Invited Commentary:

Discussion
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 1-7. [PDF]  

Acute Coronary Syndrome:

Carísi A. Polanczyk, Thomas H. Lee, E. Francis Cook, Ron Walls, Donald Wybenga, Gail Printy-Klein, Lynn Ludwig, Gretchen Guldbrandsen, and Paula A. Johnson

Cardiac troponin I as a predictor of major cardiac events in emergency department patients with acute chest pain
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 8-14. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter J. Kudenchuk, Charles Maynard, Leonard A. Cobb, Mark Wirkus, Jenny S. Martin, J. Ward Kennedy, W. Douglas Weaver for the MITI Investigators

Utility of the prehospital electrocardiogram in diagnosing acute coronary syndromes: the Myocardial Infarction Triage and Intervention (MITI) project
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 17-27. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

C. Michael Gibson, Mukesh Goel, David J. Cohen, Robert N. Piana, Lawrence I. Deckelbaum, Katherine E. Harris, Spencer B. King III for the RESTORE Investigators

Six-month angiographic and clinical follow-up of patients prospectively randomized to receive either tirofiban or placebo during angioplasty in the RESTORE trial
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 28-34. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Editorial:

Editorial
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 15-16. [PDF]  

Editorial
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Editorial
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Editorial
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 286. [PDF]  

Coronary Artery Disease:

Jeffrey L. Anderson, John F. Carlquist, Joseph B. Muhlestein, Benjamin D. Horne, and Sidney P. Elmer

Evaluation of C-reactive protein, an inflammatory marker, and infectious serology as risk factors for coronary artery disease and myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 35-41. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Karl Isaaz, Antoine da Costa, Jean P. de Pasquale, Alexis Cerisier, and Michel Lamaud

Use of the continuity equation for transesophageal Doppler assessment of severity of proximal left coronary artery stenosis: a quantitative coronary angiography validation study
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 42-48. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Susanna Senti, Martin Fleisch, Michael Billinger, Bernhard Meier, and Christian Seiler

Long-term physical exercise and quantitatively assessed human coronary collateral circulation
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 49-56. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Stress Testing:

Sherif Iskander and Ami E. Iskandrian

Risk assessment using single-photon emission computed tomographic technetium-99m sestamibi imaging
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 57-62. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Koichi Node, Masafumi Kitakaze, Hideyuki Sato, Yukihiro Koretsune, Michiko Karita, Hiroaki Kosaka, and Masatsugu Hori

Increased release of nitric oxide in ischemic hearts after exercise in patients with effort angina
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 63-68. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Lauro Cortigiani, Eugenio Picano, Patrizia Landi, Mario Previtali, Salvatore Pirelli, Paolo Bellotti, Riccardo Bigi, Ornella Magaia, Alfonso Galati, Eugenio Nannini on Behalf of the Echo-Persantine (EPIC) and Echo-Dobutamine International Cooperative (EDIC) Study Groups

Value of pharmacologic stress echocardiography in risk stratification of patients with single-vessel disease: a report from the echo-persantine and echo-dobutamine international cooperative studies
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 69-74. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Gianni Mobilia, Pierluigi Zanco, Alessandro Desideri, Gianfilippo Neri, Ferdinando Alitto, Gianleone Suzzi, Franca Chierichetti, Leopoldo Celegon, Giorgio Ferlin, and Riccardo Buchberger

T wave normalization in infarct-related electrocardiographic leads during exercise testing for detection of residual viability: comparison with positron emission tomography
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 75-82. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Atherosclerosis:

Isidre Vilacosta, José Alberto San Román, Paloma Aragoncillo, Joaquín Ferreirós, Ramiro Mendez, Catherine Graupner, Elena Batlle, Javier Serrano, Angel Pinto, and José Manuel Oyonarte

Penetrating atherosclerotic aortic ulcer: documentation by transesophageal echocardiography
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 83-89. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Interventional Cardiology:

Paolo Rubartelli, Luigi Niccoli, Edoardo Verna, Corinna Giachero, Marco Zimarino, Alessandro Fontanelli, Corrado Vassanelli, Luigi Campolo, Eugenio Martuscelli, Giorgio Tommasini for the Gruppo Italiano di Studio sullo Stent nelle Occlusioni Coronariche (GISSOC)

Stent implantation versus balloon angioplasty in chronic coronary occlusions: results from the GISSOC trial
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 90-96. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Matthias E. Pfusterer, Peter Buser, Stefan Osswald, Philipp Weiss, Jens Bremerich, and Felix Burkart

