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• • ·Editorial Board

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• Editorial

  • ·Coronary artery imaging with multidetector computed tomography: A call for an evidence-based, multidisciplinary approach

    Page :945-948

    Paul Schoenhagen, Arthur E. Stillman, Mario J. Garcia, Sandra S. Halliburton, E. Murat Tuzcu, Steven E. Nissen, Michael T. Modic, Bruce W. Lytle, Eric J. Topol, Richard D. White

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• Trial Design

  • ·Management of elderly patients with congestive heart failure—Design of the Trial of Intensified versus standard Medical therapy in Elderly patients with Congestive Heart Failure (TIME-CHF)

    Page :949-955

    Hans Peter Brunner–La Rocca, Peter Theo Buser, Ruth Schindler, Alain Bernheim, Peter Rickenbacher, Matthias Pfisterer, for the TIME-CHF-Investigators c

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  • ·The PROTECT AF (WATCHMAN Left Atrial Appendage System for Embolic PROTECTion in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation) Trial

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    Rebecca Brown Fountain, David R. Holmes, Krishnaswamy Chandrasekaran, Douglas Packer, Samuel Asirvatham, Robert Van Tassel, Zoltan Turi

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• Results of Expert Meetings

  • ·24-Hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring

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    J. Conor O'Shea, Robert M. Califf

    Plan Plan

• Clinical Investigations

  • ·Missed opportunities in the secondary prevention of myocardial infarction: An assessment of the effects of statin underprescribing on mortality

    Page :969-975

    Peter C. Austin, Muhammad M. Mamdani, David N. Juurlink, David A. Alter, Jack V. Tu

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  • ·Achieving LDL cholesterol, non-HDL cholesterol, and apolipoprotein B target levels in high-risk patients: Measuring Effective Reductions in Cholesterol Using Rosuvastatin therapY (MERCURY) II

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    Christie M. Ballantyne, Marcelo Bertolami, Hugo Ricardo Hernandez Garcia, Daniel Nul, Evan A. Stein, Pierre Theroux, Robert Weiss, Valerie A. Cain, Joel S. Raichlen

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  • ·Statins are associated with lower risk of gastrointestinal bleeding in patients with unstable coronary syndromes: Analysis of the Orbofiban in Patients with Unstable coronary Syndromes–Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction 16 (OPUS-TIMI 16) trial

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    Shaul Atar, Christopher P. Cannon, Sabina A. Murphy, Salvatore Rosanio, Barry F. Uretsky, Yochai Birnbaum

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  • ·Lack of effect of enteric coating on aspirin-induced inhibition of platelet aggregation in healthy volunteers

    Page :976.e7

    Juhana Karha, Vivek Rajagopal, Kandice Kottke-Marchant, Deepak L. Bhatt

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  • ·Periodontal infections cause changes in traditional and novel cardiovascular risk factors: Results from a randomized controlled clinical trial

    Page :977-984

    Francesco D'Aiuto, Mohamed Parkar, Luigi Nibali, Jean Suvan, Jan Lessem, Maurizio S. Tonetti

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  • ·Relationship of dose of background angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor to the benefits of candesartan in the Candesartan in Heart failure: Assessment of Reduction in Mortality and morbidity (CHARM)–Added trial

    Page :985-991

    John J.V. McMurray, James B. Young, Mark E. Dunlap, Christopher B. Granger, James Hainer, Eric L. Michelson, Steven Earle, Bertil Olofsson, Jan Östergren, Salim Yusuf, Karl Swedberg, Marc A. Pfeffer, on behalf of the CHARM Investigators

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  • ·Multifaceted intervention to promote ?-blocker use in heart failure

    Page :992-998

    Nancy M. Allen LaPointe, Elizabeth R. DeLong, Anita Chen, Bradley G. Hammill, Lawrence H. Muhlbaier, Robert M. Califf, Judith M. Kramer

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  • ·How obesity affects the cut-points for B-type natriuretic peptide in the diagnosis of acute heart failure : Results from the Breathing Not Properly Multinational Study

    Page :999-1005

    Lori B. Daniels, Paul Clopton, Vikas Bhalla, Padma Krishnaswamy, Richard M. Nowak, James McCord, Judd E. Hollander, Philippe Duc, Torbjørn Omland, Alan B. Storrow, William T. Abraham, Alan H.B. Wu, Philippe G. Steg, Arne Westheim, Cathrine Wold Knudsen, Alberto Perez, Radmila Kazanegra, Howard C. Herrmann, Peter A. McCullough, Alan S. Maisel

