| Coronary Artery Disease |
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Usefulness of Self-Reported Leisure-Time Physical Activity to Predict Long-Term Survival in Patients With Coronary Heart Disease
27 May 2008
Self-reported leisure-time physical activity level correlates well with both cardiovascular (CV) and non-CV mortality in subjects without coronary heart disease (CHD). The impact of leisure-time physi...
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Francisco Javier Apullan,
Martial G. Bourassa,
Jean-Claude Tardif,
Annik Fortier,
Mathieu Gayda,
Anil Nigam
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pages 375-379
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Relation of Epicardial and Pericoronary Fat to Coronary Atherosclerosis and Coronary Artery Calcium in Patients Undergoing Coronary Angiography
27 May 2008
Fat surrounding coronary arteries might aggravate coronary artery disease (CAD). We investigated the relation between epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) and pericoronary fat and coronary atherosclerosis ...
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Petra M. Gorter,
Alexander M. de Vos,
Yolanda van der Graaf,
Pieter R. Stella,
Pieter A. Doevendans,
Matthijs F.L. Meijs,
Mathias Prokop,
Frank L.J. Visseren
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pages 380-385
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Safety of Diagnostic Coronary Angiography During Uninterrupted Therapeutic Warfarin Treatment
27 May 2008
Long-term warfarin therapy is assumed to increase bleeding and access site complications after coronary angiography and it is often recommended to postpone invasive procedures to reach international n...
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Antti-Pekka Annala,
Pasi P. Karjalainen,
Pekka Porela,
Kai Nyman,
Antti Ylitalo,
K.E. Juhani Airaksinen
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Full-length article
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pages 386-390
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Assessment of Culprit and Remote Coronary Narrowings Using Optical Coherence Tomography With Long-Term Outcomes
27 May 2008
Much currently known information about vulnerable plaque stems from postmortem studies that identified several characteristics making them prone to rupture, including the presence of a thin fibrous ca...
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Peter Barlis,
Patrick W. Serruys,
Nieves Gonzalo,
Willem J. van der Giessen,
Peter J. de Jaegere,
Evelyn Regar
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Full-length article
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pages 391-395
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Comparison of Increased Aspirin Dose Versus Combined Aspirin Plus Clopidogrel Therapy in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus and Coronary Heart Disease and Impaired Antiplatelet Response to Low-Dose Aspirin
27 May 2008
The effects of therapy with aspirin 300 mg/day and with combined aspirin 100 mg/day plus clopidogrel 75 mg/day on platelet function were compared in patients with diabetes mellitus and coronary artery...
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Mehmet Akif Duzenli,
Kurtulus Ozdemir,
Nazif Aygul,
Ahmet Soylu,
Mehmet Tokac
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pages 396-400
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Comparison of Higher Clopidogrel Loading and Maintenance Dose to Standard Dose on Platelet Function and Outcomes After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Using Drug-Eluting Stents
12 May 2008
Adequate antiplatelet therapy is paramount for good clinical outcomes in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). The purpose of this study was to determine whether a high-dose re...
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Mohammed Abuzahra,
Manu Pillai,
Angel Caldera,
W. Bryan Hartley,
Rafael Gonzalez,
Jaromir Bobek,
Hisham Dokainish,
Nasser Lakkis
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pages 401-403
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Long-Term Outcomes After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention of Bifurcation Narrowings
13 June 2008
The optimal approach to percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of bifurcation lesions remains unclear, reflecting lack of long-term follow-up and heterogeneity of lesions encountered. We evaluated t...
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Nicholas Collins,
Peter H. Seidelin,
Paul Daly,
Joan Ivanov,
Alan Barolet,
Karen Mackie,
Sanh Bui,
Leonard Schwartz,
Vladimír Džavík
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pages 404-410
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Impact of Early and Delayed Stroke on In-Hospital and Long-Term Mortality After Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
27 May 2008
Stroke after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is an infrequent, yet devastating complication with increased morbidity and mortality. We sought to determine risk factors for early (intraoperative...
