Effectiveness and safety of drug-eluting stents in vein grafts: A meta-analysis
Eliano Pio Navarese, Antonino Buffon, Giuseppe De Luca, Stefano De Servi
American Heart Journal
August 2010 (Vol. 160, Issue 2, Page e9)
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Response to the letter regarding the article “Effectiveness and safety of drug-eluting stents in vein grafts: A meta-analysis“
Kristian B. Filion, Dominique Joyal, Mark J. Eisenberg
American Heart Journal
August 2010 (Vol. 160, Issue 2, Page e11)
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Low-molecular-weight heparin versus unfractionated heparin in acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention with drug-eluting stents
Wail Nammas, Khaled Hossam
American Heart Journal
August 2010 (Vol. 160, Issue 2, Page e13)
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Response to the letter regarding the article “Low-molecular-weight heparin versus unfractionated heparin in acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention with drug-eluting stents”
Seung-Woon Rha, Yong-Jian Li, Kang-Yin Chen, Kanhaiya L. Poddar, Zhe Jin, Yoshiyasu Minami, Lin Wang, Qun Dang, Guang-Ping Li, Sureshkumar Ramasamy, Ji-Young Park, Cheol Ung Choi, Jin-Won Kim, Eung Ju Kim, Chang Gyu Park, Hong Seog Seo, Dong Joo Oh, Myung Ho Jeong, Young Keun Ahn, Taek Jong Hong, Jong-Seon Park, Young Jo Kim, Seung Ho Hur, In Whan Seong, Jei Keon Chae, Myeong Chan Cho, Jang Ho Bae, Dong Hoon Choi, Yang Soo Jang, In Ho Chae, Hyo Soo Kim, Chong Jin Kim, Jung Han Yoon, Tae Hoon Ahn, Seung-Jea Tahk, Wook Sung Chung, Ki Bae Seung, Seung Jung Park, other Korea Acute myocardial infarction Registry Investigators
American Heart Journal
August 2010 (Vol. 160, Issue 2, Pages e15-e16)
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Detection of elevated right atrial pressure using a simple bedside ultrasound measure
Viroj Wiwanitkit
American Heart Journal
August 2010 (Vol. 160, Issue 2, Page e17)
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Response to the letter regarding the article Detection of elevated right atrial pressure using a simple bedside ultrasound measure
Marc A. Simon, John P. Girod, Dustin E. Kliner, Diego Moguillansky, Flordeliza S. Villanueva, John J. Pacella
American Heart Journal
August 2010 (Vol. 160, Issue 2, Page e19)
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Letter to the Editor—Krishnaswamy response to Fiol
Amar Krishnaswamy, Michael Lincoff, Venu Menon
American Heart Journal
July 2010 (Vol. 160, Issue 1, Page e7)
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Letter to the Editor Re: Krishnaswamy
Miquel Fiol, Andrés Carrillo, Antonio Bayés de Luna
American Heart Journal
July 2010 (Vol. 160, Issue 1, Page e5)
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Cardiovascular disease risk profiles
T. Eugene Day, Eric Goldlust
American Heart Journal
July 2010 (Vol. 160, Issue 1, Page e3)
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The dilemma of surgical or percutaneous approach in aortic stenosis: A reliable risk score is needed
Iñigo Lozano, David Calvo, Juan Rondan, Pablo Avanzas
American Heart Journal
July 2010 (Vol. 160, Issue 1, Page e1)
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Electrocardiographic abnormalities in Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: Relevance in patients with left bundle-branch block/paced ventricular rhythms
Venkata M. Alla, Siva Sontineni, Aryan Mooss
American Heart Journal
June 2010 (Vol. 159, Issue 6, Page e29)
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“Obesity and survival in patients with heart failure and preserved systolic function: A U-shaped relationship (Am Heart J 2010;159:75-80).
Cong Lu, Shi Chen, Yu Cheng Chen
American Heart Journal
June 2010 (Vol. 159, Issue 6, Page e31)
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Reply to the letter to the editor for “Obesity and survival in patients with heart failure and preserved systolic function: A U-shaped relationship”
John R. Kapoor, Paul A. Heidenreich
American Heart Journal
June 2010 (Vol. 159, Issue 6, Page e33)
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Glycemic control and clopidogrel response
Bénédicte Gaborit, Thomas Cuisset, Corinne Frère, Marie Christine Alessi, Anne Dutour
American Heart Journal
June 2010 (Vol. 159, Issue 6, Page e35)
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SYNTAX score and left main stenting: Do we need clinical variables to predict outcomes?
Iñigo Lozano, Pablo Avanzas, Juan Rondan
American Heart Journal
May 2010 (Vol. 159, Issue 5, Page e25)
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Response to: SYNTAX score and left main stenting: Do we need clinical variables to predict outcomes?
Davide Capodanno, Corrado Tamburino
American Heart Journal
May 2010 (Vol. 159, Issue 5, Page e27)
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Reply to Meyer
Peter Scott Munk
American Heart Journal
April 2010 (Vol. 159, Issue 4, Page e23)
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Effect of interval (V-V) optimization in ischemic versus nonischemic patients after cardiac resynchronization therapy
Fu Yi, Jin Yu, Bing Liu
American Heart Journal
March 2010 (Vol. 159, Issue 3, Page e11)
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Reply to the Letter to the Editor by Yi et al
Nina Ajmone Marsan, Jeroen J. Bax
American Heart Journal
March 2010 (Vol. 159, Issue 3, Page e13)
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Brain natriuretic peptide for cardiovascular events independent of left ventricular end-diastolic pressure
Viroj Wiwanitkit
American Heart Journal
March 2010 (Vol. 159, Issue 3, Page e15)
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Author response: B-type natriuretic peptide for cardiovascular events independent of left ventricular end-diastolic pressure
Kevin Rogers
American Heart Journal
March 2010 (Vol. 159, Issue 3, Page e17)
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Low vitamin D may explain the link between preeclampsia and cardiovascular disease
William B. Grant
American Heart Journal
March 2010 (Vol. 159, Issue 3, Page e19)
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“High-intensity interval training may reduce in-stent restenosis following percutaneous coronary intervention with stent implantation: A randomized controlled trial evaluating the relationship to endothelial function and inflammation.” Am Heart J 2009;158:734-41
Philippe Meyer, Mathieu Gayda, Éve Normandin, Thibaut Guiraud, Martin Juneau, Anil Nigam
American Heart Journal
March 2010 (Vol. 159, Issue 3, Page e21)
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Letter to the Editor
Aditya Mandawat, Sachin J. Shah, Saif S. Rathore
American Heart Journal
February 2010 (Vol. 159, Issue 2, Page e1)
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Electrocardiographic predictors of atrial fibrillation: Methodological considerations
Polychronis Dilaveris, Christodoulos Stefanadis
American Heart Journal
February 2010 (Vol. 159, Issue 2, Page e3)
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Response to letter by Drs Dilaveris and Stefanadis: Electrocardiographic predictors of atrial fibrillation: Methodological considerations
Marco V. Perez, Victor F. Froelicher
American Heart Journal
February 2010 (Vol. 159, Issue 2, Page e5)
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Letter to the Editor—Solomon about Laskey Study
Richard Solomon
American Heart Journal
February 2010 (Vol. 159, Issue 2, Page e7)
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Laskey response to Solomon
Warren Laskey
American Heart Journal
February 2010 (Vol. 159, Issue 2, Page e9)
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Atrial fibrillation and quality of life
Radhakrishnan Ramaraj
American Heart Journal
November 2009 (Vol. 158, Issue 5, Page e61)
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Response to, "Atrial fibrillation and quality of life"
Kirsten E. Fleischmann, Gervasio A. Lamas, Carol M. Mangione, Lee Goldman
American Heart Journal
November 2009 (Vol. 158, Issue 5, Page e63)
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Are we sure we have taken the best from clopidogrel? , 27 August 2009
Bernardo Cortese, Andrea Picchi, Andrea Micheli, Ugo Limbruno
American Heart Journal
October 2009 (Vol. 158, Issue 4, Page e59)
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Adding socioeconomic status to Framingham scoring might also improve stroke risk evaluation in young adults with hypertension , 17 July 2009
Oscar M.P. Jolobe
American Heart Journal
September 2009 (Vol. 158, Issue 3, Page e35)
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Response to "Adding socioeconomic status to Framingham scoring might also improve stroke risk evaluation in young adults with hypertension" , 17 July 2009
Kevin Fiscella, Daniel Tancredi, Peter Franks
American Heart Journal
September 2009 (Vol. 158, Issue 3, Page e37)
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Myocardial infarction in saphenous percutaneous intervention: Are we really doing our best? , 23 July 2009
Iñigo Lozano, Juan Rondan, Pablo Avanzas
American Heart Journal
September 2009 (Vol. 158, Issue 3, Page e39)
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Response to "Myocardial infarction in saphenous percutaneous intervention: Are we really doing our best?" , 23 July 2009
Laurent Bonello, Ron Waksman
American Heart Journal
September 2009 (Vol. 158, Issue 3, Page e41)
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A new option in measuring bioimpedance in congestive heart failure
Daniele Torres, Gaspare Parrinello, Salvatore Paterna, Pietro Di Pasquale, Alessia Torres, Caterina Trapanese, Giuseppe Licata
American Heart Journal
July 2009 (Vol. 158, Issue 1, Page e1)
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Left ventricular outflow tract obstruction in Tako-Tsubo syndrome: Stress cardiomyopathy or hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?
