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• • ·Effects of percutaneous coronary arterial thrombectomy during acute myocardial infarction on left ventricular remodeling

    Pagina :527-531

    Hiroaki Kondo, Takahiko Suzuki, Tatsuya Fukutomi, Shogo Suzuki, Motoya Hayase, Shigenori Ito, Shinsuke Ojio, Mariko Ehara, Yutaka Takeda, Makoto Itoh

    Riassunto Riassunto Mappa Mappa  
• • ·Association of peripheral neutrophilia with adverse angiographic outcomes in ST-elevation myocardial infarction

    Pagina :532-536

    Ajay J. Kirtane, Anh Bui, Sabina A. Murphy, Hal V. Barron, C.Michael Gibson

    Riassunto Riassunto Mappa Mappa  
• • ·Comparison of visibility and diagnostic capability of noninvasive coronary angiography by eight-slice multidetector-row computed tomography versus conventional coronary angiography

    Pagina :537-542

    Takao Maruyama, Tohru Yoshizumi, Ritsu Tamura, Shigekazu Takashima, Hiroyuki Toyoshima, Ichiro Konishi, Shizuya Yamashita, Kouichi Yamasaki

    Riassunto Riassunto Mappa Mappa  
• • ·Quantitative angiographic and intravascular ultrasound study >5 years after directional coronary atherectomy

    Pagina :543-548

    Kenya Nasu, Etsuo Tsuchikane, Nobuhisa Awata, Hiroaki Matsumoto, Atsushi Shiota, Yoshihiro Takeda, Tohru Kobayashi

    Riassunto Riassunto Mappa Mappa  
• • ·Identification of proximal left anterior descending artery stenosis with thallium-201 defect patterns in patients with angina pectoris

    Pagina :549-553

    Joon-Kee Yoon, Kyung-Han Lee, Eun Jeong Lee, Young Hwan Kim, Jung-Don Seo, Byung-Tae Kim

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• • ·Associations among oxidized low-density lipoprotein antibody, C-reactive protein, interleukin-6, and circulating cell adhesion molecules in patients with unstable angina pectoris

    Pagina :554-558

    Young-Cheoul Doo, Sang-Jin Han, Jun-Hee Lee, Goo-Yung Cho, Kyung-Soon Hong, Kyoo-Rok Han, Nam-Ho Lee, Dong-Jin Oh, Kyu-Hyung Ryu, Chong-Yun Rhim, Kwang-Hwahk Lee, Yung Lee

    Riassunto Riassunto Mappa Mappa  
• • ·Association of ferritin and lipids with C-reactive protein

    Pagina :559-562

    Arch G. Mainous, Brian J. Wells, Charles J. Everett, James M. Gill, Dana E. King

    Riassunto Riassunto Mappa Mappa
• • ·Comparison of angiographic findings among postmenopausal women using unopposed estrogen, estrogen/progestin combinations, and nonusers

    Pagina :563-568

    Liudmila Husak, Viola Vaccarino, Emir Veledar, Nancy Murrah, Nanette K. Wenger

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• • ·Long-term rhythm control of drug-refractory atrial fibrillation with “hybrid therapy” incorporating dual-site right atrial pacing, antiarrhythmic drugs, and right atrial ablation

    Pagina :569-575

    Nandini Madan, Sanjeev Saksena

    Riassunto Riassunto Mappa Mappa  
• • ·Lack of a hypotensive effect with rapid administration of a new aqueous formulation of intravenous amiodarone

    Pagina :576-581

    John C. Somberg, Sandor Timar, Steven J. Bailin, Ferenc Lakatos, Charles I. Haffajee, Jeno Tarjan, Walter P. Paladino, Istvan Sarosi, Nicholas Z. Kerin, Jozsef Borbola, Duane E. Bridges, Janos Molnar, Amio-Aqueous Investigators* *

    Riassunto Riassunto Mappa Mappa  
• • ·Psychosocial factors and quality of life in children and adolescents with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators

    Pagina :582-587

    David Ray DeMaso, Allison Lauretti, Leslie Spieth, Julie R. Van Der Feen, Kathleen S. Jay, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Edward P. Walsh, Charles I. Berul

    Riassunto Riassunto Mappa Mappa
• • ·Peak exercise oxygen pulse and prognosis in chronic heart failure

