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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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• Editorials

  • ·Treatment of drug-eluting stent restenosis

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    Marco A. Costa

     
  • ·Use of natriuretic peptides in clinical decision-making for patients with non–ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes

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    James A. de Lemos, David A. Morrow

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• Curriculum in Cardiology

  • ·Vasodilator therapy in patients with aortic insufficiency: A systematic review

    Page :454-461

    Ali Mahajerin, Hitinder S. Gurm, Thomas T. Tsai, Paul S. Chan, Brahmajee K. Nallamothu

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  • ·Relation between cardiac troponin I and mortality in acute decompensated heart failure

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    John J. You, Peter C. Austin, David A. Alter, Dennis T. Ko, Jack V. Tu

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  • ·Statins and cardiovascular risk reduction in patients with chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal failure

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    Usman Baber, Robert D. Toto, James A. de Lemos

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• Trial Design

  • ·The Second Follow-up Serial Infusions of Nesiritide (FUSION II) trial for advanced heart failure: Study rationale and design

    Page :478-484

    Clyde W. Yancy, Henry Krum, Barry M. Massie, Marc A. Silver, Lynne Warner Stevenson, Mei Cheng, Sun Sook Kim, Rosemary Evans, for the FUSION II Investigators

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• Clinical Investigations

  • ·N-terminal pro–brain natriuretic peptide for additional risk stratification in patients with non–ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome and an elevated troponin T: An Invasive versus Conservative Treatment in Unstable coronary Syndromes (ICTUS) substudy

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    Fons Windhausen, Alexander Hirsch, Gerard T. Sanders, Jan P. Hein Cornel, Johan Fischer, Jan van Straalen, Jan G.P. Tijssen, Freek W.A. Verheugt, Robbert J. de Winter, for the Invasive versus Conservative Treatment in Unstable coronary Syndromes (ICTUS) investigators

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  • ·Use of proven therapies in non–ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes according to evidence-based risk stratification

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    Gustavo B.F. Oliveira, Alvaro Avezum, Frederick A. Anderson, Andrzej Budaj, Omar H. Dabbous, Shaun G. Goodman, Philippe Gabriel Steg, Robert J. Goldberg, David Brieger, Keith A.A. Fox, Joel M. Gore, Christopher B. Granger, for the GRACE Investigators

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  • ·Long-term prognostic value and therapeutic implications of continuous ST-segment monitoring in acute coronary syndrome

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    Andrew T. Yan, Raymond T. Yan, Mary Tan, Mano Senaratne, David H. Fitchett, Anatoly Langer, Shaun G. Goodman, for the INTERACT Investigators

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  • ·Documented traditional cardiovascular risk factors and mortality in non–ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

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    Matthew T. Roe, Abdul R. Halabi, Rajendra H. Mehta, Anita Y. Chen, L. Kristin Newby, Robert A. Harrington, Sidney C. Smith, E. Magnus Ohman, W. Brian Gibler, Eric D. Peterson

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  • ·Translation of clinical trial results into practice: Temporal patterns of ?-blocker utilization for heart failure at hospital discharge and during ambulatory follow-up

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    Parag Patel, Donna L. White, Anita Deswal

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  • ·Prognostic implication of redefining indeterminate microvolt T-wave alternans studies as abnormal or normal

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    Paul S. Chan, Cheryl Bartone, Terri Booth, Dean Kereiakes, Theodore Chow

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  • ·Exercise training in systolic and diastolic dysfunction: Effects on cardiac function, functional capacity, and quality of life

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    Neil Smart, Brian Haluska, Leanne Jeffriess, Thomas H. Marwick

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  • ·The effects of initiation or continuation of statin therapy on cholesterol level and all-cause mortality after the diagnosis of left ventricular systolic dysfunction

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    Poay Huan Loh, Jonathan D. Windram, Lwin Tin, Priya Reddy, Periaswamy Velavan, Alan S. Rigby, Paul Atkin, Nikolay P. Nikitin, Andrew L. Clark, John G.F. Cleland

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  • ·A randomized trial of carvedilol after renin-angiotensin system inhibition in chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy

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    Fernando A. Botoni, Philip A. Poole-Wilson, Antonio L.P. Ribeiro, Darlington O. Okonko, Bráulio M.R. Oliveira, Airandes S. Pinto, Mauro M. Teixeira, Antonio L. Teixeira, Adelina M. Reis, Jackellyne B.P. Dantas, Cid S. Ferreira, Wilson C. Tavares, Manoel Otávio C. Rocha

