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• • ·Prevalence of nonfatal coronary heart disease among American adults

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    Earl S. Ford, Wayne H. Giles, Janet B. Croft

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• • ·Three-dimensional echocardiographic assessment of annular shape changes in the normal and regurgitant mitral valve

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    Starr R. Kaplan, Gerard Bashein, Florence H. Sheehan, Malcolm E. Legget, Brad Munt, Xiang-Ning Li, Murali Sivarajan, Edward L. Bolson, Merrilinn Zeppa, M. Archa, Roy W. Martin

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• • ·When not doing tests is the right thing to do

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    Raymond J. Gibbons

    
• • ·Increase in ST-segment elevation immediately after reperfusion: Cause and meaning

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    Joseph C. Greenfield

    
• • ·Cardiology, for what it's worth

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    David E. Kandzari, James G. Jollis

    
• • ·Efficient utilization of echocardiography for the assessment of left ventricular systolic function

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    Deepak Tah-eja, Carol Gruver, Jiri Sklenar, John Dent, Sanjiv Kaul

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• • ·Infusion versus bolus contrast echocardiography: A multicenter, open-label, crossover trial

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    Neil J. Weissman, Mylan C. Cohen, Terrence C. Hack, Linda D. Gillam, Jerald L. Cohen, Dalane W. Kitzman

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• • ·Effects of mental stress on brachial artery flow-mediated vasodilation in healthy normal individuals

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    Charles W. Harris, Jennifer L. Edwards, Amy Baruch, Ward A. Riley, Benjamin E. Pusser, Walter J. Rejeski, David M. Herrington

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• • ·Interpretation of echocardiographic measurements: A call for standardization

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    Ramachandran S. Vasan, Daniel Levy, Martin G. Larson, Emelia J. Benjamin

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• • ·Will the use of low-molecular-weight heparin (enoxaparin) in patients with acute coronary syndrome save costs in Canada?

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    Bernie J. O'Brien, Andrew Willan, Gordon Blackhouse, Ron Goeree, Marc Cohen, Shaun Goodman

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• • ·A comparison of electrocardiographic changes during reperfusion of acute myocardial infarction by thrombolysis or percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty

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    Xander H.T. Wehrens, Pieter A. Doevendans, Ton J. Oude Ophuis, Hein J.J. Wellens

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• • ·Stents covered by autologous venous grafts: Feasibility and immediate and long-term results

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    Christodoulos Stefanadis, Konstantinos Toutouzas, Eleftherios Tsiamb, Charalambos Vlachopoulos, Ioannis Kallikazaros, Costas Stratos, Manolis Vavuranakis, Pavlos Toutouzas

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• • ·Association between total homocyst(e)ine and the likelihood for a history of acute myocardial infarction by race and ethnicity: Results from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination survey

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    Wayne H. Giles, Janet B. Croft, Kurt J. Greenlund, Earl S. Ford, Steven J. Kittner

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• • ·Cigarette smoking status and outcome among patients with acute coronary syndromes without persistent ST-segment elevation: Effect of inhibition of platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa with eptifibatide

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    David Hasdai, David R. Holmes, Douglas A. Criger, Eric J. Topol, Robert M. Califf, Robert G. Wilcox, Ernesto Paolasso, Maarten Simoons, Jaap Deckers, Robert A. Harrington

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• • ·Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of unstable angina and non-Q-wave myocardial infarction: Proposed revisions

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    Elliott M. Antman, Kim M. Fox

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• • ·Predictors of death and reinfarction at 30 days after primary angioplasty: The GUSTO Ilb and RAPPORT trials

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    Sorin J. Brener, Stephen G. Ellis, Shelly K. Sapp, Amadeo Betriu, Christopher B. Granger, J.E.B. Burchenal, David J. Moliterno, Robert M. Califf, Eric J. Topol

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• • ·Physiologic response to gain and loss in coronary minimal luminal diameter in patients treated with coronary angioplasty: Prediction of restenosis on the basis of exercise capacity

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    Bjørn Jørgensen, Svein Simonsen, Knut Endresen, Kolbjørn Forfang, Thore Egeland, Erik Thaulow

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• • ·Differences between patients with heart failure treated by cardiologists, internists, family physicians, and other physicians: Analysis of a large, statewide database

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    Edward F. Philbin, Paul L. Jenkins

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• • ·Detection of left ventricular regional relaxation abnormalities and asynchrony in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with the use of tissue Doppler imaging

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    Takashi Oki, Yuichiro Mishiro, Hirotsugu Yamada, Yukiko Onose, Masako Matsuoka, Tetsuzo Wakatsuki, Tomotsugu Tabata, Susumu Ito

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• • ·Effects of amlodipine on exercise tolerance, quality of life, and left ventricular function in patients with heart failure from left ventricular systolic dysfunction

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    James E. Udelson, C.Andrew DeAbate, Martin Berk, Gerald Neuberg, Milton Packer, Nampalli K. Vijay, Jeffrey Gorwitt, William B. Smith, Marrick L. Kukin, Thierry LeJemtel, T.Barry Levine, Marvin A. Konstam

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• • ·A rationale for the use of β-blockers as standard treatment for heart failure

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    Marco Metra, Savina Nodari, Antonio D'Aloia, Luca Bontempi, Emiliano Boldi, Livio Dei Cas

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• • ·Magnesium supplementation in the prevention of arrhythmias in pediatric patients undergoing surgery for congenital heart defects

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    B.Hugh Dorman, Robert M. Sade, Jeffrey S. Burnette, Henry B. Wiles, Mark L. Pinosky, Scott T. Reeves, Brian R. Bond, Francis G. Spinale

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• • ·Left ventricular function, cardiac dysrhythmias, atrial activation, and volumes in nondipper hypertensive individuals with left ventricular hypertrophy

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    Vito Rizzo, Fernando Di Maio, Stefano Villatico Campbell, Demetrio Tallarico, Federica Petretto, Antonio Lorido, Americo Bianchi, Isaac Goubadia, Giuseppe Carmenini

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• • ·β₂-Adrenergic receptor polymorphisms at amino acid 16 differentially influence agonist-stimulated blood pressure and peripheral blood flow in normal individuals

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    Brian D. Hoit, Damodhar P. Suresh, Laura Craft, Richard A. Walsh, Stephen B. Liggett

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• • ·A controlled trial of cardiac rehabilitation in the home setting using electrocardiographic and voice transtelephonic monitoring

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    Philip A. Ades, Fredric J. Pashkow, Gerald Fletcher, Ileana L. Pina, Lenore R. Zohman, James R. Nestor

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• • ·Mitral repair in patients with a ruptured papillary muscle

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    Roland Fasol, Fitsum Lakew, Stefani Wetter

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• • ·Lipoprotein(a) in atrial fibrillation

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    Gregory Y.H. Lip

    
• • ·Reply

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    Yuttaka Igarashi, Kenji Qjima, Yoshifusa Aizawa

    
• • ·Effects of exercise on QT dispersion in ischemic heart disease

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    Massirno Romano

    
• • ·Reply

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    Martijn Meijs, Gert Roukema, Jagmeet P. Singh

    
• • ·Low-molecular-weight heparin as optimal solution to therapeutic heparinization

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    I.O. Singer, R.C. Tait, D. Maucloch

    
• • ·Reply

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    Richard C. Becker

    
• • ·Increased expression of hemostasis markers in the coronary circulation in patients with coronary artery disease

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    Yukihiro Hojo, Uichi Ikeda, Taka-aki Katsuki, Osamu Mizuno, Kazuyuki Shimada