Nicolas Mansencal, Rami El Mahmoud, Olivier Dubourg
American Heart Journal
July 2009 (Vol. 158, Issue 1, Page e3)
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Outflow tract obstruction and Takotsubo syndrome
Iván Javier Núñez-Gil, Juan Carlos García-Rubira, María Luaces
American Heart Journal
July 2009 (Vol. 158, Issue 1, Pages e5-e6)
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Do the association of cytochrome P450 interacting drugs, influence clopidogrel efficacity?
Aurélia Tho, Alain Mihoubi
American Heart Journal
July 2009 (Vol. 158, Issue 1, Page e7)
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Response to Letter by Tho
Jolanta M. Siller-Matula, Bernd Jilma
American Heart Journal
July 2009 (Vol. 158, Issue 1, Page e9)
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Effect of cholesteryl ester transfer protein inhibitor on vitamin E transport should be studied
Christopher Masterjohn
American Heart Journal
July 2009 (Vol. 158, Issue 1, Page e11)
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Response
Hayes M. Dansky, Patti Gibbons, Anne Hermanowski-Vosatka
American Heart Journal
July 2009 (Vol. 158, Issue 1, Page e13)
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Heparin/PF4 antibodies formation after heparin treatment: Temporal aspects and long-term follow-up—Letter to the Editor
Sixten Selleng, Andreas Greinacher, Till Ittermann, Hans-Georg Wollert
American Heart Journal
July 2009 (Vol. 158, Issue 1, Page e15)
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Effect of cholesteryl ester transfer protein inhibitor on vitamin E transport should be studied
Chris Masterjohn
American Heart Journal
July 2009 (Vol. 158, Issue 1, Page e17)
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Proton pump inhibitors and clopidogrel: A difficult dilemma , 27 April 2009
Jochem W. van Werkum, Jurriën M. ten Berg, Albert J. Bredenoord
American Heart Journal
June 2009 (Vol. 157, Issue 6, Page e43)
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Response to Letter by van Werkum: Proton pump inhibitors and clopidogrel: a difficult dilemma , 24 April 2009
Jolanta M. Siller-Matula, Bernd Jilma
American Heart Journal
June 2009 (Vol. 157, Issue 6, Page e45)
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Atrial fibrillation and atherothrombosis: The importance of anticoagulation
Carlos Escobar, Vivencio Barrios
American Heart Journal
May 2009 (Vol. 157, Issue 5, Page e27)
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Response to “Atrial fibrillation and atherothrombosis: The importance of anticoagulation” by Escobar C and Barrios V
Shinya Goto, Deepak L. Bhatt, P. Gabriel Steg, on Behalf of the REACH Registry Investigators
American Heart Journal
May 2009 (Vol. 157, Issue 5, Page e29)
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Should African Americans be overtreated for depression the same as whites are? Commentary on Waldman et al (2009)
James C. Coyne, Peter de Jonge
American Heart Journal
May 2009 (Vol. 157, Issue 5, Page e31)
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More antidepressants for African Americans with coronary heart disease? Maybe—maybe not
Brett D. Thombs, Ademola B. Adeponle, Laurence J. Kirmayer, Cécile Rousseau, Roy C. Ziegelstein
American Heart Journal
May 2009 (Vol. 157, Issue 5, Page e33)
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Treating depression in patients with heart disease: Is the glass half empty or half full?
