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• • ·Early coronary intervention following pharmacologic therapy for acute myocardial infarction (the combined TIMI 10B–TIMI 14 experience)

    Pagina :831-836

    Marc J Schweiger, Christopher P Cannon, Sabina A Murphy, C.Michael Gibson, James R Cook, Robert P Giugliano, Hameem U Changezi, Elliot M Antman, Eugene Braunwald, the TIMI 10B and TIMI 14 Investigators

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• • ·Time trends in the occurrence and outcome of acute myocardial infarction and coronary heart disease death between 1986 and 1996 (a New Jersey statewide study)

    Pagina :837-841

    John B Kostis, Alan C Wilson, Clifton R Lacy, Nora M Cosgrove, Rajiv Ranjan, Janet Lawrence-Nelson, for the Myocardial Infarction Data Acquisition System (MIDAS #7) Study Group

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• • ·Comparison of primary coronary angioplasty versus thrombolysis in patients with ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction and grade II and grade III myocardial ischemia on the enrollment electrocardiogram

    Pagina :842-847

    Yochai Birnbaum, Shaun Goodman, Aiala Barr, Kathy B Gates, Gabriel I Barbash, Alexander Battler, Alejandro Barbagelata, Peter Clemmensen, Elena B Sgarbossa, Christopher B Granger, Robert M Califf, Galen S Wagner

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• • ·Comparison of short-term outcomes following coronary artery stenting in men versus women

    Pagina :848-852

    Colin T Watanabe, Charles Maynard, James L Ritchie

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• • ·Modes of initiation of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation from analysis of spontaneously occurring episodes using a 12-lead Holter monitoring system

    Pagina :853-857

    Christof Kolb, Susanna Nürnberger, Gjin Ndrepepa, Bernhard Zrenner, Albert Schömig, Claus Schmitt

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• • ·Comparison of chronic biventricular pacing between epicardial and endocardial left ventricular stimulation using Doppler tissue imaging in patients with heart failure

    Pagina :858-862

    Stephane Garrigue, Pierre Jaïs, Guillaume Espil, Jean-Noel Labeque, Meleze Hocini, Dipen C Shah, Michel Haïssaguerre, Jacques Clementy

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• • ·Effects of therapeutic doses of human atrial natriuretic peptide on load and myocardial performance in patients with congestive heart failure

    Pagina :863-866

    Osamu Mizuno, Katsuya Onishi, Kaoru Dohi, Munenobu Motoyasu, Tsutomu Okinaka, Masaaki Ito, Naoki Isaka, Takeshi Nakano

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• • ·Plasma nitric oxide level in heart failure secondary to left ventricular diastolic dysfunction

    Pagina :867-870

    Cheuk-Man Yu, Peter Chin-Wan Fung, Grace Chan, Kevin Wing-Hon Lai, Qiong Wang, Chu-Pak Lau

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• • ·Comparison of clinical and echocardiographic characteristics of Streptococcus bovis endocarditis with that caused by other pathogens

    Pagina :871-875

    Valeria Pergola, Giovanni Di Salvo, Gilbert Habib, Jean-François Avierinos, Emmanuel Philip, Jean-Marie Vailloud, Franck Thuny, Jean-Paul Casalta, Pierre Ambrosi, Marc Lambert, Alberto Riberi, Ange Ferracci, Thierry Mesana, Dominique Metras, Jean-Robert Harle, Pierre-Jean Weiller, Didier Raoult, Roger Luccioni

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• • ·Emerging perspectives on lipid management: international approaches and global challenges

    Pagina :876-881

    Antonio M Gotto

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• • ·Need for a prospective, randomized trial assessing the role of early coronary intervention following pharmacologic therapy for acute myocardial infarction

    Pagina :882-883

    Ellen C. Keeley, Joaquin E. Cigarroa

    
• • ·Effects of clopidogrel pretreatment before percutaneous coronary intervention in patients treated with glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors (abciximab or tirofiban)

    Pagina :884-886

    Abid R. Assali, Joseph Salloum, Stefano Sdringola, Ali Moustapha, Mohammad Ghani, Susan Hale, George Schroth, Ken Fujise, H.Vernon Anderson, Richard W. Smalling, Oscar R. Rosales

    
• • ·Evaluation of myocardial perfusion using rubidium-82 positron emission tomography after myocardial infarction in patients receiving primary stent implantation or thrombolytic therapy

