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• • ·Cardiac repolarization: Current knowledge, critical gaps, and new approaches to drug development and patient management

    Page :769-781

    Mark E. Anderson, Sana M. Al-Khatib, Dan M. Roden, Robert M. Califf, Duke Clinical Research Institute/American Heart Journal Expert Meeting on Repolarization Changes

    
• • ·Reduced microvascular and myocardial damage in patients with acute myocardial infarction and preinfarction angina

    Page :796-803

    Paolo Colonna, Christian Cadeddu, Roberta Montisci, Massimo Ruscazio, Abdel Hakem Selem, Lijun Chen, Enrico Onnis, Luigi Meloni, Sabino Iliceto

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• • ·A combination of troponin T and 12-lead electrocardiography: A valuable tool for early prediction of long-term mortality in patients with chest pain without ST-segment elevation

    Page :804-810

    Tomas Jernberg, Bertil Lindahl

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• • ·Elevation of serum levels of the anti-inflammatory cytokine interleukin-10 and decreased risk of coronary events in patients with unstable angina

    Page :811-817

    Ignasi Anguera, Faustino Miranda-Guardiola, Xavier Bosch, Xavier Filella, Marta Sitges, José Luis Matín, Amadeu Betriu, Ginés Sanz

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• • ·Esmolol in acute ischemic syndromes

    Page :817

    Rita G. Mitchell, Marcus F. Stoddard, Ori Ben-Yehuda, Kul B. Aggarwal, Kent S. Allenby, Raul A. Trillo, Ruth Loyd, Cheng-Tao Chang, Arthur J. Labovitz

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• • ·Development and validation of a simple exercise test score for use in women with symptoms of suspected coronary artery disease

    Page :818-825

    Anthony P. Morise, Michael S. Lauer, Victor F. Froelicher

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• • ·Polymorphisms of the β₁-adrenergic receptor predict exercise capacity in heart failure

    Page :840-846

    Lynne E. Wagoner, Laura L. Craft, Paul Zengel, Nancy McGuire, Deborah A. Rathz, Gerald W. Dorn, Stephen B. Liggett

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• • ·Effect of thalidomide in patients with chronic heart failure

    Page :847-850

    Lars Gullestad, Anne Grete Semb, Even Holt, Rita Skädal, Thor Ueland, Arne Yndestad, Stig S. Froland

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• • ·Electrophysiology transvenous internal cardioversion for atrial fibrillation: A randomized comparison between catheters with different Coll length

    Page :851-857

    Giuseppe Boriani, Mauro Biffi, Claudia Camanini, Antonio Sammall, Letizia Bacchi, Peter Accorti, Richard Luceri, Romano Zannofi, Angelo Branzi

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• • ·Sex differences in QTc interval and QT dispersion: Dynamics during exercise and recovery in healthy subjects

    Page :858-864

    Vijay S. Chauhan, Andrew D. Krahn, Bruce D. Walker, George J. Klein, Allan C. Skanes, Raymond Yee

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• • ·Characterization of the warm-up phenomenon in patients with coronary artery disease

    Page :870-876

    Petri Tuomainen, Esko Vanninen, Pirjo Halonen, Keijo Peuhkurinen

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• Editorial

  • ·The search for myocardial viability: Do Q waves help?

    Page :745-746

    Paul A. Heidenreich

    
  • ·Angiotensin-converting enzyme gene insertion/deletion polymorphism and cardiovascular disease: Identifying the guideposts for navigating the genetics landscape

    Page :747-749

    William E. Kraus, Elizabeth R. Hauser

    
  • ·Risk stratification in acute coronary syndromes: The need for continued vigilance in “low-risk” patients

    Page :750-752

    Matthew J. Levinsky, E. Magnus Ohman

    

• Curriculum in cardiology

  • ·Carotid artery intimal-medial thickness: Indicator of atherosclerotic burden and response to risk factor modification

    Page :753-759

    Debabrata Mukherjee, Jay S. Yadav

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• Progress in Cardiology

  • ·A meta-analysis of the angiotensin-converting enzyme gene polymorphism and restenosis after percutaneous transluminal coronary revascularization: Evidence for publication bias

    Page :760-768

    Willem R.P. Agema, J. Wouter Jukema, Aeilko H. Zwinderman, E.E. van der Wall

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• Clinical investigations

  • ·C-Reactive protein levels on admission are associated with response to thrombolysis and prognosis after ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction

    Page :782-789

    Michael N. Zairis, Stavros J. Manousakis, Alexander S. Stefanidis, Olga A. Papadaki, George K. Andrikopoulos, Christopher D. Olympios, John J. Hadjissavas, Spyros K. Argyrakis, Stefanos G. Foussas

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  • ·Increased myocardial ischemia after food is not explained by endothelial dysfunction

    Page :789

    Colin Edwards, Ralph A.H. Stewart, Krishnan Ramanathan, Teena M. West, John K. French, Harvey D. White

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  • ·Minimal ST-segment deviation: A simple, noninvasive method for identifying patients with a patent infarction-related artery after fibrinolytic administration

    Page :790-795

    Howard A. Cooper, James A. de Lemos, David A. Morrow, Marc S. Sabatine, Sabina A. Murphy, Carolyn H. McCabe, C. Michael Gibson, Elliott M. Antman, Eugene Braunwald

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• Interventional Cardiology

  • ·Angina 1 year after percutaneous coronary intervention: A report from the NHLBI Dynamic Registry

    Page :826-833

    Richard Holubkov, Warren K. Laskey, Amelia Haviland, James C. Slater, Martial G. Bourassa, Helen Aslanidou Vlachos, Howard A. Cohen, David O. Williams, Sheryl F. Kelsey, Katherine M. Detre

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• Congestive Heart Failure

  • ·A rapid B-type natriuretic peptide assay accurately diagnoses left ventricular dysfunction and heart failure: A multicenter evaluation

    Page :834-839

    Stacey J. Wieczorek, Alan H.B. Wu, Robert Christenson, Padma Krishnaswamy, Stephen Gottlieb, Thomas Rosano, David Hager, Nancy Gardetto, Albert Chiu, Kathryn R. Ba illy, Alan Maisel

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• Imaging and Diagnostic Testing

  • ·Assessment of residual myocardial viability in regions with chronic electrocardiographic Q-wave infarction

    Page :865-869

    Arend F.L. Schinkel, Jeroen J. Bax, Eric Boersma, Abdou Elhendy, Eleni C. Vourvouri, Jos R.T.C. Roelandt, Don Poldermans

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• Valvular and Congenital Heart Disease

  • ·Effectiveness of percutaneous device occlusion for atrial septal defect in adult patients with pulmonary hypertension

    Page :877-880

    José Suárez de Lezo, Alfonso Medina, Miguel Romero, Manuel Pan, José Segura, Eduardo Caballero, Djordje Pavlovic, José Ramón Ortega, Manuel Franco, Antonio Delgado, Soledad Ojeda, Dolores Mesa, Mercedes Lafuente

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• Abstracts

  • ·Third Scientific Forum on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research in Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke

    Page :881-932