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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• Results of Expert Meetings

  • ·Rescuing clinical trials in the United States and beyond: A call for action

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    Zubin J. Eapen, John P. Vavalle, Christopher B. Granger, Robert A. Harrington, Eric D. Peterson, Robert M. Califf

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  • ·Cardiovascular clinical research in South America

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    José C. Nicolau, Ramon Corbalan, Rafael Diaz, Cecilia Bahit, Paul W. Armstrong, Christopher B. Granger, Renato D. Lopes

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• Trial Design

  • ·A phase 3, randomized, double-blinded, active-controlled, unblinded standard of care study assessing the efficacy and safety of intramyocardial autologous CD34+ cell administration in patients with refractory angina: Design of the RENEW study

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    Thomas J. Povsic, Candice Junge, Adel Nada, Richard A. Schatz, Robert A. Harrington, Charles J. Davidson, F. David Fortuin, Dean J. Kereiakes, Farrell O. Mendelsohn, Warren Sherman, Gary L. Schaer, Christopher J. White, Duncan Stewart, Kenneth Story, Douglas W. Losordo, Timothy D. Henry

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• Curriculum in Cardiology

  • ·Performance measures to promote quality improvement in sudden cardiac arrest prevention and treatment

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    Sana M. Al-Khatib, Gregg C. Fonarow, David L. Hayes, Anne B. Curtis, Samuel F. Sears, Gillian D. Sanders, Adrian F. Hernandez, Michael J. Mirro, Kevin L. Thomas, Zubin J. Eapen, Andrea M. Russo, Clyde W. Yancy

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  • ·Early detection and invasive passivation of future culprit lesions: A future potential or an unrealistic pursuit of Chimeras?

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    Christos V. Bourantas, Hector M. Garcia-Garcia, Roberto Diletti, Takashi Muramatsu, Patrick W. Serruys

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  • ·Cross-trial comparisons: A source of confusion, use, or both in the management of patients with atrial fibrillation?

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    Vivek Iyer, Daniel Y. Wang, James A. Reiffel

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  • ·The association between patient race, treatment, and outcomes of patients undergoing contemporary percutaneous coronary intervention: Insights from the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Cardiovascular Consortium (BMC2)

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    Sherezade Khambatta, Milan Seth, Howard S. Rosman, David Share, Herbert D. Aronow, Mauro Moscucci, Thomas LaLonde, Simon R. Dixon, Hitinder S. Gurm

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  • ·The role of the emergency department in acute heart failure clinical trials—Enriching patient identification and enrollment

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    Sean P. Collins, Phillip D. Levy, Peter S. Pang, Mihai Gheorghiade

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  • ·Risk of stroke with percutaneous coronary intervention compared with on-pump and off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery: Evidence from a comprehensive network meta-analysis

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    Tullio Palmerini, Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai, Diego Della Riva, Andrea Mariani, Carlo Savini, Marco Di Eusanio, Philippe Genereux, Giacomo Frati, Antonino G.M. Marullo, Giovanni Landoni, Teresa Greco, Angelo Branzi, Stefano De Servi, Germano Di Credico, Nevio Taglieri, Mathew R. Williams, Gregg W. Stone

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• Clinical Investigations

  • ·Prevalence and clinical outcomes of undiagnosed diabetes mellitus and prediabetes among patients with high-risk non–ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome

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    Roberto R. Giraldez, Robert M. Clare, Renato D. Lopes, Anthony J. Dalby, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Gerard X. Brogan, Robert P. Giugliano, Stefan K. James, Jean-Francois Tanguay, Charles V. Pollack, Robert A. Harrington, Eugene Braunwald, L. Kristin Newby

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  • ·Developing an ST-elevation myocardial infarction system of care in Dallas County

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    Jami DelliFraine, James Langabeer, Wendy Segrest, Raymond Fowler, Richard King, Peter Moyer, Timothy D. Henry, William Koenig, John Warner, Leilani Stuart, Russell Griffin, Safa Fathiamini, Jamie Emert, Mayme Lou Roettig, James Jollis

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  • ·Temporal trends in sudden unexpected death in a general population: The Hisayama Study

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    Masaharu Nagata, Toshiharu Ninomiya, Yasufumi Doi, Jun Hata, Fumie Ikeda, Naoko Mukai, Kazuhiko Tsuruya, Yoshinao Oda, Takanari Kitazono, Yutaka Kiyohara