    Pagina :886-889

    Nandita S. Scott, Michel R. Le May, Robert de Kemp, Terrence D. Ruddy, Marino Labinaz, Jean-Francois Marquis, Louise A. Laramee, Edward R. O’Brien, William L. Williams, Lyall A. Higginson, Rob S.B. Beanlands

     
• • ·Usefulness of plasma brain natriuretic peptide after acute myocardial infarction in predicting left ventricular dilatation six months later

    Pagina :890-893

    Atsushi Hirayama, Hiroyoshi Yamamoto, Yasushi Sakata, Masanori Asakura, Yasuhiko Sakata, Hisakazu Fuji, Fuminobu Ishikura, Yoshiharu Higuchi, Hiroya Mizuno, Kazunori Kashiwase, Hideo Kusuoka, Masatsugu Hori, Tsunehiko Kuzuya, Kazuhisa Kodama

     
• • ·Racial differences in outcomes of veterans undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting

    Pagina :893-895

    Charles Maynard, James L. Ritchie

     
• • ·Preoperative lipid control with simvastatin protects coronary artery bypass grafts from obstructive graft disease

    Pagina :896-899

    Jan T Christenson

    
• • ·Relation of high levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol to coronary artery disease and systemic hypertension

    Pagina :899-901

    Abdullah Hamad, Muwaffaq Salameh, Hatim Mahmoud, Jaya Singh, Mohammad Zaghmout, Laurie Ward

     
• • ·Risk factors for new coronary events in older Hispanic men and women

    Pagina :901-903

    Wilbert S. Aronow, Chul Ahn

    
• • ·Early predictive indexes of head-up tilt table testing outcomes utilizing heart rate and arterial pressure changes

    Pagina :903-906

    Elisabeth Bellard, Jacques-Olivier Fortrat, Bruno Vielle, Jean-Marc Dupuis, Jacques Victor, Georges Lefthériotis

    
• • ·Effect of successful electrical cardioversion on serum aldosterone in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation

    Pagina :906-909

    Andreas Goette, Philipp Hoffmanns, Wafa Enayati, Ulf Meltendorf, J.Christoph Geller, Helmut U. Klein

     
• • ·Length of hospital stay in patients with decompensated heart failure from moderate to severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction

    Pagina :909-911

    Kishore J. Harjai, A.Colin Cameron, Mehul Shah, Dwight Stapleton

     
• • ·Determinants of electrocardiographic and spatial vectorcardiographic descriptors of ventricular repolarization in normal subjects

    Pagina :912-914

    Polychronis Dilaveris, Antonios Pantazis, Elias Gialafos, Filippos Triposkiadis, John Gialafos

     
• • ·Left atrial mechanical functions in elite male athletes

    Pagina :915-917

    Mustafa Kemal Erol, Mahir Ugur, Mustafa Yilmaz, Mahmut Acikel, Serdar Sevimli, Necip Alp

    
• • ·Effect of marathon running on inflammatory and hemostatic markers

    Pagina :918-920

    Arthur J. Siegel, James J. Stec, Izabella Lipinska, Elizabeth M. Van Cott, Kent B. Lewandrowski, Paul M. Ridker, Geoffrey H. Tofler

     
• • ·Changes in cardiac markers including B-natriuretic peptide in runners after the Boston marathon

    Pagina :920-923

    Arthur J. Siegel, Elizabeth L. Lewandrowski, Kelly Y. Chun, Michelle B. Sholar, Alan J. Fischman, Kent B. Lewandrowski

     
• • ·Left atrial appendage spontaneous echo contrast in patients with atrial arrhythmias using integrated backscatter and transesophageal echocardiography

    Pagina :923-927

    Mohammad Bashir, Craig R. Asher, Kevin Schaffer, R.Daniel Murray, Carolyn Apperson-Hansen, Susan E. Jasper, James D. Thomas, Allan L. Klein

     
• • ·Assessment of global left ventricular function by tissue Doppler imaging

    Pagina :927-932

    Kenji Harada, Masamichi Tamura, Manatomo Toyono, Katsuyuki Oyama, Goro Takada

     
• • ·A lifetime of fitness

    Pagina :933-935

    John D. Cantwell

     
• • ·Arrhythmias in adults following repair of tetralogy of Fallot

    Pagina :936

    Gregory Y.H. Lip, Shyam P. Singh

    
• • ·Development of tachyphylaxis on statin treatment

    Pagina :936-937

    Miserez AR, Keller U, Mirsaidi R

     
• • ·Persistence of the coronary slow flow phenomenon

    Pagina :938

    John F. Beltrame, Stuart P. Turner, John D. Horowitz