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Long-Term Outcomes With Use of Intravascular Ultrasound for the Treatment of Coronary Bifurcation Lesions
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.11.022
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of bifurcation lesions remains challenging with a higher risk of adverse outcomes. Whether adjunctive intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) imaging improves outcomes...
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Yogesh Patel,
Jeremiah P. Depta,
Eric Novak,
Michael Yeung,
Kory Lavine,
Sudeshna Banerjee,
C. Huie Lin,
Alan Zajarias,
Howard I. Kurz,
John M. Lasala,
Richard G. Bach,
Jasvindar Singh
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02 February 2012 |
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Left Ventricular Dyssynchrony Using Three-Dimensional Speckle-Tracking Imaging as a Determinant of Torsional Mechanics in Patients With Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.11.059
The aim of this study was to use 3-dimensional (3D) speckle-tracking echocardiography to test the hypothesis that left ventricular (LV) dyssynchrony may negatively affect LV torsional mechanics in pat...
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Kensuke Matsumoto,
Hidekazu Tanaka,
Kazuhiro Tatsumi,
Tatsuya Miyoshi,
Mana Hiraishi,
Akihiro Kaneko,
Takayuki Tsuji,
Keiko Ryo,
Yuko Fukuda,
Akihiro Yoshida,
Hiroya Kawai,
Ken-Ichi Hirata
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30 January 2012 |
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Impact of Anemia on Platelet Response to Clopidogrel in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Stenting
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.11.049
High residual platelet reactivity (HRPR) on clopidogrel is a predictor of recurrent ischemic events in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI). Significant intraindividual variab...
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Catalin Toma,
Firas Zahr,
Diego Moguilanski,
Sheree Grate,
Roy W. Semaan,
Nicole Lemieux,
Joon S. Lee,
Andrea Cortese-Hassett,
Suresh Mulukutla,
Sunil V. Rao,
Oscar C. Marroquin
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27 January 2012 |
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Right Ventricular Function in Patients With Eisenmenger Syndrome
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.12.003
To evaluate (1) whether right ventricular (RV) dysfunction, evaluated using tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE) is associated with a worse outcome in patients with the Eisenmenger syndr...
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Alexander Van De Bruaene,
Pieter De Meester,
Jens-Uwe Voigt,
Marion Delcroix,
Agnes Pasquet,
Julie De Backer,
Michel De Pauw,
Robert Naeije,
Jean-Luc Vachiéry,
Bernard Paelinck,
Marielle Morissens,
Werner Budts
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27 January 2012 |
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Body Mass Index, Playing Position, Race, and the Cardiovascular Mortality of Retired Professional Football Players
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.10.050
Concern exists about cardiovascular disease (CVD) in professional football players. We examined whether playing position and size influence CVD mortality in 3,439 National Football League players with...
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Sherry L. Baron,
Misty J. Hein,
Everett Lehman,
Christine M. Gersic
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27 January 2012 |
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Usefulness of Pet Ownership as a Modulator of Cardiac Autonomic Imbalance in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension, and/or Hyperlipidemia
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.11.055
Among patients with coronary artery disease, pet owners exhibit a greater 1-year survival rate than nonowners. Lifestyle-related diseases are well-known risk factors for coronary artery disease and in...
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Naoko Aiba,
Kazuki Hotta,
Misako Yokoyama,
Guoqin Wang,
Minoru Tabata,
Kentaro Kamiya,
Ryousuke Shimizu,
Daisuke Kamekawa,
Keika Hoshi,
Minako Yamaoka-Tojo,
Takashi Masuda
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27 January 2012 |
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Detection of 18Fluoride Sodium Accumulation by Positron Emission Tomography in Calcified Stenotic Aortic Valves
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.11.060
Aortic valve stenosis progression rate is highly variable among patients and to date remains unpredictable. Evaluation of osteoblastic activity inside aortic valves may help identify patients with fas...
