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Contents Vol. 22, No. 1, January 1999

EDITORIAL

Single-Vessel Disease: What is the Evidence Favoring Medical Versus Interventional Therapy?
C. R. Conti, M.D., M.A.C.C. 3

SPECIAL ARTICLE

The Importance of Randomized Clinical Trials and Evidence-Based Medicine: A Clinician's Perspective
H. L. Kennedy, M.D., M.P.H. 6

REVIEW

The Role of Cardiac Troponin-I (cTnI) in Risk Stratification of Patients with Unstable Coronary Artery Disease
M. J. Tanasijevic, M.D., C. P. Cannon, M.D., E. M. Antman, M.D. 13

CLINICAL INVESTIGATIONS

Emergency Department Thrombolysis Critical Pathway Reduces Door-to-Drug Times in Acute Myocardial Infarction [abstract] | [full text] | [PDF]
C. P. Cannon, M.D., E. B. Johnson, B.A., M. Cermignani, B.Sc., B. M. Scirica, B.A. M. J. Sagarin, M.D., R.M. Walls, M.D. 17

Effect of Balloon Inflation-Induced Acute Ischemia on QT Dispersion during Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty
K. Aytemir, M.D., V. Bavafa, M.D., N. Ozer, M.D., S. Aksoyek, M.D., A. Oto, M.D., FESC, F. Ozmen, M.D. 21

Long-Term Safety of Pravastatin-Gemfibrozil Therapy in Mixed Hyperlipidemia
E. A. Iliadis, M.D., and R. S. Rosenson, M.D. 25

Randomized Evaluation of Four versus Five French Catheters for Transfemoral Coronary Angiography
D. Metz, M.D., FESC, L. Chapoutot, M.D., C. Brasselet, M.D., D. Jolly, M.D. 29

Cardiac and Autonomic Evaluation in a Pediatric Population with Human Immunodeficiency Virus
D. Plein, M.D., G. VanCamp, M.D., B. Cosyns, M.D., A. Alimenti, M.D., J. Levy, M.D., J.-L.Vandenbossche, M.D. 33

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY

Electrocardiographic Patterns in Acute Inferior Myocardial Infarction with and without Right Ventrical Involvement: Classification, Diagnostic and Prognostic Value, Masking Effect
E. Correale, M.D., R. Battista, M.D., A. Martone, M.D., F. Pietropaolo, M.D., V. Ricciardiello, M.D., D. DiGirolamo, M.D., S. Barlera, M.S., A. P. Maggioni, M.D. 37

IMAGES IN CARDIOLOGY

Impending Paradoxical Embolism: A Transesophageal Echocardiographic Image
P.-M. Ku, M.D., C.-C. Cheng, M.D., B.-C. Cheng, M.D., T.-Y. Huang, M.D. 45

Acute Prosthetic Mitral Valve Failure
S. A. Fein, M.D., and D. A. Judkins, M.D. 46

PROGRESS IN CLINICAL TRIALS

• RALES (Randomized Aldactone Evaluation Study) 47
• Stent PAMI (Primary Angioplasty for Myocardial Infarction 47
• PREVENT (Prospective Randomized Evaluation of the Vascular Effects of Norvasc Trials) 48
• ARTS (Arterial Revascularization Therapy Study) 48
• WRIST (Washington Radiation for In-Stent Restenosis Trial) 49

SHORT COMMUNICATIONS

Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor-Induced Pancreatitis
J. S. Muchnick, M.D., J. L. Mehta, M.D., Ph.D. 50

PROFILES IN CARDIOLOGY

Louis Gallavardin
L. J. Acierno, M.D. 52

BOOK REVIEWS

• Sudden Cardiac Death in the Athlete 54
• The Science and Practice of Pediatric Cardiology, Second Edition: Volumes I and II 54

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