Sommario

• • ·Table of contents

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• • ·Editorial Board

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• • ·Instructions for Authors

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• • ·Information for Readers

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• • ·Systolic hypertension: An overview

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    Todd F. Griffith, Preston S. Klassen, Stanley S. Franklin

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• • ·Evaluation and management of patients with uncontrolled systolic hypertension: Is another new paradigm really needed?

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    Gary F. Mitchell, Marc A. Pfeffer

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• • ·Barriers to hypertension control

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    Ann M. Borzecki, Susan A. Oliveria, Dan R. Berlowitz

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• • ·Improving blood pressure control by tailored feedback to patients and clinicians

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    Hayden B. Bosworth, Maren K. Olsen, Eugene Z. Oddone

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• • ·Diet and blood pressure: Applying the evidence to clinical practice

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    Jamy D. Ard, Laura P. Svetkey

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• • ·Erratum for Ballantyne

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• • ·Renal and iliac artery stenting by interventional cardiologists and vascular surgeons: The Foundation to Advance Medical Education (FAME) initiative

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    David R. Holmes, Robert D. Fox, Carl Tommaso, Patricia K. Hodgson, Richard Green, Krishna Rocha-Singh, Kenneth Rosenfield

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• • ·Marked differences between patients referred for stress echocardiography and myocardial perfusion imaging studies

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    Bradley A. Bart, Daryl A. Erlien, Charles A. Herzog, Richard W. Asinger

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• • ·Assessment of patients with low-risk chest pain in the emergency department: Head-to-head comparison of exercise stress echocardiography and exercise myocardial SPECT

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    Alberto Conti, Lucia Sammicheli, Chiara Gallini, Egidio Natalino Costanzo, David Antoniucci, Giuseppe Barletta

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• • ·A Doppler-derived index of combined left ventricular systolic and diastolic function is an independent predictor of cardiovascular mortality in elderly men

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    Johan Ärnlöv, Lars Lind, Bertil Andrén, Ulf Risérus, Lars Berglund, Hans Lithell

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• • ·Left ventricular outflow tract obstruction provoked during dobutamine stress echocardiography predicts future chest pain, syncope, and near syncope

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    Buddhadeb Dawn, Vidhu S. Paliwal, Syed T. Raza, Kourosh Mastali, Rita A. Longaker, Marcus F. Stoddard

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• • ·Effect of coronary artery bypass grafting and aneurysmectomy on QT dispersion in moderate or severe left ventricular dysfunction

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    Oner Gulcan, Alpay T. Sezgin, Senol Demircan, Hakan Atalay, Riza Turkoz

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• • ·Why do patients fail to receive ?-blockers for chronic heart failure over time? A “real-world” single-center, 2-year follow-up experience of ?-blocker therapy in patients with chronic heart failure

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    Anoop C. Parameswaran, W.H. Wilson Tang, Gary S. Francis, Ritesh Gupta, James B. Young

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• • ·An alternative approach for exercise prescription and efficacy testing in patients with chronic heart failure : A randomized controlled training study

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    Tim Meyer, Günter Görge, Bernhard Schwaab, Katharina Hildebrandt, Jens Walldorf, Christine Schäfer, Ingrid Kindermann, Jürgen Scharhag, Wilfried Kindermann

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• • ·Hypothermia is a bedside predictor of imminent death in patients with congestive heart failure

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    Ward Casscells, Moein F. Vasseghi, Mir Said Siadaty, Mohammad Madjid, Hina Siddiqui, Birendra Lal, Saeed Payvar

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• • ·Blood pressure variability and prognosis in uncomplicated mild hypertension

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    Sante D. Pierdomenico, Domenico Lapenna, Anna Bucci, Bianca M. Manente, Mariantonietta Mancini, Franco Cuccurullo, Andrea Mezzetti

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• • ·Effects of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor plus irbesartan on maximal and submaximal exercise capacity and neurohumoral activation in patients with congestive heart failure

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    Martine Blanchet, Richard Sheppard, Normand Racine, Anique Ducharme, Daniel Curnier, Jean-Claude Tardif, Pierre Sirois, Marie-Catherine Lamoureux, Jacques De Champlain, Michel White

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• • ·The data monitoring experience in the Candesartan in Heart Failure Assessment of Reduction in Mortality and morbidity (CHARM) program

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    Stuart Pocock, Duolao Wang, Lars Wilhelmsen, Charles H. Hennekens

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• Editorial

  • ·Improvements in quality improvement

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    Matthew T. Roe, Eric D. Peterson

    

• Curriculum in Cardiology

  • ·A critical appraisal of current models of risk stratification for percutaneous coronary interventions

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    Mandeep Singh, Charanjit S. Rihal, Ryan J. Lennon, Kirk N. Garratt, David R. Holmes