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Fabien Hyafil,
David Messika-Zeitoun,
Samuel Burg,
François Rouzet,
Khadija Benali,
Bernard Iung,
Alec Vahanian,
Dominique Le Guludec
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24 January 2012 |
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Outcomes of Nonstenting Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.11.056
The aim of the present study was to explore the outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and coronary heart disease. We identified 25,367 patient...
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Jiunn-Horng Kang,
Joseph J. Keller,
Herng-Ching Lin
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24 January 2012 |
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Myocardial Perfusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging Using Sliding-Window Conjugate-Gradient Highly Constrained Back-Projection Reconstruction for Detection of Coronary Artery Disease
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.11.051
Myocardial perfusion magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with sliding-window conjugate-gradient highly constrained back-projection reconstruction (SW-CG-HYPR) allows whole left ventricular coverage, impr...
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Heng Ma,
Jun Yang,
Jing Liu,
Lan Ge,
Jing An,
Qing Tang,
Han Li,
Yu Zhang,
David Chen,
Yong Wang,
Jiabin Liu,
Zhigang Liang,
Kai Lin,
Lixin Jin,
Xiaoming Bi,
Kuncheng Li,
Debiao Li
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24 January 2012 |
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Red Blood Cell Indices and Development of Hospital-Acquired Anemia During Acute Myocardial Infarction
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.11.045
Hospital-acquired anemia (HAA) is common, often develops in the absence of bleeding, and is associated with poor outcomes in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). It is unknown whether red ...
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Adam C. Salisbury,
Amit P. Amin,
Kimberly J. Reid,
Tracy Y. Wang,
Karen P. Alexander,
Paul S. Chan,
Frederick A. Masoudi,
John A. Spertus,
Mikhail Kosiborod
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24 January 2012 |
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Findings in the Pulmonary Vascular Bed in the Remote Phase After Kawasaki Disease
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.11.062
Kawasaki disease (KD) is a form of systemic vasculitis that causes chronic changes in arterial walls, including pulmonary arteries. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that pulmonary arte...
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Masaya Sugimoto,
Hirotaka Ishido,
Mitsuru Seki,
Satoshi Masutani,
Akiko Tamai,
Hideaki Senzaki
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24 January 2012 |
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Effect of Obstructive Sleep Apnea on Mitral Valve Tenting
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.11.037
Obstructive apneas produce high negative intrathoracic pressure that imposes an afterload burden on the left ventricle. Such episodes might produce structural changes in the left ventricle over time. ...
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Gregg S. Pressman,
Vincent M. Figueredo,
Abel Romero-Corral,
Ganesan Murali,
Morris N. Kotler
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24 January 2012 |
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Relation Between Strain Dyssynchrony Index Determined by Comprehensive Assessment Using Speckle-Tracking Imaging and Long-Term Outcome After Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy for Patients With Heart Failure
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.11.057
Strain dyssynchrony index (SDI), which was a marker of dyssynchrony and residual myocardial contractility, can predict left ventricular reverse remodeling short-term after cardiac resynchronization th...
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Kazuhiro Tatsumi,
Hidekazu Tanaka,
Kensuke Matsumoto,
Akihiro Kaneko,
Takayuki Tsuji,
Keiko Ryo,
Yuko Fukuda,
Kazuko Norisada,
Tetsuari Onishi,
Akihiro Yoshida,
Hiroya Kawai,
Ken-Ichi Hirata
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24 January 2012 |
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Cardiac Transplantation in Adults With Aortic Valve Disease With Focus on the Bicuspid Aortic Valve
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.12.002
The frequency of congenitally bicuspid aortic valves in patients having cardiac transplantation (CT) is unknown. We reviewed 243 explanted hearts in patients having CT at Baylor University Medical Cen...
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William Clifford Roberts,
Carey Camille Roberts,
Jong Mi Ko,
Shelley Anne Hall,
John Edward Capehart
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20 January 2012 |
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Midregional Pro–A-Type Natriuretic Peptide for Diagnosis and Prognosis in Patients With Suspected Acute Myocardial Infarction
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.11.047
We hypothesized that midregional pro–A-type natriuretic peptide (MR-proANP), the stable midregional epitope of proANP, might be useful in the early diagnosis and risk stratification of patients with s...
