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Circulation: Cardiovascular
Quality and Outcomes

The Chest Pain Choice Decision Aid: A Randomized Trial 
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Radial Artery Versus Femoral Artery Access Options in Coronary Angiogram Procedures: Randomized Controlled Trial of a Patient-Decision Aid 
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Hospital Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Appropriateness and In-Hospital Procedural Outcomes: Insights From the NCDR 
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Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

Morphological and Functional Adaptation of the Maternal Heart During Pregnancy
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Prognostic Implication of Appropriateness Criteria for Pharmacological Pharmacologic Stress Echocardiography Performed in an Outpatient Clinic
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High-Resolution Versus Standard-Resolution Cardiovascular MR Myocardial Perfusion Imaging for the Detection of Coronary Artery Disease
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Circulation: Heart Failure

Testosterone Supplementation in Heart Failure: A Meta-Analysis
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Adipose Tissue Inflammation and Adiponectin Resistance in Patients With Advanced Heart Failure: Correction After Ventricular Assist Device Implantation
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Plasticity of Surface Structures and β2-Adrenergic Receptor Localization in Failing Ventricular Cardiomyocytes During Recovery From Heart Failure
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Circulation: Cardiovascular 
Quality and Outcomes

Special Request from the Editor

Since its launch in 2008, Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes has become the premier venue for outcomes research, with an emphasis on improving clinical care and health care delivery for patients with, or at risk for, cardiovascular disease and stroke. The journal publishes top science in the field, as well as commentaries and perspective pieces that contribute to the national dialogue of how best to practice medicine and implement constructive health policy. As the editor of Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, I am asking for your support in advancing the journal’s mission. The continued success of the journal depends in large part on institutional subscriptions. Please take a moment today to ensure your institution is aware of this AHA publication and ask that it subscribe—for the benefit of your colleagues and students, and in support of the Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Working Group. Libraries are often responsive to such requests and appreciate guidance intended to enhance their collections.

Thank you very much for your time and efforts on behalf of Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.
Harlan M. Krumholz, MD SM


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Free Reading for HBPR and Kidney Council Members

Kidney International is providing information and free articles specifically of interest to readers of Hypertension and American Heart Association members of the Council on High Blood Pressure Research and the Council on Kidney in Cardiovascular Disease.
The following free articles of interest to Hypertension readers can be found in the April 30, 2012 issue of Kidney International  (http://www.kidney-international.com ):  

Lower serum bicarbonate and a higher anion gap are associated with lower cardiorespiratory fitness in young adults Abramovitz et al. http://www.nature.com/ki/journal/v81/n10/full/ki2011479a.html

Did you know that all Kidney International Journal Club, In This Issue and Nephrology Image articles from the current issue (http://www.kidney-international.com) are always free online?

Editor-in-Chief: Detlef O. Schlondorff, MD
Kidney International publishes the latest research, insightful reviews and engaging commentaries on topics relating to the cause and treatment of kidney disease, including hypertension, genetics, and diabetes. more...

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TIA patients are at substantial short-term risk for developing a stroke. Both clinical and imaging risk factors can stratify this risk, identifying TIA patients at higher or lower risk for subsequent stroke. Clinicians should be aware of these predictors to devise and implement appropriate stroke prevention regimens. Highlights: 1. TIA and minor stroke are clinically the same because they are difficult to tell apart, are caused by the same mechanisms, have the same prognosis and the same treatment. 2. TIA and minor stroke carry a 5-20% risk of major stroke within 90 days with most of the risk accruing in the first few days. 3. The risk of major stroke can be risk stratified using clinical factors. 4. Brain and neurovascular imaging can refine risk stratification. 5. Optimal acute prevention is actively being studied in randomized controlled trials.

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New Issue!

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

Editors’ Picks 
Periprocedural Myocardial Infarction in a Randomized Trial of Everolimus-Eluting and Paclitaxel-Eluting Coronary Stents: Frequency and Impact on Mortality According to Historic Versus Universal Definitions
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Incidence and Outcome of Surgical Procedures After Coronary Bare-Metal and Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation: A Report From the CREDO-Kyoto PCI/CABG Registry Cohort-2
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Platelet Function Measurement-Based Strategy to Reduce Bleeding and Waiting Time in Clopidogrel-Treated Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery: The Timing Based on Platelet Function Strategy to Reduce Clopidogrel-Associated Bleeding Related to CABG (TARGET-CABG) Study
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