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• • ·Assessment of quality of life and cognitive function after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with successful resuscitation

    Pagina :131-135

    Anouk P van Alem, Reinier A Waalewijn, Rudolph W Koster, Rien de Vos

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• • ·The metabolic syndrome and risk of major coronary events in the Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study (4S) and the Air Force/Texas Coronary Atherosclerosis Prevention Study (AFCAPS/TexCAPS)

    Pagina :136-141

    Cynthia J Girman, Thomas Rhodes, Michele Mercuri, Kalevi Pyörälä, John Kjekshus, Terje R Pedersen, Polly A Beere, Antonio M Gotto, Michael Clearfield, 4S Group and the AFCAPS/TexCAPS Research Group

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• • ·Use of tissue Doppler imaging to facilitate the prediction of events in patients with abnormal left ventricular function by dobutamine echocardiography

    Pagina :142-146

    Thomas H Marwick, Colin Case, Rodel Leano, Leanne Short, Terri Baglin, Peter Cain, Paul Garrahy

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• • ·Efficacy and safety of sildenafil citrate in men with erectile dysfunction and stable coronary artery disease

    Pagina :147-153

    Robert F DeBusk, Carl J Pepine, Dale B Glasser, Arkady Shpilsky, Herb DeRiesthal, Michael Sweeney

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• • ·Treating to New Targets (TNT) Study: does lowering low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels below currently recommended guidelines yield incremental clinical benefit?

    Pagina :154-158

    David D Waters, John R Guyton, David M Herrington, Mary P McGowan, Nanette K Wenger, Charles Shear, TNT Steering Committee Members and Investigators *

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• • ·Effect of increasing metabolic syndrome score on atherosclerotic risk profile and coronary artery disease angiographic severity

    Pagina :159-164

    B.Charles Solymoss, Martial G Bourassa, Lucien Campeau, Allan Sniderman, Michel Marcil, Jacques Lespérance, Sylvie Lévesque, Susan Varga

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• • ·Comparison of left atrial volume and function after linear ablation and after cardioversion for chronic atrial fibrillation

    Pagina :165-170

    Liza Thomas, Stuart P. Thomas, Michelle Hoy, Anita Boyd, Nelson B. Schiller, David L. Ross

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• • ·Conduction system abnormalities in patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy following septal reduction interventions

    Pagina :171-175

    Jian Xin Qin, Takahiro Shiota, Harry M Lever, Craig R Asher, Zoran B Popović, Neil L Greenberg, Deborah A Agler, Jeanne K Drinko, Nicholas G Smedira, E.Murat Tuzcu, Bruce W Lytle, James D Thomas

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• • ·PROFESSOR Sir Magdi Habib Yacoub, FRS, FRCS, FRCP, DS: a conversation with the editor

    Pagina :176-192

     
• • ·Population implications of changes in lipid management in patients with coronary heart disease

    Pagina :193-195

    Kathleen A. Foley, Mark W. Massing, Ross J. Simpson, Charles M. Alexander, Leona E. Markson

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• • ·Effect of abciximab on prothrombin activation and thrombin generation in patients with acute myocardial infarction also receiving reteplase

    Pagina :195-198

    Piera Angelica Merlini, Alessandra Repetto, Anna Maria Andreoli, Silvio Ricci, Alessandro Lombardi, Angelo Finardi, Giuseppe Dipasquale, Monica Lamponi, Pier Mannuccio Mannucci, Diego Ardissino

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• • ·Effect of rheumatoid arthritis or systemic lupus erythematosus on the risk of First-Time acute myocardial infarction

    Pagina :198-200

    Lorenz M. Fischer, Raymond G. Schlienger, Christian Matter, Hershel Jick, Christoph R. Meier

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• • ·Usefulness of compensatory hyperkinesis in the noninfarcted left ventricular wall in separating single from multivessel coronary artery disease in patients with initial ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction

    Pagina :201-203

    Swaminatha V. Gurudevan, Ehtisham Mahmud, Daniel G. Blanchard, G.Monet Strachan, Teri Dittrich, Christopher Mathews, Anthony N. DeMaria, Ajit B. Raisinghani

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• • ·Relation of thrombomodulin gene polymorphisms to acute myocardial infarction in patients ≤50 years of age

    Pagina :204-207

    Ting-Hsing Chao, Yi-Heng Li, Jyh-Hong Chen, Hua-Lin Wu, Guey-Yueh Shi, Wei-Chuan Tsai, Pin-Shern Chen, Ping-Yen Liu

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• • ·Temperature of blood in the coronary sinus and right atrium in patients with and without coronary artery disease

    Pagina :207-210

    Christodoulos Stefanadis, Eleftherios Tsiamis, Sophia Vaina, Konstantinos Toutouzas, Harrisios Boudoulas, John Gialafos, Pavlos Toutouzas

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• • ·Luminal recovery from six to twelve months after implantation of “thicker strut” coronary stents

    Pagina :210-213

    George C.X. Meireles, Pedro A. Lemos, John A. Ambrose, Expedito Ribeiro, Pedro E. Horta, Marco Perin, José A.F. Ramires, Eulógio E. Martinez

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• • ·Incidence, predictors, in-hospital, and late outcomes of coronary artery perforations

    Pagina :213-216

    Goran Stankovic, Dejan Orlic, Nicola Corvaja, Flavio Airoldi, Alaide Chieffo, Vassilis Spanos, Matteo Montorfano, Mauro Carlino, Leo Finci, Giuseppe Sangiorgi, Antonio Colombo

