plasma tissue plasminogen activator and anti-THP-1 antibodies are independently associated with decreased graft survival in cardiac transplant recipients

    Pagina :30-34

    Mark K Warshofsky, Miguel Dominguez, Marc S Eisenberg, Hal S Wasserman, Robert Sciacca, Weizheng Wang, Alan D Simon, Jane H Morse, Allan Schwartz, Edouard Anglés-Cano, LeRoy E Rabbani

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• • ·Comparison of the occurrence of ventricular arrhythmias in patients with acutely decompensated congestive heart failure receiving dobutamine versus nesiritide therapy

    Pagina :35-39

    Andrew J Burger, Uri Elkayam, Mathew T Neibaur, Herbert Haught, Jalal Ghali, Darlene P Horton, Doron Aronson

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• • ·Comparison of a daily fixed 2.5-mg warfarin dose with a 5-mg, international normalized ratio adjusted, warfarin dose initially following heart valve replacement

    Pagina :40-44

    Walter Ageno, Alexander G.G. Turpie, Luigi Steidl, Fabio Ambrosini, Roberto Cattaneo, Romeo L. Codari, Barbara Nardo, Achille Venco

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• • ·Comparison of valve resistance with effective orifice area regarding flow dependence

    Pagina :45-52

    Claudia Blais, Philippe Pibarot, Jean G Dumesnil, Damien Garcia, Danmin Chen, Louis-Gilles Durand

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• • ·Differentiation between pathologic and physiologic left ventricular hypertrophy by tissue doppler assessment of long-axis function in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy or systemic hypertension and in athletes

    Pagina :53-58

    Dragos Vinereanu, Nicolae Florescu, Nicholas Sculthorpe, Ann C. Tweddel, Michael R. Stephens, Alan G. Fraser

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• • ·Metabolic effects of high-protein, low-carbohydrate diets

    Pagina :59-61

    Margo A Denke

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• • ·Emergency room administration of eptifibatide before primary angioplasty for ST elevation acute myocardial infarction and its effect on baseline coronary flow and procedure outcomes

    Pagina :62-64

    Donald E. Cutlip, Christopher J. Cove, David Irons, Vijay Kalaria, Mimi Le, Heather Cronmiller, Lori Caufield, Richard M. Pomerantz, Frederick S. Ling

     
• • ·Excellent prognosis in patients with unstable angina pectoris classified as “low risk” at admission despite presence of severe coronary artery disease

    Pagina :65-67

    Lene Holmvang, Birgit Jurlander, Paul Leibrandt, Avery Ellis, Galen Wagner

     
• • ·Influence of continuation of beta blockers during dobutamine stress echocardiography for the assessment of myocardial viability in patients with severe ischemic left ventricular dysfunction

    Pagina :68-70

    Don Poldermans, Fabiola B. Sozzi, Jeroen J. Bax, Eric Boersma, Dirk J. Duncker, Eleni Vourvouri, Abdou Elhendy, Roelf Valkema, Jos R.T.C. Roelandt

     
• • ·Frequency of gross hematuria shortly after percutaneous coronary intervention

    Pagina :71-73

    Pedro L. Sanchez, Mark H. Rubenstein, Lari C. Harrell, Pedro J. Colon-Hernandez, Joseph K. Choo, Igor F. Palacios

     
• • ·Clinical outcomes and costs associated with a first episode of uncomplicated atrial fibrillation presenting to the emergency room

    Pagina :74-76

    Michael H. Kim, Barbara Conlon, Matthew Ebinger, David Bruckman, Steven Kronick, Mark Lowell, Fred Morady, William F. Armstrong, Kim A. Eagle

    
• • ·Atrial fibrillation and mortality among patients with acute coronary syndromes without ST-segment elevation: results from the PURSUIT trial

    Pagina :76-79

    Sana M. Al-Khatib, Karen S. Pieper, Kerry L. Lee, Kenneth W. Mahaffey, Judith S. Hochman, Carl J. Pepine, Stephen L. Kopecky, Martijn Akkerhuis, Janina Stepinska, Maarten L. Simoons, Eric J. Topol, Robert M. Califf, Robert A. Harrington

     
• • ·Efficacy and safety of midodrine hydrochloride in patients with refractory vasovagal syncope

    Pagina :80-83

    Nemer Samniah, Scott Sakaguchi, Keith G Lurie, Demosthenes Iskos, David G Benditt

     
• • ·Intraventricular conduction delay and functional mitral regurgitation

    Pagina :83-86

    Jay A Erlebacher, Svetlana Barbarash

     
• • ·Late development of atrioventricular block after congenital heart surgery in down syndrome

    Pagina :86-89

    Mindy A Banks, Jennifer Jenson, John D Kugler

     
• • ·Influence of pravastatin on lipoproteins, and on endothelial, platelet, and inflammatory markers in subjects with peripheral artery disease

    Pagina :89-92

    Andrew D Blann, David Gurney, Elizabeth Hughes, Peter Buggins, Stanley H Silverman, Gregory Y.H Lip

     
• • ·Gradient and spin echo(cardiographic) magnetic resonance imaging: prevalence of descriptive errors in published articles

    Pagina :92-94

    Michael L Chuang, Warren J Manning, Pamela S Douglas

    
• • ·Bed tilt as an effort-independent maneuver to improve patent foramen ovale assessment by transthoracic contrast echocardiography

    Pagina :94-98

    Andrew J Kerr, Karin K.M Chia, Thomas Buck, Stefanie J Fry, Philip M.B Myron, Lawrence G Rudski, Chi Ming Chow, Ronald A Mucci, Michael H Picard, Robert A Levine

     
• • ·Spontaneous fatal rupture of a coronary arterial aneurysm into the right ventricle

    Pagina :99-100

    Lynn Beach, Allen Burke, Stephen Radentz, Renu Virmani