Articles:

DB Brieger, KH Mak, K Kottke-Marchant, and EJ Topol

Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 31: 1449-1459. [Abstract] [PDF]  

DA Morrow, N Rifai, EM Antman, DL Weiner, CH McCabe, CP Cannon, and E Braunwald

C-reactive protein is a potent predictor of mortality independently of and in combination with troponin T in acute coronary syndromes: a TIMI 11A substudy. Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 31: 1460-1465. [Abstract] [PDF]  

PA Gurbel, VL Serebruany, AR Shustov, RD Bahr, C Carpo, EM Ohman, and EJ Topol

Effects of reteplase and alteplase on platelet aggregation and major receptor expression during the first 24 hours of acute myocardial infarction treatment. GUSTO-III Investigators. Global Use of Strategies to Open Occluded Coronary Arteries
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 31: 1466-1473. [Abstract] [PDF]  

MJ Sada, WJ French, DM Carlisle, NC Chandra, JM Gore, and WJ Rogers

Influence of payor on use of invasive cardiac procedures and patient outcome after myocardial infarction in the United States. Participants in the National Registry of Myocardial Infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 31: 1474-1480. [Abstract] [PDF]  

RF Pedretti, GB Migliori, V Mapelli, G Daniele, PJ Podrid, and R Tramarin

Cost-effectiveness analysis of invasive and noninvasive tests in high risk patients treated with amiodarone after acute myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 31: 1481-1489. [Abstract] [PDF]  

MA Hlatky and DK Owens

Cost-effectiveness of tests to assess the risk of sudden death after acute myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 31: 1490-1492. [PDF]  

BK Metz, HD White, CB Granger, RJ Simes, PW Armstrong, J Hirsh, V Fuster, CM MacAulay, RM Califf, and EJ Topol

Randomized comparison of direct thrombin inhibition versus heparin in conjunction with fibrinolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction: results from the GUSTO-IIb Trial. Global Use of Strategies to Open Occluded Coronary Arteries in Acute Coronary Syndromes (GUSTO-IIb) Investigators
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 31: 1493-1498. [Abstract] [PDF]  

JT Stewart, JK French, P Theroux, K Ramanathan, BC Solymoss, R Johnson, and HD White

Early noninvasive identification of failed reperfusion after intravenous thrombolytic therapy in acute myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 31: 1499-1505. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Y Shimasaki, H Yasue, M Yoshimura, M Nakayama, K Kugiyama, H Ogawa, E Harada, T Masuda, W Koyama, Y Saito, Y Miyamoto, Y Ogawa, and K Nakao

Association of the missense Glu298Asp variant of the endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene with myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 31: 1506-1510. [Abstract] [PDF]  

AM Ross, CF Lundergan, SC Rohrbeck, DH Boyle, M van den Brand, CH Buller, DR Holmes Jr, and JS Reiner

Rescue angioplasty after failed thrombolysis: technical and clinical outcomes in a large thrombolysis trial. GUSTO-1 Angiographic Investigators. Global Utilization of Streptokinase and Tissue Plasminogen Activator for Occluded Coronary Arteries
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 31: 1511-1517. [Abstract] [PDF]  

JS Mandak, JC Blankenship, LH Gardner, SD Berkowitz, FV Aguirre, KN Sigmon, GC Timmis, IC Gilchrist, M McIvor, J Resar, BH Weiner, BS George, JD Talley, AM Lincoff, JE Tcheng, RM Califf, and EJ Topol

Modifiable risk factors for vascular access site complications in the IMPACT II Trial of angioplasty with versus without eptifibatide. Integrilin to Minimize Platelet Aggregation and Coronary Thrombosis
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 31: 1518-1524. [Abstract] [PDF]  

P Boekstegers, W Giehrl, G von Degenfeld, and G Steinbeck

Selective suction and pressure-regulated retroinfusion: an effective and safe approach to retrograde protection against myocardial ischemia in patients undergoing normal and high risk percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 31: 1525-1533. [Abstract] [PDF]  

RT van Domburg, AJ van Miltenburg-van Zijl, RJ Veerhoek, and ML Simoons

Unstable angina: good long-term outcome after a complicated early course
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 31: 1534-1539. [Abstract] [PDF]  

T Sharir, B Rabinowitz, S Livschitz, I Moalem, J Baron, E Kaplinsky, and P Chouraqui

Underestimation of extent and severity of coronary artery disease by dipyridamole stress thallium-201 single-photon emission computed tomographic myocardial perfusion imaging in patients taking antianginal drugs
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 31: 1540-1546. [Abstract] [PDF]  

A Schmermund, BJ Rensing, PF Sheedy, MR Bell, and JA Rumberger

Intravenous electron-beam computed tomographic coronary angiography for segmental analysis of coronary artery stenoses
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 31: 1547-1554. [Abstract] [PDF]  

T Caulin-Glaser, WJ Farrell, SE Pfau, B Zaret, K Bunger, JF Setaro, JJ Brennan, Bender JR, MW Cleman, HS Cabin, and MS Remetz

Modulation of circulating cellular adhesion molecules in postmenopausal women with coronary artery disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 31: 1555-1560. [Abstract] [PDF]  

E de Groot, JW Jukema, AD Montauban van Swijndregt, AH Zwinderman, RG Ackerstaff, AF van der Steen, N Bom, KI Lie, and AV Bruschke