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Ioannis K. Toumpoulis,
Constantine E. Anagnostopoulos,
Themistocles P. Chamogeorgakis,
Dimitrios C. Angouras,
Maria A. Kariou,
Daniel G. Swistel,
Chris K. Rokkas
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pages 411-417
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| Roundtable Discussion (CME) |
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The Editor's Roundtable: Endothelial Dysfunction in Cardiovascular Disease
This CME activity is supported by an educational grant from the Forest Research Institute, a division of Forest Laboratories, Inc., New York, New York.
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Vincent E. Friedewald,
Thomas D. Giles,
James L. Pool,
Clyde W. Yancy,
William C. Roberts
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Discussion
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pages 418-423
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| Preventive Cardiology |
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Comparison of Serum Lipid Values in Subjects With and Without the Metabolic Syndrome
03 June 2008
Insulin resistance is supposed to be the basis of metabolic syndrome (MS), although it is difficult to measure. The ratio of triglyceride (TG) to high-density lipoprotein (HDL) has been proposed as a ...
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Alberto Cordero,
Martín Laclaustra,
Montserrat León,
José A. Casasnovas,
Alberto Grima,
Emilio Luengo,
Beatriz Ordoñez,
Clara Bergua,
María Bes,
Isaac Pascual,
Eduardo Alegría,
MESYAS Registry Investigators
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pages 424-428
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Effects of Adding Prescription Omega-3 Acid Ethyl Esters to Simvastatin (20 mg/day) on Lipids and Lipoprotein Particles in Men and Women With Mixed Dyslipidemia
27 May 2008
Prescription ω-3 acid ethyl esters (P-OM3) are commonly used for treatment of very high triglyceride levels, often in combination with a statin, to lower persistent hypertriglyceridemia. This randomiz...
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Kevin C. Maki,
James M. McKenney,
Matthew S. Reeves,
Barry C. Lubin,
Mary R. Dicklin
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pages 429-433
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Efficacy and Safety of a Potent and Selective Peroxisome Proliferator Activated Receptor Alpha Agonist in Subjects With Dyslipidemia and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
27 May 2008
The weak peroxisome proliferator activated receptor-α (PPAR-α) agonists gemfibrozil and fenofibrate achieve only small increases in high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol. CP-778,875 is a more pot...
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Steven G. Terra,
Omar L. Francone,
Charles F. Contant,
Xiang Gao,
Andrew J. Lewin,
Tu T. Nguyen
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pages 434-439
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Indexes of Kidney Function and Coronary Artery and Abdominal Aortic Calcium (from the Framingham Offspring Study)
27 May 2008
It is uncertain whether moderate chronic kidney disease (CKD) or measures of kidney function are associated with subclinical atherosclerosis as represented by coronary artery calcium (CAC) or abdomina...
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Nisha I. Parikh,
Shih-Jen Hwang,
Martin G. Larson,
Udo Hoffmann,
Daniel Levy,
James B. Meigs,
Christopher J. O'Donnell,
Caroline S. Fox
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pages 440-443
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| Arrhythmias and Conduction Disturbances |
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Comparison of Benefits and Mortality in Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Versus Patients in Sinus Rhythm (Results of the Spanish Atrial Fibrillation and Resynchronization [SPARE] Study)
27 May 2008
The efficacy of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and the need for atrioventricular junction ablation in these patients is controversial. The aim of the...
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Jose Maria Tolosana,
Antonio Hernandez Madrid,
Josep Brugada,
Marta Sitges,
Ignacio Garcia Bolao,
Ignacio Fernandez Lozano,
Jose Martinez Ferrer,
Aurelio Quesada,
Alfonso Macias,
Walter Marin,
Juan Manuel Escudier,
Antonio Alonso Gomez,
Mónica Gimenez Alcala,
David Tamborero,
Antonio Berruezo,
Lluís Mont,
SPARE Investigators
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pages 444-449
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Frequency, Duration, and Predictors of Newly-Diagnosed Atrial Fibrillation Following Dual-Chamber Pacemaker Implantation in Patients Without a Previous History of Atrial Fibrillation†
13 June 2008
The Silent Atrial Fibrillation Detection With Stored EGMs (SAFE) registry is the first prospective study to characterize the incidence, duration, and predictors of atrial high-rate episodes (AHREs) in...
