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• • ·Contents

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• • ·Editorial Board

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• • ·Information for Readers

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• Curriculum in Cardiology

  • ·Effectiveness and safety of drug-eluting stents in vein grafts: A meta-analysis

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    Dominique Joyal, Kristian B. Filion, Mark J. Eisenberg

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• Trial Design

  • ·Cardiac DeatH Prevention by aUtomated DefibrillatoRs in ChurcHes: Rationale and design of the CHURCH trial

    Pagina :170-175

    Maurizio Ferratini, Andrea Moraschi, Vittorino Ripamonti, Pantaleo Giannuzzi, Francesco Lorito, Gianni De Luca, Niccolò Grieco, Giovanni Sesana, Renata De Maria

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• Clinical Investigations

  • ·Randomized comparison between clinical evaluation plus N-terminal pro–B-type natriuretic peptide versus exercise testing for decision making in acute chest pain of uncertain origin

    Pagina :176-182

    Juan Sanchis, Xavier Bosch, Vicente Bodí, Julio Núñez, Ada Doltra, Magda Heras, Luis Mainar, Enrique Santas, Ernest Bragulat, Ana García-Alvarez, Arturo Carratalá, Angel Llácer

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  • ·Primary care practices and determinants of optimal anticoagulation management in a collaborative care model

    Pagina :183-189

    Kerby Maud Louis, Josée Martineau, Isabel Rodrigues, Martine Fournier, Djamal Berbiche, Normand Blais, Jeffrey Ginsberg, Lucie Blais, Martine Montigny, Sylvie Perreault, Marie-Claude Vanier, Lyne Lalonde

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  • ·Routine use of fondaparinux in acute coronary syndromes: A 2-year multicenter experience

    Pagina :190-198

    François Schiele, Nicolas Meneveau, Marie France Seronde, Vincent Descotes-Genon, Joanna Dutheil, Romain Chopard, Fiona Ecarnot, Jean-Pierre Bassand, On behalf on the “Reseau de Cardiologie de Franche Comte”

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  • ·Anger expression and risk of coronary heart disease: Evidence from the Nova Scotia Health Survey

    Pagina :199-206

    Karina W. Davidson, Elizabeth Mostofsky

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  • ·Are quality improvements associated with the Get With the Guidelines-Coronary Artery Disease (GWTG-CAD) program sustained over time? : A longitudinal comparison of GWTG-CAD hospitals versus non–GWTG-CAD hospitals

    Pagina :207-214

    Ying Xian, Wenqin Pan, Eric D. Peterson, Paul A. Heidenreich, Christopher P. Cannon, Adrian F. Hernandez, Bruce Friedman, Robert G. Holloway, Gregg C. Fonarow, for the GWTG Steering Committee and Hospitals

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  • ·Parity and risk of later-life maternal cardiovascular disease

    Pagina :215

    Nisha I. Parikh, Sven Cnattingius, Paul W. Dickman, Murray A. Mittleman, Jonas F. Ludvigsson, Erik Ingelsson

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  • ·Does aspirin use adversely influence intermediate-term postdischarge outcomes for hospitalized patients who are treated with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blockers? Findings from Organized Program to Facilitate Life-Saving Treatment in Hospitalized Patients with Heart Failure (OPTIMIZE-HF)

    Pagina :222

    Phillip D. Levy, Deepa Nandyal, Robert D. Welch, Jie Lena Sun, Karen Pieper, Jalal K. Ghali, Gregg C. Fonarow, Mihai Gheorgiade, Christopher M. O'Connor

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  • ·Mechanisms of the association between depressive symptoms and long-term mortality in heart failure

    Pagina :231-237

    María C. Zuluaga, Pilar Guallar-Castillón, Carlos Rodríguez-Pascual, Manuel Conde-Herrera, Pedro Conthe, Fernando Rodríguez-Artalejo

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  • ·Influence of dedicated heart failure clinics on delivery of recommended therapies in outpatient cardiology practices: Findings from the Registry to Improve the Use of Evidence-Based Heart Failure Therapies in the Outpatient Setting (IMPROVE HF)

    Pagina :238-244

    Nancy M. Albert, Gregg C. Fonarow, Clyde W. Yancy, Anne B. Curtis, Wendy Gattis Stough, Mihai Gheorghiade, J. Thomas Heywood, Mark McBride, Mandeep R. Mehra, Christopher M. O'Connor, Dwight Reynolds, Mary Norine Walsh

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  • ·Systematic review of trials using vasodilators in pulmonary arterial hypertension: Why a new approach is needed

    Pagina :245-257

    Alejandro Macchia, Roberto Marchioli, Gianni Tognoni, Marco Scarano, RosaMaria Marfisi, Luigi Tavazzi, Stuart Rich

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  • ·Myocardial infarction and incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Is admission blood glucose an independent predictor for future type 2 diabetes mellitus?