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  • ·Gray zone BNP levels in heart failure patients in the emergency department: Results from the Rapid Emergency Department Heart Failure Outpatient Trial (REDHOT) multicenter study

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    Cynthia K. Brenden, Judd E. Hollander, David Guss, Peter A. McCullough, Richard Nowak, Gary Green, Mitchell Saltzberg, Stefanie R. Ellison, Meenakshi Awasthi Bhalla, Vikas Bhalla, Paul Clopton, Robert Jesse, Alan S. Maisel, for the REDHOT Investigators

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  • ·Low prevalence of B-type natriuretic peptide levels <100 pg/mL in patients with heart failure at hospital discharge

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    Jochem Hogenhuis, Adriaan A. Voors, Tiny Jaarsma, Hans L. Hillege, Arno W. Hoes, Dirk J. van Veldhuisen

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  • ·Intrafamilial variability of noncompaction of the ventricular myocardium

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    Mark T. Johnson, Shaoxiong Zhang, Robert Gilkeson, Rebecca Ameduri, Ernest Siwik, Chandrakant R. Patel, Oleg Chebotarev, Alexander B. Kenton, Karla R. Bowles, Jeffrey A. Towbin, Nathaniel H. Robin, Frank Brozovich, Brian D. Hoit

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  • ·Hospital cost effect of a heart failure disease management program: The Specialized Primary and Networked Care in Heart Failure (SPAN-CHF) trial

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    Douglas Gregory, Carey Kimmelstiel, Kathleen Perry, Amay Parikh, Varda Konstam, Marvin A. Konstam

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  • ·Sirolimus-eluting coronary stents in small vessels

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    Bernhard Meier, Eduardo Sousa, Giulio Guagliumi, Frank Van den Branden, Ehud Grenadier, Stephan Windecker, Hans te Riele, Vasilis Voudris, Hélène Eltchaninoff, Bo Lindvall, David Snead, Aly Talen, for the SVELTE Study Group

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  • ·Coronary plaque composition of nonculprit lesions, assessed by in vivo intracoronary ultrasound radio frequency data analysis, is related to clinical presentation

    Page :1020-1024

    Gastón A. Rodriguez-Granillo, Eugène P. Mc Fadden, Marco Valgimigli, Carlos A.G. van Mieghem, Evelyn Regar, Pim J. de Feyter, Patrick W. Serruys

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  • ·In vivo relationship between compositional and mechanical imaging of coronary arteries : Insights from intravascular ultrasound radiofrequency data analysis

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    Gastón A. Rodriguez-Granillo, Héctor M. García-García, Marco Valgimigli, Johannes A. Schaar, Ravindra Pawar, William J. van der Giessen, Evelyn Regar, Antonius F.W. van der Steen, Pim J. de Feyter, Patrick W. Serruys

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  • ·Influence of sex on in-hospital outcomes and long-term survival after contemporary percutaneous coronary intervention

    Page :1026-1031

    Jeffrey S. Berger, Timothy A. Sanborn, Warren Sherman, David L. Brown

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  • ·Preprocedural statin use is associated with a reduced hazard of postprocedural myonecrosis in patients undergoing rotational atherectomy—a propensity-adjusted analysis

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    Hitinder S. Gurm, Yuri Breitbart, Deepak Vivekanathan, Michael H. Yen, Robert Fathi, Khaled M. Ziada, Patrick L. Whitlow, Stephen G. Ellis

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  • ·Ischemic and bleeding outcomes in women treated with bivalirudin during percutaneous coronary intervention: A subgroup analysis of the Randomized Evaluation in PCI Linking Angiomax to Reduced Clinical Events (REPLACE)–2 trial

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    Matthews Chacko, A. Michael Lincoff, Katherine E. Wolski, David J. Cohen, John A. Bittl, Alexandra J. Lansky, Yoshihiro Tsuchiya, Amadeo Betriu, Michael H. Yen, Derek P. Chew, Leslie Cho, Eric J. Topol

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  • ·Acetylcysteine In Diabetes (AID): A randomized study of acetylcysteine for the prevention of contrast nephropathy in diabetics

