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Cardiovascular News

Ruth SoRelle
Circulation 2004 109: e9013 - e9014, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000125297.77577.03
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Circulation Announcement Page:

March 2, 2004

James T. Willerson
Circulation 2004 109: 941
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Brief Rapid Communications:

Impaired Myocardial Perfusion Is a Major Explanation of the Poor Outcome Observed in Patients Undergoing Primary Angioplasty for ST-Segment–Elevation Myocardial Infarction and Signs of Heart Failure

Giuseppe De Luca, Arnoud W.J. van’t Hof, Menko-Jan de Boer, Jan C.A. Hoorntje, A.T. Marcel Gosselink, Jan-Henk E. Dambrink, Jan Paul Ottervanger, Felix Zijlstra, and Harry Suryapranata
Circulation 2004 109: 958 - 961; published online before print February 23 2004, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000120504.31457.28
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Effects of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction and Left Ventricular Dysfunction After Successful Reperfusion

Lazaros A. Nikolaidis, Sunil Mankad, George G. Sokos, Glen Miske, Ankur Shah, Dariush Elahi, and Richard P. Shannon
Circulation 2004 109: 962 - 965; published online before print February 23 2004, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000120505.91348.58
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Clinical Investigations and Reports:

Ezetimibe Effectively Reduces Plasma Plant Sterols in Patients With Sitosterolemia

G. Salen, K. von Bergmann, D. Lütjohann, P. Kwiterovich, J. Kane, S.B. Patel, T. Musliner, P. Stein, B. Musser the Multicenter Sitosterolemia Study Group
Circulation 2004 109: 966 - 971; published online before print February 9 2004, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000116766.31036.03
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Mechanisms of Exercise Intolerance: Insights From Tissue Doppler Imaging

Stanislaw J. Skaluba and Sheldon E. Litwin
Circulation 2004 109: 972 - 977; published online before print February 16 2004, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000117405.74491.D2
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Improvement of Left Ventricular Function After Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Is Predicted by Tissue Doppler Imaging Echocardiography

Martin Penicka, Jozef Bartunek, Bernard De Bruyne, Marc Vanderheyden, Marc Goethals, Marc De Zutter, Pedro Brugada, and Peter Geelen
Circulation 2004 109: 978 - 983; published online before print February 9 2004, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000116765.43251.D7
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Usefulness of B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Assay in the Assessment of Symptomatic State in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Barry J. Maron, Venkatakrishna N. Tholakanahalli, Andrey G. Zenovich, Susan A. Casey, Daniel Duprez, Dorothee M. Aeppli, and Jay N. Cohn
Circulation 2004 109: 984 - 989; published online before print February 16 2004, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000117098.75727.D8
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Mortality in Patients After a Recent Myocardial Infarction: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Azimilide Using Heart Rate Variability for Risk Stratification

A. John Camm, Craig M. Pratt, Peter J. Schwartz, Hussein R. Al-Khalidi, Maria J. Spyt, Michael J. Holroyde, Roger Karam, Edmund H. Sonnenblick, Jose M.G. Brum on Behalf of the AzimiLide post Infarct surVival Evaluation (ALIVE) Investigators
Circulation 2004 109: 990 - 996; published online before print February 16 2004, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000117090.01718.2A
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Safety and Efficacy of Enoxaparin Compared With Unfractionated Heparin and Oral Anticoagulants for Prevention of Thromboembolic Complications in Cardioversion of Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation: The Anticoagulation in Cardioversion using Enoxaparin (ACE) Trial

Christoph Stellbrink, Uwe Nixdorff, Thomas Hofmann, Walter Lehmacher, Werner Günther Daniel, Peter Hanrath, Christoph Geller, Andreas Mügge, Walter Sehnert, Caroline Schmidt-Lucke, Jan-André Schmidt-Lucke on Behalf of the ACE (Anticoagulation in Cardioversion using Enoxaparin) Study Group
Circulation 2004 109: 997 - 1003; published online before print February 16 2004, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000120509.64740.DC
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Renal Insufficiency and Heart Failure: Prognostic and Therapeutic Implications From a Prospective Cohort Study

Finlay A. McAlister, Justin Ezekowitz, Marcello Tonelli, and Paul W. Armstrong
Circulation 2004 109: 1004 - 1009; published online before print February 9 2004, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000116764.53225.A9
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Progression of Early Carotid Atherosclerosis Is Only Temporarily Reduced After Antibiotic Treatment of Chlamydia pneumoniae Seropositivity

