The American Journal of Cardiology 1995: Vol 75 Table of Contents

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CONTENTS INDEX JANUARY 1, 1995 THROUGH JUNE 15, 1995
ARRHYTHMIAS AND
JANUARY 1, 1995, VOL. 75, NO. 1
CONDUCTION DISTURBANCES
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE Safety and Efficacy of intravenous Diltiazem in
Atrial Fibrillation or Atrial Flutter
Platelet Aggregability In Vivo Is Attenuated by Verapamil
K.A. Ellenbogen, V.C. Dias, F.P. Cardello, W.E. Strauss,
but not by Metoprolol in Patients with Stable Angina
C.A. Simonton, S.J. Pollak, M.A. Wood, B.S. Stambler
N.H. Wallén, C. Held, N. Rehnavist, P. Hjemdahl
Usefulness of Follow-Up E ic Study and
Event Monitoring After Successful Radiofrequency
Initial Experience with Hirudin and Streptokinase in
Catheter Ablation of Supraventricular Tachycardia
Acute Myocardial Infarction: Results of the Thrombolysis
A.B. Wagshal, L.A. Pires, P.G. Yong, S.A. Moser,
in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) 6 Trial
F. Mazzola, R.S. Mittleman, S.K. Stephen Huang, for the Atakr
L.V. lee, for the TIM! 6 Investigators
Multicenter Investigators Group
Effects of Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction
SYSTEMIC HYPERTENSION
on Exercise Capacity Three to Six Weeks
After Acute Myocardial Infarction in Men Relation of Left Ventricular Mass and Filling to
F. Yuasa, T. Sumimoto, M. Takeuchi, M. Kaida, T. Hattori, T. Exercise Blood Pressure and Rest Blood Pressure
Jikuhara, S. Nakamura, T. Sugiura, T. wasaka, M. Inada R. Fagard, J. Staessen, L. Thijs, A. Amery
Prognosis of Patients >70 Years of Age with Non-Q- VALVULAR HEART DISEASE
Wave Acute Myocardial Infarction Compared with
Transesophageal Echocardiographic Assessment of
Younger Patients with Similar Infarcts and with Patients
Reversal of Systolic Pulmonary Venous Flow
>70 Years of Age with Q-Wave Acute Myocardial
in Mitral Stenosis
Infarction
F.D. Tice, S.K. Heinle, J.k. Harrison, T.M. Bashore,
M.K. Chung, M.S. Bosner, J.P. McKenzie, J. Shen, M.W. Rich
E.B. Lieberman, |.S. Wilson, K.B. Kisslo, J. Kisslo
Intracoronary Stenting in the Treat.nent of Acute or
CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
Threatened Closure in Angiographically Small Coronary
Arteries (<3.0 mm) Complicating Percutaneous Prevalence, Relation to Spontaneous Closure,
Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty and Association of Muscular Ventricular Septal Defects
C.N.S. Chan, A.T.H. Tan, T.H. Koh, P. Koh, K.W. Lau, S.A. with Other Cardiac Defects
Gunawan, B. Chakraborty, A. Ng C. Ramaciotti, |.M. Vetter, R.A. Bornemeier, A.J. Chin
Coronary Stenting for Treatment of Ostial Stenoses Effects of Size of Ventricular Septal Defect and Age
of Native Coronary Arteries or Aortocoronary on Pulmonary i
Saphenous Venous Grafts K.M. Gheen, J.T. Reeves
K. Rocha-Singh, N. Morris, S.C. Wong, R.A. Schatz,
P.S. Teirstein Differentiating Anomalous Left Main Coronary
Artery Originating from the Pulmonary Artery in
One-Stage Coronary Angiography and Angioplasty Infants from Myocarditis and Dilated wesc”
Y. Rozenman, D. Gilon, J. Zelingher, C. Lotan, M. Mosseri, by Electrocardiogram
M. Geist, A.T. Weiss, Y. Hasin, M.S. Gotsman C.L. Johnsrude, J.C. Perry, F. Cecchin, E. O'Brian Smith, of
Fraley, R.A. Friedman, J.A. Towbin
PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY
EDITORIALS
Enhanced Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Reduction
and Cost-Effectiveness by Low-Dose Colestipol Plus IMPLICATIONS FOR COST-EFFECTIVENESS—
Lovastatin Combination Therapy pe ja Coronary Angiography
H.G. Schrott, E.A. Stein, C.A. Dujovne, M.H. Davidson, Angioplasty: A New Standard? ........................... 75
G.B. Goris, T.H. Oliphant, J.C. Phillips, G.G. Shawaryn J.A. Hill
Impaired Endothelium-Dependent Vascular Relaxation
in Patients with Hypercholesterolemia Extends Beyond
Effects of Intravenous Ethanol on Diameter of
the Muscarinic Receptor
Epicardial Coronary Arteries
P.R. Casino, C.M. Kilcoyne, R.O. Cannon Ill, A.A. Quyyumi,
M,J. Pirwitz, R.A. a J.E. Willard, C. Landau,
J.A. Panza
D.B. Glamann, E.H. Foerster, E. Todd, L.D. Hillis
CONTENTS INDEX 1315
Gender Differences in the Utilization of Cardiac JANUARY 15, 1995, VOL. 75, NO. 2
Catheterization for the Diagnosis of Chest Pain
P.T. Vaitkus
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
Significance of Precordial T-Wave Inversion Comparison of Quantitative Angiographically Derived
in Inferior Wall Acute Myocardial Infarction and Measured Translesion Pressure and Flow Velocity
CK Wong, S.B. Freedman in Coronary Artery Disease
C. Tron, MJ. Kern, TJ. Donohue, R.G. Bach, F.V. Aguirre,
Relation of Thrombotic Occlusion of Coronary E.A. Caracciolo, J.A. Moore
Stents to the Indication for Stenting, Stent Size,
and Anticoagulation Diagnostic Accuracy of Heart Rate-Adjusted ST Segments
Y. Rozenman, C. Lotan, M. Mosseri, M.S. Gotsman Compared with Standard ST-Segment Criteria
A.P. Morise, R.D. Duval
Exercise Training and Reduction of Some Coronary
Risk Factors in Female Cigarette Smokers Relation of Angiographically Defined Coronary Artery
G.A. Casazza, R.G. Holly, A. Van Alstine, E.A. Amsterdam Disease and Plasma Concentrations of Insulin, Lipid,
