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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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• Editorial

  • ·Drug-eluting stents in total coronary occlusions: Another piece of the puzzle solved?

    Page :807-809

    Vladimir Dzavik

    
  • ·The predicament of offering elective percutaneous coronary intervention at sites without on-site cardiac surgery

    Page :810-811

    Mandeep Singh

    
  • ·“Bolus-only” glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor use for elective percutaneous coronary intervention : Maybe less is more?

    Page :812-814

    Tim A. Fischell

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  • ·Failure of ?-blockers in the reduction of perioperative events: Where did we go wrong?

    Page :815-818

    Peter A. McCullough

     

• Curriculum in Cardiology

  • ·Subclinical coronary atherosclerosis: Racial profiling is necessary!

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    Sarwar H. Orakzai, Raza H. Orakzai, Khurram Nasir, Raul D. Santos, Daniel Edmundowicz, Matthew J. Budoff, Roger S. Blumenthal

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  • ·Serial testing of B-type natriuretic peptide and NTpro-BNP for monitoring therapy of heart failure: The role of biologic variation in the interpretation of results

    Page :828-834

    Alan H.B. Wu

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  • ·Clinical evidence for a health benefit from cardiac rehabilitation: An update

    Page :835-841

    Mark A. Williams, Philip A. Ades, Larry F. Hamm, Steven J. Keteyian, Thomas P. LaFontaine, Jeffrey L. Roitman, Ray W. Squires

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• Progress in Cardiology

  • ·Effect of ?₁-adrenergic receptors in cardiac pathophysiology

    Page :842-850

    Richard Shannon, Mohammad Chaudhry

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• Trial Design

  • ·Reperfusion of acute myocardial infarction in North Carolina emergency departments (RACE): Study design

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    James G. Jollis, Rajendra H. Mehta, Mayme Lou Roettig, Peter B. Berger, Joseph D. Babb, Christopher B. Granger

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  • ·What is the role of angiotensin-receptor blockade in cardiovascular protection?

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    Jay N. Cohn

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  • ·Rationale and design of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of ivabradine in patients with stable coronary artery disease and left ventricular systolic dysfunction: the morBidity-mortality EvAlUaTion of the I_f inhibitor ivabradine in patients with coronary disease and left ventricULar dysfunction (BEAUTIFUL) Study

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    Kim Fox, Roberto Ferrari, Michal Tendera, Philippe Gabriel Steg, Ian Ford, on behalf of the BEAUTIFUL Steering Committee

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  • ·Examination of lower targets for low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and blood pressure in diabetes—the Stop Atherosclerosis in Native Diabetics Study (SANDS)

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    Marie Russell, Jerome L. Fleg, Wm. James Galloway, Jeffrey A. Henderson, James Howard, Elisa T. Lee, Bryce Poolaw, Robert E. Ratner, Mary J. Roman, Angela Silverman, Mario Stylianou, Matthew R. Weir, Charlton Wilson, Fawn Yeh, Jianhui Zhu, Barbara V. Howard

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• Clinical Investigations

  • ·Benefit of bolus-only platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibition during percutaneous coronary intervention: Insights from the very early outcomes in the Evaluation of 7E3 for the Prevention of Ischemic Complications (EPIC) trial

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    Jonathan D. Marmur, Cristina A. Mitre, Elliot Barnathan, Erdal Cavusoglu

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  • ·Sirolimus versus bare metal stent implantation in patients with total coronary occlusions : Subgroup analysis of the Stenting Coronary Arteries in Non-Stress/Benestent Disease (SCANDSTENT) Trial

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    Henning Kelbæk, Steffen Helqvist, Leif Thuesen, Lene Kløvgaard, Erik Jørgensen, Kari Saunamäki, Lars R. Krusell, Hans E. Bøtker, Thomas Engstrøm, Gunnar V.H. Jensen, for the SCANDSTENT investigators

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  • ·The favorable clinical and angiographic outcomes of a high-dose dexamethasone-eluting stent: Randomized controlled prospective study

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    Seung Hwan Han, Tae Hoon Ahn, Woong Chol Kang, Kyu Jin Oh, Wook-Jin Chung, MI-Seung Shin, Kwang Kon Koh, In Suck Choi, Eak Kyun Shin

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  • ·Intracoronary nitroprusside for the prevention of the no-reflow phenomenon after primary percutaneous coronary intervention in acute myocardial infarction. A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial

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    Guy Amit, Carlos Cafri, Sergei Yaroslavtsev, Shmuel Fuchs, Ora Paltiel, Akram Abu-Ful, Jean M. Weinstein, Arik Wolak, Reuben Ilia, Doron Zahger

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  • ·Nonemergent coronary angioplasty without on-site surgical backup: A randomized study evaluating outcomes in low-risk patients

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    Tor Melberg, Dennis W.T. Nilsen, AlfInge Larsen, Ståle Barvik, Vernon Bonarjee, Karel K.-J. Kuiper, Jan Erik Nordrehaug

