Volume 155; Issue 6

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American Heart Journal
Volume 155; Issue 6

American Heart Journal

Volume 155; Issue 6

1

Red blood cell omega-3 fatty acids and the risk of ventricular arrhythmias in patients with heart failure

Matthias Wilhelm, Rueth Tobias, Fatima Asskali, Robert Kraehner, Simone Kuly, Lutz Klinghammer, Hansjosef Boehles, Werner Guenther Daniel

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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english, 2008

2

Subclinical atherosclerosis in subjects with family history of premature coronary artery disease

Catalin Taraboanta, Evelyn Wu, Scott Lear, Stefanie DiPalma, John Hill, G.B. John Mancini, Jiri Frohlich

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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english, 2008

3

Contemporary outcomes of rescue percutaneous coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction: Comparison with primary angioplasty and the role of distal protection devices (EMERALD trial)

George Dangas, Gregg W. Stone, Mitchell D. Weinberg, John Webb, David A. Cox, Bruce R. Brodie, Mitchell W. Krucoff, Raymond J. Gibbons, Alexandra J. Lansky, Roxana Mehran

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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PDF, 177 KB

english, 2008

4

Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials appraising the impact of cilostazol after percutaneous coronary intervention

Giuseppe G.L. Biondi-Zoccai, Marzia Lotrionte, Matteo Anselmino, Claudio Moretti, Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Luca Testa, Antonio Abbate, John Cosgrave, Antonio Laudito, Gian Paolo Trevi, Imad Sheiban

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2008

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 454 KB

english, 2008

5

Prognostic value of preoperative indexed end-systolic left ventricle diameter in the outcome after surgery in patients with chronic aortic regurgitation

Antonia Sambola, Pilar Tornos, Ignacio Ferreira-Gonzalez, Artur Evangelista

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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PDF, 225 KB

english, 2008

6

High insulinlike growth factor binding protein 1 level predicts incident congestive heart failure in the elderly

Robert C. Kaplan, Aileen P. McGinn, Michael N. Pollak, Lewis Kuller, Howard D. Strickler, Thomas E. Rohan, Anne R. Cappola, XiaoNan Xue, Bruce M. Psaty

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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7

Hospital-based comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation versus usual care among patients with congestive heart failure, ischemic heart disease, or high risk of ischemic heart disease: 12-Month results of a randomized clinical trial

Ann-Dorthe Olsen Zwisler, Anne Merete Boas Soja, Søren Rasmussen, Marianne Frederiksen, Sadollah Abadini, Jon Appel, Hanne Rasmussen, Christian Gluud, Lars Iversen, Bjarne Sigurd, Mette Madsen, Jørgen

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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english, 2008

8

Impact of valve prosthesis-patient mismatch estimated by echocardiographic-determined effective orifice area on long-term outcome after aortic valve replacement

Ines Florath, Alexander Albert, Ulrich Rosendahl, Ina Carolin Ennker, Jürgen Ennker

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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PDF, 371 KB

english, 2008

9

Plasma N-terminal protype-B natriuretic peptide levels in risk assessment of patients with mitral regurgitation secondary to ischemic and nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy

Frank Lloyd Dini, Paolo Fontanive, Umberto Conti, Diana Andreini, Enrico Cabani, Salvatore Mario De Tommasi

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2008

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 227 KB

english, 2008

10

Impact of race and chronic kidney disease on 1-year outcome in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions: A single tertiary center experience

Francesca Cardarelli, Antonio Bellasi, Emir Veledar, Viola Vaccarino, Paolo Raggi

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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PDF, 112 KB

english, 2008

11

Relationship between sex, shape, and substrate in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

J. Martijn Bos, Jeanne L. Theis, A. Jamil Tajik, Bernard J. Gersh, Steve R. Ommen, Michael J. Ackerman

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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PDF, 247 KB

english, 2008

12

Efficacy of culprit plaque assessment by 64-slice multidetector computed tomography to predict transient no-reflow phenomenon during percutaneous coronary intervention

Gaku Nakazawa, Kengo Tanabe, Yoshinobu Onuma, Sen Yachi, Jiro Aoki, Hirosada Yamamoto, Yasutomi Higashikuni, Atsuhiko Yagishita, Hiroyoshi Nakajima, Kazuhiro Hara

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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PDF, 281 KB

english, 2008

13

Comparison of matrix metalloproteinase 9 and brain natriuretic peptide as clinical biomarkers in chronic heart failure

Esther E. Vorovich, Shaokun Chuai, Mingyao Li, Justin Averna, Victor Marwin, David Wolfe, Muredach P. Reilly, Thomas P. Cappola

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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PDF, 160 KB

english, 2008

14

Sustained coronary patency after fibrinolytic therapy as independent predictor of 10-year cardiac survival: Observations from the Antithrombotics in the Prevention of Reocclusion in COronary Thrombolysis (APRICOT) trial

Marc A. Brouwer, Peter C. Kievit, Hendrik-Jan Dieker, Gerrit Veen, Aart J. Karreman, Freek W.A. Verheugt

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2008

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 217 KB

english, 2008

15

Transfusion practice and outcomes in non–ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes

Karen P. Alexander, Anita Y. Chen, Tracy Y. Wang, Sunil V. Rao, L. Kristin Newby, Nancy M. Allen LaPointe, E. Magnus Ohman, Matthew T. Roe, William E. Boden, Robert A. Harrington, Eric D. Peterson

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2008

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 165 KB

english, 2008

16

Achieving rapid reperfusion with primary percutaneous coronary intervention remains a challenge: Insights from American Heart Association's Get With the Guidelines program

Rajendra H. Mehta, Vincent J. Bufalino, Wenqin Pan, Adrian F. Hernandez, Christopher P. Cannon, Gregg C. Fonarow, Eric D. Peterson

