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CONTENTS

MAY 2014 VOL 37

TRIAL DESIGNS

261 Impact of Obstructive Sleep Apnea on Cardiovas cular Outcomes in Patients Treated With Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Rationale and Design of the Sleep and Stent Study

Germaine Loo, Chieh-Yang Koo, MBBS; Junjie Zhang, MD; Ruogu Li, MD; Rithi Sethi, MD; Thun-How Ong, MBBS; Bee-Choo Tai, PhD; Chi-Hang Lee, MD

270 Comparison of Prasugrel and Bivalirudin vs Clopidogrel and Heparin in Patients With ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Design and Rationale of the Bavarian Reperfusion Alternatives Evaluation (BRAVE) 4 Trial

Stefanie Schulz, MD; Gert Richardt, MD; Karl-Ludwig Laugwitz, MD; Roxana Mehran, MD; Anthony H. Gershlick, MD; Tanja Morath, MD; Katharina Mayer, MD; Julia Neudecker, cand. med.; Ralph Tölg, MD; Tareq Ibrahim, MD; Dieter Hauschke, PhD; Daniel Braun, MD; Heribert Schunkert, MD; Adnan Kastrati, MD; Julinda Mehilli, MD; for the Bavarian Reperfusion Alternatives Evaluation (BRAVE) 4 Investigators

QUALITY AND OUTCOMES

277 Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation by Primary-Care Physicians in Germany: 1-Year Results of the ATRIUM Registry

Paulus Kirchhof, MD; Janine Schmalowsky, PhD; David Pittrow, MD; Ludger Rosin, MD; Wilhelm Kirch, MD; Karl Wegscheider, PhD; Thomas Meinertz, MD; for the ATRIUM Study Group

CLINICAL INVESTIGATIONS

285 Quality of Care for Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes as a Function of Hospital Revascularization Capability: Insights From Get With The Guidelines-CAD

Arun K. Thukkani, MD, PhD; Gregg C. Fonarow, MD; Christopher P. Cannon, MD; Margueritte Cox, MS; Adrian F. Hernandez, MD; Eric D. Peterson, MD, MPH; W. Frank Peacock, MD; Warren K. Laskey, MD, MPH; Lee H. Schwamm, MD; Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH; for the Get With the Guidelines Steering Committee and Investigators

293 Patterns of Long-term Thienopyridine Therapy and Outcomes in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome Treated With Coronary Stenting: Observations From the TIMI-38 Coronary Stent Registry

Marc P. Bonaca, MD, MPH; Sabina A. Murphy, MPH; Debra Miller, RN, RCIS; Jean-Paul R. Herrman, MD, PhD; Shmuel Gottlieb, MD; Matyas Keltai, MD; Alberto Menozzi, MD; Jos矃. Nicolau, MD; Petr Widimsky, MD, DrSc; Elliott M. Antman, MD; Stephen D. Wiviott, MD

300 Oxidative Status, Infl ammation, and Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation With Metoprolol vs Carvedilol or Carvedilol Plus N-Acetyl Cysteine Treatment

Mehmet Ozaydin, MD; Oktay Peker, MD; Dogan Erdogan, MD; Selahaddin Akcay, MD; Habil Yucel, MD; Atilla Icli, MD; Betul M. Ceyhan, MD; Recep Sutcu, MD; Bayram A. Uysal, MD; Ercan Varol, MD; Abdullah Dogan, MD; Huseyin Okutan, MD

307 Effects of Renal Denervation on Ambulatory Blood Pressure Measurements in Patients With Resistant Arterial Hypertension

Thomas Lambert, MD; Hermann Blessberger, MD; Verena Gammer, MD; Alexander Nahler, MD; Michael Grund, MD; Klaus Kerschner, MD; Gunda Buchmayr, MD; Karim Saleh, MD; Jürgen Kammler, MD; Clemens Steinwender, MD

REVIEWS

312 A Reevaluation of the Costs of Heart Failure and Its Implications for Allocation of Health Resources in the United States

Jeff Voigt, MBA, MPH; M. Sasha John, PhD; Andrew Taylor, MBA; Mitchell Krucoff, MD; Matthew R. Reynolds, MD; C. Michael Gibson, MD

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

322 Response to Relationship of Race/Ethnicity With Door-to-Balloon Time and Mortality in Patients Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Findings From Get With the Guidelines–Coronary Artery Diseases

Theodora Benedek, MD; Monica Chitu, MD; Imre Benedek, MD

323 Authors' Reply

Matthew A. Cavender, MD, MPH; Andrew N. Rassi, MD; Lee H. Schwamm, MD; Gregg C. Fonarow, MD; Christopher P. Cannon, MD; W. Frank Peacock, MD; Warren K. Laskey, MD, MPH; Adrian F. Hernandez, MD; Eric D. Peterson, MD, MPH; Margueritte Cox, MS; Marie Grau-Sepulveda, MD; Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH