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American Heart Journal
Volume 147, Issue 6, Pages 939-1154 (June 2004)
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Results of expert meetings


Part II: sealing holes in the safety net
Eric D Peterson, John W Hirshfeld, T.Bruce Ferguson, Judith M Kramer, Robert M Califf, Larry G Kessler
pages 985-990
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Part I: identifying holes in the safety net
J.Conor O'Shea, Judith M Kramer, Robert M Califf, Eric D Peterson
pages 977-984
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Editorial


High-density lipoprotein cholesterol as a therapeutic target to reduce cardiovascular events free full text
Gregg C Fonarow, Karol E Watson
pages 939-941
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Is there something special about ischemic heart disease in patients undergoing dialysis? free full text
Charles A Herzog
pages 942-944
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Inflammation and restenosis: is there a link? free full text
Deepak L Bhatt
pages 945-947
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Secondary prevention after coronary artery bypass graft: a primary issue? free full text
T.Bruce Ferguson
pages 948-949
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Which elderly patients with cardiogenic shock should be treated with percutaneous coronary intervention? free full text
John K French
pages 950-952
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Atrial fibrillation and atrial cardiomyopathy—two sides of the same coin? free full text
Ole Dyg Pedersen, Lars Køber, Christian Torp-Pedersen
pages 953-955
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Curriculum in cardiology


Rhabdomyolysis associated with hydroxymethylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase inhibitors
Shelina M Jamal, Mark J Eisenberg, Stavroula Christopoulos
pages 956-965
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Can change in high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels reduce cardiovascular risk?
Bonnie B Dean, Jeff E Borenstein, James M Henning, Kevin Knight, C.Noel Bairey Merz
pages 966-976
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Evidence-based consult


Adenosine stress cardiac magnetic resonance imaging
John F Heitner, Manesh R Patel, Michael D Elliott
pages 991-992
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Clinical investigations: acute ischemic heart disease


Efficacy of tenecteplase in combination with enoxaparin, abciximab, or unfractionated heparin: one-year follow-up results of the assessment of the safety of a new thrombolytic-3 (ASSENT-3) randomized trial in acute myocardial infarction
Peter R Sinnaeve, John H Alexander, Kris Bogaerts, Ann Belmans, Lars Wallentin, Paul Armstrong, Jennifer A.A Adgey, Michal Tendera, Rafael Diaz, Leopoldo Soares-Piegas, Alec Vahanian, Christopher B Granger, Frans J Van De Werf
pages 993-998
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Caffeinated coffee consumption and mortality after acute myocardial infarction
Kenneth J Mukamal, Malcolm Maclure, James E Muller, Jane B Sherwood, Murray A Mittleman
pages 999-1004
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Periodontal disease in patients with acute myocardial infarction: prevalence and contribution to elevated C-reactive protein levels
Efthymios N Deliargyris, Phoebus N Madianos, Waka Kadoma, Irene Marron, Sidney C Smith, James D Beck, Steven Offenbacher
pages 1005-1009
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Public recognition of major signs and symptoms of heart attack: seventeen states and the US Virgin Islands, 2001
Kurt J Greenlund, Nora L Keenan, Wayne H Giles, Zhi Jie Zheng, Linda J Neff, Janet B Croft, George A Mensah
pages 1010-1016
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Coronary flow reserve abnormalities in patients with diabetes mellitus who have end-stage renal disease and normal epicardial coronary arteries
Michael Ragosta, Habib Samady, Ross B Isaacs, Lawrence W Gimple, Ian J Sarembock, Eric R Powers
pages 1017-1023
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Resting heart rate and cause-specific death in a 16.5-year cohort study of the Japanese general population
Tomonori Okamura, Takehito Hayakawa, Takashi Kadowaki, Yoshikuni Kita, Akira Okayama, Paul Elliott, Hirotsugu Ueshima, NIPPONDATA80 Research Group
pages 1024-1032
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Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ agonist rosiglitazone reduces circulating platelet activity in patients without diabetes mellitus who have coronary artery disease free full text
Jagdip S Sidhu, Dahlia Cowan, Jennifer A Tooze, Juan-Carlos Kaski
pages 1032-1037
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Clinical investigations: prevention and rehabilitation


Predictors of 14-year changes in the total cholesterol to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio in men
Richard Scranton, Howard D Sesso, Meir J Stampfer, James W Levenson, Julie E Buring, J.Michael Gaziano
pages 1033-1038
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Impact of physical training and detraining on endothelium-dependent vasodilation in patients with recent acute myocardial infarction
M Vona, A Rossi, P Capodaglio, S Rizzo, P Servi, M De Marchi, F Cobelli
pages 1039-1046
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Clinical investigations: outcomes, health policy, and managed care


