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• • ·Temporal trends in pharmacotherapy for congestive heart failure at an academic medical center: 1990-1995

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    Michael W. Rich, Kristin Brooks, Priya Luther^a

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• • ·Prevention of hospitalizations for heart failure with an interactive home monitoring program

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    Nihir B. Shah, Elaine Der, Chris Ruggerio, Paul A. Heidenreich, Barry M. Massie

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• • ·Influence of exercise training on blood viscosity in patients with coronary artery disease and impaired left ventricular function

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    Walter H. Reinhart, Gerald Dziekan, Ute Goebbels, John Myers, Paul Dubach

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• • ·Comparison between mixed venous oxygen saturation and thermodilution cardiac output in monitoring patients with severe heart failure treated with milrinone and dobutamine

    Page :383-388

    Stefanie Nuñez, Alan Maisel

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• • ·Clinical predictors of worsening heart failure during withdrawal from digoxin therapy

    Page :389-397

    Kirkwood F. Adams, Mihai Gheorghiade, Barry F. Uretsky, James B. Young, J.Herbert Patterson, Lisa Tomasko, Milton Packer

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• • ·Exertional dyspnea in heart failure: A symptom unrelated to pulmonary function at rest or during exercise

    Page :398-405

    Stuart D. Russell, Frederick R. McNeer, Michael B. Higginbotham, For the Duke University Clinical Cardiology Studies (DUCCS) Exercise Group Durham, N.C.

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• • ·Absence of a deleterious effect of calcium channel blockers in patients with left ventricular dysfunction after myocardial infarction: The SAVE study experience

    Page :406-413

    W.David Hager, Barry R. Davis, Arthur Riba, Lemuel A. Moye, Chuan-Chuan Wun, Jean L. Rouleau, Gervasio A. Lamas, Marc A. Pfeffer, For the SAVE Investigators

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• • ·Vasodilatory effects of B-type natriuretic peptide are impaired in patients with chronic heart failure

    Page :414-420

    Motoyuki Nakamura, Naoshi Arakawa, Hiroaki Yoshida, Shinji Makita, Hiroyuki Niinuma, Katsuhiko Hiramori

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• • ·Prevalence of spontaneous reperfusion and associated myocardial salvage in patients with acute myocardial infarction

    Page :421-427

    Timothy F. Christian, James J. Milavetz, Todd D. Miller, Ian P. Clements, David R. Holmes, Raymond J. Gibbons

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• • ·Risk factors in the offspring of women with premature coronary heart disease

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    Jerilyn K. Allen, Roger S. Blumenthal

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• • ·In a managed care setting, are there sex differences in the use of coronary angiography after acute myocardial infarction?

    Page :435-442

    Candice C. Wong, Erika S. Froelicher, Peter Bacchetti, Lauren Gee, Joseph V. Selby, Robert Lundstrom, Bix Swain^c, Alison Truman^c

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• • ·Administration of thrombolytic therapy to 17,944 patients with acute myocardial infarction: The GISSI-3 database

    Page :443-448

    Marco Bobbio, Serena Bergerone, Aldo P. Maggioni, Roberto Malacrida, Maria Grazia Franzosi, Simona Barlera, Gianni Tognoni, On the behalf of the GISSI-3 Investigators

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• • ·Reliability of the exercise-induced ST-segment changes to detect restenosis three months after coronary angioplasty: Significance of the appearance in other leads

    Page :449-456

    Andreas P. Michaelides, Polychronis E. Dilaveris, Zoi D. Psomadaki, Stefanos Aggelakas, Christodoulos Stefanadis, Dennis Cokkinos, John Gialafos, Pavlos K. Toutouzas

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• • ·Right atrial thrombi are related to indwelling central venous catheter position: Insights into time course and possible mechanism of formation

    Page :457-462

    Dan Gilon, David Schechter, Azaria J.J.T. Rein, Zvi Gimmon, Reuven Or, Yoseph Rozenman, Shimon Slavin, Mervyn S. Gotsman, Arnon Nagler

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• • ·Assessment of myocardial viability: Dobutamine echocardiography and thallium-201 single-photon emission computed tomographic imaging predict the postoperative improvement of left ventricular function after bypass surgery

    Page :463-475

    Albrecht Elsässer, Klaus D. Müller, Achim Vogt, Rudolf Strasser, Christina Gagel, Martin Schlepper, Wolf P. Klövekorn

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• • ·Role of transesophageal echocardiography in the assessment of patients with blunt chest trauma: Correlation of echocardiographic findings with the electrocardiogram and creatine kinase monoclonal antibody measurements

    Page :476-481

    Miguel A. García-Fernández, José M. López-Pérez, Nicasio Pérez-Castellano, Lorenzo F. Quero, Alejandro Virgós-Lamela, Alejandra Otero-Ferreiro, Ana M. Lasara, Marino Vega, Mar Moreno, José A. Pastor-Benavent, J. Bermejo, José García-Pardo, Miguel Gil de la Peña, Juan Navia, Juan L. Delcán

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• • ·Noninvasive evaluation of myocardial ischemia in Kawasaki disease: Comparison between dipyridamole stress thallium imaging and exercise stress testing

    Page :482-487

    Tsuyoshi Fukuda, Teiji Akagi, Masatoshi Ishibashi, Osamu Inoue, Tetsu Sugimura, Hirohisa Kato

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• • ·Endothelial function of internal mammary artery in patients with coronary artery disease and in cardiac transplant recipients

    Page :488-494

    Guy Berkenboom, Vincent Crasset, Christophe Giot, Philippe Unger, Jean-Luc Vachiery, Jean-Louis LeClerc

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• • ·Impact of cilostazol on intimal proliferation after directional coronary atherectomy

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    Etsuo Tsuchikane, Osamu Katoh, Satoru Sumitsuji, Atsunori Fukuhara, Masanobu Funamoto, Satoru Otsuji, Hitone Tateyama, Nobuhisa Awata, Tohru Kobayashi

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• • ·Thrombin activation and late restenosis after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty

    Page :503-509

    Alessandro Salvioni, Stefano Galli, Giancarlo Marenzi, Gianfranco Lauri, Giovanni B. Perego, Emilio Assanelli, Maurizio D. Guazzi

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• • ·Restenosis after coronary stenting in current clinical practice

    Page :510-518

    David Antoniucci, Renato Valenti, Giovanni M. Santoro, Leonardo Bolognese, Maurizio Trapani, Giampaolo Cerisano, Vieri Boddi, Pier Filippo Fazzini

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• • ·Effect of intracoronary balloon inflation at percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty on QT dispersion

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    Richard Tarabey, Dimitri Sukenik, Janos Molnar, John C. Somberg

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• • ·Clinical correlates of in-hospital costs for acute myocardial infarction in patients 65 years of age and older

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    Harlan M. Krumholz, Jersey Chen, Jaime E. Murillo, David J. Cohen, Martha J. Radford

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• • ·Preventing stroke recurrence in patients with patent foramen ovale: Antithrombotic therapy, foramen closure, or therapeutic abstention? A decision analytic perspective

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    Mathieu R. Nendaz, François P. Sarasin, Alain F. Junod, Julien Bogousslavsky

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• • ·Plasma levels of adrenomedullin in patients with mitral stenosis

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    Keiji Yamamoto, Uichi Ikeda, Hiromichi Sekiguchi, Kazuyuki Shimada

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• • ·Correction

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    Giovanni Belotti