October 2007

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| Lipids and CAD |
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Atorvastatin pretreatment in early percutaneous coronary intervention |
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by Giuseppe Patti, MD • Germano Di Sciascio, MD |
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From the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Campus Bio-Medico University, Rome, Italy. |
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Commentary |
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Yet another use for statins? |
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by Peter F. Cohn, MD |
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| Diabetes and CAD |
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Mortality of patients with diabetes mellitus and acute myocardial infarction |
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by Richard M. Cubbon, MRCP • Adil Rajwani, MRCP • Afroze Abbas, MRCP • Christopher P. Gale, PhD • Alistair S. Hall, PhD • Mark T. Kearney, MD |
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From the Leeds Institute of Genetics, Health, and Therapeutics, The LIGHT Laboratories, and BHF Heart Research Centre, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, United Kingdom. |
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Case Report |
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A man with diabetes and myocardial ischemia |
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Trends and enigmas in diabetic patients with acute MIs |
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by Peter F. Cohn, MD |
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| Heart Failure |
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Value of the 6-minute walk test in older patients with chronic heart failure |
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by Lee Ingle, MD |
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From the Carnegie Research Institute, Leeds Metropolitan University, Beckett's Park Campus, Leeds, United Kingdom |
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Assessing prognosis in heart failure: what is the role of the 6-minute walk test? |
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by Michael W. Rich, MD |
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| Hypertension |
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Atherosclerotic renovascular disease in older dialysis patients |
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by Robert N. Foley, MB1,3 • Haifeng Guo, MS1 • Philip A. Kalra, MDP2 |
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From the 1US Renal Data System Coordinating Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota; 2Department of Renal Medicine, Hope Hospital, Salford, United Kingdom; and 3Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. |
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Commentary |
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End-stage renal disease and ARVD: where goes the trend? |
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by Nobuyuki (Bill) Miyawaki, MD and John K. Maesaka, MD |
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