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Results of Expert Meetings
Postmarket evaluation of breakthrough technologies Sunil V. Rao, Robert M. Califf, Judith M. Kramer, Eric D. Peterson, Thomas P. Gross, Carl J. Pepine, David O. Williams, Dennis Donohoe, Ron Waksman, Roxana Mehran, Mitchell W. Krucoff pages 201-208 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (142 KB)
Clinical Investigations
Acute Ischemic Heart Disease
Unfractionated heparin dosing and risk of major bleeding in non–ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes, 03 June 2008 Chiara Melloni, Karen P. Alexander, Anita Y. Chen, L. Kristin Newby, Matthew T. Roe, Nancy M. Allen LaPointe, Charles V. Pollack, W. Brian Gibler, E. Magnus Ohman, Eric D. Peterson, for the CRUSADE Investigators pages 209-215 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (348 KB)
Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor therapy for cardiac repair after acute myocardial infarction: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials, 24 June 2008 Ahmed Abdel-Latif, Roberto Bolli, Ewa K. Zuba-Surma, Imad M. Tleyjeh, Carlton A. Hornung, Buddhadeb Dawn pages 216-226.e9 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (1494 KB)
Thirty-year trends (1975-2005) in the magnitude and hospital death rates associated with complete heart block in patients with acute myocardial infarction: A population-based perspective, 06 May 2008 Hoa L. Nguyen, Darleen Lessard, Frederick A. Spencer, Jorge Yarzebski, Juan C. Zevallos, Joel M. Gore, Robert J. Goldberg pages 227-233 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (173 KB)
Derived fibrinogen compared with C-reactive protein and brain natriuretic peptide for predicting events after myocardial infarction and coronary stenting, 15 May 2008 Terry R. Ketch, Samuel J. Turner, Matthew T. Sacrinty, Kevin C. Lingle, Robert J. Applegate, Michael A. Kutcher, David C. Sane pages 234-240 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (286 KB)
Verapamil-sustained release–based treatment strategy is equivalent to atenolol-based treatment strategy at reducing cardiovascular events in patients with prior myocardial infarction: An INternational VErapamil SR-Trandolapril (INVEST) substudy Sripal Bangalore, Franz H. Messerli, Jerome D. Cohen, Peter H. Bacher, Peter Sleight, Giuseppe Mancia, Peter Kowey, Qian Zhou, Annette Champion, Carl J. Pepine, for the INVEST Investigators pages 241-247 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (174 KB)
Spontaneous reperfusion in ST-elevation myocardial infarction: Comparison of angiographic and electrocardiographic assessments, 12 June 2008 Kevin R. Bainey, Yuling Fu, Galen S. Wagner, Shaun G. Goodman, Allan Ross, Christopher B. Granger, Frans Van de Werf, Paul W. Armstrong, for the ASSENT 4 PCI Investigators pages 248-255 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (373 KB)
Correction page 255 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (52 KB)
Incidence and clinical impact of right bundle branch block in patients with acute myocardial infarction: ST elevation myocardial infarction versus non-ST elevation myocardial infarction, 20 June 2008 Thomas Kleemann, Claus Juenger, Anselm Kai Gitt, Rudolf Schiele, Steffen Schneider, Jochen Senges, Harald Darius, Karlheinz Seidl, for the MITRA PLUS Study Group pages 256-261 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (204 KB)
Impact of delayed presentation on management and outcome of non–ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes, 18 June 2008 Basem Elbarouni, Shaun G. Goodman, Raymond T. Yan, Amparo Casanova, Abdul Al-Hesayen, Stephen Pearce, David H. Fitchett, Anatoly Langer, Andrew T. Yan, for the Canadian ACS Registries Investigators pages 262-268 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (177 KB)
Coronary Artery Disease
Additive prognostic value of interleukin-6 at peak phase of dobutamine stress echocardiography in patients with coronary artery disease. A 6-year follow-up study Ignatios Ikonomidis, George Athanassopoulos, Kimon Stamatelopoulos, John Lekakis, Ioanna Revela, Kiriaki Venetsanou, Margarita Marinou, Claudia Monaco, Dennis V. Cokkinos, Petros Nihoyannopoulos pages 269-276 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (245 KB)
Correction Ann-Dorthe Olsen Zwisler page 276 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (50 KB)
Chronic kidney disease, prevalence of premature cardiovascular disease, and relationship to short-term mortality, 05 June 2008 Peter A. McCullough, Suying Li, Claudine T. Jurkovitz, Leslie Stevens, Alan J. Collins, Shu-Cheng Chen, Keith C. Norris, Samy McFarlane, Bruce Johnson, Michael G. Shlipak, Chamberlain I. Obialo, Wendy W. Brown, Joseph Vassaloti, Adam T. Whaley-Connell, Robert M. Brenner, George L. Bakris, on behalf of the KEEP Investigators pages 277-283 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (212 KB)