James A. Blumenthal, Silvina Waldman, Michael A. Babyak, Andrew Sherwood, Lana L. Watkins, Michael Sketch
American Heart Journal
May 2009 (Vol. 157, Issue 5, Pages e35-e37)
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Granulocyte-colony stimulating factor in refractory ischemic heart disease: Throwing stones from glass houses
Jason C. Kovacic, Peter Macdonald, Michael P. Feneley, Robert M. Graham
American Heart Journal
May 2009 (Vol. 157, Issue 5, Page e39)
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Response to letter to the editor by Kovacic et al , 31 March 2009
Timothy D. Henry, Daniel Satran, Robert F. Wilson
American Heart Journal
May 2009 (Vol. 157, Issue 5, Page e41)
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The challenge of the volume status assessment in heart failure , 02 February 2009
Gaspare Parrinello, Daniele Torres, Salvatore Paterna, Pietro Di Pasquale, Manuela Mezzero, Giuseppe Licata
American Heart Journal
April 2009 (Vol. 157, Issue 4, Pages e19-e20)
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Response to letter-to-the-editor by Torres et al , 02 February 2009
Viviane Nguyen
American Heart Journal
April 2009 (Vol. 157, Issue 4, Page e21)
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Letter to the Editor , 09 March 2009
W.M.N. Ratnayake
American Heart Journal
April 2009 (Vol. 157, Issue 4, Page e23)
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Response to Letter to the Editor by Block et al , 09 March 2009
Robert Block
American Heart Journal
April 2009 (Vol. 157, Issue 4, Page e25)
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Role of aldosterone receptor antagonist eplerenone in aortic stenosis , 22 December 2008
Radhakrishnan Ramaraj
American Heart Journal
March 2009 (Vol. 157, Issue 3, Page e13)
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Letter to the Editor , 29 January 2009
Thomas A. Marciniak
American Heart Journal
March 2009 (Vol. 157, Issue 3, Page e15)
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Reply to: Role of aldosterone receptor antagonist eplerenone in aortic steroids , 22 December 2008
Ralph A.H. Stewart, Harvey D. White, for the New Zealand Eplerenone Aortic Stenosis Study Investigators
American Heart Journal
March 2009 (Vol. 157, Issue 3, Page e17)
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On coronary analyses , 25 December 2008
Arthur David Tsakok
American Heart Journal
February 2009 (Vol. 157, Issue 2, Page e1)
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Light-dark patterns of soluble CD40 ligand: Clinical implications , 24 December 2008
Alberto Dominguez-Rodríguez, Pedro Abreu-Gonzalez
American Heart Journal
February 2009 (Vol. 157, Issue 2, Page e3)
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Risk factors and stroke risk stratification for atrial fibrillation , 28 November 2008
Oscar M.P. Jolobe
American Heart Journal
February 2009 (Vol. 157, Issue 2, Page e5)
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Response to the letter by Dr Jolobe: “Risk factors and stroke risk stratification for atrial fibrillation: Limitations and new possibilities” , 01 December 2008
Gregory Y.H. Lip
American Heart Journal
February 2009 (Vol. 157, Issue 2, Page e7)
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Using CHADS2 backwards plus echo criteria to identify stroke patients who have occult intermittent atrial fibrillation , 22 December 2008
Jacob I. Haft
American Heart Journal
February 2009 (Vol. 157, Issue 2, Page e9)
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Response to letter by Haft: Using CHADS2 backwards plus echo criteria to identify stroke patients who have occult intermittent atrial fibrillation
Gregory Y.H. Lip
American Heart Journal
February 2009 (Vol. 157, Issue 2, Page e11)
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Transient ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction , 10 September 2008
Oscar M.P. Jolobe
American Heart Journal
October 2008 (Vol. 156, Issue 4, Page e39)
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Letter to the Editor , 10 September 2008
Radhakrishnan Ramaraj
American Heart Journal
October 2008 (Vol. 156, Issue 4, Page e41)
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Letter to the Editor , 26 August 2008
Alan Keith Berger
American Heart Journal
October 2008 (Vol. 156, Issue 4, Page e43)
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Letter to the Editor
Simcha R. Meisel, Avraham Shotan
American Heart Journal
October 2008 (Vol. 156, Issue 4, Page e45)
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Reply
Alan Keith Berger
American Heart Journal
September 2008 (Vol. 156, Issue 3, Page e37)
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Women and coronary heart disease: Improving step by step , 08 August 2008
Carlos Escobar, Vivencio Barrios
American Heart Journal
September 2008 (Vol. 156, Issue 3, Page e35)
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Apical ballooning syndrome: The emerging evidence of a neurocardiogenic basis , 08 August 2008
Nishith K. Singh
American Heart Journal
September 2008 (Vol. 156, Issue 3, Page e33)
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The role of cardiac autonomic control in the pathogenesis of tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy , 08 August 2008
Cihan Cevik, Kenneth Nugent
American Heart Journal
September 2008 (Vol. 156, Issue 3, Page e31)
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Myocardial ischemia might be an important determinant of exercise-induced changes in mitral regurgitation in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction , 01 August 2008
Sylvestre Maréchaux, Pierre V. Ennezat
American Heart Journal
September 2008 (Vol. 156, Issue 3, Pages e29-e30)
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Mitral regurgitation during exercise in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction , 28 July 2008
Alberto Bouzas-Mosquera, Jesús Peteiro
American Heart Journal
September 2008 (Vol. 156, Issue 3, Page e27)
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Low prevalence of bicuspid aortic valve in African Americans , 25 July 2008
Waqas Khan, Martina Milsevic, Louis Salciccioli, Jason Lazar
American Heart Journal
September 2008 (Vol. 156, Issue 3, Page e25)
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Letter by Tartière and Cohen Solal regarding the article “Noninvasively determined radial dP/dt is a predictor of mortality in patients with heart failure”
Jean-Michel Tartière, Alain Cohen Solal
American Heart Journal
September 2008 (Vol. 156, Issue 3, Page e23)
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Re: Tartière et al, Noninvasively determined radial dP/dt is a predictor of mortality in patients with heart failure (Am Heart J 2008;155:758-63) , 21 July 2008
James E. Sharman, Thomas H. Marwick
American Heart Journal
September 2008 (Vol. 156, Issue 3, Page e21)
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Lipophilicity and cardiovascular outcome in patients with CHF , 07 July 2008
John S. Ford, John A. Tayek
American Heart Journal
August 2008 (Vol. 156, Issue 2, Page e7)
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Response to the letter
Stéphanie Rinfret, Hassan Behlouli, Louise Pilote
American Heart Journal
August 2008 (Vol. 156, Issue 2, Page e9)
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What do we mean by “outcome can be predicted”? , 03 July 2008
Michael T. Koller, Andrew Vickers, Ewout W. Steyerberg
American Heart Journal
August 2008 (Vol. 156, Issue 2, Page e11)
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Predicting serious renal dysfunction—a prophylactic approach , 07 July 2008
Jeremiah R. Brown, Todd A. MacKenzie, David J. Malenka, For the Northern New England Cardiovascular Disease Study Group
American Heart Journal
August 2008 (Vol. 156, Issue 2, Page e13)
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Letter to the editor , 01 July 2008
Pablo Aguiar-Souto, Sara Valero-González
American Heart Journal
August 2008 (Vol. 156, Issue 2, Page e15)
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Pre-procedural risk stratification—Why wait? , 01 July 2008
Jeremiah R. Brown, Winthrop D. Piper, David J. Malenka, for the Northern New England Cardiovascular Disease Study Group
American Heart Journal
August 2008 (Vol. 156, Issue 2, Pages e17-e18)
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The pathophysiology of acute heart failure: The key role of fluid accumulation
Gaspare Parrinello, Daniele Torres, Salvatore Paterna, Pietro di Pasquale, Giuseppe Licata
American Heart Journal
August 2008 (Vol. 156, Issue 2, Page e19)
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Should an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor be given at the time of reperfusion therapy in acute myocardial infarction?
