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• • ·Table of Contents

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• • ·Editorial Board

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• • ·Information for Authors

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• • ·Information for Authors

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• • ·Information for Readers

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• • ·A “STEP” in the right direction

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    Steven M. Lilly

    
• • ·A step towards more ethical prayer studies

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    Peter Hobbins

    
• • ·WATCHMAN: An effective protection against stroke?

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    Claudia Stöllberger, Birke Schneider, Josef Finsterer

    
• • ·Response to letter to the editor by Dr Claudua Stöllberger

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

    
• • ·Letter to the editor by Dr. Adam H. Skolnick

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    Adam H. Skolnick

    
• • ·Controlling the independent variables in the clinical study of prayer: The devil is in the details

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    Eric J. Burks

    
• • ·There is still hope for multifaceted intervention in heart failure

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    Jalal K. Ghali

    
• • ·Authors' reply

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    Nancy M. Allen LaPointe, Judith M. Kramer

    

• Editorial

  • ·Acute coronary syndromes in young patients with angiographically normal coronary arteries

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    Lloyd W. Klein

    
  • ·Potential for improving sensitivity for detection of old myocardial infarction using the Q wave equivalent criteria in the Selvester QRS scoring system

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    Galen S. Wagner

    

• Curriculum in Cardiology

  • ·Broken bodies, broken hearts? Limitations of the trauma system as a model for regionalizing care for ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction in the United States

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    Brahmajee K. Nallamothu, Paul A. Taheri, William G. Barsan, Eric R. Bates

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  • ·Left bundle-branch block artifact on single photon emission computed tomography with technetium Tc 99m (Tc-99m) agents: Mechanisms and a method to decrease false-positive interpretations

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    John P. Higgins, Gethin Williams, James S. Nagel, Johanna A. Higgins

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• Trial Design

  • ·Evaluation of prasugrel compared with clopidogrel in patients with acute coronary syndromes: design and rationale for the TRial to assess Improvement in Therapeutic Outcomes by optimizing platelet InhibitioN with prasugrel Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction 38 (TRITON-TIMI 38)

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    Stephen D. Wiviott, Elliott M. Antman, C. Michael Gibson, Gilles Montalescot, Jeffrey Riesmeyer, Govinda Weerakkody, Kenneth J. Winters, Jeffrey W. Warmke, Carolyn H. McCabe, Eugene Braunwald, for the TRITON-TIMI 38 Investigators

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  • ·Implantable defibrillator early after primary percutaneous intervention for ST-elevation myocardial infarction: Rationale and design of the Defibrillator After Primary Angioplasty (DAPA) Trial

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    Jan Paul Ottervanger, Anand R. Ramdat Misier, Felix Zijlstra, Martin J. Schalij, Eric Wever, Luc J.L.M. Jordaens, Jose P.S. Henriques, Menko-Jan de Boer, Hindrik W.J. Robbe, Hein J.J. Wellens, for the DAPA Investigators

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• Clinical Investigations

  • ·Prevalence, predictors, and outcomes of patients with non–ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and insignificant coronary artery disease: Results from the Can Rapid risk stratification of Unstable angina patients Suppress ADverse outcomes with Early implementation of the ACC/AHA Guidelines (CRUSADE) initiative

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    Manesh R. Patel, Anita Y. Chen, Eric D. Peterson, L. Kristin Newby, Charles V. Pollack, Ralph G. Brindis, C. Michael Gibson, Neal S. Kleiman, Jorge F. Saucedo, Deepak L. Bhatt, W. Brian Gibler, E. Magnus Ohman, Robert A. Harrington, Matthew T. Roe

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  • ·The impact of emergency department structure and care processes in delivering care for non–ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes

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    Rajendra H. Mehta, L. Kristin Newby, Yogin Patel, James W. Hoekstra, Chadwick D. Miller, Anita Y. Chen, Barbara L. Lytle, Deborah B. Diercks, Richard L. Summers, Gerard X. Brogan, W. Frank Peacock, Charles V. Pollack, Matthew T. Roe, Eric D. Peterson, E. Magnus Ohman, W. Brian Gibler, for the CRUSADE Investigators

