2010

The Association of Metabolic Syndrome and Insulin Resistance with Incident Heart Failure is Independent of Each Other and Other Risk Factors including C-Reactive Protein, Ravi V. Desai MD; Prakash Deedwania MD; Mustafa I. Ahmed MD; Marjan Mujib MD, MPH; Yan Zhang MS, MSPH; Wilbert S. Aronow MD; Gregg C. Fonarow MD; and Ali Ahmed MD, MPH (Poster)

Is the Association of Left Ventricular Geometry with Cardiovascular Outcomes Independent of Left Ventricular Mass?, Ravi V. Desai MD; Marjan Mujib MD, MPH; Mustafa I. Ahmed MD; Larry E. Jacobs MD; Gregg C. Fonarow MD; Wilbert S. Aronow MD; Michael Zile MD; and Ali Ahmed MD, MPH (Poster)

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Coagulation factor IXa as a target for treatment and prophylaxis of venous thromboembolism., John W Eikelboom, Steven Zelenkofske, and Christopher P Rusconi (Article)

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A Prospective Population Study of the Rate and Risk of Hospitalization among Medicare-Eligible Community-Dwelling Older Adults with Incident Heart Failure, O J. Ekundayo, M Ahmed, Ravi R. Desai MD, M Mujib, Y Zhang, M Feller, R Allman, G Fonarow, G Howard, and A Ahmed (Article)

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Limb ischemia during femoral cannulation for cardiopulmonary support., Paul J Foley, Rohinton J Morris, Edward Y Woo, Michael A Acker, Grace J Wang, Ronald M Fairman, and Benjamin M Jackson MD (Article)

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Management of Advanced Heart Failure, Ronald S. Freudenberger MD (Book Chapter)

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The Impact of a Mental Health-Related Diagnosis on Readmission Rates for Heart Failure, Ronald S. Freudenberger MD; Carol A. Foltz PhD; Lou A. Lukas MD; Donna F. Petruccelli CRNP; Hannah D. Paxton RN, MPH; and Victoria Sabella BSN (Poster)

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What is the Appropriate Approach to Prevention of Thromboembolism in Heart Failure?, Ronald S. Freudenberger MD, Matthew M. Schumaecker, and Shunichi Homma MD (Article)

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Prescription Program: A Pilot Randomized Comparator Trial (Poster), Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP; Gavin C. Barr Jr. MD; Valerie Rupp RN, BSN; Nainesh Patel MD; Kevin Weaver DO; Kimberly Hamilton BA; and James F. Reed III PhD (Poster)

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Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Prescription Program: A Prospective Randomized Pilot Study, Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP; Gavin Barr MD; Valerie Rupp RN, BSN; Nainesh C. Patel MD; Kevin R. Weaver DO; Kimberly Hamilton BA; and James F. Reed III PhD (Poster)

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Isolated Diastolic Hypotension is a Risk Factor for Incident Heart Failure in Community-Dwelling Older Adults with Wide Pulse Pressure, J Guichard, Ravi V. Desai MD, M Ahmed, M Mujib, S Zieman, M White, W Aronow, G Aronow, and A Ahmed (Article)

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Serial observations and mutational analysis of an adoptee with family history of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy., Bronwyn Harris, Jean P Pfotenhauer, Cheri Silverstein Fadlon MD, Larry W Markham, Kim Schafer, Vernat J Exil, and Charles C Hong (Article)

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ECG-Gated Dual-Source CT for Detection of Left Atrial Appendage Thrombus in Patients Undergoing Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation, Suraj Kapa MD; Matthew W. Martinez; Eric E. Williamson MD; Steve R. Ommen MD; Imran S. Syed MD; DaLi Feng MD; Douglas L. Packer MD; and Peter A. Brady MD, FRCP (Article)

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A Comparison of Assessment of Coronary Calcium vs Carotid Intima Media Thickness for Determination of Vascular Age and Adjustment of the Framingham Risk Score, Yasser K. Khalil MD; Bertrand Mukete MD; Michael J. Durkin MD; June Coccia MS, RVT; and Martin E. Matsumura MD (Article)

