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• • ·Editorial Board

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• • ·Information for Authors

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• • ·Information for Readers

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• • ·Unexpected BNP levels in patients with advanced heart failure: A tale of caution and promise

    Pagina :187-189

    Mark H. Drazner, James A. de Lemos

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• • ·Revascularization of coronary atherosclerosis in patients with diabetes mellitus—There is more to it than meets the image intensifier

    Pagina :190-193

    John L. Petersen, Robert A. Harrington

    
• • ·Invasive versus noninvasive management of ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction: A review of clinical trials and observational studies

    Pagina :194-199

    Christine A. Beck, Mark J. Eisenberg, Louise Pilote

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• • ·Magnetic resonance imaging of coronary arteries, the ischemic cascade, and myocardial infarction

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    Theodorus A.M. Kaandorp, Hildo J. Lamb, Jeroen J. Bax, Ernst E. van der Wall, Albert de Roos

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• • ·Index

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• • ·Characteristics and outcomes of patients hospitalized for heart failure in the United States: Rationale, design, and preliminary observations from the first 100,000 cases in the Acute Decompensated Heart Failure National Registry (ADHERE)

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    Kirkwood F. Adams, Gregg C. Fonarow, Charles L. Emerman, Thierry H. LeJemtel, Maria Rosa Costanzo, William T. Abraham, Robert L. Berkowitz, Marie Galvao, Darlene P. Horton, for the ADHERE Scientific Advisory Committee and Investigators 1

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• • ·Enoxaparin versus unfractionated heparin as antithrombin therapy in patients receiving fibrinolysis for ST-elevation myocardial infarction : Design and rationale for the Enoxaparin and Thrombolysis Reperfusion for Acute Myocardial Infarction Treatment-Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction study 25 (ExTRACT-TIMI 25)

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    Elliott M. Antman, David A. Morrow, Carolyn H. McCabe, Frank Jiang, Harvey D. White, Keith A.A. Fox, Divakar Sharma, Paul Chew, Eugene Braunwald, for the ExTRACT-TIMI 25 Investigators

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• • ·Design and rationale of Clopidogrel as Adjunctive Reperfusion Therapy–Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (CLARITY-TIMI) 28 trial

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    Marc S. Sabatine, Carolyn H. McCabe, C. Michael Gibson, Christopher P. Cannon

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• • ·Comparison of ezetimibe plus simvastatin versus simvastatin monotherapy on atherosclerosis progression in familial hypercholesterolemia : Design and rationale of the Ezetimibe and Simvastatin in Hypercholesterolemia Enhances Atherosclerosis Regression (ENHANCE) trial

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    John J.P. Kastelein, Philip T. Sager, Eric de Groot, Enrico Veltri

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• • ·Change of address box

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• • ·Highlights from the American Heart Association Annual Scientific Sessions 2004: November 7-10, 2004

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    Svati Shah, Manesh Patel, Abhinav Goyal, Ankie Amos, Ricardo Baeza, Abdul Halabi, Gregory Lam, Robert G. Mitchell, Gustavo Oliveira, Anne Marie Valente

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• • ·Examining the coverage of influenza vaccination among people with cardiovascular disease in the United States

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    Umed A. Ajani, Earl S. Ford, Ali H. Mokdad

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• • ·Erythrocyte adhesiveness/aggregation: A novel biomarker for the detection of low-grade internal inflammation in individuals with atherothrombotic risk factors and proven vascular disease

    Pagina :260-267

    Shlomo Berliner, Ori Rogowski, Stanislav Aharonov, Tamar Mardi, Tatiana Tolshinsky, Meirav Rozenblat, Dan Justo, Varda Deutsch, Jack Serov, Itzhak Shapira, David Zeltzer

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• • ·Correction

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    Antonio Cittadini

    
• • ·Multimarker risk strategy for predicting 1-month and 1-year major events in non–ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes

    Pagina :268-274

    Vicent Bodí, Juan Sanchis, Àngel Llàcer, Lorenzo Fácila, Julio Núñez, Mauricio Pellicer, Vicente Bertomeu, Vicente Ruiz, Francisco J. Chorro

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• • ·Early cardiac catheterization is associated with lower mortality only among high-risk patients with ST- and non–ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes: Observations from the OPUS-TIMI 16 trial

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    Warren J. Cantor, Shaun G. Goodman, Christopher P. Cannon, Sabina A. Murphy, Andrew Charlesworth, Eugene Braunwauld, Anatoly Langer

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• • ·Risk reduction of cardiac events by screening of unknown asymptomatic coronary artery disease in subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus at high cardiovascular risk: An open-label randomized pilot study

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    Ezio Faglia, Mantero Manuela, Quarantiello Antonella, Gino Michela, Curci Vincenzo, Caminiti Maurizio, Mattioli Roberto, Morabito Alberto

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• • ·Plaque erosion in the culprit lesion is prone to develop a smaller myocardial infarction size compared with plaque rupture

    Pagina :284-290

    Takahiro Hayashi, Takashi Kiyoshima, Masayoshi Matsuura, Masafumi Ueno, Naoya Kobayashi, Hiroshi Yabushita, Atsuhiro Kurooka, Mitsugu Taniguchi, Masaru Miyataka, Akio Kimura, Kinji Ishikawa

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• • ·Efficacy and safety of a once-daily graded-release diltiazem formulation dosed at bedtime compared to placebo and to morning dosing in chronic stable angina pectoris

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    Stephen P. Glasser, Theophilus J. Gana, Luz G. Pascual, Kenneth S. Albert

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• • ·Exercise as an alternative to oral estrogen for amelioration of endothelial dysfunction in postmenopausal women

