Sommario

• • ·Table of Contents

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• • ·Editorial Board

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• • ·Information for Readers

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• International Perspectives on Cardiovascular Research

  • ·Regional challenges and opportunities in cardiovascular research: The Russian Federation “SWOT” analysis

    Pagina :427-430

    Sergey Boytsov, Frans Van de Werf

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  • ·Cardiovascular research in India: A perspective

    Pagina :431-438

    Ajay S. Vamadevan, Bimal R. Shah, Robert M. Califf, Dorairaj Prabhakaran

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• Curriculum in Cardiology

  • ·Ultrafiltration in heart failure

    Pagina :439-449

    Enrico Fiaccadori, Giuseppe Regolisti, Umberto Maggiore, Elisabetta Parenti, Elena Cremaschi, Simona Detrenis, Alberto Caiazza, Aderville Cabassi

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  • ·Oral antiplatelet therapy for atherothrombotic disease: Current evidence and new directions

    Pagina :450-461

    Harvey D. White

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  • ·Integrating the Synergy between percutaneous coronary intervention with Taxus and Cardiac Surgery (SYNTAX) score into practice: Use, pitfalls, and new directions

    Pagina :462-470

    Davide Capodanno, Corrado Tamburino

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• Trial Design

  • ·The role of niacin in raising high-density lipoprotein cholesterol to reduce cardiovascular events in patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and optimally treated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol : Rationale and study design. The Atherothrombosis Intervention in Metabolic syndrome with low HDL/high triglycerides: Impact on Global Health outcomes (AIM-HIGH)

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    The AIM-HIGH Investigators a b ?

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  • ·Rationale and design of the INFUSE-AMI study: A 2 × 2 factorial, randomized, multicenter, single-blind evaluation of intracoronary abciximab infusion and aspiration thrombectomy in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention for anterior ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

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    C. Michael Gibson, Akiko Maehara, Alexandra J. Lansky, Jochen Wohrle, Tom Stuckey, Rajesh Dave, David Cox, Cindy Grines, Dariusz Dudek, Gabriel Steg, Helen Parise, Steven D. Wolff, Ecaterina Cristea, Gregg W. Stone

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  • ·Rationale and design of the Transendocardial Injection of Autologous Human Cells (bone marrow or mesenchymal) in Chronic Ischemic Left Ventricular Dysfunction and Heart Failure Secondary to Myocardial Infarction (TAC-HFT) trial: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of safety and efficacy

    Pagina :487-493

    Barry Trachtenberg, Darcy L. Velazquez, Adam R. Williams, Ian McNiece, Joel Fishman, Kim Nguyen, Didier Rouy, Peter Altman, Richard Schwarz, Adam Mendizabal, Behzad Oskouei, John Byrnes, Victor Soto, Melissa Tracy, Juan Pablo Zambrano, Alan W. Heldman, Joshua M. Hare

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  • ·Etanercept as adjunctive treatment for acute kawasaki disease: Study design and rationale

    Pagina :494-499

    Michael A. Portman, Aaron Olson, Brian Soriano, Nagib Dahdah, Richard Williams, Edward Kirkpatrick

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• Clinical Investigations

  • ·High-risk patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction derive greatest absolute benefit from primary percutaneous coronary intervention: Results from the Primary Coronary Angioplasty Trialist versus Thrombolysis (PCAT)-2 Collaboration

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    Sanneke P.M. de Boer, Elizabeth H. Barnes, Cynthia M. Westerhout, R. John Simes, Christopher B. Granger, Adnan Kastrati, Petr Widimsky, Menko Jan de Boer, Felix Zijlstra, Eric Boersma

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  • ·Localization of culprit lesions in coronary arteries of patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarctions: Relation to bifurcations and curvatures

    Pagina :508-515

    Michael C. McDaniel, Erin M. Galbraith, Ahmad M. Jeroudi, Omar R. Kashlan, Parham Eshtehardi, Jin Suo, Saurabh Dhawan, Michele Voeltz, Chandan Devireddy, John Oshinski, David G. Harrison, Don P. Giddens, Habib Samady

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  • ·Lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A₂ activity improves risk discrimination of incident coronary heart disease among women

    Pagina :516-522

    Ida J. Hatoum, Nancy R. Cook, Jeanenne J. Nelson, Kathryn M. Rexrode, Eric B. Rimm

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  • ·Cardiovascular abnormalities in adults with osteogenesis imperfecta

    Pagina :523-529

    Zoran Radunovic, Lena L. Wekre, Lien M. Diep, Kjetil Steine

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  • ·A comparison of echocardiographic measures of diastolic function for predicting all-cause mortality in a predominantly male population

    Pagina :530-537

    Patricia K. Nguyen, Ingela Schnittger, Paul A. Heidenreich

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  • ·The role of niacin in raising high-density lipoprotein cholesterol to reduce cardiovascular events in patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and optimally treated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol: Baseline characteristics of study participants. The Atherothrombosis Intervention in Metabolic syndrome with low HDL/high triglycerides: Impact on Global Health outcomes (AIM-HIGH) trial

    Pagina :538-543

    The AIM-HIGH Investigators a b ?

