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American Heart Journal
Volume 154; Issue 1

American Heart Journal

Volume 154; Issue 1

1

Baseline platelet reactivity in acute myocardial infarction treated with primary angioplasty—Influence on myocardial reperfusion, left ventricular performance, and clinical events

Zenon Huczek, Krzysztof J. Filipiak, Janusz Kochman, Radoslaw Piatkowski, Marcin Grabowski, Marek Roik, Lukasz A. Malek, Pawel Jaworski, Grzegorz Opolski

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

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english

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english, 2007

2

Validity of the Framingham point scores in the elderly: Results from the Rotterdam study

Michael T. Koller, Ewout W. Steyerberg, Marcel Wolbers, Theo Stijnen, Heiner C. Bucher, M.G. Myriam Hunink, Jacqueline C.M. Witteman

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

Language:

english

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english, 2007

3

Two-by-two factorial comparison of high-bolus-dose tirofiban followed by standard infusion versus abciximab and sirolimus-eluting versus bare-metal stent implantation in patients with acute myocardial infarction: Design and rationale for the MULTI-STRATEGY trial

Marco Valgimigli, Leonardo Bolognese, Maurizio Anselmi, Gianluca Campo, Alfredo E. Rodriguez, Nicoletta de Cesare, David J. Cohen, Imad Sheiban, Salvatore Colangelo, Giampaolo Pasquetto, Martial Hamon

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

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english

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english, 2007

4

Sexual function, satisfaction, and association of erectile dysfunction with cardiovascular disease and risk factors in cardiovascular high-risk patients: Substudy of the ONgoing Telmisartan Alone and in Combination with Ramipril Global Endpoint Trial/Telmisartan Randomized AssessmeNT Study in ACE-INtolerant Subjects with Cardiovascular Disease (ONTARGET/TRANSCEND)

Michael Böhm, Magnus Baumhäkel, Jeffrey L. Probstfield, Roland Schmieder, Salim Yusuf, Feng Zhao, Teo Koon

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

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english

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5

Tolerability and dose-related effects of nebivolol in elderly patients with heart failure: Data from the Study of the Effects of Nebivolol Intervention on Outcomes and Rehospitalisation in Seniors with Heart Failure (SENIORS) trial

Daniela Dobre, Dirk J. van Veldhuisen, Giacomo Mordenti, Marius Vintila, Flora M. Haaijer-Ruskamp, Andrew J.S. Coats, Philip A. Poole-Wilson, Marcus D. Flather

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

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english

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6

Diastolic function assessment in clinical practice: The value of 2-dimensional echocardiography

Martin Osranek, James B. Seward, Beatrix Buschenreithner, Jutta Bergler-Klein, Maria Heger, Ursula Klaar, Thomas Binder, Gerald Maurer, Manfred Zehetgruber

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

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english

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english, 2007

7

Does coronary angioplasty after timely thrombolysis improve microvascular perfusion and left ventricular function after acute myocardial infarction?

Luciano Agati, Stefania Funaro, Mariapina Madonna, Gennaro Sardella, Barbara Garramone, Leonarda Galiuto

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

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english

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8

Peroxisome proliferator–activated receptor γ agonists for the Prevention of Adverse events following percutaneous coronary Revascularization—results of the PPAR Study

Deepak L. Bhatt, Derek P. Chew, Cindy Grines, Debabrata Mukherjee, Massoud Leesar, Ian C. Gilchrist, John C. Corbelli, James C. Blankenship, Avichai Eres, Steven Steinhubl, Walter A. Tan, Jon R. Resar

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

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english

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9

Improving the Use of Evidence-Based Heart Failure Therapies in the Outpatient Setting: The IMPROVE HF performance improvement registry

Gregg C. Fonarow, Clyde W. Yancy, Nancy M. Albert, Anne B. Curtis, Wendy Gattis Stough, Mihai Gheorghiade, J. Thomas Heywood, Mandeep Mehra, Christopher M. O'Connor, Dwight Reynolds, Mary Norine Walsh

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

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english

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10

Heart rate dynamics during and after exercise in postoperative congenital heart disease patients. Their relation to cardiac autonomic nervous activity and intrinsic sinus node dysfunction

Hideo Ohuchi, Ken-ichi Watanabe, Kanako Kishiki, Yuko Wakisaka, Shigeyuki Echigo

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

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english

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11

Right ventricular dysfunction is a major predictor of outcome in patients with moderate to severe mitral regurgitation and left ventricular dysfunction

Frank Lloyd Dini, Umberto Conti, Paolo Fontanive, Diana Andreini, Stefano Banti, Lara Braccini, Salvatore Mario De Tommasi