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  • ·Regional left ventricular function in individuals with mild to moderate renal insufficiency: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

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    Khurram Nasir, Boaz D. Rosen, Holly J. Kramer, Thor Edvardsen, David A. Bluemke, Kiang Liu, João A.C. Lima

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  • ·Ten-year risk of cardiovascular incidence related to diabetes, prediabetes, and the metabolic syndrome

    Page :552-558

    Jing Liu, Scott M. Grundy, Wei Wang, Sidney C. Smith, Gloria Lena Vega, Zhaosu Wu, Zhechun Zeng, Wenhua Wang, Dong Zhao

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  • ·Insulin resistance is associated with increased risk of major cardiovascular events in patients with preexisting coronary artery disease

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    Alexander Tenenbaum, Yehuda Adler, Valentina Boyko, Helena Tenenbaum, Enrique Z. Fisman, David Tanne, Mordechai Lapidot, Ehud Schwammenthal, Micha S. Feinberg, Zipora Matas, Michael Motro, Solomon Behar

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  • ·Exercise capacity in atrial fibrillation: A substudy of the Sotalol-Amiodarone Atrial Fibrillation Efficacy Trial (SAFE-T)

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    J. Edwin Atwood, Jonathan N. Myers, X. Charlene Tang, Domenic J. Reda, Steven N. Singh, Bramah N. Singh

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  • ·Statin use was associated with reduced mortality in both ischemic and nonischemic cardiomyopathy and in patients with implantable defibrillators: Mortality data and mechanistic insights from the Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure Trial (SCD-HeFT)

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    Michael G. Dickinson, John H. Ip, Brian Olshansky, Anne S. Hellkamp, Jill Anderson, Jeanne E. Poole, Daniel B. Mark, Kerry L. Lee, Gust H. Bardy, for the SCD-HeFT Investigators

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  • ·The efficacy and safety of combination glycoprotein IIbIIIa inhibitors and reduced-dose thrombolytic therapy–facilitated percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-elevation myocardial infarction: A meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials

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    Mohamad C.N. Sinno, Sanjaya Khanal, Mouaz H. Al-Mallah, Muhammad Arida, W. Douglas Weaver

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  • ·Benefits of clopidogrel in patients undergoing coronary stenting significantly depend on loading dose: Evidence from a meta-regression

    Page :587-593

    Giuseppe G.L. Biondi-Zoccai, Marzia Lotrionte, Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Marco Valgimigli, Antonio Abbate, Giuseppe Sangiorgi, Claudio Moretti, Imad Sheiban

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  • ·A community-wide perspective into changing trends in the utilization of diagnostic and interventional procedures in patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction

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    Jessica Hahn, Darleen Lessard, Jorge Yarzebski, Jordan Goldberg, Sean Pruell, Frederick A. Spencer, Joel M. Gore, Robert J. Goldberg

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  • ·A propensity analysis of the risk of vascular complications after cardiac catheterization procedures with the use of vascular closure devices

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    Nipun Arora, Michael E. Matheny, Carrie Sepke, Frederic S. Resnic

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  • ·Quantitative evaluation of myocardial blush to assess tissue level reperfusion in patients with acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction : Incremental prognostic value compared with visual assessment

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    Grigorios Korosoglou, Andreas Haars, Gick Michael, Markus Erbacher, Stefan Hardt, Evangelos Giannitsis, Kerstin Kurz, Neumann Franz-Josef, Helmut Dickhaus, Hugo A. Katus, Helmut Kuecherer

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  • ·Use of intensified comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation to improve risk factor control in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus or impaired glucose tolerance—the randomized DANish StUdy of impaired glucose metabolism in the settings of cardiac rehabilitation (DANSUK) study

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    Anne Merete Boas Soja, Ann-Dorthe Olsen Zwisler, Marianne Frederiksen, Thomas Melchior, Eva Hommel, Christian Torp-Pedersen, Mette Madsen

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  • ·Efficacy of perindopril in reducing risk of cardiac events in patients with revascularized coronary artery disease

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    Kim M. Fox, Michel E. Bertrand, Willem J. Remme, Roberto Ferrari, Maarten L. Simoons, Jaap W. Deckers, on behalf of the EUROPA Investigators