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  • ·Trends and disparities in referral to cardiac rehabilitation after percutaneous coronary intervention

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    Krishna G. Aragam, Mauro Moscucci, Dean E. Smith, Arthur L. Riba, Mark Zainea, James L. Chambers, David Share, Hitinder S. Gurm

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  • ·Clinical and echocardiographic predictors of nonresponse to cardiac resynchronization therapy

    Pagina :552-557

    Miriam Shanks, Victoria Delgado, Arnold C.T. Ng, Dominique Auger, Eline A.Q. Mooyaart, Matteo Bertini, Nina Ajmone Marsan, Rutger J. van Bommel, Eduard R. Holman, Don Poldermans, Martin J. Schalij, Jeroen J. Bax

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  • ·Safety and accuracy of a wireless pulmonary artery pressure monitoring system in patients with heart failure

    Pagina :558-566

    William T. Abraham, Philip B. Adamson, Ayesha Hasan, Robert C. Bourge, Salpy V. Pamboukian, Mark F. Aaron, Nirav Y. Raval

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  • ·Association of systolic blood pressure with mortality in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: A complex relationship

    Pagina :567-573

    Sameer Ather, Wenyaw Chan, Annirudha Chillar, David Aguilar, Allison M. Pritchett, Kumudha Ramasubbu, Xander H.T. Wehrens, Anita Deswal, Biykem Bozkurt

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  • ·Increase in sudden death from coronary artery disease in young adults

    Pagina :574-580

    Dabit Arzamendi, Begoña Benito, Helena Tizon-Marcos, Jose Flores, Jean François Tanguay, Hung Ly, Serge Doucet, Louis Leduc, Tack Ki Leung, Oscar Campuzano, Anna Iglesias, Mario Talajic, Ramon Brugada

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  • ·Intramyocardial plasmid-encoding human vascular endothelial growth factor A165/basic fibroblast growth factor therapy using percutaneous transcatheter approach in patients with refractory coronary artery disease (VIF-CAD)

    Pagina :581-589

    Krzysztof Kuku?a, Lidia Chojnowska, Maciej D?browski, Adam Witkowski, Zbigniew Chmielak, Miros?aw Skwarek, Jacek K?dziela, Anna Teresi?ska, Maciej Ma?ecki, Przemys?aw Janik, Zbigniew Lewandowski, Mariusz K?opotowski, Jacek Wnuk, Witold Ru?y??o

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  • ·Combined effect of cardiorespiratory fitness and adiposity on mortality in patients with coronary artery disease

    Pagina :590-597

    Kashish Goel, Randal J. Thomas, Ray W. Squires, Thais Coutinho, Jorge F. Trejo-Gutierrez, Virend K. Somers, John M. Miles, Francisco Lopez-Jimenez

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  • ·The relation between CYP2C19 genotype and phenotype in stented patients on maintenance dual antiplatelet therapy

    Pagina :598-604

    Paul A. Gurbel, Alan R. Shuldiner, Kevin P. Bliden, Kathaleen Ryan, Ruth E. Pakyz, Udaya S. Tantry

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  • ·Lack of impact of calcium-channel blockers on the pharmacodynamic effect and the clinical efficacy of clopidogrel after drug-eluting stenting

    Pagina :605-610

    Nikolaus Sarafoff, Lydia Neumann, Tanja Morath, Isabell Bernlochner, Julinda Mehilli, Albert Schömig, Adnan Kastrati, Dirk Sibbing

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  • ·The Occluded Artery Trial (OAT) Viability Ancillary Study (OAT-NUC): Influence of infarct zone viability on left ventricular remodeling after percutaneous coronary intervention versus optimal medical therapy alone

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    James E. Udelson, Camille A. Pearte, Carey D. Kimmelstiel, Mariusz Kruk, Joseph A. Kufera, Sandra A. Forman, Anna Teresinska, Bartosz Bychowiec, Jose Antonio Marin-Neto, Thomas Höchtl, Eric A. Cohen, Paulo Caramori, Benita Busz-Papiez, Christopher Adlbrecht, Zygmunt P. Sadowski, Witold Ruzyllo, Debra J. Kinan, Gervasio A. Lamas, Judith S. Hochman

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  • ·Clinical outcomes after percutaneous revascularization versus medical management in patients with significant renal artery stenosis: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

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    Dharam J. Kumbhani, Anthony A. Bavry, James E. Harvey, Russell de Souza, Roberto Scarpioni, Deepak L. Bhatt, Samir R. Kapadia

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  • ·Angina frequency after myocardial infarction and quality of life in older versus younger adults: The Prospective Registry Evaluating Myocardial Infarction: Event and Recovery study

    Pagina :631-638

    Ryan B. Longmore, John A. Spertus, Karen P. Alexander, Kensey Gosch, Kimberly J. Reid, Frederick A. Masoudi, Harlan M. Krumholz, Michael W. Rich

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  • ·Idebenone in Friedreich ataxia cardiomyopathy—results from a 6-month phase III study (IONIA)

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    Sarah J. Lagedrost, Martin St. John Sutton, Meryl S. Cohen, Gary M. Satou, Beth D. Kaufman, Susan L. Perlman, Christian Rummey, Thomas Meier, David R. Lynch

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• Letters to the Editor

  • ·The ancient and often incorrect units for the ventricular stroke work should be replaced by an SI unit

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    Wolfgang Schramm, Bily Notley

    
  • ·Response to Letter to the Editor by Schramm, MD, and Notley, MD

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    Lynn Sleeper

    
  • ·Time to ferry heart failure onto new shores: The need to effectively customize long-term therapy

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    Gaspare Parrinello, Daniele Torres, Salvatore Paterna, Giuseppe Licata, Pietro Di Pasquale

    
  • ·Dynamic furosemide dose: A marker of adverse heart failure outcomes

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    Husam M. Abdel-Qadir, Jack V. Tu, Gary E. Newton, Peter C. Austin, Douglas S. Lee