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Evaluation of patients with chest pain
A recent study by Shoyeb et al reported the “Value of definitive diagnostic testing in the evaluation of patients presenting to the emergency department with chest pain.” I was particularly interested...
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John M. Westfall
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Correspondence
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page 129
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Miscellany
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William Clifford Roberts
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Editorial
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pages 124-128
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There is no “insignificant” coronary artery disease
The otherwise excellent article by Hung and Cherng entitled “Comparison of white blood cell counts in acute myocardial infarction patients with significant versus insignificant coronary artery disease...
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Kenneth B. Desser
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Correspondence
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page 129
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Correction
An error appeared in of the manuscript entitled, “Prognostic value of myocardial perfusion imaging in predicting outcome after renal transplantation” by Patel et al (Am J Cardiol 2003;92:146–151). Th...
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pages 129-130
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Circadian variation of plaque rupture in acute myocardial infarction
Abstract: Studies have reported a circadian variation in the onset of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Pathologic studies have revealed that plaque rupture is 1 of the major causes of AMI, but none ...
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Atsushi Tanaka,
Takahiko Kawarabayashi,
Daiju Fukuda,
Yoshiharu Nishibori,
Tsunemori Sakamoto,
Yukio Nishida,
Kenei Shimada,
Junichi Yoshikawa
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pages 1-5
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Comparison of cardiac structure and function in American Indians with and without the metabolic syndrome (the Strong Heart Study)*
Abstract: The metabolic syndrome (MS) is linked to cardiovascular risk. Recently, the Adult Treatment Panel (ATP) III provided new criteria for the definition of the MS. We analyzed the impact of the ...
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Marcello Chinali,
Richard B Devereux,
Barbara V Howard,
Mary J Roman,
Jonathan N Bella,
Jennifer E Liu,
Helaine E Resnick,
Elisa T Lee,
Lyle G Best,
Giovanni de Simone
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pages 40-44
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Usefulness of attenuated heart rate recovery immediately after exercise to predict endothelial dysfunction in patients with suspected coronary artery disease
Abstract: Attenuated heart rate recovery after graded exercise, which is associated with decreased vagal activity, is a powerful predictor of overall mortality. Endothelial function plays a key role i...
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Po-Hsun Huang,
Hsin-Bang Leu,
Jaw-Wen Chen,
Chien-Ming Cheng,
Chun-Yao Huang,
Ta-Chuan Tuan,
Philip Yu-An Ding,
Shing-Jong Lin
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pages 10-13
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Incidence of recovery of contractile function following revascularization in patients with ischemic left ventricular dysfunction
Abstract: Contractile function in patients with ischemic left ventricular (LV) dysfunction may improve after myocardial revascularization. Currently, the incidence of contractile function recovery aft...
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Arend F.L Schinkel,
Don Poldermans,
Jean-Louis J Vanoverschelde,
Abdou Elhendy,
Eric Boersma,
Jos R.T.C Roelandt,
Jeroen J Bax
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pages 14-17
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Correlation of postpercutaneous coronary intervention creatine kinase-MB and troponin I elevation in predicting mid-term mortality
Abstract: Creatine kinase-MB (CK-MB) and troponin I elevations after successful percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) are common, and different gradations have been correlated with mortality. To es...
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Annapoorna S Kini,
Paul Lee,
Jonathan D Marmur,
Ajay Agarwal,
Mary E Duffy,
Michael C Kim,
Samin K Sharma
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pages 18-23
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Comparison of recurrence rates after direct-current cardioversion for new-onset atrial fibrillation in patients receiving versus those not receiving rhythm-control drug therapy
Abstract: The AFFIRM investigators have recommended rate control as the preferred strategy for recurrent atrial fibrillation (AF), but the appropriate strategy for new-onset persistent AF is uncertain...