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Christophe Meune,
Raphael Twerenbold,
Beatrice Drexler,
Cathrin Balmelli,
Claudia Wolf,
Philip Haaf,
Tobias Reichlin,
Affan Irfan,
Miriam Reiter,
Christa Zellweger,
Julia Meissner,
Claudia Stelzig,
Michael Freese,
Isabel Capodarve,
Christian Mueller
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19 January 2012 |
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Comparison of Outcome of Higher Versus Lower Transvalvular Gradients in Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis and Low (<40%) Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.11.041
Left ventricular systolic dysfunction in patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS) is associated with poor outcome. This analysis was designed primarily to describe the clinical course of a large seri...
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Itsik Ben-Dor,
Gabriel Maluenda,
Getachew D. Iyasu,
Ana Laynez-Carnicero,
Camille Hauville,
Rebecca Torguson,
Petros Okubagzi,
Zhenyi Xue,
Steven A. Goldstein,
Joseph Lindsay,
Lowell F. Satler,
Augusto D. Pichard,
Ron Waksman
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19 January 2012 |
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Contribution of Central Adiposity to Left Ventricular Diastolic Function (from the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging)
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.11.054
We examined the relations of central adiposity with left ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction in men and women who participated in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging, a prospective community-...
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Marco Canepa,
James B. Strait,
Dmitry Abramov,
Yuri Milaneschi,
Majd al Ghatrif,
Monika Moni,
Ramona Ramachandran,
Samer S. Najjar,
Claudio Brunelli,
Theodore P. Abraham,
Edward G. Lakatta,
Luigi Ferrucci
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19 January 2012 |
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Functional Health Status in Adult Survivors of Operative Repair of Tetralogy of Fallot
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.10.051
We aimed to determine late functional health status of the growing adult population with repaired tetralogy of Fallot (TOF). We studied all 840 patients with TOF born from 1927 through 1984 who surviv...
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Edward J. Hickey,
Gruschen Veldtman,
Timothy J. Bradley,
Aungkana Gengsakul,
Gary Webb,
William G. Williams,
Cedric Manlhiot,
Brian W. McCrindle
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16 January 2012 |
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Mitral Annular Calcium, Inducible Myocardial Ischemia, and Cardiovascular Events in Outpatients With Coronary Heart Disease (from the Heart and Soul Study)
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.11.043
We sought to determine whether mitral annular calcium (MAC) is associated with inducible myocardial ischemia and adverse cardiovascular outcomes in ambulatory patients with coronary artery disease (CA...
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Jonathan E. Holtz,
Deepa S. Upadhyaya,
Beth E. Cohen,
Beeya Na,
Nelson B. Schiller,
Mary A. Whooley
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16 January 2012 |
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Influence of Gender on Long-Term Mortality in Patients Presenting With Non–ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.11.044
Although an invasive strategy has predominately been studied in men with non–ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes (NSTE-ACSs), its role in low-risk women is unclear. We sought to examine gend...
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Dharam J. Kumbhani,
Mehdi H. Shishehbor,
Joshua M. Willis,
Saima Karim,
Dhssraj Singh,
Anthony A. Bavry,
Edwin Zishiri,
Stephen G. Ellis,
Venu Menon
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16 January 2012 |
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Effects of Swimming Training on Blood Pressure and Vascular Function in Adults >50 Years of Age
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.11.029
Swimming is ideal for older adults because it includes minimum weight-bearing stress and decreased heat load. However, there is very little information available concerning the effects of regular swim...
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Nantinee Nualnim,
Kristin Parkhurst,
Mandeep Dhindsa,
Takashi Tarumi,
Jackie Vavrek,
Hirofumi Tanaka
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16 January 2012 |
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Cardiologist in the Land of the Thunder Dragon: A Medical Mission to Bhutan
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.12.004
In recent years, I have been intrigued by reading about Bhutan (), the Shangri-La Himalayan kingdom wedged between India and China. When an opportunity arose to join the Flying Doctors of America medi...
