| Coronary Artery Disease |
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Plasma Triglycerides and Cardiovascular Events in the Treating to New Targets and Incremental Decrease in End-Points Through Aggressive Lipid Lowering Trials of Statins in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease
26 June 2009
We determined the ability of in-trial measurements of triglycerides (TGs) to predict new cardiovascular events (CVEs) using data from the Incremental Decrease in End Points through Aggressive Lipid Lo...
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Ole Faergeman,
Ingar Holme,
Rana Fayyad,
Sonal Bhatia,
Scott M. Grundy,
John J.P. Kastelein,
John C. LaRosa,
Mogens Lytken Larsen,
Christina Lindahl,
Anders G. Olsson,
Matti J. Tikkanen,
David D. Waters,
Terje R. Pedersen,
Steering Committees of the IDEAL and TNT Trials
et al.
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pages 459-463
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Association of Leukocyte Subtype Counts With Coronary Atherosclerotic Regression Following Pravastatin Treatment
26 June 2009
The purpose of this study was to clarify the relation between differential leukocyte counts and inhibition of the development of coronary atherosclerosis in patients with coronary artery disease. A 6-...
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Shigemasa Tani,
Ken Nagao,
Takeo Anazawa,
Hirofumi Kawamata,
Shingo Furuya,
Hiroshi Takahashi,
Kiyoshi Iida,
Michiaki Matsumoto,
Takehiko Washio,
Narimichi Kumabe,
Atsushi Hirayama
et al.
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pages 464-469
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Prognostic Value of Admission Fasting Glucose Levels in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome
19 June 2009
Data are limited regarding the best prognostic glucose measure for patients admitted for an acute coronary event. We examined the admission fasting glucose levels among patients with acute coronary sy...
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Louis Kolman,
Yu-Chen Hu,
Daniel G. Montgomery,
Kelly Gordon,
Kim A. Eagle,
Elizabeth A. Jackson
et al.
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pages 470-474
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Relation Between Myocardial Infarct Size and Ventricular Tachyarrhythmia Among Patients With Preserved Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction Following Fibrinolytic Therapy for ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction
19 June 2009
In the era of early reperfusion therapy for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, preserved left ventricular (LV) function is common. Despite preservation of LV ejection fraction (LVEF), there r...
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Yuri B. Pride,
Evan Appelbaum,
Erin E. Lord,
Sarah Sloan,
Christopher P. Cannon,
Marc S. Sabatine,
C. Michael Gibson,
TIMI Study Group
et al.
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pages 475-479
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Impact of Time to Reperfusion After Acute Myocardial Infarction on Myocardial Damage Assessed by Left Ventricular Longitudinal Strain
19 June 2009
The relation between cardiac troponin T (cTnT) and regional strain in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) was investigated. Furthermore, the effect of symptoms-to-balloon time on impairmen...
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Matteo Bertini,
Sjoerd A. Mollema,
Victoria Delgado,
M. Louisa Antoni,
Arnold C.T. Ng,
Eduard R. Holman,
Giuseppe Boriani,
Martin J. Schalij,
Jeroen J. Bax
et al.
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Full-length article
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pages 480-485
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Prevalence and Prognostic Significance of Transient, Persistent, and New-Onset Anemia After Acute Myocardial Infarction
26 June 2009
Anemia is an independent indicator of mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarctions (AMIs). Although anemia may be a transient phenomenon, secondary to acute blood loss, the prevalence and c...
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Tal Hasin,
Alex Sorkin,
Walter Markiewicz,
Haim Hammerman,
Doron Aronson
et al.
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pages 486-491
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Usefulness of Diabetes Mellitus to Predict Long-Term Outcomes in Patients With Unstable Angina Pectoris
26 June 2009
The objective of this study was to determine short- and long-term cardiovascular outcomes in unselected patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) with acute ischemic chest pain (AICP). In patients with DM ...
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Michael E. Farkouh,
Ashish Aneja,
Guy S. Reeder,
Peter A. Smars,
Ryan J. Lennon,
Heather J. Wiste,
Kay Traverse,
Louai Razzouk,
Ananda Basu,
David R. Holmes,
Verghese Mathew
et al.
