Sommario

• • ·Alterations in circulating intercellular adhesion molecule-1 and L-selectin: Further evidence for chronic inflammation in ischemic heart disease

    Pagina :1-8

    W. Herbert Haught, Michael Mansour, Robert Rothlein, Takashi K. Kishimoto, Elizabeth A. Mainolfi, James B. Hendricks, Claudia Hendricks, Jawahar L. Mehta

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·Band neutrophil count and the presence and severity of coronary atherosclerosis

    Pagina :9-12

    Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Tsukasa Mori, Tomoki Kawano, Suminori Kono, Jun Sasaki, Kikuo Arakawa

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·Vascular repair mechanisms after directional atherectomy or percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty in atherosclerotic rabbit iliac arteries

    Pagina :13-22

    Robert L. Wilensky, Irmina Gradus-Pizlo, George Sandusky, Keith L. March

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·Preventive effects of probucol on restenosis after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty

    Pagina :23-29

    Kouki Watanabe, Michihito Sekiya, Syuntaroh Ikeda, Masao Miyagawa, Kei Hashida

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• • ·Intravascular imaging of serial changes of disease in saphenous vein grafts after coronary artery bypass grafting

    Pagina :30-40

    Nobuyuki Komiyama, Shigemoto Nakanishi, Shinichiro Nishiyama, Akira Seki

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• • ·Detection of regional perfusion abnormalities during adenosine stress echocardiography with intravenous perfluorocarbon-exposed sonicated dextrose albumin

    Pagina :41-47

    Thomas R. Porter, Alan Kricsfeld, Ubeydullah Deligonul, Feng Xie

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• • ·Effect of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty on exercise ventilation in patients with coronary artery disease and normal left ventricular function

    Pagina :48-53

    Ryuichi Ajisaka, Shigeyuki Watanabe, Takayoshi Yamanouchi, Takeshi Masuoka, Yasuro Sugishita

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• • ·Myocardial integrated ultrasonic backscatter in patients with old myocardial infarction: Comparison with radionuclide evaluation

    Pagina :54-60

    Johji Naito, Tohru Masuyama, Kazuhiro Yamamoto, Toshiaki Mano, Hiroya Kondo, Reiko Nagano, Yasuji Doi, Takakazu Morozumi, Hiroshi Ito, Kenshi Fujii, Masatsugu Hori, Takenobu Kamada

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·Effects of exercise training on left ventricular filling at rest and during exercise in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy and severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction

    Pagina :61-70

    Romualdo Belardinelli, Demetrios Georgiou, Giovanni Cianci, Augusto Purcaro

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• • ·Benefit of converting enzyme inhibition on left ventricular volumes and ejection fraction in patients receiving β-blockade after myocardial infarction

    Pagina :71-77

    Vernon V.S. Bonarjee, Steen Carstensen, Kenneth Caidahl, Dennis W.T. Nilsen, Magnus Edner, Kaj Lindvall, Steven M. Snapinn, Jens Berning, CONSENSUS II multiecho study group

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• • ·Ventricular premature beat—driven intermittent restoration of coronary blood flow reduces the incidence of reperfusion-induced ventricular fibrillation in a cat model of regional ischemia

    Pagina :78-83

    Heung Sik Na, Yang In Kim, Young Wook Yoon, Hee Chul Han, Sook Hyun Nahm, Seung Kil Hong

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·Endothelin-1 and myocardial preconditioning

    Pagina :84-90

    John M. Erikson, Carlos E. Velasco

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• • ·l-Arginine decreases infarct size in rats exposed to environmental tobacco smoke

    Pagina :91-100

    Bo-qing Zhu, Yi-ping Sun, Richard E. Sievers, Jonathan L. Shuman, Stanton A. Glantz, Kanu Chatterjee, William W. Parmley, Christopher L. Wolfe

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• • ·Increased plasma levels of B-type natriuretic peptide in patients with unstable angina

    Pagina :101-107

    Koichi Kikuta, Hirofumi Yasue, Michihiro Yoshimura, Etsuo Morita, Hitoshi Sumida, Hideji Kato, Kiyotaka Kugiyama, Hisao Ogawa, Ken Okumura, Yoshihiro Ogawa, Kazuwa Nakao

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• • ·Technetium 99m—Q12 kinetics in perfused rat myocardium: Effects of hypoxia and low flow

    Pagina :108-115

    Robert D. Okada, Kiem N. Nguyen, Michael Lauinger, Iantha L. Allton, Gerald Johnson

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• • ·Effect of parenteral d-sotalol on transvenous atrial defibrillation threshold in a canine model of atrial fibrillation

