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• • ·Editorial Board

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• • ·Impact and Determinants of Left Ventricular Function in Patients Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Acute Myocardial Infarction

    Pagina :325-331

    Amir Halkin, Gregg W. Stone, Simon R. Dixon, Cindy L. Grines, James E. Tcheng, David A. Cox, Eulogio Garcia, Bruce Brodie, Thomas D. Stuckey, Roxana Mehran, Alexandra J. Lansky

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• • ·Impact of Failed Mechanical Reperfusion in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction Treated With Primary Angioplasty

    Pagina :332-334

    Nicolette M.S.K.J. Ernst, Jorik R. Timmer, Felix Zijlstra, Arnoud W.J. van ‘t Hof, Zwolle Myocardial Infarction Study Group

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• • ·Usefulness of Serum Endothelin Levels in Predicting Death and Myocardial Infarction But Not Coronary Progression in Postmenopausal Women With Coronary Disease (from the Women’s Angiographic Vitamin and Estrogen [WAVE] Study)

    Pagina :335-338

    Bernice Ruo, Mark T. Tripputi, Priscilla Y. Hsue, Masahiko Saigo, Pamela Ouyang, David D. Waters

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• • ·Plasma Matrix Metalloproteinase-9, Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-2, and CD40 Ligand Levels in Patients With Stable Coronary Artery Disease

    Pagina :339-345

    Muzahir H. Tayebjee, Gregory Y.H. Lip, Kiat T. Tan, Jeetesh V. Patel, Elizabeth A. Hughes, Robert J. MacFadyen

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• • ·Alcohol Drinking and Risk of Hospitalization for Heart Failure With and Without Associated Coronary Artery Disease

    Pagina :346-351

    Arthur L. Klatsky, Douglas Chartier, Natalia Udaltsova, Sharon Gronningen, Somjot Brar, Gary D. Friedman, Robert J. Lundstrom

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• • ·Intravascular Ultrasound Study of Patterns of Calcium in Ruptured Coronary Plaques

    Pagina :352-357

    Kenichi Fujii, Stéphane G. Carlier, Gary S. Mintz, Hideo Takebayashi, Takenori Yasuda, Ricardo A. Costa, Issam Moussa, George Dangas, Roxana Mehran, Alexandra J. Lansky, Edward M. Kreps, Michael Collins, Gregg W. Stone, Jeffrey W. Moses, Martin B. Leon

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• • ·Comparison of Short- (One Month) and Long- (Twelve Months) Term Outcomes of Sirolimus- Versus Paclitaxel-Eluting Stents in 293 Consecutive Patients With Diabetes Mellitus (from the RESEARCH and T-SEARCH Registries)

    Pagina :358-362

    Andrew T.L. Ong, Jiro Aoki, Carlos A.G. van Mieghem, Gaston A. Rodriguez Granillo, Marco Valgimigli, Keiichi Tsuchida, Karel Sonnenschein, Evelyn Regar, Willem J. van der Giessen, Peter P.T. de Jaegere, Georgios Sianos, Eugene P. McFadden, Pim J. de Feyter, Ron T. van Domburg, Patrick W. Serruys

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• • ·Frequency of Undiagnosed Diabetes Mellitus in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome

    Pagina :363-365

    Darcy Green Conaway, James H. O’Keefe, Kimberly J. Reid, John Spertus

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• • ·Safety of Magnetic Resonance Imaging One to Three Days After Bare Metal and Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation

    Pagina :366-368

    Italo Porto, Joseph Selvanayagam, Vaishali Ashar, Stefan Neubauer, Adrian P. Banning

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• • ·Prognostic Value of the Duke Treadmill Score in Asymptomatic Women

    Pagina :369-375

    Martha Gulati, Morton F. Arnsdorf, Leslee J. Shaw, Dilip K. Pandey, Ronald A. Thisted, Diane S. Lauderdale, Roxanne H. Wicklund, Arfan J. Al-Hani, Henry R. Black

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• • ·Effect of Lumen Narrowing Within Coronary Stents on Proximal and Distal Vessel Segments Following Bare Metal Stent Implantation