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    Paula J. Harvey, Peter E. Picton, Winnie S. Su, Beverley L. Morris, Catherine F. Notarius, John S. Floras

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• • ·Cost-effectiveness of iodixanol in patients at high risk of contrast-induced nephropathy

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    Peter Aspelin, Pierre Aubry, Sven-Göran Fransson, Ruth Strasser, Roland Willenbrock, Jonas Lundkvist

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• • ·Clinical factors associated with abandonment of a rate-control or a rhythm-control strategy for the management of atrial fibrillation in the AFFIRM study

    Pagina :304-308

    Anne B. Curtis, A. Allen Seals, Robert E. Safford, William Slater, Nicholas G. Tullo, Humberto Vidaillet, David J. Wilber, April Slee, the AFFIRM Investigators 1

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• • ·Impact of cardioversion strategy on functional capacity in patients with atrial fibrillation: The Assessment of Cardioversion Using Transesophageal Echocardiography (ACUTE) Study

    Pagina :309-315

    Susan E. Jasper, Elizabeth A. Lieber, R. Daniel Murray, Carolyn Apperson-Hansen, Ian W. Black, Richard A. Grimm, Linda A. Pape, Allan L. Klein, for the ACUTE Investigators 1

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• • ·Comparative efficacy of monophasic and biphasic waveforms for transthoracic cardioversion of atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter

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    Osnat T. Gurevitz, Naser M. Ammash, Joseph F. Malouf, Krishnaswamy Chandrasekaran, Ana Gabriela Rosales, Karla V. Ballman, Stephen C. Hammill, Roger D. White, Bernard J. Gersh, Paul A. Friedman

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• • ·Detailed bacteriologic tests to identify the origin of transvenous pacing system infections indicate a high prevalence of multiple organisms

    Pagina :322-328

    Didier Klug, Frédéric Wallet, Salem Kacet, René J. Courcol

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• • ·Fluvastatin reduces the impact of diabetes on long-term outcome after coronary intervention—A Lescol Intervention Prevention Study (LIPS) substudy

    Pagina :329-335

    Chourmouzios A. Arampatzis, Dick Goedhart, Patrick W. Serruys, Francesco Saia, Pedro A. Lemos, Pim de Feyter, on behalf of the LIPS Investigators

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• • ·Repeat stenting for the prevention of the early lumen loss phenomenon in patients with in-stent restenosis : Angiographic and intravascular ultrasound findings of a randomized study

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    Fernando Alfonso, Pablo García, Hector Fleites, Gela Pimentel, Manel Sabaté, Rosana Hernández, Javier Escaned, Camino Bañuelos, Maria J. Pérez-Vizcayno, Raúl Moreno, Carlos Macaya

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• • ·Randomized comparison of carbon ion–implanted stent versus bare metal stent in coronary artery disease: The Asian Pacific Multicenter Arthos Stent Study (PASS) trial

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    Young-Hak Kim, Cheol Whan Lee, Myeong-Ki Hong, Seong-Wook Park, Seung-Jea Tahk, Joo-Young Yang, Shigeru Saito, Teguh Santoso, Lizhan Quan, Junbo Ge, Neil J. Weissman, Alexandra J. Lansky, Gary S. Mintz, Seung-Jung Park

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• • ·A polymorphism of the endothelial nitric oxide synthase promoter is associated with an increase in autonomic imbalance in patients with congestive heart failure

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    Philip F. Binkley, Enrico Nunziatta, Yiwen Liu-Stratton, Glen Cooke

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• • ·Screening for heart disease in diabetic subjects

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    Zhi You Fang, Rebecca Schull-Meade, Rodel Leano, Philip M. Mottram, Johannes B. Prins, Thomas H. Marwick

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• • ·Myocardial contrast echocardiography accurately reflects transmurality of myocardial necrosis and predicts contractile reserve after acute myocardial infarction

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    Rajesh Janardhanan, James C.C. Moon, Dudley J. Pennell, Roxy Senior

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• • ·B-type natriuretic peptide levels are not a surrogate marker for invasive hemodynamics during management of patients with severe heart failure

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    J.O. O'Neill, C.E. Bott-Silverman, A.T. McRae, R.W. Troughton, K. Ng, R.C. Starling, J.B. Young

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• • ·Effects of metoprolol and carvedilol on cause-specific mortality and morbidity in patients with chronic heart failure—COMET

    Pagina :370-376

    Christian Torp-Pedersen, Philip A. Poole-Wilson, Karl Swedberg, John G.F. Cleland, Andrea Di Lenarda, Peter Hanrath, Michel Komajda, Beatrix Lutiger, Marco Metra, Willem J. Remme, Armin Scherhag, Allan Skene, for the COMET Investigators 1

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• • ·Regarding antithrombotic treatment after coronary stenting in patients on chronic oral anticoagulation

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    Andrea Rubboli, Mauro Colletta, Giuseppe Di Pasquale

    
• • ·Regarding the mechanism of statin-induced myopathy

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    Bernard Noël

    
• • ·Aortic stenosis and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors—Rupture of an ancient paradigm?

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    Carlos F. Barrera-Ramírez, Luis R. Pineda-Pompa, Hermes Ilarraza

    
• • ·Reply

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    Anand Chockalingam

    
• • ·Letter by Spodick

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    David H. Spodick

    
• • ·Reply

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    Apoor S. Gami, Thomas A. Holly, James E. Rosenthal

    
• • ·Cardiovascular disease in Latin America

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    Josefina Medina-Lezama, Julio Chirinos-Pacheco, Julio Alonso Chirinos

    
• • ·Transseptal left heart catheterization as an alternative to retrograde left ventricular catheterization for patients with aortic stenosis

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    Tsung O. Cheng