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February 2007 Volume 4 No 2
February's Special Supplement
This month's issue of Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine comes with a special supplement focusing on gene and stem cell therapy for heart failure and other cardiovascular diseases. Subscribers to the journal can view it now online.
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Editorial
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Viewpoint
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Research Highlights
Combined antithrombotic regimens confer a higher risk of upper gastrointestinal bleeding
62Screening program reduces sudden cardiac death in young athletes
62Peripheral arterial disease raises mortality risk after percutaneous coronary intervention
63Prevention of vasovagal syncope with physical counterpressure maneuvers
63CT angiography for detection of coronary artery disease before cardiac valve surgery
64Incident statin use reduces the risk of death in patients with heart failure
65Drug therapy combined with an LVAD can reverse heart failure
65Clopidogrel benefits survivors of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction
66Aspirin discontinuation raises the risk of adverse events in patients with CAD
66Cardiac resynchronization therapy lowers mortality in advanced heart failure
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Practice Points
Should all patients with heart failure and left ventricular dysfunction receive combined CRT–ICD therapy?
68Does digoxin therapy affect outcome in patients with diastolic heart failure?
70Is quality of anticoagulation a 'wild card' in the treatment of patients with atrial fibrillation?
72Should all patients with suspected coronary artery disease undergo coronary angiography with 16-row MDCT?
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Reviews
Cardiac resynchronization therapy or atrio-biventricular pacing—what should it be called?
90doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0794 | Full Text | PDF (338K)
Mechanisms of Disease: HDL metabolism as a target for novel therapies
102doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0768 | Full Text | PDF (217K)
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Case Study

KATP channel mutation confers risk for vein of Marshall adrenergic atrial fibrillation
110doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0792 | Full Text | PDF (765K)


