Volume 151; Issue 2

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American Heart Journal
Volume 151; Issue 2

American Heart Journal

Volume 151; Issue 2

1

Effects of exercise training on 5 inflammatory markers associated with cardiovascular risk

Christopher J.K. Hammett, Harry Prapavessis, J. Chris Baldi, Nerea Varo, Uwe Schoenbeck, Rohan Ameratunga, John K. French, Harvey D. White, Ralph A.H. Stewart

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2006

Language:

english

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2

Potential mechanisms between atrial dilatation and atrial fibrillation

Tong Liu, Guang-Ping Li

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2006

Language:

english

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3

Reply to correspondence from Tong Liu and Guangping Li

Ratika Parkash, M.S. Green

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2006

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english

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4

Prognostic utility of single-photon emission computed tomography in adult patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Paul Sorajja, Panithaya Chareonthaitawee, Steve R. Ommen, Todd D. Miller, David O. Hodge, Raymond J. Gibbons

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2006

Language:

english

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5

Rationale and design of a randomized controlled trial to assess the safety and efficacy of cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with asymptomatic left ventricular dysfunction with previous symptoms or mild heart failure—the REsynchronization reVErses Remodeling in Systolic left vEntricular dysfunction (REVERSE) study

Cecilia Linde, Michael Gold, William T. Abraham, Jean-Claude Daubert

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2006

Language:

english

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6

Prediction of the recurrence of atrial fibrillation after cardioversion in the Atrial Fibrillation Follow-up Investigation of Rhythm Management (AFFIRM) study

Merritt H. Raitt, Annabelle S. Volgman, Robert G. Zoble, Lyne Charbonneau, Farooq A. Padder, Gilles E. O'Hara, David Kerr

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2006

Language:

english

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7

Meta-analysis of comparative diagnostic performance of magnetic resonance imaging and multislice computed tomography for noninvasive coronary angiography

Joanne D. Schuijf, Jeroen J. Bax, Leslee J. Shaw, Albert de Roos, Hildo J. Lamb, Ernst E. van der Wall, William Wijns

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2006

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english

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8

Risk factors for stroke after acute coronary syndromes in the Orbofiban in Patients with Unstable Coronary Syndromes–Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction (OPUS-TIMI) 16 study

Eric E. Smith, Christopher P. Cannon, Sabina Murphy, Steven K. Feske, Lee H. Schwamm

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2006

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english

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PDF, 116 KB

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9

Determinants of referral to cardiac rehabilitation programs in patients with coronary artery disease: A systematic review

Olga Cortés, Heather M. Arthur

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2006

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english

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10

Use of B-type natriuretic peptide in the management of acute dyspnea in patients with pulmonary disease

Christian Mueller, Kirsten Laule-Kilian, Barbara Frana, Daniel Rodriguez, André Scholer, Christian Schindler, André P. Perruchoud

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2006

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english

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11

Survival in biopsy-proven myocarditis: A long-term retrospective analysis of the histopathologic, clinical, and hemodynamic predictors

Jared W. Magnani, H. Jacqueline Suk Danik, G. William Dec Jr, Thomas G. DiSalvo

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2006

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english

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12

Age-related differences in the management and outcome of patients with acute coronary syndromes

Raymond T. Yan, Andrew T. Yan, Mary Tan, Chi-Ming Chow, David H. Fitchett, Frank L. Ervin, James Y.M. Cha, Anatoly Langer, Shaun G. Goodman

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2006

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english

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13

Acute myocardial infarction: Clinical characteristics and plaque morphology between expansive remodeling and constrictive remodeling by intravascular ultrasound

Takao Hasegawa, Shoichi Ehara, Yoshiki Kobayashi, Toru Kataoka, Hajime Yamashita, Hiroki Nishioka, Koichiro Asawa, Hiroyuki Yamagishi, Minoru Yoshiyama, Kazuhide Takeuchi, Junichi Yoshikawa, Makiko Ue

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2006

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english

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14

Wall motion score index and ejection fraction for risk stratification after acute myocardial infarction

Jacob E. Møller, Graham S. Hillis, Jae K. Oh, Guy S. Reeder, Bernard J. Gersh, Patricia A. Pellikka

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2006

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english

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15

Psychophysiologic responses of invasive cardiologists in an academic catheterization laboratory

Nicole Detling, Aynsley Smith, Rick Nishimura, Shelly Keller, Matthew Martinez, William Young, David Holmes

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2006

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english

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PDF, 286 KB

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16

The metabolic syndrome and its components and the long-term risk of death in patients with coronary heart disease

Anil Nigam, Martial G. Bourassa, Annik Fortier, Marie-Claude Guertin, Jean-Claude Tardif

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2006

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english

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17

Kidney function and anemia as risk factors for coronary heart disease and mortality: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study