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A Brugada-Pattern Electrocardiogram and Adrenal Insufficiency, Yasser K. Khalil MD, Sultan M. Siddique MD, and Nghia Hoang (Article)

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Thoracic aortic endograft explant: a single-center experience., Melissa L Kirkwood, Alberto Pochettino, Ronald M Fairman, Benjamin M Jackson MD, Edward Y Woo, and Grace J Wang (Article)

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Comparison of Catheterization Laboratory Initiated Abciximab and Eptifibatide During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Acute Coronary Syndromes (an ACUITY Substudy), Ajay J. Kirtane MD, Helen Parise ScD, Roxana Mehran MD, Jeffrey W. Moses MD, Martin Fahy MSc, Michel E. Bertrand MD, E Magnus Ohman MD, Harvey D. White DSc, Frederick Feit MD, Antonio Colombo MD, Brent T. McLaurin MD, David A. Cox MD, James H. Ware PhD, Stuart J. Pocock PhD, Alexandra J. Lansky MD, and Gregg W. Stone MD (Article)

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Acute Pericarditis Induced Stress Cardiomyopathy, Janette W. Li MD; Sudip Nanda MD, FACP; and Santo Longo MD (Article)

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Is Carotid Artery Disease Responsible for Perioperative Strokes After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery?, Yuebing Li MD, PhD; John Castaldo MD; Jan Van der Heyden MD; and Herbert W. M Plokker MD, PhD (Article)

The New Indications for Device Therapy in Patients at Risk for Sudden Cardiac Arrest, Robert F. Malacoff MD, FACC (Presentation)

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Saphenous vein graft aneurysm., A Malik, Yaqoob Mohyuddin MD, P Chien, and A Yekta (Article)

Cardiac MRI and CTA for Cardiomyopathies, Matthew W. Martinez MD (Presentation)

Cardiac MRI and CTA in Pericardial Disease, Matthew W. Martinez MD (Presentation)

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Evaluation and Treatment of Patients Who Are Candidates for and are Undergoing Orthotopic Heart Transplant, Paul Mather and Stephen Olex MD (Book Chapter)

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Heart Failure, Paul Mather and Stephen Olex MD (Book Chapter)

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Poor Childhood Dental Care: A Risk Factor for the Development of Coronary Artery Disease and Potential New Target for CAD Prevention, Martin E. Matsumura MD, Taylor Trapp, and Shameer Ahmed (Poster)

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Influence of Sex on Long-Term Outcomes After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention with the Paclitaxel-Eluting Coronary Stent: Results of the "TAXUS Woman" Analysis, Ghada W. Mikhail MD; Robert T. Gerber MD, PhD; David A. Cox MD; Stephen G. Ellis MD; John M. Lasala MD, PhD; John A. Ormiston MBChB; Gregg W. Stone MD; Mark A. Turco MD; Anita A. Joshi PhD; Donald S. Baim MD; and Antonio Colombo MD (Article)

Pre-Hospital Electrocardiogram Interpretation and Early Activation for ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients Reduces Door to Balloon Times and Hospital Length of Stay, Andrew C. Miller DO; Gerald A. Coleman III DO; Richard S. MacKenzie MD; David M. Richardson MD; J Patrick Kleaveland MD; David A. Cox MD; Bruce Feldman DO; Anne Marie Crown; and Valerie A. Rupp RN, BSN (Poster)

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Left Atrial Enlargement is Associated with Postoperative Respiratory Failure and Mortality, Bertrand N. Mukete MD; Christina Dunbar DO, MPH; Matthew M. Miller DO; Sherrine Eid MPH; and Bruce Feldman DO (Poster)

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Superficial Siderosis – Mechanism of Disease: An Alternative Hypothesis, Sudip Nanda MD, FACP; Shree Gopal-Sharma; and Santo Longo MD (Article)

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Ranolazine—Treatment of Ventricular Tachycardia and Symptomatic Ventricular Premature Beats in Ischemic Cardiomyopathy, Sudip Nanda MD, FACP; Vadim Levin MD; Matthew W. Martinez; and Ronald S. Freudenberger MD (Article)

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Clinical Images: A Rare Presentation of Colonic Pseudoobstruction in CREST, Sudip Nanda MD, FACP and Santo Longo MD (Article)

