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• • ·Table of contents

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• • ·Editorial Board

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• • ·Information for Readers

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• Curriculum in Cardiology

  • ·A review of dyspnea in acute heart failure syndromes

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    Ryenn L. West, Adrian F. Hernandez, Christopher M. O'Connor, Randall C. Starling, Robert M. Califf

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• Trial Design

  • ·Intramyocardial injection of autologous bone marrow mononuclear cells for patients with chronic ischemic heart disease and left ventricular dysfunction (First Mononuclear Cells injected in the US [FOCUS]): Rationale and design

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    James T. Willerson, Emerson C. Perin, Stephen G. Ellis, Carl J. Pepine, Timothy D. Henry, David X.M. Zhao, Dejian Lai, Marc S. Penn, Barry J. Byrne, Guilherme Silva, Adrian Gee, Jay H. Traverse, Antonis K. Hatzopoulos, John R. Forder, Daniel Martin, Marvin Kronenberg, Doris A. Taylor, Christopher R. Cogle, Sarah Baraniuk, Lynette Westbrook, Shelly L. Sayre, Rachel W. Vojvodic, David J. Gordon, Sonia I. Skarlatos, Lemuel A. Moyé, Robert D. Simari, for the Cardiovascular Cell Therapy Research Network (CCTRN)

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• Clinical Investigations

  • ·The new high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T assay improves risk assessment in acute coronary syndromes

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    Bertil Lindahl, Per Venge, Stefan James

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  • ·High burden of cardiovascular disease risk factors in Mexico: An epidemic of ischemic heart disease that may be on its way?

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    Benjamín Acosta-Cázares, Jorge Escobedo-de la Peña

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  • ·Transcatheter aortic valve implantation for severe aortic stenosis—a new paradigm for multidisciplinary intervention : A prospective cohort study

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    Rafal Dworakowski, Philip A. MacCarthy, Mark Monaghan, Simon Redwood, Ahmed El-Gamel, Christopher Young, Vinayat Bapat, Jane Hancock, Karen Wilson, Beth Brickham, Olaf Wendler, Martyn R. Thomas

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  • ·Application of appropriatenes criteria to stress single photon emission computed tomography sestamibi studies: A comparison of the 2009 revised appropriateness criteria to the 2005 original criteria

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    Damita J. Carryer, David O. Hodge, Todd D. Miller, John W. Askew, Raymond J. Gibbons

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  • ·Joint effects of common genetic variants from multiple genes and pathways on the risk of premature coronary artery disease

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    Jeffrey L. Anderson, Benjamin D. Horne, Nicola J. Camp, Joseph B. Muhlestein, Paul N. Hopkins, Lisa A. Cannon-Albright, Chrissa P. Mower, James J. Park, Jessica L. Clarke, Zachary P. Nicholas, Jason T. McKinney, John F. Carlquist

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  • ·Economic analysis of a tailored behavioral intervention to improve blood pressure control for primary care patients

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    Santanu K. Datta, Eugene Z. Oddone, Maren K. Olsen, Melinda Orr, Felicia McCant, Pam Gentry, Hayden B. Bosworth

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  • ·Diuretic dose and long-term outcomes in elderly patients with heart failure after hospitalization

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    Husam M. Abdel-Qadir, Jack V. Tu, Lingsong Yun, Peter C. Austin, Gary E. Newton, Douglas S. Lee

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  • ·Predicting chronic left ventricular dysfunction 90 days after ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: An Assessment of Pexelizumab in Acute Myocardial Infarction (APEX-AMI) Substudy

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    Justin A. Ezekowitz, Paul W. Armstrong, Christopher B. Granger, Pierre Theroux, Amanda Stebbins, Raymond J. Kim, Manesh R. Patel

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  • ·Serum albumin concentration and heart failure risk : The Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study

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    Deepa M. Gopal, Andreas P. Kalogeropoulos, Vasiliki V. Georgiopoulou, Wilson W.H. Tang, Amanda Methvin, Andrew L. Smith, Douglas C. Bauer, Anne B. Newman, Lauren Kim, Tamara B. Harris, Stephen B. Kritchevsky, Javed Butler, for the Health ABC Study

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  • ·Prognostic value of osteoprotegerin in chronic heart failure: The GISSI-HF trial

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    Ragnhild Røysland, Serge Masson, Torbjørn Omland, Valentina Milani, Mette Bjerre, Allan Flyvbjerg, Giuseppe Di Tano, Gianfranco Misuraca, Aldo P. Maggioni, Gianni Tognoni, Luigi Tavazzi, Roberto Latini, on behalf of the GISSI-HF Investigators

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  • ·Correlation of heart-type fatty acid–binding protein with mortality and echocardiographic data in patients with pulmonary embolism at intermediate risk

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    Alessandra Boscheri, Carsten Wunderlich, Martin Langer, Steffen Schoen, Bärbel Wiedemann, Dirk Stolte, Gesa Elmer, Peggy Barthel, Ruth H. Strasser

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  • ·Prognostic value of exercise echocardiography in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction and known or suspected coronary artery disease

