Sommario

• • ·Table of Contents

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• • ·Editorial Board

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• • ·Information for Readers

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• Editorial

  • ·Eliminating the “expensive” adjective for clinical trials

    Pagina :419-420

    Michael S. Lauer, Denise Bonds

    

• Curriculum in Cardiology

  • ·Cardiovascular drugs that increase the risk of new-onset diabetes

    Pagina :421-428

    Kwok Leung Ong, Philip J. Barter, David D. Waters

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• Trial Design

  • ·Automatic Optimization of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Using SonR—Rationale and Design of the Clinical Trial of the SonRtip Lead and Automatic AV-VV Optimization Algorithm in the Paradym RF SonR CRT-D (RESPOND CRT) Trial

    Pagina :429-436

    Josep Brugada, Johannes Brachmann, Peter Paul Delnoy, Luigi Padeletti, Dwight Reynolds, Philippe Ritter, Alberto Borri-Brunetto, Jagmeet P. Singh

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  • ·Design and rationale for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Events in Patients With Prior Heart Attack Using Ticagrelor Compared to Placebo on a Background of Aspirin–Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction 54 (PEGASUS-TIMI 54) trial

    Pagina :437

    Marc P. Bonaca, Deepak L. Bhatt, Eugene Braunwald, Marc Cohen, Philippe Gabriel Steg, Robert F. Storey, Peter Held, Eva C. Jensen, Marc S. Sabatine

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  • ·Comparison of 3 biodegradable polymer and durable polymer-based drug-eluting stents in all-comers (BIO-RESORT): Rationale and study design of the randomized TWENTE III multicenter trial

    Pagina :445-451

    Ming Kai Lam, Hanim Sen, Kenneth Tandjung, K. Gert van Houwelingen, Arie G. de Vries, Peter W. Danse, Carl E. Schotborgh, Martijn Scholte, Marije M. Löwik, Gerard C.M. Linssen, Maarten J. IJzerman, Job van der Palen, Carine J.M. Doggen, Clemens von Birgelen

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  • ·Improving diagnosis and treatment of women with angina pectoris and microvascular disease: The iPOWER study design and rationale

    Pagina :452-458

    Eva Prescott, Steen Zabell Abildstrøm, Ahmed Aziz, Noel Bairey Merz, Ida Gustafsson, Julian Halcox, Henrik Steen Hansen, Peter Riis Hansen, Jens Kastrup, Marie Michelsen, Naja Dam Mygind, Peter Ong, Adam Pena, Annika Rosengren, Udo Sechtem, Peter Søgaard

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  • ·Rationale and design of The Intracoronary Stenting and Antithrombotic Regimen—Testing of a six-week versus a six-month clopidogrel treatment Regimen In Patients with concomitant aspirin and oraL anticoagulant therapy following drug-Eluting stenting (ISAR-TRIPLE) study

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    K. Anette Fiedler, Robert A. Byrne, Stefanie Schulz, Dirk Sibbing, Julinda Mehilli, Tareq Ibrahim, Michael Maeng, Karl-Ludwig Laugwitz, Adnan Kastrati, Nikolaus Sarafoff

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• Clinical Investigations

  • ·The impact of a measurement and feedback intervention on blood pressure control in ambulatory cardiology practice

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    Ann Marie Navar-Boggan, Alexander Fanaroff, Aparna Swaminathan, Adrienne Belasco, Judith Stafford, Bimal Shah, Eric D. Peterson

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  • ·Evaluating the learning curve in the prospective Randomized Clinical Trial of hemodynamic support with Impella 2.5 versus Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump in patients undergoing high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention: a prespecified subanalysis of the PROTECT II study

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    José P.S. Henriques, Dagmar M. Ouweneel, Srihari S. Naidu, Igor F. Palacios, Jeffrey Popma, E. Magnus Ohman, William W. O'Neill

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  • ·Temporal trends in clinical characteristics of patients without known cardiovascular disease with a first episode of myocardial infarction

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    Binita Shah, Sripal Bangalore, Eugenia Gianos, Li Liang, W. Frank Peacock, Gregg C. Fonarow, Warren K. Laskey, Adrian F. Hernandez, Deepak L. Bhatt

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  • ·Comparative effectiveness of endovascular and surgical revascularization for patients with peripheral artery disease and critical limb ischemia : Systematic review of revascularization in critical limb ischemia

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    W. Schuyler Jones, Rowena J. Dolor, Vic Hasselblad, Sreekanth Vemulapalli, Sumeet Subherwal, Kristine Schmit, Brooke Heidenfelder, Manesh R. Patel

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  • ·Association of the ankle-brachial index with history of myocardial infarction and stroke

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    W. Schuyler Jones, Manesh R. Patel, Caron B. Rockman, Yu Guo, Mark Adelman, Thomas Riles, Jeffrey S. Berger

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  • ·The association between renal impairment and cardiac structure and function in patients with acute myocardial infarction

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    Mads Ersbøll, Nana Valeur, Christian Hassager, Peter Søgaard, Lars Køber

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  • ·The association between body mass index and coronary artery disease severity: A comparison of black and white patients

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    Caleb M. Stalls, Matthew A. Triplette, Anthony J. Viera, Donald E. Pathman, Mauricio G. Cohen, Joseph S. Rossi

