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• • ·Editorial board

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• • ·Single-day loading dose of oral amiodarone for the prevention of new-onset atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass surgery

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    Dejan Maraš, Srdjan D. Boškovi?, Zoran Popovi?, Aleksandar N. Neškovi?, Slobodan Kova?evi?, Petar Otaševi?, Jelena Marinkovi?, Liljana Vuk, Milorad Borzanovi?, Stevan Nastasi?, Tomislav Jovanovi?, Milovan Boji?, Rade Babi?, Aleksandar D. Popovi?

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• • ·Acute effects of melatonin administration on cardiovascular autonomic regulation in healthy men

    Pagina :13A

    Koichi Nishiyama, Hirofumi Yasue, Yasushi Moriyama, Ryusuke Tsunoda, Hisao Ogawa, Michihiro Yoshimura, Kiyotaka Kugiyama

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• • ·Postoperative atrial fibrillation after heart surgery: What are the goals of prevention?

    Pagina :691-693

    Michael H. Kim, Kim A. Eagle

    
• • ·Noninvasive tests of vascular function and structure: Why and how to perform them

    Pagina :694-703

    Robert Fathi, Thomas H. Marwick

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• • ·Infarct artery reocclusion after primary angioplasty, stent placement, and thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction

    Pagina :704-710

    Stephanie H. Wilson, Malcolm R. Bell, Charanjit S. Rihal, Kent R. Bailey, David R. Holmes, Peter B. Berger

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• • ·INTER-HEART: A global study of risk factors for acute myocardial infarction

    Pagina :711-721

    Stephanie Ôunpuu, Abdissa Negassa, Salim Yusuf, for the INTER-HEART Investigators*

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• • ·Aggressive versus moderate lipid-lowering therapy in postmenopausal women with hypercholesterolemia: Rationale and design of the Beyond Endorsed Lipid Lowering with EBT Scanning (BELLES) trial

    Pagina :722-726

    Paolo Raggi, Tracy Q. Callister, Michael Davidson, Francine K. Welty, Gloria A. Bachmann, Rachel Laskey, Donald Pittman, Stephanie Kafonek, Robert Scott

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• • ·Cost-effectiveness of pravastatin therapy for survivors of myocardial infarction with average cholesterol levels

    Pagina :727-734

    Joel Tsevat, Karen M. Kuntz, E.John Orav, Milton C. Weinstein, Frank M. Sacks, Lee Goldman

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• • ·Coronary microvascular dysfunction is highly prevalent in women with chest pain in the absence of coronary artery disease: Results from the NHLBI WISE study

    Pagina :735-741

    Steven E. Reis, Richard Holubkov, A.J.Conrad Smith, Sheryl F. Kelsey, Barry L. Sharaf, Nathaniel Reichek, William J. Rogers, C.Noel Bairey Merz, George Sopko, Carl J. Pepine, for the WISE Investigators

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• • ·Lower-dose heparin with fibrinolysis is associated with lower rates of intracranial hemorrhage

    Pagina :742-750

    Robert P. Giugliano, Carolyn H. McCabe, Elliott M. Antman, Christopher P. Cannon, Frans Van de Werf, Robert G. Wilcox, Eugene Braunwald, for the Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) Investigators

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• • ·Effects of prolonged strenuous exercise on plasma levels of atrial natriuretic peptide and brain natriuretic peptide in healthy men

    Pagina :751-758

    Haruo Ohba, Hideomi Takada, Haruki Musha, Junzo Nagashima, Narumi Mori, Toru Awaya, Kazuto Omiya, Masahiro Murayama

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• • ·Early peak creatine kinase activity is not always a marker of successful reperfusion with myocardial salvage in patients with reperfused anterior acute myocardial infarction

    Pagina :759-764

    Masami Kosuge, Kazuo Kimura, Toshiyuki Ishikawa, Tsutomu Endo, Makoto Shimizu, Yoichiro Hongo, Jyun Okuda, Osamu Tochikubo, Satoshi Umemura

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• • ·Depression but not anxiety influences the autonomic control of heart rate after myocardial infarction

    Pagina :765-771

    Maria Vittoria Pitzalis, Massimo Iacoviello, Orlando Todarello, Agnese Fioretti, Pietro Guida, Francesco Massari, Filippo Mastropasqua, Giovanni Dello Russo, Paolo Rizzon

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• • ·Exercise versus dobutamine-induced ST elevation in the infarct-related electrocardiographic leads: Clinical significance and correlation with functional recovery

    Pagina :772-779

    Patrizio Lancellotti, Laurence Seidel, Etienne Hoffer, Henri E. Kulbertus, Luc A. Piérard

