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• • ·Table of Contents

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• • ·Editorial Board

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• • ·Information for Readers

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• Editorial

  • ·From batting average to wins above replacement to composite end points—refining clinical research using baseball statistical methods

    Pagina :805-806

    Kevin J. Anstrom, Eric L. Eisenstein

    

• Trial Design

  • ·Rationale and design of the clinical evaluation of the Resolute Zotarolimus-Eluting Coronary Stent System in the treatment of de novo lesions in native coronary arteries (the RESOLUTE US clinical trial)

    Pagina :807-814

    Laura Mauri, Martin B. Leon, Alan C. Yeung, Manuela Negoita, Michelle J. Keyes, Joseph M. Massaro

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  • ·Rationale and design of the Anti-Xa Therapy to Lower cardiovascular events in Addition to standard therapy in Subjects with Acute Coronary Syndrome–Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction 51 (ATLAS-ACS 2 TIMI 51) trial: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of rivaroxaban in subjects with acute coronary syndrome

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    C. Michael Gibson, Jessica L. Mega, Paul Burton, Shinya Goto, Freek Verheugt, Christoph Bode, Alexei Plotnikov, Xiang Sun, Nancy Cook-Bruns, Eugene Braunwald

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• Curriculum in Cardiology

  • ·Erythropoietin as a treatment of anemia in heart failure: Systematic review of randomized trials

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    Dipak Kotecha, Katherine Ngo, Julia A.E. Walters, Luis Manzano, Alberto Palazzuoli, Marcus D. Flather

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  • ·Early clopidogrel use in non–ST elevation acute coronary syndrome and subsequent coronary artery bypass grafting

    Pagina :832-841

    Michael A. Burke, Richard Lee, Dan J. Fintel

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• Progress in Cardiology

  • ·Chronic noncommunicable cardiovascular and pulmonary disease in sub-Saharan Africa: An academic model for countering the epidemic

    Pagina :842-847

    Gerald S. Bloomfield, Sylvester Kimaiyo, E. Jane Carter, Cynthia Binanay, G. Ralph Corey, Robert M. Einterz, William M. Tierney, Eric J. Velazquez

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• Clinical Investigations

  • ·Refining clinical trial composite outcomes: An application to the Assessment of the Safety and Efficacy of a New Thrombolytic–3 (ASSENT-3) trial

    Pagina :848-854

    Paul W. Armstrong, Cynthia M. Westerhout, Frans Van de Werf, Robert M. Califf, Robert C. Welsh, Robert G. Wilcox, Jeffrey A. Bakal

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  • ·Association between patient beliefs and medication adherence following hospitalization for acute coronary syndrome

    Pagina :855-863

    Nancy M. Allen LaPointe, Fang-Shu Ou, Sara B. Calvert, Chiara Melloni, Judith A. Stafford, Tina Harding, Eric D. Peterson, Karen P. Alexander

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  • ·Treatment and outcomes in patients with myocardial infarction treated with acute ?-blocker therapy: Results from the American College of Cardiology’s NCDR®

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    Michael C. Kontos, Debra B. Diercks, P. Michael Ho, Tracy Y. Wang, Anita Y. Chen, Matthew T. Roe

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  • ·Outcomes in patients with chest pain evaluated in a chest pain unit: The Chest Pain Evaluation in the Emergency Room study cohort

    Pagina :871-877

    Michael W. Cullen, Guy S. Reeder, Michael E. Farkouh, Stephen L. Kopecky, Peter A. Smars, Thomas R. Behrenbeck, Thomas G. Allison

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  • ·Prognostic significance of electrocardiographic-determined left ventricular hypertrophy and associated ST-segment depression in patients with non–ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes

    Pagina :878-885

    Sammy Ali, Shaun G. Goodman, Raymond T. Yan, Andrzej Budaj, Keith A.A. Fox, Joel M. Gore, David Brieger, Jose López-Sendón, Anatoly Langer, Frans van de Werf, Ph. Gabriel Steg, Andrew T. Yan

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  • ·Race-ethnic differences in the association between lipid profile components and risk of myocardial infarction: The Northern Manhattan Study

    Pagina :886-892

    Joshua Z. Willey, Carlos J. Rodriguez, Richard F. Carlino, Yeseon Park Moon, Myunghee C. Paik, Bernadette Boden-Albala, Ralph L. Sacco, Marco R. DiTullio, Shunichi Homma, Mitchell S.V. Elkind

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  • ·In patients with aortic stenosis increased flow-mediated dilation is independently associated with higher peak jet velocity and lower asymmetric dimethylarginine levels

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    Julia Schumm, Stephanie Luetzkendorf, Wilma Rademacher, Marcus Franz, Christiane Schmidt-Winter, Michael Kiehntopf, Hans R. Figulla, Bernhard R. Brehm

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  • ·Cardiovascular outcomes are predicted by exercise-stress myocardial perfusion imaging: Impact on death, myocardial infarction, and coronary revascularization procedures

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    Douglas S. Lee, Flavia Verocai, Mansoor Husain, Darar Al Khdair, Xuesong Wang, Michael Freeman, Robert M. Iwanochko

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  • ·Gender differences in the prognostic value of exercise treadmill test characteristics

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    Stacie L. Daugherty, David J. Magid, Jennifer R. Kikla, John E. Hokanson, Judith Baxter, Colleen A. Ross, Frederick A. Masoudi

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  • ·Dose-dependent effects of omega-3-polyunsaturated fatty acids on systolic left ventricular function, endothelial function, and markers of inflammation in chronic heart failure of nonischemic origin : A double-blind, placebo-controlled, 3-arm study

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    Deddo Moertl, Alexandra Hammer, Sabine Steiner, Raisa Hutuleac, Karin Vonbank, Rudolf Berger

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  • ·Do heart failure disease management programs make financial sense under a bundled payment system?