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Unicuspid Aortic Valve, Hand Anomalies: A Heart-Hand Syndrome, Sudip Nanda MD, FACP; Santo Longo MD; and Mohammad Arastu MD (Article)

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Ranolazine is Effective for Acute or Chronic Ischemic Dysfunction with Heart Failure, Sudip Nanda MD, FACP; Matthew W. Martinez MD; and Tanujit Dey PhD (Letter to the Editor)

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Therapeutic Medical Hypothermia--A Multispecialty Approach, Sudip Nanda MD, FACP; Nainesh Patel MD; Surya P. Bhatt MD; Claranne Mathiesen RN, MSN, CNRN; John Castaldo MD; Shree G. Sharma MD; and Santo Longo MD (Article)

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Catastrophic Rapid Onset Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia--Victim of Our Own Success, Sudip Nanda MD, FACP; Shree G. Sharma MD; and Santo Longo MD (Article)

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Atrial Fibrillation--Advances in Drug Therapy, Sudip Nanda MD, FACP; Sultan M. Siddique; Matthew W. Martinez MD; Shree G. Sharma MD; Nainesh C. Patel MD; and Santo Longo MD (Article)

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Mast Cell Stabilization Decreases Cardiomyocyte and LV Function in Dogs with Isolated Mitral Regurgitation., Betty Pat, Cheryl Killingsworth, Yuanwen Chen, James D. Gladden MD, Greg Walcott, Pamela C. Powell, Thomas S. Denney Jr PhD, Himanshu Gupta MD, Ravi V. Desai MD, Michael Tillson, A Ray Dillon, and Louis J. Dell'italia MD (Article)

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Therapeutic Hypothermia in Cardiac Arrest, Nainesh Patel MD; Sudip Nanda MD, FACP; Barbara Tate Unger RN; and Michael R. Mooney MD (Book Chapter)

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Pathogenesis of sudden unexpected death in a clinical trial of patients with myocardial infarction and left ventricular dysfunction, heart failure, or both., Anne-Catherine Pouleur, Ebrahim Barkoudah, Hajime Uno, Hicham Skali, Peter V Finn, Steven Zelenkofske, Yuri N Belenkov, Viacheslav Mareev, Eric J Velazquez, Jean L Rouleau, Aldo P Maggioni, Lars Køber, Robert M Califf, John J V McMurray, Marc A Pfeffer, and Scott D Solomon (Article)

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Translating nucleic acid aptamers to antithrombotic drugs in cardiovascular medicine., Thomas J Povsic, Bruce A Sullenger, Steven Zelenkofske, Christopher P Rusconi, and Richard C Becker (Article)

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Sleep Disordered Breathing, Daytime Symptoms, and Functional Performance in Stable Heart Failure, Nancy S. Redeker PhD, RN; Ulrike Muench MSN, APRN; Mark J. Zucker MD, JD; Joyce Walsleben PhD, RN; Michelle Gilbert MSN, NP-C, CRRN, CNN; Ronald S. Freudenberger MD; Ming Cheng MD, RPSGT; Della Campbell PhD; Laura Adams RN, CCRC; and David M. Rapoport MD (Article)

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MI Alert ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) Real Time Data Feedback: A Patient Quality of Care Initiative, Orlando E. Rivera RN, Nainesh C. Patel MD, and Bruce Feldman DO (Article)

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Incident Cardioversion is Associated with Reduced Mortality among Older Adults with Atrial Fibrillation: Insights from the AFFIRM Trial, B Roy, Ravi V. Desai MD, S Zieman, M Ahmed, G C. Fonarow, W S. Aronow, and A Ahmed (Article)

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Impact of Femoral Vascular Closure Devices and Antithrombotic Therapy on Access Site Bleeding in Acute Coronary Syndromes - The Acute Catheterization and Urgent Intervention Triage Strategy (ACUITY) Trial, Timothy A. Sanborn MD, Ramin Ebrahimi MD, Steven V. Manoukian MD, Brent T. McLaurin MD, David A. Cox MD, Frederick Feit MD, Martial Hamon MD, Roxana Mehran MD, and Gregg W. Stone MD (Article)