Brad C. Astor, Josef Coresh, Gerardo Heiss, Dan Pettitt, Mark J. Sarnak

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2006

Language:

english

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18

Anemia in patients with heart failure and preserved systolic function

G. Michael Felker, Linda K. Shaw, Wendy Gattis Stough, Christopher M. O'Connor

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2006

Language:

english

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19

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance in the follow-up of patients with corrected tetralogy of Fallot: A review

Thomas Oosterhof, Barbara J.M. Mulder, Hubert W. Vliegen, Albert de Roos

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2006

Language:

english

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PDF, 393 KB

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20

The role of exercise in modulating the impact of an ultralow-fat diet on serum lipids and apolipoproteins in patients with or at risk for coronary artery disease

Debra A. Marshall, Marina N. Vernalis, Alan T. Remaley, Elaine M. Walizer, John P. Scally, Allen J. Taylor

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2006

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english

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PDF, 274 KB

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21

Higher New York Heart Association classes and increased mortality and hospitalization in patients with heart failure and preserved left ventricular function

Ali Ahmed, Wilbert S. Aronow, Jerome L. Fleg

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2006

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english

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22

Are statins created equal? Evidence from randomized trials of pravastatin, simvastatin, and atorvastatin for cardiovascular disease prevention

Zheng Zhou, Elham Rahme, Louise Pilote

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2006

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english

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23

Asymptomatic long-term survivors of coronary artery bypass surgery enjoy a quality of life equal to the general population

Pamela J. Bradshaw, Konrad D. Jamrozik, Ian S. Gilfillan, Peter L. Thompson

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2006

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english

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PDF, 131 KB

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24

Epidemiologic, clinical, and microbiologic profile of infective endocarditis in Argentina: A national survey. The Endocarditis Infecciosa en la República Argentina–2 (EIRA-2) Study

Ernesto Ferreiros, Francisco Nacinovich, Jose Horacio Casabé, Juan Carlos Modenesi, Sandra Swieszkowski, Claudia Cortes, Cohen Arazi Hernan, Lucía Kazelian, Sergio Varini

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2006

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english

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25

Predicting early mortality after implantable defibrillator implantation: A clinical risk score for optimal patient selection

Ratika Parkash, William G. Stevenson, Laurence M. Epstein, William H. Maisel

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2006

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english

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26

A cooperative network of trained sites for the conduct of a complex clinical trial: A new concept in multicenter clinical research

Robert M. Davidson, J. Frederick McNeer, Leanne Logan, Michael B. Higginbotham, Jerome Anderson, Joseph Blackshear, Alan Chu, Bruce Hettleman, Frank McGrew, Roderick Meesse, Christopher O'Connor, Rick

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2006

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english

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27

Cardiac tamponade in the fibrinolytic era: Analysis of >100 000 patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

Manesh R. Patel, Trip J. Meine, Lauren Lindblad, Jeffrey Griffin, Christopher B. Granger, Richard C. Becker, Frans Van de Werf, Harvey White, Robert M. Califf, Robert A. Harrington

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2006

Language:

english

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PDF, 134 KB

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28

Cardiac pacemaker: In vitro assessment at 1.5 T

Frank G. Shellock, David S. Fieno, Louise J. Thomson, Thomas M. Talavage, Daniel S. Berman

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2006

Language:

english

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29

Long-term prognostic value of the preoperative 12-lead electrocardiogram before major noncardiac surgery in coronary artery disease

Raban V. Jeger, Cecilia Probst, Ruza Arsenic, Thomas Lippuner, Matthias E. Pfisterer, Manfred D. Seeberger, Miodrag Filipovic

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2006

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english

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30

Glucose-insulin-potassium infusion in acute myocardial infarction: A hemodynamic study

Arend Bergstra, Tone Svilaas, Ad F.M. van den Heuvel, Iwan C.C. van der Horst, Felix Zijlstra

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2006

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english

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PDF, 128 KB

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31

Subgroup analyses in therapeutic cardiovascular clinical trials: Are most of them misleading?

Adrián V. Hernández, Eric Boersma, Gordon D. Murray, J. Dik F. Habbema, Ewout W. Steyerberg

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2006

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english

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32

Predicting a late positive serum troponin in initially troponin-negative patients with non–ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome: Clinical predictors and validated risk score results from the TIMI IIIB and GUSTO IIA studies

James L. Januzzi Jr, L. Kristin Newby, Sabina A. Murphy, Karen Pieper, Elliot M. Antman, David A. Morrow, Marc S. Sabatine, E. Magnus Ohman, Christopher P. Cannon, Eugene Braunwald

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2006

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english

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PDF, 125 KB

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33

Mortality benefit of a comprehensive heart failure disease management program in indigent patients

Kathy A. Hebert, Ronald L. Horswell, Sydney Dy, Ira J. Key Jr, Michael K. Butler, Frederick P. Cerise, Lee M. Arcement

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2006

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english

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PDF, 114 KB

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34

Trends in community mortality due to coronary heart disease

Robert J. Goldberg, Karen Glatfelter, Emma Burbank-Schmidt, Darleen Lessard, Joel M. Gore

