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• • ·Tables 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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• Curriculum in Cardiology

  • ·Determinants of referral to cardiac rehabilitation programs in patients with coronary artery disease: A systematic review

    Pagina :249-256

    Olga Cortés, Heather M. Arthur

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  • ·Subgroup analyses in therapeutic cardiovascular clinical trials: Are most of them misleading?

    Pagina :257-264

    Adrián V. Hernández, Eric Boersma, Gordon D. Murray, J. Dik F. Habbema, Ewout W. Steyerberg

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  • ·Cardiovascular magnetic resonance in the follow-up of patients with corrected tetralogy of Fallot: A review

    Pagina :265-272

    Thomas Oosterhof, Barbara J.M. Mulder, Hubert W. Vliegen, Albert de Roos

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  • ·Are statins created equal? Evidence from randomized trials of pravastatin, simvastatin, and atorvastatin for cardiovascular disease prevention

    Pagina :273-281

    Zheng Zhou, Elham Rahme, Louise Pilote

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• Trial Design

  • ·Homocysteine-lowering trials for prevention of cardiovascular events: A review of the design and power of the large randomized trials

    Pagina :282-287

    B-Vitamin Treatment Trialists' Collaboration 1  

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  • ·Rationale and design of a randomized controlled trial to assess the safety and efficacy of cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with asymptomatic left ventricular dysfunction with previous symptoms or mild heart failure—the REsynchronization reVErses Remodeling in Systolic left vEntricular dysfunction (REVERSE) study

    Pagina :288-294

    Cecilia Linde, Michael Gold, William T. Abraham, Jean-Claude Daubert, for the REVERSE Study Group

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• AHJ at the Meetings

  • ·Highlights from the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, November 13 to 16, 2005, Dallas, TX

    Pagina :295-307

    Abhinav Goyal, Pierluigi Tricoci, Chiara Melloni, James S. Mills, Kevin L. Thomas, George L. Adams, Robert G. Mitchell, Aslan T. Turer

    

• Clinical Investigations

  • ·External validation of a percutaneous coronary intervention mortality prediction model in patients with acute coronary syndromes

    Pagina :308-315

    Jaroslav Hubacek, P. Diane Galbraith, Min Gao, Karin Humphries, Michelle M. Graham, Merril L. Knudtson, William A. Ghali, for APPROACH investigators

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  • ·Cardiac tamponade in the fibrinolytic era: Analysis of >100 000 patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

    Pagina :316-322

    Manesh R. Patel, Trip J. Meine, Lauren Lindblad, Jeffrey Griffin, Christopher B. Granger, Richard C. Becker, Frans Van de Werf, Harvey White, Robert M. Califf, Robert A. Harrington

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  • ·Evaluating the performance of the Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events risk-adjustment index across socioeconomic strata among patients discharged from the hospital after acute myocardial infarction

    Pagina :323-331

    David A. Alter, Vikram Venkatesh, Alice Chong, For the SESAMI Study Group

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  • ·Acute myocardial infarction: Clinical characteristics and plaque morphology between expansive remodeling and constrictive remodeling by intravascular ultrasound

    Pagina :332-337

    Takao Hasegawa, Shoichi Ehara, Yoshiki Kobayashi, Toru Kataoka, Hajime Yamashita, Hiroki Nishioka, Koichiro Asawa, Hiroyuki Yamagishi, Minoru Yoshiyama, Kazuhide Takeuchi, Junichi Yoshikawa, Makiko Ueda

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  • ·Risk factors for stroke after acute coronary syndromes in the Orbofiban in Patients with Unstable Coronary Syndromes–Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction (OPUS-TIMI) 16 study

    Pagina :338-344

    Eric E. Smith, Christopher P. Cannon, Sabina Murphy, Steven K. Feske, Lee H. Schwamm

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  • ·Glucose-insulin-potassium infusion in acute myocardial infarction: A hemodynamic study

    Pagina :345-351

    Arend Bergstra, Tone Svilaas, Ad F.M. van den Heuvel, Iwan C.C. van der Horst, Felix Zijlstra

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  • ·Age-related differences in the management and outcome of patients with acute coronary syndromes

    Pagina :352-359

    Raymond T. Yan, Andrew T. Yan, Mary Tan, Chi-Ming Chow, David H. Fitchett, Frank L. Ervin, James Y.M. Cha, Anatoly Langer, Shaun G. Goodman, for the Canadian Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS) Registry Investigators

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  • ·Predicting a late positive serum troponin in initially troponin-negative patients with non–ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome: Clinical predictors and validated risk score results from the TIMI IIIB and GUSTO IIA studies

    Pagina :360-366

    James L. Januzzi, L. Kristin Newby, Sabina A. Murphy, Karen Pieper, Elliot M. Antman, David A. Morrow, Marc S. Sabatine, E. Magnus Ohman, Christopher P. Cannon, Eugene Braunwald

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  • ·Type D personality and diabetes predict the onset of depressive symptoms in patients after percutaneous coronary intervention

