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• • ·Impact of structural heart disease on the selection of class III antiarrhythmics for the prevention of atrial fibrillation and flutter

    Pagina :551-556

    James A. Reiffel

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• • ·Early discharge of patients with new-onset atrial fibrillation after cardiovascular surgery

    Pagina :557-563

    Allen J. Solomon, Peter C. Kouretas, Richard A. Hopkins, Nevin M. Katz, Robert B. Wallace, Robert L. Hannan

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• • ·Shortened head-up tilt testing potentiated with sublingual nitroglycerin in patients with unexplained syncope

    Pagina :564-570

    Attilio Del Rosso, Paolo Bartoli, Angelo Bartoletti, Antonio Brandinelli-Geri, Francesco Bonechi, Mauro Maioli, Fortunato Mazza, Antonio Michelucci, Laura Russo, Elisa Salvetti, Marco Sansoni, Andrea Zipoli, Alfredo Fierro, Aldo Ieri

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• • ·Depressed heart rate variability is associated with events in patients with stable coronary artery disease and preserved left ventricular function

    Pagina :571-576

    Ad J. van Boven, J.Wouter Jukema, Jaap Haaksma, Aeilko H. Zwinderman, Harry J.G.M. Crijns, Kong I. Lie, On behalf of the REGRESS Study Group

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• • ·Prospective evaluation of shoulder-related problems in patients with pectoral cardioverter-defibrillator implantation

    Pagina :577-583

    Thomas Korte, Werner Jung, Ulrich Schlippert, Christian Wolpert, Bahman Esmailzadeh, Roef Fimmers, Ottmar Schmitt, Berndt Lüderitz

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• • ·Left ventricular inotropic and lusitropic responses to pacing-induced tachycardia in patients with varying degrees of ventricular dysfunction

    Pagina :584-591

    Tetsu Yamakado, Norikazu Yamada, Toshiaki Tarumi, Masio Nakamura, Takeshi Nakano

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• • ·Atrial natriuretic peptide release is more dependent on atrial filling volume than on filling pressure in chronic congestive heart failure

    Pagina :592-597

    Sebastian Globits, Herbert Frank, Barbara Pacher, Martin Huelsmann, Emil Ogris, Richard Pacher

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• • ·Beneficial effects of 1-year captopril therapy in children with chronic aortic regurgitation who have no symptoms

    Pagina :598-603

    Dursun Alehan, Süheyla Özkutlu

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• • ·Aortic stiffness in young patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia

    Pagina :604-608

    Christos Pitsavos, Konstantinos Toutouzas, John Dernellis, John Skoumas, Emmanouil Skoumbourdis, Christodoulos Stefanadis, Pavlos Toutouzas

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• • ·Rapid onset and dissipation of left atrial spontaneous echo contrast during percutaneous balloon mitral valvotomy

    Pagina :609-613

    Diane Fatkin, Paul Roy, Andrew Sindone, Michael Feneley

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• • ·Reduced pulmonary clearance of endothelin-1 in pulmonary hypertension

    Pagina :614-620

    Jocelyn Dupuis, Peter Cernacek, Jean-Claude Tardif, Duncan J. Stewart, Gilbert Gosselin, Ihor Dyrda, Raoul Bonan, Jacques Crépeau

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• • ·Safety and optimal dose of intracoronary adenosine 5'-triphosphate for the measurement of coronary flow reserve

    Pagina :621-627

    Shinjou Sonoda, Masaaki Takeuchi, Yasuhide Nakashima, Akio Kuroiwa

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• • ·Mechanism of luminal narrowing in cardiac allograft vasculopathy: Inadequate vascular remodeling rather than intimal hyperplasia is the major predictor of coronary artery stenosis

    Pagina :628-633

    Klaus Pethig, Bernd Heublein, Thorsten Wahlers, Axel Haverich, For the Working Group on Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy

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• • ·Role of transesophageal echocardiography in the evaluation of patients with clinical pacemaker syndrome

    Pagina :634-640

    Tsung-Ming Lee, Sheng-Fang Su, Yueh-Juh Lin, Wen-Jone Chen, Ming-Fong Chen, Chiau-Suong Liau, Yuan-Teh Lee

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• • ·Mitral inflow and pulmonary venous Doppler measurements do not predict pulmonary capillary wedge pressure in heart transplant recipients

    Pagina :641-646

    David R. Richards, Yvonne Gilliland, J.Alberto Bernal, Frank W. Smart, Dwight D. Stapleton, Hector O. Ventura, Jorge Cheirif

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• • ·Effects of adenosine on left ventricular filling dynamics in patients with and without coronary artery disease: A Doppler echocardiographic study

    Pagina :647-654

    Sherif F. Nagueh, Helen A. Kopelen, William A. Zoghbi

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• • ·Assessment of coronary artery disease in women by dobutamine stress echocardiography: Comparison with stress thallium-201 single-photon emission computed tomography and exercise electrocardiography

    Pagina :655-662

    Yi-Lwun Ho, Chau-Chung Wu, Por-Jau Huang, Lung-Chun Lin, Poon-Ung Chieng, Wen-Jone Chen, Ming-Fong Chen, Yuan-Teh Lee