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pages 492-497
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Three-Year Outcomes and Cost Analysis in Patients Receiving 64-Slice Computed Tomographic Coronary Angiography for Chest Pain
26 June 2009
Sixty-four slice computed tomographic coronary angiography (CTCA) is being used more often in the evaluation of patients with chest pain. The strength of this test is its high specificity and negative...
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Poorya Fazel,
Mark A. Peterman,
Jeffrey M. Schussler
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Full-length article
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pages 498-500
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Relation Between Individual Plaque Components and Overall Plaque Burden in the Prospective, Multicenter Virtual Histology Intravascular Ultrasound Registry
19 June 2009
The impact of total plaque burden on absolute and relative amounts of each virtual histologic (VH) intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) plaque component has yet to be studied. We analyzed gray-scale and VH...
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Jie Qian,
Akiko Maehara,
Gary S. Mintz,
M. Pauliina Margolis,
Sinan Biro,
Gregg W. Stone,
Martin B. Leon
et al.
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pages 501-506
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Prevalence, Predictors, and In-Hospital Outcomes of Non-Infarct Artery Intervention During Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry)
22 June 2009
Guidelines support percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of the noninfarct-related artery during primary PCI for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) in patients with hemodynamic comp...
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Matthew A. Cavender,
Sarah Milford-Beland,
Matthew T. Roe,
Eric D. Peterson,
William S. Weintraub,
Sunil V. Rao
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pages 507-513
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Usefulness of Pretreatment With High-Dose Clopidogrel in Patients Undergoing Primary Angioplasty for ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction
19 June 2009
We evaluated the effect and optimal dose of clopidogrel pretreatment in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI). The study include...
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Paul Fefer,
Hanoch Hod,
Haim Hammerman,
Amit Segev,
Roy Beinart,
Valentina Boyko,
Shlomo Behar,
Shlomi Matetzky
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pages 514-518
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Comparison of Usefulness of Simvastatin 20 mg Versus 80 mg in Preventing Contrast-Induced Nephropathy in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
22 June 2009
Contrast-induced nephropathy limits the outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). The present study compared the protective effects of different statin doses on renal function. A total of ...
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Jia Xinwei,
Fu Xianghua,
Zhang Jing,
Gu Xinshun,
Xue Ling,
Fan Weize,
Hao Guozhen,
Jiang Yunfa,
Wu Weili,
Li Shiqiang
et al.
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pages 519-524
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Prevalence of Aspirin and Clopidogrel Resistance Among Patients With and Without Drug-Eluting Stent Thrombosis
26 June 2009
Drug-eluting stent (DES) thrombosis has a multifactorial etiology. Variable responsiveness to antiplatelet therapy likely contributes to its pathogenesis. We aimed to determine whether patients who ha...
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Tina L. Pinto Slottow,
Laurent Bonello,
Rekha Gavini,
Patricia Beauzile,
Steven J. Sushinsky,
Mickey Scheinowitz,
Kimberly Kaneshige,
Zhenyi Xue,
Rebecca Torguson,
Udaya Tantry,
Augusto D. Pichard,
Lowell F. Satler,
William O. Suddath,
Kenneth Kent,
Paul Gurbel,
Ron Waksman
et al.
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pages 525-530
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Impact of Different Re-stenting Strategies on Expansion of a Drug-Eluting Stent Implanted to Treat Bare-Metal Stent Restenosis
22 June 2009
We used intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) to compare the expansion of drug-eluting stents (DES) implanted to treat bare-metal stent (BMS) restenosis after 3 common re-stenting strategies. A total of 80 ...
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Łukasz Kalińczuk,
Marcin Demkow,
Gary S. Mintz,
Krzysztof Cedro,
Artur Dębski,
Michał Ciszewski,
Andrzej Ciszewski,
Mariusz Kruk,
Maciej Karcz,
Grzegorz Warmiński,
Jerzy Pręgowski,
Zbigniew Chmielak,
Adam Witkowski,
Barbara Lubiszewska,
Witold Rużyłło
et al.
