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• • ·Table of Contents

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• • ·Editorial Board

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• • ·Information for Readers

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• Editorials

  • ·Do heart failure trials need an end point committee?

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    Jalal K. Ghali

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  • ·The role of the electrocardiogram as a prognostic tool in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

    Pagina :574-576

    Eric R. Bates

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• Curriculum in Cardiology

  • ·Dronedarone and vitamin K antagonists: A review of drug-drug interactions

    Pagina :577-582

    Shailesh C. Shirolkar, Mona Fiuzat, Richard C. Becker

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• Progress in Cardiology

  • ·Novel biomarkers in cardiovascular disease: Update 2010

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    Willibald Hochholzer, David A. Morrow, Robert P. Giugliano

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  • ·Novel antiplatelet therapy

    Pagina :595-604

    Michael A. Gaglia, Steven V. Manoukian, Ron Waksman

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• Results of Expert Meetings

  • ·Addressing disparities in sudden cardiac arrest care and the underutilization of effective therapies

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    Melissa H. Kong, Eric D. Peterson, Gregg C. Fonarow, Gillian D. Sanders, Clyde W. Yancy, Andrea M. Russo, Anne B. Curtis, Samuel F. Sears, Kevin L. Thomas, Susan Campbell, Mark D. Carlson, Chris Chiames, Nakela L. Cook, David L. Hayes, Michelle LaRue, Adrian F. Hernandez, Edward L. Lyons, Sana M. Al-Khatib

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• Cardiac Safety Research Consortium

  • ·Developing the Safety of Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Registry Initiative (SAFARI) as a collaborative pan-stakeholder critical path registry model: A Cardiac Safety Research Consortium “Incubator” Think Tank

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    Sana M. Al-Khatib, Hugh Calkins, Benjamin C. Eloff, Peter Kowey, Stephen C. Hammill, Kenneth A. Ellenbogen, Danica Marinac-Dabic, Albert L. Waldo, Ralph G. Brindis, David J. Wilbur, Warren M. Jackman, Marcia S. Yaross, Andrea M. Russo, Eric Prystowsky, Paul D. Varosy, Thomas Gross, Ellen Pinnow, Mintu P. Turakhia, Mitchell W. Krucoff

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  • ·Electrocardiographic assessment for therapeutic proteins—scientific discussion

    Pagina :627-634

    Ignacio Rodriguez, Andrew Erdman, Desmond Padhi, Christine E. Garnett, Hong Zhao, Shari L. Targum, Suchitra Balakrishnan, Colette Strnadova, Norman Viner, Mary Jane Geiger, Christopher Newton-Cheh, Jeffrey Litwin, Michael K. Pugsley, Philip T. Sager, Mitchell W. Krucoff, John K. Finkle

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• Trial Design

  • ·Evaluation of the novel factor Xa inhibitor edoxaban compared with warfarin in patients with atrial fibrillation: Design and rationale for the Effective aNticoaGulation with factor xA next GEneration in Atrial Fibrillation–Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction study 48 (ENGAGE AF–TIMI 48)

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    Christian T. Ruff, Robert P. Giugliano, Elliott M. Antman, Sharon E. Crugnale, Tomas Bocanegra, Michele Mercuri, James Hanyok, Indravadan Patel, Minggao Shi, Dan Salazar, Carolyn H. McCabe, Eugene Braunwald

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  • ·Rationale for an early aldosterone blockade in acute myocardial infarction and design of the ALBATROSS trial

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    Farzin Beygui, Eric Vicaut, Patrick Ecollan, Jacques Machecourt, Eric Van Belle, Faiez Zannad, Gilles Montalescot

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  • ·Determination of hospitalization type by investigator case report form or adjudication committee in a large heart failure clinical trial (?-Blocker Evaluation of Survival Trial [BEST])

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    Peter Carson, Mona Fiuzat, Christopher O'Connor, Inder Anand, Jonathan Plehn, Jo Ann Lindenfeld, Marc Silver, Michel White, Alan Miller, Gordon Davis, Alastair D. Robertson, Michael Bristow, Stephen Gottlieb

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  • ·Study design and rationale for the clinical outcomes of the STABILITY Trial (STabilization of Atherosclerotic plaque By Initiation of darapLadIb TherapY) comparing darapladib versus placebo in patients with coronary heart disease

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    Harvey White, Claes Held, Ralph Stewart, David Watson, Robert Harrington, Andrzej Budaj, Ph. Gabriel Steg, Christopher P. Cannon, Susan Krug-Gourley, Janet Wittes, Trupti Trivedi, Elizabeth Tarka, Lars Wallentin

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• Clinical Investigations

  • ·International collaborative systematic review of controlled clinical trials on pharmacologic treatments for acute pericarditis and its recurrences

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    Marzia Lotrionte, Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai, Massimo Imazio, Davide Castagno, Claudio Moretti, Antonio Abbate, Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Antonio L. Brucato, Pietro Di Pasquale, Marja Raatikka, Giuseppe Sangiorgi, Antonio Laudito, Imad Sheiban, Fiorenzo Gaita

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  • ·Does silent myocardial infarction add prognostic value in ST-elevation myocardial infarction patients without a history of prior myocardial infarction? Insights from the Assessment of Pexelizumab in Acute Myocardial Infarction (APEX-AMI) Trial

