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• • ·Usefulness of real-time myocardial perfusion imaging in the evaluation of patients with first time chest pain

    Pagina :1225-1231

    Grigorios Korosoglou, Nina Labadze, Alexander Hansen, Christiane Selter, Evangelos Giannitsis, Hugo Katus, Helmut Kuecherer

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• • ·Comparison of stress-induced myocardial ischemia in patients with and without coronary arterial collaterals

    Pagina :1232-1236

    Farooq A. Chaudhry, Sripal Bangalore, Siu-Sun Yao, Kishin Ramani, Doyle Walton, Alexander Lee, Suhail Dohad

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• • ·Angiographic and three-dimensional intravascular ultrasound analysis of combined intracoronary beta radiation and self-expanding stent implantation in human coronary arteries

    Pagina :1237-1242

    Valeria Ferrero, Flavio Ribichini, Guy R. Heyndrickx, Bernard De Bruyne, Marleen Piessens, Stéphane Carlier, Martin Büchi, Giuseppe Matullo, Corrado Vassanelli, William Wijns

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• • ·A Consumer Use Study of Over-the-Counter Lovastatin (CUSTOM)

    Pagina :1243-1248

    Jeffrey M. Melin, William E. Struble, Robert W. Tipping, James M. Reynolds, Theodore C. Vassil, Stephanie J. Levy, Theresa M. Petrohoy, Paulette Midgette, Edwin L. Hemwall, Jeffrey G. Levine, John D. Irvin

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• • ·Prevalence of coronary heart disease and carotid arterial thickening in patients with the metabolic syndrome (The ARIC Study)

    Pagina :1249-1254

    Ann Marie McNeill, Wayne D. Rosamond, Cynthia J. Girman, Gerardo Heiss, Sherita Hill Golden, Bruce B. Duncan, Honey E. East, Christie Ballantyne

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• • ·Frequency of elevation of C-reactive protein in atrial fibrillation

    Pagina :1255-1259

    Jeffrey L. Anderson, Chloe A. Allen Maycock, Donald L. Lappé, Brian G. Crandall, Benjamin D. Horne, Tami L. Bair, Steven R. Morris, Qunyu Li, Joseph B. Muhlestein, Intermountain Heart Collaborative Study Group

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• • ·Dietary recommendations in the prevention and treatment of coronary heart disease: Do we have the ideal diet yet?

    Pagina :1260-1267

    Georges Chahoud, Y. Wady Aude, Jawahar L. Mehta

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• • ·Subliminal editorial conundra confounding publication of multicenter trials

    Pagina :1268-1269

    Edward D. Frohlich, Carl J. Pepine

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• • ·Relation of left ventricular sphericity to 10-year survival after acute myocardial infarction

    Pagina :1270-1275

    Selwyn P. Wong, John K. French, Anna-Maria Lydon, Samuel O.M. Manda, Wanzhen Gao, Noel G. Ashton, Harvey D. White

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• • ·Prognostic significance of early short-term measurements of heart rate variability following acute myocardial infarction

    Pagina :1275-1278

    Richard Steeds, Janine Fletcher, Michael Smith, John West, Kevin Channer, John Townend

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• • ·Echocardiographic predictors of prognosis after first acute myocardial infarction

    Pagina :1278-1280

    Omar Obeidat, Mohsin Alam, George W. Divine, Fareed Khaja, Sidney Goldstein, Hani Sabbah

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• • ·Revascularization among patients with acute myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock and impact of American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines

    Pagina :1281-1285

    Jing Fang, Michael H. Alderman

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• • ·Interleukin-18 and interleukin-18 binding protein levels before and after percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with and without recent myocardial infarction

    Pagina :1285-1287

    Craig R. Narins, David A. Lin, Paul B. Burton, Zheng-Gen Jin, Bradford C. Berk

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• • ·Effect of glucose-insulin-potassium infusion on plasma free fatty acid concentrations in patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-elevation myocardial infarction

    Pagina :1288-1289

    Tayo A. Addo, Ellen C. Keeley, Joaquin E. Cigarroa, Richard A. Lange, James A. de Lemos, Robert L. Dobbins, Darren K. McGuire

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• • ·Recent trends in hospital management practices and prognosis after acute myocardial infarction in patients with kidney disease

    Pagina :1290-1293

    Vandana Menon, Mark J. Sarnak, Darleen Lessard, Robert J. Goldberg

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• • ·Comparison of measurement of cross-sectional coronary atherosclerotic plaque and vessel areas by 16-slice multidetector computed tomography versus intravascular ultrasound

    Pagina :1294-1297

    Fabian Moselewski, Dieter Ropers, Karsten Pohle, Udo Hoffmann, Maros Ferencik, Ray C. Chan, Ricardo C. Cury, Suhny Abbara, Ik-kyung Jang, Thomas J. Brady, Werner G. Daniel, Stephan Achenbach

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• • ·Comparison of clinical and angiographic outcome of sirolimus-eluting stent implantation versus cutting balloon angioplasty for coronary in-stent restenosis

    Pagina :1297-1300

    Flavio Airoldi, Renata Rogacka, Carlo Briguori, Alaide Chieffo, Mauro Carlino, Matteo Montorfano, Ghada Mikhail, Ioannis Iakovou, Iassen Michev, Giancarlo Vitrella, Remo Albiero, Antonio Colombo

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• • ·Platelet aggregation inhibition blocks C-reactive protein and interleukin-6 (IL-6) elevation after the coronary angioplasty: Effect of the −174 G/C IL-6 gene polymorphism

