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• • ·Abciximab administration and outcome after intracoronary stent implantation

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    David Hasdai, Charanjit S Rihal, Malcolm R Bell, Peter B Berger, Diane E Grill, Kirk N Garratt, David R Holmes

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• • ·Comparison of coronary endothelial dynamics with electrocardiographic and left ventricular contractile responses to stress in the absence of coronary artery disease

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    Richard O Cannon, Rodolfo V Curiel, Abhiram Prasad, Arshed A Quyyumi, Julio A Panza

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• • ·Incremental prognostic value of serum levels of troponin T and C-reactive protein on admission in patients with unstable angina pectoris

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    Antonio G Rebuzzi, Gaetano Quaranta, Giovanna Liuzzo, Giuseppina Caligiuri, Gaetano A Lanza, J.Ruth Gallimore, Rita L Grillo, Domenico Cianflone, Luigi M Biasucci, Attilio Maseri

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• • ·Risk stratification of patients with medically treated unstable angina using exercise echocardiography

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    SteveS Lin, MichaelS Lauer, ThomasH Marwick

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• • ·Incremental prognostic value of adenosine myocardial perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography in women with suspected coronary artery disease

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    Aman M Amanullah, Daniel S Berman, Jacob Erel, Hosen Kiat, Ishac Cohen, Guido Germano, John D Friedman, Rory Hachamovitch

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• • ·Invasive versus conservative strategies in unstable angina and non\NQ-wave myocardial infarction following treatment with tirofiban: rationale and study design of the international TACTICS-TIMI 18 trial

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    Christopher P. Cannon, William S. Weintraub, Laura A. Demopoulos, Deborah H. Robertson, Glenn J. Gormley, Eugene Braunwald, TACTICS-TIMI 18 Investigators

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• • ·Effectiveness of once-nightly dosing of extended-release niacin alone and in combination for hypercholesterolemia

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    John R Guyton, Anne C Goldberg, Robert A Kreisberg, Dennis L Sprecher, H.Robert Superko, Christopher M O’Connor

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• • ·Comparison of metoprolol and sotalol in preventing ventricular tachyarrhythmias after the implantation of a cardioverter/defibrillator

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    Karlheinz Seidl, Bernd Hauer, Nicola G Schwick, Ralf Zahn, Jochen Senges

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• • ·Effects of prostacyclin on the pulmonary vascular tone and cardiac contractility of patients with pulmonary hypertension secondary to end-stage heart failure

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    Gilles Montalescot, Gérard Drobinski, Philippe Meurin, Jacques Maclouf, Ivan Sotirov, François Philippe, Rémi Choussat, Elisabeth Morin, Daniel Thomas

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• • ·Increasing degrees of left ventricular filling impairment modulate left atrial function in humans

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    Antonia Prioli, Paolo Marino, Laura Lanzoni, Piero Zardini

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• • ·Comparison of effects of ascorbic acid on endothelium-dependent vasodilation in patients with chronic congestive heart failure secondary to idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy versus patients with effort angina pectoris secondary to coronary artery disease

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    Keiichi Ito, Hozuka Akita, Kenji Kanazawa, Shinichiro Yamada, Masahiro Terashima, Yasuaki Matsuda, Mitsuhiro Yokoyama

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• • ·Likelihood of underreporting of outlet strut fracture from examination of the Dutch Björk-Shiley CC cohort

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    Marjon Kallewaard, Ale Algra, Jo Defauw, Diederick Grobbee, Yolanda van der Graaf, Björk-Shiley Study Group??Members of the Netherlands Björk-Shiley study group are listed in the . ?? Appendix

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• • ·Predictors of sudden cardiac death in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

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    Sanae Maki, Hisao Ikeda, Aiko Muro, Noriko Yoshida, Akira Shibata, Yoshinori Koga, Tsutomu Imaizumi

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• • ·Risk stratification in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy: contribution of Doppler-derived left ventricular filling

