CONTENTS THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY�

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Coronary Artery Disease

Characteristics, Management, and Outcomes ofCocaine-Positive Patients With Acute CoronarySyndrome (from the National Cardiovascular DataRegistry) ......................................................749Navdeep Gupta, Jeffrey B. Washam,Stavros E. Mountantonakis, Shuang Li, Matthew T. Roe,James A. de Lemos, and Rohit Arora

Influence of the Extent of Coronary AtheroscleroticDisease on ST-Segment Changes Induced byST Elevation Myocardial Infarction ...................757Francisco J. Noriega, Miquel Vives-Borras,Eduard Sole-Gonzalez, Joan Garcıa-Picart,Dabit Arzamendi, and Juan Cinca

Coronary Computed Tomographic AngiographicFindings in Asymptomatic Patients With Type 2Diabetes Mellitus ...........................................765Gyung-Min Park, Seung-Whan Lee, Young-Rak Cho,Chan Joon Kim, Jung Sun Cho, Mahn-Won Park,Sung Ho Her, Jung-Min Ahn, Jong-Young Lee,Duk-Woo Park, Soo-Jin Kang, Young-Hak Kim,Cheol Whan Lee, Eun Hee Koh, Woo Je Lee,Min-Seon Kim, Ki-Up Lee, Joon-Won Kang,Tae-Hwan Lim, Seong-Wook Park, Seung-Jung Park, andJoong-Yeol Park

Prognostic Value of Aortic and Mitral Valve CalciumDetected by Contrast Cardiac Computed TomographyAngiography in Patients With Suspicion of CoronaryArtery Disease ..............................................772Vasileios Kamperidis, Michiel A. de Graaf,Alexander Broersen, Wehab Ahmed, Georgios Sianos,Victoria Delgado, Jouke Dijkstra, Jeroen J. Bax, andArthur J. Scholte

Relation of Albuminuria to Coronary MicrovascularFunction in Patients With Chronic KidneyDisease ........................................................779Sari Imamura, Kumiko Hirata, Makoto Orii,Kunihiro Shimamura, Yasutsugu Shiono, Kohei Ishibashi,Takashi Tanimoto, Takashi Yamano, Yasushi Ino,Hironori Kitabata, Tomoyuki Yamaguchi, Takashi Kubo,Atsushi Tanaka, Toshio Imanishi, and Takashi Akasaka

Effect of Platelet Reactivity, Endothelial Function,and Inflammatory Status on Outcomes in PatientsWith Stable Angina Pectoris on ClopidogrelTherapy .......................................................786Jong Shin Woo, Weon Kim, Hyun Hee Jang,Jin Bae Kim, Woo-Shik Kim, and Kwon Sam Kim

Utilization of Evidence-Based Therapy for AcuteCoronary Syndrome in High-Income andLow/Middle-Income Countries .........................793Avi Shimony, Sonia M. Grandi, Louise Pilote,Lawrence Joseph, Jennifer O’Loughlin, Gilles Paradis,Stephane Rinfret, Nizal Sarrafzadegan,Nasreen Adamjee, Rakesh Yadav, Habib Gamra,Jean G. Diodati, and Mark J. Eisenberg, for the ZESCAInvestigators

Predictors of Reperfusion Delay in Patients With STElevation Myocardial Infarction Self-Transported tothe Hospital (from the American Heart Association’sMission: Lifeline Program)...............................798David M. Shavelle, Anita Y. Chen, Ray V. Matthews,Matthew T. Roe, James A. de Lemos, James Jollis,Joseph L. Thomas, and William J. French, ACTION-GWTG Investigators

Comparison of Intermediate-Term Outcomesof Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting VersusDrug-Eluting Stents for Patients ‡75 Yearsof Age .........................................................803Edward L. Hannan, Ye Zhong, Peter B. Berger,Gary Walford, Jeptha P. Curtis, Chuntao Wu,Ferdinand J. Venditti, Robert S.D. Higgins,Craig R. Smith, Stephen J. Lahey, and Spencer B. King III

Aspiration Thrombectomy in Patients WithST Elevation Myocardial Infarction UndergoingPrimary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention(from the Acute Coronary Syndrome Israeli Survey2010) ..........................................................809Mady Moriel, Shlomi Matetzky, Amit Segev,Aaron Medina, Ran Kornowski, Haim Danenberg,Natalie Gavrielov-Yusim, Ilan Goldenberg, Dan Tzivoni,and Shmuel Gottlieb, for the ACSIS and ACSIS-PCIinvestigators

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Comparison of Cost-Effectiveness of Oral RapamycinPlus Bare-Metal Stents Versus First Generation ofDrug-Eluting Stents (from the Randomized OralRapamycin in Argentina [ORAR] 3 Trial) ...........815Alfredo E. Rodriguez, Igor Palacios,Alfredo M. Rodriguez-Granillo, Juan R. Mieres,Sonia Tarragona, Carlos Fernandez-Pereira,Leonardo Solorzano, Ricardo Pauletto,Patrick W. Serruys, and David Antoniucci, on behalf ofORAR-3 investigators