Craig Steven McLachlan, Ryan Ocsan, Brett Hambly, Reida El Oakley
American Heart Journal
July 2008 (Vol. 156, Issue 1, Page e1)
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Recovery of normal ventricular function in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy: Relevance of the etiology
Pasquale Santangeli, Francesca Marzo, Andrea Macchione, Fulvio Bellocci, Filippo Crea, Maurizio Pieroni
American Heart Journal
July 2008 (Vol. 156, Issue 1, Page e3)
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Obesity and postoperative atrial fibrillation. Is there no connection? Comment on: Wanahita et al. “Atrial fibrillation and obesity—results of a meta-analysis”
Maciej Banach, Jan Henryk Goch, Murat Ugurlucan, Jacek Rysz, Dimitri P. Mikhailidis
American Heart Journal
July 2008 (Vol. 156, Issue 1, Page e5)
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Reversible ischemia as an indication for revascularization in stable angina–One more paradigm to challenge , 24 April 2008
Subodh B. Joshi
American Heart Journal
June 2008 (Vol. 155, Issue 6, Page e45)
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Dual antithrombotic therapy and hypercoagulability in diabetic patients
Marijan Bosevski, Ljubica Georgievska-Ismail, Vladimir Borozanov
American Heart Journal
June 2008 (Vol. 155, Issue 6, Page e47)
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Response to the letter regarding the article “Effects of clopidogrel and aspirin in combination versus aspirin alone on platelet activation and major receptor expression in diabetic patients: The PLavix Use for Treatment of Diabetes (PLUTO-Diabetes) trial” , 28 April 2008
Victor Serebruany
American Heart Journal
June 2008 (Vol. 155, Issue 6, Page e49)
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Distribution of creatine kinase in sedentary and physically active individuals , 28 April 2008
Giuseppe Lippi, Giuseppe Banfi
American Heart Journal
June 2008 (Vol. 155, Issue 6, Page e51)
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Statins in the prevention of postoperative atrial fibrillation: Is there really no effect? , 24 April 2008
Maciej Banach, Jan Henryk Goch, Murat Ugurlucan, Giovanni Mariscalco, Jacek Rysz
American Heart Journal
June 2008 (Vol. 155, Issue 6, Page e53)
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Reply
Salim S. Virani, Christie M. Ballantyne
American Heart Journal
June 2008 (Vol. 155, Issue 6, Pages e55-e56)
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Role of magnetic resonance imaging in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy , 23 April 2008
Robin Nijveldt, Tjeerd Germans, Albert C. van Rossum,
American Heart Journal
June 2008 (Vol. 155, Issue 6, Page e57)
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Vitamin C and mitochondrial uncoupling protein in enhanced dobutamine myocardial contractility
Craig S. McLachlan, Zakaria Almsherqi, Yuru Deng, Slade Matthews, Peter Mossop
American Heart Journal
April 2008 (Vol. 155, Issue 4, Page e29)
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Sodium bicarbonate, N-acetylcysteine, and saline for the prevention of contrast-induced nephropathy , 07 March 2008
Alberto Bouzas-Mosquera, Alejandro Recio-Mayoral
American Heart Journal
April 2008 (Vol. 155, Issue 4, Page e31)
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Monitoring the efficacy of antiplatelet therapy: all methods are equal, but some methods are more equal than others? , 22 February 2008
Daniel Aradi, Margit Tökés-Füzesi, Tünde Paska, András Komócsi
American Heart Journal
April 2008 (Vol. 155, Issue 4, Page e33)
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Monitoring the efficacy of antiplatelet therapy: All methods are equal, but are some methods more equal than others? , 07 March 2008
Stefanos G. Foussas, Michael N. Zairis, Nikolaos G. Patsourakos
American Heart Journal
April 2008 (Vol. 155, Issue 4, Page e35)
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Carotid plaque screening as a motivational tool for healthy behavior , 22 February 2008
David Nanchen, Jacques Cornuz, Nicolas Rodondi, Pascal Bovet
American Heart Journal
April 2008 (Vol. 155, Issue 4, Page e37)
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Response to “Carotid plaque screening as a motivational tool for healthy behavior” by Nanchen et al , 22 February 2008
James H. Stein, Rachael A. Wyman
American Heart Journal
April 2008 (Vol. 155, Issue 4, Page e39)
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Revisiting the role of percutaneous revascularization versus medical therapy for later infarct-related artery occlusion (letter of comment on Ioannidis and Katritsis. Am Heart J. 2007;154:1065-71) , 22 February 2008
Darryn Appleton, Antonio Abbate, Giuseppe G.L. Biondi-Zoccai, Sara Delcré, Mario Bollati, Imad Sheiban, Pierfrancesco Agostoni
American Heart Journal
April 2008 (Vol. 155, Issue 4, Page e41)
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Percutaneous coronary intervention after myocardial infarction and the late open artery hypothesis , 22 February 2008
John P.A. Ioannidis, Demosthenes G. Katritsis
American Heart Journal
April 2008 (Vol. 155, Issue 4, Page e43)
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Letter to the Editor , 21 January 2008
Radhakrishnan Ramaraj
American Heart Journal
March 2008 (Vol. 155, Issue 3, Page e27)
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Effects of beta-erythropoietin treatment on left ventricular remodeling, systolic function, and B-type natriuretic peptide levels in patients with cardiorenal anemia syndrome , 13 February 2008
Przemysław Leszek, Marcin Kruszewski
American Heart Journal
March 2008 (Vol. 155, Issue 3, Page e25)
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Letter to the Editor , 21 January 2008
Hideaki Kaneda
American Heart Journal
March 2008 (Vol. 155, Issue 3, Page e23)
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Letter to the Editor
Ryota Sakurai, Heidi N. Bonneau, Peter J. Fitzgerald, Yasuhiro Honda
American Heart Journal
March 2008 (Vol. 155, Issue 3, Page e21)
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Reply
Alberto Palazzuoli, Donald S. Silverberg
American Heart Journal
March 2008 (Vol. 155, Issue 3, Page e19)
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Reply
Lizzy M. Brewster, Gert A. van Montfrans, August Sturk
American Heart Journal
February 2008 (Vol. 155, Issue 2, Page e3)
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Caveats in determining reference intervals for serum creatine kinase
Margherita Capasso, Maria Vittoria De Angelis, Antonio Di Muzio, Antonino Uncini
American Heart Journal
February 2008 (Vol. 155, Issue 2, Page e5)
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High-sensitivity C-reactive protein for risk stratification in patients with heart failure
Christophe Bauters, Nicolas Lamblin, Pascal de Groote
American Heart Journal
February 2008 (Vol. 155, Issue 2, Page e7)
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Relationship of high sensitivity C reactive peptide (hsCRP) to prognosis and other prognostic markers in outpatients with heart failure
Jonathan David Windram, Poay Huan Loh, Alan S. Rigby, Andrew L. Clark, John G.F. Cleland
American Heart Journal
February 2008 (Vol. 155, Issue 2, Page e9)
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Does lead aVR contain prognostic information in patients with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes? , 10 December 2007
José A. Barrabés, Jaume Figueras
American Heart Journal
February 2008 (Vol. 155, Issue 2, Page e11)
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Letter to the Editor , 10 December 2007
Andrew T. Yan, Raymond T. Yan, Shaun G. Goodman
American Heart Journal
February 2008 (Vol. 155, Issue 2, Page e13)
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Cardiac defibrillators, Kant, and the categorical imperative , 13 December 2007
Antonio L. Ribeiro, Regina Horta Duarte
American Heart Journal
February 2008 (Vol. 155, Issue 2, Page e15)
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Response to “Cardiac defibrillators, Kant, and the categorical imperative” by Ribeiro and Duarte , 10 December 2007
Marc T. Silver
American Heart Journal
February 2008 (Vol. 155, Issue 2, Page e17)
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Letter to the Editor
Alberto Morales Salinas, Greter Lopez Morales, Ramiro Ramos Ramirez
American Heart Journal
January 2008 (Vol. 155, Issue 1, Page e1)
