Circulation -- Table of Contents (Volume 117, Issue 20)

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Volume 117, Issue 20; May 20, 2008

Clinical Summaries

Editorials

Original Articles

Arrhythmia/Electrophysiology

Coronary Heart Disease

Epidemiology

Health Services and Outcomes Research

Heart Failure

Hypertension

Transplantation

Vascular Medicine

Contemporary Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine

Controversies in Cardiovascular Medicine

Cardiology Patient Pages

Images in Cardiovascular Medicine

Correspondence

Correction

European Perspectives

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	Clinical Summaries:
	Clinical Summaries Circulation. 2008;117:2567-2569, doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.189726 Extract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Editorials:
	Quest for Diastolic Prognostic Indicators of Clinical Outcome After Acute Myocardial Infarction Martin St John Sutton Circulation. 2008;117:2570-2572, doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.772483 Extract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Hype and Hope in the Use of Echocardiography for Selection for Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy: The Tower of Babel Revisited Thomas H. Marwick Circulation. 2008;117:2573-2576, doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.772475 Extract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Inflammation and Cardiovascular Disease: Role of the Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist William F. Fearon and Douglas T. Fearon Circulation. 2008;117:2577-2579, doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.772491 Extract \| Full Text \| PDF
	A Delicate Balance: Physician Work Hours, Patient Safety, and Organizational Efficiency Kevin G. Volpp Circulation. 2008;117:2580-2582, doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.777508 Extract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Original Articles:
	Arrhythmia/Electrophysiology:
	Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Obesity Yong-Mei Cha, Paul A. Friedman, Samuel J. Asirvatham, Win-Kuang Shen, Thomas M. Munger, Robert F. Rea, Peter A. Brady, Arshad Jahangir, Kristi H. Monahan, David O. Hodge, Ryan A. Meverden, Bernard J. Gersh, Stephen C. Hammill, and Douglas L. Packer Circulation. 2008;117:2583-2590; published online before print May 12 2008, doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.716712 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF \| Clinical Perspective
	Coronary Heart Disease:
	Independent Prognostic Importance of a Restrictive Left Ventricular Filling Pattern After Myocardial Infarction: An Individual Patient Meta-Analysis: Meta-Analysis Research Group in Echocardiography Acute Myocardial Infarction Meta-Analysis Research Group in Echocardiography (MeRGE) AMI Collaborators Circulation. 2008;117:2591-2598; published online before print May 12 2008, doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.738625 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF \| Clinical Perspective
	Epidemiology:
	Left Ventricular Morphology and Systolic Function in Sleep-Disordered Breathing: The Sleep Heart Health Study Hassan A. Chami, Richard B. Devereux, John S. Gottdiener, Reena Mehra, Mary J. Roman, Emelia J. Benjamin, and Daniel J. Gottlieb Circulation. 2008;117:2599-2607; published online before print May 5 2008, doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.717892 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF \| Data Supplement \| Clinical Perspective
	Health Services and Outcomes Research:
	Effect of Short Call Admission on Length of Stay and Quality of Care for Acute Decompensated Heart Failure Jennifer L. Schuberth, Tom A. Elasy, Javed Butler, Robert Greevy, Theodore Speroff, Robert S. Dittus, and Christianne L. Roumie Circulation. 2008;117:2637-2644; published online before print April 21 2008, doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.740357 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF \| Clinical Perspective
	Heart Failure:
	Results of the Predictors of Response to CRT (PROSPECT) Trial Eugene S. Chung, Angel R. Leon, Luigi Tavazzi, Jing-Ping Sun, Petros Nihoyannopoulos, John Merlino, William T. Abraham, Stefano Ghio, Christophe Leclercq, Jeroen J. Bax, Cheuk-Man Yu, John Gorcsan, III, Martin St John Sutton, Johan De Sutter, and Jaime Murillo Circulation. 2008;117:2608-2616; published online before print May 5 2008, doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.743120 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF \| Data Supplement \| Clinical Perspective \| CME
	Comparison of Echocardiographic Dyssynchrony Assessment by Tissue Velocity and Strain Imaging in Subjects With or Without Systolic Dysfunction and With or Without Left Bundle-Branch Block Chinami Miyazaki, Brian D. Powell, Charles J. Bruce, Raul E. Espinosa, Margaret M. Redfield, Fletcher A. Miller, David L. Hayes, Yong-Mei Cha, and Jae K. Oh Circulation. 2008;117:2617-2625; published online before print May 12 2008, doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.733675 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF \| Clinical Perspective
