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EDITORIAL
Accountable Care Organizations–Ready for Prime Time or Not?
Sylvan Lee Weinberg, MD, MACC
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SPECIAL REPORT
Healthcare Reform 2010–A Surgeon's Perspective
Daniel J Ullyot, MD
Citation: Am Heart Hosp J. 2010;8(2):80-5
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ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION
Acute Change in Left Ventricle End-diastolic Pressure after Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients with ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction
Õmer Şatiroǧlu, MD, Yüksel Çiçek, MD, Mehmet Bostan, MD, Mustafa Çetin MD and Engin Bozkurt, MD, PhD
Citation: Am Heart Hosp J. 2010;8(2):86-90
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REVIEW
Management of Acute Stroke and Transient Ischemic Stroke–An Integrated, Systematic Approach from the Emergency Department to the Inpatient Setting to Discharge
Kiwon Lee, MD, FACP, FAHA
Citation: Am Heart Hosp J. 2010;8(2):91-98
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CORONARY CT ANGIOGRAPHY CLINIC
Right Coronary Ostial Stent–Whether or Not to Use Computed Tomographic Angiography
Shoeb J Sitafalwalla, MD, Edward Passen, MD, FACC, Ravi Gurujal, MD and Samuel Wann, MD, MACC
Citation: Am Heart Hosp J. 2010;8(2):99-101
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ECG CLINIC
A Grossly Abnormal Electrocardiogram with Multiple Abnormalities
David H Spodick, MD, DSc, FACC
Citation: Am Heart Hosp J. 2010;8(2):102
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NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY CLINIC
Myocardial Perfusion Imaging in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Haresh Majmundar, CNMT, Amanda M Donohue, MD, Absalom Hepner, MD and Gregory S Thomas, MD, MPH
Citation: Am Heart Hosp J. 2010;8(2):103-4
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ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY CLINIC
Left Ventricular Non-compaction–When Are Trabeculations Excessive?
Karen K Stout, MD
Citation: Am Heart Hosp J. 2010;8(2):105-7
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CASE REPORTS
Abnormal Myocardial Perfusion in a Patient with Left Ventricular Non-compaction
Dmitriy Kireyev, MD, Steven J Horn, MD, FACC and Michael F Wilson, MD, FACC
Citation: Am Heart Hosp J. 2010;8(2):108-110
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Angina Induced by 5-Fluorouracil Infusion in a Patient with Normal Coronaries
Reza Tajik, MD, Habib Saadat, MD, Maryam Taherkhani, MD and Mohammad Reza Movahed, MD, PhD
Citation: Am Heart Hosp J. 2010;8(2):111-12
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Repetitive Monomorphic Ventricular Tachycardia as a Manifestation of Suboptimally Treated Thyrotoxicosis
David J Preeti A Chandra, MD, Ajay Vallakati, MD, MPH, Abhinav B Chandra, MD, Manali Pednekar, MD and Joydeep Ghosh, MD
Citation: Am Heart Hosp J. 2010;8(2):113-14
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Tachycardia-induced Cardiomyopathy–A Fully Reversible Phenomenon
Michael CY Nam, MD, Adarsh Aravind, MD, Koo Chan, MD, Simon James, MD and Nigel Brown, MD
Citation: Am Heart Hosp J. 2010;8(2):115-17
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Right Ventricular Myxoma Obstructing the Outflow Tract
Branislava Ivanovic, MD, PhD, Marijana Tadic, MD, Danica Matic, PhD and Dragan Simic, PhD
Citation: Am Heart Hosp J. 2010;8(2):118-121
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Left Ventricular Non-compaction Cardiomyopathy
Ananda C Dharshan, MD, Avshim Tavakoli, MD, Sharad Jaitly, MD, Farshid Radparvar, MD and Mohandas M Shenoy, MBBS, FRCP(C), FACC
Citation: Am Heart Hosp J. 2010;8(2):122-24
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Intravascular Ultrasound and Angiographic Demonstration of Left Main Stem Thrombus–High-risk Presentation in a Young Adult with Anabolic Steroid Abuse
Pankaj Garg, MD, MRCP, Gershan Davis, MD, FRCP, FRACP, FACC, FESC, John Ian Wilson, BSc, MD, FRCP and Mohan Sivananthan, MBBS, MD, MRCP, FRCR, FACA
Citation: Am Heart Hosp J. 2010;8(2):125-27
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An Unusual Case of Endocarditis–A Rare Occurrence with Unique Etiology
Jagadeesh K Kalavakunta, MD, Preston Shumway, DO, William Nichols, DO and Vishal Gupta, MD, MPH
Citation: Am Heart Hosp J. 2010;8(2):128-29
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Symptomatic Calcific Constrictive Pericarditis Presenting Years After Presumed Resolved Inflammatory Heart Disease
Tanyanan Tanawuttiwat, MD, Sharon Brennan, BSN, RN, Stacie Ward, MSN, APRN and Marc A Silver, MD
Citation: Am Heart Hosp J. 2010;8(2):130-32
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Progression of Low-pressure to Acute Classic Cardiac Tamponade–A Diagnostic Dilemma in the Setting of Spontaneous Left Ventricular Rupture
Vignendra Ariyarajah, MD, Farrukh Hussain, MD, FRCPC, Robert McGregor, MD, Michael Raabe, MD, FRCPC, Alan Menkis, MD, FRCPC and Davinder S Jassal, MD, FRCPC
Citation: Am Heart Hosp J. 2010;8(2):133-35
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