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• • ·Management of Unstable Angina Pectoris and Non-Q-Wave Acute Myocardial Infarction in the United States and Canada (The TIMI III Registry)

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    H.Vernon Anderson, Robert S Gibson, Peter H Stone, Christopher P Cannon, Frank Aguirre, Bruce Thompson, Genell L Knatterud, Eugene Braunwald

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• • ·Effect of Endoscopic Transthoracic Sympathicotomy on Heart Rate Variability in Severe Angina Pectoris

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    Hans Tygesen, Göran Claes, Christer Drott, Håkan Emanuelsson, Milan Lomsky, Leon Lurje, Göran Radberg, Bertil Wennerblom, Christer Wettervik

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• • ·Angioplasty or Surgery for Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease: Comparison of Eligible Registry and Randomized Patients in the EAST Trial and Influence of Treatment Selection on Outcomes

    Page :1453-1459

    EAST Investigators, Spencer B King, Huiman X Barnhart, Andrzej S Kosinski, William S Weintraub, Nicholas J Lembo, Jackie Y Petersen, John S Douglas, Ellis L Jones, Joseph M Craver, Robert A Guyton, Douglas C Morris, Henry A Liberman

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• • ·Late Myocardial Ischemic Events After Saphenous Vein Graft Intervention—Importance of Initially “Nonsignificant” Vein Graft Lesions

    Page :1460-1464

    Stephen G. Ellis, Sorin J. Brener, Sue DeLuca, E.Murat Tuzcu, Russell E. Raymond, Patrick L. Whitlow, Eric J. Topol

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• • ·Results of Directional Coronary Atherectomy in Northern New England

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    Northern New England Cardiovascular Disease Study Group11A list of members appears in the Appendix. a b c d e f, Daniel J. O'Rourke, David J. Malenka, John F. Robb, William A. Bradley, Mirle A. Kellett, Samuel Shubrooks, Michael Hearne, Peter Verleem, David Wennberg, Paul T. Vaitkus, John O'Meara, Thomas J. Ryan, Bruce Hettleman, Mark Miller, Hebe Quinton, Anjana Sengupta, Gerald T. O'Connor

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• • ·Use of Cilostazol, a Novel Antiplatelet Agent, in a Post-Palmaz-Schatz Stenting Regimen

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    Masahiko Ochiai, Takaaki Isshiki, Satoshi Takeshita, Koji Eto, Hideki Toyoizumi, Tomohide Sato, Hideo Miyashita

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• • ·Comparison of One-Year Efficacy and Safety of Atorvastatin Versus Lovastatin in Primary Hypercholesterolemia

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    Atorvastatin Study Group I11See Appendix for a list of the investigators of the Atorvastatin Study Group I. a b c d e, Michael Davidson, James McKenney, Evan Stein, Helmut Schrott, Rebecca Bakker-Arkena, Rana Fayyad, Donald Black

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• • ·Relation of Ultra-Low Frequency Heart Rate Variability to the Clinical Course of Chronic Aortic Regurgitation

    Page :1482-1487

    Lisa A Freed, Kenneth M Stein, Jeffrey S Borer, Clare Hochreiter, Phyllis Supino, Richard B Devereux, Mary J Roman, Paul Kligfield

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• • ·Effects of Left Ventricular Systolic Function on Left Ventricular Diastolic Filling Patterns in Severe Mitral Regurgitation

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    Ara Sadaniantz, Greg Miller, Betsy J. Hadi, Alfred F. Parisi

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• • ·Preoperative Left Ventricular Peak Systolic Pressure/End-Systolic Volume Ratio and Functional Status Following Valve Surgery in Patients With Mitral Regurgitation and Enlarged End-Systolic Volumes

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    William R Pitts, Richard A Lange, Joaquin E Cigarroa, L.David Hillis

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• • ·Primary Repair of Isolated Ventricular Septal Defect in Infancy Guided by Echocardiography

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    Adriano Carotti, Bruno Marino, Maurizio Bevilacqua, Carlo Marcelletti, Eugenio Rossi, Gaetano Santoro, Giuseppe De Simone, Luciano Pasquini

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• • ·Shortening of Doppler-Derived Deceleration Time of Early Diastolic Transmitral Flow in the Presence of Pulmonary Hypertension Through Ventricular Interaction

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    Noritoshi Nagaya, Toru Satoh, Masaaki Uematsu, Yoshiaki Okano, Shingo Kyotani, Norifumi Nakanishi, Takeyoshi Kunieda

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• • ·Doppler Indexes of Left Ventricular Filling After Exercise in 50-Year-Old Healthy Persons

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    Toomas Kangro, Egil Henriksen, Tommy Jonason, Ivar Ringqvist

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• • ·Meta-Analysis of the Morning Excess of Acute Myocardial Infarction and Sudden Cardiac Death

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    Mylan C Cohen, Kati M Rohtla, Cynthia E Lavery, James E Muller, Murray A Mittleman

     
• • ·Comparison of the Prognostic Value of Dipyridamole and Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography in Patients With Known or Suspected Coronary Artery Disease

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    Klaus Schröder, Arne Wieckhorst, Heinz Völler

     
• • ·Comparison of Tc-99m Sestamibi Perfusion Imaging and Echocardiography Using an Arbutamine Infusion for the Detection of Coronary Artery Disease

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    Robert C. Hendel, William Kostuk, Rob S.B. Beanlands, Farooq Chaudry, Kathryn J. Ascah, Helen Young, Terrence D. Ruddy

    
• • ·Does the Presence and Site of Myocardial Ischemia on Perfusion Scintigraphy Predict the Occurrence and Site of Future Myocardial Infarction in Patients With Stable Coronary Artery Disease?