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Metformin therapy in patients with Type 2 diabetes complicated by heart failure , 26 October 2007
Silvio E. Inzucchi, Frederick A. Masoudi, Darren K. McGuire
American Heart Journal
December 2007 (Vol. 154, Issue 6, Page e45)
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Reply , 17 September 2007
Gregg C. Fonarow
American Heart Journal
November 2007 (Vol. 154, Issue 5, Page e21)
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Beta blockers in systolic heart failure: Do physicians need more courage? , 17 September 2007
Mehmet Birhan Yilmaz, Meltem Refiker
American Heart Journal
November 2007 (Vol. 154, Issue 5, Page e23)
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β-Blockers in systolic heart failure: Do physicians need more courage? Response to the Letter to the Editor , 17 September 2007
Anita Deswal, Parag Patel
American Heart Journal
November 2007 (Vol. 154, Issue 5, Page e25)
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Letter to the Editor , 17 September 2007
Daniel A. Waxman
American Heart Journal
November 2007 (Vol. 154, Issue 5, Page e27)
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Letter to the Editor , 17 September 2007
John J. You, Peter C. Austin, Jack V. Tu
American Heart Journal
November 2007 (Vol. 154, Issue 5, Page e29)
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The use of B-type natriuretic peptide to assess volume status in dialysis patients , 17 September 2007
Marta Codognotto, Antonio Piccoli
American Heart Journal
November 2007 (Vol. 154, Issue 5, Page e31)
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Treating Chagas' cardiomyopathy patients with chronic heart failure , 10 October 2007
Fernando A. Botoni, Philip A. Poole-Wilson, Antonio Luiz Ribeiro, Manoel Otávio da Costa Rocha
American Heart Journal
November 2007 (Vol. 154, Issue 5, Page e33)
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Treating patients with Chagas' cardiomyopathy with chronic heart failure in the contemporary era , 28 September 2007
Reinaldo B. Bestetti, Tatiana A.D. Theodoropoulos, Augusto Cardinalli-Neto
American Heart Journal
November 2007 (Vol. 154, Issue 5, Page e35)
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The rise and fall of drug-eluting stents: Time trend analysis in 13647 consecutive patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention , 17 September 2007
David Austin, Keith G. Oldroyd, Jill P. Pell, On behalf of the Scottish Coronary Revascularisation Register Steering Group
American Heart Journal
November 2007 (Vol. 154, Issue 5, Page e37)
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Letter to the Editor , 10 October 2007
Vincenzo Pasceri, Giuseppe Patti, Giulio Speciale, Christian Pristipino, Giuseppe Richichi, Germano Di Sciascio
American Heart Journal
November 2007 (Vol. 154, Issue 5, Page e39)
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Letter to the Editor
Lei Chen, Andrew Tonkin
American Heart Journal
November 2007 (Vol. 154, Issue 5, Page e41)
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Thiazolidinedione therapy and restenosis after coronary stent implantation , 10 October 2007
Evangelos S. Rosmarakis, Matthew E. Falagas
American Heart Journal
November 2007 (Vol. 154, Issue 5, Page e43)
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Is short-term effect of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor clearly known?
Kürşat Kaptan, Cengiz Beyan, Ahmet Ifran
American Heart Journal
August 2007 (Vol. 154, Issue 2, Page e17)
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Response to the letter to the Editor
Hyun-Jae Kang, Hyo-Soo Kim
American Heart Journal
August 2007 (Vol. 154, Issue 2, Page e19)
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Letter to the Editor , 11 May 2007
Sara Piciucchi, Carlo Cosimo Quattrocchi, Rosario Francesco Grasso, Bruno Beomonte Zobel
American Heart Journal
July 2007 (Vol. 154, Issue 1, Page e1)
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Response to the letter to the Editor , 23 May 2007
Henrik Engblom
American Heart Journal
July 2007 (Vol. 154, Issue 1, Page e3)
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Curriculum in cardiology: Integrated diagnosis and management of diastolic heart failure (Am Heart J 2007;153:189-200) , 11 May 2007
Oscar M.P. Jolobe
American Heart Journal
July 2007 (Vol. 154, Issue 1, Page e5)
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Response to the letter to the Editor , 11 May 2007
Kavitha M. Chinnaiyan, Daniel Alexander, Michael Maddens, Peter A. Alexander
American Heart Journal
July 2007 (Vol. 154, Issue 1, Page e7)
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Echocardiographic insights into atrial and ventricular mechanisms of functional tricuspid regurgitation , 04 June 2007
Ze-Zhou Song
American Heart Journal
July 2007 (Vol. 154, Issue 1, Page e9)
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Heart rate variability is dependent on the level of heart rate , 04 June 2007
Tuomo Nieminen, Mika Kähönen, Tiit Kööbi, Kjell Nikus, Jari Viik
American Heart Journal
July 2007 (Vol. 154, Issue 1, Page e13)
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Response to “Heart rate variability is dependent on the level of heart rate” by Nieminen et al , 04 June 2007
Frederick E. Dewey, James V. Freeman, Greg Engel, Raul Oviedo, Nayana Abrol, Natasha Ahmed, Jonathan Myers, Victor F. Froelicher
American Heart Journal
July 2007 (Vol. 154, Issue 1, Page e15)
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Letter to the Editor , 01 May 2007
Frans van de Werf
American Heart Journal
June 2007 (Vol. 153, Issue 6, Page e33)
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Response to the letter to the Editor by van de Werf
Su San Liem, J. Wouter Jukema, Martin J. Schalij
American Heart Journal
June 2007 (Vol. 153, Issue 6, Page e35)
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β-Blockers do not always reduce perioperative events: check catecholamines levels postoperatively: Letter to the Editor
Luiz F. Souza, Ana C. Pereira, Paulo S. Lavinas
American Heart Journal
June 2007 (Vol. 153, Issue 6, Page e37)
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Failure of β-blockers in the reduction of perioperative events: Where did we go wrong? Response to the letter to the Editor by Souza et al , 01 May 2007
Peter A. McCullough
American Heart Journal
June 2007 (Vol. 153, Issue 6, Page e39)
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Letter to the Editor , 20 April 2007
Kürşat Kaptan, Ahmet Ifran, Cengiz Beyan
American Heart Journal
June 2007 (Vol. 153, Issue 6, Page e41)
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Mortality associated with nesiritide: Letter to the Editor
Richard J. Carroll, Zuber D. Mulla, Loran D. Hauck, Audrey Westbrook
American Heart Journal
June 2007 (Vol. 153, Issue 6, Page e43)
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Response , 10 May 2007
Rohit Arora, Prasanna K. Venkatesh, Janos Molnar
American Heart Journal
June 2007 (Vol. 153, Issue 6, Page e45)
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AMPD1 gene polymorphism and survival in patients with stable congestive heart failure
Barry R. Palmer, Chris M. Frampton, A. Mark Richards, Vicky A. Cameron
American Heart Journal
May 2007 (Vol. 153, Issue 5, Page e13)
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The impact of the AMPD1 gene polymorphism on exercise capacity, other prognostic parameters, and survival in patients with stable congestive heart failure. A study on 686 consecutive patients
Pascal de Groote, Frédéric Mouquet, Jean Dallongeville, Nicolas Lamblin, Christophe Bauters
American Heart Journal
May 2007 (Vol. 153, Issue 5, Page e15)
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Letter to the editor by Dr. Duminda N. Wijeysundera , 31 March 2007
Duminda N. Wijeysundera, W. Scott Beattie
American Heart Journal
May 2007 (Vol. 153, Issue 5, Page e17)
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Response to the Letter to the Editor by Dr Wijeysundera , 31 March 2007
Homer Yang, Karen Raymer, Ron Butler, Joel Parlow, Robin Roberts
American Heart Journal
May 2007 (Vol. 153, Issue 5, Page e19)
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Allogeneic blood transfusions and infections after cardiac surgery , 31 March 2007
Marco Ranucci
American Heart Journal
May 2007 (Vol. 153, Issue 5, Page e21)
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Response to the letter to the Editor (allogeneic blood transfusions and infections after cardiac surgery) , 31 March 2007
