Sommario

• • ·Table of Contents

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• • ·Editorial Board

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• • ·Information for Authors

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• • ·Information for Readers

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• Editorial

  • ·Treating depression after myocardial infarction: Can selecting patients on the basis of genetic susceptibility improve psychiatric and medical outcomes?

    Pagina :617-619

    Redford B. Williams

    

• Curriculum in Cardiology

  • ·Erectile dysfunction: The need to be evaluated, the right to be treated

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    Hemant Solomon, Robert F. DeBusk, Graham Jackson

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• Trial Design

  • ·Design and methodology of the Occluded Artery Trial (OAT)

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    The Occluded Artery Trial (OAT) Research Group a, Judith S. Hochman, Gervasio A. Lamas, Genell L. Knatterud, Christopher E. Buller, Vladimir Dzavik, Daniel B. Mark, Harmony R. Reynolds, Harvey D. White

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  • ·The PRoject of Ex-vivo Vein graft ENgineering via Transfection IV (PREVENT IV) trial : Study rationale, design, and baseline patient characteristics

    Pagina :643-649

    John H. Alexander, T. Bruce Ferguson, Diane M. Joseph, Michael J. Mack, Randall K. Wolf, C. Michael Gibson, Daniel Gennevois, Todd J. Lorenz, Robert A. Harrington, Eric D. Peterson, Kerry L. Lee, Robert M. Califf, Nicholas T. Kouchoukos, PREVENT IV Investigators

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• Evidence-Based Consult

  • ·Should we measure C-reactive protein levels to ascertain the adequacy of statin therapy in patients who are at very high risk for a coronary heart disease event?

    Pagina :650-651

    Abhinav Goyal, Michael Blazing

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• Clinical Investigations

  • ·Influence of serotonin transporter gene polymorphism on depressive symptoms and new cardiac events after acute myocardial infarction

    Pagina :652-658

    Daisaku Nakatani, Hiroshi Sato, Yasuhiko Sakata, Issei Shiotani, Kunihiro Kinjo, Hiroya Mizuno, Masahiko Shimizu, Hiroshi Ito, Yukihiro Koretsune, Atsushi Hirayama, Masatsugu Hori, on behalf of the Osaka Acute Coronary Insufficiency Study (OACIS) Group

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  • ·Electrocardiographic infarct size assessment after thrombolysis: Insights from the Acute Myocardial Infarction STudy ADenosine (AMISTAD) trial

    Pagina :659-665

    Alejandro Barbagelata, Marcelo F. Di Carli, Robert M. Califf, Jyotsna Garg, Yochai Birnbaum, Liliana Grinfeld, Raymond J. Gibbons, Christopher B. Granger, Shaun G. Goodman, Galen S. Wagner, Kenneth W. Mahaffey, for the AMISTAD Investigators

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  • ·Predictive power of ejection fraction and renal failure in patients admitted for chest pain without ST elevation in the troponin era

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    Michael C. Kontos, Rajat Garg, F. Philip Anderson, James L. Tatum, Joseph P. Ornato, Robert L. Jesse

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  • ·Outcomes in patients admitted for chest pain with renal failure and troponin I elevations

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    Michael C. Kontos, Rajat Garg, F. Philip Anderson, James L. Tatum, Joseph P. Ornato, Robert L. Jesse

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  • ·Chlamydia pneumoniae immunoreactivity in coronary artery plaques of patients with acute coronary syndromes and its relation with serology

    Pagina :681-688

    Ruiqin Liu, Masato Yamamoto, Masao Moroi, Tetsuya Kubota, Tsuyoshi Ono, Atsushi Funatsu, Hiroki Komatsu, Takahiro Tsuji, Hidehiko Hara, Hisao Hara, Masato Nakamura, Hironori Hirai, Tetsu Yamaguchi

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  • ·Determinants of coronary events in patients with stable angina: Results from the Impact of Nicorandil in Angina Study

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    The IONA Study Group ?

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  • ·Enalapril suppresses ventricular remodeling more effectively than losartan in patients with acute myocardial infarction

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    Hiroyuki Onodera, Toshiro Matsunaga, Yujin Tamura, Naotaka Maeda, Takumi Higuma, Shingo Sasaki, Yasuhiro Mori, Fuminobu Yoshimachi, Hiroshi Ishizaka, Hiroyuki Hanada, Tomohiro Osanai, Ken Okumura

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  • ·Predictors and 1-year outcome of major bleeding in patients with non–ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes: Insights from the Canadian Acute Coronary Syndrome Registries

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    Amit Segev, Bradley H. Strauss, Mary Tan, Christian Constance, Anatoly Langer, Shaun G. Goodman, for the Canadian Acute Coronary Syndromes Registries Investigators