    Pagina :1300-1303

    Alvaro Merino, Antonio Gayá, Ignacio Segura, Javier Calvo, Cristina Imízcoz, Alejandro Berenguel, Eduardo Alegría

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• • ·Comparison of C-reactive protein levels in patients with coronary artery ectasia versus patients with obstructive coronary artery disease

    Pagina :1303-1306

    Hasan Turhan, Ali Riza Erbay, Ayse Saatci Yasar, Mustafa Balci, Asuman Bicer, Ertan Yetkin

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• • ·Effect of atorvastatin on left ventricular diastolic function and ability of coenzyme Q₁₀ to reverse that dysfunction

    Pagina :1306-1310

    Marc A. Silver, Peter H. Langsjoen, Szabolcs Szabo, Harish Patil, Allan Zelinger

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• • ·Impact of nonprescriptive factors on low-density lipoprotein cholesterol reduction with statins

    Pagina :1310-1312

    Joseph P. Frolkis, Gregory L. Pearce, Dennis L. Sprecher

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• • ·Temporal repolarization lability differences among genotyped patients with the long QT syndrome

    Pagina :1312-1316

    Kenneth Bilchick, Matti Viitasalo, Lasse Oikarinen, Barry Fetics, Gordon Tomaselli, Heikki Swan, P.äivi J. Laitinen, Heikki Väänänen, Kimmo Kontula, Ronald D. Berger

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• • ·Slow pathway modification for atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia

    Pagina :1316-1319

    Jonathan R. Kaltman, Larry A. Rhodes, Tammy S. Wieand, Jean E. Ennis, Victoria L. Vetter, Ronn E. Tanel

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• • ·Effect of amiodarone on the plasma levels of metoprolol

    Pagina :1319-1321

    Dierk Werner, Henrike Wuttke, Martin F. Fromm, Simon Schaefer, Thomas Eschenhagen, Kay Brune, Werner G. Daniel, Ulrike Werner

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• • ·Association between exercise capacity and left ventricular geometry in overweight patients with mild systemic hypertension

    Pagina :1322-1325

    Lee M. Pierson, Simon L. Bacon, Andrew Sherwood, Alan L. Hinderliter, Michael Babyak, Elizabeth C.D. Gullette, Robert Waugh, James A. Blumenthal

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• • ·Comparison of circulating proinflammatory cytokines and soluble apoptosis mediators in patients with chronic heart failure with versus without symptoms of depression

    Pagina :1326-1328

    John T. Parissis, Stamatis Adamopoulos, Antonios Rigas, George Kostakis, Dimitrios Karatzas, Koula Venetsanou, Dimitrios Th. Kremastinos

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• • ·Hemodynamic effects of levosimendan added to dobutamine in patients with decompensated advanced heart failure refractory to dobutamine alone

    Pagina :1329-1332

    John N. Nanas, Panagiotis P. Papazoglou, John V. Terrovitis, John Kanakakis, Argirios Dalianis, Elias Tsolakis, Eleftheria P. Tsagalou, Nikolaos Agrios, Kostantinos Christodoulou, Maria I. Anastasiou-Nana

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• • ·Prediction of subclinical left ventricular dysfunction with strain rate imaging in patients with asymptomatic severe mitral regurgitation

    Pagina :1333-1337

    Raymond Lee, Lizelle Hanekom, Thomas H. Marwick, Rodel Leano, Sudhir Wahi

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• • ·Frequency of aortic root dilation in children with a bicuspid aortic valve

    Pagina :1337-1340

    Michelle Gurvitz, Ruey-Kang Chang, Stacey Drant, Vivekanand Allada

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• • ·Comparative roles of the atrial septal aneurysm versus patent foramen ovale in systemic embolization with inferences from neonatal studies

    Pagina :1341-1343

    Warren G. Guntheroth, Rebecca Schwaegler, Erin Trent

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• • ·Usefulness of three-dimensional echocardiographic reconstruction of the Amplatzer septal occluder in patients undergoing atrial septal closure

    Pagina :1343-1347

    Mauro Pepi, Gloria Tamborini, Antonio Luca Bartorelli, Daniela Trabattoni, Anna Maltagliati, Stefano De Vita, Daniele Andreini, Gianluca Pontone

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• • ·Diagnosis and management of restricted or closed foramen ovale in fetuses with congenital heart disease

    Pagina :1348-1351

    Mary T. Donofrio, Yvonne A. Bremer, William B. Moskowitz

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• • ·Initial experience with cardiac resynchronization therapy for ventricular dysfunction in young patients with surgically operated congenital heart disease

    Pagina :1352-1354

    Margaret Strieper, Peter Karpawich, Patrick Frias, Kevin Gooden, Diana Ketchum, Derek Fyfe, Robert Campbell

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• • ·Extramural coronary arteries in adults with cyanotic congenital heart disease

    Pagina :1355-1357

    Reema Chugh, Joseph K. Perloff, Michael Fishbein, John S. Child

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• • ·Prevalence of coronary artery disease, lower extremity peripheral arterial disease, and cerebrovascular disease in 110 men with an abdominal aortic aneurysm

    Pagina :1358-1359

    Rishi Sukhija, Wilbert S. Aronow, Kiran Yalamanchili, Neeraj Sinha, Sateesh Babu

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• • ·Safety and efficacy of citrus aurantium for weight loss

    Pagina :1359-1361

    Stephen Bent, Amy Padula, John Neuhaus

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• • ·Over-the-counter statin drug

    Pagina :1362

    William Clifford Roberts