Volume 154; Issue 2

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American Heart Journal
Volume 154; Issue 2

American Heart Journal

Volume 154; Issue 2

1

Repeated hospitalizations predict mortality in the community population with heart failure

Soko Setoguchi, Lynne Warner Stevenson, Sebastian Schneeweiss

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

Language:

english

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english, 2007

2

Tree-structured risk stratification of in-hospital mortality after percutaneous coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction: A report from the New York State percutaneous coronary intervention database

Abdissa Negassa, E. Scott Monrad, Ji Yon Bang, Vankeepuram S. Srinivas

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 263 KB

english, 2007

3

Clinical and echocardiographic correlates of plasma procollagen type III amino-terminal peptide levels in the community

Thomas J. Wang, Martin G. Larson, Emelia J. Benjamin, Deborah A. Siwik, Radwan Safa, Chao-Yu Guo, Diane Corey, Johan Sundstrom, Douglas B. Sawyer, Wilson S. Colucci, Ramachandran S. Vasan

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 110 KB

english, 2007

4

Coexistence and exercise exacerbation of intraleft ventricular contractile dyssynchrony in hypertensive patients with diastolic heart failure

Yi-Chih Wang, Juey-Jen Hwang, Ling-Ping Lai, Chia-Ti Tsai, Lung-Chun Lin, Rodolphe Katra, Jiunn-Lee Lin

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 131 KB

english, 2007

5

No prognostic significance of chronic infection with Chlamydia pneumoniae in acute coronary syndromes: Insights from the Global Utilization of Strategies to Open Occluded Arteries IV Acute Coronary Syndromes trial

Cynthia M. Westerhout, Judy Gnarpe, Wei-Ching Chang, Susan FitzPatrick, Elliot S. Barnathan, Eric Boersma, Robert M. Califf, Lars Wallentin, Maarten L. Simoons, Paul W. Armstrong

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 151 KB

english, 2007

6

Smoking cessation counseling and the quality of care for acute myocardial infarction

Edward P. Havranek

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 49 KB

english, 2007

7

Inpatient smoking-cessation counseling and all-cause mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction

Harriette G.C. Van Spall, Alice Chong, Jack V. Tu

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 284 KB

english, 2007

8

Predictors and prognosis for complex coronary lesions in patients with acute myocardial infarction: Data from RICO survey

Gilles Rioufol, Marianne Zeller, Gilles Dentan, Yves Laurent, Isabelle L'Huillier, Jack Ravisy, Pierre Sicard, Michel Vincent-Martin, Hamib Makki, Jean-Claude Beer, Gérard Finet, Yves Cottin

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

Language:

english

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PDF, 125 KB

english, 2007

9

Clopidogrel nonresponsiveness in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention with stenting: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Jaapjan D. Snoep, Marcel M.C. Hovens, Jeroen C.J. Eikenboom, Johanna G. van der Bom, J. Wouter Jukema, Menno V. Huisman

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 373 KB

english, 2007

10

Culotte versus T-stenting in bifurcation lesions: Immediate clinical and angiographic results and midterm clinical follow-up

Sahin Kaplan, Peter Barlis, Konstantinos Dimopoulos, Alessio La Manna, Omer Goktekin, Alfredo Galassi, Jun Tanigawa, Carlo Di Mario

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 306 KB

english, 2007

11

Immediate and intermediate results of intracoronary stand-alone bolus administration of eptifibatide during coronary intervention (ICE) study

Walid Hassan, Hani Al-Sergani, Jehad Al Buraiki, Bruce Dunn, Fawaz Al Turki, Nathem Akhras, Fayez ElShaer, Mahboob Nawaz, Suliman Kharabsheh, Naser ElKum

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 185 KB

english, 2007

12

An active lifestyle improves outcome of primary angioplasty in elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction

Giuseppe Rengo, Gennaro Galasso, Federico Piscione, Luca Golino, Francesca Fortunato, Carmela Zincarelli, Salvatore Cassese, Pasquale Abete, Massimo Chiariello, Franco Rengo, Dario Leosco

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

Language:

english

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PDF, 462 KB

english, 2007

13

Neointimal progression and luminal narrowing in sirolimus-eluting stent treatment for bare metal in-stent restenosis: A quantitative intravascular ultrasound analysis

Ryota Sakurai, Junya Ako, Ali H.M. Hassan, Heidi N. Bonneau, Franz-Josef Neumann, Walter Desmet, David R. Holmes Jr., Paul G. Yock, Peter J. Fitzgerald, Yasuhiro Honda

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 141 KB

english, 2007

14

Evaluation of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging parameters to detect anatomically and hemodynamically significant coronary artery disease

Hideki Futamatsu, Norbert Wilke, Chris Klassen, Steven Shoemaker, Dominick J. Angiolillo, Alan Siuciak, Kino Morikawa-Futamatsu, Nobuaki Suzuki, Franz von Ziegler, Theodore A. Bass, Marco A. Costa

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 477 KB

english, 2007

15

Clinical comparison of “normal-hours” vs “off-hours” percutaneous coronary interventions for ST-elevation myocardial infarction

Paolo Ortolani, Antonio Marzocchi, Cinzia Marrozzini, Tullio Palmerini, Francesco Saia, Matteo Aquilina, Federica Baldazzi, Simona Silenzi, Nevio Taglieri, Daniele Grosseto, Maria Letizia Bacchi-Reggi

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 265 KB

english, 2007

16

Drug-eluting stents vs bare metal stents for the treatment of large coronary vessels

Arturo R. Quizhpe, Fausto Feres, José de Ribamar Costa Jr, Alexandre Abizaid, Galo Maldonado, Ricardo Costa, Andrea Abizaid, Manuel Cano, Adriana C. Moreira, Rodolfo Staico, Luiz Alberto Mattos, Luiz

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 163 KB

english, 2007

17

Globalization of cardiovascular clinical research: The balance between meeting medical needs and maintaining scientific standards

Wendy Gattis Stough, Faiez Zannad, Bertram Pitt, Sidney Goldstein

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 103 KB

english, 2007

18

Pretreatment with statins may reduce cardiovascular morbidity and mortality after elective surgery and percutaneous coronary intervention: Clinical evidence and possible underlying mechanisms

Ramanna Merla, Iyad N. Daher, Yumei Ye, Barry F. Uretsky, Yochai Birnbaum

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 240 KB

english, 2007

19

Designing the ideal risk model for acute coronary syndromes—is simple better than complex?