and Apolipoprotein in Normolipidemic Subjects with
Efficacy and Safety of Digoxin Alone and in Combination Varying Degrees of Glucose Tolerance
with Low-Dose Diltiazem or Betaxoiol to Control R. Fujiwara, Y. Kutsumi, T. Hayashi, H. Nishio, Y. Koshino,
Ventricular Rate in Chronic Atrial Fibrillation Y. Shimada, T. Nakai, S. Miyabo
K.K. Koh, K.S. Kwon, H.B. Park, S.H. Baik, S.J. Park,
K.H. Lee, EJ. Kim, S.H. Kim, S.K. Cho, S.S. Kim PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY
Hemodynamic Effects of Oral Propafenone During High-Density Lipoprotein Subfractions
Both Sinus Rhythm and Atrial Fibrillation as Markers of Early Atherosclerosis
P. Alboni, S. Scarfé, G. Fuca, N. Paparella, |. Pedini, V. Atger, P. Giral, A. Simon, M. Cambillau, J. Levenson,
D..Mele J. Gariepy, J.L. Megnien, N. Moatti, the PCVMETRA Group
The Best Criterion for Discrimination Between Patients Evidence That Homocysteine Is an Independent Risk
With and Without Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation Factor for Atherosclerosis in Hyperlipidemic Patients ...132
on Signal-Averaged Electrocardiogram CJ. Glueck, P. Shaw, J.E. Lang, T. Tracy, L. Sieve-Smith,
N. Gondo, K. Kumagai, K. Matsuo, M. Ogawa, Y. Wang
M. Annoura, K. Moroe, K. Arakawa
ARRHYTHMIAS AND
Transposition of the Great Arteries Associated with CONDUCTION DISTURBANCES
Deletion of Chromosome 22q11
Arrhythmias After Cardioverter-Defibrillator implantation:
S. Melchionda, M.C. Digilio, R. Mingarelli, G. Novelli,
Comparison of Epicardial and Transvenous Systems ...137
P. Scambler, B. Marino, B. Dallapiccola
JJ.C. Ong, P.C. Hsu, L. lin, A. Yu, R.M. Kass, C.T. Peter,
C.D. Swerdlow
Maximal Exercise Tolerance of Repatriated
Prisoners of War
CARDIOMYOPATHY
R.M. Mills, Jr., B.E. McKinnon, J.C. Baggett, R.E. Mitchell
Comparison of Echocardiographic Variables Between
Functional Cardiac Disturbances Related to Type | Diabetics and Normal Controls
Chemotherapy Independent of Anthracycline Use G.E. Fraser, R. Luke, S. Thompson, H. Smith, S. Carter,
in Children with Neoplastic Disease N. Sharpe
Jt Bigras, A. Fournier, B.W. McCrindle, D. Cartwright,
A. Davignon, }-M Leclerc CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
Role of Late Potentials in Identifying Patients at Risk for
CASE REPORTS Ventricular Tachycardia After Surgical Correction
A Rare Case of Coronary Artery Occlusion Diagnosed of Congenital Heart Disease
by Echocardiography |. Janousek, T. Paul, H. Bartakovaé
PJ. Decker, C.H. Scott, L.S. Fishman,
M. St. John Sutton MISCELLANEOUS
Major Cardiac Findings at Necropsy in
FROM THE EDITOR
366 American Octogenarians
Good Cardiologic Books Appearing In 1994 J. Shirani, J. Yousefi, W.C. Roberts
W.C. Roberts
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Life Expectancy in the Marfan Syndrome Cerebral Microembolism Detected by Transcranial
D.I. Silverman, KJ. Burton, J. Gray, M.S. Bosner, Doppler During Percutaneous Transvenous Mitral
N.T. Kouchoukos, MJ. Roman, M. Boxer, R.B. Devereux, Commissurotomy
P. Tsipouras R. Kay, K.S. Woo, K.K. Tse, H.K. Chung, W.M. Chan,
K.S. Wong, A. Wong, J.£. Sanderson
Usefulness of a Prototype Intravascular Ultrasound
Imaging in Evaluation of Aortic Dissection and Usefulness of Dobutamine Echocardiography in
Comparison with Angiographic Study, Transe l Distinguishing Severe from Nonsevere Valvular Aortic
Echocardiography, Computed Tomography, a Stenosis in Patients with Depressed Left Ventricular
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Function and Low Transvelvular Gradients
E. Yamada, M. Matsumura, S. Kyo, R. Omoto C.R. deFilippi, D.L. Willett, M.E. Brickner, C.P. Appleton,
C.W. Yancy, E.J. Eichhorn, P.A. Grayburn
Low Yield of Transthoracic Echocardiography
for Cardiac Source of Embolism 5-Fluorouracil Cardiotoxicity with Left Ventricular
V. Sansoy, R.D. Abbott, A.R. Jayaweera, S. Kaul Dysfunction Under Different Dosing Regimens
B. Weidmann, W. Jansen, A. Heider, N. Niederle
EDITORIALS
Pulmonary Vasodilatory Effects of 12 and 60 Parts
Current Use of Green Dye Curves
Per Million Inhaled Nitric Oxide in Children with
GJ. Dehmer, W.A. Rutala
Ventricular Septal Defect
R.W. Day, J.M. Lynch, R.E. Shaddy, G.S. Orsmond
“Rescue” Thrombolysis with Intracoronary Tissue Oximetric Versus Indicator Dilution Techniques
Plasminogen Activator for Failed Intravenous for Quantitating Intracardiac Left-to-Right Shunting
Thrombolysis with Streptokinase for Acute
Myocardial Infarction W.C. Daniel, R.A. Lange, J.E. Willard, C. Landau, L.D. Hillis
H.D. White, D.B. Cross, B.F. Williams, R.M. Norris,
K.S. Woo, A.W. Hamer, J.M. Elliott, J.A. Ormiston Left Ventricular Mass and Diastolic Filling Patterns
in Quadriplegia and Implications for Effects of
Long-Term Outcome of Octogenarians with Normal Aging on the Heart
Unstable Angina Treated Conservatively S.B. Eysmann, P.S. Douglas, S.E. Katz, M. Sarkarati, J.Y. Wei
T. Little, R. Meadaa, G. Manja, B. John, J. Krall, J. Cowan
Left Atrial Appendage Systolic Forward Flow
Intravascular Ultrasound Assessment of the R. Zeppellini, F. Schén, G. Gheno, J. Drozdz, A. Balzereit,
Magnitude and Mechanism of Coronary Artery F. Cucchini, R. Erbel
and Lumen Tapering