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  • ·Percent change in B-type natriuretic peptide levels during treadmill exercise as a screening test for exercise-induced myocardial ischemia

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    Htut Kyaw Win, Su-Min Chang, Michael Raizner, Gopi Shah, Faiz Al Basky, Unnati Desai, Juan Carlos Plana, John J. Mahmarian, Miguel A. Quinones, William A. Zoghbi

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  • ·Atrial fibrillation in heart failure: High mortality risk even if ventricular function is preserved

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    Ratika Parkash, William H. Maisel, F. Michael Toca, William G. Stevenson

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  • ·Monitoring clinical changes in patients with heart failure: A comparison of methods

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    John Spertus, Eric Peterson, Mark W. Conard, Paul A. Heidenreich, Harlan M. Krumholz, Philip Jones, Peter A. McCullough, Ileana Pina, Joseph Tooley, William S. Weintraub, John S. Rumsfeld, for the Cardiovascular Outcomes Research Consortium

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  • ·Education by a dietitian in patients with heart failure results in improved adherence with a sodium-restricted diet: A randomized trial

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    Jo Anne L. Arcand, Sandra Brazel, Courtney Joliffe, Marlene Choleva, Frances Berkoff, Johane P. Allard, Gary E. Newton

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  • ·Adult patients with congenital heart disease and pulmonary arterial hypertension: First open prospective multicenter study of bosentan therapy

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    Ingram Schulze-Neick, Nadine Gilbert, Ralf Ewert, Christian Witt, Ekkehard Gruenig, Beate Enke, Mathias M. Borst, Peter E. Lange, Marius M. Hoeper

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  • ·Enhancing quality of heart failure care in managed Medicare and Medicaid in North Carolina: Results of the North Carolina Achieving Cardiac Excellence (NC ACE) Project

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    David C. Goff, Mark W. Massing, Alain G. Bertoni, Jennifer Davis, Walter T. Ambrosius, Jill McArdle, Vanessa Duren-Winfield, Carla A. Sueta, Janet B. Croft

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  • ·The response to inhaled nitric oxide in patients with pulmonary artery hypertension is not masked by baseline vasodilator use

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    Richard A. Krasuski, Andrew Wang, J. Kevin Harrison, Victor F. Tapson, Thomas M. Bashore

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  • ·Role of immunoglobulin G3 subclass in dilated cardiomyopathy: Results from protein A immunoadsorption

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    Alexander Staudt, Markus Dörr, Yvonne Staudt, Marko Böhm, Michael Probst, Klaus Empen, Sebastian Plötz, Hans E. Maschke, Astrid Hummel, Gert Baumann, Stephan B. Felix

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  • ·Visual estimation versus quantitative assessment of left ventricular ejection fraction: A comparison by cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging

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    Burkhard Sievers, Simon Kirchberg, Ulrich Franken, Binu-John Puthenveettil, Asli Bakan, Hans-Joachim Trappe

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  • ·Prognostic use of echocardiography 1 year after a myocardial infarction

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    Hicham Skali, Leonardo A.M. Zornoff, Marc A. Pfeffer, Malcolm O. Arnold, Gervasio A. Lamas, Lemuel A. Moyé, Ted Plappert, Jean L. Rouleau, Bruce A. Sussex, Martin St John Sutton, Eugene Braunwald, Scott D. Solomon, for the Survival and Ventricular Enlargement (SAVE) Investigators

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  • ·Reference charts of gestation-specific tissue Doppler imaging indices of systolic and diastolic functions in the normal fetal heart

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    Louis Yik-si Chan, Wing Yee Fok, John Tai-hung Wong, Cheuk Man Yu, Tse Ngong Leung, Tze Kin Lau

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  • ·Impaired tissue Doppler diastolic function in patients with coronary artery disease: Relationship to endothelial damage/dysfunction and platelet activation

    Pagina :756-766

    Kaeng W. Lee, Andrew D. Blann, Gregory Y.H. Lip

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  • ·Diastolic wall motion abnormality after myocardial infarction: Relation to neurohormonal activation and prognostic implications

    Pagina :767-774

    Mirza Husic, Betina Nørager, Kenneth Egstrup, Roberto M. Lang, Jacob E. Møller

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  • ·Comprehensive assessment of patients after coronary artery bypass grafting by 16-detector-row computed tomography

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    Liesbeth P. Salm, Jeroen J. Bax, J. Wouter Jukema, Joanne D. Schuijf, Hubert W. Vliegen, Hildo J. Lamb, Ernst E. van der Wall, Albert de Roos

