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American Heart Journal
Volume 148, Issue 5, Pages 739-920 (November 2004)
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Clinical investigation: acute ischemic heart disease


Effect of age on the use of evidence-based therapies for acute myocardial infarction
Chau T.T. Tran, Andreas Laupacis, Muhammad M. Mamdani, Jack V. Tu
pages 834-841
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Curriculum in cardiology


Hypertension mega-trials with cardiovascular end points: Effect of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers
Sverre E. Kjeldsen, Stevo Julius
pages 747-754
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Editorial


Evidence-based decision limits for cardiac troponin: Low-level elevation and prognosis free full text
David A. Morrow
pages 739-742
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On the move free full text
page 742
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Editorial


Expanding indications for natriuretic peptides: Importance of Better New (research) Protocols free full text
Ramachandran S. Vasan
pages 743-746
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Curriculum in cardiology


Magnetic resonance imaging of the peripheral vasculature
Eric G. Auerbach, Edward T. Martin
pages 755-763
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Trial design


Acute Catheterization and Urgent Intervention Triage strategY (ACUITY) trial: Study design and rationale
Gregg W. Stone, Michel Bertrand, Antonio Colombo, George Dangas, Michael E. Farkouh, Frederick Feit, Alexandra J. Lansky, A.Michael Lincoff, Roxana Mehran, Jeffrey W. Moses, Magnus Ohman, Harvey D. White
pages 764-775
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Clinical investigation: acute ischemic heart disease


Prognostic value of low-level cardiac troponin-I elevations in patients without definite acute coronary syndromes
Michael X. Pham, Mary A. Whooley, G.Thomas Evans, Catherine Liu, Homeira Emadi, Winnie Tong, M.Catherine Murphy, Kirsten E. Fleischmann
pages 776-782
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Detection of increased temperature of the culprit lesion after recent myocardial infarction: The favorable effect of statins
Konstantinos Toutouzas, Sophia Vaina, Eleftherios Tsiamis, Manolis Vavuranakis, John Mitropoulos, Eirini Bosinakou, Pavlos Toutouzas, Christodoulos Stefanadis
pages 783-788
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Impaired coronary blood flow in patients with metabolic syndrome: Documented by Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) frame count method
Hasan Turhan, Ali Riza Erbay, Ayse Saatci Yasar, Asuman Bicer, Hatice Sasmaz, Ertan Yetkin
pages 789-794
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Prognostic value of predischarge electrocardiographic measurement of infarct size after thrombolysis: Insights from GUSTO I Economics and Quality of Life substudy
Alejandro Barbagelata, Robert M. Califf, Elena B. Sgarbossa, David Knight, Daniel B. Mark, Christopher B. Granger, Paul W. Armstrong, Marcelo Elizari, Yochai Birnbaum, Liliana R. Grinfeld, E.Magnus Ohman, Galen S. Wagner, GUSTO-1 Investigators
pages 795-802
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Alcohol intake is not associated with subclinical coronary atherosclerosis
Jeanne K. Tofferi, Allen J. Taylor, Irwin M. Feuerstein, Patrick G. O'Malley
pages 803-809
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Electrocardiographic findings in cardiogenic shock, risk prediction, and the effects of emergency revascularization: Results from the SHOCK trial
Harvey D. White, Sebastian T. Palmeri, Lynn A. Sleeper, John K. French, Cheuk-Kit Wong, April M. Lowe, Julia W. Crapo, Patrick T. Koller, Kenneth W. Baran, Jean L. Boland, Judith S. Hochman, Galen S. Wagner, SHOCK Trial Investigators
pages 810-817
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Oxidized low-density lipoprotein levels circulating in plasma and deposited in the tissues: Comparison between Helicobacter pylori-associated gastritis and acute myocardial infarction
Soichiro Kayo, Masahiko Ohsawa, Shoichi Ehara, Takahiko Naruko, Yoshihiro Ikura, Eishu Hai, Noriko Yoshimi, Nobuyuki Shirai, Yoshiaki Tsukamoto, Hiroyuki Itabe, Kazuhide Higuchi, Tetsuo Arakawa, Makiko Ueda
pages 818-825
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High-grade infarct-related stenosis after successful thrombolysis: Strong predictor of reocclusion, but not of clinical reinfarction
Peter C. Kievit, Marc A. Brouwer, Gerrit Veen, Aart J. Karreman, Freek W.A. Verheugt
pages 826-833
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Color of culprit lesion at 6 months after plain old balloon angioplasty versus stenting in patients with acute myocardial infarction
Yasunori Ueda, Tomohito Ohtani, Masahiko Shimizu, Isamu Mizote, Jota Ohyabu, Atsushi Hirayama, Kazuhisa Kodama
pages 842-846
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Clinical investigation: genetics


Endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene polymorphism and ischemic heart disease
Mark S. Spence, Paul G. McGlinchey, Chris C. Patterson, Adrian R. Allen, Gillian Murphy, Ulvi Bayraktutan, Damian G. Fogarty, Alun E. Evans, Pascal P. McKeown
pages 847-851
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Clinical investigation: interventional cardiology


Sex-related differences in outcome after ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction treated by primary angioplasty: Data from the Zwolle Myocardial Infarction study
Giuseppe De Luca, Harry Suryapranata, Jan-Henk Dambrink, Jan Paul Ottervanger, Arnoud W.J. van't Hof, Felix Zijlstra, Jan C.A. Hoorntje, A.T.Marcel Gosselink, Menko-Jan de Boer
pages 852-856
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Rapamycin-eluting stents for the treatment of bifurcated coronary lesions: A randomized comparison of a simple versus complex strategy
Manuel Pan, José Suárez de Lezo, Alfonso Medina, Miguel Romero, José Segura, Djordje Pavlovic, Antonio Delgado, Soledad Ojeda, Francisco Melián, Juan Herrador, Isabel Ureña, Luis Burgos
pages 857-864
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Regression of significant tricuspid regurgitation after mitral balloon valvotomy for severe mitral stenosis
Hwaida Hannoush, Mohamed Eid Fawzy, Miltiadis Stefadouros, Mohamed Moursi, Mohammad A. Chaudhary, Bruce Dunn
pages 865-870
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Clinical investigation: prevention and rehabilitation


Underlying risk factors incrementally add to the standard risk estimate in detecting subclinical atherosclerosis in low- and intermediate-risk middle-aged asymptomatic individuals
Milind Y. Desai, Khurram Nasir, Joel B. Braunstein, John A. Rumberger, Wendy S. Post, Matthew J. Budoff, Roger S. Blumenthal
pages 871-877
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Clinical investigation: congestive heart failure


Impact of short-term intermittent intravenous dobutamine therapy on endothelial function in patients with severe chronic heart failure
Dov Freimark, Micha S. Feinberg, Shlomi Matezky, Naomi Hochberg, Michael Shechter
pages 878-882
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Effects of diabetes mellitus and ischemic heart disease on the progression from asymptomatic left ventricular dysfunction to symptomatic heart failure: A retrospective analysis from the Studies of Left Ventricular Dysfunction (SOLVD) Prevention Trial
Sandeep R. Das, Mark H. Drazner, Clyde W. Yancy, Lynne W. Stevenson, Bernard J. Gersh, Daniel L. Dries
pages 883-888
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Impact of angiotensin-converting enzyme gene polymorphism on neurohormonal responses to high- versus low-dose enalapril in advanced heart failure
W.H.Wilson Tang, Randall H. Vagelos, Yin-Gail Yee, Michael B. Fowler
pages 889-894
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Utility of B-natriuretic peptide in the evaluation of left ventricular diastolic function: Comparison with tissue Doppler imaging recordings
Gary S. Mak, Anthony DeMaria, Paul Clopton, Alan S. Maisel
pages 895-902
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Systole-diastole mismatch in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is caused by stress induced left ventricular outflow tract obstruction
Waleed Arshad, Alison M. Duncan, Darrel P. Francis, Christine A. O'Sullivan, Derek G. Gibson, Michael Y. Henein
pages 903-909
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Predicting maximum heart rate among patients with coronary heart disease receiving β-adrenergic blockade therapy
Clinton A. Brawner, Jonathan K. Ehrman, John R. Schairer, Jie J. Cao, Steven J. Keteyian
pages 910-914
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Association between chronic heart failure and inhaled β-2-adrenoceptor agonists
David H. Au, Edmunds M. Udris, J.Randall Curtis, Mary B. McDonell, Stephan D. Fihn, ACQUIP Investigators
pages 915-920
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Effect of nesiritide (human b-type natriuretic peptide) and dobutamine on heart rate variability in decompensated heart failure free full text
Doron Aronson, Andrew J. Burger
pages 920-926
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Left atrial thrombi, transient ischemic attacks, and atrial fibrillation free full text Online Only
Claudia Stöllberger, Josef Finsterer
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Regarding: Right ventricular cardiac dysfunction in HIV-infected patients studied with radionuclide ventriculography free full text Online Only
Giuseppe Barbaro
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Letter free full text Online Only
Mathias H. Aazami
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Sex-based selection of a method to relieve obstruction in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: A hypothesis or more? free full text Online Only
Paweł Petkow Dimitrow
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Letter to the editor


Regarding: Statin use is associated with enhanced collateralization of severely diseased coronary arteries free full text Online Only
Stephan Zbinden, Christian Seiler
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Effect of obesity on risks after coronary artery bypass grafting free full text Online Only
Suat Canbaz, Turan Ege, Umit Halici, Enver Duran
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Reply free full text Online Only
Joseph Kim, Niklas Hammar, Kristina Jakobsson, Russell V. Luepker, Paul G. McGovern, Torbjörn Ivert
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Frontmatter


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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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