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    Jesús Peteiro, Alberto Bouzas-Mosquera, Pablo Pazos, Francisco J. Broullón, Alfonso Castro-Beiras

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  • ·Predictors of early readmission or death in elderly patients with heart failure

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    Stefano Muzzarelli, Gregor Leibundgut, Micha T. Maeder, Hans Rickli, Rolf Handschin, Marc Gutmann, Urs Jeker, Peter Buser, Matthias Pfisterer, Hans-Peter Brunner-La Rocca, for the TIME-CHF Investigators

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  • ·Aortic dissection in young adults who abuse amphetamines

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    Arthur N. Westover, Paul A. Nakonezny

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  • ·Cost and health outcome of primary percutaneous coronary intervention versus thrombolysis in acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction—Results of the Swedish Early Decision reperfusion Study (SWEDES) trial

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    Mikael Aasa, Martin Henriksson, Mikael Dellborg, Lars Grip, Johan Herlitz, Lars-Åke Levin, Leif Svensson, Magnus Janzon

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  • ·Preoperative angiotensin-blocking drug therapy is not associated with atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery

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    Florian Rader, David R. Van Wagoner, A. Marc Gillinov, Eugene H. Blackstone

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  • ·Comparison of the clinical outcome after pulmonary vein isolation based on the appearance of adenosine-induced dormant pulmonary vein conduction

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    Seiichiro Matsuo, Teiichi Yamane, Taro Date, Mika Hioki, Keiichi Ito, Ryohsuke Narui, Shin-ichi Tanigawa, Tokiko Nakane, Yoshiyuki Hama, Michifumi Tokuda, Seigo Yamashita, Yasuko Aramaki, Keiichi Inada, Kenri Shibayama, Satoru Miyanaga, Hiroshi Yoshida, Hidekazu Miyazaki, Kunihiko Abe, Ken-ichi Sugimoto, Ikuo Taniguchi, Michihiro Yoshimura

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  • ·Adenosine diphosphate–induced platelet-fibrin clot strength: A new thrombelastographic indicator of long-term poststenting ischemic events

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    Paul A. Gurbel, Kevin P. Bliden, Irene A. Navickas, Elizabeth Mahla, Joseph Dichiara, Thomas A. Suarez, Mark J. Antonino, Udaya S. Tantry, Eli Cohen

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  • ·Platelet response to clopidogrel and restenosis in patients treated predominantly with drug-eluting stents

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    Stefanie Schulz, Dirk Sibbing, Sigmund Braun, Tanja Morath, Julinda Mehilli, Steffen Massberg, Robert A. Byrne, Albert Schömig, Adnan Kastrati

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  • ·Incidence and clinical relevance of anti–platelet factor 4/heparin antibodies before cardiac surgery

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    Sixten Selleng, Birgit Malowsky, Till Itterman, Jessica Bagemühl, Antje Wessel, Hans-Georg Wollert, Theodore E. Warkentin, Andreas Greinacher

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• Letters to the Editor

  • ·Effectiveness and safety of drug-eluting stents in vein grafts: A meta-analysis

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    Eliano Pio Navarese, Antonino Buffon, Giuseppe De Luca, Stefano De Servi

    
  • ·Response to the letter regarding the article “Effectiveness and safety of drug-eluting stents in vein grafts: A meta-analysis“

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    Kristian B. Filion, Dominique Joyal, Mark J. Eisenberg

    
  • ·Low-molecular-weight heparin versus unfractionated heparin in acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention with drug-eluting stents

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    Wail Nammas, Khaled Hossam

    
  • ·Response to the letter regarding the article “Low-molecular-weight heparin versus unfractionated heparin in acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention with drug-eluting stents”

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    Seung-Woon Rha, Yong-Jian Li, Kang-Yin Chen, Kanhaiya L. Poddar, Zhe Jin, Yoshiyasu Minami, Lin Wang, Qun Dang, Guang-Ping Li, Sureshkumar Ramasamy, Ji-Young Park, Cheol Ung Choi, Jin-Won Kim, Eung Ju Kim, Chang Gyu Park, Hong Seog Seo, Dong Joo Oh, Myung Ho Jeong, Young Keun Ahn, Taek Jong Hong, Jong-Seon Park, Young Jo Kim, Seung Ho Hur, In Whan Seong, Jei Keon Chae, Myeong Chan Cho, Jang Ho Bae, Dong Hoon Choi, Yang Soo Jang, In Ho Chae, Hyo Soo Kim, Chong Jin Kim, Jung Han Yoon, Tae Hoon Ahn, Seung-Jea Tahk, Wook Sung Chung, Ki Bae Seung, Seung Jung Park, other Korea Acute myocardial infarction Registry Investigators

    
  • ·Detection of elevated right atrial pressure using a simple bedside ultrasound measure

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    Viroj Wiwanitkit

    
  • ·Response to the letter regarding the article Detection of elevated right atrial pressure using a simple bedside ultrasound measure

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    Marc A. Simon, John P. Girod, Dustin E. Kliner, Diego Moguillansky, Flordeliza S. Villanueva, John J. Pacella