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Huagui Li,
Roger Riedel,
J.Bradley Oldemeyer,
Karen Rovang,
Tom Hee
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pages 45-48
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Increased coronary arterial release of interleukin-1 receptor antagonist and soluble CD40 ligand indicative of inflammation associated with culprit coronary plaques
Abstract: Blood taken from the coronary artery ostium reflects biochemical changes indicative of thrombosis in the culprit vessel. We sought to determine whether inflammation is manifested by increase...
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Atul Aggarwal,
David J Schneider,
Edward F Terrien,
Burton E Sobel,
Harold L Dauerman
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pages 6-9
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Risks for atrial fibrillation and congestive heart failure in patients ≥65 years of age with abnormal left ventricular diastolic relaxation
Abstract: We sought to determine the risk for the first episodes of atrial fibrillation (AF) and congestive heart failure (CHF) in a cohort of patients aged ≥65 years who had abnormal left ventricular...
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Teresa S.M Tsang,
Marion E Barnes,
Bernard J Gersh,
Kent R Bailey,
James B Seward
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pages 54-58
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Myocardial perfusion reserve and peripheral endothelial function in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy
Abstract: The aim of this study was to assess the relation between peripheral endothelial function and myocardial perfusion reserve in patients with mild heart failure due to idiopathic dilated cardio...
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Kira Q Stolen,
Jukka Kemppainen,
Kari K Kalliokoski,
Hannu Karanko,
Jyri Toikka,
Tuula Janatuinen,
Olli T Raitakari,
K.E.Juhani Airaksinen,
Pirjo Nuutila,
Juhani Knuuti
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pages 64-68
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A comparison of pulmonary vein ostial anatomy by computerized tomography, echocardiography, and venography in patients with atrial fibrillation having radiofrequency catheter ablation
Abstract: Accurate assessment of pulmonary vein anatomy is important to procedures that isolate these structures in patients with atrial fibrillation. Various modalities of pulmonary vein (PV) imaging...
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Mark A Wood,
Michael Wittkamp,
Daniel Henry,
Robert Martin,
J.V Nixon,
Richard K Shepard,
Kenneth A Ellenbogen
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pages 49-53
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Comparisons of effects of statins (atorvastatin, fluvastatin, lovastatin, pravastatin, and simvastatin) on fasting and postprandial lipoproteins in patients with coronary heart disease versus control subjects
Abstract: The effects of atorvastatin at 20, 40, and 80 mg/day on plasma lipoprotein subspecies were examined in a randomized, placebo-controlled fashion over 36 weeks in 97 patients with coronary hea...
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Ernst J Schaefer,
Judith R McNamara,
Timothy Tayler,
Jennifer A Daly,
Joi L Gleason,
Leo J Seman,
Andrea Ferrari,
Joel J Rubenstein
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pages 31-39
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Measures of heart period variability as predictors of mortality in hospitalized patients with decompensated congestive heart failure
Abstract: Depressed heart rate variability (HRV) is a powerful independent predictor of a poor outcome in patients with chronic and stable congestive heart failure (CHF). However, the prognostic value...
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Doron Aronson,
Murray A Mittleman,
Andrew J Burger
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pages 59-63
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Atherosclerotic risk factors revisited
Risk factors have traditionally been used to define the statistical likelihood of the development of clinical coronary artery disease in populations of asymptomatic patients; they provide no direct in...
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Harvey S Hecht
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Discussion
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pages 73-75
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Influence of conduction disturbances on clinical outcome in patients with acute myocardial infarction receiving thrombolysis (results from the ARGAMI-2 study)
Abstract: Right bundle branch block and complete atrioventricular (AV) block are conduction disorders (CDs) that have been observed in 14% of patients admitted with ST-elevation acute myocardial infar...
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Aiden Abidov,
Edo Kaluski,
Hanoch Hod,
Johnatan Leor,
Zvi Vered,
Shmuel Gottlieb,
Solomon Behar,
Gad Cotter,
Israel Working Group on Intensive Cardiac Care
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pages 76-80
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Results of cardiac rehabilitation in patients with diabetes mellitus
Abstract: To study the prevalence, risk profile, and outcomes of diabetics in cardiac rehabilitation, data on 952 consecutively enrolled patients were evaluated. Diabetics on entry had poor glycemic c...