Dirk Sander, Kerstin Winbeck, Jürgen Klingelhöfer, Thorleif Etgen, and Bastian Conrad
Circulation 2004 109: 1010 - 1015; published online before print February 9 2004, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000117232.30832.EC
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging Identifies the Fibrous Cap in Atherosclerotic Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

Christopher M. Kramer, Lisa A. Cerilli, Klaus Hagspiel, Joseph M. DiMaria, Frederick H. Epstein, and John A. Kern
Circulation 2004 109: 1016 - 1021; published online before print February 16 2004, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000116767.95046.C2
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Basic Science Reports:

Remnant Lipoprotein Particles Induce Apoptosis in Endothelial Cells by NAD(P)H Oxidase–Mediated Production of Superoxide and Cytokines via Lectin-Like Oxidized Low-Density Lipoprotein Receptor-1 Activation: Prevention by Cilostazol

Hwa Kyoung Shin, Yong Ki Kim, Ki Young Kim, Jeong Hyun Lee, and Ki Whan Hong
Circulation 2004 109: 1022 - 1028; published online before print February 16 2004, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000117403.64398.53
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Adenoviral Catheter-Mediated Intramyocardial Gene Transfer Using the Mature Form of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor-D Induces Transmural Angiogenesis in Porcine Heart

Juha Rutanen, Tuomas T. Rissanen, Johanna E. Markkanen, Marcin Gruchala, Päivi Silvennoinen, Antti Kivelä, Antti Hedman, Marja Hedman, Tommi Heikura, Maija-Riitta Ordén, Steven A. Stacker, Marc G. Achen, Juha Hartikainen, and Seppo Ylä-Herttuala
Circulation 2004 109: 1029 - 1035; published online before print February 16 2004, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000115519.03688.A2
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Reoxygenation of Hypoxic Coronary Smooth Muscle Cells Amplifies Growth-Retarding Effects of Ionizing Irradiation

Amina Arab, Thorsten Grumann, Roland Guttenberger, Christoph Bode, and Christoph Hehrlein
Circulation 2004 109: 1036 - 1040; published online before print February 16 2004, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000117404.65853.AF
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Pressure-Induced Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Contributes to Early Hypertensive Remodeling

Stéphanie Lehoux, Catherine A. Lemarié, Bruno Esposito, H. Roger Lijnen, and Alain Tedgui
Circulation 2004 109: 1041 - 1047; published online before print February 16 2004, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000115521.95662.7A
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Slow Conduction and Enhanced Anisotropy Increase the Propensity for Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias in Adult Mice With Induced Deletion of Connexin43

Harold V.M. van Rijen, Dominik Eckardt, Joachim Degen, Martin Theis, Thomas Ott, Klaus Willecke, Habo J. Jongsma, Tobias Opthof, and Jacques M.T. de Bakker
Circulation 2004 109: 1048 - 1055; published online before print February 16 2004, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000117402.70689.75
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Leukocyte-Targeted Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography Can Assess the Degree of Acute Allograft Rejection in a Rat Cardiac Transplantation Model

Isao Kondo, Koji Ohmori, Akira Oshita, Hiroto Takeuchi, Junji Yoshida, Kaori Shinomiya, Sachiko Fuke, Takeo Suzuki, Katsufumi Mizushige, and Masakazu Kohno
Circulation 2004 109: 1056 - 1061; published online before print February 16 2004, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000115586.25803.D5
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Special Reports:

Cardiovascular Consequences of Sleep-Disordered Breathing: Past, Present and Future: Report of a Workshop From the National Center on Sleep Disorders Research and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Stuart F. Quan and Bernard J. Gersh
Circulation 2004 109: 951 - 957, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000118216.84358.22
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Review: Clinical Cardiology: New Frontiers:

Novel Approaches to Cardiac Valve Repair: From Structure to Function: Part I

Magdi H. Yacoub and Lawrence H. Cohn
Circulation 2004 109: 942 - 950, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000115633.19829.5E
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Images in Cardiovascular Medicine:

Bubbles in the Heart

Girolamo Catapano, Giovanni Gambassi, and Raffaele Antonelli Incalzi
Circulation 2004 109: e145, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000120164.51838.31
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