    Pagina :588-593

    Carl J. Lavie, Richard V. Milani, Mandeep R. Mehra

    Riassunto Riassunto Mappa Mappa  
• • ·Backscatter evaluation of myocardial functional and textural findings in children with right ventricular pressure and/or volume overload

    Pagina :594-597

    Giuseppe Pacileo, Giuseppe Limongelli, Marina Verrengia, Juan Gimeno, Giovanni Di Salvo, Raffaele Calabrò

    Riassunto Riassunto Mappa Mappa  
• • ·Endothelial dysfunction: discovery and initial characterization

    Pagina :598-599

    Dean T Mason

     
• • ·Use of glitazones in cardiac patients: a case for B-type natriuretic peptide monitoring?

    Pagina :600-602

    Malek El Muayed, Victor R. Lavis, Hazim J. Safi, Francisco Fuentes

    Mappa Mappa
• • ·Effect of combined statin and beta-blocker treatment on one-year morbidity and mortality after acute myocardial infarction associated with heart failure

    Pagina :603-606

    Aina Hognestad, Kenneth Dickstein, Eivind Myhre, Steven Snapinn, John Kjekshus, the OPTIMAAL Investigators

    Riassunto Riassunto  
• • ·Gender and age differences in chief complaints of acute myocardial infarction (Worcester heart attack study)

    Pagina :606-608

    Kerry A. Milner, Viola Vaccarino, Amy L. Arnold, Marjorie Funk, Robert J. Goldberg

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• • ·Comparison of risk factors in acute myocardial infarction and unstable angina pectoris in patients ≤66 versus >66 years of age

    Pagina :608-610

    Shiro Hoshida, Takahiro Hayashi, Ken Kanamasa, Kinji Ishikawa, Masashi Naka, Takahiko Kawarabayashi, Yoshiaki Yokoi, Mitsuo Matsuda, Yoshiyuki Nagai, Yoshio Yamada, the South-Osaka Acute Coronary Syndrome Study Investigators

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• • ·Possible contribution of C-reactive protein within coronary plaque to increasing its own plasma levels across coronary circulation

    Pagina :611-614

    Tetsunori Ishikawa, Takuroh Imamura, Kinta Hatakeyama, Haruhiko Date, Toshiro Nagoshi, Riichirou Kawamoto, Akihiko Matsuyama, Yujiro Asada, Tanenao Eto

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• • ·Relation between C-reactive protein, treadmill exercise testing, and inducible myocardial ischemia

    Pagina :614-617

    Jeryes Shehadeh, Basil S Lewis, Giora Weisz, Miriam David, Tamar Ashkenazi, David A Halon

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• • ·Effect of exercise training on endothelial function in men with coronary artery disease

    Pagina :617-620

    David G. Edwards, Richard S. Schofield, Shannon L. Lennon, Gary L. Pierce, Wilmer W. Nichols, Randy W. Braith

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• • ·Comparison of peripheral monocyte counts in patients with and without coronary spasm and without fixed coronary narrowing

    Pagina :620-624

    Ming-Jui Hung, Li-Tang Kuo, Chi-Wen Cheng, Chih-Ping Chang, Wen-Jin Cherng

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• • ·Comparison of calcium scores from thick– and thin image slice–computed tomography scanning in predicting future coronary events

    Pagina :624-626

    Robert C. Detrano, Terry M. Doherty, Min Xiang, Miwa Kawakubo, Laurie Labree, Eloisa Romero, Stanley Azen

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• • ·Prognostic value of neopterin levels in treated patients with hypertension and chest pain but without obstructive coronary artery disease

    Pagina :627-629

    Pablo Avanzas, Ramón Arroyo-Espliguero, Juan Cosin-Sales, Juan Quiles, Emmanouil Zouridakis, Juan Carlos Kaski

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• • ·Predicting mortality in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PAMI risk score)

    Pagina :629-632

    Srinivas Addala, Cindy L Grines, Simon R Dixon, Gregg W Stone, Judith A Boura, Anthony B Ochoa, Gregory Pellizzon, William W O'Neill, Joel K Kahn

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• • ·Treatment of very small vessels with 2.25-mm diameter sirolimus-eluting stents (from the RESEARCH registry)

