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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• • ·Correction

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• Editorial

  • ·Regional systems of care for ST-elevation myocardial infarction: Do they save lives?

    Pagina :389-391

    Timothy D. Henry, Alice K. Jacobs, Christopher B. Granger

    

• Progress in Cardiology

  • ·Exercise-mediated changes in high-density lipoprotein: Impact on form and function

    Pagina :392-400

    Alisa Blazek, Jessica Rutsky, Kwame Osei, Andrei Maiseyeu, Sanjay Rajagopalan

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• Curriculum in Cardiology

  • ·Differences in the outcome of patients undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions at teaching versus non-teaching hospitals

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    Amneet Sandhu, Mauro Moscucci, Simon Dixon, David H. Wohns, David Share, Thomas LaLonde, Dean Smith, Hitinder S. Gurm

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  • ·The left bundle-branch block puzzle in the 2013 ST-elevation myocardial infarction guideline: From falsely declaring emergency to denying reperfusion in a high-risk population. Are the Sgarbossa Criteria ready for prime time?

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    Qiangjun Cai, Nilay Mehta, Elena B. Sgarbossa, Sergio L. Pinski, Galen S. Wagner, Robert M. Califf, Alejandro Barbagelata

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• Results of Expert Meetings

  • ·Overview of the 2012 Food and Drug Administration circulatory system devices panel meeting on the reclassification of external counterpulsation, intra-aortic balloon pump, and non–roller-type cardiopulmonary bypass blood pump devices

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    Sa'ar Minha, Omid Fatemi, Rebecca Torguson, Ron Waksman

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• Trial Design

  • ·Embedding a randomized clinical trial into an ongoing registry infrastructure: Unique opportunities for efficiency in design of the Study of Access site For Enhancement of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Women (SAFE-PCI for Women)

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    Connie N. Hess, Sunil V. Rao, David F. Kong, Laura H. Aberle, Kevin J. Anstrom, C. Michael Gibson, Ian C. Gilchrist, Alice K. Jacobs, Sanjit S. Jolly, Roxana Mehran, John C. Messenger, L. Kristin Newby, Ron Waksman, Mitchell W. Krucoff

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  • ·Evaluation of the dual peroxisome proliferator–activated receptor ?/? agonist aleglitazar to reduce cardiovascular events in patients with acute coronary syndrome and type 2 diabetes mellitus: Rationale and design of the AleCardio trial

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    A. Michael Lincoff, Jean-Claude Tardif, Bruce Neal, Stephen J. Nicholls, Lars Rydén, Gregory G. Schwartz, Klas Malmberg, John B. Buse, Robert R. Henry, Hans Wedel, Arlette Weichert, Ruth Cannata, Diederick E. Grobbee

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  • ·Rationale and design of the Clarification of Optimal Anticoagulation through Genetics trial

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    Stephen E. Kimmel, Benjamin French, Jeffrey L. Anderson, Brian F. Gage, Julie A. Johnson, Yves D. Rosenberg, Nancy L. Geller, Scott E. Kasner, Charles S. Eby, Jungnam Joo, Michael D. Caldwell, Samuel Z. Goldhaber, Robert G. Hart, Denise Cifelli, Rosemary Madigan, Colleen M. Brensinger, Suzanne Goldberg, Robert M. Califf, Jonas H. Ellenberg

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  • ·Improving outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation: Rationale and design of the Early treatment of Atrial fibrillation for Stroke prevention Trial

    Pagina :442-448

    Paulus Kirchhof, Günter Breithardt, A. John Camm, Harry J. Crijns, Karl-Heinz Kuck, Panos Vardas, Karl Wegscheider

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  • ·The Coronary Artery Disease and Renal Failure (CAD-REF) registry: Trial design, methods, and aims

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    Eva Brand, Hermann Pavenstädt, Roland E. Schmieder, Christiane Engelbertz, Manfred Fobker, Hans O. Pinnschmidt, Karl Wegscheider, Günter Breithardt, Holger Reinecke

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• Clinical Investigations

  • ·A prospective regional registry of ST-elevation myocardial infarction in Central Romania: Impact of the Stent for Life Initiative recommendations on patient outcomes

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    Imre Benedek, Mariann Gyongyosi, Theodora Benedek

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  • ·Routine early eptifibatide versus delayed provisional use at percutaneous coronary intervention in high-risk non–ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes patients: An analysis from the Early Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Inhibition in Non–ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome trial

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    Akshay Bagai, Jennifer A. White, Yuliya Lokhnygina, Robert P. Giugliano, Frans Van de Werf, Gilles Montalescot, Paul W. Armstrong, Pierluigi Tricoci, C. Michael Gibson, Robert M. Califf, Robert A. Harrington, L. Kristin Newby