Mary A.M. Rogers, Neil Blumberg
American Heart Journal
May 2007 (Vol. 153, Issue 5, Page e23)
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Letter of comment on “Intracoronary nitroprusside for the prevention of the no-reflow phenomenon after primary percutaneous coronary intervention in acute myocardial infarction. A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial” (Am Heart J 2006;152:887.e9-14) , 31 March 2007
Tom Vydt, Pierfrancesco Agostoni
American Heart Journal
May 2007 (Vol. 153, Issue 5, Page e25)
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Response to “Letter to the Editor” , 06 March 2007
Guy Amit, Doron Zahger
American Heart Journal
May 2007 (Vol. 153, Issue 5, Page e27)
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Debate on DEBATE , 06 March 2007
Martin Fortin, Cynthia M. Boyd
American Heart Journal
May 2007 (Vol. 153, Issue 5, Page e29)
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Response to Letter to the Editor by Dr Martin Fortin , 06 March 2007
Timo E. Strandberg, Kaisu H. PitKala, Reijo S. Tilvis
American Heart Journal
May 2007 (Vol. 153, Issue 5, Pages e31-e32)
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Letter to the Editor , 26 January 2007
Saurabh Gupta, Andrew D. Michaels
American Heart Journal
March 2007 (Vol. 153, Issue 3, Page e5)
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Bhatt response to the letter to the editor by Michaels , 25 January 2007
Michael S. Chen, Deepak L. Bhatt
American Heart Journal
March 2007 (Vol. 153, Issue 3, Page e7)
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Persisting iatrogenic atrial septal defect after transseptal procedures—what should be done? , 31 January 2007
S. Harikrishnan, KrishnaKumar Nair, Jaganmohan Tharakan
American Heart Journal
March 2007 (Vol. 153, Issue 3, Page e9)
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Response to letter to the editor by Dr. S. Harikrishnan , 31 January 2007
Christoph Hammerstingl
American Heart Journal
March 2007 (Vol. 153, Issue 3, Page e11)
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Authors' reply , 04 September 2006
Nancy M. Allen LaPointe, Judith M. Kramer
American Heart Journal
October 2006 (Vol. 152, Issue 4, Page e45)
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There is still hope for multifaceted intervention in heart failure , 04 September 2006
Jalal K. Ghali
American Heart Journal
October 2006 (Vol. 152, Issue 4, Page e43)
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Controlling the independent variables in the clinical study of prayer: The devil is in the details
Eric J. Burks
American Heart Journal
October 2006 (Vol. 152, Issue 4, Pages e41-e42)
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Letter to the editor by Dr. Adam H. Skolnick , 04 September 2006
Adam H. Skolnick
American Heart Journal
October 2006 (Vol. 152, Issue 4, Page e39)
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Response to letter to the editor by Dr Claudua Stöllberger , 04 September 2006
Rebecca Brown Fountain, David R. Holmes, Krishnaswamy Chandradekaran, Douglas Packer, Samuel Asirvatham, Robert Van Tassel, Zoltan Turi
American Heart Journal
October 2006 (Vol. 152, Issue 4, Pages e37-e38)
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WATCHMAN: An effective protection against stroke?
Claudia Stöllberger, Birke Schneider, Josef Finsterer
American Heart Journal
October 2006 (Vol. 152, Issue 4, Page e35)
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A step towards more ethical prayer studies , 04 September 2006
Peter Hobbins
American Heart Journal
October 2006 (Vol. 152, Issue 4, Page e33)
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A “STEP” in the right direction , 04 September 2006
Steven M. Lilly
American Heart Journal
October 2006 (Vol. 152, Issue 4, Page e31)
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Response to letter to the Editor , 31 July 2006
Joanne Schuijf, Jeroen Bax
American Heart Journal
September 2006 (Vol. 152, Issue 3, Page e29)
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Ethnic differences in heart rate variability: Does ultralow-frequency heart rate variability really measure autonomic tone? , 31 July 2006
Julian F. Thayer, Xiaoling Wang, Harold Snieder
American Heart Journal
September 2006 (Vol. 152, Issue 3, Page e27)
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Intercessory prayer
John matt Dorn
American Heart Journal
September 2006 (Vol. 152, Issue 3, Page e25)
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Multislice computed tomography to rule out coronary artery disease in pilots with acquired left bundle-branch block and low cardiac risk , 31 July 2006
Eric Perrier, Olivier Manen, Said Ghostine, Christophe Caussin, Christian Plotton, Roland Carlioz
American Heart Journal
September 2006 (Vol. 152, Issue 3, Page e23)
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Reduced CD34+, renal anemia, and adverse outcomes
Felicita Andreotti, Giulio Coluzzi, Silvia Cecchetti, Alberto Lavorgna, Francesca Marzo, Filippo Crea, Carlo Rumi
American Heart Journal
August 2006 (Vol. 152, Issue 2, Page e21)
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Response to Letter to the Editor
Albert L. Waldo
American Heart Journal
August 2006 (Vol. 152, Issue 2, Page e19)
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A perspective on antiarrhythmic drug therapy
O.M.P. Jolobe
American Heart Journal
August 2006 (Vol. 152, Issue 2, Page e17)
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Response to Letter to the Editor
Peter Alter
American Heart Journal
July 2006 (Vol. 152, Issue 1, Page e15)
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Letter to the Editor
Reka Faludi, Levente Toth
American Heart Journal
July 2006 (Vol. 152, Issue 1, Page e13)
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What information can an invasive cardiologist obtain from brain natriuretic peptide?
Marcin Grabowski, Krzysztof J. Filipiak
American Heart Journal
July 2006 (Vol. 152, Issue 1, Page e11)
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Matrix metalloproteinase-9 and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 in congestive heart failure
Raquel F. Gerlach, Jose E. Tanus-Santos
American Heart Journal
July 2006 (Vol. 152, Issue 1, Page e9)
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Reply
Gregg C. Fonarow, Tamara B. Horwich, Shervin Eshaghian
American Heart Journal
July 2006 (Vol. 152, Issue 1, Page e7)
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A1c and mortality: An unexpected relationship in patients with advanced heart failure
John A. Tayek
American Heart Journal
July 2006 (Vol. 152, Issue 1, Page e5)
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Brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) and exercise-induced immune reactions: Reply to the letter-to-the-editor of McLachlan and Mossop
Jurgen W. Scharhag, Wilfried Kindermann
American Heart Journal
July 2006 (Vol. 152, Issue 1, Page e3)
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Are elevations of N-terminal probrain natriuretic peptide in endurance athletes after prolonged strenuous exercise due to systemic inflammatory cytokines?
Craig McLachlan, Peter Mossop
American Heart Journal
July 2006 (Vol. 152, Issue 1, Page e1)
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Response to Letter to the Editor
John A. Spertus, on behalf of the Cardiovascular Outcomes Research Consortium
American Heart Journal
June 2006 (Vol. 151, Issue 6, Page e7)
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Letter to the Editor
Daniel L. Riddle,, Otto D. Payton
American Heart Journal
June 2006 (Vol. 151, Issue 6, Page e5)
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Benefits of left atrial appendage occlusion
Jeff S. Healey, Sandra Carroll, Stuart J. Connolly, Eugene Crystal
American Heart Journal
June 2006 (Vol. 151, Issue 6, Page e3)
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Benefits of left atrial appendage occlusion for stroke prevention
Claudia Stöllberger, Birke Schneider, Josef Finsterer
American Heart Journal
June 2006 (Vol. 151, Issue 6, Page e1)
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Schizophrenia and increased risk of cardiovascular disease
Paul Mackin, Hamish McAllister-Williams
American Heart Journal
May 2006 (Vol. 151, Issue 5, Page e13)
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What mediated the beneficial roles of methotrexate in chronic heart failure?
