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• • ·Association of serum apolipoprotein A-I (but not high-density lipoprotein cholesterol) with healed myocardial infarction in men independent of serum insulin and C-peptide

    Pagina :723-726

    Arnold von Eckardstein, Frank Fischer, Helmut Schulte, Mira-Christine Tataru, Ekkehart Köhler, Gerd Assmann

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• • ·Differences in the diagnosis of myocardial infarction by troponin T compared with clinical and epidemiologic criteria

    Pagina :727-731

    Heli Koukkunen, Karri Penttilä, Ari Kemppainen, Ilkka Penttilä, Matti O Halinen, Tapio Rantanen, Kalevi Pyörälä

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• • ·Impact of troponin T determinations on hospital resource utilization and costs in the evaluation of patients with suspected myocardial ischemia

    Pagina :732-736

    Stuart Zarich, Keith Bradley, Julianne Seymour, Wael Ghali, Amar Traboulsi, Inder Dip Mayall, Larry Bernstein

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• • ·Efficacy of cholesterol levels and ratios in predicting future coronary heart disease in a Chinese population

    Pagina :737-743

    Tzung-Dau Wang, Wen-Jone Chen, Kuo-Liong Chien, Sophia Seh-Yi Su, Hsiu-Ching Hsu, Ming-Fong Chen, Chiau-Suong Liau, Yuan-Teh Lee

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• • ·Clinical performance of a specific algorithm to reconfirm self-terminating ventricular arrhythmias in current implantable cardioverter-defibrillators

    Pagina :744-749

    Tanja M Raedle-Hurst, Johannes Wiecha, Joerg O Schwab, Heiko Schmitt, Michael Hinrichs, Harald Tillmanns, Bernd Waldecker

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• • ·Long-term infection rates associated with the pectoral versus abdominal approach to cardioverter- defibrillator implants

    Pagina :750-753

    Theofanie Mela, Brian A McGovern, Hasan Garan, Gus J Vlahakes, David F Torchiana, Jeremy Ruskin, Joseph M Galvin

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• • ·Immediate and six-month results of the profile of the Amplatzer septal occluder as assessed by transesophageal echocardiography

    Pagina :754-759

    Qi-Ling Cao, Zhong-Dong Du, Annette Joseph, Peter Koenig, Mary Heitschmidt, Jonathan Rhodes, Ziyad M Hijazi

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• • ·Cardiovascular safety of sublingual apomorphine in patients on stable doses of oral antihypertensive agents and nitrates

    Pagina :760-766

    Timothy C Fagan, Susan Buttler, Thomas Marbury, Addison Taylor, Anthony Edmonds, the SL APO Study Group

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• • ·Evidence-based prescription drug coverage

    Pagina :767

    George A. Diamond, Harry P. Wetzler

    
• • ·Evaluation of sex-related differences in survival after hospitalization for acute myocardial infarction

    Pagina :768-771

    Kenneth J Mukamal, James E Muller, Malcolm Maclure, Jane B Sherwood, Murray A Mittleman

     
• • ·Relation between albumin in the urine and electrocardiographic markers of myocardial ischemia in patients without diabetes mellitus

    Pagina :771-774

    Gilles F.H Diercks, Hans L Hillege, Ad J van Boven, Jan A Kors, Wilbert M.T Janssen, Diederick E Grobbee, Harry J.G.M Crijns, Wiek H van Gilst

     
• • ·Elevation of plasma level of macrophage migration inhibitory factor in patients with acute myocardial infarction

    Pagina :774-777

    Cheuk-Man Yu, Chu-Pak Lau, Kevin Wing-Hon Lai, Xiao-Ru Huang, Wai-Hong Chen, Hui Y. Lan

     
• • ·Fractal and complexity measures of heart rate dynamics after acute myocardial infarction

    Pagina :777-781

    Juha S. Perkiömäki, Wojciech Zareba, Jan Ruta, Sergio Dubner, Cristian Madoery, Prakash Deedwania, Maciej Karcz, Antoni Bayes de Luna, IDEAL Investigators *

     
• • ·Predictors of quality of life following acute coronary syndromes

    Pagina :781-784

    John S. Rumsfeld, David J. Magid, Mary E. Plomondon, Maureen M. O’Brien, John A. Spertus, Nathan R. Every, Anne E. Sales