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John Davis Cantwell
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16 January 2012 |
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Effect of Embolic Particles During Coronary Interventional Procedures on Regional Wall Motion in Patients With Stable Angina Pectoris
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.11.050
Microembolization during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) causes minor myocardial injury, and a Doppler guidewire can detect embolic particles as high-intensity transient signals (HITS). The p...
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Yoshiharu Higuchi,
Katsuomi Iwakura,
Atsunori Okamura,
Motoo Date,
Hiroyuki Nagai,
Makito Ozawa,
Hiroshi Ito,
Kenshi Fujii
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16 January 2012 |
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Diabetes Mellitus, Myocardial Reperfusion, and Outcome in Patients With Acute ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Treated With Primary Angioplasty (from HORIZONS AMI)
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.11.046
Diabetes mellitus (DM) increases mortality in acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) but the responsible mechanism is not fully elucidated. We compared the rate of successful myocard...
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Sorin J. Brener,
Roxana Mehran,
Ovidiu Dressler,
Ecaterina Cristea,
Gregg W. Stone
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16 January 2012 |
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Age-Specific Gender Differences in In-Hospital Mortality by Type of Acute Myocardial Infarction
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.12.001
Younger women hospitalized with an acute myocardial infarction (MI) have a poorer prognosis than men. Whether this is true for patients with acute ST-segment elevation MI (STEMI) and non-STEMI (NSTEMI...
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Zefeng Zhang,
Jing Fang,
Cathleen Gillespie,
Guijing Wang,
Yuling Hong,
Paula W. Yoon
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16 January 2012 |
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United States National Prevalence of Electrocardiographic Abnormalities in Black and White Middle-Age (45- to 64-Year) and Older (≥65-Year) Adults (from the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke Study)
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.11.061
A United States national sample of 20,962 participants (57% women, 44% blacks) from the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study provided general population estimates fo...
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Ronald J. Prineas,
Anh Le,
Elsayed Z. Soliman,
Zhu-Ming Zhang,
Virginia J. Howard,
Yechiam Ostchega,
George Howard,
Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) Investigators
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16 January 2012 |
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Usefulness of Minimal Luminal Coronary Area Determined by Intravascular Ultrasound to Predict Functional Significance in Stable and Unstable Angina Pectoris
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.11.024
Little is known about the intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) minimal lumen area (MLA) criteria and their accuracy in lesion subsets assorted according to vessel type, lesion location, vessel size, and cl...
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Soo-Jin Kang,
Jung-Min Ahn,
Haegeun Song,
Won-Jang Kim,
Jong-Young Lee,
Duk-Woo Park,
Sung-Cheol Yun,
Seung-Whan Lee,
Young-Hak Kim,
Cheol Whan Lee,
Seong-Wook Park,
Seung-Jung Park
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16 January 2012 |
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Relation Between Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate and Composition of Coronary Arterial Atherosclerotic Plaques
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.11.052
It is well known that chronic kidney disease is a risk factor for atherosclerosis. The present study was conducted to identify any relation between the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and ...
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Shinji Hayano,
Satoshi Ichimiya,
Hideki Ishii,
Masaaki Kanashiro,
Junji Watanabe,
Nobutake Kurebayashi,
Daiji Yoshikawa,
Tetsuya Amano,
Tatsuaki Matsubara,
Toyoaki Murohara
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16 January 2012 |
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A Pulmonary Hypertension Gas Exchange Severity (PH-GXS) Score to Assist With the Assessment and Monitoring of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.11.042
Submaximal exercise gas analysis may be a useful method to assess and track pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) severity. The aim of the present study was to develop an algorithm, using exercise gas...
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Paul R. Woods,
Bryan J. Taylor,
Robert P. Frantz,
Bruce D. Johnson
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16 January 2012 |
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Comparison of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Safety Before and During the Establishment of a Transradial Program at a Teaching Hospital
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.11.048
This study sought to examine the safety of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) before and during de novo establishment of a transradial (TR) program at a teaching hospital. TR access remains unde...