    Pagina :376-378

    Hideaki Kaneda, Junya Ako, Toru Kataoka, Akiyoshi Miyazawa, Mitsuyasu Terashima, Fumiaki Ikeno, Shinjo Sonoda, Yoshihisa Shimada, Yoshihiro Morino, Yasuhiro Honda, Paul G. Yock, Peter J. Fitzgerald

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• • ·Plasma Concentration of Soluble Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 and Oncoming Cardiovascular Risk in Patients With Unstable Angina Pectoris and Non–ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction

    Pagina :379-381

    Göknur Tekin, Abdullah Tekin, İlke Sipahi, Ayşem Kaya, Vedat Sansoy

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• • ·Safety of Percutaneous Transfemoral Coronary and Peripheral Procedures Via Aortofemoral Synthetic Vascular Grafts

    Pagina :382-385

    Michael J. Gallagher, Simon R. Dixon, Robert D. Safian, Mohan Madala, Renny Abraham, Steven D. Rimar, Stephen J. Mattichak, William W. O’Neill, Joel K. Kahn

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• • ·Relation of Improvement in Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction Versus Improvement in Heart Failure Symptoms After Coronary Revascularization in Patients With Ischemic Cardiomyopathy

    Pagina :386-389

    Vittoria Rizzello, Don Poldermans, Elena Biagini, Arend F.L. Schinkel, Abdou Elhendy, Antonio Maria Leone, Filippo Crea, Alexander Maat, Jos R.T.C. Roelandt, Jeroen J. Bax

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• • ·Prognostic Significance of Coronary Collaterals in Patients With Coronary Heart Disease Having Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty

    Pagina :390-394

    Jeroen Koerselman, Peter P.T. de Jaegere, Marianne C. Verhaar, Diederick E. Grobbee, Yolanda van Der Graaf, SMART Study Group †

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• • ·Immediate and One-Year Outcome of Percutaneous Intervention of Saphenous Vein Graft Disease With Paclitaxel-Eluting Stents

    Pagina :395-398

    Keiichi Tsuchida, Andrew T.L. Ong, Jiro Aoki, Carlos A.G. van Mieghem, Gastón A. Rodriguez-Granillo, Marco Valgimigli, Georgios Sianos, Evelyn Regar, Eugène P. McFadden, Willem J. van Der Giessen, Pim J. de Feyter, Peter P.T. de Jaegere, Ron T. van Domburg, Patrick W. Serruys

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• • ·Is There a Simple Way to Identify Insulin-Resistant Individuals at Increased Risk of Cardiovascular Disease?

    Pagina :399-404

    Tracey McLaughlin, Gerald Reaven, Fahim Abbasi, Cindy Lamendola, Mohammed Saad, David Waters, Joel Simon, Ronald M. Krauss

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• • ·Relation of 97T Polymorphism in KCNE5 to Risk of Atrial Fibrillation

    Pagina :405-407

    Lasse S. Ravn, Jacob Hofman-Bang, Ulrik Dixen, Severin Olesen Larsen, Gorm Jensen, Stig Haunsø, Jesper Hastrup Svendsen, Michael Christiansen

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• • ·Comparison of Frequency of Thromboembolic Events and Echocardiographic Findings in Patients With Chronic Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation and Coarse Versus Fine Electrocardiographic Fibrillatory Waves

    Pagina :408-411

    Satoshi Yamamoto, Michihiro Suwa, Takahide Ito, Shougo Murakami, Tatsuya Umeda, Yasunobu Tokaji, Yasuhiko Sakai, Yasushi Kitaura

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• • ·Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction and Prevalence of New Left Ventricular Wall Motion Abnormality at Long-Term Follow-Up in Patients With Automatic Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators Treated With Dual-Chamber Rate-Responsive Pacing at a Rate of 70/minute Versus Backup Ventricular Pacing at a Rate of 40/minute

    Pagina :412-413

    Rishi Sukhija, Wilbert S. Aronow, Carmine Sorbera, Priyanka Kakar, Stephen J. Peterson, William H. Frishman, Martin Cohen

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• • ·Do Prehospital Discharge Pacemaker Checks Provide Any Additional Clinical Benefit?

