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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• Trial Design

  • ·The effects of oral anticoagulants in patients with peripheral arterial disease: Rationale, design, and baseline characteristics of the Warfarin and Antiplatelet Vascular Evaluation (WAVE) trial, including a meta-analysis of trials

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    The WAVE Investigators ?

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• Clinical Investigations

  • ·Unraveling the spectrum of left bundle branch block in acute myocardial infarction: Insights from the Assessment of the Safety and Efficacy of a New Thrombolytic (ASSENT 2 and 3) trials

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    Hussam Al-Faleh, Yuling Fu, Galen Wagner, Shaun Goodman, Elena Sgarbossa, Christopher Granger, Frans Van de Werf, Lars Wallentin, Paul W. Armstrong, for the ASSENT 2 and 3 Investigators

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  • ·Elevated creatine kinase-MB with normal creatine kinase predicts worse outcomes in patients with acute coronary syndromes: Results from 4 large clinical trials

    Pagina :16-24

    John M. Galla, Kenneth W. Mahaffey, Shelly K. Sapp, John H. Alexander, Matthew T. Roe, E. Magnus Ohman, Christopher B. Granger, Paul W. Armstrong, Robert A. Harrington, Harvey D. White, Maarten L. Simoons, L. Kristin Newby, Robert M. Califf, Eric J. Topol

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  • ·Combination of quantitative ST deviation and troponin elevation provides independent prognostic and therapeutic information in unstable angina and non–ST-elevation myocardial infarction

    Pagina :25-31

    Marc S. Sabatine, David A. Morrow, Carolyn H. McCabe, Elliott M. Antman, C. Michael Gibson, Christopher P. Cannon

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  • ·Outcomes after acute coronary syndrome admission to primary versus tertiary Veterans Affairs medical centers: The Veterans Affairs Access to Cardiology study

    Pagina :32-38

    John S. Rumsfeld, David J. Magid, Eric D. Peterson, Mary E. Plomondon, Laura A. Petersen, Gary K. Grunwald, Nathan R. Every, Anne E. Sales

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  • ·Clinical significance of calcification of the fibrous skeleton of the heart and aortosclerosis in community dwelling elderly. The Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS)

    Pagina :39-47

    Eddy Barasch, John S. Gottdiener, Emily K. Marino Larsen, Paulo H.M. Chaves, Anne B. Newman, Teri A. Manolio

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  • ·The effects of periodontal therapy on vascular endothelial function: A pilot trial

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    John R. Elter, Alan L. Hinderliter, Steven Offenbacher, James D. Beck, Melissa Caughey, Nadine Brodala, Phoebus N. Madianos

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  • ·A validated clinical and biochemical score for the diagnosis of acute heart failure: The ProBNP Investigation of Dyspnea in the Emergency Department (PRIDE) Acute Heart Failure Score

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    Aaron L. Baggish, Uwe Siebert, John G. Lainchbury, Renee Cameron, Saif Anwaruddin, Annabel Chen, Daniel G. Krauser, Roderick Tung, David F. Brown, A. Mark Richards, James L. Januzzi

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  • ·Are ?-blockers needed in patients receiving spironolactone for severe chronic heart failure? An analysis of the COPERNICUS study

    Pagina :55-61

    Henry Krum, Paul Mohacsi, Hugo A. Katus, Michael Tendera, Jean-Lucien Rouleau, Michael B. Fowler, Andrew J. Coats, Ellen B. Roecker, Milton Packer, for the Carvedilol Prospective Randomized Cumulative Survival (COPERNICUS) Study Group

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  • ·The nonspecific anti-inflammatory therapy with methotrexate for patients with chronic heart failure

    Pagina :62-68

    Kaizheng Gong, Zhengang Zhang, Xiaonin Sun, Xin Zhang, Aihua Li, Junfeng Yan, Qiuping Luo, Yang Gao, Yiliang Feng

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  • ·The impact of ejection fraction on outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with congestive heart failure: An analysis of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty Registry and Dynamic Registry

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    Elizabeth M. Holper, John Blair, Faith Selzer, Katherine M. Detre, Alice K. Jacobs, David O. Williams, Helen Vlachos, Robert L. Wilensky, Paul Coady, David P. Faxon, for the Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty Registry and Dynamic Registry Investigators

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  • ·The association between blood pressure and mortality in patients with heart failure

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    Tobias T. Lee, Jersey Chen, David J. Cohen, Lana Tsao

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  • ·Overview of acute decompensated heart failure in Argentina: Lessons learned from 5 registries during the last decade

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    Eduardo R. Perna, Alejandro Barbagelata, Liliana Grinfeld, Marta García Ben, Juan P. Címbaro Canella, Pablo A. Bayol, Alvaro Sosa Liprandi

