Circulation Electronic Pages:

Skin Manifestations, Multiple Aneurysms, and Carotid-Cavernous Fistula in Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Type IV

Jay-Hyun Koh, Joo Sung Kim, Seung-Chyul Hong, Yeon Hyeon Choe, Young Soo Do, Hong Sik Byun, Won Ro Lee, and Duk-Kyung Kim
Circulation 1999 100: e57 - e58
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Editorials:

Lack of Association of Infectious Agents With Risk of Future Myocardial Infarction and Stroke : Definitive Evidence Disproving the Infection/Coronary Artery Disease Hypothesis?

Stephen E. Epstein and Jianhui Zhu
Circulation 1999 100: 1366 - 1368
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In Memoriam:

C. Walton Lillehei, the "Father of Open Heart Surgery"

Circulation 1999 100: 1364 - 1365
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Brief Rapid Communications:

Chlamydia pneumoniae Infection of Vascular Smooth Muscle and Endothelial Cells Activates NF-B and Induces Tissue Factor and PAI-1 Expression : A Potential Link to Accelerated Arteriosclerosis

Ralf Dechend, M. Maass, J. Gieffers, R. Dietz, C. Scheidereit, A. Leutz, and D. C. Gulba
Circulation 1999 100: 1369 - 1373
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Clinical Investigations and Reports:

Evidence for Prothrombotic Effects of Exercise and Limited Protection by Aspirin

Nailin Li, N. Håkan Wallén, and Paul Hjemdahl
Circulation 1999 100: 1374 - 1379
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Constrictive Pericarditis in the Modern Era : Evolving Clinical Spectrum and Impact on Outcome After Pericardiectomy

Lieng H. Ling, Jae K. Oh, Hartzell V. Schaff, Gordon K. Danielson, Douglas W. Mahoney, James B. Seward, and A. Jamil Tajik
Circulation 1999 100: 1380 - 1386
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Association Between Local Pulse Pressure, Mean Blood Pressure, and Large-Artery Remodeling

Pierre Boutouyrie, Caroline Bussy, Patrick Lacolley, Xavier Girerd, Brigitte Laloux, and Stéphane Laurent
Circulation 1999 100: 1387 - 1393
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1166 A/C Polymorphism of the Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Gene and the Response to Short-Term Infusion of Angiotensin II

Karl F. Hilgers, Matthias R. W. Langenfeld, Markus Schlaich, Roland Veelken, and Roland E. Schmieder
Circulation 1999 100: 1394 - 1399
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Vasodilation to Bradykinin Is Mediated by an Ouabain-Sensitive Pathway as a Compensatory Mechanism for Impaired Nitric Oxide Availability in Essential Hypertensive Patients

Stefano Taddei, Lorenzo Ghiadoni, Agostino Virdis, Simona Buralli, and Antonio Salvetti
Circulation 1999 100: 1400 - 1405
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Impaired Pulmonary Diffusion During Exercise in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure

Alan A. Smith, Peter J. Cowburn, Matthew E. Parker, Martin Denvir, Sundeep Puri, Kanti R. Patel, and John G. F. Cleland
Circulation 1999 100: 1406 - 1410
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Screening of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome by Heart Rate Variability Analysis

Frédéric Roche, Jean-Michel Gaspoz, Isabelle Court-Fortune, Pascal Minini, Vincent Pichot, David Duverney, Frédéric Costes, Jean-René Lacour, and Jean-Claude Barthélémy
Circulation 1999 100: 1411 - 1415
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Dynamic Behavior and Autonomic Regulation of Ectopic Atrial Pacemakers

Heikki V. Huikuri, Aino-Maija Poutiainen, Timo H. Mäkikallio, M. Juhani Koistinen, K. E. Juhani Airaksinen, Raul D. Mitrani, Robert J. Myerburg, and Agustin Castellanos
Circulation 1999 100: 1416 - 1422
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Basic Science Reports:

Inhibition of Angiogenesis by Thrombospondin-1 Is Mediated by 2 Independent Regions Within the Type 1 Repeats

