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• • ·Nothin’ but ‘net?

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    Kirk N. Garratt

    
• • ·Myocardial necrosis in “pure unstable angina”: Identification of high-risk subgroups or a contradiction in terms?

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    Robert L. Jesse

    
• • ·Treatment of diffuse coronary lesions: A time for randomized trials

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    David J. Cohen, Harold L. Dauerman

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• • ·Much ado about thrombin

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    Neal S. Kleiman

    
• • ·Defining risk in unstable angina: Current trial design does not tell us who should be treated and with what therapy

    Page :199-202

    James E. Calvin, Lloyd W. Klein

    
• • ·Diagnostic performance of cardiac troponin I in suspected acute myocardial infarction: Implications for clinicians

    Page :203-206

    Milenko J. Tanasijevic, Elliott M. Antman

    
• • ·Clinical implications of intravascular ultrasound imaging for stenting procedures

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    N. Bruining, M. Sabaté, P.W. Serruys

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• • ·Understanding racial differences in the use of thrombolytic therapy: What more do we need to know?

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    Charles Maynard

    
• • ·The enduring value of Killip classification

    Page :213-215

    Steven W. Werns, Eric R. Bates

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• • ·Infectious causes of atherosclerosis

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    Jeffrey T. Kuvin, Carey D. Kimmelstiel

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• • ·Is all unstable angina the same? Insights from the Coronary Angioplasty Versus Excisional Atherectomy Trial (CAVEAT-I)

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    Robert A. Harrington, Robert M. Califf, David R. Holmes, Karen S. Pieper, A.Michael Lincoff, Lisa G. Berdan, Trevor D. Thompson, Eric J. Topol, For the CAVEAT-I Investigators

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• • ·Frequency and efficacy of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa therapy for treatment of threatened or acute vessel closure in 1332 patients undergoing percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty

    Page :234-240

    Karl K. Haase, Heiko Mahrholdt, Stephan Schröder, Andreas Baumbach, Martin Oberhoff, Christian Herdeg, Karl R. Karsch

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• • ·Video networking of cardiac catheterization laboratories

    Page :241-249

    Jonathan Tobis, Vicken Aharonian, Prakash Mansukhani, Shunji Kasaoka, Ravi Jhandyala, Rirei Son, Robert Browning, Linda Youngblood, Mark Thompson

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• • ·Effectiveness of heparin in preventing thrombin generation and thrombin activity in patients undergoing coronary intervention

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    Michael Ragosta, Milind Karve, Damien Brezynski, John Humphries, John M. Sanders, Ian J. Sarembock, Lawrence W. Gimple, Eric R. Powers

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• • ·Economic impact on physicians and hospitals of proposed changes in Medicare reimbursement for coronary interventions

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    Paul T. Vaitkus

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• • ·Clinical risk factors for ischemic complications after percutaneous coronary interventions: Results from the EPIC trial

    Page :264-273

    Mark C. Thel, Robert M. Califf, James E. Tcheng, Kristina N. Sigmon, A.Michael Lincoff, Eric J. Topol, Stephen G. Ellis, For the EPIC Investigators

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• • ·Systemic and translesional activation of coagulation, fibrinolytic, and inhibitory systems in candidates for coronary angioplasty: Basal state and effect of successful dilation

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    Kenneth G. Lehmann, Emma Gonzales, Bui D. Tri, Nosratola D. Vaziri

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• • ·Direct comparison of early elevations of cardiac troponin T and I in patients with clinical unstable angina

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    Filippo Ottani, Marcello Galvani, Donatella Ferrini, Jack H. Ladenson, Roberto Puggioni, Antonio Destro, Daniele Baccos, Stefano Bosi, Annalisa Ronchi, Franco Rusticali, Allan S. Jaffe

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• • ·Long-term follow-up study of coronary reconstruction with multiple stents

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    Ming W. Liu, Jiang F. Luo, Larry S. Dean, William A. Baxley, Sriram S. Iyer, Ronald J. Sutor, Brian Negus, Gary S. Roubin

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• • ·Physical examination in valvular aortic stenosis: Correlation with stenosis severity and prediction of clinical outcome

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    Brad Munt, Malcolm E. Legget, Carol D. Kraft, Carolyn Y. Miyake-Hull, Michelle Fujioka, Catherine M. Otto

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• • ·Underutilization of antithrombotic therapy in elderly rural patients with atrial fibrillation

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    Greg C. Flaker, Daniel Joseph McGowan, Michael Boechler, Gary Fortune, Brian Gage

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• • ·SHould We Emergently Revascularize Occluded Coronaries for Cardiogenic ShocK: An international randomized trial of emergency PTCA/CABG—trial design

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    Judith S. Hochman, Lynn A. Sleeper, Emilie Godfrey, Sonja M. McKinlay, Timothy Sanborn, Jacques Col, Thierry LeJemtel, For the SHOCK Trial Study Group

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• • ·Clinical predictors of in-hospital prognosis in unstable angina: ECLA 3

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    O. Bazzino, R. Díaz, C. Tajer, C. Paviotti, E. Mele, M. Trivi, A. Piombo, A.Hirschson Prado, E. Paolasso, For the ECLA Collaborative Group

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• • ·Implementation of serum cardiac troponin I as marker for detection of acute myocardial infarction

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    Alireza Falahati, Scott W. Sharkey, Dane Christensen, Matt McCoy, Elizabeth A. Miller, Mary Ann Murakami, Fred S. Apple

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• • ·Lower thrombolytic use for African Americans with myocardial infarction: An influence of clinical presentation?

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    Steven Borzak, Christine Joseph, Suzanne Havstad, Barbara Tilley, Stephen T. Smith, Susan D. Housholder, Mihai Gheorghiade

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• • ·C-Reactive protein and coronary artery disease: Additional evidence of the implication of an inflammatory process in acute coronary syndromes

    Page :346-351

    Idrissia Abdelmouttaleb, Nicolas Danchin, Claudio Ilardo, Isabelle Aimone-Gastin, Michael Angioï, Alain Lozniewski, Julien Loubinoux, Alain Le Faou, Jean-Louis Guéant

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• • ·Hospitalization of patients with heart failure: National Hospital Discharge Survey, 1985 to 1995

    Page :352-360

    Gail A. Haldeman, Janet B. Croft, Wayne H. Giles, Ali Rashidee

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• • ·Association of Killip class on admission and left ventricular dilatation after myocardial infarction: A closer look into an old clinical classification

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    Aleksandar N. Neškovi?, Petar Otaševi?, Milovan Boji?, Aleksandar D. Popovi?

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• • ·Intravascular ultrasound and stent implantation: Intraobserver and interobserver variability

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    Erwin Blessing, Dirk Hausmann, Matthias Sturm, Hans-Georg Wolpers, Ivo Amende, Andreas Mügge

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