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• • ·Editorial board

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• Coronary Artery Disease

  • ·Comparison of Effects of High (80 mg) Versus Low (20 mg) Dose of Simvastatin on C-Reactive Protein and Lipoproteins in Patients With Angiographic Evidence of Coronary Arterial Narrowing

    Pagina :149-153

    Kent G. Meredith, Benjamin D. Horne, Robert R. Pearson, Chloe Allen Maycock, Donald L. Lappe, Jeffrey L. Anderson, Joseph B. Muhlestein

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  • ·Blood Omega-3 and Trans Fatty Acids in Middle-Aged Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients

    Pagina :154-158

    William S. Harris, Kimberly J. Reid, Scott A. Sands, John A. Spertus

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  • ·Evaluation of Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Bone Mineral Density in Patients Undergoing Coronary Angiography and Relation of Findings to Mitral Annular Calcium

    Pagina :159-162

    Ertan Yetkin, Cengiz Yagmur, Julide Yagmur, Gulacan Ozgun Tekin, Ersoy Kekilli, Ahmet Uckan, Yuksel Aksoy, Hasan Turhan

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  • ·Repolarization Duration in Patients With Conduction Disturbances After Myocardial Infarction

    Pagina :163-168

    Katarzyna Piotrowicz, Wojciech Zareba, Scott McNitt, Arthur J. Moss

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  • ·Usefulness of a Complete Blood Count-Derived Risk Score to Predict Incident Mortality in Patients With Suspected Cardiovascular Disease

    Pagina :169-174

    Jeffrey L. Anderson, Brianna S. Ronnow, Benjamin D. Horne, John F. Carlquist, Heidi T. May, Tami L. Bair, Kurt R. Jensen, Joseph B. Muhlestein, Intermountain Heart Collaborative (IHC) Study Group

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  • ·Detection of Coronary Artery Stenosis Using 40-Channel Computed Tomography With Multisegment Reconstruction

    Pagina :175-181

    Matthew W. Watkins, Barbara Hesse, Curtis E. Green, Neil L. Greenberg, Michael Manning, Eram Chaudhry, Harold L. Dauerman, Mario J. Garcia

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  • ·Incidence, Clinical Findings, and Outcome of Women With Left Ventricular Apical Ballooning Syndrome

    Pagina :182-185

    Guido Parodi, Stefano Del Pace, Nazario Carrabba, Claudia Salvadori, Gentian Memisha, Ignazio Simonetti, David Antoniucci, Gian Franco Gensini

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  • ·Comparison of Effectiveness of Enoxaparin Versus Unfractionated Heparin to Reduce Silent and Clinically Apparent Acute Myocardial Infarction in Patients Presenting With Non–ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome

    Pagina :186-188

    Sanjit Jolly, Mary Tan, Aurora Mendelsohn, David Fitchett, Paul W. Armstrong, Anatoly Langer, Shaun G. Goodman

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  • ·Risk-Adjusted Mortality Analysis of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions by American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Guidelines Recommendations

    Pagina :189-196

    H. Vernon Anderson, Richard E. Shaw, Ralph G. Brindis, Charles R. McKay, Lloyd W. Klein, Ronald J. Krone, Kalon K.L. Ho, John S. Rumsfeld, Sidney C. Smith, William S. Weintraub

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  • ·Predictors and Outcomes of Emergency Department Visits Within 30 Days Following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

    Pagina :197-201

    Bradley L. Hubbard, Giridhar Vedala, Robert L. Strawderman, Mark E. Cowen

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  • ·Usefulness of Routine Unfractionated Heparin Infusion Following Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Acute Myocardial Infarction in Patients Not Receiving Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Inhibitors

    Pagina :202-207

    Kishore J. Harjai, Gregg W. Stone, Cindy L. Grines, David A. Cox, Eulogio Garcia, James E. Tcheng, Yingbo Na, John J. Griffin, Giulio Guagliumi, Thomas Stuckey, Mark Turco, Barry D. Rutherford, Alexandra J. Lansky, Roxana Mehran

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  • ·The Evolving Pattern of Symptomatic Coronary Artery Disease in the United States and Canada: Baseline Characteristics of the Clinical Outcomes Utilizing Revascularization and Aggressive DruG Evaluation (COURAGE) Trial

    Pagina :208-212

    William E. Boden, Robert A. O’Rourke, Koon K. Teo, Pamela M. Hartigan, David J. Maron, William Kostuk, Merril Knudtson, Marcin Dada, Paul Casperson, Crystal L. Harris, John A. Spertus, Leslee Shaw, Bernard R. Chaitman, G.B. John Mancini, Daniel S. Berman, Gerald Gau, William S. Weintraub, COURAGE Trial Co-Principal Investigators and Study Coordinators

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• Roundtable Discussion

  • ·The Editor’s Roundtable: Statin Therapy in Acute Coronary Syndrome

    Pagina :213-221

    Vincent E. Friedewald, Ruth McPherson, Robert Roberts, William C. Roberts, David D. Waters

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• Preventive Cardiology

  • ·Reduction in Predicted Coronary Heart Disease Risk After Substantial Weight Reduction After Bariatric Surgery

    Pagina :222-226

    Jody A. Vogel, Barry A. Franklin, Kerstyn C. Zalesin, Justin E. Trivax, Kevin R. Krause, David L. Chengelis, Peter A. McCullough

