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[1] Kaul S(2004)Incremental value of cardiac imaging in patients presenting to the emergency department with chest pain and without ST-segment elevation: a multicenter study Am Heart J 148 129-36

[2] Senior R(2004)Are high doses of intracoronary adenosine an alternative to standard intravenous adenosine for the assessment of fractional flow reserve? Am Heart J 148 590-5

[3] Firschke C(2004)Are exercise stress tests appropriate for assessing myocardial ischemia in patients with major depressive disorder? Am Heart J 148 621-7

[4] Wang X-Q(2004)Usefulness of electrocardiographic-gated stress technetium-99m sestamibi single-photon emission computed tomography to differentiate ischemic from nonischemic cardiomy- opathy Am J Cardiol 94 14-9

[5] Lindner J(2004)Usefulness of quantitative gated single-photon emission com- puted tomography to evaluate ventricular synchrony in patients receiving biventricular pacing Am J Cardiol 94 127-30

[6] Villanueva FS(2004)Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value of the dipyridamole sestamibi stress test in predicting graft occlusion or ≥50% new native coronary artery disease in men versus women and in patients aged a 65 years versus <65 years who had prior coronary artery bypass grafting Am J Cardiol 94 625-6

[7] Casella G(2004)Quantitative relation of ST-segment depression during exercise to the magnitude of myocardial ischemia as assessed by single-photon emission computed tomographic myocardial perfusion imaging Am J Cardiol 94 703-8

[8] Leibig M(2004)Gender differences in the value of ST-segment depression during adenosine stress testing Am J Cardiol 94 997-1002

[9] Schiele TM(2004)Cardiac troponin after major vascular surgery: the role of perioperative ischemia, preoperative thallium scanning, and coronary revascularization J Am Coll Cardiol 44 569-75

[10] Schrepf R(2004)Ischemia, revascularization, and perioperative troponin elevation after vascular surgery J Am Coll Cardiol 44 576-8

[1] Kaul S(2004)Incremental value of cardiac imaging in patients presenting to the emergency department with chest pain and without ST-segment elevation: a multicenter study Am Heart J 148 129-36

[2] Senior R(2004)Are high doses of intracoronary adenosine an alternative to standard intravenous adenosine for the assessment of fractional flow reserve? Am Heart J 148 590-5

[3] Firschke C(2004)Are exercise stress tests appropriate for assessing myocardial ischemia in patients with major depressive disorder? Am Heart J 148 621-7

[4] Wang X-Q(2004)Usefulness of electrocardiographic-gated stress technetium-99m sestamibi single-photon emission computed tomography to differentiate ischemic from nonischemic cardiomy- opathy Am J Cardiol 94 14-9

[5] Lindner J(2004)Usefulness of quantitative gated single-photon emission com- puted tomography to evaluate ventricular synchrony in patients receiving biventricular pacing Am J Cardiol 94 127-30

[6] Villanueva FS(2004)Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value of the dipyridamole sestamibi stress test in predicting graft occlusion or ≥50% new native coronary artery disease in men versus women and in patients aged a 65 years versus <65 years who had prior coronary artery bypass grafting Am J Cardiol 94 625-6

[7] Casella G(2004)Quantitative relation of ST-segment depression during exercise to the magnitude of myocardial ischemia as assessed by single-photon emission computed tomographic myocardial perfusion imaging Am J Cardiol 94 703-8

[8] Leibig M(2004)Gender differences in the value of ST-segment depression during adenosine stress testing Am J Cardiol 94 997-1002

[9] Schiele TM(2004)Cardiac troponin after major vascular surgery: the role of perioperative ischemia, preoperative thallium scanning, and coronary revascularization J Am Coll Cardiol 44 569-75

[10] Schrepf R(2004)Ischemia, revascularization, and perioperative troponin elevation after vascular surgery J Am Coll Cardiol 44 576-8