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Robert A. Leonardi,
Jacob C. Townsend,
D. Dirk Bonnema,
Chetan A. Patel,
Michael T. Gibbons,
Thomas M. Todoran,
Christopher D. Nielsen,
Eric R. Powers,
Daniel H. Steinberg
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16 January 2012 |
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Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials Comparing Intracoronary and Intravenous Administration of Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Inhibitors in Patients With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.11.053
Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor inhibitors (GPIs) have been widely adopted as an adjuvant regimen during primary percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infa...
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Yongshi Wang,
Boting Wu,
Xianhong Shu
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16 January 2012 |
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Six Year Follow-Up After Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: A Palliation More Than a True Cure
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.11.058
Long-term outcomes after pulmonary vein isolation for atrial fibrillation (AF) remain uncertain. In particular, the influence of rigorous arrhythmia monitoring on outcomes is not yet clear. In this st...
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Antonio Sorgente,
Patricia Tung,
Jack Wylie,
Mark E. Josephson
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16 January 2012 |
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Use and Outcomes of Multivessel Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Cardiogenic Shock (from the EHS-PCI Registry)
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.11.020
The value of multivessel percutaneous coronary intervention (MV-PCI) in patients with cardiogenic shock (CS) and multivessel disease (MVD) is still unclear because randomized controlled trials are mis...
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Timm Bauer,
Uwe Zeymer,
Matthias Hochadel,
Helge Möllmann,
Franz Weidinger,
Ralf Zahn,
Holger M. Nef,
Christian W. Hamm,
Jean Marco,
Anselm K. Gitt
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12 January 2012 |
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Comparison of the Diamond-Forrester Method and Duke Clinical Score to Predict Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease by Computed Tomographic Angiography
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.11.028
We sought to evaluate the ability of the Diamond and Forrester method (DFM) and the Duke Clinical Score (DCS) to predict obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) on coronary computed tomographic angi...
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Meagan M. Wasfy,
Thomas J. Brady,
Suhny Abbara,
Khurram Nasir,
Brian B. Ghoshhajra,
Quynh A. Truong,
Udo Hoffmann,
Marcelo F. Di Carli,
Ron Blankstein
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12 January 2012 |
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Computerized Tomographic Quantification of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease as the Principal Determinant of Frontal P Vector
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.11.036
Verticalization of the P-wave axis is characteristic of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We studied the correlation of P-wave axis and computerized tomographically quantified emphysema in...
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Lovely Chhabra,
Pooja Sareen,
Amit Gandagule,
David Spodick
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05 January 2012 |
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Follow-Up with Exercise Test of Effort-Induced Ventricular Arrhythmias Linked to Ryanodine Receptor Type 2 Gene Mutations
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.11.033
The aim of this study was to assess exercise test results and efficacy of therapy with a β blocker (acebutolol) in ryanodine receptor type 2 (RyR2) mutation carriers with documented ventricular arrhyt...
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Alexandros Klavdios Steriotis,
Andrea Nava,
Alessandra Rampazzo,
Cristina Basso,
Gaetano Thiene,
Luciano Daliento,
Antonio Franco Folino,
Ilaria Rigato,
Elisa Mazzotti,
Giorgia Beffagna,
Elisa Carturan,
Domenico Corrado,
Barbara Bauce
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05 January 2012 |
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Meta-Analysis of Long-Term Outcomes for Drug-Eluting Stents Versus Bare-Metal Stents in Primary Percutaneous Coronary Interventions for ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.11.021
The use of drug-eluting stents (DESs) in primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) has shown early benefit over bare-metal stents (BMSs) in decreasing adverse cardiac events. However, there ar...
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Eric L. Wallace,
Ahmed Abdel-Latif,
Richard Charnigo,
David J. Moliterno,
Bruce Brodie,
Rahul Matnani,
Khaled M. Ziada
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05 January 2012 |
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Comparison of the Effect on Long-Term Outcomes in Patients With Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms of Taking Versus Not Taking a Statin Drug
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.11.038
The potential of medical therapy to influence the courses and outcomes of patients with thoracic aortic aneurysms is not known. The aim of this study was to determine whether statin intake is associat...