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2006

Language:

english

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PDF, 114 KB

english, 2006

35

Homocysteine-lowering trials for prevention of cardiovascular events: A review of the design and power of the large randomized trials

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2006

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english

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36

Left atrial diameter as an independent predictor of first clinical cardiovascular events in middle-aged and elderly adults: The Strong Heart Study (SHS)

Jorge R. Kizer, Jonathan N. Bella, Vittorio Palmieri, Jennifer E. Liu, Lyle G. Best, Elisa T. Lee, Mary J. Roman, Richard B. Devereux

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2006

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english

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PDF, 125 KB

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37

External validation of a percutaneous coronary intervention mortality prediction model in patients with acute coronary syndromes

Jaroslav Hubacek, P. Diane Galbraith, Min Gao, Karin Humphries, Michelle M. Graham, Merril L. Knudtson, William A. Ghali

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2006

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english

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PDF, 130 KB

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38

Randomized evaluation of the efficacy of enoxaparin versus unfractionated heparin in high-risk patients with non–ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes receiving the glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor eptifibatide. Long-term results of the Integrilin and Enoxaparin Randomized Assessment of Acute Coronary Syndrome Treatment (INTERACT) trial

David H. Fitchett, Anatoly Langer, Paul W. Armstrong, Mary Tan, Aurora Mendelsohn, Shaun G. Goodman

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2006

Language:

english

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PDF, 142 KB

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39

Endovascular stent-graft treatment of penetrating aortic ulcer: Results over a median follow-up of 27 months

Holger Eggebrecht, Ulf Herold, Axel Schmermund, Alexander Y. Lind, Oliver Kuhnt, Stefan Martini, Hilmar Kühl, Peter Kienbaum, Jürgen Peters, Heinz Jakob, Raimund Erbel, Dietrich Baumgart

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2006

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english

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PDF, 311 KB

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40

Efficacy of transesophageal echocardiography–guided cardioversion of patients with atrial fibrillation at 6 months: A randomized controlled trial

Allan L. Klein, Richard A. Grimm, Susan E. Jasper, R. Daniel Murray, Carolyn Apperson-Hansen, Elizabeth A. Lieber, Ian W. Black, Ravin Davidoff, Raimund Erbel, Jonathan L. Halperin, David A. Orsinelli

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2006

Language:

english

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PDF, 301 KB

english, 2006

41

Evaluating the performance of the Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events risk-adjustment index across socioeconomic strata among patients discharged from the hospital after acute myocardial infarction

David A. Alter, Vikram Venkatesh, Alice Chong

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2006

Language:

english

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PDF, 311 KB

english, 2006

42

Clinical predictors of marked improvement in left ventricular performance after cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with chronic heart failure

Maurizio Mangiavacchi, Maurizio Gasparini, Francesco Faletra, Catherine Klersy, Emanuela Morenghi, Paola Galimberti, Luca Genovese, François Regoli, Francesca De Chiara, Renato Bragato, Bruno Andreuzz

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2006

Language:

english

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PDF, 107 KB

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43

Effect of percutaneous coronary intervention of nonacute total coronary artery occlusions on QT dispersion

David M. Goodhart, Jaroslav Hubacek, Todd J. Anderson, Hank Duff, Gerald Barbeau, John Ducas, Ronald G. Carere, Charles Lazzam, Vladimir Dzavik, Christopher E. Buller, Mouhieddin Traboulsi

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2006

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english

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PDF, 161 KB

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44

Type D personality and diabetes predict the onset of depressive symptoms in patients after percutaneous coronary intervention

Susanne S. Pedersen, Andrew T.L. Ong, Karel Sonnenschein, Patrick W. Serruys, Ruud A.M. Erdman, Ron T. van Domburg

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2006

Language:

english

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PDF, 164 KB

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45

Effects of clopidogrel on soluble CD40 ligand and on high-sensitivity C-reactive protein in patients with stable coronary artery disease

Rabih R. Azar, Roland Kassab, Antoine Zoghbi, Simon Aboujaoudé, Hazem El-Osta, Pierre Ghorra, Mirna Germanos, Elie Salamé

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2006

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english

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PDF, 116 KB

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46

Highlights from the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, November 13 to 16, 2005, Dallas, TX

Abhinav Goyal, Pierluigi Tricoci, Chiara Melloni, James S. Mills, Kevin L. Thomas, George L. Adams, Robert G. Mitchell, Aslan T. Turer

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American Heart Journal

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2006

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english

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47

Tables of Contents

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American Heart Journal

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Editorial Board

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American Heart Journal

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2006

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Information for Authors

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American Heart Journal

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2006

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Information for Authors

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American Heart Journal

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2006

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english

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51

Information for Readers

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American Heart Journal

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english

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52

Alcohol consumption, atherosclerotic progression, and prognosis among patients with coronary artery bypass grafts

Kenneth J. Mukamal, Saket Girotra, Murray A. Mittleman

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American Heart Journal

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2006

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english

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PDF, 118 KB

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