Sommario

• • ·Table of Contents

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• • ·Editorial Board

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• • ·Information for Readers

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• • ·Correction

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• Editorial

  • ·Higher sensitivity troponin levels in the community: What do they mean and how will the diagnosis of myocardial infarction be made?

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    Harvey D. White

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• Curriculum in Cardiology

  • ·Maximizing scientific knowledge from randomized clinical trials

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    Finn Gustafsson, Dan Atar, Bertram Pitt, Faiez Zannad, Marc A. Pfeffer, on behalf of the participants in the 10th Cardiovascular Clinical Trialists Workshop

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• Trial Design

  • ·Rationale and design of a randomized clinical trial to assess the safety and efficacy of frequent optimization of cardiac resynchronization therapy: The Frequent Optimization Study Using the QuickOpt Method (FREEDOM) trial

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    William T. Abraham, Daniel Gras, Cheuk Man Yu, Lisa Guzzo, Manish S. Gupta, on behalf of the FREEDOM Steering Committee f

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  • ·Acute decompensated heart failure syndromes (ATTEND) registry. A prospective observational multicenter cohort study: Rationale, design, and preliminary data

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    Naoki Sato, Katsuya Kajimoto, Kuniya Asai, Masayuki Mizuno, Yuichiro Minami, Michitaka Nagashima, Koji Murai, Ryo Muanakata, Dai Yumino, Tomomi Meguro, Masatoshi Kawana, Jun Nejima, Toshihiko Satoh, Kyoichi Mizuno, Keiji Tanaka, Hiroshi Kasanuki, Teruo Takano, for the ATTEND Investigators j

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• Clinical Investigations

  • ·Real-world outcome from ST elevation myocardial infarction in the very elderly before and after the introduction of a 24/7 primary percutaneous coronary intervention service

    Pagina :956-963

    Rhidian J. Shelton, Andrew M. Crean, Kathryn Somers, Claire Priestley, Carol Hague, Jonathan M. Blaxill, Stephen B. Wheatcroft, James M. McLenachan, John P. Greenwood, Daniel J. Blackman

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  • ·Early dynamic risk stratification with baseline troponin levels and 90-minute ST-segment resolution to predict 30-day cardiovascular mortality in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: Analysis from CLopidogrel as Adjunctive ReperfusIon TherapY (CLARITY) - Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) 28

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    Matthew W. Sherwood, David A. Morrow, Benjamin M. Scirica, Songtao Jiang, Christoph Bode, Nader Rifai, Robert E. Gerszten, C. Michael Gibson, Christopher P. Cannon, Eugene Braunwald, Marc S. Sabatine

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  • ·Association between high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T levels and the predicted cardiovascular risk in middle-aged men without overt cardiovascular disease

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    Toshiaki Otsuka, Tomoyuki Kawada, Chikao Ibuki, Yoshihiko Seino

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  • ·Cockcroft-Gault is better than the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease study formula at predicting outcome after a myocardial infarction: Data from the Swedish Web-system for Enhancement and Development of Evidence-based care in Heart disease Evaluated According to Recommended Therapies (SWEDEHEART)

    Pagina :979-986

    Karolina Szummer, Pia Lundman, Stefan H. Jacobson, Johan Lindbäck, Ulf Stenestrand, Lars Wallentin, Tomas Jernberg, for SWEDEHEART

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  • ·A randomized controlled trial of low-dose hormone therapy on myocardial ischemia in postmenopausal women with no obstructive coronary artery disease: Results from the National Institutes of Health/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute–sponsored Women's Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation (WISE)

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    C. Noel Bairey Merz, Marian B. Olson, Candace McClure, Yu-Ching Yang, James Symons, George Sopko, Sheryl F. Kelsey, Eileen Handberg, B. Delia Johnson, Rhonda M. Cooper-DeHoff, Barry Sharaf, William J. Rogers, Carl J. Pepine

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  • ·Unexplained international differences in clinical outcomes after acute myocardial infarction and fibrinolytic therapy: Lessons from the Hirulog and Early Reperfusion or Occlusion (HERO)-2 trial

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    R. John Simes, Rachel L. O'Connell, Philip E. Aylward, Sergei Varshavsky, Rafael Diaz, Robert G. Wilcox, Paul W. Armstrong, Christopher B. Granger, John K. French, Frans Van de Werf, Ian C. Marschner, Rob Califf, Harvey D. White, for the HERO-2 Investigators

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  • ·Delays in fibrinolysis as primary reperfusion therapy for acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

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    Seth W. Glickman, Charles B. Cairns, Anita Y. Chen, Eric D. Peterson, Matthew T. Roe

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  • ·Early ST-segment recovery after primary percutaneous coronary intervention accurately predicts long-term prognosis after acute myocardial infarction

