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• • ·Enhancing Recovery in Coronary Heart Disease Patients (ENRICHD): Study design and methods

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    The ENRICHD investigators

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• • ·Rationale and design of the Magnesium in Coronaries (MAGIC) study: A clinical trial to reevaluate the efficacy of early administration of magnesium in acute myocardial infarction

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    The MAGIC Steering Committee

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• • ·Rationale and design of the OPTIME CHF trial: Outcomes of a Prospective Trial of Intravenous Milrinone for Exacerbations of Chronic Heart Failure

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    Michael S. Cuffe, Robert M. Califf, Kirkwood F. Adams, Robert C. Bourge, Wilson Colucci, Barry Massie, Christopher M. O’Connor, Ileana Pina, Rebecca Quigg, Marc Silver, Lee Ann Robinson, Jeffrey D. Leimberger, Mihai Gheorghiade

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• • ·The PRESTO (Prevention of Restenosis with Tranilast and its Outcomes) protocol: A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

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    David Holmes, Peter Fitzgerald, Sheldon Goldberg, J-M LaBlanche, A.Michael Lincoff, Michael Savage, P.W. Serruys, James Willerson, Jeffrey R. Granett, Robert Chan, Neil H. Shusterman, Marcia Poland

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• • ·Neutrophils and altered myocardial function

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    Kenneth S. Kilgore, Benedict R. Lucchesi

    
• • ·A double-blind, randomized study of the effect of immediate intravenous nitroglycerin on the incidence of postprocedural chest pain and minor myocardial necrosis after elective coronary stenting

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    David J. Kurz, Barbara Naegeli, Osmund Bertel

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• • ·Nonrandomized comparison between stent deployment and percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty in acute myocardial infarction

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    Stanley Katz, Stephen J. Green, Barry M. Kaplan, Lisa Chepurko, Bruce G. Goldner, Lawrence Ong

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• • ·Suture closure of femoral arterial puncture sites after coronary angioplasty followed by same-day discharge

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    Ronald G. Carere, John G. Webb, Christopher E.H. Buller, Margot Wilson, Tuhin Rahman, John Spinelli, Aslam H. Anis

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• • ·Natural history of intravascular ultrasound–detected edge dissections from coronary stent deployment

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    Steven J. Sheris, Michael R. Canos, Neil J. Weissman

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• • ·Renal artery angioplasty and stent placement: Predictors of a favorable outcome

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    Mark W. Burket, Christopher J. Cooper, David J. Kennedy, Pamela S. Brewster, Gary M. Ansel, Joseph A. Moore, Jayanti Venkatesan, William L. Henrich

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• • ·Predictors of readmission among elderly survivors of admission with heart failure

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    Harlan M. Krumholz, Ya-Ting Chen, Yun Wang, Viola Vaccarino, Martha J. Radford, Ralph I. Horwitz

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• • ·Cardiopulmonary exercise testing and prognosis in severe heart failure: 14 mL/kg/min revisited

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    Jonathan Myers, Lars Gullestad, Randall Vagelos, Dat Do, Daniel Bellin, Heather Ross, Michael B. Fowler

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• • ·Management of heart failure among very old persons living in long-term care: Has the voice of trials spread?

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    Giovanni Gambassi, Daniel E. Forman, Kate L. Lapane, Vincent Mor, Antonio Sgadari, Lewis A. Lipsitz, Roberto Bernabei, On behalf of The SAGE Study Group

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• • ·Neutrophilia and congestive heart failure after acute myocardial infarction

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    Lorraine Kyne, Jeffrey M. Hausdorff, Eric Knight, Larent Dukas, Gohar Azhar, Jeanne Y. Wei

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• • ·Angiotensin II type 1 receptor gene polymorphism and mitral valve prolapse syndrome

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    Tamás Szombathy, Lívia Jánoskúti, Csaba Szalai, Albert Császár, Miklós Miklósi, Zsuzsa Mészáros, Pál Kempler, Zoltán László, Tamás Fenyvesi, László Romics

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• • ·Effect of variability in the interpretation of coronary angiograms on the appropriateness of use of coronary revascularization procedures

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    Lucian L. Leape, Rolla Edward Park, Thomas M. Bashore, J.Kevin Harrison, Charles J. Davidson, Robert H. Brook

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• • ·Continuous intravenous quinidine infusion for the treatment of atrial fibrillation or flutter: A case series

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    Nancy M.Allen LaPointe, Phoebe Li

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• • ·Prevalence and characteristics of escape rhythms after radiofrequency ablation of the atrioventricular junction: Results from the Registry for AV Junction Ablation and Pacing in Atrial Fibrillation

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    Anne B. Curtis, Steven P. Kutalek, Michael Prior, Teri Takle Newhouse, For the Ablate Pace Trial Investigators Gainesville, Fla

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• • ·Dynamics of low-frequency R-R interval oscillations preceding spontaneous ventricular tachycardia

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    Vladimir Shusterman, Benhur Aysin, Raul Weiss, Susan Brode, Venkateshwar Gottipaty, David Schwartzman, Kelley P. Anderson, For the ESVEM Trial Investigators

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• • ·Clinical significance of variability of ventricular late potentials detected before discharge in patients after myocardial infarction

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    Leonid M. Kozer, Kuruvilla M. Cheriparambil, David R. Schifter, Barry I. Saul, Chatla V.R. Reddy

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• • ·Relations among hypoxemia, sleep stage, and bradyarrhythmia during obstructive sleep apnea

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    Ulrich Koehler, Heinrich F. Becker, Wolfram Grimm, Jörg Heitmann, Jörg H. Peter, Harald Schäfer

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• • ·Low incidence of embolic strokes with atrial septal aneurysms: A prospective, long-term study

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    Andrew J. Burger, Howard B. Sherman, Mark J. Charlamb

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• • ·Early dobutamine echocardiography predicts improvement in regional and global left ventricular function after reperfused acute myocardial infarction without residual stenosis of the infarct-related artery

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    Leonardo Bolognese, Piergiovanni Buonamici, Giampaolo Cerisano, Alberto Santini, Nazario Carrabba, Giovanni Maria Santoro, David Antoniucci, Pier Filippo Fazzini

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• • ·Relation between circadian patterns in levels of circulating lipoprotein(a), fibrinogen, platelets, and related lipid variables in men

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    W.Fraser Bremner, Robert B. Sothern, Eugene L. Kanabrocki, May Ryan, James B. McCormick, Susan Dawson, Eileen S. Connors, Renee Rothschild, Jane L.H.C. Third, Sabera Vahed, Bernard M. Nemchausky, Parvez Shirazi, John H. Olwin

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• • ·Diuretics and β-blockers: Is there a risk for dyslipidemia?

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    Matthew R. Weir, Marvin Moser

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• • ·Instructions for Authors

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