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  • ·An unexpected inverse relationship between HbA_1c levels and mortality in patients with diabetes and advanced systolic heart failure

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    Shervin Eshaghian, Tamara B. Horwich, Gregg C. Fonarow

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  • ·Valsartan inhibits platelet activity at different doses in mild to moderate hypertensives: Valsartan Inhibits Platelets (VIP) trial

    Pagina :92-99

    Victor L. Serebruany, Alex N. Pokov, Alex I. Malinin, Christopher O'Connor, Deepak L. Bhatt, Jean-Francois Tanguay, David C. Sane, Charles H. Hennekens

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  • ·Natural antioxidants from tomato extract reduce blood pressure in patients with grade-1 hypertension: A double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot study

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    Yechiel N. Engelhard, Benny Gazer, Esther Paran

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  • ·Identification of the ischemic etiology of heart failure by cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging: Diagnostic accuracy of late gadolinium enhancement

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    Giancarlo Casolo, Sergio Minneci, Rosanna Manta, Antonio Sulla, Jacopo Del Meglio, Luigi Rega, Gianfranco Gensini

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  • ·Regional diastolic dysfunction in individuals with left ventricular hypertrophy measured by tagged magnetic resonance imaging—The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)

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    Thor Edvardsen, Boaz D. Rosen, Li Pan, Michael Jerosch-Herold, Shenghan Lai, W. Gregory Hundley, Shantanu Sinha, Richard A. Kronmal, David A. Bluemke, João A.C. Lima

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  • ·Time course of left ventricular volumes in severe congestive heart failure patients treated by optimized AV sequential left ventricular pacing alone—A 3-dimensional echocardiographic study

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    Christian Butter, Ernst Wellnhofer, Martin Seifert, Michael Schlegl, Walter Hoersch, Alexander Goehring, Eckart Fleck

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  • ·The additional prognostic value of coronary flow reserve on left anterior descending artery in patients with negative stress echo by wall motion criteria. A Transthoracic Vasodilator Stress Echocardiography Study

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    Fausto Rigo, Lauro Cortigiani, Emilio Pasanisi, Margherita Richieri, Valeria Cutaia, Massimo Celestre, Antonio Raviele, Eugenio Picano

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  • ·Real-time myocardial perfusion imaging for pharmacologic stress testing: Added value to single photon emission computed tomography

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    Grigorios Korosoglou, Alain-Eric Dubart, K. Gaspar C. DaSilva, Nino Labadze, Stefan Hardt, Alexander Hansen, Raffi Bekeredjian, Christian Zugck, Joerg Zehelein, Hugo A. Katus, Helmut Kuecherer

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  • ·Effect of atorvastatin on circulating proinflammatory T-lymphocyte subsets and soluble CD40 ligand in patients with stable coronary artery disease—A randomized, placebo-controlled study

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    Hannes Franz Alber, Matthias Frick, Alois Suessenbacher, Jakob Doerler, Michael Schirmer, Eva-Maria Stocker, Wolfgang Dichtl, Otmar Pachinger, Franz Weidinger

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  • ·Impact of body mass index on outcomes of enhanced external counterpulsation therapy

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    Peter A. McCullough, Marc A. Silver, Elizabeth D. Kennard, Sheryl F. Kelsey, Andrew D. Michaels, for the IEPR Investigators

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  • ·N-Acetylcysteine and contrast-induced nephropathy: A meta-analysis of 13 randomized trials

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    Axel Zagler, Maziar Azadpour, Carlos Mercado, Charles H. Hennekens

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  • ·Impact of renal insufficiency on outcome after contemporary percutaneous coronary intervention

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    Daniel J. Blackman, Ruxandra Pinto, John R. Ross, Peter H. Seidelin, Douglas Ing, Cynthia Jackevicius, Karen Mackie, Christopher Chan, Vladimir Dzavik

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  • ·Side branch occlusion after coronary stent implantation in patients presenting with ST-elevation myocardial infarction : Clinical impact and angiographic predictors

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    Stefan Kralev, Tudor C. Poerner, Daniel Basorth, Siegfried Lang, Christian Wolpert, Dariusch Haghi, Martin Borggrefe, Karl K. Haase, Tim Süselbeck

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  • ·Incidence and predictors of late recurrence after ?-radiation therapy with a ¹⁸⁸Re-MAG₃–filled balloon for diffuse in-stent restenosis

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    Seung-Whan Lee, Seong-Wook Park, Myeong-Ki Hong, Young-Hak Kim, Ki Hoon Han, Jun Kim, Jae-Hyeong Park, Sung-Joo Oh, Dae Hyuk Moon, Seung Jun Oh, Cheol Whan Lee, Jae-Joong Kim, Seung-Jung Park