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Ion S. Jovin,
Mona Duggal,
Keita Ebisu,
Hyung Paek,
A. Dana Oprea,
Maryann Tranquilli,
John Rizzo,
Redin Memet,
Marina Feldman,
James Dziura,
Cynthia A. Brandt,
John A. Elefteriades
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05 January 2012 |
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Cost–Effectiveness of Clopidogrel Plus Aspirin for Stroke Prevention in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation in Whom Warfarin Is Unsuitable
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.11.034
Guidelines for atrial fibrillation (AF) recommend clopidogrel plus aspirin as an alternative stroke prevention strategy in patients in whom warfarin is unsuitable. A Markov model was conducted from a ...
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Craig I. Coleman,
Andrew D. Straznitskas,
Diana M. Sobieraj,
Jeffrey Kluger,
Moise W. Anglade
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05 January 2012 |
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Comparison of Pro-Atrial Natriuretic Peptide and Atrial Remodeling in Marathon Versus Non-Marathon Runners
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.11.039
Long-term endurance sports are associated with atrial remodeling and an increased risk for atrial fibrillation (AF) and atrial flutter. Pro–atrial natriuretic peptide (pro-ANP) is a marker of atrial w...
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Matthias Wilhelm,
Jean-Marc Nuoffer,
Jean-Paul Schmid,
Ilca Wilhelm,
Hugo Saner
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05 January 2012 |
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Relation of Impaired Coronary Microcirculation to Increased Urine Albumin Excretion in Patients With Systemic Hypertension and No Epicardial Coronary Arterial Narrowing
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.11.035
Coronary flow reserve (CFR) is impaired and urinary albumin excretion is increased in patients with essential hypertension. Our aim was to investigate the associations between CFR and cardiac and rena...
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Dimitris Tsiachris,
Costas Tsioufis,
Kyriakos Dimitriadis,
Dimitris Syrseloudis,
Dimitris Rousos,
Alexandros Kasiakogias,
Vasilios Papademetriou,
Dimitris Tousoulis,
Christodoulos Stefanadis
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05 January 2012 |
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Comparison of Bleeding and In-Hospital Mortality in Asian-Americans Versus Caucasian-Americans With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Receiving Reperfusion Therapy
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.11.019
Concern has been raised that Asian-Americans may have a higher bleeding risk than Caucasian-Americans when treated with fibrinolytic and antithrombotic agents. To date there is limited evidence to sup...
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Rajendra H. Mehta,
Lori Parsons,
Eric D. Peterson,
National Registry of Myocardial Infarction Investigators
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05 January 2012 |
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Relation of Systemic-to-Pulmonary Artery Collateral Flow in Single Ventricle Physiology to Palliative Stage and Clinical Status
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.11.040
Systemic–to–pulmonary collateral arteries (SPCs) are common in patients with single-ventricle physiology, but their impact on clinical outcomes is unclear. The aim of this study was to use retrospecti...
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Ashwin Prakash,
Rahul H. Rathod,
Andrew J. Powell,
Doff B. McElhinney,
Puja Banka,
Tal Geva
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05 January 2012 |
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Coronary Artery Disease in Patients With Psoriasis Referred for Coronary Angiography
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.11.025
Patients with psoriasis may have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and myocardial infarction. The aim of this study was to investigate whether psoriasis is associated with an increased preva...
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April W. Armstrong,
Caitlin T. Harskamp,
Lynda Ledo,
Jason H. Rogers,
Ehrin J. Armstrong
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05 January 2012 |
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Relation of the Utility of Exercise Testing for Risk Assessment in Pediatric Patients With Ventricular Preexcitation to Pathway Location
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.11.030
The gradual loss of ventricular preexcitation during exercise stress testing (EST) has an unclear risk of an association with life-threatening arrhythmia and could be related to the accessory pathway ...