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

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english

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12

Relationship of ST elevation in lead aVR with angiographic findings and outcome in non–ST elevation acute coronary syndromes

Andrew T. Yan, Raymond T. Yan, Brian M. Kennelly, Frederick A. Anderson Jr, Andrzej Budaj, José López-Sendón, David Brieger, Jeanna Allegrone, Gabriel Steg, Shaun G. Goodman

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

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english

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english, 2007

13

Framingham risk score and prediction of coronary heart disease death in young men

Jarett D. Berry, Donald M. Lloyd-Jones, Daniel B. Garside, Philip Greenland

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

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english

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english, 2007

14

Relationship between depressive symptoms and long-term mortality in patients with heart failure

Wei Jiang, Maragatha Kuchibhatla, Greg L. Clary, Michael S. Cuffe, Eric J. Christopher, Jude D. Alexander, Robert M. Califf, Ranga R. Krishnan, Christopher M. O'Connor

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

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english

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english, 2007

15

Effect of exercise training on ventricular function, dyssynchrony, resting myocardial perfusion, and clinical outcomes in patients with heart failure: A nuclear ancillary study of Heart Failure and A Controlled Trial Investigating Outcomes of Exercise TraiNing (HF-ACTION); design and rationale

Daniel R. Bensimhon, George L. Adams, David J. Whellan, Robert A. Pagnanelli, Mark Trimble, Benjamin A. Lee, Kerry L. Lee, Stephen J. Ellis, William E. Kraus, David S. Rendall, Ami E. Iskandrian, Chri

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American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

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english

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16

Comparison of surgical and transcatheter treatment for native coarctation of the aorta in patients ≥1 year old. The Quebec Native Coarctation of the Aorta Study

Josep Rodés-Cabau, Joaquim Miró, Adrian Dancea, Reda Ibrahim, Eric Piette, Chantale Lapierre, Luc Jutras, Jean Perron, Christo I. Tchervenkow, Nancy Poirier, Nagib S. Dahdah, Christine Houde

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

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english

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english, 2007

17

Global outcomes of ST-elevation myocardial infarction: Comparisons of the Enoxaparin and Thrombolysis Reperfusion for Acute Myocardial Infarction Treatment-Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction study 25 (ExTRACT-TIMI 25) registry and trial

Benjamin A. Steinberg, Nazanin Moghbeli, Jacqueline Buros, Mikhail Ruda, Alexander Parkhomenko, B. Soma Raju, Armando García-Castillo, Marianna Janion, José C. Nicolau, Keith A.A. Fox, David A. Morrow

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

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english

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english, 2007

18

Randomized active-controlled study comparing effects of treatment with carvedilol versus metoprolol in patients with left ventricular dysfunction after acute myocardial infarction

Igor Bogdan Mrdovic, Lidija Zlatimir Savic, Jovan Petar Perunicic, Milika Risto Asanin, Ratko Milorad Lasica, Marinkovic Milutin Jelena, Mihailo Dragomir Matic, Zorana Mihailo Vasiljevic, Miodrag Casl

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

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english

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english, 2007

19

Sex and effect of abciximab in patients with acute coronary syndromes treated with percutaneous coronary interventions: Results from Intracoronary Stenting and Antithrombotic Regimen: Rapid Early Action for Coronary Treatment 2 trial

Julinda Mehilli, Gjin Ndrepepa, Adnan Kastrati, Franz-Josef Neumann, Jurriën ten Berg, Olga Bruskina, Franz Dotzer, Melchior Seyfarth, Jürgen Pache, Sebastian Kufner, Josef Dirschinger, Peter B. Berge

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

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english

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english, 2007

20

Effect of mitral valve repair on exercise tolerance in asymptomatic patients with organic mitral regurgitation

Juraj Madaric, Patrick Watripont, Jozef Bartunek, Filip Casselman, Marc Vanderheyden, Frank Van Praet, William Wijns, Ann Feys, Hugo Vanermen, Bernard De Bruyne

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

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english

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english, 2007

21

Rate control in patients with pacemaker affected by brady-tachy form of sick sinus syndrome

Giuseppe Boriani, Luigi Padeletti, Massimo Santini, Michele Gulizia, Serafino Orazi, GianLuca Botto, Alessandro Capucci, Mauro Biffi, Cristian Martignani, Renato Ricci, Marco Vimercati, Paola DiStefan

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

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english

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english, 2007

22

The relationship between N-terminal pro–brain natriuretic peptide and risk for hospitalization and mortality is curvilinear in patients with chronic heart failure

Morten Schou, Finn Gustafsson, Pernille Corell, Caroline N. Kistorp, Andreas Kjaer, Per R. Hildebrandt

