Sommario

• • ·Contents

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• • ·Editorial Board

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• • ·Information for Readers

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• Editorial

  • ·Need for a unified decision-making tool for ultrafiltration therapy in heart failure; call for action

    Pagina :505-507

    Amir Kazory

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• Curriculum in Cardiology

  • ·Bridging the gap between clinical trials of antiplatelet therapies and applications among elderly patients

    Pagina :508

    Harold L. Dauerman, Deepak L. Bhatt, Daniel D. Gretler, Patricia A. French, Susan S. Smyth, Richard C. Becker

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  • ·Meta-analysis of randomized trials on the efficacy of vascular closure devices after diagnostic angiography and angioplasty

    Pagina :518-531

    Fausto Biancari, Vito D'Andrea, Carlo Di Marco, Grazia Savino, Valentina Tiozzo, Antonio Catania

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• Trial Design

  • ·Design and methods of the Pro-B Type Natriuretic Peptide Outpatient Tailored Chronic Heart Failure Therapy (PROTECT) Study

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    Anju Bhardwaj, Shafiq U. Rehman, Asim Mohammed, Aaron L. Baggish, Stephanie A. Moore, James L. Januzzi

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  • ·Effect of low doses of n-3 fatty acids on cardiovascular diseases in 4,837 post-myocardial infarction patients: Design and baseline characteristics of the Alpha Omega Trial

    Pagina :539

    Johanna M. Geleijnse, Erik J. Giltay, Evert G. Schouten, Janette de Goede, Linda M. Oude Griep, Anna M. Teitsma-Jansen, Martijn B. Katan, Daan Kromhout, for the Alpha Omega Trial Group d

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  • ·Intracoronary compared with intravenous bolus abciximab application during primary percutaneous coronary intervention: Design and rationale of the Abciximab Intracoronary versus intravenously Drug Application in ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (AIDA STEMI) trial

    Pagina :547-554

    Holger Thiele, Jochen Wöhrle, Petra Neuhaus, Oana Brosteanu, Peter Sick, Roland Prondzinsky, Ralf Birkemeyer, Marcus Wiemer, Sebastian Kerber, Helmut Schuehlen, Klaus Kleinertz, Christoph Axthelm, Rainer Zimmermann, Harald Rittger, Rüdiger C. Braun-Dullaeus, Bernward Lauer, Wolfgang Burckhardt, Markus Ferrari, Martin W. Bergmann, Rainer Hambrecht, Gerhard Schuler, on behalf of the Abciximab Intracoronary versus intravenously Drug Application in ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (AIDA STEMI) Investigators

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  • ·Rationale and design of the FreezeAF trial: A randomized controlled noninferiority trial comparing isolation of the pulmonary veins with the cryoballoon catheter versus open irrigated radiofrequency ablation in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

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    Armin Luik, Matthias Merkel, Danielle Hoeren, Tobias Riexinger, Meinhard Kieser, Claus Schmitt

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• Clinical Investigations

  • ·Changes in beliefs about medications during long-term care for ischemic heart disease

    Pagina :561-569

    Nancy M. Allen LaPointe, Fang-Shu Ou, Sara B. Calvert, Chiara Melloni, Judith A. Stafford, Tina Harding, Karen P. Alexander, Eric D. Peterson

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  • ·Ischemia-modified albumin levels predict long-term outcome in patients with acute myocardial infarction. The French Nationwide OPERA study

    Pagina :570-576

    Eric Van Belle, Jean Dallongeville, Eric Vicaut, Alexia Degrandsart, Cathrine Baulac, Gilles Montalescot, on behalf of The OPERA Investigators

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  • ·In-hospital mortality in 13,263 survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Canada

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    Calum Redpath, Christie Sambell, Ian Stiell, Helen Johansen, Kathryn Williams, Rafeeq Samie, Martin Green, Michael Gollob, Robert Lemery, David Birnie

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  • ·The relationship between coronary stenosis severity and compression type coronary artery movement in acute myocardial infarction

    Pagina :584-592

    Kim H. Chan, Chirapan Chawantanpipat, Tim Gattorna, Thamarath Chantadansuwan, Adrienne Kirby, Ann Madden, Anthony Keech, Martin K.C. Ng

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  • ·QRS prolongation in patients with acute coronary syndromes

    Pagina :593-598

    Fahad Baslaib, Salem Alkaabi, Andrew T. Yan, Raymond T. Yan, Paul Dorian, Kumaraswamy Nanthakumar, Amparo Casanova, Shaun G. Goodman, for the Canadian Acute Coronary Syndrome Registry Investigators d

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  • ·Plasma total cysteine and total homocysteine and risk of myocardial infarction in women: A prospective study

    Pagina :599-604

    John H. Page, Jing Ma, Stephanie E. Chiuve, Meir J. Stampfer, Jacob Selhub, JoAnn E. Manson, Eric B. Rimm

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  • ·Evaluation of left ventricular ejection fraction in non–ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes and its relationship to treatment

    Pagina :605-611

    Sean Jedrzkiewicz, Shaun G. Goodman, Raymond T. Yan, Francois R. Grondin, Richard Gallo, Robert C. Welsh, Kevin Lai, Thao Huynh, Andrew T. Yan, on behalf of the Canadian Acute Coronary Syndrome I and II Registries, the Canadian Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE/GRACE2), and the Canadian Registry of Acute Coronary Events (CANRACE) Investigators

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  • ·Elevated resting heart rate is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease in healthy men and women

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    Marie Therese Cooney, Erkki Vartiainen, Tinna Laakitainen, Anne Juolevi, Alexandra Dudina, Ian M. Graham