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  • ·Rationale for establishing regional ST-elevation myocardial infarction receiving center (SRC) networks

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    Ivan C. Rokos, David M. Larson, Timothy D. Henry, William J. Koenig, Marc Eckstein, William J. French, Christopher B. Granger, Matthew T. Roe

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  • ·Early initiation of eptifibatide in the emergency department before primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: Results of the Time to Integrilin Therapy in Acute Myocardial Infarction (TITAN)-TIMI 34 trial

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    C. Michael Gibson, Ajay J. Kirtane, Sabina A. Murphy, Steve Rohrbeck, Venu Menon, Jeffrey Lins, Samer Kazziha, Ivan Rokos, Nicolas W. Shammas, Theresa M. Palabrica, Polly Fish, Carolyn H. McCabe, Eugene Braunwald, for the TIMI Study Group

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  • ·Underuse of evidence-based treatment partly explains the worse clinical outcome in diabetic patients with acute coronary syndromes

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    Raymond T. Yan, Andrew T. Yan, Mary Tan, Darren K. McGuire, Lawrence Leiter, David H. Fitchett, Claude Lauzon, Kevin Lai, Chi-Ming Chow, Anatoly Langer, Shaun G. Goodman, for the Canadian Acute Coronary Syndrome Registry Investigators

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  • ·Age, outcomes, and treatment effects of fibrinolytic and antithrombotic combinations: Findings from Assessment of the Safety and Efficacy of a New Thrombolytic (ASSENT)-3 and ASSENT-3 PLUS

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    Peter R. Sinnaeve, Yao Huang, Kris Bogaerts, Alec Vahanian, Jennifer Adgey, Paul W. Armstrong, Lars Wallentin, Frans J. Van de Werf, Christopher B. Granger, on behalf of the ASSENT-3 and ASSENT-3 PLUS investigators

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  • ·Sustained effect of autologous bone marrow mononuclear cell injection in patients with refractory angina pectoris and chronic myocardial ischemia: Twelve-month follow-up results

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    Saskia L.M.A. Beeres, Jeroen J. Bax, Petra Dibbets-Schneider, Marcel P.M. Stokkel, Willem E. Fibbe, Ernst E. van der Wall, Martin J. Schalij, Douwe E. Atsma

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  • ·Home defibrillation: A feasibility study in myocardial infarction survivors at intermediate risk of sudden death

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    Tommaso Sanna, Francesco Fedele, Igino Genuini, Andrea Puglisi, Paolo Azzolini, Giuliano Altamura, Francesco Lobianco, Matteo Ruzzolini, Francesco Perna, Mirco Micò, Giancarlo Roscio, Pierluigi Mottironi, Carlo Saraceni, Michele Pistolese, Fulvio Bellocci

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  • ·Interhospital transfer for early revascularization in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock—a report from the SHould we revascularize Occluded Coronaries for cardiogenic shocK? (SHOCK) trial and registry

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    Raban V. Jeger, Chi-Hong Tseng, Judith S. Hochman, Eric R. Bates

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  • ·Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty decreases levels of C-reactive protein in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

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    Hiroyuki Kinoshita, Akira Shibano, Takema Sakoda, Hiroki Ikeda, Hiroshi Iranami, Yoshio Hatano, Tadao Enomoto

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  • ·Weight loss improves heart rate recovery in overweight and obese men with features of the metabolic syndrome

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    Grant D. Brinkworth, Manny Noakes, Jonathan D. Buckley, Peter M. Clifton

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  • ·The impact of cardiovascular risk factors on subclinical left main coronary artery disease: An intravascular ultrasound study

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    Sang-Wook Kim, Gary S. Mintz, Esteban Escolar, Patrick Ohlmann, Jerzy Pregowski, Pawel Tyczynski, Augusto D. Pichard, Lowell F. Satler, Kenneth M. Kent, William O. Suddath, Ron Waksman, Neil J. Weissman

