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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

  • ·The benefits of moving quality to a national level

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    Robert M. Califf

     
  • ·Discrimination: A new cardiovascular risk factor?

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    Kevin L. Thomas

    

• Special Articles: NRMI 1990-2006

  • ·Trends in presenting characteristics and hospital mortality among patients with ST elevation and non-ST elevation myocardial infarction in the National Registry of Myocardial Infarction from 1990 to 2006

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    William J. Rogers, Paul D. Frederick, Edna Stoehr, John G. Canto, Joseph P. Ornato, C. Michael Gibson, Charles V. Pollack, Joel M. Gore, Nisha Chandra-Strobos, Eric D. Peterson, William J. French, for the National Registry of Myocardial Infarction Investigators l

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  • ·Trends in reperfusion strategies, door-to-needle and door-to-balloon times, and in-hospital mortality among patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction enrolled in the National Registry of Myocardial Infarction from 1990 to 2006

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    C. Michael Gibson, Yuri B. Pride, Paul D. Frederick, Charles V. Pollack, John G. Canto, Alan J. Tiefenbrunn, W. Douglas Weaver, Costas T. Lambrew, William J. French, Eric D. Peterson, William J. Rogers, for the NRMI Investigators

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  • ·Trends in quality of care for patients with acute myocardial infarction in the National Registry of Myocardial Infarction from 1990 to 2006

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    Eric D. Peterson, Bimal R. Shah, Lori Parsons, Charles V. Pollack, William J. French, John G. Canto, C. Michael Gibson, William J. Rogers, for the NRMI Investigators

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• Curriculum in Cardiology

  • ·Echocardiographic evaluation of left atrial size and function: Current understanding, pathophysiologic correlates, and prognostic implications

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    Dominic Y. Leung, Anita Boyd, Arnold A. Ng, Cecilia Chi, Liza Thomas

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• Progress in Cardiology

  • ·Uncontrolled immune response in acute myocardial infarction : Unraveling the thread

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    Vicente Bodi, Juan Sanchis, Julio Nunez, Luis Mainar, Gema Minana, Isabel Benet, Carlos Solano, Francisco J. Chorro, Angel Llacer

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• Trial Design

  • ·Assessment on the Prevention of Progression by Rosiglitazone on Atherosclerosis in diabetes patients with Cardiovascular History (APPROACH): Study design and baseline characteristics

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    Robert E. Ratner, Christopher P. Cannon, Hertzel C. Gerstein, Richard W. Nesto, Patrick W. Serruys, Gerrit-Anne van Es, Nikheel S. Kolatkar, Barbara G. Kravitz, Andrew Zalewski, Peter J. Fitzgerald, The APPROACH study group

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  • ·Design and rationale of CURRENT-OASIS 7: A randomized, 2 × 2 factorial trial evaluating optimal dosing strategies for clopidogrel and aspirin in patients with ST and non–ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes managed with an early invasive strategy

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    Shamir R. Mehta, Jean-Pierre Bassand, Susan Chrolavicius, Rafael Diaz, Keith A.A. Fox, Christopher B. Granger, Sanjit Jolly, Hans-Jurgen Rupprecht, Petr Widimsky, Salim Yusuf, on behalf of the CURRENT OASIS 7 Steering Committee h

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• Clinical Investigations

  • ·Intraobserver variability in grading severity of repeated identical cases of mitral regurgitation

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    Nicholas Thomas, Beth Unsworth, Emily A. Ferenczi, Justin E. Davies, Jamil Mayet, Darrel P. Francis

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  • ·Off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery in California, 2003 to 2005

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    Zhongmin Li, Khung Keong Yeo, Joseph P. Parker, Geeta Mahendra, J. Nilas Young, Ezra A. Amsterdam

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  • ·Cardiovascular risk indicators and perceived race/ethnic discrimination in the Dallas Heart Study

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    Michelle A. Albert, Joseph Ravenell, Robert J. Glynn, Amit Khera, Nitsan Halevy, James A. de Lemos

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  • ·Prognostic value of left atrial volume in patients who underwent dobutamine stress echocardiography for known or suspected coronary artery disease

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    Jeane Mike Tsutsui, Paulo M.M. Dourado, Abdou Elhendy, Sandra N.R.S. Falcão, Renise M. Goes, Antônio C.P. Chagas, Protásio L. da Luz, José A.F. Ramires, Wilson Mathias

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  • ·Omega-6 and trans fatty acids in blood cell membranes: A risk factor for acute coronary syndromes?

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    Robert C. Block, William S. Harris, Kimberly J. Reid, John A. Spertus

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  • ·Left ventricular systolic dyssynchrony is a predictor of cardiac remodeling after myocardial infarction

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    Yan Zhang, Gabriel W. Yip, Anna K.Y. Chan, Mei Wang, Wynnie W.M. Lam, Jeffrey W.H. Fung, Joseph Y.S. Chan, John E. Sanderson, Cheuk-Man Yu

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  • ·Correction

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  • ·Disparity in drug-eluting stent utilization by insurance type

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    John Kao, Ricardo Vicuna, John A. House, John S. Rumsfeld, Henry H. Ting, John A. Spertus, on behalf of the National Cardiovascular Data CathPCI Registry (NCDR)

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  • ·Ambulatory discharge after transradial coronary intervention: Preliminary US single-center experience (Same-day TransRadial Intervention and Discharge Evaluation, the STRIDE Study)