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pages 531-537
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| Preventive Cardiology |
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Utility of C-Reactive Protein for Cardiovascular Risk Stratification Across Three Age Groups in Subjects Without Existing Cardiovascular Diseases
22 June 2009
The relative utility of conventional and novel risk factors in predicting cardiovascular disease (CVD) in relation to age remains unclear. We examined the discriminative ability of C-reactive protein ...
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Mark Hamer,
Yoichi Chida,
Emmanuel Stamatakis
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pages 538-542
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Relation of Subcutaneous and Visceral Adipose Tissue to Coronary and Abdominal Aortic Calcium (from the Framingham Heart Study)
26 June 2009
Body fat distribution might be differentially associated with subclinical cardiovascular disease. We examined whether the body mass index, waist circumference, and subcutaneous and visceral adipose ti...
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Caroline S. Fox,
Shih-Jen Hwang,
Joseph M. Massaro,
Kathrin Lieb,
Ramachandran S. Vasan,
Christopher J. O'Donnell,
Udo Hoffmann
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pages 543-547
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Correlation of Non–High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol With Apolipoprotein B During Simvastatin + Fenofibrate Therapy in Patients With Combined Hyperlipidemia (A Subanalysis of the SAFARI Trial)
Guidelines have recommended non–high-density lipoprotein (non-HDL) cholesterol as a secondary target for therapy after the low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol goals have been met in patients wit...
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Scott M. Grundy,
Gloria Lena Vega,
Joanne E. Tomassini,
Andrew M. Tershakovec
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pages 548-553
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| Heart Failure |
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Does Peak Oxygen Pulse Complement Peak Oxygen Uptake in Risk Stratifying Patients With Heart Failure?
22 June 2009
There is scarce information regarding the prognostic utility of peak exercise oxygen pulse (peak O2 pulse), a surrogate for stroke volume, in patients with heart failure (HF). From May 1994 to Novembe...
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Ricardo B. Oliveira,
Jonathan Myers,
Claudio Gil S. Araújo,
Ross Arena,
Sandra Mandic,
Daniel Bensimhon,
Joshua Abella,
Paul Chase,
Marco Guazzi,
Peter Brubaker,
Brian Moore,
Dalane Kitzman,
Mary Ann Peberdy
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pages 554-558
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| Valvular Heart Disease |
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Relation of N-Terminal Pro-B-Type Natriuretic Peptide to Symptoms, Severity, and Left Ventricular Remodeling in Patients With Organic Mitral Regurgitation
22 June 2009
Natriuretic peptides reflect cardiac stress and may therefore be useful in the management of patients with valvular heart disease. Data regarding these biomarkers in organic mitral regurgitation (MR) ...
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Mihael Potocki,
Johannes Mair,
Michael Weber,
Christian Hamm,
Thilo Burkard,
Renate Hiemetzberger,
Klaus Peters,
Nikolaus Jander,
Thomas A. Cron,
Niklaus Hess,
Andreas Hoffmann,
Helmut Gekeler,
Christa Gohlke-Bärwolf,
Peter Buser,
Christian Mueller
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pages 559-564
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Effectiveness and Safety of Percutaneous Coronary Sinus-Based Mitral Valve Repair in Patients With Dilated Cardiomyopathy (from the AMADEUS Trial)
01 June 2009
This report presents the procedural results from the AMADEUS trial that support coronary sinus (CS)-based percutaneous mitral annuloplasty. Despite therapeutic advances, functional mitral regurgitatio...
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Tomasz Siminiak,
Uta C. Hoppe,
Joachim Schofer,
Michael Haude,
Jean-Paul Herrman,
Jindra Vainer,
Ludwik Firek,
David G. Reuter,
Steven L. Goldberg,
Richard Van Bibber
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pages 565-570
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| Cardiomyopathy |
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Comparison of Necropsy Findings in Patients With Sarcoidosis Dying Suddenly from Cardiac Sarcoidosis Versus Dying Suddenly from Other Causes
22 June 2009
The clinical diagnosis of cardiac sarcoidosis can be difficult and is largely dependent on newer imaging modalities. A retrospective search of sudden cardiac deaths was performed from a reference labo...