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• Trial Design

  • ·The Women's Recovery from Sternotomy (WREST) Study: Design of a randomized trial of a novel undergarment for early use after sternotomy

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    Kathryn M. King, Ross Tsuyuki, Peter Faris, Gillian Currie, Andrew Maitland, Ruth Collins-Nakai

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• Results of Expert Meetings

  • ·Results of expert meetings. Uncontrolled systolic hypertension Washington, DC, April 25-27, 2002

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    Robert M. Califf, Todd F. Griffith

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• Clinical Investigations

  • ·Impact of invasive management versus noninvasive management on functional status and quality of life following non–Q-wave myocardial infarction: A randomized clinical trial

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    Mark J. Eisenberg, Flora F. Teng, Muhammad R. Chaudhry, Jose Ortiz, Wojciech Sobkowski, Iftikhar Ebrahim, Ramesh S. Saligrama, Kerala Serio, Ellis Lader, Louise Pilote, for the NQWMI Investigators

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  • ·Potential antiatherogenic and anti-inflammatory properties of sevelamer in maintenance hemodialysis patients

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    Emiliana Ferramosca, Steven Burke, Scott Chasan-Taber, Carlo Ratti, Glenn M. Chertow, Paolo Raggi

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  • ·Impact of the application of the American College of Emergency Physicians recommendations for the admission of patients with syncope on a retrospectively studied population presenting to the emergency department

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    Ahmad A. Elesber, Wyatt W. Decker, Peter A. Smars, David O. Hodge, Win-Kuang Shen

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  • ·Cigarette smoking is associated with increased circulating proinflammatory and procoagulant markers in patients with chronic coronary artery disease : Effects of aspirin treatment

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    Ignatios Ikonomidis, John Lekakis, Georgia Vamvakou, Felicita Andreotti, Petros Nihoyannopoulos

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  • ·Microalbuminuria: A strong predictor of 3-year adverse prognosis in nondiabetic patients with acute myocardial infarction

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    Spyridon Koulouris, Ioannis Lekatsas, Ilias Karabinos, Georgios Ioannidis, Theofanis Katostaras, Athanasios Kranidis, Konstantinos Triantafillou, Nikolaos Thalassinos, Lambros Anthopoulos

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  • ·Correlation between the TIMI risk score and high-risk angiographic findings in non–ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes: Observations from the Platelet Receptor Inhibition in Ischemic Syndrome Management in Patients Limited by Unstable Signs and Symptoms (PRISM-PLUS) trial

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    Jessica L. Mega, David A. Morrow, Marc S. Sabatine, Xue-Qiao Zhao, Steven M. Snapinn, Peter M. DiBattiste, C. Michael Gibson, Elliott M. Antman, Eugene Braunwald, Pierre Théroux

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  • ·Depression and heart failure in patients with a new myocardial infarction

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    Lynda H. Powell, Diane Catellier, Kenneth E. Freedland, Matthew M. Burg, Susan L. Woods, Vera Bittner, James E. Calvin, James A. Blumenthal, for the ENRICHD Investigators

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  • ·Data feedback and clinical process improvement in acute myocardial infarction

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    Huiling Zhang, Julia A. Alexander, Josiah Luttrell, Gerald T. O'Connor, Jennifer Daley, Martin Paris

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  • ·Impact of program duration and contact frequency on efficacy and cost of cardiac rehabilitation: Results of a randomized trial

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    Robert D. Reid, William A. Dafoe, Louise Morrin, Alain Mayhew, Sophia Papadakis, Louise Beaton, Neil B. Oldridge, Douglas Coyle, George A. Wells

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  • ·The relation of renal function to ischemic and bleeding outcomes with 2 different glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors: The Do Tirofiban and ReoPro Give Similar Efficacy Outcome (TARGET) trial

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    Peter B. Berger, Patricia J.M. Best, Eric J. Topol, Jennifer White, Peter M. DiBattiste, Albert W. Chan, Steen D. Kristensen, Howard C. Herrmann, David J. Moliterno

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  • ·Stent implantation, but not pathogen burden, is associated with plasma C-reactive protein and interleukin-6 levels after percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with stable angina pectoris

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    Nawsad Saleh, Bertil Svane, Jens Jensen, Lars-Olof Hansson, Margareta Nordin, Per Tornvall

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• Letters to the Editor

  • ·Thrombolytic therapy for eligible elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction

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    Syed Wamique Yusuf, Kathy A. McLean, Radha A. Mishra

    
  • ·Reply

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    Alvaro Avezum, Marcia Makdisse

    
  • ·Assessment of left ventricular mass using echocardiography: Use of fundamental imaging

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    Nicolas Mansencal, Olivier Dubourg

    
  • ·Reply

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    Shun Kohsaka, Marco R. Di Tullio