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Progress in Cardiology
Prehospital management of acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction: A time for reappraisal in North America Robert C. Welsh, Joseph Ornato, Paul W. Armstrong pages 1-8 Abstract | Full-Text PDF (250 KB)
Editorial
Double negatives David E. Kandzari, James E. Tcheng pages 9-11 Full-Text PDF (80 KB)
Physician adherence to clinical practice guidelines: Does it really matter? Ralph G. Brindis, Cary Sennett pages 13-15 Full-Text PDF (61 KB)
Hierarchical modeling: Its time has come Elizabeth DeLong pages 16-18 Full-Text PDF (49 KB)
Clinical Investigations: Outcomes, Health Policy, and Managed Care
Adherence to practice guidelines: The role of specialty society guidelines Lucian L. Leape, Joel S. Weissman, Eric C. Schneider, Robert N. Piana, Constantine Gatsonis, Arnold M. Epstein pages 19-26 Abstract | Full-Text PDF (100 KB)
Clinical Investigations
Comparing hierarchical modeling with traditional logistic regression analysis among patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction: Should we be analyzing cardiovascular outcomes data differently? Peter C. Austi, Jack V. T, David A. Alte pages 27-35 Abstract | Full-Text PDF (124 KB)
Quality of life and time trade-off utility measures in patients with coronary artery disease Kathryn A. Melsop, Derek B. Boothroyd, Mark A. Hlatky pages 36-41 Abstract | Full-Text PDF (91 KB)
Interventional Cardiology
No-reflow is an independent predictor of death and myocardial infarction after percutaneous coronary intervention Frederic S. Resnic, Marco Wainstein, Michael K.Y. Lee, Dominik Behrendt, Rodrigo V. Wainstein, Lucila Ohno-Machado, James M. Kirshenbaum, Campbell D.K. Rogers, Jeffrey J. Popma, Robert Piana pages 42-46 Abstract | Full-Text PDF (138 KB)
Primary coronary angioplasty compared with intravenous thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction: Six-month follow up and analysis of individual patient data from randomized trials pages 47-57 Abstract | Full-Text PDF (188 KB)
A randomized trial assessing the effect of coumarins started before coronary angioplasty on restenosis: Results of the 6-month angiographic substudy of the Balloon Angioplasty and Anticoagulation Study (BAAS) Jurriën M. ten Berg, Johannes C. Kelder, Maarten Jan Suttorp, Freek W.A. Verheugt, H.W.Thijs Plokker pages 58-65 Abstract | Full-Text PDF (112 KB)
Altered coronary flow properties in diffuse coronary artery ectasia Ömer Akyürek, Berkten Berkalp, Tamer Sayın, Deniz Kumbasar, Celal Kervancıoğlu, Derviş Oral pages 66-72 Abstract | Full-Text PDF (97 KB)
Acute Ischemic Heart Disease
Frequency, patient characteristics, and outcomes of mild-to-moderate heart failure complicating ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction: Lessons from 4 international fibrinolytic therapy trials David Hasdai, Eric J. Topol, Rakhi Kilaru, Alexander Battler, Robert A. Harrington, Alec Vahanian, E.Magnus Ohman, Christopher B. Granger, Frans Van de Werf, Maarten L. Simoons, Christopher M. O'Connor, David R. Holmes pages 73-79 Abstract | Full-Text PDF (120 KB)
Double-blind comparison between zofenopril and lisinopril in patients with acute myocardial infarction: Results of the Survival of Myocardial Infarction Long-term Evaluation-2 (SMILE-2) study Claudio Borghi, Ettore Ambrosioni, behalf of the SMILE-2 Working Party pages 80-87 Abstract | Full-Text PDF (176 KB)
Biochemical and clinical predictors of long-term outcome in patients with nonspecific chest pain and nondiagnostic electrocardiograms Graham S. Hillis, Pamela Taggart, Lorraine Hillis, Ning Zhao, William C. Dalsey, Antoinette Mangione pages 88-94 Abstract | Full-Text PDF (103 KB)
Relationship between initial white blood cell counts, stage of acute myocardial infarction evolution at presentation, and incidence of Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction-3 flow after streptokinase Cheuk-Kit Wong, John K. French, Wanzhen Gao, Harvey D. White pages 95-102 Abstract | Full-Text PDF (102 KB)
Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled long-term study of isosorbide-5-mononitrate therapy in patients with left ventricular dysfunction after acute myocardial infarction Erik Tingberg, Anders Roijer, Ulf Thilen, Jan Eskilsson, Hans Öhlin page E1 Abstract | Full-Text PDF (123 KB)