    Pagina :1005-1011

    Niels J. Verouden, Joost D.E. Haeck, Wichert J. Kuijt, Karel T. Koch, José P.S. Henriques, Jan Baan, Marije M. Vis, Jan J. Piek, Jan G.P. Tijssen, Robbert J. de Winter

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  • ·Suboptimal use of evidence-based medical therapy in patients with acute myocardial infarction from the Korea Acute Myocardial Infarction Registry: Prescription rate, predictors, and prognostic value

    Pagina :1012-1019

    Jang Hoon Lee, Dong Heon Yang, Hun Sik Park, Yongkeun Cho, Myung Ho Jeong, Young Jo Kim, Kee-Sik Kim, Seung Ho Hur, In Whan Seong, Taek Jong Hong, Myeong Chan Cho, Chong Jin Kim, Jae-Eun Jun, Wee-Hyun Park, Shung Chull Chae, for the Korea Acute Myocardial Infarction Registry Investigators j

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  • ·Heart rate is associated with red blood cell fatty acid concentration: The Genetics of Coronary Artery Disease in Alaska Natives (GOCADAN) study

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    Sven O.E. Ebbesson, Richard B. Devereux, Shelley Cole, Lars O.E. Ebbesson, Richard R. Fabsitz, Karin Haack, William S. Harris, Wm. James Howard, Sandra Laston, Juan Carlos Lopez-Alvarenga, Jean W. MacCluer, Peter M. Okin, M. Elizabeth Tejero, V. Saroja Voruganti, Charlotte R. Wenger, Barbara V. Howard, Anthony G. Comuzzie

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  • ·Association of insurance status with inpatient treatment for coronary artery disease: Findings from the Get With the Guidelines program

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    Mladen I. Vidovich, Samip Vasaiwala, Christopher P. Cannon, Eric D. Peterson, David Dai, Adrian F. Hernandez, Gregg C. Fonarow, for Get With the Guidelines Steering Committee and Investigators

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  • ·Association of vitamin D levels with incident depression among a general cardiovascular population

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    Heidi T. May, Tami L. Bair, Donald L. Lappé, Jeffrey L. Anderson, Benjamin D. Horne, John F. Carlquist, Joseph B. Muhlestein

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  • ·Serum vitamin D and risk of secondary cardiovascular disease events in patients with stable coronary heart disease

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    Norma Christine Grandi, Lutz Philipp Breitling, Carla Yvonne Vossen, Harry Hahmann, Bernd Wüsten, Winfried März, Dietrich Rothenbacher, Hermann Brenner

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  • ·A randomized double-blind comparison of biventricular versus left ventricular stimulation for cardiac resynchronization therapy: The Biventricular versus Left Univentricular Pacing with ICD Back-up in Heart Failure Patients (B-LEFT HF) trial

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    Giuseppe Boriani, Wolfgang Kranig, Erwan Donal, Leonardo Calo, Michela Casella, Nicolas Delarche, Ignacio Fernandez Lozano, Gerardo Ansalone, Mauro Biffi, Eric Boulogne, Christophe Leclercq, for the B-LEFT HF study group

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  • ·Normal intima-media thickness on carotid ultrasound reliably excludes an ischemic cause of cardiomyopathy

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    Harmony R. Reynolds, David A. Steckman, Paul A. Tunick, Itzhak Kronzon, Iryna Lobach, Barry P. Rosenzweig

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  • ·Effects of ?-blockers on ventilation efficiency in heart failure

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    Piergiuseppe Agostoni, Anna Apostolo, Gaia Cattadori, Elisabetta Salvioni, Giovanni Berna, Laura Antonioli, Carlo Vignati, Mauro Schina, Susanna Sciomer, Maurizio Bussotti, Pietro Palermo, Cesare Fiorentini, Mauro Contini

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  • ·Novel risk factors in long-term hypertension incidence in type 1 diabetes mellitus

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    Karine Sahakyan, Barbara E.K. Klein, Chelsea E. Myers, Michael Y. Tsai, Ronald Klein

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  • ·Central aortic pressure is independently associated with diastolic function

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    Sumeet Subherwal, Lisa de las Fuentes, Alan D. Waggoner, Sharon Heuerman, Karen E. Spence, Victor G. Davila-Roman

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  • ·Left atrial volume predicts mortality in low-risk dialysis population on long-term low-salt diet

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    Oner Ozdogan, Meral Kayikcioglu, Gulay Asci, Mehmet Ozkahya, Huseyin Toz, Meltem Sezis, Levent H. Can, Ercan Ok

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  • ·A multicenter, open-label study of vernakalant for the conversion of atrial fibrillation to sinus rhythm

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    Ian G. Stiell, Johan S. Roos, Katherine M. Kavanagh, Garth Dickinson

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  • ·Chronic kidney disease and prevalent atrial fibrillation: The Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC)