B-mode ultrasound assessment of pravastatin treatment effect on carotid and femoral artery walls and its correlations with coronary arteriographic findings: a report of the Regression Growth Evaluation Statin Study (REGRESS)
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 31: 1561-1567. [Abstract] [PDF]  

I Yokoyama, T Ohtake, S Momomura, K Yonekura, J Nishikawa, Y Sasaki, and M Omata

Impaired myocardial vasodilation during hyperemic stress with dipyridamole in hypertriglyceridemia
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 31: 1568-1574. [Abstract] [PDF]  

MJ Stevens, F Dayanikli, DM Raffel, KC Allman, T Sandford, EL Feldman, DM Wieland, J Corbett, and M Schwaiger

Scintigraphic assessment of regionalized defects in myocardial sympathetic innervation and blood flow regulation in diabetic patients with autonomic neuropathy
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 31: 1575-1584. [Abstract] [PDF]  

DE Newby, LL Flint, KA Fox, NA Boon, and DJ Webb

Reduced responsiveness to endothelin-1 in peripheral resistance vessels of patients with syndrome X
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 31: 1585-1590. [Abstract] [PDF]  

PL Temporelli, U Corra, A Imparato, E Bosimini, F Scapellato, and P Giannuzzi

Reversible restrictive left ventricular diastolic filling with optimized oral therapy predicts a more favorable prognosis in patients with chronic heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 31: 1591-1597. [Abstract] [PDF]  

IE Godoy, V Mor-Avi, L Weinert, P Vignon, C Korcarz, KT Spencer, and RM Lang

Use of color kinesis for evaluation of left ventricular filling in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy and mitral regurgitation
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 31: 1598-1606. [Abstract] [PDF]  

KO Akosah, S McDaniel, JS Hanrahan, and PK Mohanty

Dobutamine stress echocardiography early after heart transplantation predicts development of allograft coronary artery disease and outcome
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 31: 1607-1614. [Abstract] [PDF]  

C Young, MR Lauer, LB Liem, H Chun, and RJ Sung

Demonstration of a posterior atrial input to the atrioventricular node during sustained anterograde slow pathway conduction
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 31: 1615-1621. [Abstract] [PDF]  

M Zabalgoitia, JL Halperin, LA Pearce, JL Blackshear, RW Asinger, and RG Hart

Transesophageal echocardiographic correlates of clinical risk of thromboembolism in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation. Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation III Investigators
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 31: 1622-1626. [Abstract] [PDF]  

SD Pierdomenico, A Bucci, F Costantini, D Lapenna, F Cuccurullo, and A Mezzetti

Circadian blood pressure changes and myocardial ischemia in hypertensive patients with coronary artery disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 31: 1627-1634. [Abstract] [PDF]  

JK Ghali, Y Liao, and RS Cooper

Influence of left ventricular geometric patterns on prognosis in patients with or without coronary artery disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 31: 1635-1640. [Abstract] [PDF]  

A Franke, FA Schondube, HP Kuhl, HG Klues, C Erena, BJ Messmer, FA Flachskampf, and P Hanrath

Quantitative assessment of the operative results after extended myectomy and surgical reconstruction of the subvalvular mitral apparatus in hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy using dynamic three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 31: 1641-1649. [Abstract] [PDF]  

BM Weiss, L Zemp, B Seifert, and OM Hess

Outcome of pulmonary vascular disease in pregnancy: a systematic overview from 1978 through 1996
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 31: 1650-1657. [Abstract] [PDF]  

JP Buyon, R Hiebert, J Copel, J Craft, D Friedman, M Katholi, LA Lee, TT Provost, M Reichlin, L Rider, A Rupel, S Saleeb, WL Weston, and ML Skovron

Autoimmune-associated congenital heart block: demographics, mortality, morbidity and recurrence rates obtained from a national neonatal lupus registry
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 31: 1658-1666. [Abstract] [PDF]  

RH Dave, SL Hale, and RA Kloner

Hypothermic, closed circuit pericardioperfusion: a potential cardioprotective technique in acute regional ischemia
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 31: 1667-1671. [Abstract] [PDF]  

L Zhou, BP Chen, J Kluger, C Fan, and MS Chow

Effects of amiodarone and its active metabolite desethylamiodarone on the ventricular defibrillation threshold
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 31: 1672-1678. [Abstract] [PDF]  

CP Cheng, K Onishi, N Ohte, M Suzuki, and WC Little

Functional effects of endogenous bradykinin in congestive heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 31: 1679-1686. [Abstract] [PDF]  

J Mobert and BF Becker

Cyclooxygenase inhibition aggravates ischemia-reperfusion injury in the perfused guinea pig heart: involvement of isoprostanes
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 31: 1687-1694. [Abstract] [PDF]  

SB King 3rd

President's page: convocation address
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 31: 1696-1697.  

C Seiler

Role (of assessment) of the human collateral circulation in (characterizing) ischemic adaptation to repeated coronary occlusion
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 31: 1698-1699. [PDF]  

RL Engler

Do sulfonylurea drugs limit coronary vasodilator reserve?
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 31: 1698. [PDF]  

JM Iris and MA Villasis-Keever

Angiographic findings and outcome in diabetic patients with myocardial infarction--the GUSTO-I experience
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 31: 1699-1701. [PDF]  

N Danchin, M Angioi, and L Jacquemin

Protective effect of prodromal angina before myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 31: 1701. [PDF]  

TO Cheng

Warfarin versus aspirin in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 31: 1702. [PDF]  

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