M. Luisa Iruela-Arispe, Michele Lombardo, Henry C. Krutzsch, Jack Lawler, and David D. Roberts
Circulation 1999 100: 1423 - 1431
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Endothelial Vasodilator Function Is Preserved at the Spastic/Inflammatory Coronary Lesions in Pigs

Kenji Miyata, Hiroaki Shimokawa, Tohru Yamawaki, Ikuko Kunihiro, Xuchen Zhou, Taiki Higo, Eriko Tanaka, Naoki Katsumata, Kensuke Egashira, and Akira Takeshita
Circulation 1999 100: 1432 - 1437
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Total Complement Inhibition : An Effective Strategy to Limit Ischemic Injury During Coronary Revascularization on Cardiopulmonary Bypass

Harold L. Lazar, Yusheng Bao, Jennifer Gaudiani, Samuel Rivers, and Henry Marsh
Circulation 1999 100: 1438 - 1442
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Mast Cells Cause Apoptosis of Cardiomyocytes and Proliferation of Other Intramyocardial Cells In Vitro

Masatake Hara, Akira Matsumori, Koh Ono, Hiroshi Kido, Myung-Woo Hwang, Tadashi Miyamoto, Atsushi Iwasaki, Masaharu Okada, Kazuki Nakatani, and Shigetake Sasayama
Circulation 1999 100: 1443 - 1449
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Role of Papillary Muscle in the Generation and Maintenance of Reentry During Ventricular Tachycardia and Fibrillation in Isolated Swine Right Ventricle

Young-Hoon Kim, Fagen Xie, Masaaki Yashima, Tsu-Juey Wu, Miguel Valderrábano, Moon-Hyoung Lee, Toshihiko Ohara, Olga Voroshilovsky, Rahul N. Doshi, Michael C. Fishbein, Zhilin Qu, Alan Garfinkel, James N. Weiss, Hrayr S. Karagueuzian, and Peng-Sheng Chen
Circulation 1999 100: 1450 - 1459
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Images in Cardiovascular Medicine:

Pseudothrombocytopenia After Abciximab (ReoPro) Treatment

Stephan Moll, Imke Poepping, Sven Hauck, Dietrich Gulba, and Rainer Dietz
Circulation 1999 100: 1460
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Correspondence:

Documentation for the Sake of Documentation? • Response

David Grant, Joseph P. Frolkis, Pamela Suhan, Jonathan Schwartz, and Stephen J. Zyzanski
Circulation 1999 100: 1461
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Postoperative Readmissions to Hospital Do Not Result From Controlled Early Discharge

Bernard G. Krohn
Circulation 1999 100: 1461 - 1462
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As Americans, We Should Get This Right • Response

N. Sydney Moise, Charles Antzelevitch, and Wataru Shimizu
Circulation 1999 100: 1462
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Activation of Nuclear Factor-B in Unstable Angina • Response

Nicholas Jenkins and Michael E. Ritchie
Circulation 1999 100: 1462 - 1463
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ACC/AHA Practice Guidelines:

ACC/AHA Guidelines for Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery: Executive Summary and Recommendations : A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee to Revise the 1991 Guidelines for Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery)

Kim A. Eagle, Robert A. Guyton, Ravin Davidoff, Gordon A. Ewy, James Fonger, Timothy J. Gardner, John Parker Gott, Howard C. Herrmann, Robert A. Marlow, William Nugent, Gerald T. O'Connor, Thomas A. Orszulak, Richard E. Rieselbach, William L. Winters, Salim Yusuf, Raymond J. Gibbons, Joseph S. Alpert, Kim A. Eagle, Timothy J. Gardner, Arthur Garson, Jr, Gabriel Gregoratos, Richard O. Russell, Thomas J. Ryan, and Sidney C. Smith, Jr
Circulation 1999 100: 1464 - 1480
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AHA/ACC Scientific Statement:

Assessment of Cardiovascular Risk by Use of Multiple-Risk-Factor Assessment Equations : A Statement for Healthcare Professionals From the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology

Scott M. Grundy, Richard Pasternak, Philip Greenland, Sidney Smith, Jr, and Valentin Fuster
Circulation 1999 100: 1481 - 1492
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