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    Louis C. Coyle, Antonio Rodriguez, Robert E. Jeschke, Anabela Simon-Lee, Kevin C. Abbott, Allen J. Taylor

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  • ·Effects of a statewide physician-led quality-improvement program on the quality of cardiac care

    Page :1033-1042

    J. Richard Goss, Charles Maynard, Gabriel S. Aldea, Miriam Marcus-Smith, Richard W. Whitten, Gilbert Johnston, Richard C. Phillips, Mark Reisman, Ann Kelley, Richard P. Anderson, for the Clinical Outcomes Assessment Program (COAP)

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  • ·Antiarrhythmic efficacy of azimilide in patients with atrial fibrillation. Maintenance of sinus rhythm after conversion to sinus rhythm

    Page :1043-1049

    Edward L.C. Pritchett, Peter Kowey, Stuart Connolly, Richard L. Page, Charles Kerr, William E. Wilkinson, For the A-COMET-I Investigators

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  • ·Randomized comparison of simultaneous biventricular stimulation versus optimized interventricular delay in cardiac resynchronization therapy : The Resynchronization for the HemodYnamic Treatment for Heart Failure Management II implantable cardioverter defibrillator (RHYTHM II ICD) study

    Page :1050-1058

    Giuseppe Boriani, Cord Paul Müller, Karl Heinz Seidl, Rainer Grove, Jürgen Vogt, Wilfried Danschel, Andreas Schuchert, Pierre Djiane, Mauro Biffi, Thorsten Becker, Christophe Bailleul, Hans Joachim Trappe, for the Resynchronization for the HemodYnamic Treatment for Heart Failure Management II (RHYTHM II) investigators

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  • ·Diagnostic conclusions from the EASI-derived 12-lead electrocardiogram as compared with the standard 12-lead electrocardiogram in children

    Page :1059-1064

    Annika Welinder, Dirk Q. Feild, Jerome Liebman, Charles Maynard, Galen S. Wagner, Göran Wettrell, Olle Pahlm

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  • ·Comparison of long-term mortality across the spectrum of acute coronary syndromes

    Page :1065-1071

    Larry A. Allen, Christopher J. O'Donnell, Carlos A. Camargo, Robert P. Giugliano, Donald M. Lloyd-Jones

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  • ·Blood pressure control and cardiovascular outcomes in high-risk Hispanic patients—Findings From the International Verapamil SR/Trandolapril Study (INVEST)

    Page :1072-1079

    Rhonda M. Cooper-DeHoff, Juan M. Aranda, Efrain Gaxiola, Jose L. Cangiano, David Garcia-Barreto, C. Richard Conti, Ann Hewkin, Carl J. Pepine, for the INVEST Investigators

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  • ·Electrocardiographic abnormalities predict deaths from cardiovascular disease and ischemic heart disease in Pima Indians with type 2 diabetes

    Page :1080-1086

    Aida Jimenez-Corona, Robert G. Nelson, Maurice L. Sievers, William C. Knowler, Robert L. Hanson, Peter H. Bennett

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  • ·Increased cardiovascular risk associated with diabetes in Dallas County

    Page :1087-1093

    Sandeep R. Das, Patrice A.C. Vaeth, Harold G. Stanek, James A. de Lemos, Robert L. Dobbins, Darren K. McGuire

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  • ·NT–probrain natriuretic peptide predicts complexity and severity of the coronary lesions in patients with non–ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes

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    José Luis Navarro Estrada, Fernando Rubinstein, Maria Cecilia Bahit, Florencia Rolandi, Diego Perez de Arenaza, Jose M. Gabay, Jose Alvarez, Ricardo Sarmiento, Carlos Rojas Matas, Carlos Sztejfman, Alejandro Tettamanzi, Raul de Miguel, Luis Guzman, on behalf of PACS Investigators

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  • ·Effect of comorbidity on coronary reperfusion strategy and long-term mortality after acute myocardial infarction

    Page :1094-1100

    Daniela Balzi, Alessandro Barchielli, Eva Buiatti, Caterina Franceschini, Rinaldo Lavecchia, Matteo Monami, Giovanni Maria Santoro, Nazario Carrabba, Massimo Margheri, Iacopo Olivotto, Gian Franco Gensini, Niccolò Marchionni, for the AMI-Florence Working Group h

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  • ·Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 (TIMP-1) is an independent predictor of all-cause mortality, cardiac mortality, and myocardial infarction