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Relation of Pre-Event Use of Inhibitors of the Renin-Angiotensin System With Myocardial Infarct Size in Patients Presenting With a First ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction, Nasir Shariff, Christina Dunbar DO, and Martin E. Matsumura MD (Article)

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Demographic Determinants and Effect of Pre-Operative Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors and Angiotensin Receptor Blockers on the Occurrence of Atrial Fibrillation After CABG Surgery, Nasir Shariff, Steven Zelenkofske, Sherrine Eid, Michael J. Weiss, and Muneeruddin Q. Mohammed (Article)

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Angiogenesis and the Heart, Shree G. Sharma MD; Sudip Nanda MD, FACP; and Santo Longo (Article)

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Anti-Angiogenic Therapy in Renal Cell Carcinoma, Shree G. Sharma MD; Sudip Nanda MD, FACP; and Santo Longo MD (Article)

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Impact of Delay to Angioplasty in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes Undergoing Invasive Management : Analysis From the ACUITY (Acute Catheterization and Urgent Intervention Triage strategY) Trial, Paul Sorajja MD; Bernard J. Gersh MB, ChB, DPhil; David A. Cox MD; Michael G. McLaughlin MD; Peter Zimetbaum MD; Costantino Constantini MD; Thomas D. Stuckey MD; James E. Tcheng MD; Roxana Mehran MD; Alexandra J. Lansky MD; Cindy L. Grines MD; and Gregg W. Stone MD (Article)

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Atrial pacing or ventricular backup-only pacing in implantable cardioverter-defibrillator patients., Michael O Sweeney, Kenneth A Ellenbogen, Anthony S L Tang, David Whellan, Peter T Mortensen, Francesco Giraldi, David A Sandler, Lou Sherfesee, Todd Sheldon, and Vadim A. Levin MD (Article)

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Role of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Detection of Cardiac Amyloidosis, Imran S. Syed MD; James F. Glockner MD; DaLi Feng MD; Philip A. Araoz MD; Matthew W. Martinez; William D. Edwards MD; Morie A. Gertz MD; Angela Dispenzieri MD; Jae K. Oh MD; Diego Bellavia MD, PhD; A Jamil Tajik MD; and Martha Grogan MD (Article)

New Innovations in Heart Valve Surgery, Gary W. Szydlowski MD (Presentation)

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Celiac artery aneurysm repair in Behcet disease complicated by recurrent thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms., Brant W Ullery, Alberto Pochettino, Grace J Wang, Benjamin M Jackson MD, Ronald M Fairman, and Edward Y Woo (Article)

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A composite approach to thoracic aortic stent grafting., Grace J Wang, Wilson Y Szeto, Ronald M Fairman, Edward Y Woo, Joseph E. Bavaria MD, and Benjamin M Jackson MD (Article)

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Outcome of Traumatic Aortic Rupture: A 14-Year Experience, Matthew Wilson, James K. Wu, Sanjay M. Mehta MD, Theodore G. Phillips MD, Raymond L. Singer MD, Michael F. Szwerc MD, and Gary W. Szydlowski MD (Poster)

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A novel approach to in vivo mitral valve stress analysis., Chun Xu, Clay J Brinster, Arminder S Jassar, Mathieu Vergnat, Thomas J Eperjesi, Robert C Gorman, Joseph H Gorman, and Benjamin M Jackson MD (Article)

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Training New Mothers in Infant Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), Gavin C. Barr Jr. MD; Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP; Valerie Rupp RN, BSN; Charles C. Worrilow MD; Katie Fredericks; Anne Marie Crown; and John Reed RRT (Poster)

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Dabigatran versus warfarin in patients with atrial fibrillation., Stuart J Connolly, Michael D Ezekowitz, Salim Yusuf, John Eikelboom, Jonas Oldgren, Amit Parekh, Janice Pogue, Paul A Reilly, Ellison Themeles, Jeanne Varrone, Susan Wang, Marco Alings, Denis Xavier, Jun Zhu, Rafael Diaz, Basil S Lewis, Harald Darius, Hans-Christoph Diener, Campbell D Joyner, Lars Wallentin, and Sergio Cossu MD (Article)

