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    Pagina :A2

    

• Coronary Artery Disease

  • ·Effects of Atorvastatin Versus Other Statins on Fasting and Postprandial C-Reactive Protein and Lipoprotein-Associated Phospholipase A₂ in Patients With Coronary Heart Disease Versus Control Subjects

    Pagina :1025-1032

    Ernst J. Schaefer, Judith R. McNamara, Bela F. Asztalos, Timothy Tayler, Jennifer A. Daly, Joi L. Gleason, Leo J. Seman, Andrea Ferrari, Joel J. Rubenstein

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  • ·Usefulness of Real-Time Myocardial Perfusion Imaging to Evaluate Tissue Level Reperfusion in Patients With Non–ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction

    Pagina :1033-1038

    Grigorios Korosoglou, Nina Labadze, Evangelos Giannitsis, Raffi Bekeredjian, Alexander Hansen, Stefan E. Hardt, Christiane Selter, Roger Kranzhoefer, Hugo Katus, Helmut Kuecherer

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  • ·Usefulness of Tissue Doppler Imaging in the Diagnosis and Prognosis of Acute Right Ventricular Infarction With Inferior Wall Acute Left Ventricular Infarction

    Pagina :1039-1042

    Hisham Dokainish, Heather Abbey, Kenneth Gin, Krishnan Ramanathan, Pui-Kee Lee, John Jue

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  • ·Influence of Stent Length to Lesion Length Ratio on Angiographic and Clinical Outcomes After Implantation of Bare Metal and Drug-Eluting Stents (the TAXUS-IV Study)

    Pagina :1043-1048

    S. Chiu Wong, Mun K. Hong, Stephen G. Ellis, Maurice Buchbinder, Mark Reisman, Augustin DeLago, Mirle Kellett, Jeffrey J. Popma, Mary E. Russell, Roxana Mehran, Jeffrey W. Moses, Gregg W. Stone

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• Preventive Cardiology

  • ·Comparison of the Relation of Triglyceride-Rich Lipoproteins and Muscular Artery Compliance in Healthy Women Versus Healthy Men

    Pagina :1049-1054

    Ngoc-Anh Le, W. Virgil Brown, Warren W. Davis, David M. Herrington, Lori Mosca, Shunichi Homma, Barry Eggleston, Howard J. Willens, Jeffrey K. Raines

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• Arrhythmias and Conduction Disturbances

  • ·Comparison of Autotriggered Memory Loop Recorders Versus Standard Loop Recorders Versus 24-Hour Holter Monitors for Arrhythmia Detection

    Pagina :1055-1059

    James A. Reiffel, Robert Schwarzberg, Maria Murry

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• Systemic Hypertension

  • ·Long-Term Effects of Stress Reduction on Mortality in Persons ≥55 Years of Age With Systemic Hypertension

    Pagina :1060-1064

    Robert H. Schneider, Charles N. Alexander, Frank Staggers, Maxwell Rainforth, John W. Salerno, Arthur Hartz, Stephen Arndt, Vernon A. Barnes, Sanford I. Nidich

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• Miscellaneous

  • ·Matrix Metalloproteinases and Their Inhibitors in Malignant and Autoreactive Pericardial Effusion

    Pagina :1065-1069

    Steffen Lamparter, Michael Schoppet, Michael Christ, Sabine Pankuweit, Bernhard Maisch

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• Editorial

  • ·Prevalence of T-Wave Inversion Beyond V₁ in Young Normal Individuals and Usefulness for the Diagnosis of Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy/dysplasia

    Pagina :1070-1071

    Frank I. Marcus

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• Brief Reports

  • ·Comparison of All-Cause Mortality in Women With Known or Suspected Coronary Artery Disease Referred for Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography With Normal Versus Abnormal Test Results

    Pagina :1072-1075

    Elena Biagini, Abdou Elhendy, Arend F.L. Schinkel, Vittoria Rizzello, Ron T. van Domburg, Boudewijn J. Krenning, Olaf Schouten, Fabiola B. Sozzi, Angelo Branzi, Guido Rocchi, Maarten L. Simoons, Jeroen J. Bax, Don Poldermans

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  • ·Ability for Visualization, Reasons for Nonassessable Image, and Diagnostic Accuracy of 16-Slice Multidetector Row Helical Computed Tomography for the Assessment of the Entire Coronary Arteries

    Pagina :1076-1079

    Toshiro Kitagawa, Takashi Fujii, Yasuyuki Tomohiro, Kouji Maeda, Masakazu Kobayashi, Eiji Kunita, Yoshitaka Sekiguchi, Takayuki Suzuki, Kouichi Fujikawa, Hiroshi Yamaguchi

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  • ·Effectiveness of High-Intensity Interval Training for the Rehabilitation of Patients With Coronary Artery Disease

    Pagina :1080-1084

    Darren E.R. Warburton, Donald C. McKenzie, Mark J. Haykowsky, Arlana Taylor, Paula Shoemaker, Andrew P. Ignaszewski, Sammy Y. Chan

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  • ·Effectiveness of Inhibition of Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein by JTT-705 in Combination With Pravastatin in Type II Dyslipidemia

