Sommario

• • ·Table of Contents

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• • ·Editorial Board

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• • ·Information for Readers

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• Editorial

  • ·Saphenous vein graft failure and clinical outcomes: Toward a surrogate end point in patients following coronary artery bypass surgery?

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    Ralf E. Harskamp, Judson B. Williams, Ronald C. Hill, Robbert J. de Winter, John H. Alexander, Renato D. Lopes

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• Curriculum in Cardiology

  • ·Incorporation of bleeding as an element of the composite end point in clinical trials of antithrombotic therapies in patients with non–ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome: Validity, pitfalls, and future approaches

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    Sumeet Subherwal, E. Magnus Ohman, Kenneth W. Mahaffey, Sunil V. Rao, John H. Alexander, Tracy Y. Wang, Karen P. Alexander, Vic Hasselblad, Matthew T. Roe

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  • ·Parathyroid hormone and cardiovascular disease events: A systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies

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    Adriana J. van Ballegooijen, Ilse Reinders, Marjolein Visser, Ingeborg A. Brouwer

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  • ·Gender and racial disparities in adherence to statin therapy: A meta-analysis

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    Jennifer Lewey, William H. Shrank, Ashna D.K. Bowry, Elaine Kilabuk, Troyen A. Brennan, Niteesh K. Choudhry

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  • ·The outcome of intra-aortic balloon pump support in acute myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock according to the type of revascularization: A comprehensive meta-analysis

    Pagina :679-692

    Francesco Romeo, Maria Cristina Acconcia, Domenico Sergi, Alessia Romeo, Saverio Muscoli, Serafina Valente, Gian Franco Gensini, Flavia Chiarotti, Quintilio Caretta

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  • ·Thienopyridine efficacy and cigarette smoking status

    Pagina :693-703

    Kevin P. Bliden, Brian A. Baker, Thomas D. Nolin, Young-Hoon Jeong, William L. Bailey, Udaya S. Tantry, Paul A. Gurbel

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• Trial Design

  • ·Rationale and design of the LEADERS FREE trial: A randomized double-blind comparison of the BioFreedom drug-coated stent vs the Gazelle bare metal stent in patients at high bleeding risk using a short (1 month) course of dual antiplatelet therapy

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    Philip Urban, Alex Abizaid, Bernard Chevalier, Samantha Greene, Ian Meredith, Marie-Claude Morice, Stuart Pocock

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• Results of Expert Meetings

  • ·Overview of the 2012 Food and Drug Administration Circulatory System Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee meeting on the Edwards SAPIEN transcatheter heart valve for high-risk aortic stenosis patients

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    Israel M. Barbash, Danny Dvir, Ron Waksman

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• Clinical Investigations

  • ·Sensitive troponin assays and N-terminal pro–B-type natriuretic peptide in acute coronary syndrome: Prediction of significant coronary lesions and long-term prognosis

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    Jørgen Gravning, Marit Kristine Smedsrud, Torbjørn Omland, Christian Eek, Helge Skulstad, Lars Aaberge, Bjørn Bendz, John Kjekshus, Lars Mørkrid, Thor Edvardsen

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  • ·Access to heart failure care post emergency department visit: Do we meet established benchmarks and does it matter?

    Pagina :725-732

    Debbie Ehrmann Feldman, Thao Huynh, Julie Des Lauriers, Nadia Giannetti, Marc Frenette, François Grondin, Caroline Michel, Richard Sheppard, Martine Montigny, Serge Lepage, Viviane Nguyen, Hassan Behlouli, Louise Pilote

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  • ·Randomized trial comparing the efficacy between different types of paclitaxel-eluting stents: The comparison of Efficacy between COroflex PLEASe ANd Taxus stent (ECO-PLEASANT) randomized controlled trial

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    Jae-Bin Seo, Si-Hyuck Kang, Seung-Ho Hur, Kyung Woo Park, Tae-Jin Youn, Jong-Seon Park, Han-Mo Yang, Hae-Young Lee, Hyun-Jae Kang, Bon-Kwon Koo, Jang-Ho Bae, Sang-Wook Kim, Keon-Woong Moon, Jae-Woong Choi, Sang-Gon Lee, Woo-Young Chung, Soo-Joong Kim, Doo-Il Kim, Byung-Ok Kim, Min-Su Hyon, Keum-Soo Park, Tae-Joon Cha, Chul-Woong Yoo, Hui-Kyung Jeon, Hyo-Soo Kim

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  • ·Impact of catalytic iron on mortality in patients with acute coronary syndrome exposed to iodinated radiocontrast—The Iscom Study

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    Suhas S. Lele, Banibrata N. Mukhopadhyay, Mohan M. Mardikar, Tejas A. Patel, Apoorva K. Vasavada, Darshan N. Banker, Ketan D. Kapasi, Virendra C. Chauhan, Kamaldeep C. Chawla, Soma R. Raju, Shirish S. Hiremath, Sashi S. Chinchole, Mohan M. Rajapurkar

