Issue Highlights:

Circulation 2004 110: 103
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Editorials:

Acute Coronary Syndrome Biomarkers: The Need for More Adequate Reporting

Allan S. Jaffe and Hugo Katus
Circulation 2004 110: 104 - 106, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000135581.79161.35
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Randomized Clinical Trials: How Long Should They Last?

Hein J. Wellens
Circulation 2004 110: 107 - 108, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000134919.98104.22
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Titin Isoforms in Heart Failure: Are There Benefits to Supersizing?

Martin M. LeWinter
Circulation 2004 110: 109 - 111, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000137284.17083.93
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Original Articles:

        Arrhythmia/Electrophysiology:

Long-Term Comparison of the Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Versus Amiodarone: Eleven-Year Follow-Up of a Subset of Patients in the Canadian Implantable Defibrillator Study (CIDS)

Fayez Bokhari, David Newman, Mary Greene, Victoria Korley, Iqwal Mangat, and Paul Dorian
Circulation 2004 110: 112 - 116; published online before print July 6 2004, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000134957.51747.6E
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Electrophysiological Findings in Adolescents With Atrial Fibrillation Who Have Structurally Normal Hearts

Kumaraswamy Nanthakumar, Yung R. Lau, Vance J. Plumb, Andrew E. Epstein, and G. Neal Kay
Circulation 2004 110: 117 - 123; published online before print June 14 2004, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000134280.40573.D8
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        Cardiovascular Surgery:

Plasma B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Levels Predict Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery

Oussama M. Wazni, David O. Martin, Nassir F. Marrouche, Ahmed Abdel Latif, Khaled Ziada, Mustaphasahim Shaaraoui, Soufian Almahameed, Robert A. Schweikert, Walid I. Saliba, A. Marc Gillinov, W. H. Wilson Tang, Roger M. Mills, Gary S. Francis, James B. Young, and Andrea Natale
Circulation 2004 110: 124 - 127; published online before print June 21 2004, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000134481.24511.BC
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        Coronary Heart Disease:

N-Terminal Pro-Brain Natriuretic Peptide on Admission Has Prognostic Value Across the Whole Spectrum of Acute Coronary Syndromes

Marcello Galvani, Filippo Ottani, Luigi Oltrona, Diego Ardissino, Gian Franco Gensini, Aldo P. Maggioni, Pier Mannuccio Mannucci, Nicola Mininni, Maria Domenica Prando, Marco Tubaro, Arialdo Vernocchi, Carlo Vecchio on behalf of the Italian Working Group on Atherosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology and the Associazione Nazionale Medici Cardiologi Ospedalieri
Circulation 2004 110: 128 - 134; published online before print June 14 2004, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000134480.06723.D8
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Deleterious Effect of Coronary Brachytherapy on Vasomotor Response to Exercise

Mario Togni, Stephan Windecker, Peter Wenaweser, David Tueller, Abudukadier Kaisaier, Willibald Maier, Bernhard Meier, and Otto M. Hess
Circulation 2004 110: 135 - 140; published online before print June 28 2004, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000134956.96543.4F
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Inhibition of Platelet Adherence to Mononuclear Cells by -Tocopherol: Role of P-Selectin

Toyoaki Murohara, Hisao Ikeda, Yoritaka Otsuka, Mika Aoki, Nobuya Haramaki, Atsushi Katoh, Yoshinori Takajo, and Tsutomu Imaizumi
Circulation 2004 110: 141 - 148; published online before print June 14 2004, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000134485.30393.63
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        Heart Failure:

Anemia and Its Relationship to Clinical Outcome in Heart Failure

Inder Anand, John J.V. McMurray, James Whitmore, Marshelle Warren, Anh Pham, Mark A. McCamish, and Paul B.J. Burton
Circulation 2004 110: 149 - 154; published online before print June 21 2004, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000134279.79571.73
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Altered Titin Expression, Myocardial Stiffness, and Left Ventricular Function in Patients With Dilated Cardiomyopathy

Sherif F. Nagueh, Gopi Shah, Yiming Wu, Guillermo Torre-Amione, Nicholas M.P. King, Sunshine Lahmers, Christian C. Witt, Katy Becker, Siegfried Labeit, and Henk L. Granzier
Circulation 2004 110: 155 - 162; published online before print July 6 2004, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000135591.37759.AF
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        Imaging:

Operator-Independent Isotropic Three-Dimensional Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Morphology in Congenital Heart Disease: A Validation Study