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Fabio Tavora,
Nathaniel Cresswell,
Ling Li,
Mary Ripple,
Carol Solomon,
Allen Burke
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pages 571-577
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Clinical Characteristics of Tako-Tsubo Cardiomyopathy
22 June 2009
Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC) is increasingly diagnosed in the United States, especially in the Caucasian population. To evaluate the clinical features and outcome of patients with TTC, we evaluated...
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Venkatesan Vidi,
Vinutha Rajesh,
Premranjan P. Singh,
Jayanta T. Mukherjee,
Rodrigo M. Lago,
David M. Venesy,
Sergio Waxman,
Christopher T. Pyne,
Thomas C. Piemonte,
David E. Gossman,
Richard W. Nesto
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pages 578-582
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| Congenital Heart Disease |
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Ventricular Function in Patients With Transposition of the Great Arteries Operated With Arterial Switch
22 June 2009
The study aim was to investigate ventricular function at long-term follow-up in patients operated with arterial switch for transposition of the great arteries (TGAs). Although midterm results for anat...
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Eirik Pettersen,
Per-Morten Fredriksen,
Stig Urheim,
Erik Thaulow,
Hans-Jørgen Smith,
Bjarne Smevik,
Otto Smiseth,
Kai Andersen
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pages 583-589
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| Miscellaneous |
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Cardiac Physical Diagnosis in the Digital Age: An Important but Increasingly Neglected Skill (from Stethoscopes to Microchips)
22 June 2009
With the advent of readily available imaging modalities, the time-honored skills in physical examination of the cardiac patient have eroded and are no longer the hallmark of the expert cardiologist. A...
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Robert D. Conn,
James H. O'Keefe
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pages 590-595
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The Corrected QT Interval Before and After Heart Transplantation
22 June 2009
Heart donor candidates have severe neurologic injuries that have been associated with significant prolongation of the corrected QT (QTc) interval. Screening for an underlying abnormality of cardiac re...
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Jeremy P. Moore,
Juan C. Alejos,
Gregory Perens,
Samantha Wong,
Kevin M. Shannon
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pages 596-601
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Relation of Serum Leptin With Cardiac Mass and Left Atrial Dimension in Individuals >70 Years of Age
22 June 2009
Experimental evidence indicates that leptin-deficient animals develop left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy, but data relating circulating leptin levels to cardiac structure and function in subjects >7...
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Wolfgang Lieb,
Lisa M. Sullivan,
Jayashri Aragam,
Tamara B. Harris,
Ronenn Roubenoff,
Emelia J. Benjamin,
Ramachandran S. Vasan
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pages 602-605
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| Cardiovascular Pharmacology |
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Aspirin Resistance in Healthy Drug-Naive Men Versus Women (from the Heredity and Phenotype Intervention Heart Study)
22 June 2009
This study was designed to determine the factors that contribute to interindividual variation in the antiplatelet effects of aspirin. We measured platelet response to aspirin in 745 (400 men and 345 w...
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Haiqing Shen,
William Herzog,
MaryAnn Drolet,
Ruth Pakyz,
Sylvia Newcomer,
Paul Sack,
Heidi Karon,
Kathleen A. Ryan,
Yiju Zhao,
Xiaolian Shi,
Braxton D. Mitchell,
Alan R. Shuldiner
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pages 606-612
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| Editorial |
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A Paradigm Shift: Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography Before Stress Testing†
25 May 2009
The advent of a new technology may herald the demise of an existing modality, as exemplified by stents' replacing balloon angioplasty. More often, the new technology finds its niche, as dictated by ev...
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Harvey S. Hecht
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Editorial
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pages 613-618
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Editorial Board
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Editorial board
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page A6
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Contents
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Contents list
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pages A9-A11
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