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| American Heart Journal |
| Volume 148, Issue 6, Pages 921-1140 (December 2004) |
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Clinical investigations: Acute ischemic heart disease
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Clinical trial–derived risk model may not generalize to real-world patients with acute coronary syndrome
Andrew T. Yan, Philip Jong, Raymond T. Yan, Mary Tan, David Fitchett, Chi-Ming Chow, Matthew T. Roe, Karen S. Pieper, Anatoly Langer, Shaun G. Goodman, for the Canadian Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS) Registry Investigators
pages 1020-1027
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Clinical investigations: Imaging and diagnostic testing
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Pulsed wave tissue Doppler-derived myocardial performance index for the assessment of left ventricular thrombus formation risk after acute myocardial infarction
Remzi Yilmaz, Sukru Celik, Merih Baykan, Cihan Orem, Hasan Kasap, Ismet Durmus, Cevdet Erdol
pages 1102-1108
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Hand-held echocardiographic examination of patients with symptoms of acute coronary syndromes in the emergency department: The 30-day outcome associated with normal left ventricular wall motion
Patrick Weston, John H. Alexander, Manesh R. Patel, Charles Maynard, Lawrence Crawford, Galen S. Wagner
pages 1096-1101
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Clinical investigations: Congestive heart failure
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Role of central sympathoexcitation in enhanced hypercapnic chemosensitivity in patients with heart failure
Kunihiro Yamada, Hidetsugu Asanoi, Hiroshi Ueno, Shuji Joho, Junya Takagawa, Tomoki Kameyama, Tadakazu Hirai, Takashi Nozawa, Hiroshi Inoue
pages 964-970
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Editorial
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The continuing importance of prior stroke in STEMI patients
Michael A. Sloan
pages 931-936
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Clinical investigations: Interventional cardiology
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Direct Stenting Compared to Conventional Stenting in Diabetic Patients Undergoing Elective Angioplasty for Coronary Artery Disease (DECIDE): A multicenter, open label, randomized, controlled efficacy study
Huay Cheem Tan, Yean Teng Lim, Tuan L.A. Rosli, Kui Hian Sim, Kim Heung Tan, Chi Hang Lee, Omar Ismail, Wan Azman
pages 1007-1011
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Editorial
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Peer group benchmarks are not appropriate for health care quality report cards
Patrick S. Romano
pages 921-923
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Clinical investigations: Interventional cardiology
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GuardWire emboli protection device is associated with improved myocardial perfusion grade in saphenous vein graft intervention
Jose E. Exaire, Sorin J. Brener, Stephen G. Ellis, Jay S. Yadav, Deepak L. Bhatt
pages 1003-1006
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Clinical investigations: Acute ischemic heart disease
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Acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and prior stroke: An analysis from the Magnesium in Coronaries (MAGIC) trial
Howard A. Cooper, Michael J. Domanski, Yves Rosenberg, James Norman, Judith H. Scott, Susan F. Assmann, Sonja M. McKinlay, Judith S. Hochman, Elliott M. Antman, the MAGIC Trial Investigators
pages 1012-1019
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Clinical investigations: Interventional cardiology
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Cilostazol, clopidogrel or ticlopidine to prevent sub-acute stent thrombosis: A meta-analysis of randomized trials
Mark D. Schleinitz, Ingram Olkin, Paul A. Heidenreich
pages 990-997
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Clinical investigations: Trial design
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Challenges in the conduct of large simple trials of important generic questions in resource-poor settings: The CREATE and ECLA trial program evaluating GIK (glucose, insulin and potassium) and low-molecular-weight heparin in acute myocardial infarction
Salim Yusuf, Shamir R. Mehta, Rafael Díaz, Ernesto Paolasso, Prem Pais, Denis Xavier, Changchun Xie, Rashid J. Ahmed, Khawar Khazmi, Jun Zhu, Lisheng Liu, CREATE-ECLA Investigators and Steering Committee
pages 1068-1078
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Change of address
page 923
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Editorial
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Glucose-insulin-potassium therapy for acute myocardial infarction: What goes around comes around
Charlie I. Gnaim, Darren K. McGuire
pages 924-930
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Curriculum in cardiology
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Efficacy and safety of abciximab on acute myocardial infarction treated with percutaneous coronary interventions: A meta-analysis of randomized, controlled trials
João Otávio de Queiroz Fernandes Araújo, Henrique Horta Veloso, Joyce Morgana Braga De Paiva, Mohamed Wafae Filho, Angelo Amato Vincenzo De Paola
pages 937-943
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Benefits of inpatient initiation of β-blockers
Hector O. Ventura
pages 944-950
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Clinical investigations: Congestive heart failure
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Morbidity, mortality, physiologic and functional parameters in elderly and non-elderly patients in the Valsartan Heart Failure Trial (Val-HeFT)
Lawrence Baruch, Robert D. Glazer, Nora Aknay, Johan Vanhaecke, J. Thomas Heywood, Inder Anand, Henry Krum, Allen Hester, Jay N. Cohn
pages 951-957
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β-blocker therapy in patients with heart failure in the urban setting: Moving beyond clinical trials
Jerry D. Estep, Sameer K. Mehta, Fatema Uddin, Louise King, Kathleen H. Toto, Lauren L. Nelson, Daniel L. Dries, Clyde W. Yancy, Mark H. Drazner
pages 958-963
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Spironolactone-induced renal insufficiency and hyperkalemia in patients with heart failure
Kamala P. Tamirisa, Keith D. Aaronson, Todd M. Koelling
pages 971-978
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Clinical investigations: Valvular and congenital heart disease
