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• • ·Quantification of the extent of area at risk with fast contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging in experimental coronary artery stenosis

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    Maythem Saeed, Michael F. Wendland, Dieter Szolar, Hajime Sakuma, Jean-Francois Geschwind, Sebastian Globits, Nikita Derugin, Charles B. Higgins

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• • ·Effect of type A behavioral counseling on frequency of episodes of silent myocardial ischemia in coronary patients

    Page :933-937

    Meyer Friedman, William S. Breall, M.Lou Goodwin, Barton J. Sparagon, Ghassan Ghandour, Nancy Fleischmann

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• • ·Myocardial imaging with a new transpulmonary lipid-fluorocarbon echo contrast agent: Experimental studies in pigs

    Page :938-945

    Susan E. Grauer, George A. Pantely, Jinping Xu, Shuping Ge, George D. Giraud, Takahiro Shiota, David J. Sahn

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• • ·Exercise training and heparin pretreatment in patients with coronary artery disease

    Page :946-951

    Juan A. Gagliardi, Nilda G. Prado, Javier C. Marino, Susana Lederer, Alberto O. Ramos, Carlos A. Bertolasi

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• • ·Changes in plasma lipids and lipoproteins associated with starting or stopping postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy

    Page :952-958

    Aaron R. Folsom, Paul G. McGovern, Azmi A. Nabulsi, Eyal Shahar, Emily S.B. Kahn, Susan P. Winkhart, Alice D. White

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• • ·Attenuation of the no-reflow phenomenon after coronary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction with intracoronary papaverine

    Page :959-963

    Masaharu Ishihara, Hikaru Sato, Hironobu Tateishi, Takuji Kawagoe, Yuji Shimatani, Satoshi Kurisu, Kazuko Sakai

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• • ·Thrombolytic enhancement with perfluorocarbon-exposed sonicated dextrose albumin microbubbles

    Page :964-968

    Thomas R. Porter, Robert F. LeVeen, Randy Fox, Alan Kricsfeld, Feng Xie

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• • ·Local intracoronary heparin delivery with a microporous balloon catheter

    Page :969-972

    Clifford N. Thomas, Keith A. Robinson, Gus D. Cipolla, Spencer B. King, Neal A. Scott

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• • ·Long-term results of electrophysiologically guided sotalol therapy for life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias

    Page :973-978

    Randall J. Lee, Mary Wong, Andreana Siu, Marilynn Namekawa-Wong, Laurence M. Epstein, Adam P. Fitzpatrick, Harlan R. Grogin, Melvin M. Scheinman, Michael D. Lesh

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• • ·Catheter-induced atrioventricular nodal block during radiofrequency ablation

    Page :979-985

    Anthony King, Ming-Shien Wen, San-Jou Yeh, Chung-Chieh Wang, Fun-Chung Lin, Delon Wu

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• • ·Sudden death in patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators

    Page :986-988

    Huagui Li, Kathi Axtell, Michael Biehl, Sanjay Deshpande, Anwer Dhala, Zalman Blanck, Jabir Sra, Mohamad Jazayeri, Masood Akhtar

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• • ·Effect of an intravenous angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor on the electrophysiologic features of normal and hypertrophied feline ventricles

    Page :989-994

    Seth J. Rials, Ying Wu, Ferrel J. Pauletto, Sandra V. Abramson, Roger A. Marinchak, Peter R. Kowey

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• • ·Patterns of Doppler-measured blood flow velocity in the normal and fibrillating human left atrial appendage

    Page :995-1003

    Diane Fatkin, Michael P. Feneley

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• • ·Treatment and post-treatment effects of ⍺- versus β-receptor blockers on left ventricular structure and function in essential hypertension

    Page :1004-1009

    Hans P. Schobel, Matthias Langenfeld, Christoph Gatzka, Roland E. Schmieder

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• • ·Epidemiologic characteristics, management, and outcome of deep venous thrombosis in a tertiary-care hospital: The Brigham and Women's Hospital DVT registry

    Page :1010-1014

    Andrea Piccioli, Paolo Prandoni, Samuel Z. Goldhaber

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• • ·Elevated levels of basic fibroblast growth factor in patients with limb ischemia

    Page :1015-1019

    Stephanie Rohovsky, Marianne Kearney, Ann Pieczek, Ken Rosenfield, Robert Schainfeld, Patricia A. D'Amore, Jeffrey M. Isner

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• • ·Assessment of quantitative hypertrophy scores in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Magnetic resonance imaging versus echocardiography

    Page :1020-1027

    Jan L. Posma, Paul K. Blanksma, Ernst E. van der Wall, Hans P.M. Hamer, Eduard L. Mooyaart, Kong I. Lie

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• • ·Echinococcosis of the heart: Clinical and echocardiographic features in 19 patients

    Page :1028-1030

    Tali T. Bashour, Abdel R.K. Alali, Dean T. Mason, Michael Saalouke

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• • ·New diagnostic options in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

    Page :1031-1041

    Jan L. Posma, Ernst E. van der Wall, Paul K. Blanksma, Evert van der Wall, Kong I. Lie

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• • ·Dynamic planar myocardial perfusion imaging in patients with one-vessel disease with intracoronary injection of technetium 99m teboroxime during papaverine-induced coronary hyperemia