    
• • ·Association of arterial expansion (expansive remodeling) of bifurcation lesions determined by intravascular ultrasonography with unstable clinical presentation

    Pagina :785-787

    Paul Schoenhagen, D.Geoffrey Vince, Khaled M. Ziada, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Allen Jeremias, Timothy D. Crowe, Steven E. Nissen, E.Murat Tuzcu

     
• • ·Twelve-month outcome after coronary stent implantation without predilatation

    Pagina :788-792

    Vicens Martí, Isabel Romeo, Joan García, Pere Guiteras, Nasrim Aminian, Josep M. Augé

    
• • ·Investigation of aortocoronary artery bypass grafts by multislice spiral computed tomography with electrocardiographic-gated image reconstruction

    Pagina :792-795

    Dieter Ropers, Stefan Ulzheimer, Evelyn Wenkel, Ulrich Baum, Tom Giesler, Hans Derlien, Werner Moshage, Werner A. Bautz, Werner G. Daniel, Willi A. Kalender, Stephan Achenbach

     
• • ·Effect of atrial septal pacing on P-wave duration dispersion and atrial late potentials in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

    Pagina :795-798

    Takahisa Yamada, Masatake Fukunami, Tsuyoshi Shimonagata, Kazuaki Kumagai, Yoshihiro Asano, Akio Hirata, Mitsutoshi Asai, Nobuhiko Makino, Noritake Hoki

     
• • ·Effect of anticoagulation on the occurrence of deep venous thrombosis associated with temporary transvenous femoral pacemakers

    Pagina :798-801

    Prashanthan Sanders, H.M.Omar Farouque, Dale T. Ashby, Leo J. Mahar, Glenn D. Young

    
• • ·Effective dose and cardiovascular effects of cilazapril in children with heart failure

    Pagina :801-805

    Kyosuke Hazama, Makoto Nakazawa, Kazuo Momma

     
• • ·Effect of aerobic exercise training on plasma levels of tumor necrosis factor alpha in patients with heart failure

    Pagina :805-808

    Alf Inge Larsen, Pål Aukrust, Torbjørn Aarsland, Kenneth Dickstein

     
• • ·Survey of current practices in use of amiodarone and implantable cardioverter defibrillators in pediatric patients with end-stage heart failure

    Pagina :809-810

    Anne M. Dubin, George F. Van Hare, Kathryn K. Collins, Daniel Bernstein, David N. Rosenthal

    
• • ·The site of mitral valve prolapse is a predictor of atrial fibrillation

    Pagina :811-813

    Ruri Ohki, Keiji Yamamoto, Masanobu Okayama, Mutsuko Nonaka, Chihiro Suzuki, Uichi Ikeda, Kazuyuki Shimada

    
• • ·Troponin levels in patients with amyloid cardiomyopathy undergoing cardiac transplantation

    Pagina :813-815

    Wayne L Miller, R.Scott Wright, Christopher G McGregor, Angela Dispenzieri, Joseph P McConnell, Mary F Burritt, Allan S Jaffe

     
• • ·Difficulty in diagnosing double-chambered right ventricle in adults

    Pagina :816-819

    Martin E. Lascano, Michele S. Schaad, Douglas S. Moodie, Daniel Murphy

     
• • ·Transesophageal echocardiography in patients with recent stroke and normal carotid arteries

    Pagina :820-823

    Anna Vittoria Mattioli, Michele Aquilina, Lorenzo Bonetti, Antonio Oldani, Carlo Longhini, Giorgio Mattioli, Investigators*

     
• • ·Relation of pulmonary arterial diastolic and mean pulmonary arterial wedge pressures in patients with and without pulmonary hypertension

    Pagina :823-824

    Audrey H. Rapp, Richard A. Lange, Joaquin E. Cigarroa, Ellen C. Keeley, L.David Hillis

    
• • ·Role of tumor necrosis factor-? and interleukin-6 in the effects of hormone replacement therapy and raloxifene on C-reactive protein in postmenopausal women

    Pagina :825-828

    Brian W Walsh, David A Cox, Andreas Sashegyi, Robert A Dean, Russell P Tracy, Pamela W Anderson

     
• • ·Apparent misplacement of chest electrode on left leg: a unique example of electrodal confusion

    Pagina :829-830

    Juan A. Pastor, Agustin Castellanos, Robert J. Myerburg, Demetrio Sodi Pallares