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Epidemiology of mitral annular calcification and its predictive value for coronary events in African Americans: The Jackson Cohort of the Atherosclerotic Risk in Communities Study
Ervin Fox, Doug Harkins, Herman Taylor, Michael McMullan, Hui Han, Tandaw Samdarshi, Robert Garrison, Thomas Skelton
pages 979-984
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Autonomic profile and arrhythmic risk stratification after surgical repair of tetralogy of Fallot
Antonio Franco Folino, Giulia Russo, Barbara Bauce, Elisa Mazzotti, Luciano Daliento
pages 985-989
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Clinical investigations: Interventional cardiology
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Impact of female sex on outcome after percutaneous coronary intervention
John H. Chiu, Deepak L. Bhatt, Khaled M. Ziada, Derek P. Chew, Patrick L. Whitlow, A. Michael Lincoff, Stephen G. Ellis, Eric J. Topol
pages 998-1002
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Clinical investigations: Acute ischemic heart disease
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Loratidine improves ischemic parameters of exercise stress test in patients with acute myocardial infarction
Okan Erdogan, Armagan Altun, Sabri Gazi, Gultac Ozbay
page 1019
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How does the prognosis of diabetes compare with that of established vascular disease? Insights from the Canadian Vascular Protection (VP) Registry
Daniel G. Hackam, Mary K.K. Tan, George N. Honos, Lawrence A. Leiter, Anatoly Langer, Shaun G. Goodman, Vascular Protection (VP) Registry Investigators
pages 1028-1033
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Clinical investigations: Genetics
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Toll–like receptor 4 gene Asp299Gly polymorphism is associated with reductions in vascular inflammation, angiographic coronary artery disease, and clinical diabetes
Matthew J. Kolek, John F. Carlquist, Joseph B. Muhlestein, Bryant M. Whiting, Benjamin D. Horne, Tami L. Bair, Jeffrey L. Anderson
pages 1034-1040
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Clinical investigations: Outcomes, health policy, and managed care
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Impact of the choice of benchmark on the conclusions of hospital report cards
Peter C. Austin, David A. Alter, Geoffrey M. Anderson, Jack V. Tu
pages 1041-1046
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Clinical investigations: Trial design
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Fluvastatin and bisoprolol for the reduction of perioperative cardiac mortality and morbidity in high-risk patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery: Rationale and design of the DECREASE-IV study
Olaf Schouten, Don Poldermans, Loes Visser, Miklos D. Kertai, Jan Klein, Hero van Urk, Maarten L. Simoons, Louis L. van de Ven, Maarten Vermeulen, Jeroen J. Bax, Thomas W. Lameris, Eric Boersma
pages 1047-1052
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Effect of aggressive versus moderate lipid-lowering therapy on myocardial ischemia: The rationale, design, and baseline characteristics of the Study Assessing Goals in the Elderly (SAGE)
Prakash C. Deedwania, SAGE Steering Committee and Investigators
pages 1053-1059
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Economic evaluation of a compliance-enhancing intervention in patients with hypercholesterolemia: Design and baseline results of the Open Label Primary Care Study: Rosuvastatin Based Compliance Initiatives To Achievements of LDL Goals (ORBITAL) study
Stefan N. Willich, Jacqueline Müller-Nordhorn, Frank Sonntag, Heinz Völler, Wolfgang Meyer-Sabellek, Karl Wegscheider, Eberhard Windler, Hugo Katus
pages 1060-1067
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Clinical investigations: Imaging and diagnostic testing
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Pulsed-wave tissue Doppler quantification of systolic and diastolic function of viable and nonviable myocardium in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy
Manolis Bountioukos, Arend F.L. Schinkel, Jeroen J. Bax, Elena Biagini, Vittoria Rizzello, Boudewijn J. Krenning, Eleni C. Vourvouri, Jos R.T.C. Roelandt, Don Poldermans
pages 1079-1084
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Methodology for improved detection of coronary stenoses with computed tomographic angiography
Matthew J. Budoff, Bin Lu, Jerold S. Shinbane, Lynn Chen, Janis Child, Sivi Carson, SongShou Mao
pages 1085-1090
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Real-time 3-dimensional echocardiography in assessing atrial and ventricular septal defects: An echocardiographic-surgical correlative study
Tsung O. Cheng, Ming-Xing Xie, Xin-Fang Wang, Ying Wang, Qing Lu
pages 1091-1095
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Author index
pages 1109-1123
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Subject index
pages 1124-1140
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Letter to the editor
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Cardiac surgery in octogenarians: The informed decision is not whether to have it, but rather when and where to have it
J.M. Alvarez
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Reply
Mohamed Y. Rady, Daniel J. Johnson
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Letter to the editor
Jeffrey A. Johnson, Sumit R. Majumdar
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Reply
Darren K. McGuire, L.Kristin Newby
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Letter to the editor
Steven G. Coca, Gregory K. Buller
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Reply
Kenji Okumura, Junichiro Kondo, Toyoaki Murohara, Kenji Okumura, Junichiro Kondo, Toyoaki Murohara
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The potential benefits of trimetazidine in patients with diabetes and ischemic cardiomyopathy
Panagiotis Korantzopoulos, Evaggelos Kountouris, Konstantinos Siogas, Dimitrios Galaris
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Reply
Gabriele Fragasso, Altin Palloshi, Alberto Margonato
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Cardiac abnormalities in myotonic dystrophy type 1
Josef Finsterer, Claudia Stöllberger
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The prevalence of structural cardiac abnormalities in patients with myotonic dystrophy type I
Deepak Bhakta, Miriam R. Lowe, William J. Groh
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Frontmatter
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Table of contents
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Editorial board
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