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  • ·Impact of race and ethnicity on inhospital outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention (report from the 2000-2001 New York State Angioplasty Registry)

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    Robert M. Minutello, Eric T. Chou, Mun K. Hong, S. Chiu Wong

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  • ·Impact of body mass index on outcomes after primary angioplasty in acute myocardial infarction

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    Eugenia Nikolsky, Gregg W. Stone, Cindy L. Grines, David A. Cox, Eulogio Garcia, James E. Tcheng, John J. Griffin, Giulio Guagliumi, Thomas Stuckey, Mark Turco, Manuela Negoita, Alexandra J. Lansky, Roxana Mehran

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  • ·A randomized pilot study of dalteparin versus unfractionated heparin during percutaneous coronary interventions

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    Madhu K. Natarajan, James L. Velianou, Alexander G.G. Turpie, Shamir R. Mehta, Dominic Raco, David M. Goodhart, Rizwan Afzal, Jeffrey S. Ginsberg

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  • ·Measuring the efficacy of antihypertensive therapy by ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in the primary care setting

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    William B. White, Thomas Giles, George L. Bakris, Joel M. Neutel, Giora Davidai, Michael A. Weber

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  • ·Long-term adherence with cardiovascular drug regimens

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    Sonali P. Kulkarni, Karen P. Alexander, Barbara Lytle, Gerardo Heiss, Eric D. Peterson

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  • ·Prevention of implantable defibrillator shocks by cognitive behavioral therapy: A pilot trial

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    Philippe Chevalier, Jean Cottraux, Evelyne Mollard, NanYao Sai, Sophie Brun, Haran Burri, Lioara Restier, Patrice Adeleine

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  • ·Autologous bone marrow mononuclear cell transplantation in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting

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    David Mocini, Mario Staibano, Luca Mele, Paride Giannantoni, Giacomo Menichella, Furio Colivicchi, Paolo Sordini, Paola Salera, Marco Tubaro, Massimo Santini

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  • ·Prospective randomized study comparing coronary artery bypass grafting with the new mini-extracorporeal circulation Jostra System or with a standard cardiopulmonary bypass

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    Jean Paul Remadi, Zava Rakotoarivelo, Paul Marticho, Amar Benamar

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  • ·Changing trends in the long-term prognosis of patients with acute myocardial infarction: A population-based perspective

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

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  • ·The cost of acute myocardial infarction in the new millennium: Evidence from a multinational registry

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    Teresa L. Kauf, Eric J. Velazquez, David R. Crosslin, W. Douglas Weaver, Rafael Diaz, Christopher B. Granger, John J.V. McMurray, Jean-Lucien Rouleau, Philip E. Aylward, Harvey D. White, Robert M. Califf, Kevin A. Schulman

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  • ·Quality of life in advanced heart failure: Role of mitral regurgitation

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    Paul J. Hauptman, Thomas S. Rector, Deborah Wentworth, Spencer Kubo, on behalf of the Investigators

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  • ·Long-term cost-effectiveness of early and sustained clopidogrel therapy for up to 1 year in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention after presenting with acute coronary syndromes without ST-segment elevation

    Pagina :219-227

    Elizabeth M. Mahoney, Shamir Mehta, Yong Yuan, Joseph Jackson, Roland Chen, Sylvie Gabriel, Andre Lamy, Steven Culler, Jaime Caro, Salim Yusuf, William S. Weintraub, for the CURE Study Investigators

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  • ·Percutaneous versus surgical closure of secundum atrial septal defect : Comparison of early results and complications

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    Gianfranco Butera, Mario Carminati, Massimo Chessa, Rana Youssef, Manuela Drago, Alessandro Giamberti, Giuseppe Pomè, Edoardo Bossone, Alessandro Frigiola

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  • ·Immediate and late outcomes of patients undergoing transseptal left-sided heart catheterization for symptomatic valvular and arrhythmic diseases

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    Tsun-Jui Liu, Hui-Chin Lai, Wen-Lieng Lee, Kuo-Yang Wang, Tsu-Juey Wu, Jin-Long Huang, Chung-Whei Hsueh, Chih-Tai Ting

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  • ·Increased carotid and femoral intima-media thickness in patients after repair of aortic coarctation: Influence of early repair

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    Joris W.J. Vriend, Eric de Groot, Tim T. de Waal, Frank M. Zijta, John J.P. Kastelein, Barbara J.M. Mulder

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  • ·Correction

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  • ·Letter to the Editor

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    Frank-Ulrich Fricke

    
  • ·Reply to Dr Fricke

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    Peter Aspelin, Jonas Lundkvist

    
  • ·Letter to the Editor

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    Berthold Hocher

    
  • ·Reply to Dr Hocher

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    Peter Aspelin, Jonas Lundkvist