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Impact of chronic total occlusion revascularization in patients with acute myocardial infarction treated by primary percutaneous coronary intervention.
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The following reports from the annual scientific sessions of the American Heart Association (AHA) meeting held November 17-20, 2002, in Chicago were obtained by handwritten notes, discussions with investigators, and news reports.
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The significance of periprocedural myocardial injury in the context of coronary stenting, while sometimes referred to by euphemisms such as enzyme leak, infarctlet, or coronet, should not be underestimated.
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Beta-blockers are contraindicated in patients with decompensated heart failure, but physicians are often reluctant to prescribe them for class IV heart failure, even when the patient has been stabilized on diuretics, angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEI), and other agents.
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Abnormalities of diastolic left ventricular function are recognized to be an important aspect of cardiovascular health in a variety of patients.
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This study sought to evaluate whether treatment with 2 statins of differing potency would have differing effects on carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) in a cohort of dyslipidemic individuals.
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In this paper, sogaard and associates report a technique for the use of tissue Doppler imaging to optimize pacemaker program settings in biventricular devices used for the treatment of heart failure.
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Lampert and colleagues performed a study on the psychological factors leading to ventricular arrhythmias in a population of patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs).
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