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X-ray angiography and magnetic resonance imaging to distinguish interarterial from septal courses of anomalous left coronary artery: an ex vivo heart model., Ravi V. Desai MD, Ritesh Gupta, Silvio H. Litovsky, Hrudaya Nath, Himanshu Gupta MD, Satinder P. Singh, William T. Evanochko, Johnnie E. Knobloch, and Steven G. Lloyd MD (Article)

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Atrial fibrillation and quality of life after pacemaker implantation for sick sinus syndrome: data from the Mode Selection Trial (MOST)., Kirsten E Fleischmann; E John Orav; Gervasio A Lamas; Carol M Mangione; Eleanor B Schron; Kerry L Lee; Lee Goldman; and Koroush Khalighi MD, MS (Article)

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Panel-Reactive Screening and Treatment Practices Following Bridge to Transplantation Ventricular Assist Device Placement, Ronald S. Freudenberger MD, Isaac Tawfik, M Shinnar, and T Pendergast (Article)

Right Ventricular Mass Index Predicts Pulmonary Vascual Resistance in Pulmonary Vascular Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Baseline Cardiac MRI Results of the COMPASS-3 Trial, Himanshu Gupta MD, Ravi V. Desai MD, Steven G. Lloyd MD, Fernando Orres, Francisco Soto, Myung Park, Chad McQueen, Srinivas Murali MD, and Raymond Benza (Presentation)

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Devices used for endovascular aneurysm repair: past, present, and future., Benjamin M Jackson MD and Jeffrey P Carpenter (Article)

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Mild hypothermia to limit myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury: importance of timing., Shinya Kanemoto, Muneaki Matsubara, Mio Noma, Bradley G Leshnower, Landi M Parish, Benjamin M Jackson MD, Robin Hinmon, Hirotsugu Hamamoto, Joseph H Gorman, and Robert C Gorman (Article)

Torsional Modulus: A Simple, Novel Index of Ventricular Stiffness, Steven G. Lloyd MD, Ravi V. Desai MD, Thomas S. Denney Jr PhD, Himanshu Gupta MD, Mustafa I. Ahmed MD, and Louis J. Dell'Italia MD (Presentation)

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Left atrial remodelling in patients with myocardial infarction complicated by heart failure, left ventricular dysfunction, or both: the VALIANT Echo study., Alessandra Meris, Maria Amigoni, Hajime Uno, Jens Jakob Thune, Anil Verma, Lars Køber, Mikhail Bourgoun, John J McMurray, Eric J Velazquez, Aldo P Maggioni, Jalal Ghali, J Malcolm O Arnold, Steven Zelenkofske, Marc A Pfeffer, and Scott D Solomon (Article)

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92: Out-of-Hospital Electrocardiogram Interpretation and Early Activation for ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients Reduces Door-to-Balloon Times and Hospital Length of Stay, Andrew C. Miller DO; Gerald Coleman DO; Richard S. MacKenzie MD; David M. Richardson MD; J Kleaveland; David A. Cox MD; Bruce Feldman DO; A Crown; and Valerie Rupp RN, BSN (Article)

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Electrocardiographic and Angiographic Correlations in Patients With Left Bundle Branch Block With Suspected Myocardial Infarction Undergoing Urgent Coronary Angiography, Madhab Ray, Dzanan Ramic, J P. Kleaveland, and Larry E. Jacobs MD (Article)

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Prevalence of peripheral artery disease varies significantly depending upon the method of calculating ankle brachial index., James F Reed, Sherrine Eid, Bree Edris, and Andrew D. Sumner MD (Article)

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Large Mycotic Pseudoaneurysm of the Left Circumflex Treated with Antibiotics and Covered Stent, Justin D. Roberts DO, William Combs MD, and Nasir Shariff MD (Article)

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Dermal filler injection: a novel approach for limiting infarct expansion., Liam P Ryan, Kanji Matsuzaki, Mio Noma, Benjamin M Jackson MD, Thomas J Eperjesi, Theodore J Plappert, Martin G St John-Sutton, Joseph H Gorman, and Robert C Gorman (Article)