    Pagina :1085-1088

    Jan Albert Kuivenhoven, Greetje J. de Grooth, Hitoshi Kawamura, Anke H. Klerkx, Francois Wilhelm, Mieke D. Trip, John J.P. Kastelein

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  • ·Effect of Chronic Total Coronary Occlusion on Treatment Strategy

    Pagina :1088-1091

    Ryan D. Christofferson, Kenneth G. Lehmann, Gary V. Martin, Nathan Every, James H. Caldwell, Samir R. Kapadia

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  • ·Outcomes Following Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Without On-Site Surgical Backup in a Community Hospital

    Pagina :1091-1093

    Alexander Paraschos, Dwayne Callwood, Marilyn B. Wightman, James E. Tcheng, Harry R. Phillips, Gary L. Stiles, John M. Daniel, Michael H. Sketch

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  • ·Follow-up of Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Patency by Multislice Computed Tomography

    Pagina :1094-1097

    Emilio Chiurlia, Mila Menozzi, Carlo Ratti, Renato Romagnoli, Maria Grazia Modena

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  • ·Do Statins Increase the Risk of Idiopathic Polyneuropathy?

    Pagina :1097-1099

    Jeffrey L. Anderson, Joseph B. Muhlestein, Tami L. Bair, Steven Morris, Aaron N. Weaver, Donald L. Lappé, Dale G. Renlund, Robert R. Pearson, Kurt R. Jensen, Benjamin D. Horne

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  • ·Relation of Echocardiographic Wall Motion Score Index and Response to Dobutamine Stress to Defibrillation Threshold at the Time of Implantation of a Cardiac Defibrillator

    Pagina :1099-1101

    Ali M. Kizilbash, Paul A. Grayburn, Anand Prasad, Robert C. Kowal, Richard L. Page, Kim Smith, Mohamed H. Hamdan

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  • ·Effect of Syncope-Related Traumatic Injuries on the Diagnostic Evaluation and Syncope Recurrence of Patients With Syncope and Apparently Normal Hearts

    Pagina :1101-1103

    Andreas Schuchert, Renke Maas, Kai Mortensen, Muhammet Ali Aydin, Christina Kretzschmar, Thomas Meinertz

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  • ·Monitoring of Physical Activity and Heart Rate Variability in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure Using Cardiac Resynchronization Devices

    Pagina :1104-1107

    Frieder Braunschweig, Peter T. Mortensen, Daniel Gras, Wolfgang Reiser, Thomas Lawo, Hassan Mansour, Peter Sogaard, Berthold Stegemann, Hans-Jürgen Bruns, Cecilia Linde, InSync III Study Investigators

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  • ·Echocardiographic Examination of Atrioventricular and Interventricular Delay Optimization in Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

    Pagina :1108-1110

    Maria Cristina Porciani, Cristina Dondina, Roberto Macioce, Gabriele Demarchi, Paolo Pieragnoli, Nicola Musilli, Andrea Colella, Giuseppe Ricciardi, Antonio Michelucci, Luigi Padeletti

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  • ·Effect of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy on Inducibility of Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias in Cardiac Arrest Survivors With Either Ischemic or Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy

    Pagina :1111-1114

    Philippine Kiès, Jeroen J. Bax, Sander G. Molhoek, Gabe B. Bleeker, Katja Zeppenfeld, Marianne Bootsma, Lieselot van Erven, Paul Steendijk, Ernst E. van der Wall, Martin J. Schalij

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  • ·Long-Term Effects of Carvedilol or Metoprolol on Left Ventricular Function in Ischemic and Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy

    Pagina :1114-1116

    Philip Green, Michael Anshelevich, Ashok Talreja, Joyce L. Burcham, Srinivas M. Ravi, Jamshid Shirani, Thierry H. Le Jemtel

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  • ·Prognostic Impact of Diabetes Mellitus in Patients With Acute Decompensated Heart Failure

    Pagina :1117-1119

    Andrew J. Burger, Lana Tsao, Doron Aronson

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  • ·Effect of a Seated Exercise Program to Improve Physical Function and Health Status in Frail Patients ≥70 Years of Age With Heart Failure

    Pagina :1120-1124

    Miles D. Witham, Joan M. Gray, Ishbel S. Argo, Derek W. Johnston, Allan D. Struthers, Marion E.T. McMurdo

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  • ·Usefulness of Enalapril Versus Propranolol or Atenolol for Prevention of Aortic Dilation in Patients With the Marfan Syndrome

    Pagina :1125-1127

    Anji T. Yetman, Renee A. Bornemeier, Brian W. McCrindle

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  • ·Mechanism of Spaceflight-Induced Changes in Left Ventricular Mass

    Pagina :1128-1130

    Richard L. Summers, David S. Martin, Janice V. Meck, Thomas G. Coleman

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  • ·Usefulness of Contrast Echocardiography for Diagnosis of Left Ventricular Noncompaction

    Pagina :1131-1134

    Lotte E. de Groot-de Laat, Boudewijn J. Krenning, Folkert J. ten Cate, Jos R.T.C. Roelandt

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