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  • ·Evaluating early repeat emergency department use in patients with atrial fibrillation: A population-based analysis

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    Clare L. Atzema, Paul Dorian, Noah M. Ivers, Alice S. Chong, Peter C. Austin

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  • ·Atrial fibrillation among Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized with sepsis: Incidence and risk factors

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    Allan J. Walkey, Melissa A. Greiner, Susan R. Heckbert, Paul N. Jensen, Jonathan P. Piccini, Moritz F. Sinner, Lesley H. Curtis, Emelia J. Benjamin

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  • ·Left ventricular mechanical dyssynchrony by cardiac magnetic resonance is greater in patients with strict vs nonstrict electrocardiogram criteria for left bundle-branch block

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    Linus G. Andersson, Katherine C. Wu, Björn Wieslander, Zak Loring, Terry F. Frank, Charles Maynard, Gary Gerstenblith, Gordon F. Tomaselli, Robert G. Weiss, Galen S. Wagner, Martin Ugander, David G. Strauss

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  • ·Liberal versus restrictive transfusion thresholds for patients with symptomatic coronary artery disease

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    Jeffrey L. Carson, Maria Mori Brooks, J. Dawn Abbott, Bernard Chaitman, Sheryl F. Kelsey, Darrell J. Triulzi, Vankeepuram Srinivas, Mark A. Menegus, Oscar C. Marroquin, Sunil V. Rao, Helaine Noveck, Elizabeth Passano, Regina M. Hardison, Thomas Smitherman, Tudor Vagaonescu, Neil J. Wimmer, David O. Williams

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  • ·Gender differences in clinical outcomes among diabetic patients hospitalized for cardiovascular disease

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    Laura Flink, Heidi Mochari-Greenberger, Lori Mosca

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  • ·Transitional adherence and persistence in the use of aldosterone antagonist therapy in patients with heart failure

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    Lesley H. Curtis, Xiaojuan Mi, Laura G. Qualls, Devon K. Check, Bradley G. Hammill, Stephen C. Hammill, Paul A. Heidenreich, Frederick A. Masoudi, Soko Setoguchi, Adrian F. Hernandez, Gregg C. Fonarow

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  • ·Are we targeting the right metric for heart failure? Comparison of hospital 30-day readmission rates and total episode of care inpatient days

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    Robb D. Kociol, Li Liang, Adrian F. Hernandez, Lesley H. Curtis, Paul A. Heidenreich, Clyde W. Yancy, Gregg C. Fonarow, Eric D. Peterson

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  • ·Biological variation of galectin-3 and soluble ST2 for chronic heart failure: Implication on interpretation of test results

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    Alan H.B. Wu, Frank Wians, Allan Jaffe

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  • ·Short-term outcomes of balloon angioplasty versus stent placement for patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention: Implications for patients requiring early coronary artery bypass surgery

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    Rajendra H. Mehta, Kishore J. Harjai, Judy A. Boura, James E. Tcheng, Simon R. Dixon, Gregg W. Stone, Cindy L. Grines

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  • ·Lack of association between SLCO1B1 polymorphisms and clinical myalgia following rosuvastatin therapy

    Pagina :1008-1014

    Jacqueline S. Danik, Daniel I. Chasman, Jean G. MacFadyen, Fredrik Nyberg, Bryan J. Barratt, Paul M. Ridker

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  • ·Variation among hospitals in selection of higher-cost, “higher-tech,” implantable cardioverter-defibrillators: Data from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR) Implantable Cardioverter/Defibrillator (ICD) Registry

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    Rachel Lampert, Yongfei Wang, Jeptha P. Curtis

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  • ·Prognostic significance of 2-dimensional, M-mode, and Doppler echo indices of right ventricular function in children with pulmonary arterial hypertension

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    Eias Kassem, Tilman Humpl, Mark K. Friedberg

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• Letters to the Editor

  • ·Thrombotic and bleeding complications after orthopedic surgery

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    S. Paul, S. Ausset, Y. Masson, R. Okoue

    
  • ·In reply to the letter to the editor by Paul et al

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    Brandon S. Oberweis, Jeffrey S. Berger

    
  • ·Pitfalls in the determination of circulating matrix metalloproteinases and their inhibitors by disregarding fundamental laboratory principles

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    Klaus Jung