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

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english

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english, 2007

23

Timing of ischemic onset estimated from the electrocardiogram is better than historical timing for predicting outcome after reperfusion therapy for acute anterior myocardial infarction: A DANish trial in Acute Myocardial Infarction 2 (DANAMI-2) substudy

Maria Sejersten, Rasmus S. Ripa, Charles Maynard, Peer Grande, Henning Rud Andersen, Galen S. Wagner, Peter Clemmensen

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

Language:

english

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english, 2007

24

Cocaine use is associated with an increased risk of stent thrombosis after percutaneous coronary intervention

Scott A. McKee, Robert J. Applegate, John R. Hoyle, Matthew T. Sacrinty, Michael A. Kutcher, David C. Sane

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

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english

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PDF, 160 KB

english, 2007

25

Effect of thiazolidinedione therapy on restenosis after coronary stent implantation: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Evangelos S. Rosmarakis, Matthew E. Falagas

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

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english

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english, 2007

26

Sirolimus-eluting stents compared with standard stents in the treatment of patients with primary angioplasty

Luis-S Díaz de la Llera, Sara Ballesteros, Jaime Nevado, Mónica Fernández, Manuel Villa, Ángel Sánchez, Gabriel Retegui, Dolores García, Ángel Martínez

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

Language:

english

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PDF, 269 KB

english, 2007

27

Variation in the definitions of bleeding in clinical trials of patients with acute coronary syndromes and undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions and its impact on the apparent safety of antithrombotic drugs

Steven R. Steinhubl, Adnan Kastrati, Peter B. Berger

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American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

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english

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english, 2007

28

Letter to the Editor

Sara Piciucchi, Carlo Cosimo Quattrocchi, Rosario Francesco Grasso, Bruno Beomonte Zobel

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American Heart Journal

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2007

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english

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Response to the letter to the Editor

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American Heart Journal

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2007

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english

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Curriculum in cardiology: Integrated diagnosis and management of diastolic heart failure (Am Heart J 2007;153:189-200)

Oscar M.P. Jolobe

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American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

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english

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Response to the letter to the Editor

Kavitha M. Chinnaiyan, Daniel Alexander, Michael Maddens, Peter A. McCullough

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American Heart Journal

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2007

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english

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32

Differential impact of left ventricular mass and relative wall thickness on cardiovascular prognosis in diabetic and nondiabetic hypertensive subjects

Kazuo Eguchi, Joji Ishikawa, Satoshi Hoshide, Shizukiyo Ishikawa, Thomas G. Pickering, Joseph E. Schwartz, Shunichi Homma, Kazuyuki Shimada, Kazuomi Kario

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

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english

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english, 2007

33

Trimetazidine added to combined hemodynamic antianginal therapy in patients with type 2 diabetes: a randomized crossover trial

Letícia Weiss Ribeiro, Jorge P. Ribeiro, Ricardo Stein, Cristiane Leitão, Carísi Anne Polanczyk

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American Heart Journal

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2007

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english

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english, 2007

34

Echocardiographic insights into atrial and ventricular mechanisms of functional tricuspid regurgitation

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American Heart Journal

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2007

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english

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35

Reply

Shota Fukuda, Takahiro Shiota

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American Heart Journal

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2007

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english

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36

Correction

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American Heart Journal

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2007

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english

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Response to “Heart rate variability is dependent on the level of heart rate” by Nieminen et al

Frederick E. Dewey, James V. Freeman, Greg Engel, Raul Oviedo, Nayana Abrol, Natasha Ahmed, Jonathan Myers, Victor F. Froelicher

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American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

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english

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Heart rate variability is dependent on the level of heart rate

Tuomo Nieminen, Mika Kähönen, Tiit Kööbi, Kjell Nikus, Jari Viik

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

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english

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PDF, 37 KB

english, 2007

39

Transendocardial autologous bone marrow in chronic myocardial infarction using a helical needle catheter: 1-year follow-up in an open-label, nonrandomized, single-center pilot study (the TABMMI study)

Luis M. de la Fuente, Simon H. Stertzer, Julio Argentieri, Eduardo Peñaloza, Jorge Miano, Benjamin Koziner, Cristian Bilos, Peter A. Altman

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

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english

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PDF, 561 KB

english, 2007

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What we publish in the American Heart Journal and why

Daniel B. Mark, Patricia Hodgson, Robert M. Califf

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American Heart Journal

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2007

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english

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Correction

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American Heart Journal

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2007

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english

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Table 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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Information for Authors

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American Heart Journal

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Information for Authors

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American Heart Journal

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Information for Readers

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American Heart Journal

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2007

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english

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