    Pagina :633-636

    Pedro A Lemos, Chourmouzios A Arampatzis, Francesco Saia, Angela Hoye, Muzaffer Degertekin, Kengo Tanabe, Chi-Hang Lee, Paul Cummins, Pieter C Smits, Eugène McFadden, Georgios Sianos, Pim de Feyter, Willem J van Der Giessen, Ron T van Domburg, Patrick W Serruys

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• • ·Feasibility of endovascular cooling as an adjunct to primary percutaneous coronary intervention (results of the LOWTEMP pilot study)

    Pagina :636-639

    David E Kandzari, Alan Chu, Bruce R Brodie, Thomas A Stuckey, James B Hermiller, George W Vetrovec, Karen L Hannan, Mitchell W Krucoff, Robert H Christenson, Raymond J Gibbons, Kristina N Sigmon, Jyostna Garg, Victor Hasselblad, Kenneth Collins, Robert A Harrington, Peter B Berger, Nicholas A Chronos, Judith S Hochman, Robert M Califf

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• • ·Relation of fasting insulin plasma levels to restenosis after elective coronary stent implantation in patients without diabetes mellitus

    Pagina :639-641

    Peter W Radke, Marc Voswinkel, Matthias Reith, Axel Kaiser, Philipp K Haager, Peter Hanrath, Rainer Hoffmann

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• • ·Effectiveness of ezetimibe in clinical practice

    Pagina :641-643

    Javier Jurado, Richard Seip, Paul D. Thompson

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• • ·Usefulness of a ventricular extrastimulus from the summit of the ventricular septum in diagnosis of septal accessory pathway in patients with supraventricular tachycardia

    Pagina :643-646

    Takehiko Matsushita, Nitish Badhwar, Kathryn K Collins, George F Van Hare, Gaetano Barbato, Byron K Lee, Randall J Lee, Melvin M Scheinman

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• • ·Prognostic differences between atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter

    Pagina :647-649

    Paul Lelorier, Karin H. Humphries, Andrew Krahn, Stuart J. Connolly, Mario Talajic, Martin Green, Robert Sheldon, Paul Dorian, David Newman, Charles R. Kerr, Raymond Yee, George J. Klein

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• • ·Influence of l-arginine and vitamin C on the autonomic nervous system in chronic heart failure secondary to ischemic cardiomyopathy

    Pagina :650-654

    Gianfranco Piccirillo, Quaglione Raffaele, Filippo Fimognari, Antonio Moisè, Malavasi Mario, Marco Lionetti, Camilla Naso, Silvia Di Carlo, Marialuce Nocco, Damiano Magrì

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• • ·Comparison of transthoracic echocardiography versus cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging for the assessment of ventricular function in adults after atrial switch procedures for complete transposition of the great arteries

    Pagina :654-657

    Lynette W Lissin, Wei Li, Dan J Murphy, Tim Hornung, Lorna Swan, Michael Mullen, Philip Kilner, Michael A Gatzoulis

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• • ·Magnetic resonance imaging evaluation of myocardial perfusion and viability in congenital and acquired pediatric heart disease

    Pagina :657-661

    Ashwin Prakash, Andrew J Powell, Rajesh Krishnamurthy, Tal Geva

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• • ·An echocardiographic survey of primary school children for bicuspid aortic valve

    Pagina :661-663

    Cristina Basso, Mauro Boschello, Cosimo Perrone, Alessandro Mecenero, Andrea Cera, Dario Bicego, Gaetano Thiene, Ennio De Dominicis

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• • ·Role of xanthine oxidase in conduit artery endothelial dysfunction in cigarette smokers

    Pagina :664-668

    Sashi Guthikonda, Kenneth Woods, Christine A. Sinkey, William G. Haynes

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• • ·Lack of adverse clopidogrel–atorvastatin clinical interaction

    Pagina :669

    Jacqueline Saw, Eric J Topol

    
• • ·Reply: lack of adverse clopidogrel–atorvastatin clinical interaction

    Pagina :669-670

    harm wienbergen, jochen senges

    
• • ·Mechanism of high brain natriuretic peptide in patients with atrial fibrillation

    Pagina :670

    Arash Rashidi

    
• • ·Reperfusion arrhythmias and ST-segment resolution

    Pagina :670-671

    Doron Zahger, Reuben Ilia

    
• • ·The electrocardiogram in hypothermia—the J wave and the Brugada syndrome

    Pagina :671-672

    Basil M RuDusky

    
• • ·Editorial board

    Pagina :A3