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Suneet Mittal,
Kenneth Stein,
F. Roosevelt Gilliam,
Stacia Merkel Kraus,
Timothy Edward Meyer,
Shelly Ann Christman
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pages 450-453
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| Heart Failure |
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Gender Differences in Patients Admitted With Advanced Decompensated Heart Failure
27 May 2008
Broad population studies of patients with stable ambulatory heart failure have associated female gender with better age-adjusted survival. This study investigated whether there are gender-specific dif...
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Wilfried Mullens,
Zuheir Abrahams,
George Sokos,
Gary S. Francis,
Randall C. Starling,
James B. Young,
David O. Taylor,
W.H. Wilson Tang
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pages 454-458
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Patterns of Structural and Functional Remodeling of the Left Ventricle in Chronic Heart Failure
27 May 2008
Patients with heart failure show a wide variety of alterations in left ventricular (LV) volume, mass, and function. The purpose of this study was to define the common patterns of LV structural and fun...
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William H. Gaasch,
Dennis E. Delorey,
Martin G. St. John Sutton,
Michael R. Zile
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pages 459-462
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Prognostic Value of N-Terminal Pro–Type-B Natriuretic Peptide and Doppler Left Ventricular Diastolic Variables in Patients With Chronic Systolic Heart Failure Stabilized by Therapy
27 May 2008
Prognostication of patients with chronic heart failure (HF) stabilized by therapy may be difficult. Therefore, the aim was to evaluate whether combined assessment of plasma N-terminal pro-B natriureti...
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Frank Lloyd Dini,
Umberto Conti,
Paolo Fontanive,
Diana Andreini,
Erica Panicucci,
Salvatore Mario De Tommasi
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pages 463-468
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Comparison of the Prognostic Usefulness of N-Terminal Pro–Brain Natriuretic Peptide in Patients With Heart Failure With Versus Without Chronic Kidney Disease
27 May 2008
In patients with chronic heart failure (CHF), N-terminal pro–brain natriuretic peptide (NT-pro-BNP) predicted poor outcome. Clinical predictors of NT-pro-BNP and its usefulness in the presence of chro...
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Christian Bruch,
Claudia Fischer,
Jürgen Sindermann,
Jörg Stypmann,
Günter Breithardt,
Rainer Gradaus
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pages 469-474
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| Valvular Heart Disease |
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Accuracy of the Flow Convergence Method for Quantification of Aortic Regurgitation in Patients With Central Versus Eccentric Jets
27 May 2008
Proximal isovelocity surface area (PISA) has been proposed as a quantitative method to assess the severity of aortic regurgitation (AR). Yet the accuracy of this method in patients with eccentric AR j...
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Anne-Catherine Pouleur,
Jean-Benoît le Polain de Waroux,
Céline Goffinet,
David Vancraeynest,
Agnès Pasquet,
Bernhard L. Gerber,
Jean-Louis Vanoverschelde
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pages 475-480
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| Cardiomyopathy |
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Exercise-Induced Changes of Functional Mitral Regurgitation in Asymptomatic or Mildly Symptomatic Patients With Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy
27 May 2008
It has remained unclear why functional mitral regurgitation (MR), even if it is of a mild degree, has prognostic importance in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (IDC). Exercise-induced c...
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Tetsuhiro Yamano,
Satoshi Nakatani,
Hideaki Kanzaki,
Norihisa Toh,
Makoto Amaki,
Jun Tanaka,
Haruhiko Abe,
Takuya Hasegawa,
Takahisa Sawada,
Hiroaki Matsubara,
Masafumi Kitakaze
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pages 481-485
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| Congenital Heart Disease |
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Comparison and Results of Transcatheter Closure of Patent Ductus Arteriosus Using the Swivel-Disk Device Versus Plug Occluder in Children
27 May 2008
The transcatheter closure of certain types of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) remains a challenge. The investigators report initial clinical experience with 25 patients who underwent PDA occlusion with...
