EDITOR IN CHIEF
William C. Roberts,
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Vincent E. Friedewald Paul A. Grayburn
MD
Baylor Heart & Vasc...
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EDITOR IN CHIEF
William C. Roberts,
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Vincent E. Friedewald Paul A. Grayburn
MD
Baylor Heart & Vascular Institute Baylor University Medical Center Wadley Tower No. 457 3600 Gaston Avenue Dallas, Texas 75246 (214)826-8252 Fax: (214)826-2855
ASSISTANT EDITORS
Robert C. Kowal Jeffrey M. Schussler
EDITORIAL BOARD CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE In Adults
Antonio Abbate J. Dawn Abbott George S. Abela Jamil Aboulhosn Joseph S. Alpert Martin A. Alpert Ezra A. Amsterdam Jeffrey L. Anderson Evan Appelbaum Richard W. Asinger Pablo Avanzas Gary John Balady Eric Bates Jeroen J. Bax George A. Beller William E. Boden Monty M. Bodenheimer Robert O. Bonow Jeffrey S. Borer Martial G. Bourassa Eugene Braunwald Jeffrey A. Brinker David L. Brown Michael E. Cain Richard O. Cannon III Bernard R. Chaitman Kanu Chatterjee John S. Child Robert J. Cody Lawrence S. Cohen Marc Cohen C. Richard Conti Michael H. Crawford James P. Daubert Gregory J. Dehmer James A. de Lemos Anthony N. DeMaria Pablo Denes George A. Diamond John P. DiMarco Allen Dollar Michael J. Domanski Gerald Dorros Uri Elkayam Kenneth A. Ellenbogen Myrvin H. Ellestad Stephen G. Ellis Toby R. Engel Andrew E. Epstein N. A. Mark Estes, III Michael Ezekowitz
Rodney H. Falk John A. Farmer David P. Faxon Ted Feldman Jack Ferlinz Jerome L. Fleg Gerald F. Fletcher Joseph A. Franciosa Gary S. Francis W. Bruce Fye William H. Gaasch Julius M. Gardin Bernard J. Gersh S. David Gertz Mihai Gheorghiade D. Luke Glancy Stephen P. Glasser Michael R. Gold Samuel Z. Goldhaber Robert E. Goldstein Sidney Goldstein Steven A. Goldstein J. Anthony Gomes Antonio M. Gotto, Jr. K. Lance Gould Donald C. Harrison Philip D. Henry L. David Hillis David R. Holmes, Jr. Mun K. Hong William G. Hundley Ami S. Iskandrian Allan S. Jaffe Hani Jneid Greg L. Kaluza Joel S. Karliner John A. Kastor Sanjiv Kaul Ellen C. Keeley Kenneth M. Kent Richard E. Kerber Dean J. Kereiakes Morton J. Kern Spencer B. King III Robert E. Kleiger George J. Klein Lloyd W. Klein Paul Kligfield Robert A. Kloner John B. Kostis Charles Landau Richard L. Lange Carl J. Lavie Carl V. Leier B. T. Liang
Joseph Lindsay, Jr. Gregory Y.H. Lip Francisco Lopez-Jimenez Joseph Loscalzo G.B. John Mancini Francis E. Marchlinski Frank I. Marcus Barry J. Maron Martin S. Maron Randolph P. Martin Attilo Maseri Charles Maynard Michael D. McGoon Darren K. McGuire Raymond G. McKay Jawahar L. Mehta Bernard Meier Franz H. Messerli Eric L. Michelson Richard V. Milani Alan B. Miller Wayne L. Miller Gary S. Mintz Fred Morady Lori Mosca Arthur J. Moss James E. Muller Gerald B. Naccarelli Navin C. Nanda Robert A. O’Rourke Erik Magnus Ohman Richard L. Page Sebastian T. Palmeri Seung-Yung Park Eugene R. Passamani Alan S. Pearlman Carl J. Pepine Joseph K. Perloff Bertram Pitt Philip J. Podrid Don Poldermans Arshed A. Quyyumi Charles E. Rackley C. Venkata Ram Nathaniel Reichek Robert Roberts Jennifer G. Robinson Lynda E. Rosenfeld Melvin M. Scheinman David J. Schneider John S. Schroeder Patrick Washington Serruys Pravin M. Shah Prediman K. Shah Jamshid Shirani
