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January 2006 Volume 3 No 1
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Editorial
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Research Highlights
Depression upon hospitalization for coronary events is predictive of mortality
6A meta-analysis of plasma fibrinogen levels and risk of cardiovascular disease
6Use of automated external defibrillators by lay people
664-slice CT angiography for the detection of coronary artery stenoses
7Impaired lipoprotein catabolism in hemodialysis patients
7Radiotherapy of left-sided breast cancer does not increase cardiac morbidity
8Unmasking unexplained cardiac arrest: use of epinephrine and procainamide infusions
8Improved myocardial perfusion in transplanted hearts after apheresis treatment
8Intravascular MRI for the characterization of deep-vessel atherosclerotic plaques
9Bezafibrate decreases the incidence and delays the onset of type 2 diabetes
9Potential of skeletal myoblast transplantation for ischemic heart disease
10Safety and feasibility of edge-to-edge mitral valve repair: the EVEREST trial
10Pulmonary artery catheter use in advanced heart failure: the ESCAPE trial
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Practice Points
Do patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention benefit from clopidogrel pretreatment?
12Should home blood pressure measurement be used in clinical practice?
14Is mechanical embolectomy a safe and efficacious treatment strategy in patients with acute ischemic stroke?
16Should all patients receive prophylactic amiodarone therapy before cardiac surgery?
18Is aggressive or moderate lipid lowering more effective in slowing vascular calcification in postmenopausal women?
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Reviews
Cardiac biomarkers: a contemporary status report
24doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0405 | Full Text | PDF (325K)
Therapy Insight: adipocytokines in metabolic syndrome and related cardiovascular disease
35doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0380 | Full Text | PDF (260K)
Mechanisms of Disease: ryanodine receptor defects in heart failure and fatal arrhythmia
43doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0419 | Full Text | PDF (636K)
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Case Study
A case of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy mimicking an acute coronary syndrome
53doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0414 | Full Text | PDF (193K)