Kaizheng Gong, Zhengang Zhang, Guojie Song
American Heart Journal
May 2006 (Vol. 151, Issue 5, Pages e11-e12)
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Letter to the Editor
Niels P. Riksen, Paul Smits, Gerard A. Rongen
American Heart Journal
May 2006 (Vol. 151, Issue 5, Page e9)
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Response to Aggarwal, Inflammatory response after intervention assesed by serial C-reactive protein measurements correlates with resterosis in patients with coronary stenting (Am Heart J 2005;150:344-50)
Alban Dibra, Albert Schömig, Adnan Kastrati
American Heart Journal
May 2006 (Vol. 151, Issue 5, Page e7)
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Inflammatory response after intervention assessed by serial C-reactive protein measurements correlates with restenosis in patients treated with coronary stenting
Atul Aggarwal
American Heart Journal
May 2006 (Vol. 151, Issue 5, Page e5)
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The vulnerable endothelium: priming the vascular endothelium for thrombosis with unfractionated heparin: biologic plausibility for observations from the Superior Yield of the New Strategy of Enoxaparin, Revascularization and Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Inhibitors (SYNERGY) trial (Am J Heart 2005;150:189-92)
Atul Aggarwal
American Heart Journal
May 2006 (Vol. 151, Issue 5, Page e3)
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Letter to the Editor
Ira D. Galin, Donald A. Smith
American Heart Journal
May 2006 (Vol. 151, Issue 5, Page e1)
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Response to letter to the editor by Cheng
Robert L. Fitzgerald, Alan Maisel, Vikas Bhalla
American Heart Journal
April 2006 (Vol. 151, Issue 4, Page e3)
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Is nesiritide really that good or that bad?
Tsung O. Cheng
American Heart Journal
April 2006 (Vol. 151, Issue 4, Page e1)
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Potential mechanisms between atrial dilatation and atrial fibrillation
Tong Liu, Guang-Ping Li
American Heart Journal
February 2006 (Vol. 151, Issue 2, Page e1)
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Reply to correspondence from Tong Liu and Guangping Li
Ratika Parkash, M.S. Green, on behalf of the CARAF Investigators
American Heart Journal
February 2006 (Vol. 151, Issue 2, Page e3)
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Letter to the Editor
Frank-Ulrich Fricke
American Heart Journal
January 2006 (Vol. 151, Issue 1, Page e1)
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Reply to Dr Fricke
Peter Aspelin, Jonas Lundkvist
American Heart Journal
January 2006 (Vol. 151, Issue 1, Page e3)
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Letter to the Editor
Berthold Hocher
American Heart Journal
January 2006 (Vol. 151, Issue 1, Page e5)
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Reply to Dr Hocher
Peter Aspelin, Jonas Lundkvist
American Heart Journal
January 2006 (Vol. 151, Issue 1, Page e7)
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Correspondence
Harry W. Daniell
American Heart Journal
December 2005 (Vol. 150, Issue 6, Page e1)
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Letter to the Editor
Garrett John Gross, Eric R. Gross, Jason N. Peart
American Heart Journal
December 2005 (Vol. 150, Issue 6, Page e3)
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Anti-inflammatory effect of alcohol and cigarette smoking
Luca Mascitelli, Francesca Pezzetta
American Heart Journal
December 2005 (Vol. 150, Issue 6, Page e5)
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Does alcohol affect CRP levels?
Ignatios Ikonomidis
American Heart Journal
December 2005 (Vol. 150, Issue 6, Page e7)
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Sotalol and amiodarone versus digoxin for conversion of recent onset atrial fibrillation
Henrique Horta Veloso, Angelo A.V. de Paola
American Heart Journal
November 2005 (Vol. 150, Issue 5, Page e1)
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Reply to Veloso
Stuart P. Thomas, Duncan Guy, Elisabeth Wallace, Roselyn Crampton, Pat Kijvanit, Vicki Eipper, David L. Ross, Mark J. Cooper
American Heart Journal
November 2005 (Vol. 150, Issue 5, Page e3)
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Correspondence
Glenn O. Turner
American Heart Journal
October 2005 (Vol. 150, Issue 4, Pages e1-e2)
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Correspondence
Michael J. Lim, J. Gerard Mudd, Morton J. Kern
American Heart Journal
July 2005 (Vol. 150, Issue 1, Page e13)
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Reply to Gasbarrini
Graham Hillis
American Heart Journal
July 2005 (Vol. 150, Issue 1, Page e11)
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Azithromycin on soluble cell adhesion molecules and markers of inflammation in survivors of an acute coronary syndrome
Maurizio Gabrielli, Marcello Candelli, Luca Santarelli, Paolo Pola, Antonio Gasbarrini
American Heart Journal
July 2005 (Vol. 150, Issue 1, Page e9)
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Reply to Al-Shaer, Is atorvastatin more appropriate to use in combination with niacin than simvastatin in patients with the metabolic syndrome? (Am Heart J 2005;149:e17.)
Haralampos J. Milionis, Moses S. Elisaf
American Heart Journal
July 2005 (Vol. 150, Issue 1, Page e7)
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Reply to Ogimoto, Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors as a new therapy for atrial fibrillation? Controversy (Am Heart J 2005;149:e19.)
Azfar G. Zaman, Mark T. Kearney
American Heart Journal
July 2005 (Vol. 150, Issue 1, Page e5)
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Angiotensin I–converting enzyme insertion/insertion genotype as a genetic risk factor for cardiovascular disease
Akiyoshi Ogimoto, Mareomi Hamada, Tetsuro Miki, Jitsuo Higaki
American Heart Journal
July 2005 (Vol. 150, Issue 1, Page e1)
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Reply
Shun Kohsaka, Marco R. Di Tullio
American Heart Journal
May 2005 (Vol. 149, Issue 5, Page e31)
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Assessment of left ventricular mass using echocardiography: Use of fundamental imaging
Nicolas Mansencal, Olivier Dubourg
American Heart Journal
May 2005 (Vol. 149, Issue 5, Page e29)
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Reply
Alvaro Avezum, Marcia Makdisse
American Heart Journal
May 2005 (Vol. 149, Issue 5, Page e27)
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Thrombolytic therapy for eligible elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction
Syed Wamique Yusuf, Kathy A. McLean, Radha A. Mishra
American Heart Journal
May 2005 (Vol. 149, Issue 5, Pages e25-e26)
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Reply
Michael W. Kruse, Jeremy J. Lee
American Heart Journal
March 2005 (Vol. 149, Issue 3, Pages 568-569)
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Letter to the editor
Jeff Nagge, Olavo Fernandes, Jin Huh
American Heart Journal
March 2005 (Vol. 149, Issue 3, Page 567)
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Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors as a new therapy for atrial fibrillation? Controversy
Akiyoshi Ogimoto, Yuji Shigematsu, Jitsuo Higaki, Tetsuro Miki
American Heart Journal
March 2005 (Vol. 149, Issue 3, Page 566)
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Is atorvastatin more appropriate to use in combination with niacin than simvastatin in patients with the metabolic syndrome?
