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Volume 4, Issue 6, Pages 1-35 (June 2006)

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Guidelines Step Up Prevention Therapy free full text
KERRI WACHTER
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Vital Signs: Top 10 Drugs Prescribed by Cardiologists in 2005
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Varenicline Gets Fast-Track Nod for Smoking Cessation: Drug is for nicotine dependence specifically. free full text
TIMOTHY F. KIRN
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Proposed ICD Malfunction Guideline Debated at HRS free full text
KATE JOHNSON
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Heart of the Matter

Electrical Ablation and Atrial Fib
SIDNEY GOLDSTEIN
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Pravachol Generic Approved by FDA
Mark S. Lesney
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Pill Burden Affects Adherence to Meds
BRUCE JANCIN
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High-Dose Statin Improves Renal Function in Heart Patients
BRUCE JANCIN
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Cardiovascular Risk Persists After Rofecoxib Stops: APPROVe's extension shows continued risk after discontinuation; aspirin therapy is advocated.
MICHELE G. SULLIVAN
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Rotational Coronary Angiography Draws Attention: The method cuts radiation exposure for both patient and cardiologist, and is faster than fixed angiography.
BRUCE JANCIN
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Radioopaque Zotarolimus Stent Shown Effective in Pilot Study
KERRI WACHTER
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Ablation Could Be Cure for Paroxysmal Atrial Fib
BRUCE JANCIN
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Arrhythmias & Electrophysiology

Radiofrequency Ablation Hastens A Fib Therapy
MITCHEL L. ZOLER
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Possible Gender Difference Seen in ICD Efficacy: Mortality risk reduction was slighter in women than in men, falling short of statisical significance.
BRUCE JANCIN
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CMS Says ICD Candidate Test Is Accurate
ALICIA AULT
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Phobic Anxiety Linked to Arrhythmia in Coronary Artery Disease Patients
Heidi Splete
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Epidemiology & Prevention

ED Predicted Coronary Disease in Two Studies
JANE SALODOF MACNEIL
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Fiber Is Better Flag for CV Risk Than Cholesterol
ROBERT FINN
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Interventional Cardiology

79% of Adults Live Within 1 Hour of PCI Hospital
BRUCE JANCIN
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Stent Thrombosis Rises When Clopidogrel Stops: BASKET results suggest a trade-off between late restenosis and cardiac death with drug-eluting stents.
MITCHEL L. ZOLER
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Drug-Eluting Stents Top Brachytherapy for In-Stent Restenosis
MITCHEL L. ZOLER
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Cerebrovascular Diseases

Smaller Lumens Explain Women's TPA Response
SHARON WORCESTER
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Surgery

Blood-Pumping Device Preserves Hearts
MITCHEL L. ZOLER
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Single Antirejection Drug Is Better Than Two
MITCHEL L. ZOLER
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Clopidogrel Tied to Problems Before, After Bypass
MITCHEL L. ZOLER
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Heart Failure

BiDil Moderates Blood Pressure, Up and Down
BRUCE JANCIN
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Candesartan Ups Hyperkalemia Risk, CHARM Analysis Shows
BRUCE JANCIN
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SSRIs Are Safe, Effective in Easing Depression in Heart Failure
MITCHEL L. ZOLER
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β-Blocker at Discharge Cuts HF Mortality by Half: Despite the positive outcomes, the therapy isn't part of the ACC/AHA inpatient performance measures.
BRUCE JANCIN
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Adherance to JCAHO Measures Boosts Heart Failure Survival
MITCHEL L. ZOLER
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Hypertension

FDA Mulls Label Changes for Antihypertensives
ELIZABETH MECHCATIE
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Drugs & Devices

Torcetrapib Alters Lipid Balance for the Better: In addition to higher HDL levels, lower levels of small, dense LDL particles were seen in a phase II trial.
BRUCE JANCIN
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Ezetimibe/Simvastatin Beats Statin Alone for Lowering CRP
BRUCE JANCIN
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FDA Panel Split on Nitroglycerin Ointment for Anal Fissures
MIRIAM E. TUCKER
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Practice Trends

States Build Med Schools to Shore Up Workforce
JOEL B. FINKELSTEIN
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Policy & Practice
Alicia Ault
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Guest Editorial

Stop Excluding the Elderly From Clinical Trials
NANETTE K. WENGER
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Letters
Frances Parisi, Gary R. Schafer, Eric Frankenfeld
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EHR System Certification May Be Out This Summer
MARY ELLEN SCHNEIDER
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Measuring Quality of Care Could Reduce Racial Disparities
MARY ELLEN SCHNEIDER
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Patient Registries May Be Cheaper Than EHRs
MARY ELLEN SCHNEIDER
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On the Beat

On the Beat
Renée Matthews, Albert D. Pacifico, JAMES K. KIRKLIN
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