Thomas Sangild Sørensen, Hermann Körperich, Gerald F. Greil, Joachim Eichhorn, Peter Barth, Hans Meyer, Erik Morre Pedersen, and Philipp Beerbaum
Circulation 2004 110: 163 - 169; published online before print June 21 2004, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000134282.35183.AD
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Molecular Imaging of Factor XIIIa Activity in Thrombosis Using a Novel, Near-Infrared Fluorescent Contrast Agent That Covalently Links to Thrombi

Farouc A. Jaffer, Ching-Hsuan Tung, Joanna J. Wykrzykowska, Nan-Hui Ho, Aiilyan K. Houng, Guy L. Reed, and Ralph Weissleder
Circulation 2004 110: 170 - 176; published online before print June 21 2004, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000134484.11052.44
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        Molecular Cardiology:

Parathyroid Hormone–Related Protein as a Regulator of pRb and the Cell Cycle in Arterial Smooth Muscle

Nathalie Fiaschi-Taesch, Karen K. Takane, Sophia Masters, Juan Carlos Lopez-Talavera, and Andrew F. Stewart
Circulation 2004 110: 177 - 185; published online before print June 21 2004, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000134483.30849.B7
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Functional Tetrahydrobiopterin Synthesis in Human Platelets

Nicola Franscini, Esther B. Bachli, Nenad Blau, Manuel Fischler, Roland B. Walter, Andreas Schaffner, and Gabriele Schoedon
Circulation 2004 110: 186 - 192; published online before print June 14 2004, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000134281.82972.57
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Soluble Fibrin Is the Main Mediator of Staphylococcus aureus Adhesion to Platelets

Silke Niemann, Nicola Spehr, Hugo Van Aken, Eberhard Morgenstern, Georg Peters, Mathias Herrmann, and Beate E. Kehrel
Circulation 2004 110: 193 - 200; published online before print June 14 2004, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000134486.93030.E7
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        Vascular Biology:

Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy Is Associated With Atherosclerosis Progression in Women With Abnormal Glucose Tolerance

Barbara V. Howard, Judith Hsia, Pamela Ouyang, Lucy Van Voorhees, Joseph Lindsay, Angela Silverman, Edwin L. Alderman, Mark Tripputi, and David D. Waters
Circulation 2004 110: 201 - 206; published online before print June 28 2004, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000134955.93951.D5
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Association of Multiple Cellular Stress Pathways With Accelerated Atherosclerosis in Hyperhomocysteinemic Apolipoprotein E-Deficient Mice

Ji Zhou, Geoff H. Werstuck, Sárka Lhoták, A. B. Lawrence de Koning, Sudesh K. Sood, Gazi S. Hossain, Jan Møller, Merel Ritskes-Hoitinga, Erling Falk, Sanjana Dayal, Steven R. Lentz, and Richard C. Austin
Circulation 2004 110: 207 - 213; published online before print June 21 2004, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000134487.51510.97
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Regression of Carotid Atherosclerosis by Control of Postprandial Hyperglycemia in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Katherine Esposito, Dario Giugliano, Francesco Nappo, Raffaele Marfella for the Campanian Postprandial Hyperglycemia Study Group
Circulation 2004 110: 214 - 219; published online before print June 14 2004, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000134501.57864.66
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Strain-Dependent Vascular Remodeling: The "Glagov Phenomenon" Is Genetically Determined

Vyacheslav A. Korshunov and Bradford C. Berk
Circulation 2004 110: 220 - 226; published online before print June 28 2004, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000134958.88379.2E
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Clinician Update:

Perspective on Selected Issues in Cardiovascular Disease Research With a Focus on Black Americans

Michelle A. Albert, Jose Torres, Robert J. Glynn, and Paul M Ridker
Circulation 2004 110: e7 - e12, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000135583.40730.21
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NCEP Report:

Implications of Recent Clinical Trials for the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III Guidelines

Scott M. Grundy, James I. Cleeman, C. Noel Bairey Merz, H. Bryan Brewer, Jr, Luther T. Clark, Donald B. Hunninghake, Richard C. Pasternak, Sidney C. Smith, Jr, Neil J. Stone, for the Coordinating Committee of the National Cholesterol Education Program Endorsed by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, American College of Cardiology Foundation, and American Heart Association
Circulation 2004 110: 227 - 239, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000133317.49796.0E
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Images in Cardiovascular Medicine:

Complicated Case of Left Ventricular Echinococcosis

Markus F. Müller
Circulation 2004 110: e13 - e14, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000135584.93927.B6
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