    Page :1521-1524

    Tasneem Z Naqvi, Rory Hachamovitch, Daniel Berman, Neil Buchbinder, Hosen Kiat, Prediman K Shah

     
• • ·Comparison of Six-Month Results of Coronary Stenting Versus Balloon Angioplasty Alone in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction

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    Myeong-Ki Hong, Seong-Wook Park, Jae-Joong Kim, Cheol Whan Lee, Seung-Jung Park

    
• • ·Are the Results of Primary Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty for Acute Myocardial Infarction Different During the “Off” Hours?

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    Philippe Garot, Jean-Michel Juliard, Hakim Benamer, Philippe Gabriel Steg

    
• • ·Transient Leftward QRS Axis Shift During Treadmill Exercise Testing or Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty Is a Highly Specific Marker of Proximal Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery Disease

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    Koji Kodama, Mareomi Hamada, Kunio Hiwada

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• • ·Effect on Survival of Previous Angina Pectoris After Acute Myocardial Infarction

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    Yoshio Kobayashi, Shunichi Miyazaki, Yuji Miyao, Isao Morii, Takahiro Matsumoto, Satoshi Daikoku, Akira Itoh, Yoichi Goto, Hiroshi Nonogi

     
• • ·Reversible Reduction in Plasma Concentration of Nitric Oxide Induced by Cigarette Smoking in Young Adults

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    Koichi Node, Masafumi Kitakaze, Hiromichi Yoshikawa, Hiroaki Kosaka, Masatsugu Hori

     
• • ·Clinical Significance of an Equivocal Signal-Averaged Electrocardiogram

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    Steven D Nelson, Mark Meier, Ali A Mehdirad, Charles J Love, Stephen F Schaal

    
• • ·Association of Plasma Renin Activity and Echocardiographic Left Ventricular Hypertrophy With Frequency of New Coronary Events and New Atherothrombotic Brain Infarction in Older Persons With Systemic Hypertension

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    Wilbert S Aronow, Chul Ahn, Itzhak Kronzon, Hal Gutstein

    
• • ·Effects of Dobutamine on Aortic Valve Indexes in Asymptomatic Patients With Bileaflet Mechanical Prostheses in the Aortic Valve Position

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    Chang-Her Tsai, Tsung-Ming Lee, Chih-Hao Wang, Kwan-Lih Hsu, Chiau-Suong Liau, Yuan-Teh Lee, Shu-Hsun Chu

     
• • ·Detection of Strands in Native Aortic Valves by Transesophageal Echocardiography

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    Thomas Menzel, Susanne Mohr-Kahaly, Katrin J. Arnold, Bernhard Kölsch, Helmut Kopp, Martin Spiecker, Stephan R. Wagner, Rolf Meinert, Jürgen Meyer

     
• • ·Digital Acoustic Analysis of Precordial Innocent Versus Ventricular Septal Defect Murmurs in Children

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    Douglas A Balster, David P Chan, Daniel G Rowland, Hugh D Allen

     
• • ·Plasma Levels of Adrenomedullin in Primary and Secondary Pulmonary Hypertension in Patients <20 Years of Age

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    Muneo Yoshibayashi, Tetsuro Kamiya, Kazuo Kitamura, Yoshihiko Saito, Kenji Kangawa, Toshio Nishikimi, Hiroaki Matsuoka, Tanenao Eto, Hisayuki Matsuo

    
• • ·Intake of Antioxidants Among American Cardiologists

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    Jason Mehta

     
• • ·Ay Method Providing Bidirectional Control of Coil Delivery in Occlusions of Patent Ductus Arteriosus With Shallow Ampulla and Pott's Shunts

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    Frank F Ing, Michael R Recto, Arwa Saidi, Susan Denfield, Charles E Mullins

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• • ·Comparison of Intravascular Ultrasound Measurements at the Sites of Balloon Dilatations of Femoral Arteries With Measurements of Postmortem Gross Arterial Segments at the Same Sites

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    Huai Luo, Michael C Fishbein, Hans Berglund, Toshihiko Nishioka, Chong-Jin Kim, Robert J Siegel

     
• • ·Documentation by Intravascular Ultrasound of Thrombus Overlying a Small Atheromatous Plaque in a Coronary Artery in Unstable Angina Pectoris and in Acute Myocardial Infarction

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    Yochai Birnbaum, Huai Luo, Michael C. Fishbein, Bruce Samuels, Robert J. Siegel

     
• • ·Use of Glucagon for Acute Intravenous Diltiazem Toxicity

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    Nicholas C. Mahr, Alfonso Valdes, Gervasio Lamas