Time dependence of left ventricular recovery after delayed recanalization of an occluded infarct-related coronary artery: findings of a pilot study
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 97-102. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Angina Pectoris:

Kiyotaka Kugiyama, Takeshi Motoyama, Osamu Hirashima, Masamichi Ohgushi, Hirofumi Soejima, Kenji Misumi, Hiroaki Kawano, Yuji Miyao, Michihiro Yoshimura, Hisao Ogawa, Toshiyuki Matsumura, Seigo Sugiyama, and Hirofumi Yasue

Vitamin C attenuates abnormal vasomotor reactivity in spasm coronary arteries in patients with coronary spastic angina
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 103-109. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Vascular Function:

Sara Thorne, Michael J. Mullen, Peter Clarkson, Ann E. Donald, and John E. Deanfield

Early endothelial dysfunction in adults at risk from atherosclerosis: different responses to L-arginine
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 110-116. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

C. Michael Stein, Nancy Brown, Douglas E. Vaughan, Chim C. Lang, and Alastair J. J. Wood

Regulation of local tissue-type plasminogen activator release by endothelium-dependent and endothelium-independent agonists in human vasculature
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 117-122. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Mark R. Adams, Jacqui Robinson, Robyn McCredie, J. Paul Seale, Keld E. Sorensen, John E. Deanfield, and David S. Celermajer

Smooth muscle dysfunction occurs independently of impaired endothelium-dependent dilation in adults at risk of atherosclerosis
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 123-127. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Sten Oyre, Steffen Ringgaard, Sebastian Kozerke, William P. Paaske, Mogens Erlandsen, Peter Boesiger, and Erik M. Pedersen

Accurate noninvasive quantitation of blood flow, cross-sectional lumen vessel area and wall shear stress by three-dimensional paraboloid modeling of magnetic resonance imaging velocity data
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 128-134. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Myocardial Infarction:

Jaume Figueras, Josefa Cortadellas, Francisco Calvo, and Jordi Soler-Soler

Relevance of delayed hospital admission on development of cardiac rupture during acute myocardial infarction: study in 225 patients with free wall, septal or papillary muscle rupture
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 135-139. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Secondary Prevention:

Sandra J. Lewis, Frank M. Sacks, Jayne S. Mitchell, Cara East, Stephen Glasser, Sheren Kell, Rebecca Letterer, Marian Limacher, Lemuel A. Moye, Jean L. Rouleau, Marc A. Pfeffer, Eugene Braunwald for the CARE Investigators

Effect of pravastatin on cardiovascular events in women after myocardial infarction: the Cholesterol and Recurrent Events (CARE) trial
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 140-146. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Hypertension:

Hanna Laine, Olli T. Raitakari, Harri Niinikoski, Olli-Pekka Pitkänen, Hidehiro Iida, Jorma Viikari, Pirjo Nuutila, and Juhani Knuuti

Early impairment of coronary flow reserve in young men with borderline hypertension
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 147-153. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Rheumatic Heart Disease:

Yash Y. Lokhandwala, Darshan Banker, Amit M. Vora, Prafulla G. Kerkar, Jaya R. Deshpande, Hema L. Kulkarni, and Bharat V. Dalvi

Emergent balloon mitral valvotomy in patients presenting with cardiac arrest, cardiogenic shock or refractory pulmonary edema
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 154-158. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christodoulos Stefanadis, John Dernellis, Costas Stratos, Eleftherios Tsiamis, Charalambos Vlachopoulos, Konstantinos Toutouzas, Spiros Lambrou, Christos Pitsavos, and Pavlos Toutouzas

Effects of balloon mitral valvuloplasty on left atrial function in mitral stenosis as assessed by pressure–area relation
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 159-168. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Electrophysiology:

Mina K. Chung, Robert A. Schweikert, Bruce L. Wilkoff, Mark J. Niebauer, Sergio L. Pinski, Richard G. Trohman, Gregory A. Kidwell, Fredrick J. Jaeger, Victor A. Morant, Dave P. Miller, and Patrick J. Tchou

Is hospital admission for initiation of antiarrhythmic therapy with sotalol for atrial arrhythmias required?: yield of in-hospital monitoring and prediction of risk for significant arrhythmia complications
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 169-176. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Michael Schäfers, Hartmut Lerch, Thomas Wichter, Christopher G. Rhodes, Adriaan A. Lammertsma, Martin Borggrefe, Flemming Hermansen, Otmar Schober, G.ünter Breithardt, and Paolo G. Camici

