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• • ·Table of Contents

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• • ·Editorial Board

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• • ·Information for Authors

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• • ·Information for Readers

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• Editorial

  • ·Reflections on early stopping of a clinical trial

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    Paul W. Armstrong, Christopher B. Granger

    
  • ·Reporting for provider performance: Should we punish the bad, or try to make them all good?

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    T. Bruce Ferguson

     
  • ·How to assess coronary artery remodeling by intravascular ultrasound

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    Michael Schartl, Wolfgang Bocksch

    
  • ·The blood pressure measurement—revisited

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    Michel E. Safar, Harold Smulyan

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• Trial Design

  • ·RAte Control Efficacy in permanent atrial fibrillation: a comparison between lenient versus strict rate control in patients with and without heart failure. Background, aims, and design of RACE II

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    Isabelle C. Van Gelder, Dirk J. Van Veldhuisen, Harry J.G.M. Crijns, Ype S. Tuininga, Jan G.P. Tijssen, A. Marco Alings, Hans A. Bosker, Jan H. Cornel, Otto Kamp, Nic J.G.M. Veeger, Meint Volbeda, Michiel Rienstra, Adelita V. Ranchor, Elisabeth M. TenVergert, Maarten P. Van Den Berg

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  • ·Design of a large cross-sectional study to facilitate future clinical trials in children with the Fontan palliation

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    Lynn A. Sleeper, Page Anderson, Daphne T. Hsu, Lynn Mahony, Brian W. McCrindle, Stephen J. Roth, J. Phillip Saul, Richard V. Williams, Tal Geva, Steven D. Colan, Bernard J. Clark, for the Pediatric Heart Network Investigators

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  • ·Intracoronary infusion of autologous mononuclear bone marrow cells or peripheral mononuclear blood cells after primary percutaneous coronary intervention: Rationale and design of the HEBE trial—A prospective, multicenter, randomized trial

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    Alexander Hirsch, Robin Nijveldt, Pieter A. van der Vleuten, Bart J. Biemond, Pieter A. Doevendans, Albert C. van Rossum, Jan G. Tijssen, Felix Zijlstra, Jan J. Piek, on behalf of the HEBE investigators

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  • ·ASymptomatic atrial fibrillation and Stroke Evaluation in pacemaker patients and the atrial fibrillation Reduction atrial pacing Trial (ASSERT)

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    Stefan H. Hohnloser, Alessandro Capucci, Eric Fain, Michael R. Gold, Isabelle C. van Gelder, Jeff Healey, Carsten W. Israel, Chu P. Lau, Carlos Morillo, Stuart J. Connolly, on behalf of the ASSERT Investigators and Committees

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  • ·Rationale and design of the Folic Acid for Vascular Outcome Reduction In Transplantation (FAVORIT) trial

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    Andrew G. Bostom, Myra A. Carpenter, John W. Kusek, Lawrence G. Hunsicker, Marc A. Pfeffer, Andrew S. Levey, Paul F. Jacques, Joyce McKenney, for the FAVORIT Investigators

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• Clinical Investigations

  • ·National evaluation of adherence to ?-blocker therapy for 1 year after acute myocardial infarction in patients with commercial health insurance

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    Judith M. Kramer, Bradley Hammill, Kevin J. Anstrom, Donald Fetterolf, Richard Snyder, John P. Charde, Barbara S. Hoffman, Nancy Allen LaPointe, Eric Peterson

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  • ·Sex and classic risk factors after myocardial infarction: a community study

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    Yariv Gerber, Susan A. Weston, Jill M. Killian, Steven J. Jacobsen, Véronique L. Roger

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  • ·A randomized multicenter clinical study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the TandemHeart percutaneous ventricular assist device versus conventional therapy with intraaortic balloon pumping for treatment of cardiogenic shock

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    Daniel Burkhoff, Howard Cohen, Corinna Brunckhorst, William W. O'Neill, for the TandemHeart Investigators Group e

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  • ·Myocardial perfusion in apical ballooning syndrome: Correlate of myocardial injury

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    Ahmad Elesber, Amir Lerman, Kevin A. Bybee, Joseph G. Murphy, Gregory Barsness, Mandeep Singh, Charanjit S. Rihal, Abhiram Prasad