	Reversal of Cardiac Hypertrophy and Fibrosis From Pressure Overload by Tetrahydrobiopterin: Efficacy of Recoupling Nitric Oxide Synthase as a Therapeutic Strategy An L. Moens, Eiki Takimoto, Carlo G. Tocchetti, Khalid Chakir, Djahida Bedja, Gianfranco Cormaci, Elizabeth A. Ketner, Maulik Majmudar, Kathleen Gabrielson, Marc K. Halushka, James B. Mitchell, Shyam Biswal, Keith M. Channon, Michael S. Wolin, Nicholas J. Alp, Nazareno Paolocci, Hunter C. Champion, and David A. Kass Circulation. 2008;117:2626-2636; published online before print May 12 2008, doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.737031 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF \| Data Supplement \| Clinical Perspective
	Hypertension:
	Novel Role for Inhibitor of Differentiation 2 in the Genesis of Angiotensin II–Induced Hypertension Petra Gratze, Ralf Dechend, Carolin Stocker, Joon-Keun Park, Sandra Feldt, Erdenechimeg Shagdarsuren, Maren Wellner, Faikah Gueler, Song Rong, Volkmar Gross, Michael Obst, Ralph Plehm, Natalia Alenina, Ana Zenclussen, Jens Titze, Kersten Small, Yoshifumi Yokota, Martin Zenke, Friedrich C. Luft, and Dominik N. Muller Circulation. 2008;117:2645-2656; published online before print May 12 2008, doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.760116 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF \| Data Supplement \| Clinical Perspective
	Transplantation:
	Endothelial Dysfunction and Cytomegalovirus Replication in Pediatric Heart Transplantation Jacob Simmonds, Matthew Fenton, Catherine Dewar, Elizabeth Ellins, Clare Storry, David Cubitt, John Deanfield, Nigel Klein, Julian Halcox, and Michael Burch Circulation. 2008;117:2657-2661; published online before print May 12 2008, doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.718874 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF \| Clinical Perspective
	Vascular Medicine:
	Inhibition of Interleukin-1 by Anakinra Improves Vascular and Left Ventricular Function in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis Ignatios Ikonomidis, John P. Lekakis, Maria Nikolaou, Ioannis Paraskevaidis, Ioanna Andreadou, Theophania Kaplanoglou, Pelagia Katsimbri, Grigorios Skarantavos, Panayiotis N. Soucacos, and Dimitrios T. Kremastinos Circulation. 2008;117:2662-2669; published online before print May 12 2008, doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.731877 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF \| Clinical Perspective
	Anakinra, a Recombinant Human Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist, Inhibits Apoptosis in Experimental Acute Myocardial Infarction Antonio Abbate, Fadi N. Salloum, Elena Vecile, Anindita Das, Nicholas N. Hoke, Stefania Straino, Giuseppe G.L. Biondi-Zoccai, Jon-Erik Houser, Ian Z. Qureshi, Evan D. Ownby, Edoardo Gustini, Luigi M. Biasucci, Anna Severino, Maurizio C. Capogrossi, George W. Vetrovec, Filippo Crea, Alfonso Baldi, Rakesh C. Kukreja, and Aldo Dobrina Circulation. 2008;117:2670-2683; published online before print May 12 2008, doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.740233 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF \| Clinical Perspective
	Contemporary Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine:
	Methods and Limitations of Assessing New Noninvasive Tests: Part I: Anatomy-Based Validation of Noninvasive Testing Rory Hachamovitch and Marcelo F. Di Carli Circulation. 2008;117:2684-2690, doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.708586 Extract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Controversies in Cardiovascular Medicine:
	Thiazide-Type Diuretics and β-Adrenergic Blockers as First-Line Drug Treatments for Hypertension Jeffrey A. Cutler and Barry R. Davis Circulation. 2008;117:2691-2705, doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.709931 Extract \| Full Text \| PDF \| Response
	Risk/Benefit Assessment of β-Blockers and Diuretics Precludes Their Use for First-Line Therapy in Hypertension Franz H. Messerli, Sripal Bangalore, and Stevo Julius Circulation. 2008;117:2706-2715, doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.695007 Extract \| Full Text \| PDF \| Response
	Cardiology Patient Pages:
	A Patient’s Guide to Living With Atrial Fibrillation Julie B. Shea and Samuel F. Sears Circulation. 2008;117:e340-e343, doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.780577 Extract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Images in Cardiovascular Medicine:
	Rotating Fibrocalcific Cast After Infected Pacemaker Lead Extraction Satish Kenchaiah, Mary J. Barnes, Roy Nambudripad, Kaveh Naemi, and Serge Tobias Circulation. 2008;117:e338-e339, doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.762245 Extract \| Full Text \| PDF \| Data Supplement
	The Cervical Aortic Arch: A Rare Vascular Anomaly Alexander Poellinger, Alexander E. Lembcke, Thomas Elgeti, Sergej Filimonov, and Christian N. Enzweiler Circulation. 2008;117:2716-2717, doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.755264 Extract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Correspondence:
	Letter by Wexler and Feldman Regarding Article, "Socioeconomic Position, Race/Ethnicity, and Inflammation in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis" Randy Wexler and David Feldman Circulation. 2008;117:e344, doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.755728 Extract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Correction:
	Correction Circulation. 2008;117:e345, doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.189657 Extract \| Full Text \| PDF
	European Perspectives:
	European Perspectives Circulation. 2008;117:f115-f120, doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.189684 PDF