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  • ·Fucosyltransferase 3 polymorphism and atherothrombotic disease in the Framingham Offspring Study

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    Luc Djoussé, Samer Karamohamed, Alan G. Herbert, Ralph B. D'Agostino, L. Adrienne Cupples, R. Curtis Ellison

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  • ·Associations of polymorphism of P22^phox C242T, plasma levels of vitamin E, and smoking with coronary heart disease in China

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    Mei-An He, Long-Xian Cheng, Chang-Zheng Jiang, He-Song Zeng, Jing Wang, Feng Wang, Ying Chen, Miao Yang, Hao Tan, Hong-Yan Zheng, Frank B. Hu, Tang-Chun Wu

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  • ·A prospective evaluation of left ventricular remodeling after inaugural anterior myocardial infarction as a function of gene polymorphisms in the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone, adrenergic, and metalloproteinase systems

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    Christophe Bauters, Nicolas Lamblin, Pierre V. Ennezat, Christophe Mycinski, Olivier Tricot, Olivier Nugue, Benoit Segrestin, Gery Hannebicque, Benaissa Agraou, Anne Sophie Polge, Pascal de Groote, Nicole Helbecque, Philippe Amouyel, on behalf of the REVE Investigators

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  • ·Evolution of 5 cardiovascular magnetic resonance–derived viability indexes after reperfused myocardial infarction

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    Vicente Bodí, Juan Sanchis, Maria P. Lopez-Lereu, Julio Nunez, Luis Mainar, Mauricio Pellicer, Roberto Sanz, Cristina Gomez, Maria J. Bosch, Oliver Husser, Francisco J. Chorro, Angel Llacer

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  • ·Prognostic role of subclinical left ventricular abnormalities and impact of transplantation in chronic kidney disease

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    Dhrubo J. Rakhit, Xiaohong H. Zhang, Rodel Leano, Kirsten A. Armstrong, Nicole M. Isbel, Thomas H. Marwick

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  • ·Effects of balloon-based distal protection during primary percutaneous coronary intervention on early and late infarct size and left ventricular remodeling: A pilot study using serial contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging

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    Joo-Yong Hahn, Hyeon-Cheol Gwon, Yeon Hyeon Choe, Il Rhee, Seung Hyuk Choi, Jin Ho Choi, Sang Hoon Lee, Kyong Pyo Hong, Jung Euy Park

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  • ·Epidemiology of angina pectoris: Role of natural language processing of the medical record

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    Serguei S.V. Pakhomov, Harry Hemingway, Susan A. Weston, Steven J. Jacobsen, Richard Rodeheffer, Véronique L. Roger

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  • ·Publication or presentation of results from multicenter clinical trials: Evidence from an academic medical center

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    Aslan T. Turer, Kenneth W. Mahaffey, Kate L. Compton, Robert M. Califf, Kevin A. Schulman

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  • ·The right ventricular response to high afterload: Comparison between atrial switch procedure, congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries, and idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension

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    Ju-Le Tan, Daniele Prati, Michael A. Gatzoulis, Derek Gibson, Michael Y. Henein, Wei Li

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  • ·Medium-term outcomes of coronary artery bypass graft surgery on pump versus off pump: Results from a randomized controlled trial

    Page :689-695

    Wojtek Karolak, Gregory Hirsch, Karen Buth, Jean-Francois Légaré

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  • ·Actual management of patients with asymptomatic aortic valve disease: How practice fits with guidelines

    Page :696-703

    Bernard Iung, David Messika-Zeitoun, Agnès Cachier, François Delahaye, Gabriel Baron, Pilar Tornos, Christa Gohlke-Bärwolf, Eric Boersma, Philippe Ravaud, Alec Vahanian

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  • ·Histopathological evaluation of left atrial appendage thrombogenesis removed during surgery for atrial fibrillation

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    Tsunenori Saito, Koichi Tamura, Daisuke Uchida, Tomonari Saito, Takashi Nitta, Yuichi Sugisaki

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  • ·Mitral regurgitation complicates postoperative outcome of noncardiac surgery

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    Hui-Chin Lai, Hui-Chun Lai, Wen-Lieng Lee, Kuo-Yang Wang, Chih-Tai Ting, Tsun-Jui Liu

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