Reduction of oxidative stress augments natriuretic effect of furosemide in moderate heart failure Hirofumi Tomiyama, Gohki Watanabe, Hideo Yoshida, Nobutaka Doba, Akira Yamashina page E2 Abstract | Full-Text PDF (105 KB)
Home-based versus hospital-based exercise programs in patients with coronary artery disease: Effects on coronary vasomotion Stephan Gielen, Sandra Erbs, Axel Linke, Sven Möbius-Winkler, Gerhard Schuler, Rainer Hambrecht page E3 Abstract | Full-Text PDF (93 KB)
High triglycerides/low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, ischemic electrocardiogram changes, and risk of ischemic heart disease Jørgen Jeppesen, Hans Ole Hein, Poul Suadicani, Finn Gyntelberg pages 103-108 Abstract | Full-Text PDF (86 KB)
Direct comparison of characteristics, treatment, and outcomes of patients enrolled versus patients not enrolled in a clinical trial at centers participating in the TIMI 9 Trial and TIMI 9 Registry Maria Cecilia Bahit, Christopher P. Cannon, Elliott M. Antman, Sabina A. Murphy, C.Michael Gibson, Carolyn H. McCabe, Eugene Braunwald pages 109-117 Abstract | Full-Text PDF (166 KB)
Potential thrombophilic mutations/polymorphisms in patients with no flow-limiting stenosis after myocardial infarction John K. French, Neil S. Van de Water, Timothy M. Sutton, Mayanna Lund, WanZhen Gao, Joanne McDowell, Yiwen Liu-Stratton, Jeanette Pohorence, Diane Szymanski, Pascal Goldschmidt-Clermont, Harvey D. White, Peter J. Browett, Glen Cooke pages 118-124 Abstract | Full-Text PDF (99 KB)
Association of the ScaI atrial natriuretic peptide gene polymorphism with nonfatal myocardial infarction and extent of coronary artery disease Marcin Gruchala, Dariusz Ciećwierz, Bartosz Wasag, Radoslaw Targoński, Witold Dubaniewicz, Arkadiusz Nowak, Wojciech Sobiczewski, Karolina Ochman, Piotr Romanowski, Janusz Limon, Andrzej Rynkiewicz pages 125-131 Abstract | Full-Text PDF (93 KB)
Congestive Heart Failure
Prognostic value of QT interval and QT dispersion in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction: Results from a cohort of 2265 patients with an ejection fraction of ≤40% Sriram Padmanabhan, Helme Silvet, Jatin Amin, Ramdas G. Pai pages 132-138 Abstract | Full-Text PDF (212 KB)
Electrophysiology
Prevalence and prognostic value of exercise-induced ventricular arrhythmias Sara Partington, Jonathan Myers, Shaun Cho, Victor Froelicher, Sung Chun pages 139-146 Abstract | Full-Text PDF (103 KB)
Imaging and Diagnostic Testing
Prognostic importance of systolic and diastolic function after acute myocardial infarction Jacob E. Møller, Kenneth Egstrup, Lars Køber, Steen H. Poulsen, Ole Nyvad, Christian Torp-Pedersen pages 147-153 Abstract | Full-Text PDF (130 KB)
Flow volume asymmetry in the right aortic arch in children with magnetic resonance phase encoded velocity mapping Mark A. Fogel, Paul M. Weinberg, John Haselgrove pages 154-161 Abstract | Full-Text PDF (234 KB)
Effect of infarcted myocardium on diagnostic accuracy of exercise echocardiography for detecting noninfarct-related coronary artery lesions Toshihiko Nishioka, Hideki Mitani, Akimi Uehata, Hiroyuki Hikita, Tomoo Nagai, Shuichi Katsushika, Bonpei Takase, Kazushige Isojima, Fumitaka Ohsuzu, Akira Kurita, Shingo Ohtomi, Robert J. Siegel pages 162-168 Abstract | Full-Text PDF (86 KB)
Valvular and Congenital Heart Disease
Association between angiotensin I-converting enzyme gene insertion/deletion polymorphism and mitral valve prolapse syndrome Hsiang-Tai Chou, Yng-Tay Chen, Yi-Ru Shi, Fuu-Jen Tsai pages 169-173 Abstract | Full-Text PDF (79 KB)
Trial Design
Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Study (LAAOS): A randomized clinical trial of left atrial appendage occlusion during routine coronary artery bypass graft surgery for long-term stroke prevention Eugene Crystal, Andre Lamy, Stuart J. Connolly, Peter Kleine, Stefan H. Hohnloser, Lloyd Semelhago, Labib Abouzhar, Irene Cybulsky, Bernard Shragge, Kevin Teoh, Eva Lonn, Corey Sawchuk, Feycan Oezaslan pages 174-178 Abstract | Full-Text PDF (72 KB)
Rationale for use of an exercise end point and design for the ADVANCE (A Dose evaluation of a Vasopressin ANtagonist in CHF patients undergoing Exercise) trial Stuart D. Russell, Paulina Selaru, David A. Pyne, Maha M. Ghazzi, Kenneth D. Massey, Milton Pressler, Alexis Serikoff, Andrew J.S. Coats pages 179-186 Abstract | Full-Text PDF (148 KB)
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