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Rationale and design of the dal-OUTCOMES trial: efficacy and safety of dalcetrapib in patients with recent acute coronary syndrome., Gregory G Schwartz, Anders G Olsson, Christie M Ballantyne, Phillip J Barter, Ingar M Holme, David Kallend, Lawrence A Leiter, Eran Leitersdorf, John J V McMurray, Prediman K Shah, Jean-Claude Tardif, Bernard R Chaitman, Regina Duttlinger-Maddux, John Mathieson, and David Goldner (Article)

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Alcohol use and congestive heart failure: incidence, importance, and approaches to improved history taking., Christine E. Skotzko MD, Alina Vrinceanu, Lynnette Krueger, and Ronald S. Freudenberger MD (Article)

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Utility of virtual crossmatch in sensitized patients awaiting heart transplantation., Josef Stehlik, Nauman Islam MD, Denise Hurst, Abdallah G Kfoury, Matthew A Movsesian, Ann Fuller, Julio C Delgado, M Elizabeth H Hammond, Edward M Gilbert, Dale G Renlund, Feras Bader, Patrick W Fisher, David A Bull, Arun K Singhal, and David D Eckels (Article)

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Statin Use Is Associated With Improved Survival in Patients With Advanced Heart Failure Receiving Resynchronization Therapy, Andrew D. Sumner; John P. Boehmer MD; Leslie A. Saxon MD; Peter Carson MD; Arthur M. Feldman MD, PhD; Elizabeth Galle MPH; and Michael R. Bristow MD, PhD (Article)

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The outcome of thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) in patients with renal insufficiency., Grace J Wang, Ronald M Fairman, Benjamin M Jackson MD, Wilson Y Szeto, Alberto Pochettino, and Edward Y Woo (Article)

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What Do We Know About Anticoagulation in Patients With Heart Failure, Amy M. Ahnert MD and Ronald S. Freudenberger MD (Article)

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Sex differences in outcome after implantable cardioverter defibrillator implantation in nonischemic cardiomyopathy., Christine M Albert, Rebecca Quigg, Samir Saba, N A Mark Estes, Andi Shaechter, Haris Subacius, Adam Howard, Joseph Levine, Alan Kadish, and Sergio Cossu MD (Article)

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Percutaneous intervention on the saphenous vein bypass grafts--long-term outcomes., Darpan Bansal, Raghu Muppidi, Sandeep Singla MD, Rishi Sukhija, Stuart Zarich, Jawahar L Mehta, and Rajesh Sachdeva (Article)

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A blended sensor restores chronotropic response more favorably than an accelerometer alone in pacemaker patients: the LIFE study results., James Coman, Roger Freedman, Bruce A Koplan, Russell Reeves, Peter Santucci, Kira Q Stolen, Stacia M Kraus, Timothy E Meyer, and Vadim A. Levin MD (Article)

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Acute electromechanical effects of atrioventricular coupled pacing in patients with heart failure., Ronald S. Freudenberger MD, Mark Aaron, Steve Krueger, Melody Labeau, Karen Kleckner, and Ruth Nicholson Klepfer (Article)

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Response to Letter Regarding Article, “Risk of Thromboembolism in Heart Failure: An Analysis from the Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure Trial (SCD-HeFT)”, Ronald S. Freudenberger MD, Anne Hellkamp, Daniel Mark, Kerry Lee, Jonathan Halperin, Jeanne Poole, Jill Anderson, George Johnson, and Gust Bardy (Article)

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LVAD, Transplantation or Optimal Medical Therapy for Advanced Heart Failure? A Decision Analysis, Ronald S. Freudenberger MD, Isaac Tawfik, Johnny Kim, and Frank Sonnenberg (Article)

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Impact of oxypurinol in patients with symptomatic heart failure. Results of the OPT-CHF study., Joshua M. Hare MD, Brian Mangal MSc, Joanne Brown BSc, Charles Fisher MD, Ronald S. Freudenberger MD, Wilson S. Colucci MD, Douglas L. Mann MD, Peter Liu MD, Michael M. Givertz MD, and Richard P. Schwarz PhD (Article)

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Carotid artery stenting: identification of risk factors for poor outcomes., Benjamin M Jackson MD, Sean J English, Ronald M Fairman, Jagajan Karmacharya, Jeffrey P Carpenter, and Edward Y Woo (Article)