Robert J. Siegel Marc A. Silver Ross J. Simpson, Jr. Steven N. Singh Burton E. Sobel John C. Somberg David H. Spodick Lynne W. Stevenson Gregory W. Stone John R. Stratton Jonathan M. Tobis Eric J. Topol Byron F. Vandenberg Hector O. Ventura George W. Vetrovec Robert A. Vogel Ron Waksman David D. Waters Nanette K. Wenger Robert Wilensky James T. Willerson Clyde W. Yancy Barry L. Zaret Douglas P. Zipes In Infants and Children
Hugh D. Allen Bruce S. Alpert Stanley J. Goldberg Warren G. Guntheroth Howard P. Gutgesell John D. Kugler James E. Lock John W. Moore Lowell W. Perry David J. Sahn Richard M. Schieken CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY
Eugene H. Blackstone Lawrence I. Bonchek Lawrence H. Cohn John A. Elefteriades Hartzel V. Schaff RELATED SPECIALISTS
L. Maximilian Buja Jean-Pierre Despres Michael Emmett Giovanni Filardo Barry A. Franklin Charles B. Higgins Jeffrey E. Saffitz Renu Virmani
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THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY姞 VOL. 107, NO. 5 MARCH 1, 2011
CONTENTS Coronary Artery Disease Usefulness of Comprehensive Cardiothoracic Computed Tomography in the Evaluation of Acute Undifferentiated Chest Discomfort in the Emergency Department (CAPTURE) ....................................643 Ian S. Rogers, Dahlia Banerji, Emily L. Siegel, Quynh A. Truong, Brian B. Ghoshhajra, Thomas Irlbeck, Suhny Abbara, Rajiv Gupta, Ricardo J. Benenstein, Garry Choy, Laura L. Avery, Robert A. Novelline, Fabian Bamberg, Thomas J. Brady, John T. Nagurney, and Udo Hoffmann
Comparison of Mortality Rates in Women Versus Men Presenting With ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction ......................................651 Fabrizio D’Ascenzo, Anna Gonella, Giorgio Quadri, Giada Longo, Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai, Claudio Moretti, Pierluigi Omede`, Filippo Sciuto, Fiorenzo Gaita, and Imad Sheiban
Global Variability in Angina Pectoris and Its Association With Body Mass Index and Poverty ..........................................................655 Longjian Liu, Jixiang Ma, Xiaoyan Yin, Ellie Kelepouris, and Howard J. Eisen
Igor Balevski, Mojca Cizek Sajko, Vojko Kanic, and Marko Noc
Identifying Patients at Risk for Premature Discontinuation of Thienopyridine After Coronary Stent Implantation ...........................................685 Alexandre S. Quadros, Dulce I. Welter, Fernanda O. Camozzatto, Áurea Chaves, Rajendra H. Mehta, Carlos A. Gottschall, and Renato D. Lopes
Preventive Cardiology Therapeutic Benefit of Preventive Telehealth Counseling in the Community Outreach Heart Health and Risk Reduction Trial ........................690 Robert P. Nolan, Ross E.G. Upshur, Hazel Lynn, Thomas Crichton, Ellen Rukholm, Donna E. Stewart, David A. Alter, Caroline Chessex, Paula J. Harvey, Sherry L. Grace, Louise Picard, Isabelle Michel, Jan Angus, Kim Corace, Susan M. Barry-Bianchi, and Maggie H. Chen
Arrhythmias and Conduction Disturbances
Meta-Analysis of B-Type Natriuretic Peptide’s Ability to Identify Stress Induced Myocardial Ischemia ..662 M. Adnan Nadir, Miles D. Witham, Benjamin R. Szwejkowski, and Allan D. Struthers
Temporal Trends (over 30 Years), Clinical Characteristics, Outcomes, and Gender in Patients