S.P. Javier, G.S. Mintz, J.J. Popma, A.D. Pichard, K.M. Kent, Systolic and Diastolic Effects of Beta-Adrenergic
L.F. Satler, M.B. Leon Stimulation in Normal Humans
P.B.M. Clarkson, N.M. Wheeldon, C. Macleod,
Correlation of Reported Exercise Test Results with T.M. MacDonald
Recommendation for Coronary Angiography in Men and
Women With Suspected Coronary Artery Disease CASE REPORTS
A.P. Morise, H.P. Singh, R.D. Duval
Reversal of Primary Hyperoxaluria Cardiomyopathy After
Combined Liver and Renal Transplantation
Correlation of Atrial Fibrillation, Paroxysmal
B.S. Fyfe, D.H. Israel, A. Quish, A. Squire, L. Burrows,
Supraventricular Tachycardia, and Sinus Rhythm with
C. Miller, S.K. Sharma, S. Murthy, J. Machac
Incidences of New Coronary Events in 1,359 Patients,
Mean Age 81 Years, with Heart Disease
W.S. Aronow, C. Ahn, A.D. Mercando, S. Epstein
Chest X-Ray and Electrocardiographic Abnormality After
A Cost-Effectiveness Strategy for Permanent Pacemaker Insertion
Transtelephonic Arrhythmia Monitoring H.O. Klein
J. Wu, D.K. Kessler, S.C hakko, K.M. Kessler
The Risk of Life-Threatening Cardiovascular Events
Mitral Valve Prolapse in Patients with with Terfenadine
Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia G.A. Burkhart, J. Freiman
C-W Chiou, SA Chen, C-E Chiang, D-S Tsai, C-C Cheng,
TJ Wu, CT Tai, S-H lee, TL Hsu, C-Y Chen, SP Wang,
B.N. Chiang, MS Chang
CONTENTS INDEX 1317
JANUARY 19, 1995, VOL. 75, NO. 3 Comparison of Implantation of Nonthoracotomy
Defibrillators in the Operating Room Versus
the Electrophysiology Laboratory
A Symposium: Prostacyclin: Basic Principles and Clinical
S.A. Strickberger, M. Niebauer, K.C. Man, E. Daoud, B.D.
Application in Congestive Heart Failure and Primary
Williamson, L. Horwood, J.D. Hummel, F. Morady
Pulmonary Hypertension
SYSTEMIC HYPERTENSION
FEBRUARY 1, 1995, VOL. 75, NO. 4
Effect of Doxazosin or Atenolol on Exercise Performance
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE in Physically Active, Hypertensive Men
M.C. Fahrenbach, S.M. Yurgalevitch, J.M. Zmuda,
Identification of Viable Myocardium With Contrast
P.D. Thompson
Echocardiography in Patients With Poor Left
Ventricular Systolic Function Caused by Recent or
MISCELLANEOUS
Remote Myocardial Infarction
G. Camarano, M. Ragosta, L.W. Gimple, E.R. Powers, Effects of Estrogen Replacement Therapy on Peripheral
S. Kaul Vasomotor Function in Postmenopausal Women
D.M. Gilligan, D.M. Badar, J.A. Panza, A.A. Quyyumi,
The Utility of Clinical, Electrocardiographic, and R.O. Cannon Ill
Roentgenographic Variables in the Prediction of
Left Ventricular Function HISTORICAL STUDIES
C.S. Rihal, K.B. Davis, J.W. Kennedy, BJ. Gersh
The Wisdom of Sir William Osler
MJ. Stone
Relation Between Myocardial Infarction Site and Pain
Location in Q-Wave Acute Myocardial Infarction
V. Pasceri, D. Cianflone, M.L. Finocchiaro, F. Crea, A. Maseri EDITORIALS
IMPLICATIONS FOR COST-EFFECTIVENESS—
The Degree of ST-Segment Depression on Failure of Cholesterol Treatment in Patients With Coronary
Symptom-Limited Exercise Testing: Relation to Artery Disease: A Cost-Effective Solution
the Myocardial Ischemic Burden as Determined by H.R. Superko
Thallium-201 Scintigraphy
A.J. Taylor, M.C. Sackett, G.A. Beller Lifting the Smoke-Screen: The Enigma of Better Outcome
in Smokers After Myocardial Infarction
H.D. White
How do Smokers Differ From Nonsmokers in Their
Response to Thrombolysis? (The TIMI-4 Trial)
D. Zahger, B. Cercek, C.P. Cannon, M. Jordan, V. Davis, BRIEF REPORTS
E. Braunwald, P.K. Shah, for the TIM/-4 Investigators Reduction of Pacing-Induced Myocardial Ischemia
by Intravenous Magnesium Sulfate
Effectiveness of Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary C. Vigorito, A. Giordano, P. Ferraro, P. Supino,
Angioplasty for Patients With Medically Refractory Rest M. De Pasquale, B. Giordano, F. Lionetti, F. Rengo
Angina Pectoris and High Risk of Adverse Outcomes
With Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Gaseous Coronary Embolism as a Cause of Myocardial
D.A. Morrison, J. Sacks, F. Grover, K.E. Hammermeister, with
Ischemia During Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting......282
the technical assistance of K. Babcock, C.C. Barbiere, D. Rovai, A.N. DeMaria, S. Maffei, M. Terrazzi, M. Baroni,
B. Carpenter, L. Clegg, R. Johnson, P. Lampe, P. Morgan, F. Paoli, F. Verunelli, A. Distante, A. Biagini, L. Salvatore,
M.A. Olsen, P. Pantoja, D. Powell, A. Waugaman, E. West, A. l'Abbate
D. Wolf, C. VillaNueva
The Physiologic Meaning of Relative Coronary
Effect of Epinephrine Infusion on Chest Pain in Syndrome Flow Reserve
X in the Absence of Signs of Myocardial Ischemia......241 E. Nevo, S. Nevo, R. Beyar
B. Eriksson, J. Svedenhag, A. Martinsson, C. Sylvén
Correlation of Coronary Stenosis by Quantitative Coronary
Coronary Microvascular Response to Intracoronary
Arteriography With Exercise Echocardiography
Administration of Nicorandil
A. Salustri, M. Arnese, E. Boersma, J.H. Cornel, J. Baptista,
M. Hongo, H. Takenaka, $. Uchikawa, T. Nakatsuka,
A. Elhendy, FJ. Ten Cate, PJ. de Feyter, J.R.T.C. Roeland,
N. Watanabe, M. Sekiguchi P.M. Fioretti
ARRHYTHMIAS AND Effects of Isosorbide Dinitrate and Nicardipine