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  • ·Effects of early angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition in patients with non–ST-elevation acute anterior myocardial infarction

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    Claudio Borghi, Stefano Bacchelli, Daniela Degli Esposti, Ettore Ambrosioni, on behalf of the Survival of Myocardial Infarction Long-Term Evaluation (SMILE) Study a

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  • ·Discovery of proteins related to coronary artery disease using industrial-scale proteomics analysis of pooled plasma

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    Mark P. Donahue, Keith Rose, Denis Hochstrasser, Jacky Vonderscher, Peter Grass, Salah-Dine Chibout, Charlotte L. Nelson, Peter Sinnaeve, Pascal J. Goldschmidt-Clermont, Christopher B. Granger

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  • ·Fasting blood glucose levels are related to exercise capacity in patients with coronary artery disease

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    Nico R. Van de Veire, Olivier De Winter, Mimi Gir, Marc De Buyzere, Christophe Van De Wiele, Johan De Sutter

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  • ·Asymmetric dimethylarginine is an independent risk factor for coronary heart disease: Results from the multicenter Coronary Artery Risk Determination investigating the Influence of ADMA Concentration (CARDIAC) study

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    Friedrich Schulze, Henrike Lenzen, Christoph Hanefeld, Asja Bartling, Karl J. Osterziel, Lilia Goudeva, Caroline Schmidt-Lucke, Magda Kusus, Renke Maas, Edzard Schwedhelm, Dietrich Strödter, Bernd C. Simon, Andreas Mügge, Werner G. Daniel, Harald Tillmanns, Bernhard Maisch, Thomas Streichert, Rainer H. Böger

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  • ·Contemporary performance of surgical ventricular restoration procedures: Data from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons' National Cardiac Database

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    Adrian F. Hernandez, Eric J. Velazquez, Mercedes K.C. Dullum, Sean M. O'Brien, T. Bruce Ferguson, Eric D. Peterson

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  • ·Geographic variation in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction in the VALsartan In Acute myocardial iNfarcTion (VALIANT) trial

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    Shelby D. Reed, John J.V. McMurray, Eric J. Velazquez, Kevin A. Schulman, Robert M. Califf, Lars Kober, Aldo P. Maggioni, Frans Van de Werf, Harvey D. White, Rafael Diaz, Viatcheslav Mareev, Jan Murin, for the VALIANT Committees and Investigators

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  • ·Improved outcomes in peripartum cardiomyopathy with contemporary

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    Ankie M. Amos, Wissam A. Jaber, Stuart D. Russell

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  • ·C-reactive protein and risk of heart failure. The Rotterdam Study

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    Isabella Kardys, Anneke M. Knetsch, Gysèle S. Bleumink, Jaap W. Deckers, Albert Hofman, Bruno H. Ch. Stricker, Jacqueline C.M. Witteman

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  • ·Temporal trends and drug exposures in pulmonary hypertension: An American experience

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    Alexander M. Walker, David Langleben, James J. Korelitz, Stuart Rich, Lewis J. Rubin, Brian L. Strom, René Gonin, Susan Keast, David Badesch, Robyn J. Barst, Robert C. Bourge, Richard Channick, Adaani Frost, Sean Gaine, Michael McGoon, Vallerie McLaughlin, Srinivas Murali, Ronald J. Oudiz, Ivan M. Robbins, Victor Tapson, Lucien Abenhaim, Ginger Constantine

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  • ·Characteristics of ventricular tachyarrhythmias occurring in ischemic versus nonischemic patients implanted with a biventricular cardioverter-defibrillator for primary or secondary prevention of sudden death

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    Giuseppe Boriani, Maurizio Gasparini, Maurizio Lunati, Massimo Santini, Maurizio Landolina, Antonio Vincenti, Antonio Curnis, Mario Bocchiardo, Luigi Padeletti, Mauro Biffi, Luca Allaria, Alessandra Denaro, on behalf of the InSync ICD Italian Registry Investigators

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  • ·Recurrence of pulmonary vein conduction and atrial fibrillation after pulmonary vein isolation for atrial fibrillation: A randomized trial of the ostial versus the extraostial ablation strategy