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    Rigobert Lapu-Bula, Annie Robert, Martine De Kock, Anne-Marie D’Hondt, Jean-Marie R Detry, Jacques A Melin, Jean-Louis Vanoverschelde

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• • ·Outcome of pregnancy following intervention for coarctation of the aorta

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    ArwaS Saidi, LouisI Bezold, CarolynA Altman, NancyA Ayres, J.Timothy Bricker

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• • ·Nosocomial infections in coronary care units in the United States

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    MichaelJ Richards, JonathanR Edwards, DavidH Culver, RobertP Gaynes, National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System

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• • ·Use of harmonic imaging without echocardiographic contrast to improve two-dimensional image quality

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    KirkT Spencer, James Bednarz, PatrickG Rafter, Claudia Korcarz, RobertoM Lang

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• • ·“Rescue” abciximab for complicated percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty

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    Eric Garbarz, Bruno Farah, Alain Vuillemenot, Francis André, Michaël Angio??, Jacques Machecourt, Jean Pierre Bassand, Jean Eric Wolf, Nicolas Danchin, Bernard Prendergast, Bernard Iung, Alec Vahanian

     
• • ·Clinical and angiographic outcome after stent placement for chronic coronary occlusion

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    Shpend Elezi, Adnan Kastrati, Anne Wehinger, Hanna Walter, Helmut Schühlen, Martin Hadamitzky, Josef Dirschinger, Franz-Josef Neumann, Albert Schömig

     
• • ·Myocardial Doppler velocity imaging—a quantitative technique for interpretation of dobutamine echocardiography

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    Elina Yamada, Mario Garcia, James D. Thomas, Thomas H. Marwick

     
• • ·Electrocardiographic correlates of absent septal q waves

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    Thomas C Mathew, Lakshmiprasad Shankariah, David H Spodick

    
• • ·Comparison of double bolus urokinase versus front-loaded alteplase regimen for acute myocardial infarction

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    Seung-Jung Park, Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction in Korea (TIMIKO) Study Group?See for members of the TIMIKO study organization. ? Appendix

    
• • ·Increased QT_c dispersion predicts lethal ventricular arrhythmias complicating coronary angioplasty

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    Takashi Ashikaga, Mitsuhiro Nishizaki, Masataka Arita, Noriyoshi Yamawake, Yukio Kishi, Fujio Numano, Masayasu Hiraoka

     
• • ·Impact of heart rate and atrioventricular delay on left ventricular diastolic filling in patients with dual-chamber pacing for sick sinus syndrome or atrioventricular block

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    Marcello de Divitiis, Maurizio Galderisi, Lucio Santangelo, Maria Serena Mayer, Oreste de Divitiis, Aldo Iacono

     
• • ·Usefulness of intravenous metoprolol to prevent syncope induced by head-up tilt

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    Jeffrey Kluger, Munama Bazunga, Richard Goldman, Eleanor O’Rangers, Peter Azar, Moses S.S Chow

     
• • ·A family study of anterior mitral leaflet thickness and mitral valve prolapse

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    Alfredo Zuppiroli, Mary J Roman, Michael O’Grady, Richard B Devereux

    
• • ·Results of transvenous buttoned device occlusion of patent ductus arteriosus in adults

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    P.Syamasundar Rao, Seong Ho Kim, Christian Rey, Eustaquio Onorato, Eleftherios B. Sideris, International Buttoned Device Trial Group

     
• • ·Effect of atenolol or metoprolol on arbutamine stress echocardiography in patients suspected of having coronary artery disease

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    Neil J Weissman, Steven J Sheris, Michael H Picard, David S Bach, Joel Sklar, Jerald L Cohen

    
• • ·Detecting exercise-induced ischemia in left bundle branch block using the electrocardiogram

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    NagiS Ibrahim, RonaldS Selvester, JamesM Hagar, MyrvinH Ellestad

     
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