CONDUCTION DISTURBANCES Hydrochloride on Postprandial Blood Pressure
Relevance of Asystole During Head-Up Tilt Testing in Elderly Patients With Stable Angina Pectoris
A. Dhala, A. Natale, J. Sra, S. Deshpande, Z. Blanck, or Healed Myocardial Infarction
M.R. Jazayeri, M. Akhtar C.M. Connelly, C. Waksmonski, M.M. Gagnon, L.A. Lipsitz
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Response of High-Density Lipoproteins to ee Association of Hiatus Hernia With
Drugs According to Their Initial Level
G.D. Kolovou, Y.P. Fostinis, H.1. Bilianou, D.V. Cokkinos }K Wang, MH Chang
Disparate Effects of Interleukin-3 on Serum The ineffectiveness of a Commonly Recommended
Lipoprotein(a), and Low- and High-Density Diet for Lowering Total and Low-Density Lipoprotein
Lipoprotein Cholesterol Levels Cholesterol Levels
P.R. Hansen, D. Hovgaard B.A. Kottke
Effect of Caffeine on Ambulatory Blood Pressure
Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation for Control M.G. Myers
of Frequent Ventricule: Tachycardia With
Healed Myocardial Infarction
Lipoprotein(a): Friend or Foe? o.oo... 319
D. Schwartzman, R.L. Jadonath, DJ. Callans, C.D. Gottlieb,
M.R. Goldstein
F.E. Marchlinski
FEBRUARY 15, 1995, VOL. 75, NO. 5
Compartmental Analysis of Norepinephrine Kinetics
in Congestive Heart Failure
L. Stylos, L. Parilak, M.H. Green, U. Levenberger, R. Zelis CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
Magnesium Therapy in Acute Myocardial Infarction
Safety of Inoue Balloon Mitral Commissurotomy in When Patients Are Not Candidates for
Patients With Left Atrial Appendage Thrombi Thrombolytic Therapy ................0..0.0..0.0.0cccccceees 321
K-H Yeh, JS Hung, C4} Wu, M. Fu, S. Chua, MS Chern M. Shechter, H. Hod, P. Chouraqui, E. Kaplinsky,
B. Rabinowitz
Prevalence of Extracranial Carotid Arterial Disease
and of Valvular Aortic Stenosis and Their Association Regional Myocardial Sympathetic Dysinnervation
in Patients With Coronary Vasospasm
W.S. Aronow, |. Kronzon, M.R. Schoenfeld H. Takano, T. Nakamura, T. Satou, K. Umetani,
A. Watanabe, T. Ishihara, S. Mochizuki, H. Kimura,
Absence of Cerebrovascular Events in a Prospective H. Honma, Y. Ikeda, K. Koizumi, A.S. Arbab, K. Tamura
Study of Coronary Artery Bypass Patients With
Atrial Septal Aneurysms Taking Aspirin Balloon Angioplasty Versus Rotational Angioplasty in
A.J. Burger, P. Jadhav, M. Kamalesh, |. Stubbe Chronic Coronary Occlusions (The BAROCCO Study) ...330
N. Danchin, J. Cassagnes, Y. Juilliére, J. Machecourt,
Echocardiographic Characteristics of Diaphragmatic J.P. Bassand, J.M. Lablanche, F. Cherrier
Hiatus Hernia
|.A. D’'Cruz, H.L. Hancock Microvascular ina Pectoris in Hypertensive Patients
With Left Ventricular Hypertrophy and Diagnostic
CASE REPORTS Value of Exercise Thallium-201 Scintigraphy
M. Iriarte, R. Caso, N. Murga, J.M. Faus, D. Sagastagoitia,
Woven Left Coronary Artery Disease
E. Molinero, M. Lopez de Argumedo, J. Boveda
L. Gregorini, R. Perondi, G. Pomidossi, A. Saino, |.M. Bossi,
A. Zanchetti
Effects of Cardiac Rehabilitation and Exercise Training on
Exercise Capacity, Coronary Risk Factors, Behavioral
Electrocardiographic Abnormalities Suggestive
Characteristics, and Quality of Life in Women
of Myocardial Ischemia During Upper CJ. Lavie, R.V. Milani
Gastrointestinal Bleeding
J.A. Colleran, V. Papademetriou, P. Narayan, D. Lu,
Coronary Stenting With Angioscopic Guidance
R.D. Fletcher
P.S. Teirstein, R.A. Schatz, S.C. Wong, K,J. Rocha-Singh
READERS’ COMMENTS
PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY
Which Medical Journals Are Most Frequently
Comparison of Gemfibrozil Versus Simvastatin in
Copied in a Hospital Library? 315
Familial Combined Hyperlipidemia and Effects on
G.O. Hartzler, K. Wiederaenders
Apolipoprotein-B-Containing Lipoproteins, Low-Density
Meee SR Uy ONG. ......... oo. eccccceccceets 315 Lipoprotein Subfraction Profile, and Low-Density
D.H. Spodick Lipoprotein Oxidizability
SJ.H. Bredie, T.W.A. de Bruin, P.N.M. Demacker,
JJ.P. Kastelein, A.F.H. Stalenhoet
Other Looks At SRR
B. Belhassen, H. Blackburn, M.H. Ellestad, $.Z. Goldhaber,
A.D. Johnson, A.S. Iskandrian, A.S. Pearlman
CONTENTS INDEX 1319
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
Neurohumoral Variability in Left Ventricular Usefulness of Coronary Wedge Pressure in Evaluating
Coronary Collateral Circulation in Anterior Wall Acute
P.C. Kirlin, C. Benedict, B.J. Shelton, G. Francis, J. Nicklas, Myocardial Infarction
C-S Liang, S. Kubo, D. Johnstone, J. Probstfield, S. Yusuf, for M. Ishihara, H. Sato, H. Tateishi, T. Kawagoe,
the SOLVD Investigators Y. Shimatani, A. Ueda, S. Kurisu
Hemodynamic and Energetic Comparison of Myocardial Perfusion Pattern in Patients
Bucindolol and Metoprolol for the Treatment With Cocaine-Induced Chest Pain
of Congestive Heart Failure G. Gioia, M. Manuel, J. Russell, J. Heo, A.S. Iskandrian
C.M. Heesch, L. Marcoux, B. Hatfield, EJ. Eichhorn
Serial Intravascular Ultrasound Studies Fail to Show
VALVULAR HEART DISEASE Evidence of Chronic Palmaz-Schatz Stent Recoil
J.A. Painter, G.S. Mintz, S.C. Wong, JJ. Popma,
Evaluation of Mitral Stenosis With Velocity-Encoded Cine-
A.D. Pichard, K.M. Kent, L.F. Satler, M.B. Leon
Magnetic Resonance Imaging 36.