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  • ·Effect of ticagrelor on the outcomes of patients with prior coronary artery bypass graft surgery: Insights from the PLATelet inhibition and patient outcomes (PLATO) trial

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    Emmanouil S. Brilakis, Claes Held, Bernhard Meier, Frank Cools, Marc J. Claeys, Jan H. Cornel, Philip Aylward, Basil S. Lewis, Douglas Weaver, Gunnar Brandrup-Wognsen, Susanna R. Stevens, Anders Himmelmann, Lars Wallentin, Stefan K. James

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  • ·Prognostic importance of coronary anatomy and left ventricular ejection fraction despite optimal therapy: Assessment of residual risk in the Clinical Outcomes Utilizing Revascularization and Aggressive DruG Evaluation Trial

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    G.B. John Mancini, Pamela M. Hartigan, Eric R. Bates, Bernard R. Chaitman, Steven P. Sedlis, David J. Maron, William J. Kostuk, John A. Spertus, Koon K. Teo, Marcin Dada, Merril Knudtson, Daniel S. Berman, David C. Booth, William E. Boden, William S. Weintraub

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  • ·Race, exercise training, and outcomes in chronic heart failure: Findings from Heart Failure - A Controlled Trial Investigating Outcomes in Exercise TraiNing (HF-ACTION)

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    Robert J. Mentz, Vera Bittner, Phillip J. Schulte, Jerome L. Fleg, Ileana L. Piña, Steven J. Keteyian, Gordon Moe, Anil Nigam, Ann M. Swank, Anekwe E. Onwuanyi, Meredith Fitz-Gerald, Andrew Kao, Stephen J. Ellis, William E. Kraus, David J. Whellan, Christopher M. O'Connor

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  • ·Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Patient outcomes, rate of appropriate and inappropriate interventions, and complications

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    Pieter A. Vriesendorp, Arend F.L. Schinkel, Johan Van Cleemput, Rik Willems, Luc J.L.M. Jordaens, Dominic A.M.J. Theuns, Marjon A. van Slegtenhorst, Thomy J. de Ravel, Folkert J. ten Cate, Michelle Michels

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  • ·Association between septal strain rate and histopathology in symptomatic hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients undergoing septal myectomy

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    Taisei Kobayashi, Zoran Popovic, Aditya Bhonsale, Nicholas G. Smedira, Carmela Tan, E. Rene Rodriguez, Maran Thamilarasan, Bruce W. Lytle, Harry M. Lever, Milind Y. Desai

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  • ·Morbidity in children and adolescents after surgical correction of truncus arteriosus communis

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    Michael L. O'Byrne, Laura Mercer-Rosa, Huaqing Zhao, Xuemei Zhang, Wei Yang, Amy Cassedy, Mark A. Fogel, Jack Rychik, Ronn E. Tanel, Bradley S. Marino, Stephen Paridon, Elizabeth Goldmuntz

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  • ·Change in enrollment patterns, patient selection, and clinical outcomes with the availability of drug-eluting stents in the Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation 2 Diabetes trial

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    Binita Shah, Vankeepuram S. Srinivas, Jiang Lu, Maria M. Brooks, Eric R. Bates, Zoran S. Nedeljkovic, Jorge Escobedo, Gladwin S. Das, John J. Lopez, Frederick Feit

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  • ·A multicenter randomized comparison of paclitaxel-coated balloon catheter with conventional balloon angioplasty in patients with bare-metal stent restenosis and drug-eluting stent restenosis

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    Seiji Habara, Masashi Iwabuchi, Naoto Inoue, Shigeru Nakamura, Ryuta Asano, Shinsuke Nanto, Yasuhiko Hayashi, Nobuo Shiode, Shigeru Saito, Yuji Ikari, Takeshi Kimura, Joji Hosokawa, Masato Nakamura, Jun-ichi Kotani, Ken Kozuma, Kazuaki Mitsudo

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  • ·Bleeding after percutaneous coronary intervention in women and men matched for age, body mass index, and type of antithrombotic therapy

    Pagina :534-540

    Gjin Ndrepepa, Stefanie Schulz, Franz-Josef Neumann, Robert A. Byrne, Petra Hoppmann, Salvatore Cassese, Ilka Ott, Massimiliano Fusaro, Tareq Ibrahim, Tomohisa Tada, Gert Richardt, Karl-Ludwig Laugwitz, Heribert Schunkert, Adnan Kastrati