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• • ·Effect of simvastatin on serum C-reactive protein during hormone replacement therapy

    Pagina :217-218

    Eftihia Sbarouni, Zenon S. Kyriakides, Dimitrios Th. Kremastinos

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• • ·Effect of Helicobacter pylori eradication on high-density lipoprotein cholesterol

    Pagina :219-220

    Hubert Scharnagl, Manfred Kist, Andrea Busse Grawitz, Wolfgang Koenig, Heinrich Wieland, Winfried März

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• • ·Effect of physical activity on serum C-reactive protein

    Pagina :221-225

    Michelle A. Albert, Robert J. Glynn, Paul M. Ridker

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• • ·Comparison of catecholamine response during tilt-table–induced vasovagal syncope in patients <35 to those >65 years of age

    Pagina :225-227

    Cengiz Ermis, Nemer Samniah, Scott Sakaguchi, Keith G. Lurie, Scott Pham, Fei Lu, David G. Benditt

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• • ·Usefulness of brain natriuretic peptide as a marker for separating cardiac and noncardiac causes of syncope

    Pagina :228-230

    Kojiro Tanimoto, Kazushi Yukiiri, Katsufumi Mizushige, Yuichiro Takagi, Hisashi Masugata, Kaori Shinomiya, Naohisa Hosomi, Tsutomu Takahashi, Koji Ohmori, Masakazu Kohno

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• • ·A novel form of familial bidirectional ventricular tachycardia

    Pagina :231-234

    Eyal Nof, Hadas Lahat, Naama Constantini, David Luria, Gail Rosenfeld, Michael Eldar, Elon Pras, Michael Glikson

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• • ·Development of a depressed left ventricular ejection fraction in patients with left ventricular hypertrophy and a normal ejection fraction

    Pagina :234-237

    J.Eduardo Rame, Marlon Ramilo, Nali Spencer, Christopher Blewett, Sameer K. Mehta, Daniel L. Dries, Mark H. Drazner

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• • ·Comparison of effects on left ventricular filling pressure of intravenous nesiritide and high-dose nitroglycerin in patients with decompensated heart failure

    Pagina :237-240

    Uri Elkayam, Mohammed W. Akhter, Harpreet Singh, Salman Khan, Ahsan Usman

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• • ·Meta-Analysis of effectiveness or lack thereof of Angiotensin-Converting enzyme inhibitors for prevention of heart failure in patients with systemic hypertension

    Pagina :240-243

    Fabio Angeli, Paolo Verdecchia, Gian Paolo Reboldi, Roberto Gattobigio, Maurizio Bentivoglio, Jan A. Staessen, Carlo Porcellati

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• • ·Prevalence of QRS prolongation in a community hospital cohort of patients with heart failure and its relation to left ventricular systolic dysfunction

    Pagina :244-246

    Roopinder Sandhu, Robert C. Bahler

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• • ·Comparison of efficacy, safety, and cost of low-molecular-weight heparin with continuous-infusion unfractionated heparin for initiation of anticoagulation after mechanical prosthetic valve implantation

    Pagina :247-250

    John Fanikos, Kanella Tsilimingras, Nils Kucher, Allison B. Rosen, Melissa D. Hieblinger, Samuel Z. Goldhaber

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• • ·Prognostic usefulness of echocardiographic dobutamine in younger (14 to 25 years) and older (40 to 55 years) patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy

    Pagina :251-255

    Ioannis A. Paraskevaidis, Stamatis Adamopoulos, Dimitrios Tsiapras, Dimitrios Karatzas, Dimitrios T. Kremastinos

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• • ·Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in Ebstein's anomaly

    Pagina :255-258

    Kei Inai, Toshio Nakanishi, Yoshiki Mori, Hirohumi Tomimatsu, Makoto Nakazawa

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• • ·A prospective registry of 5,451 patients with ultrasound-confirmed deep vein thrombosis

    Pagina :259-262

    Samuel Z. Goldhaber, Victor F. Tapson, DVT FREE Steering Committee* *

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• • ·Prevalence of increased cardiac troponin I levels in patients with and without acute pulmonary embolism and relation of increased cardiac troponin I levels with in-hospital mortality in patients with acute pulmonary embolism

    Pagina :263-264

    Kiran Yalamanchili, Rishi Sukhija, Wilbert S. Aronow, Neeraj Sinha, Arlen G. Fleisher, Stuart G. Lehrman

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• • ·Effect of cold, isometric exercise, and combination of both on aortic pulse in healthy subjects

    Pagina :265-267

    Parashos Geleris, Alexia Stavrati, Harisios Boudoulas

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• • ·Prevalence of stroke and associated risk factors in Asian Indians living in the state of Georgia, United States of America

    Pagina :267-269

    Gurpreet Baweja, Navin C. Nanda, Naresh Parikh, Vishal Bhatia, Rajesh Venkataraman

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• • ·Usefulness of ambulatory electrocardiographic monitoring for myocardial ischemia after coronary bypass

    Pagina :270-271

    Hemant Solomon, Robert F. DeBusk

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• • ·Chest pain in an adult with truncus arteriosus communis

    Pagina :272-273

    Paulo Sampaio Gutierrez, Maria Angélica Binotto, Vera Demarchi Aiello, Alfredo José Mansur

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• • ·The metabolic syndrome

    Pagina :274

    William Clifford Roberts

     
• • ·Editorial board

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