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    Brian Nilsson, Xu Chen, Steen Pehrson, Lars Køber, Jørgen Hilden, Jesper H. Svendsen

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  • ·The p22phox C242T gene polymorphism is associated with a reduced risk of angiographically verified coronary artery disease in a high-risk Finnish Caucasian population. The Finnish Cardiovascular Study

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    Meng Fan, Mika Kähönen, Riikka Rontu, Rami Lehtinen, Jari Viik, Mari Niemi, Tuomo Nieminen, Kari Niemelä, Ilkka Pörsti, Tiit Kööbi, Väinö Turjanmaa, Terho Lehtimäki

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  • ·Thrombospondin-4 1186G>C (A387P) is a sex-dependent risk factor for myocardial infarction: A large replication study with increased sample size from the same population

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    Jianxun Cui, Edward Randell, James Renouf, Guang Sun, Roger Green, Fei-Yu Han, Ya-Gang Xie

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  • ·Static and serial assessments of coronary arterial remodeling are discordant: An intravascular ultrasound analysis from the Reversal of Atherosclerosis with Aggressive Lipid Lowering (REVERSAL) trial

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    Ilke Sipahi, E. Murat Tuzcu, Paul Schoenhagen, Stephen J. Nicholls, Timothy Crowe, Samir Kapadia, Steven E. Nissen

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  • ·The value of stress single photon emission computed tomography in patients without known coronary artery disease presenting with dyspnea

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    Bhavani Balaravi, Todd D. Miller, David O. Hodge, Raymond J. Gibbons

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  • ·The use of invasive cardiac procedures after acute myocardial infarction in long-term dialysis patients

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    David Charytan, Laura Mauri, Anupam Agarwal, Steven Servoss, Benjamin Scirica, Richard E. Kuntz,

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  • ·Elective versus provisional intraaortic balloon pumping in unprotected left main stenting

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    Carlo Briguori, Flavio Airoldi, Alaide Chieffo, Matteo Montorfano, Mauro Carlino, Giuseppe Massimo Sangiorgi, Nuccia Morici, Iassen Michev, Ioannis Iakovou, Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai, Antonio Colombo

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  • ·Public versus private institutional performance reporting: What is mandatory for quality improvement?

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    Veena Guru, Stephen E. Fremes, C. David Naylor, Peter C. Austin, Fiona M. Shrive, William A. Ghali, Jack V. Tu, in collaboration with the Cardiac Care Network (CCN) of Ontario

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  • ·Impact of organizational infrastructure on ?-blocker and aspirin therapy for acute myocardial infarction

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    Edward F. Ellerbeck, Arvind Bhimaraj, Sandra Hall

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  • ·Multifactorial intervention to prevent recurrent cardiovascular events in patients 75 years or older: The Drugs and Evidence-Based Medicine in the Elderly (DEBATE) study: A randomized, controlled trial

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    Timo E. Strandberg, Kaisu H. Pitkala, Saila Berglind, Markku S. Nieminen, Reijo S. Tilvis

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  • ·Gender and C-reactive protein: Data from the Multiethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) cohort

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    Susan G. Lakoski, Mary Cushman, Michael Criqui, Tatjana Rundek, Roger S. Blumenthal, Ralph B. D'Agostino, David M. Herrington

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  • ·Risk of death or acute myocardial infarction 10 years after coronary artery bypass surgery in relation to type of diabetes

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    Thomas Alserius, Niklas Hammar, Tobias Nordqvist, Torbjörn Ivert

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• Letters to the Editor

  • ·Multislice computed tomography to rule out coronary artery disease in pilots with acquired left bundle-branch block and low cardiac risk

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    Eric Perrier, Olivier Manen, Said Ghostine, Christophe Caussin, Christian Plotton, Roland Carlioz

    
  • ·Intercessory prayer

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    John matt Dorn

    
  • ·Ethnic differences in heart rate variability: Does ultralow-frequency heart rate variability really measure autonomic tone?

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    Julian F. Thayer, Xiaoling Wang, Harold Snieder

    
  • ·Response to letter to the Editor

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    Joanne Schuijf, Jeroen Bax