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  • ·Skin cholesterol adds to Framingham risk assessment

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    Dennis L. Sprecher, Gregory L. Pearce

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  • ·Stimulating autoantibodies directed against the cardiac ?₁-adrenergic receptor predict increased mortality in idiopathic cardiomyopathy

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    Stefan Störk, Valerie Boivin, Rüdiger Horf, Lutz Hein, Martin J. Lohse, Christiane E. Angermann, Roland Jahns

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  • ·Quantification of the risk and predictors of hyperkalemia in patients with left ventricular dysfunction : A retrospective analysis of the Studies of Left Ventricular Dysfunction (SOLVD) trials

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    Simon de Denus, Jean-Claude Tardif, Michel White, Martial G. Bourassa, Normand Racine, Sylvie Levesque, Anique Ducharme

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  • ·Immunoadsorption in dilated cardiomyopathy: 6-month results from a randomized study

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    Alexander Staudt, Astrid Hummel, Jörg Ruppert, Marcus Dörr, Christiane Trimpert, Katrin Birkenmeier, Thomas Krieg, Yvonne Staudt, Stephan B. Felix

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  • ·Adjunctive therapy with low-molecular-weight heparin in patients with chronic heart failure secondary to dilated cardiomyopathy: One-year follow-up results of the randomized trial

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    Romuald Wojnicz, Jolanta Nowak, Bo?ena Szygu?a-Jurkiewicz, Krzysztof Wilczek, Andrzej Lekston, Przemys?aw Trzeciak, Ewa Nowalany-Kozielska, Marian Zembala, Jan Wodniecki, Lech Polo?ski

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  • ·The effect of altering heart rate on ventricular function in patients with heart failure treated with ?-blockers

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    Simon D.R. Thackray, Justin M. Ghosh, Graham A. Wright, Klaus K.A. Witte, Nikolay P. Nikitin, Gerald C. Kaye, Andrew L. Clark, Ann Tweddel, John G.F. Cleland

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  • ·Survival in octogenarians receiving implantable defibrillators

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    Bruce A. Koplan, Laurence M. Epstein, Christine M. Albert, William G. Stevenson

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  • ·Potential applicability and utilization of left atrial appendage occlusion devices in patients with atrial fibrillation

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    Rebecca Fountain, David R. Holmes, Patricia K. Hodgson, Krishnaswamy Chandrasekaran, Robert Van Tassel, Peter Sick

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  • ·A history of heart failure predicts arrhythmia treatment efficacy: Data from the Antiarrythmics versus Implantable Defibrillators (AVID) Study

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    Michael A. Brodsky, John McAnulty, Douglas P. Zipes, Christina Baessler, Alfred P. Hallstrom, the AVID Investigators

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  • ·ST-segment abnormalities and premature complexes are predictors of new-onset atrial fibrillation: The Niigata Preventive Medicine Study

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    Hiroshi Watanabe, Naohito Tanabe, Yashiro Makiyama, Sameer S. Chopra, Yuji Okura, Hiroshi Suzuki, Kazumitsu Matsui, Toru Watanabe, Yoshiaki Kurashina, Yoshifusa Aizawa

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  • ·The impact of the AMPD1 gene polymorphism on exercise capacity, other prognostic parameters, and survival in patients with stable congestive heart failure: A study in 686 consecutive patients

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    Pascal de Groote, Nicolas Lamblin, Nicole Helbecque, Frédéric Mouquet, Xavier Hermant, Philippe Amouyel, Jean Dallongeville, Christophe Bauters

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  • ·Lack of sensitivity of the electrocardiogram for detection of old myocardial infarction: A cardiac magnetic resonance imaging study

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    Federico M. Asch, Sangeeta Shah, Christine Rattin, Srirama Swaminathan, Anthon Fuisz, Joseph Lindsay

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  • ·The prognostic value of the mitral diastolic filling velocity ratio for all-cause mortality and cardiovascular morbidity in African Americans: the atherosclerotic Risks in Communities (ARIC) study