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  • ·Impact of preoperative chronic kidney disease on short- and long-term outcomes after transcatheter aortic valve implantation: A Pooled-RotterdAm-Milano-Toulouse In Collaboration Plus (PRAGMATIC-Plus) initiative substudy

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    Nicolas Dumonteil, Robert M.A. van der Boon, Didier Tchetche, Alaide Chieffo, Nicolas M. Van Mieghem, Bertrand Marcheix, Gill L. Buchanan, Olivier Vahdat, Patrick W. Serruys, Jean Fajadet, Antonio Colombo, Peter P.T. de Jaegere, Didier Carrié

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  • ·Treatment of functional mitral valve regurgitation with the permanent percutaneous transvenous mitral annuloplasty system: Results of the multicenter international Percutaneous Transvenous Mitral Annuloplasty System to Reduce Mitral Valve Regurgitation in Patients with Heart Failure trial

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    Jimmy MacHaalany, Luc Bilodeau, Rainer Hoffmann, Stefan Sack, Horst Sievert, Josef Kautzner, Christoph Hehrlein, Patrick Serruys, Mario Sénéchal, Pamela Douglas, Olivier F. Bertrand

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  • ·Outcome predictors and implications for management of scimitar syndrome

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    Susan M. Dusenbery, Tal Geva, Anna Seale, Anne Marie Valente, Jing Zhou, Laureen Sena, Robert L. Geggel

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  • ·Current medical management of stable coronary artery disease before and after elective percutaneous coronary intervention

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    Amer K. Ardati, Bertram Pitt, Dean E. Smith, Herbert D. Aronow, David Share, Mauro Moscucci, Stanley Chetcuti, P. Michael Grossman, Hitinder S. Gurm

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  • ·Benefits and costs of intensive lifestyle modification programs for symptomatic coronary disease in Medicare beneficiaries

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    Wu Zeng, William B. Stason, Stephen Fournier, Moaven Razavi, Grant Ritter, Gail K. Strickler, Sarita M. Bhalotra, Donald S. Shepard

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  • ·Contrast-induced acute kidney injury and clinical outcomes after intra-arterial and intravenous contrast administration: Risk comparison adjusted for patient characteristics by design

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    Judith Kooiman, Pum A. Le Haen, Gülçin Gezgin, Jean-Paul P. de Vries, Doeke Boersma, Harald F. Brulez, Yvo W. Sijpkens, Aart J. van der Molen, Suzanne C. Cannegieter, Jaap F. Hamming, Menno V. Huisman

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  • ·Comparative effectiveness of coronary artery bypass grafting and percutaneous coronary intervention for multivessel coronary disease in a community-based population with chronic kidney disease

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    Tara I. Chang, Thomas K. Leong, Dhruv S. Kazi, Hon S. Lee, Mark A. Hlatky, Alan S. Go

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  • ·High mortality risks after major lower extremity amputation in Medicare patients with peripheral artery disease

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    W. Schuyler Jones, Manesh R. Patel, David Dai, Sreekanth Vemulapalli, Sumeet Subherwal, Judith Stafford, Eric D. Peterson

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  • ·Use and long-term outcomes of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators, 1990 to 2009

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    Pamela J. Bradshaw, Paul Stobie, Tom Briffa, Michael S.T. Hobbs

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  • ·Variability in performance measures for assessment of hypertension control

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    Ann Marie Navar-Boggan, Bimal R. Shah, Joel C. Boggan, Judith A. Stafford, Eric D. Peterson

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  • ·Characteristics of children and young adults with Marfan syndrome and aortic root dilation in a randomized trial comparing atenolol and losartan therapy

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    Ronald V. Lacro, Lin T. Guey, Harry C. Dietz, Gail D. Pearson, Anji T. Yetman, Bruce D. Gelb, Bart L. Loeys, D. Woodrow Benson, Timothy J. Bradley, Julie De Backer, Geoffrey A. Forbus, Gloria L. Klein, Wyman W. Lai, Jami C. Levine, Mark B. Lewin, Larry W. Markham, Stephen M. Paridon, Mary Ella Pierpont, Elizabeth Radojewski, Elif Seda Selamet Tierney, Angela M. Sharkey, Stephanie Burns Wechsler, Lynn Mahony

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• Letters to the Editor

  • ·The role of fibroblast growth factor-23 in left atrial volume

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    Supawat Ratanapo, Wonngarm Kittanamongkolchai, Narat Srivali, Saeed Ahmed, Wisit Cheungpasitporn, Daych Chongnarungsin

    
  • ·Reply to “The role of fibroblast growth factor-23 in left atrial volume”

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    Hector Tamez, Dennis Andress, Scott D. Solomon, Ravi Thadhani

    
  • ·Comment on: “A proposal for new clinical concepts in the management of atrial fibrillation”

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    David E. Ward, Paramdeep S. Dhillon, Riyaz Kaba