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John A Banzer,
Thomas E Maguire,
Cheryl M Kennedy,
Carol J O'Malley,
Gary J Balady
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Short communication
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pages 81-84
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Effect of atorvastatin 80 mg on endothelial cell function (forearm blood flow) in patients with pretreatment serum low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels <130 mg/dl
Abstract: The effect of 6-week treatment with 80 mg/day atorvastatin on vascular function in the forearm was investigated in 18 patients with mean pretreatment serum low-density lipoprotein cholestero...
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Sven Wassmann,
Nicole Ribaudo,
Anna Faul,
Ulrich Laufs,
Michael Böhm,
Georg Nickenig
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pages 84-88
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Comparison of ischemia-modified albumin levels in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention for unstable angina pectoris with versus without coronary collaterals
Abstract: This study compared ischemia-modified albumin levels, a marker of ischemia in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention. Ischemia-modified albumin levels were significantly lowe...
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Iris Paula Garrido,
Debashis Roy,
Ramon Calviño,
Jose Manuel Vazquez-Rodriguez,
Guillermo Aldama,
Juan Cosin-Sales,
Juan Quiles,
David C. Gaze,
Juan Carlos Kaski
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Short communication
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pages 88-90
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Effectiveness of percutaneous coronary intervention in cardiac allograft vasculopathy
Abstract: Twenty-five heart transplant recipients underwent 45 coronary interventions at a mean of 7.8 ± 2.2 years from time of transplant. Periprocedural success was high, and there was a trend towar...
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Amit A. Doshi,
Joseph Rogers,
Morton J. Kern,
Paul J. Hauptman
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Short communication
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pages 90-92
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Effect of fluvastatin on long-term outcome after coronary revascularization with stent implantation
Abstract: We assessed the impact of long-term fluvastatin treatment on adverse atherosclerotic cardiac events (cardiac death, myocardial infarction, and revascularization excluding repeat intervention...
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Francesco Saia,
Pim de Feyter,
Patrick W. Serruys,
Pedro A. Lemos,
Chourmouzios A. Arampatzis,
Guy R. Hendrickx,
Nicholas Delarche,
Dick Goedhart,
Emmanuel Lesaffre,
Angelo Branzi,
Lescol Intervention Prevention Study (LIPS) Investigators
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pages 92-95
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Effectiveness and safety of manual hemostasis facilitated by the SyvekPatch with one hour of bedrest after coronary angiography using six-French catheters
Abstract: Manual hemostasis facilitated by a SyvekPatch with 1 hour of bedrest after coronary angiography using 6Fr catheters was evaluated in a study of 200 patients. There were no major adverse even...
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Bruce L. Palmer,
D.Scott Gantt,
Mark E. Lawrence,
M.Hassan Rajab,
Gregory J. Dehmer
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Short communication
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pages 96-97
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Comparison of the effects of removal of chest hair with not doing so before external defibrillation on transthoracic impedance
Abstract: Chest hair contributes significantly to transthoracic impedance (TTI) during defibrillation. The magnitude of this effect has not been established using external paddles. We compared TTI in ...
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Daniel M. Sado,
Charles D. Deakin,
Graham W. Petley,
Frank Clewlow
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pages 98-100
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Relation of response of subclinical atherosclerosis detected by electron beam tomography to baseline Low-Density lipoprotein cholesterol levels
Abstract: Calcified plaque progression by electron beam tomography was evaluated in 176 aggressively treated asymptomatic patients. Similar plaque progression was noted irrespective of baseline low-de...
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Harvey S Hecht,
S.Mitchell Harman
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pages 101-103
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CYP3A4 genotypes and plasma lipoprotein levels before and after treatment with atorvastatin in primary hypercholesterolemia
Abstract: To test whether genetic variation in the CYP system may influence the statin response, a promoter (A-290G) and 2 nonsynonymous polymorphisms (F189S and M445T) in the CYP3A4 gene locus were e...
