Sommario

• • ·Index

    Pagina :4A

    
• • ·Translation of clinical evidence into medical practice

    Pagina :1001-1002

    Kevin J. Anstrom, James G. Jollis

    
• • ·No time to wait

    Pagina :1003-1004

    Steven Borzak

    
• • ·Tailored treatment for heart failure: An emerging concept

    Pagina :1005-1006

    P.A. Poole-Wilson

    
• • ·Is there still a future for neutral endopeptidase inhibitors?

    Pagina :1007-1008

    Gary S. Francis

    
• • ·Heart failure after myocardial infarction: A good heart is hard to find

    Pagina :1009-1011

    Eric J. Velazquez, Christopher M. O’Connor

    
• • ·Primary intervention in acute myocardial infarction: Do bankers’ hours suffice, or should we invest our resources elsewhere?

    Pagina :1012-1013

    Steven C. Ajluni, William W. O’Neill

    
• • ·Hemostasis of the femoral vasculature: Shouldn’t we have an answer by now?

    Pagina :1014-1015

    John B. Pracyk, Sheena Drennan, James E. Tcheng

    
• • ·Radiofrequency atrioventricular junction ablation for atrial fibrillation: How can we make it better?

    Pagina :1016-1018

    Iain C. Melton, Mark A. Wood, Kenneth A. Ellenbogen

    
• • ·Stress testing: National patterns and predictors of test ordering

    Pagina :1019-1024

    Mylan C. Cohen, Randall S. Stafford, Bismruta Misra

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• • ·Incremental prognostic value of myocardial perfusion single photon emission computed tomography in patients with diabetes mellitus

    Pagina :1025-1032

    Xingping Kang, Daniel S. Berman, Howard C. Lewin, Ishac Cohen, John D. Friedman, Guido Germano, Rory Hachamovitch, Leslee J. Shaw

    Riassunto Riassunto Mappa Mappa  
• • ·Exercise testing: Improving performance with a ramped Bruce protocol

    Pagina :1033-1037

    Peter M. Will, James D. Walter

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• • ·Recognition of infarct localization by specific changes in intramural myocardial mechanics

    Pagina :1038-1045

    Marco J.W. Götte, Albert C. van Rossum, J.T. Marcus, J.P.A. Kuijer, Leon Axel, Cees A. Visser

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• • ·Prehospital delay in patients hospitalized with heart attack symptoms in the United States: The REACT trial

    Pagina :1046-1057

    David C. Goff, Henry A. Feldman, Paul G. McGovern, Robert J. Goldberg, Denise G. Simons-Morton, Carol E. Cornell, Stavroula K. Osganian, Lawton S. Cooper, Jerris R. Hedges, For the Rapid Early Action for Coronary Treatment (REACT) Study Group

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• • ·Very early assessment of risk for in-hospital death among 11,483 patients with acute myocardial infarction

    Pagina :1058-1064

    C. Fresco, F. Carinci, A.P. Maggioni, A. Ciampi, A. Nicolucci, E. Santoro, L. Tavazzi, G. Tognonia, On behalf of the GISSI investigators

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• • ·Racial differences in the management of unstable angina: Results from the multicenter GUARANTEE registry

    Pagina :1065-1072

    Benjamin M. Scirica, David J. Moliterno, Nathan R. Every, H.Vernon Anderson, Frank V. Aguirre, Christopher B. Granger, Costas T. Lambrew, LeRoy E. Rabbani, Shelly K. Sapp, Joan E. Booth, James J. Ferguson, Christopher P. Cannon, GUARANTEE Investigators

    Riassunto Riassunto Mappa Mappa  
• • ·Insights into the pathophysiology of atherosclerosis and prognosis of black Americans with acute coronary syndromes

    Pagina :1073-1081

    Craig R. Asher, Eric J. Topol, David J. Moliterno

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• • ·Niacin treatment increases plasma homocyst(e)ine levels

    Pagina :1082-1087

    Rekha Garg, M. Malinow, Mary Pettinger, Barbara Upson, Donald Hunninghake, On behalf of the ADMIT Investigators

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• • ·Relation between aerobic capacity and extent of myocardial ischemia in patients with normal cardiac function

    Pagina :1088-1092

    Nili Zafrir, Gershon Fink, Eliezer Klainman, Jacqueline Sulkes, Shimon Spitzer

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• • ·Development of eptifibatide

    Pagina :1093-1104

    Robert M. Scarborough

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• • ·Clinical outcome after multivessel coronary stent implantation

    Pagina :1105-1110

    Verghese Mathew, Kirk N. Garratt, David R. Holmes

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• • ·Daytime and nighttime differences in patterns of performance of primary angioplasty in the treatment of patients with acute myocardial infarction