P.A. Heidenreich, J. Steffens, N. Fujita, M. O'Sullivan,
Abnormal Uptake and Washout of Thallium-201
G.R. Caputo, E. Foster, C.B. Higgins
in Patients With Syndrome X and Normal-
Appearing Scans
CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE G.M.C. Rosano, N.S. Peters, J.C. Kaski, S.I. Mavrogeni,
Single-m 0 Repair of Aortic Arch Obstruction and P. Collins, R.S. Underwood, P.A. Poole-Wilson
Associ intracardiac Defects in the Neonate
S.K. Sandhu, R.H. Beekman, R.S. Mosca, E.L. Bove Monomorphic Versus Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia
After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting 403
MISCELLANEOUS L.A. Saxon, |. Wiener, P.D. Natterson, H. Laks, D. Drinkwater,
W.G.X. Stevenson
Understanding Right and Left Ventricular Systolic
Function and Interactions at Rest and With Exercise
Natural History and Management Strategies of
in Primary Pulmonary Hypertension
Automatic Atrial Tachycardia in Children
M. Nootens, C.J. Wolfkiel, E.V. Chomka, S. Rich
Z.J. Naheed, J.F. Strasburger, D.W. Benson, Jr., BJ. Deal
Incidence of Specific Etiology and Role of Methods
Acquired Coronary Artery Fistulae After Right
for Specific Etiologic Diagnosis of Primary
Ventricular Myotomy and/or Myomectomy for
Acute Pericarditis
Congenital Heart Disease
R. Zayas, M. Anguita, F. Torres, D. Giménez, F. Bergillos,
G. Urcelay, A. Ludomirsky, R.P. Vermilion, G.A. Serwer,
M. Ruiz, M. Ciudad, A. Gallardo, F. Vallés
R.S. Mosca, E.L. Bove
Characteristics and Outcome in Arrhythmogenic
Right Ventricular Dysplasia
Noninvasive Estimation of Pulmonary Arterial Wedge
V. Berder, M. Vauthier, P. Mabo, C. De Place, M. Laurent,
Pressure With Doppler Transmitral Flow Velocity
C. Almange, C. Daubert
Pattern in Patients With Known Heart Disease
J-LJ. Vanoverschelde, A.R. Robert, A.G erbaux, X. Michel,
C. Hanet, W. Wijns Effects of Paced Counterpulsation on Exercise
Capacity and Hemodynamics After Heterotopic
Heart Transplantation
EDITORIALS
R.P.W. Cowell, J. Morris Thurgood, J.G. Coghlan,
IMPLICATIONS FOR COST-EFFECTIVENESS— C.DJ. Ilsley, A.G. Mitchell, A. Khaghani, V.E. Paul, M. Yacoub
Supervision of Clinical Exercise Testing by
Exercise Physiologists Diminished Respiratory Muscle Endurance
J.A. Knight, C.A. Laubach, Jr., RJ. Butcher, Persists After Cardiac Transplantation
FJ. Menapace D.M. Mancini, J.J. LaWanca, LJ. Donchez, S. Levine,
D.J. Henson
Randomized Trials of Magnesium in Acute
Myocardial Infarction: Big Numbers Do Not CASE REPORTS
Tell the Whole Story
Reversal of Hirudin-induced Bleeding Diathesis by
E.M. Antman
Prothrombin Complex Concentrate
M.S. Irani, HJ. White, Jr., R.G. Sexon
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READERS’ COMMENTS ARRHYTHMIAS AND
Trans-Fatty Acid Patterns in Patients With Demonstrated CONDUCTION DISTURBANCES
Coronary i Prognostic Value of the Signal-Averaged
E.N. Siguel, W.M.N. Ratnayake Electrocardiogram and a Prolonged QRS in
Ischemic and Nonischemic Cardiom
Exercise-Induced Precordial ST Depression in M.E. Silverman, M.D. Pressel, J.C. Brackett, S.S. Lauria,
Prior Inferior Myocardial Infarction M.R. Gold, S.S. Gottlieb
H. Kataoka
Divergent Effects of Chronic Amiodarone
Administration on Systolic and Diastolic Function
FEBRUARY 23, 1995, VOL. 75, NO. 6 in Patients With Heart Disease
A. Ammar, M. Wong, B.N. Singh
A Symposium: Atherothrombosis
Antiarrhythmics Versus Implantable Defibrillators
(AVID)—Rationale, Design, and Methods
MARCH 1, 1995, VOL. 75, NO. 7 The AVID Investigators
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE Syncope Associated With Exercise, a Manifestation
of Neurally Mediated Syncope
Relations Between Doppler Tracings of Pulmonary S. Sakaguchi, J.J. Shultz, S.C. Remole, S.W. Adler,
Regurgitation and Invasive Hem mics in Acute K.G. Lurie, D.G. Benditt
Right Ventricular infarction Complicating Inferior
Wall Left Ventricular Infarction
VALVULAR HEART DISEASE
A. Cohen, P. Guyon, C. Chauvel, E. Abergel, D. Costagliola,
H. Raffoul, J. Valty, B. Diebold Effects of Atenolol on Rest and Exercise Hemodynami
in Patients With Mitral Stenosis
Does the Induction of Ventricular Flutter or Fibrillation B.C. Stoll, T.L. Ashcom, J.P. Johns, J.E. Johnson, BJ. Rubal
at Electrophysiologic Testing After Myocardial Infarction
Have Any Prognostic Signifreance? EI SEA ee 431 Predictors of Outcome of Tricuspid Valve Replacement
J.P. Bourke, D.A.B. Richards, D.L. Ross, M.A. McGuire, in Carcinoid Heart Disease
J.B. Uther P.A. Robiolio, V.H. Rigolin, J.K. Harrison, J.E. Lowe,
J.O. Moore, T.M. Bashore, }.M. Feldman
Comparison of Rest-Redistribution Thallium-201 Imaging