    Pagina :414-416

    Kevin R. Wheelan, Darlene M. Legge, Brent C. Sakowski, Susan S. Bruce, David C. Roberts, L. Murphy Johnston, B. Jane Moore, Thomas P. Beveridge, Peter J. Wells, Ravi Vallabahn, Michael S. Donsky, Jay O. Franklin

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• • ·Comparison of Efficacy of Implanted Cardioverter-Defibrillator in Patients With Versus Without Diabetes Mellitus

    Pagina :417-419

    Stephen M. Wittenberg, James R. Cook, W. Jackson Hall, Scott McNitt, Wojceich Zareba, Arthur J. Moss, Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial

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• • ·Comparison of Effectiveness of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Patients <70 Versus ≥70 Years of Age

    Pagina :420-422

    Gabe B. Bleeker, Martin J. Schalij, Sander G. Molhoek, Eric Boersma, Paul Steendijk, Ernst E. van Der Wall, Jeroen J. Bax

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• • ·Effects of Levosimendan on Markers of Left Ventricular Diastolic Function and Neurohormonal Activation in Patients With Advanced Heart Failure

    Pagina :423-426

    John T. Parissis, Fotios Panou, Dimitrios Farmakis, Stamatis Adamopoulos, Gerasimos Filippatos, Ioannis Paraskevaidis, Koula Venetsanou, John Lekakis, Dimitrios Th. Kremastinos

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• • ·Prognostic Value of Iodine-123-Metaiodobenzylguanidine Myocardial Uptake and Heart Rate Variability in Chronic Congestive Heart Failure Secondary to Ischemic or Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy

    Pagina :427-431

    Maria I. Anastasiou-Nana, John V. Terrovitis, Theodoros Athanasoulis, Lazaros Karaloizos, Anastasios Geramoutsos, Lilika Pappa, Eleftheria P. Tsagalou, Stylianos Efentakis, John N. Nanas

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• • ·Usefulness of Measuring Net Atrioventricular Compliance by Doppler Echocardiography in Patients With Mitral Stenosis

    Pagina :432-435

    Mingzhou Li, Jean-Pierre Déry, Jean G. Dumesnil, Jean-Roch Boudreault, Jean Jobin, Philippe Pibarot

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• • ·Perioperative Risk of Noncardiac Surgery Associated With Aortic Stenosis

    Pagina :436-438

    Maliha Zahid, Ali F. Sonel, Samir Saba, Chester B. Good

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• • ·Global and Regional Left Ventricular Function in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Closure of Secundum Atrial Septal Defect

    Pagina :439-442

    Marco Pascotto, Giuseppe Santoro, Pio Caso, Fabiana Cerrato, Ilaria Caso, Salvatore Caputo, Maurizio Cappelli Bigazzi, Antonello D’Andrea, Maria Giovanna Russo, Raffaele Calabrò

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• • ·Evaluation of Acute Risk for Myocardial Infarction in Men Treated With Sildenafil Citrate

    Pagina :443-446

    Murray A. Mittleman, Malcolm Maclure, Dale B. Glasser

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• • ·Relation of Brachial Artery Reactivity to Nitroglycerin and Heart Rate Recovery Following Exercise in Healthy Male Volunteers

    Pagina :447-449

    John P. Girod, Mario J. Garcia, Sue Saunders, Jeanne Drinko, Daniel J. Brotman

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• • ·Role of Electrocardiography in Identifying Right Ventricular Dysfunction in Acute Pulmonary Embolism

    Pagina :450-452

    Gopikrishna Punukollu, Ramesh M. Gowda, Balendu C. Vasavada, Ijaz A. Khan

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• • ·Comparison of the Five-Electrode–Derived EASI Electrocardiogram to the Mason Likar Electrocardiogram in the Prehospital Setting

    Pagina :453-456

    Charles L. Feldman, Shoshana Z. Milstein, Diana Neubecker, B. Kevin Underhill, Eric Moyer, Steve Glumm, Matthew Womble, Jan Auer, Charles Maynard, Richard K. Serra, Galen S. Wagner

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• • ·Relation of Left Atrial Size to Function as Determined by Transesophageal Echocardiography

    Pagina :457-463

    David S. Blondheim, Aya Osipov, Simcha R. Meisel, Aaron Frimerman, Michael Shochat, Avraham Shotan

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• • ·Stenotic Aortic and Mitral Valves in Three Adult Brothers With Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita

    Pagina :464-466

    Timothy P. Obarski, Patrick M. Fardal, Charles R. Bush, Carl V. Leier

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