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Optimal Atrio-Ventricular Delay in CRT Patients Can Be Approximated Using Surface ECG, Chris Jones, Vadim A. Levin MD, Andrew Rubin, Robert Phang, Tom Svinarich, Jaime Murillo, and Alex Sambelashvili (Article)

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Transitional QRS Morphology during CRT Timing Optimization Is Associated with the Largest Improvement in Myocardial Performance Index, Chris Jones, Vadim A. Levin MD, Andrew Rubin, Robert Phang, Tom Svinarich, Jaime Murillo, and Alex Sambelashvili (Article)

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"Broken heart syndrome": catecholamine surge or aborted myocardial infarction?, Hicham Khallafi, Vinod Chacko, Nickolas Varveralis, and Farhad Elmi MD (Article)

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Cor triatriatum: a multimodality imaging approach., Amyn Malik, Daniel Fram, Amir Mohani, Mark Fischerkeller, Arshad Yekta, Yaqoob Mohyuddin MD, and Cynthia Taub (Article)

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Platelet C4d is associated with acute ischemic stroke and stroke severity., Nidhi Mehta MD, Ken Uchino, Saeed Fakhran, M Abdus Sattar, Barton F Branstetter, Karen Au, Jeannine S Navratil, Barbara Paul, Melissa Lee, Katie M Gallagher, Susan Manzi, Joseph M Ahearn, and Amy H Kao (Article)

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Freedom From Complications Related to Dual Ball-and-Cage Mechanical Valve Prostheses Despite Thirty Years Without Anticoagulation, Matthew M. Miller DO, Robert Hipp, and Martin E. Matsumura MD (Article)

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Statin pretreatment is protective despite an association with greater coronary artery disease burden in patients presenting with a first ST-elevation myocardial infarction., Lynn Moran, Tyler Fugate, Yufei Xiang, Christopher Cianci, and Martin E. Matsumura MD (Article)

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Oral anticoagulation in patients with cardiomyopathy or heart failure in sinus rhythm., P Pullicino, J L P Thompson, J P Mohr, R L Sacco, Ronald S. Freudenberger MD, B Levin, and S Homma (Article)

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Right heart pressure increases after acute increases in ambient particulate concentration., David Q. Rich ScD, Ronald S. Freudenberger MD, Pamela A. Ohman-Strickland PhD, Yong Cho, and Howard M. Kipen (Article)

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A methodology for assessing human mitral leaflet curvature using real-time 3-dimensional echocardiography., Liam P Ryan, Benjamin M Jackson MD, Thomas J Eperjesi, Theodore J Plappert, Martin St John-Sutton, Robert C Gorman, and Joseph H Gorman (Article)

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The influence of annuloplasty ring geometry on mitral leaflet curvature., Liam P Ryan, Benjamin M Jackson MD, Hirotsuga Hamamoto, Thomas J Eperjesi, Theodore J Plappert, Martin St John-Sutton, Robert C Gorman, and Joseph H Gorman (Article)

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Regulation of cardiac myocyte contractility by phospholemman: Na+/Ca2+ exchange versus Na+ -K+ -ATPase., Jianliang Song, Xue-Qian Zhang, JuFang Wang, Ellina C. Feiner MD, Tung O Chan, Arthur M Feldman, Amy L Tucker, and Joseph Y Cheung (Article)

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Effects of succinobucol (AGI-1067) after an acute coronary syndrome: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial., Jean-Claude Tardif, John J V McMurray, Eric Klug, Robert Small, Jennifer Schumi, Jasmine Choi, Jim Cooper, Robert Scott, Eldrin F Lewis, Philippe L L'Allier, Marc A Pfeffer, and Bruce J. Silverberg MD (Article)

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Effect of antecedent hypertension and follow-up blood pressure on outcomes after high-risk myocardial infarction., Jens J Thune, James Signorovitch, Lars Kober, Eric J Velazquez, John J V McMurray, Robert M Califf, Aldo P Maggioni, Jean L Rouleau, Jonathan Howlett, Steven Zelenkofske, Marc A Pfeffer, and Scott D Solomon (Article)