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• • ·Prognostic value of exercise thallium-201 imaging in a community population

    Pagina :663-670

    Todd D. Miller, Timothy F. Christian, Ian P. Clements, David O. Hodge, Darryl T. Gray, Raymond J. Gibbons

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• • ·Head-up tilt testing potentiated with low-dose sublingual isosorbide dinitrate: A simplified time-saving approach for the evaluation of unexplained syncope

    Pagina :671-676

    Fabrizio Ammirati, Furio Colivicchi, Alessandro Biffi, Barbara Magris, Claudio Pandozi, Massimo Santini

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• • ·Excellent reliability of nurse-based bedside diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction by rapid dry-strip creatine kinase MB, myoglobin, and troponin T

    Pagina :677-683

    Christer Sylvén, Susanne Lindahl, Karin Hellkvist, Olof Nyquist, Gundars Rasmanis

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• • ·Plasma endothelin-1 levels in patients with angina pectoris and normal coronary angiograms

    Pagina :684-688

    Enrico Hoffmann, Pasquale Assennato, Maria Donatelli, Isabella Colletti, Teresa M. Valenti

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• • ·ST-segment elevation in right precordial leads implies depressed right ventricular function after acute inferior myocardial infarction

    Pagina :689-695

    Hideaki Yoshino, Hiroshi Udagawa, Hisashi Shimizu, Eisei Kachi, Tatsuto Kajiwara, Kohei Yano, Masato Taniuchi, Kyozo Ishikawa

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• • ·Coronary calcium and standard risk factors in symptomatic patients referred for coronary angiography

    Pagina :696-702

    John Kennedy, Robert Shavelle, Shaojun Wang, Matthew Budoff, Robert C. Detrano

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• • ·Differential restenosis rate of individual coronary artery sites after multivessel angioplasty: Implications for revascularization strategy

    Pagina :703-708

    Arvinder S. Kurbaan, Timothy J. Bowker, Anthony F. Rickards, On behalf of the CABRI investigators

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• • ·Influence of gradually increased slow balloon inflation on restenosis after coronary angioplasty

    Pagina :709-713

    Siniša Miketíc, Joerg Carlsson, Ulrich Tebbe

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• • ·Late clinical and angiographic follow-up after stenting in evolving and recent myocardial infarction

    Pagina :714-718

    Michel R. Le May, Marino Labinaz, Jean-François Marquis, Edward R. O'Brien, Rob S. Beanlands, Louise A. Laramée, William L. Williams, Richard F. Davies, Sharon Ann Kearns, Lyall A. Higginson

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• • ·Advantage of stents in the most proximal left anterior descending coronary artery

    Pagina :719-725

    Paul S. Phillips, Javier Segovia, Fernando Alfonso, Javier Goicolea, Rosana Hernandez, Camino Banuelos, Antonio Fernandez-Ortiz, Maria Jose Perez-Vizcayno, Bruce J. Kimura, Carlos Macaya

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• • ·Mechanical recanalization of total coronary occlusions with the use of a new guide wire

    Pagina :726-731

    Bernhard Reimers, Nino Camassa, Carlo Di Mario, Tatsuro Akiyama, Lucia Di Francesco, Leo Finci, Antonio Colombo

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• • ·Correction—Effect of β-adrenergic stimulation of the QRS duration of the signal-averaged electrocardiogram

    Pagina :732

    DO Arnar

     
• • ·Introduction

    Pagina :s33

    Robert M. Califf, Maarten L. Simoons

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• • ·Fundamentals of coagulation and glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor inhibition

    Pagina :s35

    James J. Ferguson, Hesham M. Waly, J.Michael Wilson

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• • ·An overview of the results of clinical trials with glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors

    Pagina :s43

    A.A.Jennifer Adgey

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• • ·Rationale and clinical evidence for the use of GP IIb/IIIa inhibitors in acute coronary syndromes

    Pagina :s56

    Eugene Braunwald, Attilio Maseri, Paul W. Armstrong, Robert M. Califf, W.Brian Gibler, Christian W. Hamm, Maarten L. Simoons, Frans Van de Werf

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• • ·Use of abciximab in interventional cardiology

    Pagina :s67

    Nicolas Chronos, Alec Vahanian, Amadeo Betriu, Håkan Emanuelsson, Sheldon Goldberg, Dietrich Gulba, Ben A. van Hout

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• • ·Safe use of platelet GP IIb/IIIa inhibitors

    Pagina :s77

    James J. Ferguson, Dean J. Kereiakes, A.A.Jennifer Adgey, Keith A.A. Fox, William B. Hillegass, Matthias Pfisterer, Corrado Vassanelli

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• • ·Abciximab therapy in percutaneous intervention: Economic issues in the United States

    Pagina :s90

    Anil K. Goklaney, Joshua D. Murphy, William B. Hillegass

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• • ·Costs and effects in therapy for acute coronary syndromes: The case of abciximab in high-risk patients undergoing percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty in the EPIC study

    Pagina :s98

    Ben A. van Hout, Lee Bowman, David J. Zelinger, Maarten L. Simoons

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