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  • ·Carotid plaque composition in stable and unstable coronary artery disease

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    Filippos Triposkiadis, George Sitafidis, John Kostoulas, John Skoularigis, Elias Zintzaras, Ioannis Fezoulidis

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  • ·Protective effect of high diastolic blood pressure during exercise against exercise-induced myocardial ischemia

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    Hiroyuki Yamagishi, Minoru Yoshiyama, Naoya Shirai, Kaname Akioka, Kazuhide Takeuchi, Junichi Yoshikawa

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  • ·Can N-acetylcysteine reverse the antiplatelet effects of clopidogrel? An in vivo and vitro study

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    Charles L. Campbell, Peter B. Berger, Greg A. Nuttall, James L. Orford, Paula J. Santrach, William C. Oliver, Mark H. Ereth, Christopher M. Thompson, M. Katie Murphy, David L. McGlassen, Lisa M. Schrader, Steven R. Steinhubl

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  • ·Association between completeness of percutaneous coronary revascularization and postprocedure outcomes

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    Catherine S. McLellan, William A. Ghali, Marino Labinaz, Roger B. Davis, P. Diane Galbraith, Danielle A. Southern, Fiona M. Shrive, Merril L. Knudtson, for the Alberta Provincial Project for Outcomes Assessment in Coronary Heart Disease (APPROACH) Investigators e

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  • ·Sirolimus-eluting stent implantation in diabetic patients with multivessel coronary artery disease

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    Carlo Briguori, Antonio Colombo, Flavio Airoldi, Amelia Focaccio, Ioannis Iakovou, Alaide Chieffo, Iassen Michev, Matteo Montorfano, Erminio Bonizzoni, Bruno Ricciardelli, Gerolama Condorelli

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  • ·Acute hyperglycemia is associated with adverse outcome after acute myocardial infarction in the coronary intervention era

    Pagina :814-820

    Masaharu Ishihara, Sunao Kojima, Tomohiro Sakamoto, Yujiro Asada, Chuwa Tei, Kazuo Kimura, Shunichi Miyazaki, Masahiro Sonoda, Kazufumi Tsuchihashi, Masakazu Yamagishi, Yoshihiko Ikeda, Mutsunori Shirai, Hisatoyo Hiraoka, Takeshi Inoue, Fumio Saito, Hisao Ogawa, on behalf of the Japanese Acute Coronary Syndrome Study (JACSS) Investigators Japan Hiroshima, Japan ?

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  • ·Obesity and clinical restenosis after coronary stent placement

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    Jamal S. Rana, Murray A. Mittleman, Kalon K. Ho, Donald E. Cutlip

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  • ·Preprocedural Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) flow significantly affects the extent of ST-segment resolution and myocardial blush in patients with acute anterior myocardial infarction treated by primary angioplasty

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    Giuseppe De Luca, Nicolette Ernst, Arnoud W.J. van't Hof, Jan Paul Ottervanger, Jan C.A. Hoorntje, Jan-Henk E. Dambrink, A.T. Marcel Gosslink, Menko-Jan de Boer, Harry Suryapranata

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  • ·Brachytherapy and bivalirudin evaluation study

    Pagina :832-837

    Pramod Kuchulakanti, Roswitha Wolfram, Rebecca Torguson, Seung-Woon Rha, Edouard Cheneau, Ellen E. Pinnow, Daniel Canos, Lowell F. Satler, Augusto D. Pichard, Kenneth M. Kent, Ron Waksman

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  • ·Decade-long changes in the use of combination evidence–based medical therapy at discharge for patients surviving acute myocardial infarction

    Pagina :838-844

    Frederick A. Spencer, Darleen Lessard, Jorge Yarzebski, Joel M. Gore, Robert J. Goldberg

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  • ·Identification of a novel 5–base pair deletion in calcineurin B (PPP3R1) promoter region and its association with left ventricular hypertrophy

    Pagina :845-851

    Weihong Tang, Donna K. Arnett, Richard B. Devereux, Demetrios Panagiotou, Michael A. Province, Michael B. Miller, Giovanni de Simone, Charles Gu, Robert E. Ferrell

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  • ·Evaluation of left ventricular outflow tract area after septal reduction in obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: A real-time 3-dimensional echocardiographic study

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    Marta Sitges, Jian Xin Qin, Harry M. Lever, Fabrice Bauer, Jeannie K. Drinko, Deborah A. Agler, Samir R. Kapadia, E. Murat Tuzcu, Nicholas G. Smedira, Bruce W. Lytle, James D. Thomas, Takahiro Shiota

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  • ·Index

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    Glenn O. Turner