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  • ·Coronary Artery Calcium Versus Intima-Media Thickness as a Measure of Cardiovascular Disease Among Asymptomatic Adults (from The Rancho Bernardo Study)

    Pagina :227-231

    Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, Gail A. Laughlin, Christy Connor

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• Heart Failure

  • ·Long-Term Survival of Patients With Heart Failure and Ventricular Conduction Delay Treated With Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

    Pagina :232-238

    Angelo Auricchio, Marco Metra, Maurizio Gasparini, Barbara Lamp, Catherine Klersy, Antonio Curnis, Cecilia Fantoni, Edoardo Gronda, Juergen Vogt, Multicenter Longitudinal Observational Study (MILOS) Group

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  • ·Relation of Left Ventricular Lead Placement in Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy to Left Ventricular Reverse Remodeling and to Diastolic Dyssynchrony

    Pagina :239-241

    Aleksandr Rovner, Lisa de las Fuentes, Mitchell N. Faddis, Marye J. Gleva, Victor G. Dávila-Román, Alan D. Waggoner

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  • ·Usefulness of Preimplantation B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Level for Predicting Response to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

    Pagina :242-246

    Nicolas Lellouche, Carlos De Diego, David A. Cesario, Marmar Vaseghi, Barbara Natterson Horowitz, Aman Mahajan, Isaac Wiener, Noel G. Boyle, Gregg C. Fonarow, Kalyanam Shivkumar

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  • ·Comparison of Multidetector Computed Tomography and Two-Dimensional Transthoracic Echocardiography for Left Ventricular Assessment in Patients With Heart Failure

    Pagina :247-249

    Javed Butler, Michael D. Shapiro, Davindar Jassal, Tomas Neilan, John Nichols, Maros Ferencik, Thomas J. Brady, Udo Hoffmann, Ricardo C. Cury

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  • ·Relation of β₂-Adrenoceptor Haplotype to Risk of Death and Heart Transplantation in Patients With Heart Failure

    Pagina :250-255

    Jaekyu Shin, Maximilian T. Lobmeyer, Yan Gong, Issam Zineh, Taimour Y. Langaee, Hossein Yarandi, Richard S. Schofield, Juan M. Aranda, James A. Hill, Daniel F. Pauly, Julie A. Johnson

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  • ·Financial Implications of a Model Heart Failure Disease Management Program for Providers, Hospital, Healthcare Systems, and Payer Perspectives

    Pagina :256-260

    David J. Whellan, Shelby D. Reed, Lawrence Liao, Stuart D. Gould, Christopher M. O’Connor, Kevin A. Schulman

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• Cardiomyopathy

  • ·Significance of Asymmetric Basal Posterior Wall Thinning in Patients With Cardiac Fabry’s Disease

    Pagina :261-263

    Makoto Kawano, Toshihiro Takenaka, Yutaka Otsuji, Hiroyuki Teraguchi, Shiro Yoshifuku, Toshinori Yuasa, Bo Yu, Masaaki Miyata, Shuichi Hamasaki, Shinichi Minagoe, Yuichi Kanmura, Chuwa Tei

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  • ·Cardiac Involvement in Adults With m.3243A>G MELAS Gene Mutation

    Pagina :264-269

    Tom C.G. Vydt, René F.M. de Coo, Osama I.I. Soliman, Folkert J. ten Cate, Robert-Jan M. van Geuns, Wim B. Vletter, Kees Schoonderwoerd, Bianca J.C. van den Bosch, Hubert J.M. Smeets, Marcel L. Geleijnse

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• Miscellaneous

  • ·Comparison of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Value of Transesophageal Echocardiography, Intravascular Ultrasonic Imaging, and Intraluminal Phased-Array Imaging in Aortic Dissection With Tear in the Descending Thoracic Aorta (Type B)

    Pagina :270-274

    Thomas Bartel, Holger Eggebrecht, Silvana Müller, Achim Gutersohn, Johannes Bonatti, Otmar Pachinger, Raimund Erbel

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• Methods

  • ·Usefulness of Ultrasound Contrast Agent to Improve Image Quality During Real-Time Three-Dimensional Stress Echocardiography

    Pagina :275-278

    Attila Nemes, Marcel L. Geleijnse, Boudewijn J. Krenning, Osama I.I. Soliman, Ashraf M. Anwar, Wim B. Vletter, Folkert J. ten Cate

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  • ·Accuracy of Electrocardiographic-Gated Versus Nongated Volumetric Intravascular Ultrasound Measurements of Coronary Arterial Narrowing

    Pagina :279-283

    Lisette Okkels Jensen, Per Thayssen

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• Editorials

  • ·An Orwellian Discourse on the Meaning and Measurement of Noninferiority

    Pagina :284-287

    George A. Diamond, Sanjay Kaul

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  • ·Assessment of Bleeding Events in Clinical Trials—Proposal of a New Classification

    Pagina :288-290

    Victor L. Serebruany, Dan Atar

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• Case Reports

  • ·Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Dosing of Rosuvastatin in Patients Previously Intolerant to Statin Therapy

    Pagina :291

    Benjamin D. Mackie, Sameer Satija, Christine Nell, Joseph Miller, Laurence S. Sperling

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  • ·Carcinoid Heart Disease in Patients Without Hepatic Metastases

    Pagina :292-294

    Alain M. Bernheim, Heidi M. Connolly, Patricia A. Pellikka

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