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  • ·High-sensitive cardiac troponin T and its relations to cardiovascular risk factors, morbidity, and mortality in elderly men

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    Kai M. Eggers, Jinan Al-Shakarchi, Lars Berglund, Bertil Lindahl, Agneta Siegbahn, Lars Wallentin, Björn Zethelius

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  • ·Apixaban versus warfarin in patients with atrial fibrillation according to prior warfarin use: Results from the Apixaban for Reduction in Stroke and Other Thromboembolic Events in Atrial Fibrillation trial

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    David A. Garcia, Lars Wallentin, Renato D. Lopes, Laine Thomas, John H. Alexander, Elaine M. Hylek, Jack Ansell, Michael Hanna, Fernando Lanas, Greg Flaker, Patrick Commerford, Denis Xavier, Dragos Vinereanu, Hongqiu Yang, Christopher B. Granger

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  • ·Documentation of study medication dispensing in a prospective large randomized clinical trial: Experiences from the ARISTOTLE Trial

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    John H. Alexander, Elliott Levy, Jack Lawrence, Michael Hanna, Anthony P. Waclawski, Junyuan Wang, Robert M. Califf, Lars Wallentin, Christopher B. Granger

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  • ·African American race but not genome-wide ancestry is negatively associated with atrial fibrillation among postmenopausal women in the Women's Health Initiative

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    Marco V. Perez, Thomas J. Hoffmann, Hua Tang, Timothy Thornton, Marcia L. Stefanick, Joseph C. Larson, Charles Kooperberg, Alex P. Reiner, Bette Caan, Carlos Iribarren, Neil Risch

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  • ·Burden, timing, and relationship of cardiovascular hospitalization to mortality among Medicare beneficiaries with newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation

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    Mintu P. Turakhia, Matthew D. Solomon, Mehul Jhaveri, Pamela Davis, Michael R. Eber, Ryan Conrad, Nicholas Summers, Darius Lakdawalla

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  • ·Appropriate test selection for single-photon emission computed tomography imaging: Association with clinical risk, posttest management, and outcomes

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    Nael Aldweib, Kazuaki Negishi, Sinziana Seicean, Wael A. Jaber, Rory Hachamovitch, Manuel Cerqueira, Thomas H. Marwick

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  • ·Predictors of discordance between physicians' and patients' appraisals of health-related quality of life in atrial fibrillation patients: Findings from the Angiotensin II Antagonist in Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation Trial

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    Alexander von Eisenhart Rothe, Mona Bielitzer, Thomas Meinertz, Tobias Limbourg, Karl-Heinz Ladwig, Andreas Goette

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  • ·Treatment strategies in patients with statin intolerance: The Cleveland Clinic experience

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    Warner M. Mampuya, David Frid, Michael Rocco, Julie Huang, Danielle M. Brennan, Stanley L. Hazen, Leslie Cho

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• Letters to the Editor

  • ·Renal dysfunction may predict new onset heart failure

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    Sevket Balta, Sait Dem?rkol, Murat Karaman

    
  • ·Response to letter by Balta et al regarding “Renal dysfunction and long-term risk of heart failure after coronary artery bypass grafting”

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    Martin J. Holzmann, Ulrik Sartipy

    
  • ·Letter to the Editor regarding “Assessment of drug-induced increases in blood pressure during drug development: Report from the Cardiac Safety Research Consortium”

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    Robert P. Blankfield

    
  • ·Response to Letter to the Editor by Blankfield regarding “Assessment of drug-induced increases in blood pressure during drug development: Report from the Cardiac Safety Research Consortium.”

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    William B. White, Philip T. Sager

    
  • ·Exercise-induced pulmonary hypertension in systemic sclerosis: A multifactorial entity

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    Rui Baptista, Rogério Teixeira

    
  • ·Response to Letter to the Editor by Rui Baptista, M.D., Rogério Teixeira, M.D.

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    Luna Gargani, Gergely Agoston, Alberto Moggi Pignone, Antonella Moreo, Luigi P. Badano, Laura Bazzichi, Marco Fabio Costantino, Francesco Pieri, Oscar Epis, Eleonora Bruschi, Benedetta De Chiara, Fabio Mori, Stefano Bombardieri, Marco Matucci Cerinic, Eduardo Bossone, Eugenio Picano

    
  • ·The need to know crude event rates in meta-analysis

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    Andrea Messori, Valeria Fadda, Dario Maratea, Sabrina Trippoli

    
  • ·Response to letter by Messeri et al

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    Tullio Palmerini, Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai, Diego Della Riva, Andrea Mariani, Gregg W. Stone