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David S. Spar,
Eric S. Silver,
Allan J. Hordof,
Leonardo Liberman
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05 January 2012 |
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Predictors of Ten-Year Event-Free Survival in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction (from the Adria, Bassano, Conegliano, and Padova Hospitals [ABC] Study on Myocardial Infarction)
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.11.026
The long-term event-free survival (EFS) after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is largely uninvestigated. We analyzed noninvasive clinical variables in association with long-term EFS after AMI. The p...
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Giuseppe Berton,
Rocco Cordiano,
Fiorella Cavuto,
Giulia Giacomini,
Renzo De Toni,
Paolo Palatini
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05 January 2012 |
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Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Metabolic Risk
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.11.031
The present study sought to evaluate the relation between cardiovascular risk factors and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) in a large population. Low CRF has been associated with increased total mortal...
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Scott M. Grundy,
Carolyn E. Barlow,
Stephen W. Farrell,
Gloria L. Vega,
William L. Haskell
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05 January 2012 |
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Relations Between QRS|T Angle, Cardiac Risk Factors, and Mortality in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III)
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.11.027
On the surface electrocardiogram, an abnormally wide QRS|T angle reflects changes in the regional action potential duration profiles and in the direction of the repolarization sequence, which is thoug...
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William Whang,
Daichi Shimbo,
Emily B. Levitan,
Jonathan D. Newman,
Pentti M. Rautaharju,
Karina W. Davidson,
Paul Muntner
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05 January 2012 |
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Height and Risk of Heart Failure in the Physicians' Health Study
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.11.032
Although previous studies have reported an association between height and cardiovascular disease, it is unclear whether height is associated with the risk of heart failure (HF). We hypothesized that h...
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Akintunde O. Akinkuolie,
Megan Aleardi,
Ajibade O. Ashaye,
J. Michael Gaziano,
Luc Djoussé
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05 January 2012 |
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Incidence of Cardiac Arrhythmias in Asymptomatic Hereditary Hemochromatosis Subjects With C282Y Homozygosity
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.11.011
It is not well known whether systemic iron overload per se in hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) is associated with cardiac arrhythmias before other signs and symptoms of cardiovascular disease occur. In...
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Yukitaka Shizukuda,
Dorothy J. Tripodi,
Gloria Zalos,
Charles D. Bolan,
Yu-Ying Yau,
Susan F. Leitman,
Myron A. Waclawiw,
Douglas R. Rosing
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26 December 2011 |
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Outcomes of Patients Treated With Triple Antithrombotic Therapy After Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (from the Harmonizing Outcomes with Revascularization and Stents in Acute Myocardial Infarction [HORIZONS-AMI] Trial)
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.10.046
In the setting of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), patients at high risk of systemic emboli who undergo primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) using stents might require t...
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Eugenia Nikolsky,
Roxana Mehran,
George D. Dangas,
Jennifer Yu,
Helen Parise,
Ke Xu,
Stuart J. Pocock,
Gregg W. Stone
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26 December 2011 |
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Usefulness of B-Type Natriuretic Peptide and N-Terminal Pro-B-Type Natriuretic Peptide as Biomarkers for Heart Failure in Young Children With Single Ventricle Congenital Heart Disease
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.10.049
Children with single ventricle (SV) physiology have increased ventricular work and are at risk of heart failure (HF). However, a HF diagnosis is especially difficult, because few objective measures of...
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Alexander Lowenthal,
Benjamin Villareal Camacho,
Shiri Lowenthal,
Luz Natal-Hernandez,
Walter Liszewski,
Nancy K. Hills,
Jeffrey R. Fineman,
Harold S. Bernstein
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26 December 2011 |
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Sex Differences in Management and Mortality of Patients With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (from the Korean Acute Myocardial Infarction National Registry)
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.11.006
There has been controversy over the disparity between men and women with regard to the management and prognosis of acute myocardial infarction. Analyzing nationwide multicenter prospective registries ...
