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Contents
Heart Failure
Gender Differences in the Acute HEArt Database Registry 64
Jindrich Spinar, MD, PhD
1,2
and Lenka Spinarová, MD, PhD
1,3
1. Acute HEArt Database (AHEAD) Investigators, Internal Cardiology Department, University Hospital, Brno;
2. Medical Faculty, Masaryk University, Brno; 3. Moravian Heart Transplant Program
Beyond the Apnea–Hypopnea Index—Prognostic Value of Other Elements of
Polysomnography to Describe Sleep-disordered Breathing in Heart Failure 68
Philip B Adamson, MD, FACC
The Heart Failure Institute at Oklahoma Heart Hospital, Oklahoma Foundation for Cardiovascular Research, and
Department of Physiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Central Sleep Apnea in Heart Failure 72
Rami Khayat, MD, FACCP,
1,2
Andrew Pederzoli, MD
3
and William Abraham, MD, FACC
1,4
1. The Ohio State University Sleep–Heart Program; 2. Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep;
3. Department of Medicine; 4. Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Ohio State University
Cardiac Rehabilitation
Improving the Quality of Care Following an Acute Cardiac Event—
The Role of Cardiac Rehabilitation in the Care Continuum 79
Marjorie L King, MD, FACC, FAACVPR
Director, Cardiac Services, Helen Hayes Hospital, West Haverstraw
Interventional Cardiology
Treatment Strategies for Patients with Acute Carotid Syndromes 84
Giovanni Torsello, MD and Konstantinos P Donas, MD
Department of Vascular Surgery, St Franziskus Hospital Münster, and
Centre of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Münster University Hospital
Drug-eluting Stents—Issues and Developments 87
Albert E Alahmar, MD, MRCP
1
and Anthony H Gershlick, MBBS, FRCP
2
1. Senior Interventional Fellow; 2. Professor, Interventional Cardiology, University Hospitals of Leicester
Iodinated Contrast Media—A Safety Review 97
Raman Dusaj, MD
1
and Jonathan S Reiner, MD
2
1. Fellow, Cardiology; 2. Professor of Medicine and Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories,
George Washington University Medical Center, Washington DC
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Drug Interactions in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Their Implications 101
Hossein-Ardeschir Ghofrani, MD, Ralph Schermuly, PhD, Norbert Weissmann, PhD,
Robert Voswinckel, MD, Henning Gall, MD, Werner Seeger, MD and Friedrich Grimminger, MD, PhD
Medical Clinic II/V, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg GmbH
Congenital Heart Disease
Essentials in the Post-operative Evaluation of Congenital Heart Disease 107
Jonathan N Johnson, MD
1
and Frank Cetta, MD
1,2
1. Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology; 2. Department of Medicine,
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester
Digital Ballistocardiograph New Technology
The Digital Ballistocardiograph 115
Geoffrey Houlton, MBChB
President and Chief Executive Officer, Heart Force Medical
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