    Pagina :671-677

    Mustafa Toma, Yuling Fu, Justin A. Ezekowitz, Finlay A. McAlister, Cynthia M. Westerhout, Christopher B. Granger, Paul W. Armstrong

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  • ·Hormone replacement therapy among postmenopausal women presenting with acute myocardial infarction: Insights from the GUSTO-III trial

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    Andrea H. Tackett, Alison L. Bailey, Joanne Micale Foody, Julie M. Miller, Carolyn Apperson-Hansen, E. Magnus Ohman, Judith S. Hochman, Sharon L. Karnash, Robert M. Califf, Eric J. Topol, David J. Moliterno

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  • ·Increase in tissue and circulating pentraxin3 levels in patients with aortic valve stenosis

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    Yoshiro Naito, Takeshi Tsujino, Hirokuni Akahori, Mitsumasa Ohyanagi, Masataka Mitsuno, Yuji Miyamoto, Hiroyuki Hao, Seiichi Hirota, Tohru Masuyama

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  • ·Impact of prenatal diagnosis and anatomical subtype on outcome in double outlet right ventricle

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    Maria E. Lagopoulos, Cedric Manlhiot, Brian W. McCrindle, Edgar T. Jaeggi, Mark K. Friedberg, Lynne E. Nield

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  • ·Are changes in carotid intima-media thickness related to risk of nonfatal myocardial infarction? A critical review and meta-regression analysis

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    Zachary D. Goldberger, Javier A. Valle, Vineet K. Dandekar, Paul S. Chan, Dennis T. Ko, Brahmajee K. Nallamothu

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  • ·Lack of association between serum magnesium and the risks of hypertension and cardiovascular disease

    Pagina :715-720

    Abigail May Khan, Lisa Sullivan, Elizabeth McCabe, Daniel Levy, Ramachandran S. Vasan, Thomas J. Wang

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  • ·Association of ST2 levels with cardiac structure and function and mortality in outpatients

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    Lori B. Daniels, Paul Clopton, Navaid Iqbal, Kimberly Tran, Alan S. Maisel

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  • ·Longitudinal mechanics of the periinfarct zone and ventricular tachycardia inducibility in patients with chronic ischemic cardiomyopathy

    Pagina :729-736

    Matteo Bertini, Arnold C.T. Ng, C. Jan Willem Borleffs, Victoria Delgado, Adrianus P. Wijnmaalen, Gaetano Nucifora, See H. Ewe, Miriam Shanks, Joep Thijssen, Katja Zeppenfeld, Mauro Biffi, Dominic Y. Leung, Martin J. Schalij, Jeroen J. Bax

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  • ·Prevalence and characteristics of patients with clinical improvement but not significant left ventricular reverse remodeling after cardiac resynchronization therapy

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    Dominique Auger, Rutger J. van Bommel, Matteo Bertini, Victoria Delgado, Arnold C.T. Ng, See Hooi Ewe, Miriam Shanks, Nina Ajmone Marsan, Eline A.Q. Mooyaart, Tomasz Witkowski, Don Poldermans, Martin J. Schalij, Jeroen J. Bax

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  • ·Racial differences in long-term survival among patients with coronary artery disease

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    Kevin L. Thomas, Emily Honeycutt, Linda K. Shaw, Eric D. Peterson

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  • ·Impact of hospitalization on health-related quality of life in atrial fibrillation patients in Canada and the United States: Results from an observational registry

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    Matthew R. Reynolds, Edith Morais, Peter Zimetbaum

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  • ·Efficacy and safety of fenofibric acid in combination with atorvastatin and ezetimibe in patients with mixed dyslipidemia

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    Peter H. Jones, Anne C. Goldberg, Howard R. Knapp, Maureen T. Kelly, Carolyn M. Setze, James C. Stolzenbach, Darryl J. Sleep

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  • ·Rapid adoption of drug-eluting stents: Clinical practices and outcomes from the early drug-eluting stent era

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    John J. Lopez, Michelle J. Keyes, Sandeep Nathan, Robert Piana, Michael Pencina, Gaurav Dhar, Steven Marso, Sunil Rao, Salim Shammo, Walt Marquardt, David J. Cohen, Neal S. Kleiman

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  • ·Serial angiographic findings and prognosis of stent fracture site without early restenosis after sirolimus-eluting stent implantation

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    Yasushi Ino, Yasuaki Toyoda, Atsushi Tanaka, Shuuta Ishii, Yoshio Kusuyama, Takashi Kubo, Shigeho Takarada, Hironori Kitabata, Takashi Tanimoto, Kumiko Hirata, Masato Mizukoshi, Toshio Imanishi, Takashi Akasaka

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  • ·Serial measurements of serum NT-proBNP as markers of left ventricular systolic function and remodeling in children with heart failure

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    Paolo G. Rusconi, David A. Ludwig, Christopher Ratnasamy, Robert Mas, William G. Harmon, Steven D. Colan, Steven E. Lipshultz

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• Letters to the Editor

  • ·Is screening cardiac inpatients for depression really feasible?

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    Mehrul Hasnain, W. Victor R. Vieweg

    
  • ·Is screening cardiac inpatients for depression really feasible?

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    Gillian Sowden, Jeff C. Huffman

    
  • ·Unified definition of clinical trials end points

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    Jalal K. Ghali