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  • ·Single-vessel versus bifurcation stenting for the treatment of distal left main coronary artery disease in the drug-eluting stenting era. Clinical and angiographic insights into the Rapamycin-Eluting Stent Evaluated at Rotterdam Cardiology Hospital (RESEARCH) and Taxus-Stent Evaluated at Rotterdam Cardiology Hospital (T-SEARCH) registries

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    Marco Valgimigli, Patrizia Malagutti, Gaston A. Rodriguez Granillo, Keiichi Tsuchida, Héctor M. Garcia-Garcia, Carlos A.G. van Mieghem, Willem J. Van der Giessen, Pim De Feyter, Peter de Jaegere, Ron T. Van Domburg, Patrick W. Serruys

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  • ·Routine percutaneous coronary intervention in elderly patients with cardiogenic shock complicating acute myocardial infarction

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    Angela Migliorini, Guia Moschi, Renato Valenti, Guido Parodi, Emilio V. Dovellini, Nazario Carrabba, Piergiovanni Buonamici, David Antoniucci

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  • ·Comparison between drug-eluting stents and beta-radiation for the treatment of diffuse in-stent restenosis: Clinical and angiographic outcomes

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    Dennis Zavalloni, Guido Belli, Marco L. Rossi, Melania Scatturin, Emanuela Morenghi, Gianpiero Catalano, Giovanni Tosi, Gabriele L. Gasparini, Paolo Pagnotta, Patrizia Presbitero

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  • ·Nonemergent percutaneous coronary interventions in a veterans affairs medical center without onsite cardiac surgery

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    Oleg Roussanov, Greta Estacio, Maribeth Capuno, Linda Archuleta, Judith Hill, Nabil F. Jarmukli

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  • ·Role of probucol in inhibiting intimal hyperplasia after coronary stent implantation: A randomized study

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    Gilberto L. Nunes, Alexandre C. Abizaid, Marcus P. Theodoro, Fábio S. Brito, Adriano Caixeta, Luís Felipe F. da Silva, Nicolle G. Mazzotti, Adriane Belló-Klein, Nadine Clausell

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  • ·Comparison between stenting and balloon angioplasty in patients undergoing primary angioplasty of small coronary vessels

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    Giuseppe De Luca, Harry Suryapranata, Arnoud W.J. van't Hof, Jan Paul Ottervanger, Jan C.A. Hoorntje, Jan-Henk Dambrink, A.T. Marcel Gosselink, Menko-Jan de Boer

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  • ·Self-rated health among women with coronary disease: Depression is as important as recent cardiovascular events

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    Bernice Ruo, Daniel Bertenthal, Saunak Sen, Vera Bittner, Christine C. Ireland, Mark A. Hlatky

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  • ·Persistent depressive symptoms lower aspirin adherence after acute coronary syndromes

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    Nina Rieckmann, Ian M. Kronish, Donald Haas, William Gerin, William F. Chaplin, Matthew M. Burg, David Vorchheimer, Karina W. Davidson

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  • ·Prognostic value of plasma chromogranin A levels in patients with complicated myocardial infarction

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    Mette Elise Estensen, Aina Hognestad, Unni Syversen, Iain Squire, Leong Ng, John Kjekshus, Kenneth Dickstein, Torbjørn Omland

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  • ·The prevalence of unrecognized depression in patients with acute coronary syndrome

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    Alpesh A. Amin, Angela M.H. Jones, Karen Nugent, John S. Rumsfeld, John A. Spertus

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  • ·Are registry hospitals different? A comparison of patients admitted to hospitals of a commercial heart failure registry with those from national and community cohorts

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    Paul A. Heidenreich, Gregg C. Fonarow

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  • ·Relationship of depression, anxiety, and social isolation to chronic heart failure outpatient mortality

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    Erika Friedmann, Sue A. Thomas, Fang Liu, Patricia G. Morton, Deborah Chapa, Stephen S. Gottlieb, on behalf of the Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure Trial (SCD-HeFT) Investigators 1

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  • ·Population-based detection of systolic and diastolic dysfunction with amino-terminal pro–B-type natriuretic peptide

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    Walter P. Abhayaratna, Thomas H. Marwick, Niels G. Becker, Ian M. Jeffery, Darryl A. McGill, Wayne T. Smith

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  • ·Influence of history of heart failure on diagnostic performance and utility of B-type natriuretic peptide testing for acute dyspnea in the emergency department

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    Tommy Chung, Andrew Sindone, Fiona Foo, Andrew Dwyer, Richard Paoloni, Margaret R. Janu, Helen Wong, Judith Hall, Saul B. Freedman

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  • ·Outcomes in ambulatory chronic systolic and diastolic heart failure: A propensity score analysis

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    Ali Ahmed, Gilbert J. Perry, Jerome L. Fleg, Thomas E. Love, David C. Goff, Dalane W. Kitzman

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  • ·Force- and relaxation-frequency relations in patients with diastolic heart failure

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    Takashi Yamanaka, Katsuya Onishi, Masaki Tanabe, Kaoru Dohi, Kaoru Funabiki-Yamanaka, Naoki Fujimoto, Tairo Kurita, Takashi Tanigawa, Tetsuya Kitamura, Masaaki Ito, Tsutomu Nobori, Takeshi Nakano

