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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 Readers

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• Curriculum in Cardiology

  • ·Adjunctive mechanical devices to prevent distal embolization in patients undergoing mechanical revascularization for acute myocardial infarction: A meta-analysis of randomized trials

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    Giuseppe De Luca, Harry Suryapranata, Gregg W. Stone, David Antoniucci, Franz-Joseph Neumann, Massimo Chiariello

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• Trial Design

  • ·Repeated drug-eluting stent implantation for drug-eluting stent restenosis: The same or a different stent

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    John Cosgrave, Gloria Melzi, Simon Corbett, Giuseppe G.L. Biondi-Zoccai, Rade Babic, Flavio Airoldi, Alaide Chieffo, Giuseppe M. Sangiorgi, Matteo Montorfano, Iassen Michev, Mauro Carlino, Antonio Colombo

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• Clinical Investigations

  • ·Early abciximab administration before primary percutaneous coronary intervention improves infarct-related artery patency and left ventricular function in high-risk patients with anterior wall myocardial infarction: A randomized study

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    Tomasz Rakowski, Jaroslaw Zalewski, Jacek Legutko, Stanislaw Bartus, Lukasz Rzeszutko, Artur Dziewierz, Danuta Sorysz, Leszek Bryniarski, Krzysztof Zmudka, Grzegorz L. Kaluza, Jacek S. Dubiel, Dariusz Dudek

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  • ·Cardiac power output predicts mortality across a broad spectrum of patients with acute cardiac disease

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    Dorinna D. Mendoza, Howard A. Cooper, Julio A. Panza

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  • ·Consistent platelet inhibition during long-term maintenance-dose clopidogrel therapy among 359 compliant outpatients with documented vascular disease

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    Victor L. Serebruany, Alex I. Malinin, Dan Atar, Dan F. Hanley

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  • ·The Outcome of PCI for stent-ThrombosIs MultIcentre Study (OPTIMIST): Rationale and design of a multicenter registry

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    Francesco Burzotta, Enrico Romagnoli, Alessandro Manzoli, Christian Pristipino, Flavia Belloni, Gennaro Sardella, Stefano Rigattieri, Gaetano Gioffrè, Pietro Mazzarotto, Francesco Summaria, Antonio Parma, Alessandro Danesi, Francesco Prati, Carlo Trani

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  • ·Extent and distribution of coronary artery disease: A comparative study of invasive versus noninvasive angiography with computed angiography

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    Javed Butler, Michael Shapiro, Johannes Reiber, Tej Sheth, Maros Ferencik, Emily G. Kurtz, John Nichols, Antonio Pena, Ricardo C. Cury, Thomas J. Brady, Udo Hoffmann

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  • ·Prognostic value of dobutamine stress echocardiography in patients with chronic kidney disease

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    Sébastien Bergeron, Graham S. Hillis, Eric N. Haugen, Jae K. Oh, Kent R. Bailey, Patricia A. Pellikka

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  • ·Effect of oral ?-blocker therapy on microvolt T-wave alternans and electrophysiology testing in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy

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    Eran S. Zacks, Daniel P. Morin, Shaun Ageno, Matthew Janik, Andreas C. Mauer, Steven M. Markowitz, Suneet Mittal, Sei Iwai, Bindi K. Shah, Bruce B. Lerman, Kenneth M. Stein

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  • ·Intracoronary ?-irradiation for the treatment of de novo lesions: 5-Year clinical follow-up of the BetAce randomized trial

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    Valeria Ferrero, Flavio Ribichini, Marleen Piessens, Guy R. Heyndrickx, Luc Verbeke, Bernard de Bruyne, Mauro Feola, Corrado Vassanelli, William Wijns

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  • ·Five-year follow-up in patients after therapy stratification based on intracoronary pressure measurement

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    Johannes Rieber, Philip Jung, Andreas Koenig, Thomas Schiele, Michael Shapiro, Udo Hoffmann, Volker Klauss

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  • ·Grade 3 ischemia on the admission electrocardiogram predicts failure of ST resolution and of adequate flow restoration after primary percutaneous coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction

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    Arik Wolak, Sergei Yaroslavtsev, Guy Amit, Yochai Birnbaum, Carlos Cafri, Shaul Atar, Harel Gilutz, Reuben Ilia, Doron Zahger

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  • ·Functional status outcomes among white and African-American cardiac patients in an equal access system

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    Nancy R. Kressin, Mark E. Glickman, Eric D. Peterson, Jeff Whittle, Michelle B. Orner, Laura A. Petersen

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  • ·Repeat length polymorphism of the serotonin transporter gene influences pulmonary artery pressure in heart failure

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    Thomas P. Olson, Eric M. Snyder, Robert P. Frantz, Stephen T. Turner, Bruce D. Johnson

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  • ·Long-term results (up to 17 years) of pulmonary balloon valvuloplasty in adults and its effects on concomitant severe infundibular stenosis and tricuspid regurgitation

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    Mohamed Eid Fawzy, Walid Hassan, Bahaa M. Fadel, Hani Sergani, Fayez El Shaer, Hassan El Widaa, Aly Al Sanei

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  • ·Effects of estrogen replacement with and without medroxyprogesterone acetate on brachial flow-mediated vasodilator responses in postmenopausal women with coronary artery disease

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    Joseph Yeboah, David M. Reboussin, David Waters, Glenn Kowalchuk, David M. Herrington

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  • ·Index

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  • ·A randomized trial of the effects of rosiglitazone and metformin on inflammation and subclinical atherosclerosis in patients with type 2 diabetes

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    Derek J. Stocker, Allen J. Taylor, Roy W. Langley, Matthew R. Jezior, Robert A. Vigersky

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  • ·Effects of zofenopril on myocardial ischemia in post–myocardial infarction patients with preserved left ventricular function: The Survival of Myocardial Infarction Long-term Evaluation (SMILE)–ISCHEMIA study

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    Claudio Borghi, Ettore Ambrosioni, on behalf of the Survival of Myocardial Infarction Long-term Evaluation (SMILE) Study Group

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• Letters to the Editor

  • ·Letter to the Editor

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    Saurabh Gupta, Andrew D. Michaels

    
  • ·Bhatt response to the letter to the editor by Michaels

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    Michael S. Chen, Deepak L. Bhatt

    
  • ·Persisting iatrogenic atrial septal defect after transseptal procedures—what should be done?

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    S. Harikrishnan, KrishnaKumar Nair, Jaganmohan Tharakan

    
  • ·Response to letter to the editor by Dr. S. Harikrishnan

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    Christoph Hammerstingl