    Pagina :1111-1117

    Ralf Zahn, Rudolf Schiele, Karlheinz Seidl, Stefan Schuster, Karl E. Hauptmann, Thomas Voigtländer, Martin Gottwik, Gunther Berg, Thomas Kunz, Hans Georg Glunz, Peter Limbourg, Jochen Senges, For the Maximal Individual Therapy in Acute Myocardial Infarction (MITRA) Study Group

    Riassunto Riassunto Mappa Mappa  
• • ·Randomized comparison of hemostasis techniques after invasive cardiovascular procedures

    Pagina :1118-1125

    Kenneth G. Lehmann, Samantha J. Heath-Lange, Scott T. Ferris

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• • ·Titration of vasodilator therapy in chronic heart failure according to plasma brain natriuretic peptide concentration: Randomized comparison of the hemodynamic and neuroendocrine effects of tailored versus empirical therapy

    Pagina :1126-1132

    David R. Murdoch, Theresa A. McDonagh, John Byrne, Lynda Blue, Rosemary Farmer, James J. Morton, Henry J. Dargie

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• • ·Clinical predictors of heart failure in patients with first acute myocardial infarction

    Pagina :1133-1139

    Abbas S. Ali, Benjamin A. Rybicki, Mohsin Alam, Nancy Wulbrecht, Karen Richer-Cornish, Fareed Khaja, Hani N. Sabbah, Sidney Goldstein

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• • ·A randomized trial of ecadotril versus placebo in patients with mild to moderate heart failure: The U.S. Ecadotril Pilot Safety Study

    Pagina :1140-1148

    Christopher M. O’Connor, Wendy A. Gattis, Mihai Gheorghiade, Christopher B. Granger, James Gilbert, James M. McKenney, Frank C. Messineo, John C. Burnett, Stuart D. Katz, Uri Elkayam, Edward K. Kasper, Sidney Goldstein, Robert J. Cody, Barry M. Massie, For the U.S. Ecadotril Investigators

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• • ·Comparison of the short-term effects of candoxatril, an orally active neutral endopeptidase inhibitor, and frusemide in the treatment of patients with chronic heart failure

    Pagina :1149-1157

    David B. Northridge, David E. Newby, Ester Rooney^b, John Norrie, Henry J. Dargie

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• • ·Metoprolol CR/XL in patients with heart failure: A pilot study examining the tolerability, safety, and effect on left ventricular ejection fraction

    Pagina :1158-1165

    Sidney Goldstein, Harold L. Kennedy, Christian Hall, Jeffrey L. Anderson, Mihai Gheorghiade, Stephen Gottlieb, Mariell Jessup, Ronald P. Karlsberg, Gary Friday, Lloyd Haskell

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• • ·Mitral regurgitation after atrioventricular node catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation and heart failure: Acute hemodynamic features

    Pagina :1166-1175

    Nicholas Twidale, Ven Manda, Roberta Holliday, Shannon Boler, Lori Sparks, Joanne Crain, Sherry Carrier

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• • ·Transcatheter closure of patent ductus arteriosus with the use of Rashkind occluders and/or Gianturco coils: Long-term follow-up in 123 patients and special reference to comparison, residual shunts, complications, and technique

    Pagina :1176-1183

    Satej Janorkar, Tiow Goh, James Wilkinson

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• • ·Straddling tricuspid valve as a sign of ventriculoatrial malalignment: A morphometric study of 19 postmortem cases

    Pagina :1184-1195

    Renzo Pessotto, Massimo Padalino, Maurizio Rubino, Keishi Kadoba, Jorge R. Büchler, Richard Van Praagh

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• • ·Confusion in geography

    Pagina :1196

    Tsung O. Cheng

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    Pagina :1196

    John E. Sanderson

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• • ·People’s Republic of China

    Pagina :1196-1197

    Tsung O. Cheng

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• • ·Reply

    Pagina :1197

    Chunyu Zeng, Zhiming Zhu, Wenhui Hu MD

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• • ·Defining risk in unstable angina

    Pagina :1197-1198

    Ernest H. Friedman

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    Pagina :1198

    Oscar Bazzino

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• • ·Observer-related variability in IVUS measurements after stenting

    Pagina :1198-1199

    Evelyn Regar, Christoph Spes, Volker Klauss

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    Pagina :1199

    Erwin Blessing, Dirk Hausmann, Matthias Sturm, Hans-Georg Wolpers, Ivo Amende, Andreas Mügge

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• • ·Effectiveness of heparin in preventing thrombin generation and thrombin activity in patients undergoing coronary intervention

    Pagina :1199-1200

    Uichi Ikeda, Yukihiro Hojo, Osamu Mizuno, Taka-aki Katsuki, Kazuyuki Shimada

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• • ·Telemedicine in cardiology

    Pagina :1200

    Johannes N. Stahl, Christian Zellner, Tony M. Chou

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