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  • ·Risks and benefits of combining aspirin with anticoagulant therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation: An exploratory analysis of stroke prevention using an oral thrombin inhibitor in atrial fibrillation (SPORTIF) trials

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    Greg C. Flaker, Michael Gruber, Stuart J. Connolly, Steven Goldman, Sandra Chaparro, Alec Vahanian, Matti O. Halinen, Jay Horrow, Jonathan L. Halperin, the SPORTIF Investigators

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  • ·Variation in pulmonary vein size during the cardiac cycle: Implications for non–electrocardiogram-gated imaging

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    Thomas H. Hauser, Susan B. Yeon, Kraig V. Kissinger, Mark E. Josephson, Warren J. Manning

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  • ·Role of amiodarone or implantable cardioverter/defibrillator in patients with atrial fibrillation and heart failure

    Page :974.e7

    Steven N. Singh, Jeannie Poole, Jill Anderson, Anne S. Hellkamp, Pamela Karasik, Daniel B. Mark, Kerry L. Lee, Gust H. Bardy, for the SCD-HeFT Investigators

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  • ·Aortic root dysfunctioning and its effect on left ventricular function in Ross procedure patients assessed with magnetic resonance imaging

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    Heynric B. Grotenhuis, Jos J.M. Westenberg, Joost Doornbos, Lucia J.M. Kroft, Paul H. Schoof, Mark G. Hazekamp, Hubert W. Vliegen, Jaap Ottenkamp, Albert de Roos

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  • ·Autologous transplantation of mononuclear bone marrow cells in patients with acute myocardial infarction: The effect of the dose of transplanted cells on myocardial function

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    Jaroslav Meluzín, Ji?í Mayer, Ladislav Groch, Stanislav Janoušek, Ivan Hor?á?ek, Ota Hlinomaz, Petr Kala, Roman Panovský, Ji?í Prášek, Milan Kamínek, Jaroslav Staní?ek, Martin Klabusay, Zden??k Ko?ístek, Milan Navrátil, Ladislav Dušek, Jaroslava Vinklárková

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  • ·Reduced treatment success in lipid management among women with coronary heart disease or risk equivalents: Results of a national survey

    Page :976-981

    Benjamin J. Ansell, Gregg C. Fonarow, Kevin C. Maki, Mary R. Dicklin, Margie Bell, Michael H. Davidson, for the NEPTUNE II Steering Committee

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  • ·Comparative lipid-lowering effects of policosanol and atorvastatin: A randomized, parallel, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

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    Luigi X. Cubeddu, Roberto J. Cubeddu, Todd Heimowitz, Beatriz Restrepo, Gervasio A. Lamas, Gloria B. Weinberg

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  • ·Cynical hostility and carotid atherosclerosis in African American and white women: The Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN) Heart Study

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    Susan A. Everson-Rose, Tené T. Lewis, Kelly Karavolos, Karen A. Matthews, Kim Sutton-Tyrrell, Lynda H. Powell

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  • ·The effects of perioperative ?-blockade: Results of the Metoprolol after Vascular Surgery (MaVS) study, a randomized controlled trial

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    Homer Yang, Karen Raymer, Ron Butler, Joel Parlow, Robin Roberts

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  • ·Anemia as independent predictor of major events in elderly patients with chronic angina

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    Stefano Muzzarelli, Matthias Pfisterer, for the TIME Investigators

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  • ·Lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A₂ independently predicts the angiographic diagnosis of coronary artery disease and coronary death

    Page :997-1003

    Heidi T. May, Benjamin D. Horne, Jeffrey L. Anderson, Robert L. Wolfert, Joseph B. Muhlestein, Dale G. Renlund, Jessica L. Clarke, Matthew J. Kolek, Tami L. Bair, Robert R. Pearson, Krishnankutty Sudhir, John F. Carlquist

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  • ·Prognostic implication of valvular lesion and left ventricular size in asymptomatic patients with chronic organic mitral regurgitation and normal left ventricular performance

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    Juan Krauss, Rodolfo Pizarro, Pablo F. Oberti, Mariano Falconi, Arturo Cagide

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  • ·Anomalous right coronary artery arising from the pulmonary artery: A report of 7 cases and a review of the literature

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    Ismee A. Williams, Welton M. Gersony, William E. Hellenbrand

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• Letters to the Editor

  • ·Letter to the Editor

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    Abdul Hakeem, Sabha Bhatti

    
  • ·RE: Rescue percutaneous coronary intervention after failed fibrinolytic therapy: Have expectations been met?

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    David R. Holmes, Bernard J. Gersh

    
  • ·Letter to the Editor

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    Koo Hui Chan, Adrian Ionescu

    
  • ·Response to Letter to the Editor

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    Michael S. Chen, Deepak L. Bhatt

    
  • ·Comparison of left ventricular and biventricular pacing in patients with heart failure

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    Arash Arya

    
  • ·Reply to Letter to the Editor

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    Maurizio Gasparini, On behalf of the BELIEVE investigators