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Si-Hyuck Kang,
Jung-Won Suh,
Chang-Hwan Yoon,
Myeong Chan Cho,
Young Jo Kim,
Shung Chull Chae,
Jung Han Yoon,
Hyeon-Cheol Gwon,
Kyoo-Rok Han,
Joo Han Kim,
Young-Keun Ahn,
Myung-Ho Jeong,
Hyo-Soo Kim,
Dong-Ju Choi,
KAMIR/KorMI Registry
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26 December 2011 |
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Meta-Analysis of Ten Trials on the Effectiveness of the Radial Versus the Femoral Approach in Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.11.007
The radial approach in primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has been recently assessed in both randomized and observational studies. However, observational studies have several biases that...
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Dominique Joyal,
Olivier F. Bertrand,
Stéphane Rinfret,
Avi Shimony,
Mark J. Eisenberg
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26 December 2011 |
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Morphologic and Functional Remodeling of the Right Ventricle in Pulmonary Hypertension by Real Time Three Dimensional Echocardiography
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.10.054
The aims of this study were to assess the right ventricle in different causes of pulmonary hypertension (PH) and to assess the changes of the tricuspid apparatus during this remodeling. The functional...
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Julia Grapsa,
J. Simon R. Gibbs,
David Dawson,
Geoffrey Watson,
Ravi Patni,
Thanos Athanasiou,
Prakash P. Punjabi,
Luke S.G.E. Howard,
Petros Nihoyannopoulos
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26 December 2011 |
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Prognostic Significance of Postprocedural Sustained Ventricular Tachycardia or Fibrillation in Patients Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (from the HORIZONS-AMI Trial)
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.10.043
The prognostic significance of postprocedure sustained ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation (VT/VF) in patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) for ST-segme...
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Rajendra H. Mehta,
Jennifer Yu,
Jonathan P. Piccini,
James E. Tcheng,
Michael E. Farkouh,
James Reiffel,
Martin Fahy,
Roxana Mehran,
Gregg W. Stone
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26 December 2011 |
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By Desperate Appliance Relieved? On the Clinical Relevance of Risk Stratification to Therapeutic Decision-Making
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.10.056
Risk stratification is a mainstay of current cardiovascular care. Its practical relevance to therapeutic decision making depends, however, on the often unverified assumption that higher risk patients ...
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George A. Diamond,
Sanjay Kaul
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26 December 2011 |
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Effect of Timing of Chronic Preoperative Aspirin Discontinuation on Morbidity and Mortality in Patients Having Combined Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting and Valve Surgery
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.11.008
The objective of this study was to determine if late use of aspirin before coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) with valve surgery affects bleeding events and major adverse cardiovascular events. As...
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Miriam Jacob,
Nicholas Smedira,
Eugene Blackstone,
Sarah Williams,
Leslie Cho
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26 December 2011 |
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Relation of Ruptured Plaque Culprit Lesion Phenotype and Outcomes in Patients With ST Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.10.042
We used virtual histology intravascular ultrasound (VH-IVUS) to assess culprit plaque rupture in 172 patients with ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction. VH-IVUS-defined thin-capped fibroat...
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Sang Wook Kim,
Young Joon Hong,
Gary S. Mintz,
Sung Yun Lee,
Jun Hyung Doh,
Seong Hoon Lim,
Hyun Jae Kang,
Seung Woon Rha,
Jung Sun Kim,
Wang-Soo Lee,
Seong Jin Oh,
Sahng Lee,
Joo Yong Hahn,
Jin Bae Lee,
Jang Ho Bae,
Seung Ho Hur,
Seung Hwan Han,
Myung Ho Jeong,
Young Jo Kim
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26 December 2011 |
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Relation of Coronary Artery Calcium to Cardiovascular Risk in Patients With Combined Diabetes Mellitus and Systemic Hypertension
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.10.047
Certain patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) do not have increased cardiovascular (CV) risk. The aim of the present study was to stratify hypertensive adults with DM into those with low or high...
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Joseph Shemesh,
Michael Motro,
Nira Morag-Koren,
Eli Konen,
Ehud Grossman
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26 December 2011 |