Arrhythmias and ConductionDisturbances

Comparison of the Frequency of Atrial Fibrillation inYoung Obese Versus Young Nonobese MenUndergoing Examination for Fitness for MilitaryService.........................................................822Morten Schmidt, Hans Erik Bøtker, Lars Pedersen, andHenrik Toft Sørensen

Comparison of the Safety and Feasibility ofArrhythmia Ablation Using the Amigo Robotic RemoteCatheter System Versus Manual Ablation ...........827Tomas Datino, Angel Arenal, Mauricio Pelliza,Jesus Hernandez-Hernandez, Felipe Atienza,Esteban Gonzalez-Torrecilla, Pablo Avila, Loreto Bravo,and Francisco Fernandez-Aviles

Systemic Hypertension

Two- and Three-Dimensional Speckle TrackingAnalysis of the Relation Between MyocardialDeformation and Functional Capacity in PatientsWith Systemic Hypertension............................832Vera Celic, Marijana Tadic, Jelena Suzic-Lazic,Anita Andric, Anka Majstorovic, Branislava Ivanovic,Predrag Stevanovic, Olinka Iracek, andRadisav Scepanovic

Heart Failure

Comparison of Endovascular Versus Epicardial LeadPlacement for Resynchronization Therapy .........840Naga V. Garikipati, Suneet Mittal, Farooq Chaudhry,Dan L. Musat, Tina Sichrovsky, Mark Preminger,Aysha Arshad, and Jonathan S. Steinberg

Impact of Triiodothyronine and N-TerminalPro-B-Type Natriuretic Peptide on the Long-TermSurvival of Critically Ill Patients With Acute HeartFailure .........................................................845Chun-Pin Chuang, Yuh-Shiun Jong, Chang-Yu Wu, andHuey-Ming Lo

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Valvular Heart Disease

Long-Term Prognostic Value and Serial Changes ofPlasma N-Terminal Prohormone B-Type NatriureticPeptide in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter AorticValve Implantation.........................................851Henrique B. Ribeiro, Marina Urena, Florent Le Ven,Luis Nombela-Franco, Ricardo Allende,Marie-Annick Clavel, Abdellaziz Dahou, Melanie Cote,Jerome Laflamme, Louis Laflamme,Hugo DeLarochelliere, Robert DeLarochelliere,Daniel Doyle, Eric Dumont, Sebastien Bergeron,Philippe Pibarot, and Josep Rodes-Cabau

Usefulness of Novel Hematologic InflammatoryParameters to Predict Prosthetic Mitral ValveThrombosis ...................................................860Ozan Mustafa Gursoy, Suleyman Karakoyun,Macit Kalcık, Tayyar Gokdeniz, Mahmut Yesin,Sabahattin Gunduz, Mehmet Ali Astarcıo�glu, andMehmet Ozkan

Congenital Heart Disease

Usefulness of the Seattle Heart Failure Model toIdentify Adults With Congenital Heart Disease atHigh Risk of Poor Outcome ............................865Ada Stefanescu, Eric A. Macklin, Elaine Lin,David M. Dudzinski, Jacob Johnson, Kevin F. Kennedy,Daniel Jacoby, Doreen DeFaria Yeh, Gregory D. Lewis,Robert W. Yeh, Richard Liberthson, George Lui, andAmi B. Bhatt

Methods

Comparison Between Ultrasound-GuidedCompression and Para-Aneurysmal Saline Injectionin the Treatment of Postcatheterization FemoralArtery Pseudoaneurysms................................871Mahmoud Farouk ElMahdy, Hussien Heshmat Kassem,Essam Baligh Ewis, and Soliman Gharieb Mahdy

Miscellaneous

Effects of Left Ventricular Geometry and Obesity onMortality in Women With Normal EjectionFraction........................................................877Dharmendrakumar A. Patel, Carl J. Lavie,Surya M. Artham, Richard V. Milani,Gustavo A. Cardenas, and Hector O. Ventura

Findings of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging inAsymptomatic Myocardial Ischemic Disease inTakayasu Arteritis..........................................881Cloe Comarmond, Philippe Cluzel, Dan Toledano,Nathalie Costedoat-Chalumeau, Richard Isnard,Julien Gaudric, Laurent Chiche, Fabien Koskas,Patrice Cacoub, and David Saadoun

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Review

Unanswered Questions in Patients With ConcurrentAtrial Fibrillation and Acute CoronarySyndrome.....................................................888Daniel S. Ice, Timothy A. Shapiro, Eric M. Gnall, andPeter R. Kowey

Review of Complementary and Alternative MedicalTreatment of Arrhythmias ...............................897Andrew Brenyo and Mehmet K. Aktas

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