and Reinjection After Stress-Redistribution for the Additional Value of Biplane Transesophageal
Assessment of Myocardial Viability in Patients With Echocardiography in Assessing the Genesis of Mitral
Left Ventricular Dysfunction Secondary to Coronary Regurgitation and the Feasibility of Valve Repair
Artery Disease E.P.G. Pieper, |.M. Hellemans, H.P.M. Hamer, A.C.J. Ravelli,
A.R. Galassi, G. Centamore, A. Fisceila, A. Coppola, R.B.A. van den Brink, T. Ebels, K.I. lie, C.A. Visser
F. Liberti, M. Franco, G. Palazzo, S$. Musumeci, A. Galassi,
with the technical assistance of A. Di Primo CARDIOMYOPATHY
Prognostic Significance of Spectral Turbulence Analysis
Inhibitory Effect of Nitroglycerin and Sodium
of the Signal-A\ Electrocardiogram in Patients
Nitroprusside on Platelet Activation Across the
With Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Coronary Circulation in Stable Angina Pectoris
G. Yi, PJ. Keeling, J.H. Goldman, H. Jian, J. Poloniecki,
J.G. Diodati, R.O. Cannon Ill, N. Hussain, A.A. Quyyumi
W J. McKenna
Improvement in Exercise-induced Left Ventricular
Dysfunction by Infusion of a-Human Atrial
Natriuretic Peptide in Coronary Artery Disease Which Definition for Echocardiographic Left
M. Ukai, Y. Nishinaka, T. Sobue, T. Miyahara, M. Yokota Ventricular EAS a aa? 498
E. Abergel, M. Tase,J .B ohlender, J.M enard, G. Chatellier
PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY
Pravastatin, Lipids, and Atherosclerosis in
the Carotid Arteries (PLAC-II) Coronary Vasoconstriction Induced by Mental
J.R. Crouse Ill, R.P. Byington, M.G. Bond, M.A. Espeland, Stress (Simulated Public Speaking)
T.E. Craven, J.W. Sprinkle, M.E. McGovern, C.D. Furberg C.R. Lacy, RJ. Contrada, M.L. Robbins, A.K. Tannenbaum,
A.E. Moreyra, S. Chelton, J.B. Kostis
CONTENTS INDEX 1321
T-Wave Normalization During Dobutamine Echo- Safety of Dipyridamole Testing in Patients
cardiography for Diagnosis of Viable Myocardium 505 With Cerebrovascular Disease
A. Salustri, P. Garyfallidis, A. Elhendy, M. Ciavatti, J. bette, G. Carini, J.L. Tatum, N. Paquet, G. Bisson,
J.H. Cornel, A. Gemelli, F.J. Ten Cate, J.R.T.C. Roelandt, M. Picard, H-S Bom, AM Lusa, G. Labanti, J. Teitelbaum,
P.M. Fioretti J. Verreault, M. Cerino, D. McNamara, MC Eybalin,
A. Levasseur, F. Langlais, D.D. Miller
Usefulness of U-Wave Analysis in Detecting Significant
Narrowing Limited to a Single Coronary Artery The Missing Second: What is the Correct Unit
T. Chikamori, J. Takata, T. Furuno, T. Yabe, Y. Matsumura, for the Bazett Corrected QT Interval? .....0.....00.......... 537
H. Kitaoka, Y. Doi J. Molnar, J.S. Weiss, J.E. Rosenthal
Attitudes of Attending Physicians to the The Evolving Utility of Intracoronary Ultrasound
incidental Diagnosis of Hypercholesterolemia in T. Nishioka, H. Luo, N.L. Eigler, S.W. Tabak, N. Lepor,
Hospitalized Patients J.S. Forrester, RJ. Siegel
S. Viskin, G. Amir, S. Sanaullah, E. lev, K. Heller, Y. Villa,
Z. Zak, J. Chapman, S. Laniado, B. Belhassen Range of Normal Valve Annulus Size in Neonates
T.A. Tacy, R.P. Vermilion, A. Ludomirsky
Effect of Propranolol on Circadian Variation of Ventricular
Arrhythmias in Elderly Patients With Heart Disease and Optimal Size of Self-Adhesive Preapplied
Complex Ventricular Arrhythmias Electrode Pads in Pediatric Defibrillation
W.S. Aronow, C. Ahn, A.D. Mercando, S. Epstein R.A. Samson, D.L. Atkins, R.E. Kerber
Impairment of Driving Abilities in Patients Effects of Short-Term Brachial Arterial Vasodilator
With Supraventricular Tachycardias Infusions on Forearm Blood Flow Response to
A. Dhala, S. Bremner, Z. Blanck, J. Sra, S. Deshpande, Acetylcholine
M.R. Jazayeri, M. Akhtar J.S. Todd, M. Rafferty, R. Zelis
Reappraisal of the Vasodepressor Reflex in CASE REPORTS
Carotid Sinus Syndrome
Use of Transesophageal Atrial Pacing With Adenosine
G. Gaggioli, M. Brignole, C. Menozzi, N. Bottoni,
Infusion to Evaluate Ventricular Preexcitation
L. Gianfranchi, D. Oddone, G. Lolli
R.C. Canby, R.P. Horton, DJ. Kessler, C.A. Roman, R.L. Page
Adenosine Therapy for Supraventricular
READERS’ COMMENTS
Tachycardia During Pregnancy
U. Elkayam, T.M. Goodwin Electrical Cardioversion Resulting in Death
from Synchronization Failure
Transient Loss of Complete Bundle Branch T.E. Layman
Block Patterns During Exercise
P. Kligfield, C. Hochreiter, P.M. Okin, J.S. Borer A Response to the Letter on Electrical Cardioversion
Resulting in Death from Synchronization Failure
Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction Diastolic Filling R.H. Falk
Characteristics and Exercise Cardiac Reserve in
