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• • ·Comparison of baseline characteristics and one-year outcomes between African-Americans and Caucasians undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention

    Pagina :389-393

    Laurent Leborgne, Edouard Cheneau, Roswitha Wolfram, Ellen E Pinnow, Daniel A Canos, Augusto D Pichard, William O Suddath, Lowell F Satler, Joseph Lindsay, Ron Waksman

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• • ·Comparison of functional recovery of mildly hypokinetic versus severely dysfunctional left ventricular segments after revascularization in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy

    Pagina :394-398

    Vittoria Rizzello, Elena Biagini, Arend F.L Schinkel, Manolis Bountioukos, Eric Boersma, Eleni C Vourvouri, Fabiola B Sozzi, Abdou Elhendy, Jos R.T.C Roelandt, Don Poldermans, Jeroen J Bax

    Riassunto Riassunto Mappa Mappa  
• • ·Comparison of survival after successful percutaneous coronary intervention of patients with diabetes mellitus receiving insulin versus those receiving only diet and/or oral hypoglycemic agents

    Pagina :399-403

    Verghese Mathew, Robert L Frye, Ryan Lennon, Greg W Barsness, David R Holmes

    Riassunto Riassunto Mappa Mappa  
• • ·Relative benefit of coronary artery bypass grafting versus stent-assisted percutaneous coronary intervention for angina pectoris and multivessel coronary disease in women versus men (one-year results from the Stent or Surgery Trial)

    Pagina :404-409

    Zefeng Zhang, William S Weintraub, Elizabeth M Mahoney, John A Spertus, Jean Booth, Fiona Nugara, Rodney H Stables, Viola Vaccarino

    Riassunto Riassunto Mappa Mappa  
• • ·Comparison of coronary artery specific leukocyte–platelet conjugate formation in unstable versus stable angina pectoris

    Pagina :410-413

    Parag B Patel, Steven E Pfau, Michael W Cleman, Joseph J Brennan, Christopher Howes, Michael Remetz, Henry S Cabin, John F Setaro, Henry M Rinder

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• • ·Effect of simvastatin in familial hypercholesterolemia on the affinity of electronegative low-density lipoprotein subfractions to the low-density lipoprotein receptor

    Pagina :414-420

    Sonia Benítez, Jordi Ordóñez-Llanos, Miquel Franco, Carmen Marín, Elier Paz, José López-Miranda, Carles Otal, Francisco Pérez-Jiménez, José Luis Sánchez-Quesada

    Riassunto Riassunto Mappa Mappa  
• • ·Association of aortic valve calcium detected by electron beam computed tomography with echocardiographic aortic valve disease and with calcium deposits in the coronary arteries and thoracic aorta

    Pagina :421-425

    Craig R Walsh, Martin G Larson, Michelle J Kupka, Daniel Levy, Ramachandran S Vasan, Emelia J Benjamin, Warren J Manning, Melvin E Clouse, Christopher J O'Donnell

    Riassunto Riassunto Mappa Mappa  
• • ·Incidence of thrombus formation on the CardioSEAL and the Amplatzer interatrial closure devices

    Pagina :426-431

    Hitoshi Anzai, John Child, Barbara Natterson, Janine Krivokapich, Michael C Fishbein, Vicki K Chan, Jonathan M Tobis

    Riassunto Riassunto Mappa Mappa  
• • ·Signal-averaged electrocardiogram in Ebstein's anomaly

    Pagina :432-436

    Nikola H. Tede, Kalyanam Shivkumar, Joseph K. Perloff, Holly R. Middlekauff, Michael C. Fishbein, John S. Child, Hillel Laks

    Riassunto Riassunto Mappa Mappa  
• • ·Comparison of intracardiac echocardiography versus transesophageal echocardiography guidance for percutaneous transcatheter closure of atrial septal defect

    Pagina :437-440

    Fernando Boccalandro, Edward Baptista, Andreas Muench, Catherine Carter, Richard W Smalling

    Riassunto Riassunto Mappa Mappa  
• • ·Pilots, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and issues of aviation and public safety

    Pagina :441-444

    Barry J Maron, James A Barry, Robert S Poole

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• • ·Importance of the first two minutes of heart rate recovery after exercise treadmill testing in predicting mortality and the presence of coronary artery disease in men