Cardiac sympathetic innervation in patients with idiopathic right ventricular outflow tract tachycardia
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 181-186. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Tsu-Juey Wu, James J. C. Ong, Chun Hwang, John J. Lee, Michael C. Fishbein, Lawrence Czer, Alfredo Trento, Carlos Blanche, Robert M. Kass, William J. Mandel, Hrayr S. Karagueuzian, and Peng-Sheng Chen

Characteristics of wave fronts during ventricular fibrillation in human hearts with dilated cardiomyopathy: role of increased fibrosis in the generation of reentry
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 187-196. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Heart Failure:

Massimo Pozzoli, Giovanni Cioffi, Egidio Traversi, Gian Domenico Pinna, Franco Cobelli, and Luigi Tavazzi

Predictors of primary atrial fibrillation and concomitant clinical and hemodynamic changes in patients with chronic heart failure: a prospective study in 344 patients with baseline sinus rhythm
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 197-204. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Jose A. Luchsinger and Jonathan S. Steinberg

Resolution of cardiomyopathy after ablation of atrial flutter
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 205-210. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Uri Elkayam, Anilkumar Mehra, Gregory Cohen, Padmini Priya Tummala, Ilyas Somer Karaalp, Omar Rashid Wani, and Menahem Canetti

Renal circulatory effects of adenosine in patients with chronic heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 211-215. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Dilated Cardiomyopathy:

Michael A. Mathier, Geoffrey A. Rose, Michael A. Fifer, Michael I. Miyamoto, Robert E. Dinsmore, Hugo H. Castaño, G. William Dec, Igor F. Palacios, and Marc J. Semigran

Coronary endothelial dysfunction in patients with acute-onset idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 216-224. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy:

Sherif F. Nagueh, Nasser M. Lakkis, Zuo-Xiang He, Katherine J. Middleton, Donna Killip, William A. Zoghbi, Miguel A. Quiñones, Robert Roberts, Mario S. Verani, Neal S. Kleiman, and William H. Spencer III

Role of myocardial contrast echocardiography during nonsurgical septal reduction therapy for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 225-229. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

New Methods:

Paul A. Grayburn, James L. Weiss, Terrence C. Hack, Elizabeth Klodas, Joel S. Raichlen, Manni A. Vannan, Allan L. Klein, Dalane W. Kitzman, Steven G. Chrysant, Jerald L. Cohen, David Abrahamson, Elyse Foster, Julio E. Perez, Gerard P. Aurigemma, Julio A. Panza, Michael H. Picard, Benjamin F. Byrd III, Douglas S. Segar, Stuart A. Jacobson, David J. Sahn, and Anthony N. DeMaria

Phase III multicenter trial comparing the efficacy of 2% dodecafluoropentane emulsion (EchoGen) and sonicated 5% human albumin (Albunex) as ultrasound contrast agents in patients with suboptimal echocardiograms
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 230-236. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Pediatric Cardiology:

John P. Kovalchin, Michael M. Brook, Geoffrey L. Rosenthal, Kenji Suda, Julien I. E. Hoffman, and Norman H. Silverman

Echocardiographic hemodynamic and morphometric predictors of survival after two-ventricle repair in infants with critical aortic stenosis
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 237-244. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Michael J. Silka, Bruce G. Hardy, Victor D. Menashe, and Cynthia D. Morris

A population-based prospective evaluation of risk of sudden cardiac death after operation for common congenital heart defects
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 245-251. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Experimental Studies:

Kevin Wei, Ananda R. Jayaweera, Soroosh Firoozan, Andre Linka, Danny M. Skyba, and Sanjiv Kaul

Basis for detection of stenosis using venous administration of microbubbles during myocardial contrast echocardiography: bolus or continuous infusion?
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 252-260. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Christian F. Opitz, Peter V. Finn, Marc A. Pfeffer, Gary F. Mitchell, and Janice M. Pfeffer

Effects of reperfusion on arrhythmias and death after coronary artery occlusion in the rat: increased electrical stability independent of myocardial salvage
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 261-267. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Cecilia A. Muller, Lionel H. Opie, Joy McCarthy, Dirk Hofmann, Carlos A. Pineda, and Max Peisach

Effects of mibefradil, a novel calcium channel blocking agent with T-type activity, in acute experimental myocardial ischemia: maintenance of ventricular fibrillation threshold without inotropic compromise
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 268-274. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Special Article:

Peter C. Block, Eric C. Peterson, Ronald Krone, Karen Kesler, Edward Hannan, Gerald T. O’Connor, and Katherine Detre

Identification of variables needed to risk adjust outcomes of coronary interventions: evidence-based guidelines for efficient data collection
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 275-282. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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