March 2008

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Late mortality with sirolimus-eluting stents in diseased saphenous vein grafts |
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by Pierfrancesco Agostoni, MD • Paul Vermeersch, MD • Stefan Verheye, MD, PhD • Paul van den Heuvel, MD • Carl Convens, MD • Frank van den Branden, MD • Glenn van Langenhove, MD, PhD for the DELAYED RRISC (Death and Events at Long-Term Follow-Up Analysis: Extended Duration of the Reduction of Restenosis in Saphenous Vein Grafts with Cypher Stent) Investigators |
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From the Antwerp Cardiovascular Institute Middelheim, AZ Middelheim, Antwerp, Belgium. |
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Case Report |
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Two cases of very late thrombosis of sirolimus-eluting stents implanted in diseased saphenous vein grafts |
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Drug-eluting stents and diseased saphenous vein grafts: long-term risk in RRISC |
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by Richard J. Katz, MD |
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| Arrhythmias |
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Can corticosteroids prevent atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery? |
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by Jari Halonen, MD1 • Tapio Hakala, MD, PhD2 • Juha Hartikainen, MD, PhD1 |
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From the 1Departments of Surgery and Internal Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio; and the 2Department of Surgery, North Karelia Central Hospital, Joensuu, Finland. |
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Prevention of postoperative atrial fibrillation |
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by Eric J. Rashba, MD |
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| In the Heart of Women |
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Nonfasting triglycerides and ischemic heart disease in men and women |
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by Børge G. Nordestgaard, MD, DMSc |
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From the Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Herlev University Hospital, and The Copenhagen City Heart Study, Bispebjerg University Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. |
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Case Report |
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A young man with premature myocardial infarction and hypertriglyceridemia |
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The fate of the fasting lipid profile |
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by Sandeep Bansal, MD, MPH and Roger S. Blumenthal, MD |
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Serial biomarker measurements in chronic heart failure |
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by Wayne L. Miller, PhD, MD • Allan S. Jaffe, MD |
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From the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases and Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. |
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Case Report |
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A patient with chronic heart failure and elevated biomarkers |
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Biomarkers in heart failure: work in progress |
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by Sanjay Kaul, MD |
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