    Pagina :445-449

    Michael J. Lipinski, George W. Vetrovec, Victor F. Froelicher

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• • ·Prediction of all-cause mortality in women with known or suspected coronary artery disease by stress technetium-99m tetrofosmin myocardial perfusion imaging

    Pagina :450-452

    Abdou Elhendy, Arend F.L. Schinkel, Ron T. van Domburg, Jeroen J. Bax, Roelf Valkema, Don Poldermans

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• • ·Incidence and time course of thrombocytopenia with abciximab and eptifibatide in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention

    Pagina :453-455

    Ibrahim E. Fahdi, Jorge F. Saucedo, Thomas Hennebry, Mohammad Ghani, Saihari Sadanandan, Luis Garza-Arreola

    Riassunto Riassunto  
• • ·Frequency of nonresponse antiplatelet activity of clopidogrel during pretreatment for cardiac catheterization

    Pagina :456-458

    Joseph E. Mobley, Stuart J. Bresee, Dale C. Wortham, Robert M. Craft, Carolyn C. Snider, Roger C. Carroll

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• • ·Risk factors for intracranial hemorrhage and nonhemorrhagic stroke after fibrinolytic therapy (from the GUSTO-i trial)

    Pagina :458-461

    David E. Kandzari, Christopher B. Granger, Maarten L. Simoons, Harvey D. White, John Simes, Kenneth W. Mahaffey, Joel Gore, W.Douglas Weaver, William T. Longstreth, Amanda Stebbins, Kerry L. Lee, Robert M. Califf, Eric J. Topol, GUSTO-I Investigators

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·Two-year outcomes after enhanced external counterpulsation for stable angina pectoris (from the International EECP Patient Registry [IEPR])

    Pagina :461-464

    Andrew D. Michaels, Georgiann Linnemeier, Ozlem Soran, Sheryl F. Kelsey, Elizabeth D. Kennard

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• • ·Effect of enhanced external counterpulsation on dobutamine-induced left ventricular wall motion abnormalities in severe chronic angina pectoris

    Pagina :465-467

    Jens Peder Bagger, Roger J.C. Hall, George Koutroulis, Petros Nihoyannopoulos

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• • ·Effectiveness of primary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction in patients on dialysis

    Pagina :468-470

    Andrew J. West, Simon R. Dixon, Joel K. Kahn, Robert N. Levin, William W. O'Neill, Cindy L. Grines, Aaron D. Berman

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• • ·Intravascular ultrasound study of effects of overlapping sirolimus-eluting stents

    Pagina :470-473

    Juan S. Muñoz, Alexandre Abizaid, Gary S. Mintz, Mariano Albertal, Andrea S. Abizaid, Fausto Feres, Marinella Centemero, Rodolfo Staico, Luiz A. Mattos, Ibraim Pinto, Amanda Sousa, J.Eduardo Sousa

    Riassunto Riassunto  
• • ·Comparison of diamond-like carbon-coated stents versus uncoated stainless steel stents in coronary artery disease

    Pagina :474-477

    Flavio Airoldi, Antonio Colombo, Davide Tavano, Goran Stankovic, Silvio Klugmann, Vito Paolillo, Erminio Bonizzoni, Carlo Briguori, Mauro Carlino, Matteo Montorfano, Francesco Liistro, Alfredo Castelli, Angela Ferrari, Fabio Sgura, Carlo Di Mario

    Riassunto Riassunto  
• • ·Impact of strut thickness on late luminal loss after coronary artery stent placement

    Pagina :477-480

    Saskia Z.H. Rittersma, Robbert J. de Winter, Karel T. Koch, Matthijs Bax, Carl E. Schotborgh, Karla J. Mulder, Jan G.P. Tijssen, Jan J. Piek

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• • ·Usefulness of an abnormal ankle-brachial index to predict presence of coronary artery disease in African-Americans

    Pagina :481-483

    Kenneth Ese Otah, Atul Madan, Eseroghene Otah, Oluyemi Badero, Luther T. Clark, Moro O. Salifu

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• • ·Computerized QT dispersion measurement and cardiovascular mortality in male veterans