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    Refat Jabara, Radhika Gadesam, Lakshmana Pendyala, Nicolas Chronos, Larry V. Crisco, Spencer B. King, Jack P. Chen

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  • ·European registry on patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction transferred for mechanical reperfusion with a special focus on early administration of abciximab—EUROTRANSFER Registry

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    Dariusz Dudek, Zbigniew Siudak, Magnus Janzon, Ralf Birkemeyer, Guillermo Aldama-Lopez, Corrado Lettieri, Bogdan Janus, Andrzej Wisniewski, Sergio Berti, Zoran Olivari, Tomasz Rakowski, Lukasz Partyka, Jochen Goedicke, Krzysztof Zmudka, on behalf of EUROTRANSFER Registry investigators

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  • ·Long-term treatment with sulfhydryl angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition reduces carotid intima-media thickening and improves the nitric oxide/oxidative stress pathways in newly diagnosed patients with mild to moderate primary hypertension

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    Claudio Napoli, Giuseppe Bruzzese, Louis J. Ignarro, Ettore Crimi, Filomena de Nigris, Sharon Williams-Ignarro, Sabina Libardi, Linda Sommese, Carmela Fiorito, Francesco P. Mancini, Francesco Cacciatore, Antonio Liguori

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  • ·Genetic variation at the 9p21 locus predicts angiographic coronary artery disease prevalence but not extent and has clinical utility

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    Jeffrey L. Anderson, Benjamin D. Horne, Matthew J. Kolek, Joseph B. Muhlestein, Chrissa P. Mower, James J. Park, Heidi T. May, Nicola J. Camp, John F. Carlquist

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  • ·Cigarette smoking and risk of atrial fibrillation: The Rotterdam Study

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    Jan Heeringa, Jan A. Kors, Albert Hofman, Frank J.A. van Rooij, Jacqueline C.M. Witteman

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  • ·Cholesterol levels and in-hospital mortality in patients with acute decompensated heart failure

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    Tamara B. Horwich, Adrian F. Hernandez, David Dai, Clyde W. Yancy, Gregg C. Fonarow, for the Get With the Guidelines Steering Committee and Hospitals

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  • ·A cardiopulmonary exercise testing score for predicting outcomes in patients with heart failure

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    Jonathan Myers, Ross Arena, Frederick Dewey, Daniel Bensimhon, Joshua Abella, Leon Hsu, Paul Chase, Marco Guazzi, Mary Ann Peberdy

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  • ·Why and when do patients with heart failure and normal left ventricular ejection fraction die? Analysis of >600 deaths in a community long-term study

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    Lilian Grigorian-Shamagian, Fernando Otero Raviña, Emad Abu Assi, Rafael Vidal Perez, Elvis Teijeira-Fernandez, Alfonso Varela Roman, Laura Moreira Sayagues, Jose Ramon Gonzalez-Juanatey

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  • ·Independent prognostic value of echocardiography and N-terminal pro–B-type natriuretic peptide in patients with heart failure

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    Alan L. Hinderliter, James A. Blumenthal, Christopher O'Conner, Kirkwood F. Adams, Carla Sueta Dupree, Robert A. Waugh, Daniel Bensimhon, Robert H. Christenson, Andrew Sherwood

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  • ·Ejection fraction assessment and survival: An analysis of the Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure Trial (SCD-HeFT)

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    Lorne J. Gula, George J. Klein, Anne S. Hellkamp, David Massel, Andrew D. Krahn, Allan C. Skanes, Raymond Yee, Jill Anderson, George W. Johnson, Jeanne E. Poole, Daniel B. Mark, Kerry L. Lee, Gust H. Bardy, for the SCD-HeFT Investigators

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  • ·Selenium supplementation improves antioxidant capacity in vitro and in vivo in patients with coronary artery disease : The SElenium Therapy in Coronary Artery disease Patients (SETCAP) Study

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    Renate Schnabel, Edith Lubos, Claudia M. Messow, Christoph R. Sinning, Tanja Zeller, Philipp S. Wild, Dirk Peetz, Diane E. Handy, Thomas Munzel, Joseph Loscalzo, Karl J. Lackner, Stefan Blankenberg

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  • ·Optimizing cardiology capacity to reduce emergency department boarding: A systems engineering approach

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    Scott R. Levin, Robert Dittus, Dominik Aronsky, Matthew B. Weinger, Jin Han, Jeffrey Boord, Daniel France

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  • ·Sex differences in patients seeking medical attention for prodromal symptoms before an acute coronary event

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    Michelle M. Graham, Cynthia M. Westerhout, Padma Kaul, Colleen M. Norris, Paul W. Armstrong

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  • ·Enhanced external counterpulsation improves systolic blood pressure in patients with refractory angina

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    Alex R. Campbell, Daniel Satran, Andrey G. Zenovich, Kayla M. Campbell, Julia C. Espel, Theresa L. Arndt, Anil K. Poulose, Charlene R. Boisjolie, Kim Juusola, Bradley A. Bart, Timothy D. Henry

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  • ·Direction of blood flow from the left ventricle during cardiopulmonary resuscitation in humans—its implications for mechanism of blood flow

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    Hyun Kim, Sung Oh Hwang, Christopher C. Lee, Kang Hyun Lee, Jang Young Kim, Byung Su Yoo, Seung Hwan Lee, Jung Han Yoon, Kyung Hoon Choe, Adam J. Singer

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