National improvements in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol management of individuals at high coronary risk: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999 to 2002, 05 June 2008 Michael W. Cullen, James H. Stein, Ronald Gangnon, Patrick E. McBride, Jon G. Keevil pages 284-291 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (207 KB)
Peak aerobic capacity predicts prognosis in patients with coronary heart disease, 23 May 2008 Steven J. Keteyian, Clinton A. Brawner, Patrick D. Savage, Jonathan K. Ehrman, John Schairer, George Divine, Heather Aldred, Kristin Ophaug, Philip A. Ades pages 292-300 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (512 KB)
The relationship between gender and clinical management after exercise stress testing, 03 June 2008 Stacie L. Daugherty, Pamela N. Peterson, David J. Magid, P. Michael Ho, Jessica Bondy, John E. Hokanson, Colleen A. Ross, John S. Rumsfeld, Frederick A. Masoudi pages 301-307 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (232 KB)
Congestive Heart Failure
Comparison of 8 biomarkers for prediction of right ventricular hypokinesis 6 months after submassive pulmonary embolism, 19 June 2008 Jeffrey A. Kline, Raghid Zeitouni, Michael R. Marchick, Jackeline Hernandez-Nino, Geoffrey A. Rose pages 308-314 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (129 KB)
Carvedilol increases blood pressure response to phenylephrine infusion in heart failure subjects with systolic dysfunction: Evidence of improved vascular α1-adrenoreceptor signal transduction, 20 June 2008 Benjamin W. Van Tassell, Matthew T. Rondina, Franklin Huggins, Edward M. Gilbert, Mark A. Munger pages 315-321 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (282 KB)
Short-term mortality and cost associated with cardiac device implantation in patients hospitalized with heart failure, 03 June 2008 Jason Swindle, Thomas E. Burroughs, Mark A. Schnitzler, Paul J. Hauptman pages 322-328 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (163 KB)
Predictive power of systolic function and congestive heart failure in patients with patients admitted for chest pain without ST elevation in the troponin era, 04 June 2008 Michael C. Kontos, Sameer Jamal, James L. Tatum, Joseph P. Ornato, Robert L. Jesse pages 329-335 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (212 KB)
Tumor necrosis factor-α antagonist use and heart failure in elderly patients with rheumatoid arthritis, 18 June 2008 Soko Setoguchi, Sebastian Schneeweiss, Jerry Avorn, Jeffrey N. Katz, Michael E. Weinblatt, Raisa Levin, Daniel H. Solomon pages 336-341 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (149 KB)
Clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with latent obstruction, 09 June 2008 Joseph C. Vaglio, Steve R. Ommen, Rick A. Nishimura, A. Jamil Tajik, Bernard J. Gersh pages 342-347 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (130 KB)
Valvular and Congenital Heart Disease
A randomized trial of the aldosterone-receptor antagonist eplerenone in asymptomatic moderate-severe aortic stenosis, 05 June 2008 Ralph A.H. Stewart, Andrew J. Kerr, Brett R. Cowan, Alistair A. Young, Christopher Occleshaw, A. Mark Richards, Colin Edwards, Gillian A. Whalley, Denis Freidlander, Miles Williams, Robert N. Doughty, Irene Zeng, Harvey D. White, for the ZEST Study Investigators pages 348-355 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (255 KB)
Percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale in patients with presumed paradoxical embolism: Periprocedural results and midterm risk of recurrent neurologic events, 15 May 2008 Manrico Balbi, Laura Casalino, Giovanni Gnecco, Gian Paolo Bezante, Giacomo Pongiglione, Maurizio Marasini, Massimo Del Sette, Antonio Barsotti pages 356-360 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (106 KB)
Impact of concomitant aortic regurgitation on percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty: Immediate results, short-term, and long-term outcome, 07 May 2008 Maria Sanchez-Ledesma, Ignacio Cruz-Gonzalez, Pedro L. Sanchez, Javier Martin-Moreiras, Hani Jneid, Pablo Rengifo-Moreno, Roberto J. Cubeddu, Ignacio Inglessis, Andrew O. Maree, Igor F. Palacios pages 361-366 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (175 KB)
Electrophysiology
Sex differences in outcome after implantable cardioverter defibrillator implantation in nonischemic cardiomyopathy Christine M. Albert, Rebecca Quigg, Samir Saba, N.A. Mark Estes, Andi Shaechter, Haris Subacius, Adam Howard, Joseph Levine, Alan Kadish, for the DEFINITE Investigators pages 367-372 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (219 KB)
The Drug And Pace Health cliNical Evaluation (DAPHNE) study: A randomized trial comparing sotalol versus β-blockers to treat symptomatic atrial fibrillation in patients with brady-tachycardia syndrome implanted with an antitachycardia pacemaker, 09 June 2008 Alessandro Capucci, GianLuca Botto, Giulio Molon, Andrea Spampinato, Stefano Favale, Alessandro Proclemer, Antonio Porfilio, Tiziana Marotta, Marco Vimercati, Giuseppe Boriani, on behalf of the DAPHNE study investigators pages 373.e1-373.e8 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (303 KB)
