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• • ·Electrocardiographic diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction: Current concepts for the clinician

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    Elena B. Sgarbossa, Yochai Birnbaum, Joseph E. Parrillo

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• • ·Evolving role of echocardiography in the management of atrial fibrillation

    Page :518-527

    Arthur J. Labovitz, Toni L. Bransford

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• • ·Evaluation Study of Congestive Heart Failure and Pulmonary Artery Catheterization Effectiveness (ESCAPE): Design and rationale

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    Monica R. Shah, Christopher M. O’Connor, George Sopko, Vic Hasselblad, Robert M. Califf, Lynne W. Stevenson, for the ESCAPE Investigators*

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• • ·Regulatory issues for Data and Safety Monitoring Committees

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    Lloyd Fisher, Michael Klibaner

    
• • ·Terms of reference for Data and Safety Monitoring Committees

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    Milton Packer, Janet Wittes, David Stump

    
• • ·The Data and Safety Monitoring Committee: Some final thoughts

    Page :548-549

    David L. DeMets, Salim Yusuf

    
• • ·Testing the effectiveness of converting patients to long-acting antianginal medications: The Quality of Life in Angina Research Trial (QUART)

    Page :550-558

    John A. Spertus, Tim Dewhurst, Cynthia M. Dougherty, Paul Nichol

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• • ·Recurrent ischemia after thrombolysis for acute myocardial infarction

    Page :559-565

    Louise Pilote, Dave P. Miller, Robert M. Califf, Eric J. Topol, for the Global Utilization of Streptokinase and Tissue Plasminogen Activator for Occluded Coronary Arteries (GUSTO-I) Investigators

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• • ·Prior aspirin users with acute non-ST-elevation coronary syndromes are at increased risk of cardiac events and benefit from enoxaparin

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    Jose Santopinto, Enrique P. Gurfinkel, Violeta Torres, Eduardo Marcos, Gerardo E. Bozovich, Branco Mautner, Carolyn H. McCabe, Elliott M. Antman

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• • ·The absence of high-frequency QRS changes in the presence of standard electrocardiographic QRS changes of old myocardial infarction

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    Michael Ringborn, Olle Pahlm, Galen S. Wagner, Stafford G. Warren, Jonas Pettersson

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• • ·Joint effects of C-reactive protein and other risk factors on acute coronary events

    Page :580-585

    Helena Kervinen, Timo Palosuo, Vesa Manninen, Leena Tenkanen, Outi Vaarala, Matti Mänttäri

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• • ·Corrected TIMI frame counts correlate with stenosis severity and infarct zone wall motion after thrombolytic therapy

    Page :586-591

    David J. Amos, John K. French, Jacqueline Andrews, Noel G. Ashton, Barbara F. Williams, Ralph M.L. Whitlock, Samuel O.M. Manda, Harvey D. White

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• • ·Abciximab and early adjunctive percutaneous coronary intervention are associated with improved ST-segment resolution after thrombolysis: Observations from the TIMI 14 Trial

    Page :592-598

    James A. de Lemos, C.Michael Gibson, Elliott M. Antman, Sabina A. Murphy, David A. Morrow, Kristin C. Schuhwerk, Marc Schweiger, Patrick Coussement, Frans Van de Werf, Eugene Braunwald, for the TIMI 14 Investigators

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• • ·Effect of smoking status and abciximab use on outcome after percutaneous coronary revascularization: Pooled analysis from EPIC, EPILOG, and EPISTENT

    Page :599-602

    Leslie Cho, Deepak L. Bhatt, Kathy Wolski, Michael Lincoff, Eric J. Topol, David J. Moliterno

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• • ·Influence of treatment delay on long-term left ventricular function in patients with acute myocardial infarction successfully treated with primary angioplasty

    Page :603-609

    Imad Sheiban, Gabriele Fragasso, Chunzeng Lu, Silvia Tonni, Gian Paolo Trevi, Sergio L. Chierchia

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• • ·Treatment of focal in-stent restenosis with balloon angioplasty alone versus stenting: Short- and long-term results

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    Roxana Mehran, George Dangas, Alexandre Abizaid, Alexandra J. Lansky, Gary S. Mintz, Augusto D. Pichard, Lowell F. Satler, Kenneth M. Kent, Ron Waksman, Gregg W. Stone, Martin B. Leon

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• • ·Clinical significance of ST-segment elevation in lead V1 in patients with acute inferior wall Q-wave myocardial infarction

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    Yoshiaki Tsuka, Tetsuro Sugiura, Kengo Hatada, Seishi Nakamura, Fumio Yuasa, Toshiji Iwasaka

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• • ·Safety, feasibility, and prognostic implications of pharmacologic stress echocardiography in 1482 patients evaluated in an ambulatory setting

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    Lauro Cortigiani, Eugenio Picano, Claudio Coletta, Francesco Chiarella, Wilson Mathias, Nicola Gandolfo, Monica De Alcantara, Vincenzo Mazzoni, Gian Franco Gensini, Patrizia Landi, for the Echo Persantine International Cooperative (EPIC) and Echo Dobutamine International Cooperative (EDIC) Study Groups

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• • ·Evaluation and follow-up of patients with left ventricular apical to aortic conduits with 2D and 3D magnetic resonance imaging and Doppler echocardiography: A new look at an old operation

    Page :630-636

    Mark A. Fogel, Jack Rychik, Alvin J. Chin, Anne Hubbard, Paul M Weinberg

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• • ·Diabetes and the associated incidence of subclinical atherosclerosis and coronary artery disease: Implications for management

    Page :637-644

    Emád Khaleeli, Stephen R. Peters, Kevin Bobrowsky, Ronald J. Oudiz, John Y. Ko, Matthew J. Budoff

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• • ·Evaluation of β-blocker therapy in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy—Clinical meaning of iodine 123–metaiodobenzylguanidine myocardial single-photon emission computed tomography

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    Junichi Yamazaki, Hiroshi Muto, Toshio Kabano, Shohei Yamashina, Shuji Nanjo, Aritomo Inoue

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• • ·A semiautomated objective technique for applying the proximal isovelocity surface area method to quantitate mitral regurgitation: Clinical studies with the digital flow map

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    Donato Mele, Ehud Schwammenthal, Hans Torp, Francesca Nesta, Igino Pedini, Pieter Vandervoort, Paolo Alboni, Robert A. Levine

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• • ·Dilation of the aortic root in children infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1: The Prospective P²C² HIV Multicenter Study

    Page :661-670

    Wyman W. Lai, Steven D. Colan, Kirk A. Easley, Steven E. Lipshultz, Thomas J. Starc, J.Timothy Bricker, Samuel Kaplan, for the P2, C2HIV Study Group National Heart Lung Blood Institute Bethesda, Md

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• • ·Lack of association among five genetic polymorphisms of the renin-angiotensin system and cardiac hypertrophy in patients with aortic stenosis

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    J.R. Ortlepp, O. Breithardt, F. Ohme, P. Hanrath, R. Hoffmann

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• • ·Early and late reactions after the use of iopamidol 340, ioxaglate 320, and iodixanol 320 in cardiac catheterization

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    Andrew G.C. Sutton, Paul Finn, Ever D. Grech, James A. Hall, Michael J. Stewart, Adrian Davies, Mark A. de Belder

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• • ·Serum complement activation in congestive heart failure

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    David J. Clark, Michael W. Cleman, Steven E. Pfau, Scott A. Rollins, Tarik M. Ramahi, Craig Mayer, Teresa Caulin-Glaser, Edouard Daher, Mikhail Kosiborod, Leonard Bell, John F. Setaro

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