Anthony A. Bavry, Deepak L. Bhatt

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 50 KB

english, 2007

20

Use of evidence-based medicine for acute coronary syndromes in the elderly and very elderly: Insights from the Sibrafiban vs aspirin to Yield Maximum Protection from ischemic Heart events postacute cOroNary sYndromes trials

Cheuk-Kit Wong, L. Kristin Newby, Manju V. Bhapker, Phil E. Aylward, Matthias Pfisterer, Karen P. Alexander, Paul W. Armstrong, Judith S. Hochman, Frans Van de Werf, Robert M. Califf, Harvey D. White

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 123 KB

english, 2007

21

A gatekeeper for the gatekeeper: Inappropriate referrals to stress echocardiography

Eugenio Picano, Emilio Pasanisi, Joseph Brown, Thomas H. Marwick

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 334 KB

english, 2007

22

The safety of intravenous diuretics alone versus diuretics plus parenteral vasoactive therapies in hospitalized patients with acutely decompensated heart failure: A propensity score and instrumental variable analysis using the Acutely Decompensated Heart Failure National Registry (ADHERE) database

Maria Rosa Costanzo, R.S. Johannes, Michael Pine, Vikas Gupta, Mitchell Saltzberg, Joel Hay, Clyde W. Yancy, Gregg C. Fonarow

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 154 KB

english, 2007

23

Impact of collateral flow on myocardial reperfusion and infarct size in patients undergoing primary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction

Paul Sorajja, Bernard J. Gersh, Roxana Mehran, Alexandra J. Lansky, Mitchell W. Krucoff, John Webb, David A. Cox, Bruce R. Brodie, Gregg W. Stone

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 149 KB

english, 2007

24

Testing the hypothesis of atherosclerotic plaque lipid depletion during lipid therapy by magnetic resonance imaging: Study design of Carotid Plaque Composition Study

Xue-Qiao Zhao, Binh An P. Phan, Baocheng Chu, Frank Bray, Andrew B. Moore, Nayak L. Polissar, J. Theodore Dodge Jr, Colin D. Lee, Thomas S. Hatsukami, Chun Yuan

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 609 KB

english, 2007

25

Area socioeconomic status and mortality after coronary artery bypass graft surgery: The role of hospital volume

Catherine Kim, Ana V. Diez Roux, Timothy P. Hofer, Brahmajee K. Nallamothu, Steven J. Bernstein, Mary A.M. Rogers

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 117 KB

english, 2007

26

Natural history, adherence, or iatrogenic insult: Repeat hospitalizations as a predictor of survival

David J. Whellan, Eman Hamad

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 54 KB

english, 2007

27

Coronary artery bypass surgery: Why don't the wealthy choose the best hospitals?

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 56 KB

english, 2007

28

Is short-term effect of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor clearly known?

Kürşat Kaptan, Cengiz Beyan, Ahmet Ifran

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 54 KB

english, 2007

29

Response to the letter to the Editor

Hyun-Jae Kang, Hyo-Soo Kim

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 30 KB

english, 2007

30

Influence of diabetes on characteristics and outcomes in patients hospitalized with heart failure: A report from the Organized Program to Initiate Lifesaving Treatment in Hospitalized Patients with Heart Failure (OPTIMIZE-HF)

Barry H. Greenberg, William T. Abraham, Nancy M. Albert, Karen Chiswell, Robert Clare, Wendy Gattis Stough, Mihai Gheorghiade, Christopher M. O'Connor, Jie Lena Sun, Clyde W. Yancy, James B. Young, Gr

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 126 KB

english, 2007

31

Highlights from the 56th Annual Scientific Sessions of the American College of Cardiology: March 25 to 27, 2007, Atlanta, Georgia

George L. Adams, James S. Mills, Chiara Melloni, Larry A. Allen, E. Marc Jolicoeur, Tracy Wang, Mark Chan, Mohamed Majidi, Renato D. Lopes

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 135 KB

english, 2007

32

The appropriateness imperative

Rita F. Redberg

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 57 KB

english, 2007

33

Optimal platelet inhibition in patients undergoing PCI: Data from the Multicenter Registry of High-Risk Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and Adequate Platelet Inhibition (MR PCI) study

H.M. Mardikar, M.S. Hiremath, David J. Moliterno, Rony Mathew, Rangolee Arora, Dhananjay Deo, J.S. Hiremath, N.V. Deshpande, Aziz Khan, Jacob Joseph, Debabrata Mukherjee

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

Language:

english

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PDF, 92 KB

english, 2007

34

Correction

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

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english

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PDF, 38 KB

english, 2007

35

Table of Contents

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American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

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english

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36

Editorial Board

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

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english

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PDF, 33 KB

english, 2007

37

Information for Authors

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American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

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english

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PDF, 56 KB

english, 2007

38

Information for Authors

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

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english

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PDF, 44 KB

english, 2007

39

Information for Readers

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2007

Language:

english

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PDF, 44 KB

english, 2007