    Pagina :367.e1

    Susanne S. Pedersen, Andrew T.L. Ong, Karel Sonnenschein, Patrick W. Serruys, Ruud A.M. Erdman, Ron T. van Domburg

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  • ·Effects of exercise training on 5 inflammatory markers associated with cardiovascular risk

    Pagina :367.e7

    Christopher J.K. Hammett, Harry Prapavessis, J. Chris Baldi, Nerea Varo, Uwe Schoenbeck, Rohan Ameratunga, John K. French, Harvey D. White, Ralph A.H. Stewart

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  • ·Alcohol consumption, atherosclerotic progression, and prognosis among patients with coronary artery bypass grafts

    Pagina :368-372

    Kenneth J. Mukamal, Saket Girotra, Murray A. Mittleman

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  • ·Randomized evaluation of the efficacy of enoxaparin versus unfractionated heparin in high-risk patients with non–ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes receiving the glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor eptifibatide. Long-term results of the Integrilin and Enoxaparin Randomized Assessment of Acute Coronary Syndrome Treatment (INTERACT) trial

    Pagina :373-379

    David H. Fitchett, Anatoly Langer, Paul W. Armstrong, Mary Tan, Aurora Mendelsohn, Shaun G. Goodman, for the INTERACT Trial Long-Term Follow-Up Investigators d

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  • ·Efficacy of transesophageal echocardiography–guided cardioversion of patients with atrial fibrillation at 6 months: A randomized controlled trial

    Pagina :380-389

    Allan L. Klein, Richard A. Grimm, Susan E. Jasper, R. Daniel Murray, Carolyn Apperson-Hansen, Elizabeth A. Lieber, Ian W. Black, Ravin Davidoff, Raimund Erbel, Jonathan L. Halperin, David A. Orsinelli, Thomas R. Porter, Marcus F. Stoddard, The ACUTE Steering and Publications Committee for the ACUTE Investigators ?

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  • ·Prediction of the recurrence of atrial fibrillation after cardioversion in the Atrial Fibrillation Follow-up Investigation of Rhythm Management (AFFIRM) study

    Pagina :390-396

    Merritt H. Raitt, Annabelle S. Volgman, Robert G. Zoble, Lyne Charbonneau, Farooq A. Padder, Gilles E. O'Hara, David Kerr, the AFFIRM Investigators g

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  • ·Predicting early mortality after implantable defibrillator implantation: A clinical risk score for optimal patient selection

    Pagina :397-403

    Ratika Parkash, William G. Stevenson, Laurence M. Epstein, William H. Maisel

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  • ·Meta-analysis of comparative diagnostic performance of magnetic resonance imaging and multislice computed tomography for noninvasive coronary angiography

    Pagina :404-411

    Joanne D. Schuijf, Jeroen J. Bax, Leslee J. Shaw, Albert de Roos, Hildo J. Lamb, Ernst E. van der Wall, William Wijns

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  • ·Left atrial diameter as an independent predictor of first clinical cardiovascular events in middle-aged and elderly adults: The Strong Heart Study (SHS)

    Pagina :412-418

    Jorge R. Kizer, Jonathan N. Bella, Vittorio Palmieri, Jennifer E. Liu, Lyle G. Best, Elisa T. Lee, Mary J. Roman, Richard B. Devereux

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  • ·Wall motion score index and ejection fraction for risk stratification after acute myocardial infarction

    Pagina :419-425

    Jacob E. Møller, Graham S. Hillis, Jae K. Oh, Guy S. Reeder, Bernard J. Gersh, Patricia A. Pellikka

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  • ·Prognostic utility of single-photon emission computed tomography in adult patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

    Pagina :426-435

    Paul Sorajja, Panithaya Chareonthaitawee, Steve R. Ommen, Todd D. Miller, David O. Hodge, Raymond J. Gibbons

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  • ·Cardiac pacemaker: In vitro assessment at 1.5 T

    Pagina :436-443

    Frank G. Shellock, David S. Fieno, Louise J. Thomson, Thomas M. Talavage, Daniel S. Berman

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  • ·Higher New York Heart Association classes and increased mortality and hospitalization in patients with heart failure and preserved left ventricular function

    Pagina :444-450

    Ali Ahmed, Wilbert S. Aronow, Jerome L. Fleg

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  • ·A cooperative network of trained sites for the conduct of a complex clinical trial: A new concept in multicenter clinical research

    Pagina :451-456

    Robert M. Davidson, J. Frederick McNeer, Leanne Logan, Michael B. Higginbotham, Jerome Anderson, Joseph Blackshear, Alan Chu, Bruce Hettleman, Frank McGrew, Roderick Meesse, Christopher O'Connor, Ricky Schneider, Galen S. Wagner, EXERDUCCS Investigators

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  • ·Anemia in patients with heart failure and preserved systolic function

    Pagina :457-462

    G. Michael Felker, Linda K. Shaw, Wendy Gattis Stough, Christopher M. O'Connor

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  • ·Survival in biopsy-proven myocarditis: A long-term retrospective analysis of the histopathologic, clinical, and hemodynamic predictors