The effects of atorvastatin on the occurrence of postoperative atrial fibrillation after off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting surgery, 18 June 2008 Young Bin Song, Young Keun On, Jun Hyung Kim, Dae-Hee Shin, June Soo Kim, Jidong Sung, Sang Hoon Lee, Wook Sung Kim, Young Tak Lee pages 373.e9-373.e16 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (437 KB)
Health status outcomes after cardioversion for atrial fibrillation: Results from the Assessment of Cardioversion Using Transesophageal Echocardiography (ACUTE) II Trial Daniel J. Elliott, Liping Zhao, Susan E. Jasper, Elizabeth A. Lieber, Allan L. Klein, William S. Weintraub pages 374.e1-374.e6 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (148 KB)
Imaging and Diagnostic Testing
Usefulness of 64-slice multidetector computed tomography as an initial diagnostic approach in patients with acute chest pain, 15 May 2008 Sung-A Chang, Sang Il Choi, Eue-Keun Choi, Hyung-Kwan Kim, Jin-Wook Jung, Eun Ju Chun, Kyu-Seok Kim, Young-Seok Cho, Woo-Young Chung, Tae-Jin Youn, In-Ho Chae, Dong-Ju Choi, Hyuk-Jae Chang pages 375-383 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (358 KB)
Pediatrics
Echocardiographic predictors of mitral stenosis–related death or intervention in infants, 03 June 2008 Elif Seda Selamet Tierney, Dionne A. Graham, Doff B. McElhinney, Shari Trevey, Michael D. Freed, Steven D. Colan, Tal Geva pages 384-390 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (318 KB)
Interventional Cardiology
Long-term outcome of primary angioplasty compared with fibrinolysis across age groups: A Danish Multicenter Randomized Study on Fibrinolytic Therapy Versus Acute Coronary Angioplasty in Acute Myocardial Infarction (DANAMI-2) substudy, 03 July 2008 Emil Loldrup Fosbøl, Jens Jakob Thune, Henning Kelbæk, Henning Rud Andersen, Kari Saunamäki, Torsten Toftegaard Nielsen, Leif Spange Mortensen, Lars Køber, for the DANAMI-2 investigators pages 391-396 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (193 KB)
Genetics
α-Adducin polymorphism associated with increased risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes: Results from GENEtic Substudy of the INternational VErapamil SR-trandolapril STudy (INVEST-GENES), 20 June 2008 Tobias Gerhard, Yan Gong, Amber L. Beitelshees, Xianyun Mao, Maximilian T. Lobmeyer, Rhonda M. Cooper-DeHoff, Taimour Y. Langaee, Nicholas J. Schork, Mark D. Shriver, Carl J. Pepine, Julie A. Johnson, for the INVEST Investigators pages 397-404 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (250 KB)
Diabetes and Metabolism
Metabolic syndrome, endothelial dysfunction, and risk of cardiovascular events: The Northern Manhattan Study (NOMAS), 28 May 2008 Takeki Suzuki, Kumiko Hirata, Mitchell S.V. Elkind, Zhezhen Jin, Tanja Rundek, Yumiko Miyake, Bernadette Boden-Albala, Marco R. Di Tullio, Ralph Sacco, Shunichi Homma pages 405-410 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (168 KB)
Letters to the Editor
Lipophilicity and cardiovascular outcome in patients with CHF, 07 July 2008 John S. Ford, John A. Tayek page e7 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (58 KB)
Response to the letter Stéphanie Rinfret, Hassan Behlouli, Louise Pilote page e9 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (46 KB)
What do we mean by “outcome can be predicted”?, 03 July 2008 Michael T. Koller, Andrew Vickers, Ewout W. Steyerberg page e11 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (81 KB)
Predicting serious renal dysfunction—a prophylactic approach, 07 July 2008 Jeremiah R. Brown, Todd A. MacKenzie, David J. Malenka, For the Northern New England Cardiovascular Disease Study Group page e13 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (53 KB)
Letter to the editor, 01 July 2008 Pablo Aguiar-Souto, Sara Valero-González page e15 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (43 KB)
Pre-procedural risk stratification—Why wait?, 01 July 2008 Jeremiah R. Brown, Winthrop D. Piper, David J. Malenka, for the Northern New England Cardiovascular Disease Study Group pages e17-e18 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (55 KB)
The pathophysiology of acute heart failure: The key role of fluid accumulation Gaspare Parrinello, Daniele Torres, Salvatore Paterna, Pietro di Pasquale, Giuseppe Licata page e19 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (43 KB)
Frontmatter
Table of Contents pages A1-A5 Full-Text PDF (68 KB)
Editorial Board page A6 Full-Text PDF (34 KB)
Information for Authors pages A7-A8 Full-Text PDF (69 KB)
Information for Readers page A9 Full-Text PDF (44 KB)
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