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• • ·Anti-human skeletal muscle glycolipid antibodies in unstable angina

    Pagina :780-783

    Rubén P. Laguens, Carlos A. Vigliano, Alejandro Macchia, María I. Argel, Jorge G. Chambó, Enrique P. Gurfinkel

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• • ·Left ventricular function and hemodynamic features of inappropriate left ventricular hypertrophy in patients with systemic hypertension: The LIFE Study

    Pagina :784-791

    Vittorio Palmieri, Kristian Wachtell, Eva Gerdts, Jonathan N. Bella, Vasilious Papademetriou, Christian Tuxen, Markku S. Nieminen, Björn Dahlöf, Giovanni de Simone, Richard B. Devereux

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• • ·Uric acid in cachectic and noncachectic patients with chronic heart failure: Relationship to leg vascular resistance

    Pagina :792-799

    Wolfram Doehner, Mathias Rauchhaus, Viorel G. Florea, Rakesh Sharma, Aidan P. Bolger, Constantinos H. Davos, Andrew J.S. Coats, Stefan D. Anker

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• • ·ADEPT: Addition of the AT₁ receptor antagonist eprosartan to ACE inhibitor therapy in chronic heart failure trial: Hemodynamic and neurohormonal effects

    Pagina :800-807

    David R. Murdoch, Theresa A. McDonagh, Rosemary Farmer, James J. Morton, John J.V. McMurray, Henry J. Dargie

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• • ·Impairment of cardiac autonomic function in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy: Relationship to myocardial and respiratory function

    Pagina :808-812

    Gaetano Antonio Lanza, Antonio Dello Russo, Vincenzo Giglio, Lucia De Luca, Loredana Messano, Cesare Santini, Enzo Ricci, Antonello Damiani, Giorgio Fumagalli, Giuseppe De Martino, Fortunato Mangiola, Fulvio Bellocci

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• • ·Prevalence of central venous occlusion in patients with chronic defibrillator leads

    Pagina :813-816

    Christian Sticherling, Steven P. Chough, Robert L. Baker, Kristina Wasmer, Hakan Oral, Hiroshi Tada, Laura Horwood, Michael H. Kim, Frank Pelosi, Gregory F. Michaud, S.Adam Strickberger, Fred Morady, Bradley P. Knight

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• • ·Predictive value of presyncope in patients monitored for assessment of syncope

    Pagina :817-821

    Andrew D. Krahn, George J. Klein, Raymond Yee, Allan C. Skanes, for the Reveal Investigators*

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• • ·Prognostic value of absolute versus relative measures of the procedural result after successful coronary stenting: Importance of vessel size in predicting long-term freedom from target vessel revascularization

    Pagina :823-831

    Khaled M. Ziada, Samir R. Kapadia, Guido Belli, Penny L. Houghtaling, Anthony C. De Franco, Stephen G. Ellis, Patrick L. Whitlow, Irving Franco, Steven E. Nissen, E.Murat Tuzcu

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• • ·Six-month angiographic follow-up after intravascular ultrasound-guided stenting of infarct-related artery: Comparison with non–infarct-related artery

    Pagina :832-836

    Myeong-Ki Hong, Seong-Wook Park, Cheol Whan Lee, Kyoung-Suk Rhee, Jong-Min Song, Duk-Hyun Kang, Jae-Kwan Song, Jae-Joong Kim, Seung-Jung Park

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• • ·Use of routine functional testing after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty: Results from the ROSETTA Registry

    Pagina :837-846

    Mark J. Eisenberg, David Schechter, Jeffrey Lefkovits, Evelyne Goudreau, Ubeydullah Deligonul, Koon-Hou Mak, Michael Del Core, Robert Duerr, Philippe M. Garzon, Thao Huynh, Mark Smilovitch, Steven Sedlis, David L. Brown, David Brieger, Louise Pilote, for the ROSETTA Investigators

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• • ·Introduction

    Pagina :847-848

    Scott D. Berkowitz

    
• • ·Evolution of prosthetic heart valves

    Pagina :849-855

    L.Henry Edmunds

     
• • ·The “ideal” replacement heart valve

    Pagina :856-860

    John S. Sapirstein, Peter K. Smith

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• • ·Designing trials for testing prosthetic cardiac valves: A Food and Drug Administration perspective

    Pagina :861-863

    Wolf Sapirstein

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• • ·Introduction

    Pagina :864-865

    J.Conor O’Shea, Robert M. Califf

    
• • ·International differences in cardiovascular clinical trials

    Pagina :866-874

    J.Conor O’Shea, Robert M. Califf

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• • ·International differences in treatment effects in cardiovascular clinical trials

    Pagina :875-880

    J.Conor O’Shea, Robert M. Califf

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