    Pagina :483-486

    Bimal R. Shah, Takuya Yamazaki, Gregory Engel, Shaun Cho, Sung H. Chun, Victor F. Froelicher

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• • ·Comparison of ability to identify left atrial thrombus by three-dimensional tomography versus transesophageal echocardiography in patients with atrial fibrillation

    Pagina :486-489

    Wael A. Jaber, Richard D. White, Stacie A. Kuzmiak, Janet M. Boyle, Andrea Natale, Carolyn Apperson-Hansen, James D. Thomas, Craig R. Asher

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• • ·Relation of coronary artery calcium to left ventricular mass in African-Americans

    Pagina :490-492

    Wenjing Tong, Joao A. Lima, Hong Lai, David D. Celentano, Shupeng Dai, Shenghan Lai

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• • ·Usefulness of clinical assessment of the carotid pulse in the diagnosis of aortic stenosis

    Pagina :493-495

    Joseph Selvanayagam, Carmine De Pasquale, Leonard Arnolda

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• • ·Effects of cardiac resynchronization therapy on myocardial blood flow measured by oxygen-15 water positron emission tomography in idiopathic-dilated cardiomyopathy and left bundle branch block

    Pagina :496-499

    Bernd Nowak, Christoph Stellbrink, Anil M Sinha, Hans-Juergen Kaiser, Patrick Reinartz, Ralf Koos, Kai Markus, Peter Hanrath, Ulrich Buell, Wolfgang M Schaefer

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• • ·Prognostic usefulness of left ventricular thrombus by echocardiography in dilated cardiomyopathy in predicting stroke, transient ischemic attack, and death

    Pagina :500-503

    Thomas C. Crawford, William T. Smith, Eric J. Velazquez, Steve M. Taylor, James G. Jollis, Joseph Kisslo

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• • ·Respiratory symptoms secondary to aortopulmonary collateral vessels in tetralogy of Fallot absent pulmonary valve syndrome

    Pagina :503-505

    Alison L. Knauth, Audrey C. Marshall, Tal Geva, Richard A. Jonas, Gerald R. Marx

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• • ·Late post-repair ventricular function in patients with origin of the left main coronary artery from the pulmonary trunk

    Pagina :506-508

    Giovanni Di Salvo, Benedicte Eyskens, Piet Claus, Jan D'hooge, Bart Bijnens, Bert Suys, Daniel De Wolf, Marc Gewillig, George R. Sutherland, Luc Mertens

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• • ·Cost analysis of “bridging therapy” with low-molecular-weight heparin versus unfractionated heparin during temporary interruption of chronic anticoagulation

    Pagina :509-511

    Stacey L. Amorosi, Kanella Tsilimingras, David Thompson, John Fanikos, Milton C. Weinstein, Samuel Z. Goldhaber

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• • ·Analysis of occurrence of venous thromboembolic disease in the four seasons

    Pagina :511-513

    Paul D. Stein, Fadi Kayali, Ronald E. Olson

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• • ·Analysis of infective endarteritis in patent ductus arteriosus

    Pagina :513-515

    Masood Sadiq, Farhan Latif, Asif ur-Rehman

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• • ·“Read Guyton”

    Pagina :516-517

    Hector O. Ventura

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• • ·Electrocardiographic changes associated with training and discontinuation of training in an athlete with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

    Pagina :518-519

    Patrizio Sarto, Laura Merlo, Donatella Noventa, Cristina Basso, Antonio Pelliccia, Barry J. Maron

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• • ·Good books in cardiology appearing in 2003

    Pagina :520-523

    William Clifford Roberts

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• • ·A propensity analysis of the impact of platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor therapy on in-hospital outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention

    Pagina :524-525

    Samin K. Sharma

     
• • ·Effectiveness of statin titration on low-density lipoprotein cholesterol goal attainment in patients at high risk of atherogenic events

    Pagina :525

    Robert L. Martin

    
• • ·Congenital bicuspid aortic valve and rate of ascending aortic dilatation

    Pagina :525-526

    Gian M. Novaro, Brian P. Griffin

    
• • ·Correction

    Pagina :526

    
• • ·Editorial board

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