Preventing recurrent events long term after coronary artery bypass graft: suboptimal use of medications in a population study
Pamela J Bradshaw, Konrad Jamrozik, Ian Gilfillan, Peter L Thompson
pages 1047-1053
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Sex disparities in procedure use for acute myocardial infarction in the United States, 1995 to 2001
Alain G Bertoni, Denise E Bonds, James Lovato, David C Goff, Frederick L Brancati
pages 1054-1060
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Clinical investigations: electrophysiology


Enalapril treatment and hospitalization with atrial tachyarrhythmias in patients with left ventricular dysfunction
Alawi A Alsheikh-Ali, Paul J Wang, William Rand, Marvin A Konstam, Munther K Homoud, Mark S Link, N.A.Mark Estes, Deeb N Salem, Amin M Al-Ahmad
pages 1061-1065
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Clinical investigations: interventional cardiology


Outcomes of elderly patients with cardiogenic shock treated with early percutaneous revascularization
Abhiram Prasad, Ryan J Lennon, Charanjit S Rihal, Peter B Berger, David R Holmes
pages 1066-1070
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Preprocedural inflammatory markers do not predict restenosis after successful coronary stenting
A.H Gomma, G.M Hirschfield, J.R Gallimore, G.D.O Lowe, M.B Pepys, K.M Fox
pages 1071-1077
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Clinical investigations: congestive heart failure


Impact of age, race, and sex on the ability of B-type natriuretic peptide to aid in the emergency diagnosis of heart failure: results from the Breathing Not Properly (BNP) multinational study
Alan S Maisel, Paul Clopton, Padma Krishnaswamy, Richard M Nowak, James McCord, Judd E Hollander, Philippe Duc, Torbjørn Omland, Alan B Storrow, William T Abraham, Alan H.B Wu, Gabriel Steg, Arne Westheim, Catherine Wold Knudsen, Alberto Perez, Radmila Kazanegra, Vikas Bhalla, Howard C Herrmann, Marie Claude Aumont, Peter A McCullough, BNP Multinational Study Investigators
pages 1078-1084
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Clinical investigations: imaging and diagnostic testing


Validation of the accuracy of pretest and exercise test scores in women with a low prevalence of coronary disease: the NHLBI-sponsored Women's Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation (WISE) study
Anthony P Morise, Marian B Olson, C.Noel Bairey Merz, Sunil Mankad, William J Rogers, Carl J Pepine, Steven E Reis, Barry L Sharaf, George Sopko, Karen Smith, Gerald M Pohost, Leslee Shaw
pages 1085-1092
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On the move? free full text
page 1092
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Clinical investigations: imaging and diagnostic testing


Tamoxifen improves endothelial function and reduces carotid intima-media thickness in postmenopausal women
Kimon S Stamatelopoulos, John P Lekakis, Nikiforita A Poulakaki, Christos M Papamichael, Kyriaki Venetsanou, Konstantinos Aznaouridis, Athanasios D Protogerou, Theodoros G Papaioannou, Sanjay Kumar, Stamatios F Stamatelopoulos
pages 1093-1099
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Myocardial perfusion assessment in patients with medium probability of coronary artery disease and no prior myocardial infarction: comparison of myocardial contrast echocardiography with 99mTc single-photon emission computed tomography
Roxy Senior, Wolfgang Lepper, Agnes Pasquet, George Chung, Rainer Hoffman, Jean-Louis Vanoverschelde, Manuel Cerqueira, Sanjiv Kaul
pages 1100-1105
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Effects of oral amino acid supplementation on myocardial function in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Roldano Scognamiglio, Christian Negut, Roberto Piccolotto, Francesco Saverio Dioguardi, Antonio Tiengo, Angelo Avogaro
pages 1106-1112
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Clinical investigations: valvular and congenital heart disease


Mitral annular calcification is associated with osteoporosis in women
Vedat Davutoglu, Mustafa Yilmaz, Serdar Soydinc, Zeki Celen, Serdar Turkmen, Yusuf Sezen, Murat Akcay, Ilyas Akdemir, Mehmet Aksoy
pages 1113-1116
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Clinical investigations: genetics


Association between the PPARα L162V polymorphism, plasma lipoprotein levels, and atherosclerotic disease in patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 and in nondiabetic controls
Ioanna Gouni-Berthold, Eleni Giannakidou, Dirk Müller-Wieland, Michael Faust, Jörg Kotzka, Heiner K Berthold, Wilhelm Krone
pages 1117-1124
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Author index* free full text
pages 1125-1138
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Subject index* free full text
pages 1139-1154
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Frontmatter


Table of contents free full text
pages A1-A4
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Editorial board free full text
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Information for authors free full text
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Information for readers free full text
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