A critical appraisal of current models of risk stratification for percutaneous coronary interventions
Mandeep Singh, Charanjit S. Rihal, Ryan J. Lennon, Kirk N. Garratt, David R. Holmes
pages 753-760
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Results of expert meetings. Uncontrolled systolic hypertension Washington, DC, April 25-27, 2002
Robert M. Califf, Todd F. Griffith
page 768
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Evaluation and management of patients with uncontrolled systolic hypertension: Is another new paradigm really needed?
Gary F. Mitchell, Marc A. Pfeffer
pages 776-784
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Improving blood pressure control by tailored feedback to patients and clinicians
Hayden B. Bosworth, Maren K. Olsen, Eugene Z. Oddone
pages 795-803
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Impact of invasive management versus noninvasive management on functional status and quality of life following non–Q-wave myocardial infarction: A randomized clinical trial
Mark J. Eisenberg, Flora F. Teng, Muhammad R. Chaudhry, Jose Ortiz, Wojciech Sobkowski, Iftikhar Ebrahim, Ramesh S. Saligrama, Kerala Serio, Ellis Lader, Louise Pilote, for the NQWMI Investigators
pages 813-819
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Impact of the application of the American College of Emergency Physicians recommendations for the admission of patients with syncope on a retrospectively studied population presenting to the emergency department
Ahmad A. Elesber, Wyatt W. Decker, Peter A. Smars, David O. Hodge, Win-Kuang Shen
pages 826-831
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Microalbuminuria: A strong predictor of 3-year adverse prognosis in nondiabetic patients with acute myocardial infarction
Spyridon Koulouris, Ioannis Lekatsas, Ilias Karabinos, Georgios Ioannidis, Theofanis Katostaras, Athanasios Kranidis, Konstantinos Triantafillou, Nikolaos Thalassinos, Lambros Anthopoulos
pages 840-845
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Depression and heart failure in patients with a new myocardial infarction
Lynda H. Powell, Diane Catellier, Kenneth E. Freedland, Matthew M. Burg, Susan L. Woods, Vera Bittner, James E. Calvin, James A. Blumenthal, for the ENRICHD Investigators
pages 851-855
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Impact of program duration and contact frequency on efficacy and cost of cardiac rehabilitation: Results of a randomized trial
Robert D. Reid, William A. Dafoe, Louise Morrin, Alain Mayhew, Sophia Papadakis, Louise Beaton, Neil B. Oldridge, Douglas Coyle, George A. Wells
pages 862-868
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Stent implantation, but not pathogen burden, is associated with plasma C-reactive protein and interleukin-6 levels after percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with stable angina pectoris
Nawsad Saleh, Bertil Svane, Jens Jensen, Lars-Olof Hansson, Margareta Nordin, Per Tornvall
pages 876-882
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Renal and iliac artery stenting by interventional cardiologists and vascular surgeons: The Foundation to Advance Medical Education (FAME) initiative
David R. Holmes, Robert D. Fox, Carl Tommaso, Patricia K. Hodgson, Richard Green, Krishna Rocha-Singh, Kenneth Rosenfield
pages 883-887
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Assessment of patients with low-risk chest pain in the emergency department: Head-to-head comparison of exercise stress echocardiography and exercise myocardial SPECT
Alberto Conti, Lucia Sammicheli, Chiara Gallini, Egidio Natalino Costanzo, David Antoniucci, Giuseppe Barletta
pages 894-901
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Left ventricular outflow tract obstruction provoked during dobutamine stress echocardiography predicts future chest pain, syncope, and near syncope
Buddhadeb Dawn, Vidhu S. Paliwal, Syed T. Raza, Kourosh Mastali, Rita A. Longaker, Marcus F. Stoddard
pages 908-916
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Why do patients fail to receive β-blockers for chronic heart failure over time? A “real-world” single-center, 2-year follow-up experience of β-blocker therapy in patients with chronic heart failure
Anoop C. Parameswaran, W.H. Wilson Tang, Gary S. Francis, Ritesh Gupta, James B. Young
pages 921-926
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Hypothermia is a bedside predictor of imminent death in patients with congestive heart failure
Ward Casscells, Moein F. Vasseghi, Mir Said Siadaty, Mohammad Madjid, Hina Siddiqui, Birendra Lal, Saeed Payvar
pages 927-933
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Effects of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor plus irbesartan on maximal and submaximal exercise capacity and neurohumoral activation in patients with congestive heart failure
Martine Blanchet, Richard Sheppard, Normand Racine, Anique Ducharme, Daniel Curnier, Jean-Claude Tardif, Pierre Sirois, Marie-Catherine Lamoureux, Jacques De Champlain, Michel White
pages 938.e1-938.e7
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Thrombolytic therapy for eligible elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction
Syed Wamique Yusuf, Kathy A. McLean, Radha A. Mishra
pages e25-e26
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Assessment of left ventricular mass using echocardiography: Use of fundamental imaging
Nicolas Mansencal, Olivier Dubourg
page e29
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Table of contents
pages A1-A4
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Instructions for Authors
pages A7-A8
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