    Pagina :463-470

    Jared W. Magnani, H. Jacqueline Suk Danik, G. William Dec, Thomas G. DiSalvo

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  • ·Use of B-type natriuretic peptide in the management of acute dyspnea in patients with pulmonary disease

    Pagina :471-477

    Christian Mueller, Kirsten Laule-Kilian, Barbara Frana, Daniel Rodriguez, André Scholer, Christian Schindler, André P. Perruchoud

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  • ·Clinical predictors of marked improvement in left ventricular performance after cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with chronic heart failure

    Pagina :477.e1

    Maurizio Mangiavacchi, Maurizio Gasparini, Francesco Faletra, Catherine Klersy, Emanuela Morenghi, Paola Galimberti, Luca Genovese, François Regoli, Francesca De Chiara, Renato Bragato, Bruno Andreuzzi, Daniela Pini, Edoardo Gronda

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  • ·Mortality benefit of a comprehensive heart failure disease management program in indigent patients

    Pagina :478-483

    Kathy A. Hebert, Ronald L. Horswell, Sydney Dy, Ira J. Key, Michael K. Butler, Frederick P. Cerise, Lee M. Arcement

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  • ·The role of exercise in modulating the impact of an ultralow-fat diet on serum lipids and apolipoproteins in patients with or at risk for coronary artery disease

    Pagina :484-491

    Debra A. Marshall, Marina N. Vernalis, Alan T. Remaley, Elaine M. Walizer, John P. Scally, Allen J. Taylor

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  • ·Kidney function and anemia as risk factors for coronary heart disease and mortality: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study

    Pagina :492-500

    Brad C. Astor, Josef Coresh, Gerardo Heiss, Dan Pettitt, Mark J. Sarnak

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  • ·Trends in community mortality due to coronary heart disease

    Pagina :501-507

    Robert J. Goldberg, Karen Glatfelter, Emma Burbank-Schmidt, Darleen Lessard, Joel M. Gore

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  • ·Long-term prognostic value of the preoperative 12-lead electrocardiogram before major noncardiac surgery in coronary artery disease

    Pagina :508-513

    Raban V. Jeger, Cecilia Probst, Ruza Arsenic, Thomas Lippuner, Matthias E. Pfisterer, Manfred D. Seeberger, Miodrag Filipovic

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  • ·The metabolic syndrome and its components and the long-term risk of death in patients with coronary heart disease

    Pagina :514-521

    Anil Nigam, Martial G. Bourassa, Annik Fortier, Marie-Claude Guertin, Jean-Claude Tardif

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  • ·Effects of clopidogrel on soluble CD40 ligand and on high-sensitivity C-reactive protein in patients with stable coronary artery disease

    Pagina :521.e1

    Rabih R. Azar, Roland Kassab, Antoine Zoghbi, Simon Aboujaoudé, Hazem El-Osta, Pierre Ghorra, Mirna Germanos, Elie Salamé

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  • ·Psychophysiologic responses of invasive cardiologists in an academic catheterization laboratory

    Pagina :522-528

    Nicole Detling, Aynsley Smith, Rick Nishimura, Shelly Keller, Matthew Martinez, William Young, David Holmes

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  • ·Effect of percutaneous coronary intervention of nonacute total coronary artery occlusions on QT dispersion

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    David M. Goodhart, Jaroslav Hubacek, Todd J. Anderson, Hank Duff, Gerald Barbeau, John Ducas, Ronald G. Carere, Charles Lazzam, Vladimir Dzavik, Christopher E. Buller, Mouhieddin Traboulsi, for TOSCA investigators

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  • ·Endovascular stent-graft treatment of penetrating aortic ulcer : Results over a median follow-up of 27 months

    Pagina :530-536

    Holger Eggebrecht, Ulf Herold, Axel Schmermund, Alexander Y. Lind, Oliver Kuhnt, Stefan Martini, Hilmar Kühl, Peter Kienbaum, Jürgen Peters, Heinz Jakob, Raimund Erbel, Dietrich Baumgart

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  • ·Asymptomatic long-term survivors of coronary artery bypass surgery enjoy a quality of life equal to the general population

    Pagina :537-544

    Pamela J. Bradshaw, Konrad D. Jamrozik, Ian S. Gilfillan, Peter L. Thompson

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  • ·Epidemiologic, clinical, and microbiologic profile of infective endocarditis in Argentina: A national survey. The Endocarditis Infecciosa en la República Argentina–2 (EIRA-2) Study

    Pagina :545-552

    Ernesto Ferreiros, Francisco Nacinovich, Jose Horacio Casabé, Juan Carlos Modenesi, Sandra Swieszkowski, Claudia Cortes, Cohen Arazi Hernan, Lucía Kazelian, Sergio Varini, on behalf of the EIRA-2 Investigators f

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• Letters to the Editor

  • ·Potential mechanisms between atrial dilatation and atrial fibrillation

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    Tong Liu, Guang-Ping Li

    
  • ·Reply to correspondence from Tong Liu and Guangping Li

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    Ratika Parkash, M.S. Green, on behalf of the CARAF Investigators