    Page :1042-1047

    Flavio Tartagni, Francesco Fallani, Claudio Corbelli, Nino Monetti, Giancarlo Piovaccari, Antonio Marzocchi, Romano Zannoli, Angelo Branzi, Bruno Magnani, Jaekyeong Heo, Abdulmassih S. Iskandrian

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• • ·Endothelin-1 plasma levels in essential hypertension: Increased levels with coronary artery disease

    Page :1048-1049

    Rosario Cassone, Carlo Moroni, Claudio Parlapiano, Francesco Bondanini, Teresa Blefari, Cesare Affricano

    
• • ·Contrast nephropathy after coronary angioplasty in chronic renal insufficiency

    Page :1049-1050

    Ronald E. Vlietstra, Christopher M. Nunn, Javier Narvarte, Kevin F. Browne

    
• • ·Fatal myocardial ischemia caused by compression of the left coronary system by a large left sinus of Valsalva aneurysm

    Page :1050-1052

    Tali T. Bashour, Frank Chen, Alexander Yap, Dean T. Mason, Naoum Baladi

    
• • ·Pseudo-myocardial infarction in transurethral resection syndrome

    Page :1053-1054

    J.Gary Gustafson, Jun Chung, Stephen L. Archer

    
• • ·Tricuspid papillary muscle rupture after coronary artery bypass surgery: Identification by transesophageal echocardiography

    Page :1055-1058

    Ian I. Joffe, Larry E. Jacobs, Alyson N. Owen, Alfred Ioli, Steven E. Weiss, Fred K. Nakhjavan, Theodore G. Mayer, Morris N. Kotler

    
• • ·Dobutamine-induced ST segment elevation and ventricular fibrillation with nonsignificant coronary artery disease

    Page :1058-1060

    Joseph Shaheen, Boaz Mendzelevski, Dan Tzivoni

    
• • ·Effective therapy with transthoracic video-assisted endoscopic coagulation of the left stellate ganglion and upper sympathetic trunk in congenital long-QT syndrome

    Page :1060-1063

    Cheuk-Wah Wong, Chao-Hung Wang, Ming-Shien Wen, San-Jou Yeh, Delon Wu

    
• • ·Echocardiography in the evaluation of cardiac pheochromocytoma

    Page :1063-1066

    Jeffrey S. Mandak, Charles H. Benoit, Ralph H. Starkey, Louis A. Nassef

    
• • ·Isolated cardiac metastasis of adrenal carcinoma: Transesophageal echocardiographic features

    Page :1066-1068

    Ali Bilge, Luc A. Pierard, Henri E. Kulbertus

    
• • ·Respiratory variation of carotid artery flow in cardiac tamponade

    Page :1068-1070

    Ajit R. Bhagwat, Brian D. Hoit

    
• • ·Progressive dehiscence and dynamic compression of an aortic root homograft: Detection and characterization by transesophageal echocardiography

    Page :1070-1073

    Sherif F. Nagueh, Biykem Bozkurt, George A. Li, Stuart L. Solomon, Michael J. Reardon, William A. Zoghbi

    
• • ·Magnetic resonance imaging of anomalous origin of the right pulmonary artery from the ascending aorta in association with ventricular septal defect

    Page :1073-1074

    Meng-Hsun Lin, Ching-Tsuen Shen, Nan-Koong Wang, Yung-Ming Lin, Chin-Ming Jeng

    
• • ·Congenital absence of the pulmonary valve with tetralogy of Fallot with associated aortic stenosis and patent ductus arteriosus: A prenatal diagnosis

    Page :1075-1077

    Daniel G. Rowland, Tonia Caserta, Pamela Foy, John J. Wheller, Hugh D. Allen

    
• • ·Renal artery stenosis complicated by hypertensive heart disease in a young child: Successful therapy by balloon angioplasty

    Page :1077-1079

    Chi-Di Liang, Song-Chei Huang, Wei-Feng Chen

    
• • ·Congenital long-QT syndrome: Deleterious effect of long-term high-rate ventricular pacing and definitive treatment by cardiac transplantation

    Page :1079-1081

    Herman O. Klein, Alex Levi, Elieser Kaplinsky, Elio Di Segni, Daniel David

    
• • ·Ultrasound-guided treatment of acute coronary stent thrombosis

    Page :1081-1084

    Giampaolo Pasquetto, Carlo Di Mario, Alessandra Bianchi, Clemens von Birgelen, Bernhard Reimers, Robert Gil, Patrick W. Serruys

    
• • ·Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty in Takayasu's arteritis

    Page :1084-1086

    Hae-Yong Lee, P.Syamasundar Rao

    
• • ·Acute electrocardiographic pseudoinfarction pattern in the setting of diabetic ketoacidosis and severe hyperkalemia

    Page :1086-1089

    Eric M. Sweterlitsch, Gerald W. Murphy

    
• • ·Right ventricular infarction mimicking acute anteroseptal left ventricular infarction

    Page :1089-1093

    Zia U. Khan, Te-Chuan Chou

    
• • ·Bullet embolus from the heart to the right subclavian artery after gunshot wound to the right chest

    Page :1093-1094

    Martin S. Bilsker, E.Joseph Bauerlein, Max L. Kamerman

    
• • ·Evolving models of warfarin management: Anticoagulation clinics, patient self-monitoring, and patient self-management

    Page :1095-1100

    Jack E. Ansell, Robert Hughes

    
• • ·The inflammatory etiology of unstable angina

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    Rabih R. Azar, David D. Waters