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  • ·“Passive exercise” using whole body periodic acceleration: Effects on coronary microcirculation

    Pagina :620-626

    Shota Fukuda, Kenei Shimada, Toshihiro Kawasaki, Yasushi Kono, Satoshi Jissho, Haruyuki Taguchi, Kumiko Maeda, Minoru Yoshiyama, Masatoshi Fujita, Junichi Yoshikawa

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  • ·Quality of life effects of automatic external defibrillators in the home: Results from the Home Automatic External Defibrillator Trial (HAT)

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    Daniel B. Mark, Kevin J. Anstrom, Steven E. McNulty, Greg C. Flaker, Andrew M. Tonkin, Warren M. Smith, William D. Toff, Paul Dorian, Nancy E. Clapp-Channing, Jill Anderson, George Johnson, Eleanor B. Schron, Jeanne E. Poole, Kerry L. Lee, Gust H. Bardy

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  • ·Electronic health records and quality of care for heart failure

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

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  • ·Quantitative myocardial blush grade for the detection of cardiac allograft vasculopathy

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    Grigorios Korosoglou, Nina Riedle, Markus Erbacher, Thomas J. Dengler, Christian Zugck, Wolfgang Rottbauer, Stefan Hardt, Raffi Bekeredjian, Arnt Kristen, Evangelos Giannitsis, Neal F. Osman, Hartmut Dickhaus, Hugo A. Katus

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  • ·Diagnostic and prognostic utility of electrocardiography for left ventricular hypertrophy defined by magnetic resonance imaging in relationship to ethnicity: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)

    Pagina :652-658

    Aditya Jain, Harikrishna Tandri, Darshan Dalal, Harjit Chahal, Elsayed Z. Soliman, Ronald J. Prineas, Aaron R. Folsom, João A.C. Lima, David A. Bluemke

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  • ·Predictors for short-term progressive heart failure death in New York Heart Association II patients implanted with a cardioverter defibrillator—the EVADEF study

    Pagina :659

    Eloi Marijon, Ludovic Trinquart, Akli Otmani, Christophe Leclercq, Laurent Fauchier, Philippe Chevalier, Didier Klug, Pascal Defaye, Nicolas Lellouche, Jacques Mansourati, Jean-Claude Deharo, Nicolas Sadoul, Frédéric Anselme, Philippe Maury, Jean-Marc Davy, Fabrice Extramiana, Françoise Hidden-Lucet, Vincent Probst, Pierre Bordachar, Hassan Mansour, Michel Chauvin, Xavier Jouven, Thomas Lavergne, Gilles Chatellier, Jean-Yves Le Heuzey, on behalf of the EVADEF Investigators

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  • ·Predicting left atrial thrombi in atrial fibrillation

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    Waldemar E. Wysokinski, Naser Ammash, Folakemi Sobande, Henna Kalsi, David Hodge, Robert D. McBane

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  • ·The outcome of primary percutaneous coronary intervention for stent thrombosis causing ST-elevation myocardial infarction

    Pagina :672-676

    Mehmet Ergelen, Sevket Gorgulu, Huseyin Uyarel, Tugrul Norgaz, Huseyin Aksu, Erkan Ayhan, Zeki Yuksel Gunayd?n, Turgay Is?k, Tuna Tezel

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  • ·Gender differences in adverse outcomes after contemporary percutaneous coronary intervention: An analysis from the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Cardiovascular Consortium (BMC2) percutaneous coronary intervention registry

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    Claire S. Duvernoy, Dean E. Smith, Prerana Manohar, Ann Schaefer, Eva Kline-Rogers, David Share, Richard McNamara, Hitinder S. Gurm, Mauro Moscucci

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  • ·Low-molecular-weight heparin versus unfractionated heparin in acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention with drug-eluting stents

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    Yong-Jian Li, Seung-Woon Rha, Kang-Yin Chen, Kanhaiya L. Poddar, Zhe Jin, Yoshiyasu Minami, Lin Wang, Qun Dang, Guang-Ping Li, Sureshkumar Ramasamy, Ji-Young Park, Chol Ung Choi, Jin-Won Kim, Eung Ju Kim, Chang Gyu Park, Hong Seog Seo, Dong Joo Oh, Myung Ho Jeong, Young Keun Ahn, Taek Jong Hong, Jong-Seon Park, Young Jo Kim, Seung Ho Hur, In Whan Seong, Jei Keon Chae, Myeong Chan Cho, Jang Ho Bae, Dong Hoon Choi, Yang Soo Jang, In Ho Chae, Hyo Soo Kim, Chong Jin Kim, Jung Han Yoon, Tae Hoon Ahn, Seung-Jea Tahk, Wook Sung Chung, Ki Bae Seung, Seung Jung Park, other Korea Acute Myocardial infarction Registry Investigators u

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  • ·Preoperative pulmonary function and mortality after cardiac surgery

    Pagina :691-697

    A. Selcuk Adabag, Heba S. Wassif, Kathryn Rice, Salima Mithani, Deborah Johnson, Jana Bonawitz-Conlin, Herbert B. Ward, Edward O. McFalls, Michael A. Kuskowski, Rosemary F. Kelly

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  • ·Ethnic differences in aortic valve thickness and related clinical factors

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    Yukiko Sashida, Carlos J. Rodriguez, Bernadette Boden-Albala, Zhezhen Jin, Mitchell S.V. Elkind, Rui Liu, Tatjana Rundek, Ralph L. Sacco, Marco R. DiTullio, Shunichi Homma

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• Letter to the Editor

  • ·Reply to Meyer

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    Peter Scott Munk