    Pagina :116-119

    Demosthenes Iskos, Keith G. Lurie, Stuart W. Adler, Jeffrey J. Shultz, Paul R. Coffeen, Katherine A. Mulligan, David G. Benditt

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• • ·Lack of proarrhythmia as assessed by Holter monitor after atrial radiofrequency ablation of supraventricular tachycardia in children

    Pagina :120-124

    Thomas B. Johnson, Fred L. Varney, Paul C. Gillette, Christine A. McKay, Christopher L. Case, Jacquelyn H. Whitsett, Barbara J. Knick

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• • ·Long-term outcome after radiofrequency catheter ablation of atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia with the anterior-approach method

    Pagina :125-129

    Luis A. Pires, Shoei K. Stephen Huang, Frank Mazzola, Alan B. Wagshal

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• • ·Importance of assessing changes in ventricular response to atrial fibrillation during evaluation of new heart failure therapies: Experience from trials of flosequinan

    Pagina :130-136

    Barry M. Massie, Nihir B. Shah, Bertram Pitt, Milton Packer

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• • ·Quantitative assessment of stenotic aortic valve area by using intracardiac echocardiography: In vitro validation and initial in vivo illustration

    Pagina :137-144

    Leng Jiang, Jose A. Vazquez de Prada, Myung-Yong Lee, Jun He, Luis R. Padial, John T. Fallon, Mary Etta King, Igor F. Palacios, Arthur E. Weyman, Robert A. Levine

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• • ·Spectrum of structural abnormalities in floppy mitral valve echocardiographic evaluation

    Pagina :145-151

    Michael J. Malkowski, Harisios Boudoulas, Charles F. Wooley, Ruiqiang Guo, Anthony C. Pearson

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• • ·Electrocardiograms of Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome simulating other conditions

    Pagina :152-155

    Kyuhyun Wang, Richard Asinger, Morrison Hodges

    
• • ·Magnetic resonance imaging in ischemic heart disease

    Pagina :156-173

    Johann C. Steffens, Hajime Sakuma, Michael W. Bourne, Charles B. Higgins

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• • ·Epidemiologic assessment of angina before and after myocardial infarction: The Framingham Study

    Pagina :174-178

    Frederick N. Brand, Martin Larson, Lawrence M. Friedman, William B. Kannel, William P. Castelli

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• • ·Use of miniature biplane transesophageal echocardiography during pediatric atrial catheter interventional procedures

    Pagina :179-186

    Dane E. Douglas, Derek A. Fyfe

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• • ·Early increase of vasoactive intestinal peptide in acute myocardial infarction

    Pagina :187-189

    Piernatale Lucia, Stefania Caiola, Alessandro Coppola, Ettore Maroccia, Marco Belli, Angela Buongiorno, Carlo De Martinis

    
• • ·Multiple early percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty failures related to lupus anticoagulant

    Pagina :189-190

    John D. Chambers, William D. Haire, Ubeydullah Deligonul

    
• • ·Bailout stenting for extensive dissection complicating direct infarct angioplasty

    Pagina :191-192

    Dory B. Altmann, Francis J. Fahey, Timothy A. Sanborn

    
• • ·Verapamil-induced acute right heart failure

    Pagina :193-194

    Avichai Shimoni, Yaakov Maor-Kendler, Yoram Neuman

    
• • ·Recurrent syncope after successful aortic valve replacement

    Pagina :194-197

    Mrinal Sharma, Gerard P. Aurigemma, Theo E. Meyer, William H. Gaasch

    
• • ·Nonhemorrhagic cardiac tamponade after penetrating chest trauma

    Pagina :197-198

    Craig R. Narins, Michael J. Cunningham, Joseph M. Delehanty, William H. Risher, DeoVrat Singh

    
• • ·Radiofrequency ablation of ventricular tachycardia in an infant with cardiac tumors

    Pagina :198-200

    Vikas Kohli, Nevindra Mangru, Lee Ann Pearse, Patricia Cantwell, Ming-Lon Young

    
• • ·Treatment of spontaneous coronary artery dissection with intracoronary stenting

    Pagina :200-202

    Mun K. Hong, Lowell F. Satler, Gary S. Mintz, S. Chiu Wong, Kenneth M. Kent, Augusto D. Pichard, Jeffrey J. Popma, Martin B. Leon

    
• • ·Endomyocardial biopsy in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy

    Pagina :203-206

    Annalisa Angelini, Cristina Basso, Andrea Nava, Gaetano Thiene

    
• • ·Coronary microvascular abnormalities in Chagas' disease

    Pagina :207-210

    Marcos A. Rossi, Simone G. Ramos

    
• • ·Editorial Board

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