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EDITORIAL
American Healthcare Reform Agonistes
Sylvan Lee Weinberg MD, MACC
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ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS
Something Old, Something New— Computed Tomography Studies of the Cardiovascular System in Ancient Egyptian Mummies
Adel H Allam, MD, Abdelhalium Nureldin, PhD, Gomma Adelmaksoub, PhD, Ibrahem Badr, PhD, Hany Abdel Amer, PhD, Muhamed Al-Tohamy Soliman, PhD, Gregory S Thomas, MD, MPH, Randall C Thompson, MD, Michael I Miyamoto, MD, Ian G Thomas, Adam Thompson, and Samuel Wann, MD
Citation: Am Heart Hosp J. 2010;8(1):10-13
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The Impact of Provider-specific Report Cards on Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Volume
Thomas R McLean, MD, JD, FACS, ESQ
Citation: Am Heart Hosp J. 2010;8(1):14-18
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Transradial Cardiac Catheterization and Intervention— Observations on Its Place in the Catheterization Laboratory
George T Broderick, Jr, MD, FACP, FACC, FSCAI
Citation: Am Heart Hosp J. 2010;8(1):19-24
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Using Modern Communications to Manage Chronic Heart Disease
Alfred A Bove, MD, PhD
Citation: Am Heart Hosp J. 2010;8(1):25-28
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Percutaneous Mitral Valvuloplasty— A New Method for Balloon Sizing Based on Maximal Commissural Diameter to Improve Procedural Results
Hamid Reza Sanati, MD, Majid Kiavar, MD, Negar Salehi, MD, Farshad Shakerian, MD, Ata Firoozi, MD, Saeed Alipour Parsa, MD, Neda Behzadnia, MD, Hooman Bakhshandeh, MD, PhD, Mohammad Mehdi Peighambari, MD and Majid Maleki, MD
Citation: Am Heart Hosp J. 2010;8(1):29-32
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SPECIAL REPORT
Patient Demographics, Complications, and Hospital Utilization in 250 Consecutive Device Implants in a New Community Hospital Electrophysiology Program—Implications for 'Niche' Hospitals
Jeffrey L Williams, MD, MS, FACC, David Lugg, BS, RCIS, Robert Gray, BSN, RN, Douglas Hollis, RCIS, Michelle Stoner, BS, CVT and Robert Stevenson, MD
Citation: Am Heart Hosp J. 2010;8(1):33-39
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COMMENTARIES
Unintended Consequences of Healthcare Reform— Patients Beware
Elizabeth Klodas, MD, FACC
Citation: Am Heart Hosp J. 2010;8(1):40-43
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Where Have All the Patients Gone? The Decrease in the Volume of Work of Cardiologists
Gregory S Thomas, MD, MPH, Joshua M Sugino, BS and Samuel Wann, MD, MACC
Citation: Am Heart Hosp J. 2010;8(1):44-46
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CORONARY CT ANGIOGRAPHY CLINIC
Computed Tomography Angiography for Right Ventricular Function in an Adult with Complex Congenital Heart Disease
David J Nicholson, DO, Edward L Passen, MD, FACC and Samuel Wann, MD, MACC
Citation: Am Heart Hosp J. 2010;8(1):47-49
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ECG CLINIC
Left Bundle Branch Block— Significance of the Spatial QRS Axis (Vector)
David H Spodick, MD, DSc, FACC
Citation: Am Heart Hosp J. 2010;8(1):50-51
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CASE REPORTS
Reversible Electrocardiogram Changes and Cardiomyopathy Secondary to Baclofen Withdrawal Syndrome
Dmitriy Kireyev, MD and Kian-Keong Poh, FRCP, FACC
Citation: Am Heart Hosp J. 2010;8(1):52-54
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Cardiac Tamponade as a Rare Form of Presentation of Rheumatic Carditis
Fátima Derlene Rocha Araújo, MD, Kelly Nascimento Brandão, MD, Fabiana Arantes Araújo, MD, Gláucia Maria Vasconcelos Severiano, MD and Zilda Maria Alves Meira, MD
Citation: Am Heart Hosp J. 2010;8(1):55-57
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Case Illustrations of Long QT Syndrome
Omar Abdul Razakjr, MRCP (UK), Yeo Wee Tiong, MRCP (UK), Seow Swee Chong, MRCP (UK) and Singh Devinder, MRCP (UK)
Citation: Am Heart Hosp J. 2010;8(1):58-62
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Cardiac Bradyarrhythmias in a Patient with Cervical Spine Injury
Avneet Singh, MD, MRCP, Rajeev Garg, MD and Richard Weachter, MD
Citation: Am Heart Hosp J. 2010;8(1):63-65
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Rotational Atherectomy to Facilitate Stent Expansion After Deployment in ST-segment-elevation Myocardial Infarction
Rasoul Mokabberi, MD and James C Blankenship, MD
Citation: Am Heart Hosp J. 2010;8(1):66-69
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ERRATUM
Computed Tomography for Coronary Anatomy and Perfusion— Guiding Therapy in a Patient with an Occluded Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery
David J Nicholson, DO, Edward L Passen, MD, FACC and Samuel Wann, MD, MACC
Citation: Am Heart Hosp J. 2010;8(1):70
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