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2008

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 365 KB

english, 2008

17

Optimization of the use of B-type natriuretic peptide levels for risk stratification at discharge in elderly patients with decompensated heart failure

Maxime Cournot, Fabien Mourre, Fabienne Castel, Jean Ferrières, Sylvain Destrac

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2008

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 186 KB

english, 2008

18

The costs of drug-eluting coronary stents among Medicare beneficiaries

Peter W. Groeneveld, Mary Anne Matta, Alexis P. Greenhut, Feifei Yang

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2008

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 320 KB

english, 2008

19

Utility of N-acetylcysteine to prevent acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery: A randomized controlled trial

A. Selcuk Adabag, Areef Ishani, Suresh Koneswaran, Deborah J. Johnson, Rosemary F. Kelly, Herbert B. Ward, Edward O. McFalls, Hanna E. Bloomfield, Yellaprada Chandrashekhar

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2008

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 210 KB

english, 2008

20

Direct ambulance admission to the cardiac catheterization laboratory significantly reduces door-to-balloon times in primary percutaneous coronary intervention

Michael F. Dorsch, John P. Greenwood, Claire Priestley, Kathryn Somers, Carole Hague, Jonathan M. Blaxill, Stephen B. Wheatcroft, Alan F. Mackintosh, James M. McLenachan, Daniel J. Blackman

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2008

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 153 KB

english, 2008

21

Resource utilization in patients hospitalized with heart failure: Insights from a contemporary national hospital database

Paul J. Hauptman, Jason Swindle, Thomas E. Burroughs, Mark A. Schnitzler

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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PDF, 290 KB

english, 2008

22

Safety and efficacy of overlapping sirolimus-eluting versus paclitaxel-eluting stents

Mehdi H. Shishehbor, Reza Amini, Russell E. Raymond, Anthony A. Bavry, Sorin J. Brener, Samir R. Kapadia, Patrick L. Whitlow, Stephen G. Ellis, Deepak L. Bhatt

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2008

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 116 KB

english, 2008

23

Characteristics and outcomes of cardiomyopathy in children with Duchenne or Becker muscular dystrophy: A comparative study from the Pediatric Cardiomyopathy Registry

David M. Connuck, Lynn A. Sleeper, Steven D. Colan, Gerald F. Cox, Jeffrey A. Towbin, April M. Lowe, James D. Wilkinson, E. John Orav, Leigha Cuniberti, Bonnie A. Salbert, Steven E. Lipshultz

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2008

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 242 KB

english, 2008

24

Age-adjusted modification of the Duke Treadmill Score nomogram

Amir H. Sadrzadeh Rafie, Frederick E. Dewey, Jonathan Myers, Victor F. Froelicher

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2008

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 282 KB

english, 2008

25

Loss of diastolic time as a mechanism of exercise-induced diastolic dysfunction in dilated cardiomyopathy

Gunnar Plehn, Julia Vormbrock, Christian Perings, Sebastian Machnick, Christian Zuehlke, Hans-Joachim Trappe, Axel Meissner

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2008

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 230 KB

english, 2008

26

Predicting major adverse cardiac events after percutaneous coronary intervention: The Texas Heart Institute risk score

Pankaj Madan, MacArthur A. Elayda, Vei-Vei Lee, James M. Wilson

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2008

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 166 KB

english, 2008

27

Omega-3 fatty acids and ventricular arrhythmias: Nothing is simple

Christine M. Albert

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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PDF, 89 KB

english, 2008

28

Reversible ischemia as an indication for revascularization in stable angina–One more paradigm to challenge

Subodh B. Joshi

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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PDF, 44 KB

english, 2008

29

Renal effects of ularitide in patients with decompensated heart failure

Hartmut Lüss, Veselin Mitrovic, Petar M. Seferovic, Dejan Simeunovic, Arsen D. Ristić, Valentin S. Moiseyev, Wolf-Georg Forssmann, Ahmed M. Hamdy, Markus Meyer

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2008

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 329 KB

english, 2008

30

Response to the letter regarding the article “Effects of clopidogrel and aspirin in combination versus aspirin alone on platelet activation and major receptor expression in diabetic patients: The PLavix Use for Treatment of Diabetes (PLUTO-Diabetes) trial”

Victor Serebruany

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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PDF, 37 KB

english, 2008

31

Distribution of creatine kinase in sedentary and physically active individuals

Giuseppe Lippi, Giuseppe Banfi

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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PDF, 45 KB

english, 2008

32

Reply

Salim S. Virani, Christie M. Ballantyne

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2008

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english

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PDF, 56 KB

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33

Dual antithrombotic therapy and hypercoagulability in diabetic patients

Marijan Bosevski, Ljubica Georgievska-Ismail, Vladimir Borozanov

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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PDF, 50 KB

english, 2008

34

Statins in the prevention of postoperative atrial fibrillation: Is there really no effect?

Maciej Banach, Jan Henryk Goch, Murat Ugurlucan, Giovanni Mariscalco, Jacek Rysz

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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PDF, 53 KB

english, 2008

35

Correction

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American Heart Journal

Year:

2008

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PDF, 17 KB

2008

36

Table of Contents

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American Heart Journal

Year:

2008

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english

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37

Editorial Board

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American Heart Journal

Year:

2008

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english

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38

Information for Authors

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American Heart Journal

Year:

2008

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english

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39

Information for Readers

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2008

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english

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PDF, 44 KB

english, 2008

40

Role of magnetic resonance imaging in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy

Robin Nijveldt, Tjeerd Germans, Albert C. van Rossum,

Journal:

American Heart Journal

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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PDF, 42 KB

english, 2008