    Pagina :258-263

    Christa Meisinger, Judith Beck, Margit Heier, Allmut Hörmann, Bernhard Kuch, Gisela Sietas, Wolfgang Koenig, for the KORA Study Group

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  • ·Biventricular pacing improves cardiac function and prevents further left atrial remodeling in patients with symptomatic atrial fibrillation after atrioventricular node ablation

    Pagina :264-270

    Michael V. Orlov, Julius M. Gardin, Mara Slawsky, Renee L. Bess, Gerald Cohen, William Bailey, Vance Plumb, Horst Flathmann, Katerina de Metz

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  • ·Analysis of the long-term effects of drug-eluting stents on coronary arterial wall morphology as assessed by virtual histology intravascular ultrasound

    Pagina :271-277

    Takashi Kubo, Akiko Maehara, Gary S. Mintz, Hector M. Garcia-Garcia, Patrick W. Serruys, Takahiko Suzuki, Volker Klauss, Satoru Sumitsuji, Amir Lerman, Steven P. Marso, M. Pauliina Margolis, James R. Margolis, Michael C. Foster, Bernard De Bruyne, Martin B. Leon, Gregg W. Stone

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  • ·Intracoronary thrombus formation after drug-eluting stents implantation: Optical coherence tomographic study

    Pagina :278-283

    Jung-Sun Kim, Myeong-Ki Hong, Chunyu Fan, Tae-Hoon Kim, Jae-Min Shim, Sang-Min Park, Young-Guk Ko, Donghoon Choi, Yangsoo Jang

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  • ·Triple antiplatelet therapy reduces ischemic events after drug-eluting stent implantation: Drug-Eluting stenting followed by Cilostazol treatment REduces Adverse Serious cardiac Events (DECREASE registry)

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    Seung-Whan Lee, Seong-Wook Park, Sung-Cheol Yun, Young-Hak Kim, Duk-Woo Park, Won-Jang Kim, Jong-Young Lee, Cheol Whan Lee, Myeong-Ki Hong, Jae-Joong Kim, Seung-Jung Park

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  • ·The effect of obesity on quality of life in patients with diabetes and coronary artery disease

    Pagina :292-300

    Mark A. Hlatky, Sheng-Chia Chung, Jorge Escobedo, William B. Hillegass, Kathryn Melsop, William Rogers, Maria M. Brooks, for the BARI 2D Study Group

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  • ·Perioperative outcomes in reoperative cardiac surgery guided by cardiac multidetector computed tomographic angiography

    Pagina :301-306

    Gabriel Maluenda, Matthew A. Goldstein, Gilles Lemesle, Gaby Weissman, Guy Weigold, Marc J. Landsman, Peter C. Hill, Francisco Pita, Paul J. Corso, Steven W. Boyce, Augusto D. Pichard, Ron Waksman, Allen J. Taylor

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  • ·Association of statin prescription with small abdominal aortic aneurysm progression

    Pagina :307-313

    Craig D. Ferguson, Paula Clancy, Bernard Bourke, Philip J. Walker, Anthony Dear, Tim Buckenham, Paul Norman, Jonathan Golledge

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  • ·The right ventricular annular velocity reduction caused by coronary artery bypass graft surgery occurs at the moment of pericardial incision

    Pagina :314-322

    Beth Unsworth, Roberto P. Casula, Andreas A. Kyriacou, Hemang Yadav, Andrew Chukwuemeka, Ashok Cherian, Rex de Lisle Stanbridge, Thanos Athanasiou, Jamil Mayet, Darrel P. Francis

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  • ·Relationship between the logistic EuroSCORE and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Predicted Risk of Mortality score in patients implanted with the CoreValve ReValving System—A Bern-Rotterdam Study

    Pagina :323-329

    Nicolo Piazza, Peter Wenaweser, Menno van Gameren, Thomas Pilgrim, Apostolos Tsikas, Amber Otten, Rutger Nuis, Yoshinobu Onuma, Jin Ming Cheng, A. Pieter Kappetein, Eric Boersma, Peter Juni, Peter de Jaegere, Stephan Windecker, Patrick W. Serruys

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  • ·Correction

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    C. Jan Willem Borleffs

    
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• Letters to the Editor

  • ·Letter to the Editor

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    Aditya Mandawat, Sachin J. Shah, Saif S. Rathore

    
  • ·Electrocardiographic predictors of atrial fibrillation: Methodological considerations

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    Polychronis Dilaveris, Christodoulos Stefanadis

    
  • ·Response to letter by Drs Dilaveris and Stefanadis: Electrocardiographic predictors of atrial fibrillation: Methodological considerations

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    Marco V. Perez, Victor F. Froelicher

    
  • ·Letter to the Editor—Solomon about Laskey Study

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    Richard Solomon

    
  • ·Laskey response to Solomon

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    Warren Laskey