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Latest Edition - Vol 9 No 1

EDITORIAL
A Five-year Retrospective on Futures in Cardiology—Part One
Sylvan Lee Weinberg, MD, MACC
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Five Years On
OVERVIEW
The Future was Here and Now, and has Passed You by
Thomas J Fogarty, MD
Citation: Am Heart Hosp J. 2011;9(1):7
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IMAGING
Cardiovascular Imaging—Reflecting on 2006 Predictions and New Predictions for 2016
Jesus Bianco, MD and Samuel Wann, MD
Citation: Am Heart Hosp J. 2011;9(1):8
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INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY
Interventional Cardiology in 2011—A Look Back
Richard A Schatz, MD and Rachel L Israel, MD
Citation: Am Heart Hosp J. 2011;9(1):11-4
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SURGERY
Future Directions in Cardiac Surgery—Part II
Lawrence H Cohn, MD and James Hubbard, MD
Citation: Am Heart Hosp J. 2011;9(1):15-8
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GENOMICS
A Genomic Revolution for Cardiovascular Disease—A Progress Report at Five Years
Alexandre FR Stewart, FRCP(C), PhD and Robert Roberts, MD
Citation: Am Heart Hosp J. 2011;9(1):19-23
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CELL THERAPY
Cell Therapy—A 21st Century Hope for Treating Cardiovascular Disease—A Five-year Retrospective and Predictive View
Doris A Taylor, PhD, FAHA
Citation: Am Heart Hosp J. 2011;9(1):24-7
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REVIEWS
Biomarkers Associated with Cardiometabolic Risk in Obesity
Sidra Younus, MD and George Rodgers, MD
Citation: Am Heart Hosp J. 2011;9(1):28-32
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Approach to the Differentiation of Wide QRS Complex Tachycardias
Dmitriy Kireyev, MD, Vipul Gupta, MD, Mikhail V Arkhipov, MD, Ashish Bhatia, MD, Joseph A Paris, MD and William E Boden, MD
Citation: Am Heart Hosp J. 2011;9(1):33-6
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Original Contributions
High Prevalence of Obesity in Young Patients with ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction
Abhijeet Basoor, MD, John F Cotant, MD, Gagan Randhawa, MD, Muhammad Janjua, MD, Aaref Badshah, MD, Michele DeGregorio, MD, Abdul R Halabi, MD, Benjamin Diaczok, MD, Kiritkumar C Patel, MD and Paul Stein, MD
Citation: Am Heart Hosp J. 2011;9(1):37-40
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Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy for Non-ischemic Cardiomyopathy—
Immediate Changes in QRS Duration, with Left Bundle Branch Block Pattern on Electrocardiogram

Saurav Chatterjee, MD, Gunjan Guha, PhD and Joydeep Ghosh, MD
Citation: Am Heart Hosp J. 2011;9(1):41-3
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Case Reports
Angiographic Success and Successful Stent Delivery for Complex Lesions Using the GuideLiner™ Five-in-six System—A Case Report
Anouska Moynagh, MD, Philippe Garot, MD, FESC, Thierry Lefèvre, MD, FSCAI, FESC and Yves Louvard, MD, FSCAI
Citation: Am Heart Hosp J. 2011;9(1):44-7
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Diffuse Coronary Ectasia Complicated by Myocardial Infarction in a Patient with Multiple Sclerosis—Transradial Dethrombosis and One-year Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography Follow-Up
Francesco Summaria, MD, Marina Mustilli, MD, Chiara Lanzillo, MD and Enrico Romagnoli, MD, PhD
Citation: Am Heart Hosp J. 2011;9(1):48-51
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Saphenous Vein Graft Aneurysm—An Unusual Cause of Mediastinal Mass
Daniel D Correa de Sa, MD, Thais Coutinho, MD and Paul Sorajja, MD
Citation: Am Heart Hosp J. 2011;9(1):52-4
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Spontaneous Calcific Coronary Embolus From a Degenerative Calcific Aortic Valve—A Rare Cause of Acute ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction
Adam P Vasconcellos, MS IV and Kenneth S Korr, MD
Citation: Am Heart Hosp J. 2011;9(1):55-9
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Mycotic Aneurysm of the Ulnar Artery
Hamid Shamsolkottabi, MD, Mahmoud Saeidi, MD, Abolghasem Zarezadeh, MD, Sayed Mohammad Hashemi Jazi, MD and Mahfar Arasteh, MD
Citation: Am Heart Hosp J. 2011;9(1):60-2
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A Peculiar Case of Very Late Restenosis in a Drug-eluting Stent
Scott W Murray, MB, ChB, BSc, MRCP, Mohammed Andron, MD, MRCP, Raphael A Perry, BM, BS, BMedSci, DM, FRCP and Nick D Palmer, MB, BS, MD, FRCP
Citation: Am Heart Hosp J. 2011;9(1):63-4
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