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Basil (Vasilios) D. Thanopoulos,
Konstantinos A. Tzannos,
Nikolaos Eleptherakis,
Christodoulos Stefanadis
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pages 486-490
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| Miscellaneous |
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Relation of Aortic Wall Thickness and Distensibility to Cardiovascular Risk Factors (from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis [MESA])
27 May 2008
To determine the relation between aortic wall thickness (WT) and aortic distensibility (AD) with traditional cardiovascular risk factors in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) cohort, 1,0...
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Ashkan A. Malayeri,
Shunsuke Natori,
Hossein Bahrami,
Alain G. Bertoni,
Richard Kronmal,
João A.C. Lima,
David A. Bluemke
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pages 491-496
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Endothelial Dysfunction in Impaired Fasting Glycemia, Impaired Glucose Tolerance, and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
27 May 2008
The aim of this study was to evaluate whether abnormal endothelial function is present in early stages of diabetes, such as impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and impaired fasting glucose (IFG). Endothe...
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Ying Su,
Xiao-Min Liu,
Yan-Ming Sun,
Yue-Ying Wang,
Ying Luan,
Yun Wu
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Short communication
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pages 497-498
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Feasibility of a New Generation Three-Dimensional Echocardiography for Right Ventricular Volumetric and Functional Measurements
27 May 2008
Right ventricular (RV) dimensions and function are of diagnostic and prognostic importance in cardiac disease. Because of the peculiar morphology of the right ventricle, 2-dimensional echocardiography...
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Gloria Tamborini,
Denise Brusoni,
Jorge Eduardo Torres Molina,
Claudia Agnese Galli,
Anna Maltagliati,
Manuela Muratori,
Francesca Susini,
Chiara Colombo,
Francesco Maffessanti,
Mauro Pepi
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pages 499-505
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| Readers' Comments |
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Dofetilide for the Prevention of Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation After Coronary Surgery: Is It a Useful Routine Prophylaxis?
We read with great interest the report by Serafimovski et al regarding the usefulness of dofetilide in preventing atrial fibrillation (AF) after coronary artery bypass grafting. In their double-blind,...
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Giovanni Mariscalco,
Andrea Sala,
Maciej Banach,
Paolo Cattaneo
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Correspondence
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page 506
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Heart Rate Reduction Is Probably Not the Main Beneficial Mechanism by Which Beta Blockade Improves Outcome in Patients With Systolic Chronic Heart Failure
We read with interest the report by Flannery et al, who analyzed whether there is a close relation between heart rate (HR) reduction and clinical outcomes in patients with systolic chronic heart failu...
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Gabriele Fragasso,
Anna Salerno,
Alberto Margonato
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Correspondence
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pages 506-507
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Roundtable Discussions
I want to compliment you on the Editor's Roundtable discussions that are now a feature of The American Journal of Cardiology. I find these to be informative and useful on a daily basis. I hope that th...
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Mark E. Silverman
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Correspondence
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page 507
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Regarding Bundle Branch Block in Patients With Heart Failure
The information provided in the report by Barsheshet et al titled “Effect of Bundle Branch Block Pattern on Mortality in Hospitalized Patients With Heart Failure,” published in The American Journal of...
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J. Willis Hurst
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Correspondence
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pages 507-508
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Relation of Adult-Onset Asthma to Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke
We read with interest the recent report by Onufrak et al concluding that adult-onset asthma may be a significant risk factor for coronary artery disease and stroke in women. The investigators had obse...
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Chandrasekar Palaniswamy,
Dhana R. Selvaraj,
Dhinager Nandagopal,
Anusuya Mokashi
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Correspondence
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page 508
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Correction
There was a typographical error in “Prevalence and Characterization of Pulmonary Vein Variants in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Determined Using 3-Dimensional Computed Tomography,” by Kaseno et al...
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Erratum
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page 508
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Editorial Board
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