Mitral Stenosis Complications of Cardioversion
B.W. Choi, S.L. Bacharach, DJ. Barbour, M.B. Leon, W.F.C. Duvernoy
K.E. McCarthy, R.O. Bonow
Benefits of Implantable Defibrillator Therapy
Comparison Between Cine Magnetic M.M. Mower
Resonance Velocity Mapping and First-Pass
Radionuclide Angiocardiography for Quantitating Multivessel Angioplasty
Intracardiac Shunts S.F. Aranki
R.H. Mohiaddin, R. Underwood, L. Romeira,
C. Anagnostopoulos, S.P. Karwatowski, R. Laney,
J. Somerville
MARCH 15, 1995, VOL. 75, NO. 8
Use of Echocardiography for Detecting Aortic
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
Valve Leaflet Avulsion and Predicting Repair Potential
After Balloon Valvuloplasty Three-Month Efficacy and Safety of Once-Daily Diltiazem
L.L. Minich, L.Y. Tani, J.A. Hawkins, E.C. McGough, in Chronic Stable Angina Pectoris
R.E. Shaddy C. Nadeau, D. Hilton, D. Savard, Y. Morin, M. Baird,
M. Alexander, G. Langer, D. Roth, A.P. Boulet, L. Lariviére
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Effect of Platelet Glycoprotein Ilb/lIlla Integrin Blockade VALVULAR HEART DISEASE
on Activated Clotting Time During Percutaneous
Percutaneous Mitral Balloon Valvotomy for Recurrent
Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty or Directional
Mitral Stenosis After Surgical Commissurotomy
Atherectomy (The EPIC Trial)
LK Jang, P.C. Block, J.B. Newell, E.M. Tuzcu,
DJ. Moliterno, R.M. Calliff, F.V. Aguirre, K. Anderson,
|.F. Palacios
K.N. Sigmon, H.F. Weisman, EJ. Topol, for the EPIC Study
Investigators
' CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
Accuracy and Usefulness of Atrial Pacing in Abnormal Do Pulmonary Venous Flow Patterns
Conjunction With Transesophageal Echocardiography in Children After Repaired Total Anomalous Pulmonary
in the Detection of Cardiac Ischemia (a Comparative Venous Connection
Study With Scintigraphic Tomography and L.L. Minich, LY. Tani, J.A. Hawkins, E.C. McGough,
Coronary Arteriography) R.E. Shaddy
T.A. Don Michael, G. Rao, S. Balasingam
Comparison of Four Doppler Echocardiographic Methods
Symptom-Limited Arm Exercise Increases Detection for Calculating Pulmonary-to-Systemic Shunt Flow Ratios
of Ischemia During Dipyridamole Tomographic in Patients With Ventricular Septal Defect
Thallium Stress Testing in Patients With Coronary A.F. Sabry, M.D. Reller, G.M. Silberbach, MJ. Rice,
DJ. Sahn
L. Stein, R. Burt, B. Oppenheim, D. Schauwecker, N. Fineberg
BRIEF REPORTS
Comparison of Outcome in Patients With Acute
Effects of Previous Angina Pectoris in Patients
Myocardial Infarction Aged >75 Years With
With First Acute Myocardial Infarction Not
That in Younger Patients
Receiving Thrombolytics
W. Devlin, D. Cragg, M. Jacks, H. Friedman, W. O'Neill,
R.A. Kloner, J. Muller, V. Davis, for the MILIS Study Group
C. Grines
An Electrocardiographic Acuteness Score for Quantifying
Gadolinium-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance
the Timing of a Myocardial Infarction to Guide Decisions
Imaging in Acute Myocardial Infarction
Regarding Reperfusion Therapy
C. Yokota, H. Nonogi, S. Miyazaki, Y.G oto, M. Maeno,
M.L. Wilkins, A.D. Pryor, C. Maynard, N.B. Wagner,
S. Daikoku, A. Itoh, K. Haze, N. Yamada
WJ. Elias, P.E. Litwin, O. Pahim, R.H. Selvester,
W.D. Weaver, G.S. Wagner, S.T. Anderson
PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY
Effects of Pravastatin on Cardiovascular Reactivity to Long-Term Follow-Up in Patients With Positive
Norepinephrine and Angiotensin Il in Patients With Exercise Test and Angiographically Normal
Hypercholesterolemia and Systemic Hypertension 582 Coronary Arteries (Syndrome X)
N.E. Straznicky, L.G. Howes, W. Lam, WJ. Louis M. Radice, V. Giudici, G. Marinelli
ARRHYTHMIAS AND Baseline Characteristics in the Cholesterol and Recurrent
CONDUCTION DISTURBANCES Events (CARE) Trial of Secondary Prevention in Patients
With Average Serum Cholesterol Levels
The Learning Curve for Radiofrequency Ablation FM. Sacks, HH Rouleau, L.A. Moye, M.A. Pfeffer,
of Tachyarrhythmias in Pediatric Patients J.W. Warnica, J.M.O. Arnold, D.T. Nash, L.£. Brown,
D.A. Danford, J.D. Kugler, B. Deal, C. Case, R.A. Friedman, F. Sestier, J. Rutherford, B.R. Davis, C.M. Hawkins,
J.P. Saul, MJ. Silka, G.F. Van Hare, the Pediatric
E. Braunwald, for the CARE Investigators
Electrophysiology Society
Temporal Dependence of the Return of Atrial Mechanical
Failure to Decrease Parasympathetic Tone During Function on the Mode of Cardioversion of Atrial
Upright Tilt Predicts a Positive Tilt-Table Test
Fibrillation to Sinus Rhythm
N. Lippman, K.M. Stein, B.B. Lerman
W J. Manning, D.I. Silverman, S.E. Katz, M.F. Riley,