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    Ervin R. Fox, Hui Han, Herman A. Taylor, Ulysses C. Walls, Tandaw Samdarshi, Thomas N. Skelton, Jun Pan, Donna Arnett

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  • ·Measurement of the thickness of the fibrous cap by optical coherence tomography

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    Teruyoshi Kume, Takashi Akasaka, Takahiro Kawamoto, Hiroyuki Okura, Nozomi Watanabe, Eiji Toyota, Yoji Neishi, Renan Sukmawan, Yoshito Sadahira, Kiyoshi Yoshida

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  • ·Association between Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction myocardial perfusion grade, biomarkers, and clinical outcomes among patients with moderate- to high-risk acute coronary syndromes: Observations from the Randomized Trial to Evaluate the Relative PROTECTion against Post-PCI Microvascular Dysfunction and Post-PCI Ischemia among Antiplatelet and Antithrombotic Agents–Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction 30 (PROTECT-TIMI 30)

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    C. Michael Gibson, Ajay J. Kirtane, David A. Morrow, Theresa M. Palabrica, Sabina A. Murphy, Peter H. Stone, Benjamin M. Scirica, Lisa K. Jennings, Howard C. Herrmann, David J. Cohen, Carolyn H. McCabe, Eugene Braunwald, for the TIMI Study Group

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  • ·A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled multicenter clinical trial to evaluate the effects of the angiotensin II receptor blocker candesartan cilexetil on intimal hyperplasia after coronary stent implantation

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    Peter W. Radke, Hans R. Figulla, Helmut Drexler, Heinrich G. Klues, Andreas Mügge, Sigmund Silber, Werner Daniel, Alexander Schmeisser, Nicolaus Reifart, Wolfgang Motz, Hans-Joachim Büttner, Dieter Fischer, Jan R. Ortlepp, Kerstin Schaefers, Rainer Hoffmann, Peter Hanrath, for the AACHEN Trial Investigators

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  • ·Predictors of long-term outcome after crush stenting of coronary bifurcation lesions: Importance of the bifurcation angle

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    Vladimir Dzavik, Rajesh Kharbanda, Joan Ivanov, Douglas J. Ing, Sanh Bui, Karen Mackie, Rachael Ramsamujh, Alan Barolet, Leonard Schwartz, Peter H. Seidelin

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  • ·Reduced 6-month resource use and costs associated with cilostazol in patients after successful coronary stent implantation: Results from the Cilostazol for RESTenosis (CREST) trial

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    Zefeng Zhang, Jovonne K. Foster, Paul Kolm, Claudine T. Jurkovitz, Karen M. Parker, Nancy V. Murrah, Grant T. Anderson, John S. Douglas, William S. Weintraub

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  • ·Correction

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  • ·Racial differences in reaching target low-density lipoprotein goal among individuals treated with prescription statin therapy

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    Marianne Ulcickas Yood, Bruce D. McCarthy, Judy Kempf, Gena P. Kucera, Karen Wells, Susan Oliveria, Paul Stang

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  • ·Quality of cholesterol screening and management with respect to the National Cholesterol Education's Third Adult Treatment Panel (ATPIII) guideline in primary care practices in North Carolina

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    Alain G. Bertoni, Denise E. Bonds, Susan Steffes, Eric Jackson, Lenore Crago, Aarthi Balasubramanyam, Haiying Chen, David C. Goff

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  • ·Response of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein to exercise training in an at-risk population

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    Kim M. Huffman, Gregory P. Samsa, Cris A. Slentz, Brian D. Duscha, Johanna L. Johnson, Connie W. Bales, Charles J. Tanner, Joseph A. Houmard, William E. Kraus

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  • ·Clinical correlates of long-term mortality after percutaneous interventions of saphenous vein grafts

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    Rajendra H. Mehta, Emily Honeycutt, Linda K. Shaw, Donald Glower, Robert A. Harrington, Michael H. Sketch

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