Moutasim H. Al-Shaer
American Heart Journal
March 2005 (Vol. 149, Issue 3, Page 565)
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Transseptal left heart catheterization as an alternative to retrograde left ventricular catheterization for patients with aortic stenosis
Tsung O. Cheng
American Heart Journal
February 2005 (Vol. 149, Issue 2, Page E15)
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Cardiovascular disease in Latin America
Josefina Medina-Lezama, Julio Chirinos-Pacheco, Julio Alonso Chirinos
American Heart Journal
February 2005 (Vol. 149, Issue 2, Page E13)
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Reply
Apoor S. Gami, Thomas A. Holly, James E. Rosenthal
American Heart Journal
February 2005 (Vol. 149, Issue 2, Page E11)
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Letter by Spodick
David H. Spodick
American Heart Journal
February 2005 (Vol. 149, Issue 2, Page E9)
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Reply
Anand Chockalingam
American Heart Journal
February 2005 (Vol. 149, Issue 2, Page E7)
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Aortic stenosis and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors—Rupture of an ancient paradigm?
Carlos F. Barrera-Ramírez, Luis R. Pineda-Pompa, Hermes Ilarraza
American Heart Journal
February 2005 (Vol. 149, Issue 2, Page E5)
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Regarding the mechanism of statin-induced myopathy
Bernard Noël
American Heart Journal
February 2005 (Vol. 149, Issue 2, Page E3)
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Regarding antithrombotic treatment after coronary stenting in patients on chronic oral anticoagulation
Andrea Rubboli, Mauro Colletta, Giuseppe Di Pasquale
American Heart Journal
February 2005 (Vol. 149, Issue 2, Page E1)
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Raffaele De Caterina, Roberto Lorenzoni
American Heart Journal
January 2005 (Vol. 149, Issue 1, Page E2)
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Clopidogrel-aspirin combination for atrial fibrillation: CLAAF is not CLEAR
Shane L. Jackson, Gregory M. Peterson, Luke R. Bereznicki
American Heart Journal
January 2005 (Vol. 149, Issue 1, Page E1)
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The prevalence of structural cardiac abnormalities in patients with myotonic dystrophy type I
Deepak Bhakta, Miriam R. Lowe, William J. Groh
American Heart Journal
December 2004 (Vol. 148, Issue 6, Page e10)
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Cardiac abnormalities in myotonic dystrophy type 1
Josef Finsterer, Claudia Stöllberger
American Heart Journal
December 2004 (Vol. 148, Issue 6, Page e9)
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Gabriele Fragasso, Altin Palloshi, Alberto Margonato
American Heart Journal
December 2004 (Vol. 148, Issue 6, Page e8)
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The potential benefits of trimetazidine in patients with diabetes and ischemic cardiomyopathy
Panagiotis Korantzopoulos, Evaggelos Kountouris, Konstantinos Siogas, Dimitrios Galaris
American Heart Journal
December 2004 (Vol. 148, Issue 6, Page e7)
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Kenji Okumura, Junichiro Kondo, Toyoaki Murohara, Kenji Okumura, Junichiro Kondo, Toyoaki Murohara
American Heart Journal
December 2004 (Vol. 148, Issue 6, Page e6)
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Letter to the editor
Steven G. Coca, Gregory K. Buller
American Heart Journal
December 2004 (Vol. 148, Issue 6, Page e5)
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Darren K. McGuire, L.Kristin Newby
American Heart Journal
December 2004 (Vol. 148, Issue 6, Page e4)
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Letter to the editor
Jeffrey A. Johnson, Sumit R. Majumdar
American Heart Journal
December 2004 (Vol. 148, Issue 6, Page e3)
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Mohamed Y. Rady, Daniel J. Johnson
American Heart Journal
December 2004 (Vol. 148, Issue 6, Page e2)
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Cardiac surgery in octogenarians: The informed decision is not whether to have it, but rather when and where to have it
J.M. Alvarez
American Heart Journal
December 2004 (Vol. 148, Issue 6, Page e1)
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Joseph Kim, Niklas Hammar, Kristina Jakobsson, Russell V. Luepker, Paul G. McGovern, Torbjörn Ivert
American Heart Journal
November 2004 (Vol. 148, Issue 5, Page e7)
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Effect of obesity on risks after coronary artery bypass grafting
Suat Canbaz, Turan Ege, Umit Halici, Enver Duran
American Heart Journal
November 2004 (Vol. 148, Issue 5, Page e6)
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Regarding: Statin use is associated with enhanced collateralization of severely diseased coronary arteries
Stephan Zbinden, Christian Seiler
American Heart Journal
November 2004 (Vol. 148, Issue 5, Page e5)
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Sex-based selection of a method to relieve obstruction in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: A hypothesis or more?
Paweł Petkow Dimitrow
American Heart Journal
November 2004 (Vol. 148, Issue 5, Page e4)
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Letter
Mathias H. Aazami
American Heart Journal
November 2004 (Vol. 148, Issue 5, Page e3)
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Regarding: Right ventricular cardiac dysfunction in HIV-infected patients studied with radionuclide ventriculography
Giuseppe Barbaro
American Heart Journal
November 2004 (Vol. 148, Issue 5, Page e2)
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Left atrial thrombi, transient ischemic attacks, and atrial fibrillation
Claudia Stöllberger, Josef Finsterer
American Heart Journal
November 2004 (Vol. 148, Issue 5, Page e1)
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Hippocrates on heart failure
Tsung O Cheng
American Heart Journal
July 2004 (Vol. 148, Issue 1, Pages e1-e2)
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Therapeutic strategy in atrial fibrillation
Laurent Fauchier, Jean Paul Fauchier
American Heart Journal
December 2003 (Vol. 146, Issue 6, Page E1)
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D.George Wyse
American Heart Journal
December 2003 (Vol. 146, Issue 6, Page E2)
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Is left atrial appendage occlusion during routine coronary artery bypass graft surgery useful for stroke prevention?
Stöllberger Claudia, Schneider Birke, Finsterer Josef
American Heart Journal
December 2003 (Vol. 146, Issue 6, Page E3)
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Manlio F. Márquez, Gustavo Pastelín
American Heart Journal
October 2003 (Vol. 146, Issue 4, Pages E3-E8)
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Hiccup as an electrocardiographic artifact simulating arrhythmias
Tsung O. Cheng
American Heart Journal
October 2003 (Vol. 146, Issue 4, Pages E1-E2)
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Left bundle branch block is not equivalent to “absent septal q wave”
David H. Spodick
American Heart Journal
September 2003 (Vol. 146, Issue 3, Page E2)
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Measurement of the effect of ticlopidine with the platelet function analyser (pfa-100) during coronary stent implantation
Maurizio Fattorutto
American Heart Journal
September 2003 (Vol. 146, Issue 3, Page E1)
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Don’t shoot the messenger: the 6-minute walk test is a useful outcome measure in exercise trials
Miles D. Witham, Marion E.T. McMurdo
American Heart Journal
August 2003 (Vol. 146, Issue 2, Page E2)
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Diabetes mellitus and acute myocardial infarction: more data supporting a poorer microvasculature reperfusion
Raúl Moreno, Rosana Hernández-Antolín, Fernando Alfonso, Carlos Macaya
American Heart Journal
August 2003 (Vol. 146, Issue 2, Page E1)
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