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    Elsayed Z. Soliman, Ronald J. Prineas, Alan S. Go, Dawei Xie, James P. Lash, Mahboob Rahman, Akinlolu Ojo, Val L. Teal, Nancy G. Jensvold, Nancy L. Robinson, Daniel L. Dries, Lydia Bazzano, Emile R. Mohler, Jackson T. Wright, Harold I. Feldman, Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) Study Group

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  • ·Risk factors and outcome of new-onset cardiac arrhythmias in vascular surgery patients

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    Tamara A. Winkel, Olaf Schouten, Sanne E. Hoeks, Willem-Jan Flu, Dave Hampton, Paulus Kirchhof, Jan-Peter van Kuijk, Jan Lindemans, Hence J.M. Verhagen, Jeroen J. Bax, Don Poldermans

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  • ·BIVentricular versus right ventricular antitachycardia pacing to terminate ventricular tachyarrhythmias in patients receiving cardiac resynchronization therapy: The ADVANCE CRT-D Trial

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    Maurizio Gasparini, Frédéric Anselme, Jacques Clementy, Massimo Santini, José Martínez-Ferrer, Tiziana De Santo, Elisabetta Santi, Jeorg O. Schwab, on behalf of the ADVANCE CRT-D Investigators h

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  • ·Relationship between myocardial blush grades, staining, and severe microvascular damage after primary percutaneous coronary intervention : a study performed with contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance in a large consecutive series of patients

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    Martina Perazzolo Marra, Francesco Corbetti, Luisa Cacciavillani, Giuseppe Tarantini, Angelo Bruno Ramondo, Massimo Napodano, Cristina Basso, Carmelo Lacognata, Armando Marzari, Francesco Maddalena, Sabino Iliceto

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  • ·Time of day and outcomes of nonurgent percutaneous coronary intervention performed during working hours

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    Warren J. Cantor, Bradley H. Strauss, Michelle M. Graham, Danielle A. Southern, Ken Woo, Ben Tyrrell, Merril Knudtson, William A. Ghali

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  • ·Body mass index and bleeding complications after percutaneous coronary intervention: Does bivalirudin make a difference?

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    Cédric Delhaye, Kohei Wakabayashi, Gabriel Maluenda, Loic Belle, Itsik Ben-Dor, Manuel A. Gonzalez, Michael A. Gaglia, Rebecca Torguson, Zhenyi Xue, William O. Suddath, Lowell F. Satler, Kenneth M. Kent, Joseph Lindsay, Augusto D. Pichard, Ron Waksman

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  • ·Iatrogenic left main coronary artery dissection: Incidence, classification, management, and long-term follow-up

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    Parham Eshtehardi, Patrick Adorjan, Mario Togni, Hendrick Tevaearai, Rolf Vogel, Christian Seiler, Bernhard Meier, Stephan Windecker, Thierry Carrel, Peter Wenaweser, Stéphane Cook

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  • ·Absence of accelerated atherosclerotic disease progression after intracoronary infusion of bone marrow derived mononuclear cells in patients with acute myocardial infarction—Angiographic and intravascular ultrasound—Results from the TErapia Celular Aplicada al Miocardio Pilot study

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    Roman Arnold, Adolfo Villa, Hipólito Gutiérrez, Pedro L. Sánchez, Federico Gimeno, Maria E. Fernández, Oliver Gutiérrez, Pedro Mota, Ana Sánchez, Javier García-Frade, Francisco Fernández-Avilés, Jose A. San Román, for the TECAM (TErapia Celular Aplicada al Miocardio) research group

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  • ·Left atrial volume index in highly trained athletes

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    Antonello D'Andrea, Lucia Riegler, Rosangela Cocchia, Raffaella Scarafile, Gemma Salerno, Rita Gravino, Enrica Golia, Olga Vriz, Rodolfo Citro, Giuseppe Limongelli, Paolo Calabrò, Giovanni Di Salvo, Pio Caso, Maria Giovanna Russo, Eduardo Bossone, Raffaele Calabrò

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• Letters to the Editor

  • ·Electrocardiographic abnormalities in Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: Relevance in patients with left bundle-branch block/paced ventricular rhythms

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    Venkata M. Alla, Siva Sontineni, Aryan Mooss

    
  • ·“Obesity and survival in patients with heart failure and preserved systolic function: A U-shaped relationship (Am Heart J 2010;159:75-80).

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    Cong Lu, Shi Chen, Yu Cheng Chen

    
  • ·Reply to the letter to the editor for “Obesity and survival in patients with heart failure and preserved systolic function: A U-shaped relationship”

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    John R. Kapoor, Paul A. Heidenreich

    
  • ·Glycemic control and clopidogrel response

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    Bénédicte Gaborit, Thomas Cuisset, Corinne Frère, Marie Christine Alessi, Anne Dutour