    Page :1101.e1

    Erdal Cavusoglu, Cyril Ruwende, Vineet Chopra, Sunitha Yanamadala, Calvin Eng, Luther T. Clark, David J. Pinsky, Jonathan D. Marmur

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  • ·Platelet microaggregation inhibition in patients with acute myocardial infarction pretreated with tirofiban and relationship with angiographic and clinical outcome

    Page :1102-1107

    Jaap Jan J. Smit, Nicolette M.S.K.J. Ernst, Robbert J. Slingerland, J.J. Evelien Kolkman, Harry Suryapranata, Jan C.A. Hoorntje, Jan Henk Dambrink, Jan Paul Ottervanger, A.T. Marcel Gosselink, Menko Jan de Boer, Arnoud W.J. van't Hof, On-TIME study group

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  • ·Handgrip-enhanced myocardial fractional flow reserve for assessment of coronary artery stenoses

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    Demosthenes G. Katritsis, Socrates Korovesis, Evangelia Karvouni, Eleftherios Giazitzoglou, Ilias Karabinos, Efthalia Tzanalaridou, Demosthenes Panagiotakos, Michael M. Webb-Peploe

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  • ·Sestamibi single photon emission computed tomography immediately after primary percutaneous coronary intervention identifies patients at risk for large infarcts

    Page :1108-1114

    Anne Kaltoft, Morten Bøttcher, Niels Peter Sand, Michael Rehling, Niels Trolle Andersen, Felix Zijlstra, Torsten Toftegaard Nielsen

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  • ·Elevated plasma N-terminal pro–brain natriuretic peptide levels in acute ischemic stroke

    Page :1115-1122

    Kenan Iltumur, Aziz Karabulut, Ismail Apak, Ufuk Aluclu, Zuhal Ariturk, Nizamettin Toprak

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  • ·Depression symptoms predict heart rate recovery after treadmill stress testing

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    Joel W. Hughes, Elizabeth Casey, Faith Luyster, Vicki H. Doe, Donna Waechter, James Rosneck, Richard Josephson

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  • ·Association of peripheral artery disease with treatment and outcomes in acute coronary syndromes. The Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE)

    Page :1123-1128

    James B. Froehlich, Debabrata Mukherjee, Alvaro Avezum, Andrzej Budaj, Eva M. Kline-Rogers, José López-Sendón, Jeanna Allegrone, Kim A. Eagle, Rajendra H. Mehta, Robert J. Goldberg, for the GRACE Investigators

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  • ·Assessment of patent foramen ovale in carcinoid heart disease

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    Nicolas Mansencal, Emmanuel Mitry, Jean-François Forissier, Fabrice Martin, Alban Redheuil, Céline Lepère, Jean-Christian Farcot, Thierry Joseph, Pascal Lacombe, Philippe Rougier, Olivier Dubourg

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  • ·Analysis of factors related to successful transcatheter closure of secundum atrial septal defects using the HELEX septal occluder

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    Larry A. Latson, Thomas K. Jones, Joth Jacobson, Evan Zahn, John F. Rhodes

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• Letters to the Editor

  • ·Letter to the Editor

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    Ira D. Galin, Donald A. Smith

    
  • ·The vulnerable endothelium: priming the vascular endothelium for thrombosis with unfractionated heparin: biologic plausibility for observations from the Superior Yield of the New Strategy of Enoxaparin, Revascularization and Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Inhibitors (SYNERGY) trial (Am J Heart 2005;150:189-92)

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    Atul Aggarwal

    
  • ·Inflammatory response after intervention assessed by serial C-reactive protein measurements correlates with restenosis in patients treated with coronary stenting

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    Atul Aggarwal

    
  • ·Response to Aggarwal, Inflammatory response after intervention assesed by serial C-reactive protein measurements correlates with resterosis in patients with coronary stenting (Am Heart J 2005;150:344-50)

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    Alban Dibra, Albert Schömig, Adnan Kastrati

    
  • ·Letter to the Editor

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    Niels P. Riksen, Paul Smits, Gerard A. Rongen

    
  • ·What mediated the beneficial roles of methotrexate in chronic heart failure?

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    Kaizheng Gong, Zhengang Zhang, Guojie Song

    
  • ·Schizophrenia and increased risk of cardiovascular disease

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    Paul Mackin, Hamish M^cAllister-Williams