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    Zubin J. Eapen, Shelby D. Reed, Lesley H. Curtis, Adrian F. Hernandez, Eric D. Peterson

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  • ·Risk scores versus natriuretic peptides for identifying prevalent stage B heart failure

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    Sachin Gupta, Anand Rohatgi, Colby R. Ayers, Parag C. Patel, Susan A. Matulevicius, Ronald M. Peshock, David W. Markham, James A. de Lemos, Jarett D. Berry, Mark H. Drazner

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  • ·Markedly increased Rho-kinase activity in circulating leukocytes in patients with chronic heart failure

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    María Paz Ocaranza, Luigi Gabrielli, Italo Mora, Lorena Garcia, Paul McNab, Iván Godoy, Sandra Braun, Samuel Córdova, Pablo Castro, Ulises Novoa, Mario Chiong, Sergio Lavandero, Jorge E. Jalil

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  • ·Acute and short-term hemodynamic effects of metoprolol in Eisenmenger syndrome: A preliminary observational study

    Pagina :938-943

    Sivasubramanian Ramakrishnan, Chirayu Vyas, Shyam S. Kothari, Balram Bhargava, Bharat Bhooshan Kukreti, Mani Kalaivani, Rajnish Juneja, Sandeep Seth, Anita Saxena, Vinay K. Bahl

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  • ·Impact of worsening renal function during the treatment of decompensated heart failure on changes in renal function during subsequent hospitalization

    Pagina :944-949

    Jeffrey M. Testani, Thomas P. Cappola, Brian D. McCauley, Jennifer Chen, James Shen, Richard P. Shannon, Stephen E. Kimmel

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  • ·Housing conditions and mortality in older patients hospitalized for heart failure

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    María C. Zuluaga, Pilar Guallar-Castillón, Pedro Conthe, Carlos Rodríguez-Pascual, Auxiliadora Graciani, Luz M. León-Muñoz, Juan Luis Gutiérrez-Fisac, Enrique Regidor, Fernando Rodríguez-Artalejo

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  • ·Plasma fibroblast growth factor 23, parathyroid hormone, phosphorus, and risk of coronary heart disease

    Pagina :956-962

    Eric N. Taylor, Eric B. Rimm, Meir J. Stampfer, Gary C. Curhan

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  • ·Impact of contrast-induced acute kidney injury definition on clinical outcomes

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    Carlo Budano, Mario Levis, Maurizio D'Amico, Tullio Usmiani, Antonella Fava, Pierluigi Sbarra, Manuel Burdese, Gian Paolo Segoloni, Antonio Colombo, Sebastiano Marra

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  • ·Peripheral artery disease, biomarkers, and darapladib

    Pagina :972-978

    Jeffrey S. Berger, Christie M. Ballantyne, Michael H. Davidson, Joel L. Johnson, Elizabeth A. Tarka, Denise Lawrence, Trupti Trivedi, Andrew Zalewski, Emile R. Mohler

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  • ·Ankle brachial index screening in asymptomatic older adults

    Pagina :979-985

    Ruth E. Taylor-Piliae, Joan M. Fair, Ann N. Varady, Mark A. Hlatky, Linda C. Norton, Carlos Iribarren, Alan S. Go, Stephen P. Fortmann

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  • ·The epidemiology of atrial fibrillation in adults depends on locale of diagnosis

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    Roopinder K. Sandhu, Jeffrey A. Bakal, Justin A. Ezekowitz, Finlay A. McAlister

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  • ·High-dose atorvastatin and risk of atrial fibrillation in patients with prior stroke or transient ischemic attack: Analysis of the Stroke Prevention by Aggressive Reduction in Cholesterol Levels (SPARCL) trial

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    Gregory G. Schwartz, Bernard R. Chaitman, Jeffrey J. Goldberger, Michael Messig

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  • ·A pilot study of the feasibility of heart screening for sudden cardiac arrest in healthy children

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    Victoria L. Vetter, Noreen Dugan, Rong Guo, Laura Mercer-Rosa, Marie Gleason, Meryl Cohen, R. Lee Vogel, Ramesh Iyer

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• Letters to the Editor

  • ·Randomized trial of aspirin and clopidogrel versus aspirin alone for the prevention of coronary artery bypass graft occlusion: The Preoperative Aspirin and Postoperative Antiplatelets in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting surgery

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    Meltem Refiker

    
  • ·Randomized trial of aspirin and clopidogrel versus aspirin alone for the prevention of coronary artery bypass graft occlusion: The Preoperative Aspirin and Postoperative Antiplatelets in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting study

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    Jack C.J. Sun

    
  • ·Was the role of statins in slowing the progression of abdominal aortic aneurysms underestimated?

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    Wassef Karrowni, Francis J. Miller

    
  • ·Association of statin prescription with small abdominal aortic aneurysm progression

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    Jonathan Golledge, Craig Ferguson, Philip Walker, Anthony Dear, Bernie Bourke, Tim Buckenham, Paul Norman

    
  • ·The value of elevated high-sensitive troponin T

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    Alessandro Durante

    
  • ·Response from the authors to: The value of elevated high-sensitivity troponin T

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    Gjin Ndrepepa, Adnan Kastrati