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February 2007




Imaging
Cardiac resynchronization in a patient with Class IV heart failure and narrow QRS-the role of mechanical dyssynchrony
  by Joseph Dell’Orfano, MD
  From Arrhythmia Consultants of Connecticut, Hartford.
Diabetes
Is circulating heat shock protein 60 a marker for susceptibility to cardiovascular disease in patients with diabetes?
  by Brian Henderson, PhD1 • Jeffrey W. Stevens MD, PhD2 • Jacqueline A. Cooper, BSc2 • Andrew Steptoe, DSc3 • Anthony R.M. Coates, MD4 • Steve E. Humphries, PhD, FRCPath, MRCP2 • Alireza Shamaei-Tousi, PhD1
  From the 1Division of Microbial Diseases, UCL Eastman Dental Institute; 2Centre for Cardiovascular Genetics, British Heart Foundation Laboratories; 3Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, all at University College London, United Kingdom; and 4Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, St George's University of London, United Kingdom.
  Commentary
Prevalent atherosclerosis-Choose your biomarker
  by Tasneem Z. Naqvi, MD
Arrhythmias
Nonischemic cardiomyopathy and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators
  by Elizabeth J. Masterson, MD • Alan H. Kadish, MD
  From the Clinical Trials Unit, Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, the Division of Cardiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.
  Case Report
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy for a woman with nonischemic cardiomyopathy
  Commentary
Nonischemic cardiomyopathy and implantable defibrillators: timing is everything
  by Joseph Dell'Orfano, MD
Hypertension
C-reactive protein and hypertension
  by Susan G. Lakoski, MD, MS1 • David M. Siscovick, MD, MPH2 • David M. Herrington, MD, MHS1
  From the 1Department of Internal Medicine/Cardiology,Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; and 2Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle.
  Commentary
Can C-reactive protein levels predict risk of hypertension in a younger population?
  by Samuel. J. Mann, MD

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Impacting the disparities gap: effective community outreach programs
  by L. Neicey Johnson, JD, BSN • Vice-President, Public Affairs, Association of Black Cardiologist, Inc

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