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  • ·Influence of the metaboreflex on arterial blood pressure in heart failure patients

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    Manda L. Keller-Ross, Bruce D. Johnson, Michael J. Joyner, Thomas P. Olson

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  • ·Clevidipine in acute heart failure: Results of the A Study of Blood Pressure Control in Acute Heart Failure—A Pilot Study (PRONTO)

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    W. Frank Peacock, Abhinav Chandra, Douglas Char, Sean Collins, Guillaume Der Sahakian, Li Ding, Lala Dunbar, Gregory Fermann, Gregg C. Fonarow, Norman Garrison, Ming-yi Hu, Patrick Jourdain, Said Laribi, Phillip Levy, Martin Möckel, Christian Mueller, Patrick Ray, Adam Singer, Hector Ventura, Mason Weiss, Alex Mebazaa

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  • ·Scar tissue–guided left ventricular lead placement for cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy: An acute pressure-volume loop study

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    Gerben Jan de Roest, LiNa Wu, Carel C. de Cock, Matthijs L. Hendriks, Peter Paul H.M. Delnoy, Albert C. van Rossum, Cornelis P. Allaart

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  • ·Acute echocardiographic optimization of multiple stimulation configurations of cardiac resynchronization therapy through quadripolar left ventricular pacing: A tailored approach

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    Leonardo Calò, Annamaria Martino, Ermenegildo de Ruvo, Monia Minati, Simona Fratini, Marco Rebecchi, Chiara Lanzillo, Alessandro Fagagnini, Alessio Borrelli, Lucia De Luca, Luigi Sciarra

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  • ·Ventricular geometric characteristics and functional benefit of mild right ventricular outflow tract obstruction in patients with significant pulmonary regurgitation after repair of tetralogy of Fallot

    Pagina :555-561

    Chun-An Chen, Ssu-Yuan Chen, Jou-Kou Wang, Wen-Yih Isaac Tseng, Hsin-Hui Chiu, Chung-I Chang, Ing-Sh Chiu, Yih-Sharng Chen, Ming-Chun Yang, Chun-Wei Lu, Ming-Tai Lin, Mei-Hwan Wu

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  • ·Lack of progress in valvular heart disease in the pre–transcatheter aortic valve replacement era: Increasing deaths and minimal change in mortality rate over the past three decades

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    Sean Coffey, Brian Cox, Michael J.A. Williams

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  • ·Distribution of coronary calcifications in patients with suspected coronary heart disease

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    Franz von Ziegler, Martin Greif, Janine Tittus, Jan Schenzle, Christoph Becker, Alexander Becker

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  • ·Predicting target vessel revascularization in older patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention in the drug-eluting stent era

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    Connie N. Hess, Sunil V. Rao, David Dai, Megan L. Neely, Robert N. Piana, John C. Messenger, Eric D. Peterson

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  • ·Clinical outcomes after hybrid coronary revascularization versus coronary artery bypass surgery: a meta-analysis of 1,190 patients

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    Ralf E. Harskamp, Akshay Bagai, Michael E. Halkos, Sunil V. Rao, William B. Bachinsky, Manesh R. Patel, Robbert J. de Winter, Eric D. Peterson, John H. Alexander, Renato D. Lopes

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  • ·New-onset atrial fibrillation predicts long-term newly developed atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass graft

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    Seung-Hyun Lee, Dae Ryong Kang, Jae-Sun Uhm, Jaemin Shim, Jung-Hoon Sung, Jong-Youn Kim, Hui-Nam Pak, Moon-Hyoung Lee, Boyoung Joung

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  • ·Physician practices regarding contraindications to oral anticoagulation in atrial fibrillation: Findings from the Outcomes Registry for Better Informed Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation (ORBIT-AF) registry

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    Emily C. O'Brien, DaJuanicia N. Holmes, Jack E. Ansell, Larry A. Allen, Elaine Hylek, Peter R. Kowey, Bernard J. Gersh, Gregg C. Fonarow, Christopher R. Koller, Michael D. Ezekowitz, Kenneth W. Mahaffey, Paul Chang, Eric D. Peterson, Jonathan P. Piccini, Daniel E. Singer

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  • ·Confined thoracic vein fibrillation: Prevalence and electrophysiological properties

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    Shinsuke Miyazaki, Shigeki Kusa, Hiroshi Taniguchi, Jin Iwasawa, Akio Kuroi, Hitoshi Hachiya, Kenzo Hirao, Yoshito Iesaka

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  • ·Obesity and sleep apnea are independently associated with adverse left ventricular remodeling and clinical outcome in patients with atrial fibrillation and preserved ventricular function

    Pagina :620-626

    Ravi V. Shah, Siddique A. Abbasi, Bobak Heydari, Hoshang Farhad, John A. Dodson, Jessie P. Bakker, Roy M. John, Aristidis Veves, Atul Malhotra, Ron Blankstein, Michael Jerosch-Herold, Raymond Y. Kwong, Tomas G. Neilan

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  • ·Dietary macronutrients, genetic variation, and progression of coronary atherosclerosis among women

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    Shadi Kalantarian, Eric B. Rimm, David M. Herrington, Dariush Mozaffarian

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