R.M. Doherty, J.T. Munson, P.S. Douglas
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
Effects of Fosinopril on Exercise Tolerance and Clinical Significance of Cycle Length Alternation During
Deterioration in Patients With Chronic Congestive Heart Orthodromic Atrioventricular Reentrant Tachycardia ...626
Failure Not Taking Digitalis Z. Csanadi, R. Yee, R.K. Thakur, G.J. Klein
EJ. Brown, Jr., P.H. Chew, A. Maclean, K. Gelperin,
J.P. Ilgenfritz, M. Blumenthal, for the Fosinopril Heart Failure
Study Group
CONTENTS INDEX 1323
Effect of Residual Slow Pathway Function on the Effects of Disopyramide on Diastolic Function in
Time Course of Recurrences of Atrioventricular Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia After Radiofrequency C. Pollick
Ablation of the Slow Pathway
J.D. Hummel, S.A. Strickberger, B.D. Williamson, K.C. Man,
E. Daoud, M. Niebauer, O. Bakr, F. Morady MARCH 23, 1995, VOL. 75, NO. 9
A Symposium: Multivessel PTCA Versus CABG: Baseline
Peri | Thyroid Hormone Metabolism in Patients Data from the Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization
He ae Arrhythmias Investigation (BARI) and the Emory Angioplasty Surgery
A. Biagini, G. lervasi, A. Clerico, S. Berti, A. Pilo, F. Vitek, Trial (EAST)
B. Rita, R. Bianchi, L. Donato, with the technical assistance of
S. Turchi, F. Cazzuola, S. Pugliese
APRIL 1, 1995, VOL. 75, NO. 10
Mitral Balloon Valvuloplasty in Patients >70
Years of Age With Severe Mitral Stenosis
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
L.M. Shapiro, H. Hassanein, J.J. Crowley
Early Versus Late Congestive Heart Failure After
Progression of Asymptomatic Aortic Stenosis Initially Uncomplicated Anterior Wall Acute
Identified in the Neonatal Period Myocardial Infarction
A.T. Yetman, H.C. Rosenberg, G.I. Joubert J.C. lystash, R.S. Gibson, D.D. Watson, G.A. Beller
Midterm Outcome After Pulmonary Balloon Valvuloplasty Changes in Left and Right Ventricular Performance
in Patients Younger Than One Year of Age and Volmes in Seven-Year Survivors of Acute
G. Santoro, R. Formigari, D. Di Carlo, L. Pasquini, L. Ballerini Myocardial Infarction
C.L. Petersen, N. Gadsball, C. Stadeager, C. TorpPetersen,
J.R. Nielsen, B.H. Jensen, P.F. Hailund-Carlsen, H. DigePetersen
Quantitation of Left-to-Right Shunts in Secundum Atrial
Septal Defect by Two-Dimensional Contrast
Echocardiography With Use of Albunex Use of Exercise Technetium-99m Sestamibi SPECT imaging
H. Okura, J. Yoshikawa, K. Yoshida, T. Akasaka to Detect Residual Ischemia and for Risk Stratification
After Acute Myocardial Infarction
M.|. Travin, A. Dessouki, T. Cameron, G.V. Heller
Two-Dimensional and Doppler Ultrasound Evaluation
of Femoral Arteries in Infants After Cardiac
Energy Expenditure During Household Tasks in
K.C. Kocis, A.R. Snider, R.P. Vermilion, R.H. Beekman Women With Coronary Artery Disease
N.A. Wilke, L.M. Sheldahl, S.M. Dougherty, R.D. Hanna,
G.A. Nickele, F.E. Tristani
Left Ventricular Function Analyzed b
Doppler and Echocardiographic Me’ is in
Short-Term Hypothyroidi Comparison of Coronary Lesions Obtained By
G. Kahaly, S$. MohrKahaly, j. Beyer, J. Meyer Directional Coronary Atherectomy in Unstable
Angina, Stable Angina, and Restenosis After Either
Comparison of Lovastatin and Bezafibrate on Atherectomy or Angioplasty
Lipoprotein(a) Plasma Levels in Cardiac Transplant E. Arbustini, S. De Servi, E. Bramucci, E. Porcu,
Recipients A.M. Costante, M. Grasso, M. Diegoli, R. Fasani, P. Morbini,
F. Perezjimenez, L. Hidalgo, J.L. Zambrana, J.M. Arizon, L. Angoli, M. Boscarini, S. Repetto, G. Danzi, L. Niccoli,
J.A. JimenezPereperez, M. Concha, A. Espino, J. Blanco, L. Campolo, S. Lucreziotti, G. Specchia
F. Valles, J. Lopez-Miranda
Circadian Variation of Ischemic Threshold
READERS’ COMMENTS in Syndrome X
G.A. lanza, F. Stazi, G. Colonna, P. Pedrotti, A. Manzoli,
Femoral Vein Approach to the Coronary F. Crea, A. Maseri
Sinus During Electrophysiology Studies
J. Nitsch
PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY
Coronary Sinus Catheterization Via a Femoral Vein....651 Sudden Cardiac Death and Polymorphous Ventricular
Tl Wang, Jt Lin, W-P Lien Tachycardia in Patients With Normal QT Intervals and
Normal Systolic Cardiac Function
Precordial Honk Due to Tricuspid Regurgitation SJ. Eisenberg, M.M. Scheinman, N.K. Dullet,
C.B. Upshaw, Jr. W.E. Finkbeiner, }.C. Griffin, M. Eldar, M.R. Franz,
R. Gonzalez, A.H. Kadish, M.D. Lesh
Q-Wave Infarcts Inadequately Represented by
12-Lead Electrocardiograms
D.H. Spodick
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