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Kouji Kajinami,
Margaret E Brousseau,
Jose M Ordovas,
Ernst J Schaefer
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pages 104-107
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Electrophysiologic predictors of the recurrence of persistent atrial fibrillation within 30 days of cardioversion
Abstract: Patients with recurrence of persistent atrial fibrillation within 30 days of cardioversion had slower atrial conduction, a slower sinus rate, no difference in the absolute value of the effec...
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Merritt H Raitt,
Walter Kusumoto,
George D Giraud,
John H McAnulty
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pages 107-110
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Immunohistochemical testing for Helicobacter pylori infection in ascending aortic aneurysms and penetrating aortic ulcers
Abstract: Evidence implicating Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) in coronary artery disease and aneurysmal lesions is controversial. No published data have related H. pylori infection to ascending aorti...
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George J. Koullias,
Dimitris P. Korkolis,
Ioannis S. Hatzaras,
John A. Elefteriades,
Dhanpat Jain
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pages 122-123
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Right ventricular diastolic function in patients with chronic aortic regurgitation
Abstract: Right ventricular diastolic function was evaluated using Doppler echocardiography in 40 patients with aortic regurgitation. Abnormal right ventricular relaxation and filling were the main fi...
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Ioannis N. Dourvas,
Georgios E. Parharidis,
Georgios K. Efthimiadis,
Haralambos I. Karvounis,
Konstantinos D. Gemitzis,
Ioannis H. Styliadis,
Takis N. Karoulas,
Georgios E. Louridas
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Short communication
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pages 115-117
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Comparison of perception of health status by physicians, nurses, and patients in the Dual-chamber And VVI Implantable Defibrillator (DAVID) trial
Abstract: Previous studies have shown a poor correlation between health and quality-of-life assessments by patients, physicians, and nurses. Some have argued that patients are treated impersonally in ...
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Andrew E. Epstein,
Alison Swarens,
Anne Skadsen,
Sheryl W. Murphy,
Kenneth A. Ellenbogen,
Laura Gebhardt,
the DAVID Investigators*
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pages 120-121
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Incidence, outcome, and risk factors for stroke after the Fontan procedure
Abstract: We reviewed records on patients who underwent hemi-Fontan and Fontan procedures over a 13-year period at a single institution to examine the incidence and outcome of stroke and to attempt to...
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David S. Chun,
Marcus S. Schamberger,
Theresa Flaspohler,
Mark W. Turrentine,
John W. Brown,
Anne G. Farrell,
Donald A. Girod
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Short communication
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pages 117-119
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New method for real-time discrimination and management of ventricular and supraventricular tachyarrhythmias applicable to patients with dual-chamber cardioverter-defibrillators
Abstract: In this study we describe a highly sensitive and specific method for discriminating between ventricular and supraventricular tachyarrhythmias based on the response to simultaneous atrial and...
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Samir Saba,
William Barrington,
Leonard I. Ganz
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pages 111-114
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Usefulness of dipyridamole stress echocardiography for predicting graft patency after coronary artery bypass grafting
Abstract: Noninvasive techniques often provide controversial results in patients who have coronary artery bypass grafts (CABGs). Vasodilator stress echocardiography allows semi-simultaneous imaging of...
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Fabio Chirillo,
Andrea Bruni,
Alessandro De Leo,
Zoran Olivari,
Enrico Franceschini-Grisolia,
Oscar Totis,
Paolo Stritoni
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pages 24-30
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Practical approach to incorporating new studies and guidelines for antiplatelet therapy in the management of patients with non–ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome
Unstable angina pectoris and non–ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction (AMI) present urgent and life-threatening clinical challenges. These acute coronary syndrome (ACS) presentations accounted for...
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William E Boden
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Discussion
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pages 69-72
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