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Coronary Artery Disease: A Study on the Joint Role of Birth Weight, Adenosine Deaminase, and Gender

F. Gloria-Bottini,  M. Banci,  P. Saccucci,  N. Lucarini,  F. Ianniello,  G. Paradisi,  A. Magrini,  E. Bottini, 
  • First Published: 13 April 2010
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A Classification System to Detect Congestive Heart Failure Using Second-Order Difference Plot of RR Intervals

R. A. Thuraisingham, 
  • First Published: 21 March 2010
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Two-Photon Laser Scanning Microscopy of the Transverse-Axial Tubule System in Ventricular Cardiomyocytes from Failing and Non-Failing Human Hearts

Andreas Ohler,  Jutta Weisser-Thomas,  Valentino Piacentino 3rd,  Steven R. Houser,  Gordon F. Tomaselli,  Brian O′Rourke, 
  • First Published: 07 March 2010
Case Report
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Early Diagnosis of Nonaneurysmal Infectious Thoracic Aortitis Using Transesophageal Echocardiogram in a Patient with Purulent Meningitis

Ricardo Lopes,  Jorge Almeida,  Paula Dias,  Paulo Pinho,  Maria Júlia Maciel, 
  • First Published: 22 February 2010
Clinical Study
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Endothelial Function as a Possible Significant Determinant of Cardiac Function during Exercise in Patients with Structural Heart Disease

Bonpei Takase,  Takashi Akima,  Akimi Uehata,  Masayuki Ishihara,  Akira Kurita, 
  • First Published: 29 December 2009
Clinical Study
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The Impact of Adenosine Fast Induction of Myocardial Arrest during CABG on Myocardial Expression of Apoptosis-Regulating Genes Bax and Bcl-2

Ahmed Shalaby,  Timo Rinne,  Otso Järvinen,  Juha Latva-Hirvelä,  Kristiina Nuutila,  Antti Saraste,  Jari Laurikka,  Helena Porkkala,  Pekka Saukko,  Matti Tarkka, 
  • First Published: 22 December 2009
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Depression Following Thrombotic Cardiovascular Events in Elderly Medicare Beneficiaries: Risk of Morbidity and Mortality

Christopher M. Blanchette,  Linda Simoni-Wastila,  Fadia T. Shaya,  Denise Orwig,  Jason Noel,  Bruce Stuart, 
  • First Published: 22 December 2009
Case Report
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Medium-Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency in an Infant with Dilated Cardiomyopathy

Marcello Marcì,  Patrizia Ajovalasit, 
  • First Published: 16 December 2009
Case Report
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Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava and Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return in an Old Asymptomatic Female Patient

Tayfun Sahin,  Teoman Kilic,  Umut Celikyurt,  Ulas Bildirici,  Dilek Ural, 
  • First Published: 30 November 2009
Case Report
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Ross-Kabbani Operation in an Infant with Mitral Valve Dysplasia

Carlo Pace Napoleone,  Guido Oppido,  Emanuela Angeli,  Alessandro Giardini,  Gaetano Gargiulo, 
  • First Published: 30 November 2009
Clinical Study
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Is Race a Risk Factor for the Development of Renal Artery Stenosis?

Ayad Jazrawi,  Saba Darda,  Peter Burke,  Marcos Daccarett,  Josef Stehlik,  Shukri David,  Marcel Zughaib, 
  • First Published: 17 November 2009
Case Report
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Diffuse Supravalvular Aortic Stenosis: Surgical Repair in Adulthood

Giovanni Ferlan,  Claudio De Pasquale,  Concetta Losito,  Annalisa Fiorella,  Nicola Marraudino,  Francesco Tunzi, 
  • First Published: 04 November 2009
Case Report
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Left Main Coronary Stenosis as a Consequence of Bentall Operation: Percutaneous Treatment

Manrico Balbi,  Flavio Scarano,  Gian Paolo Bezante, 
  • First Published: 27 October 2009
Case Report
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Closure of a Giant Saphenous Vein Graft Aneurysm with Embolization Coil

Ashwani Kumar,  Dixon Santana,  Leigh Ann Jenkins, 
  • First Published: 11 October 2009
Case Report
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Postpartum Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome in a Patient with the Joint Hypermobility Syndrome

Khalil Kanjwal,  Beverly Karabin,  Yousuf Kanjwal,  Blair P. Grubb, 
  • First Published: 11 October 2009
Case Report
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Biventricular Pulsus Alternans

Param Vidwan,  George A. Stouffer, 
  • First Published: 24 September 2009
Case Report
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Increased Density of the Liver and Amiodarone-Associated Phospholipidosis

Sunao Kojima,  Shinobu Kojima,  Hirofumi Ueno,  Motohiro Takeya,  Hisao Ogawa, 
  • First Published: 13 September 2009
Research Article
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Transvenous Closure of Patent Foramen Ovale: Preliminary Results with a New Self-Expanding Nitinol Wire Mesh in a Swine Model

F. Krizanic,  M. Sigler,  H. R. Figulla, 
  • First Published: 09 September 2009
Case Report
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Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia Presenting as High Output Cardiac Failure during Pregnancy

Tareq Goussous,  Alex Haynes,  Katherine Najarian,  Marcos Daccarett,  Shukri David, 
  • First Published: 07 September 2009
Case Report
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Percutaneous Management of a Long Saphenous Vein Graft Aneurysm: A Case Report and Review of Literature

Carmelo J. Panetta,  Williaim Schneider,  Max A. Boller, 
  • First Published: 02 September 2009
Clinical Study
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The Results of a New Distal Protection Method in Intervention for Chronic Total Occlusion of the Superficial Femoral Artery

Tomoko Kobayashi,  Atsushi Funatsu,  Emiko Ejima,  Hiromi Muranishi,  Makoto Utsunomiya,  Kensaku Shibata,  Masahiro Mizobuchi,  Yoshihisa Enjoji,  Shigeru Nakamura, 
  • First Published: 01 September 2009
Clinical Study
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Heart Rate Variability after Off-Pump versus On-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery

Nenad Lakusic,  Valentina Slivnjak,  Franjo Baborski,  Dusko Cerovec, 
  • First Published: 01 September 2009
Research Article
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Is There Any Correlation between Insulin Resistance and Nitrate Plasma Concentration in White Coat Hypertensive Patients?

Leila Maria Marchi-Alves,  Evelin Capellari Carnio, 
  • First Published: 24 August 2009
Review Article
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Heart Rate and Cardiovascular Disease: An Alternative to Beta Blockers

Michael Liang,  Aniket Puri,  Gerard Devlin, 
  • First Published: 30 July 2009
Case Report
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Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy in a Squash Player

Mathieu Berry,  Jerome Roncalli,  Olivier Lairez,  Meyer Elbaz,  Didier Carrié,  Michel Galinier, 
  • First Published: 21 July 2009
Clinical Study
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Pretest Score for Predicting Microbubble Contrast Agent Use in Stress Echocardiography: A Method to Increase Efficiency in the Echo Laboratory

Mathieu Bernier,  Sahar S. Abdelmoneim,  Stuart Moir,  Robert B. McCully,  Patricia A. Pellikka,  Sharon L. Mulvagh, 
  • First Published: 21 July 2009