Interventional Cardiology:

Julio Sandoval, Jorge Gaspar, Tomás Pulido, Edgar Bautista, Maria Luisa Martínez-Guerra, Marco Zeballos, Andrés Palomar, and Arturo Gómez

Graded balloon dilation atrial septostomy in severe primary pulmonary hypertension: A therapeutic alternative for patients nonresponsive to vasodilator treatment
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 297-304. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Per Anton Sirnes, Svein Golf, Yngvar Myreng, Per Mølstad, Per Albertsson, Arild Mangschau, Knut Endresen, and John Kjekshus

Sustained benefit of stenting chronic coronary occlusion: long-term clinical follow-up of the Stenting in Chronic Coronary Occlusion (SICCO) study
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 305-310. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Scott D. Berkowitz, David C. Sane, Kristina N. Sigmon, Jane H. Shavender, Robert A. Harrington, James E. Tcheng, Eric J. Topol, Robert M. Califf for the Evaluation of c7E3 for the Prevention of Ischemic Complications (EPIC) Study Group

Occurrence and clinical significance of thrombocytopenia in a population undergoing high-risk percutaneous coronary revascularization
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 311-319. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

François Schiele, Nicolas Meneveau, Alain Vuillemenot, Da Dong Zhang, Sanjiv Gupta, Mariette Mercier, Nicolas Danchin, Bernard Bertrand, Jean-Pierre Bassand on behalf of the RESIST Study Group

Impact of intravascular ultrasound guidance in stent deployment on 6-month restenosis rate: a multicenter, randomized study comparing two strategies—with and without intravascular ultrasound guidance
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 320-328. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Alexandra J. Lansky, Gary S. Mintz, Jeffrey J. Popma, Augusto D. Pichard, Kenneth M. Kent, Lowell F. Satler, Donald S. Baim, Richard E. Kuntz, Charles Simonton, Robert M. Bersin, Tomaki Hinohara, Peter J. Fitzgerald, and Martin B. Leon

Remodeling after directional coronary atherectomy (with and without adjunct percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty): a serial angiographic and intravascular ultrasound analysis from the optimal atherectomy restenosis study
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 329-337. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Taro Tsunoda, Masato Nakamura, Tetsuzo Wakatsuki, Takahiro Nishida, Toshiyuki Asahara, Hitoshi Anzai, Hiroko Touma, Kazuhisa Mitsuo, Yasunari Soumitsu, Hideo Sakatani, Shigeru Nakamura, Toshiyuki Degawa, and Tetsu Yamaguchi

The pattern of alteration in flow velocity in the recanalized artery is related to left ventricular recovery in patients with acute infarction and successful direct balloon angioplasty
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 338-344. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Coronary Disease:

Veronique L. Roger, Steven J. Jacobsen, Patricia A. Pellikka, Todd D. Miller, Kent R. Bailey, and Bernard J. Gersh

Gender differences in use of stress testing and coronary heart disease mortality: a population-based study in Olmsted County, Minnesota
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 345-352. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Petra Verhoef, Eric B. Rimm, David J. Hunter, Jia Chen, Walter C. Willett, Karl Kelsey, and Meir J. Stampfer

A common mutation in the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene and risk of coronary heart disease: results among U.S. men
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 353-359. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Myocardial Infarction:

Hal V. Barron, Andrew D. Michaels, Charles Maynard, Nathan R. Every for the National Registry of Myocardial Infarction 2 Participants

Use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors at discharge in patients with acute myocardial infarction in the United States: data from the National Registry of Myocardial Infarction 2
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 360-367. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Hisashi Kai, Hisao Ikeda, Hideo Yasukawa, Mamiko Kai, Yukihiko Seki, Fumitaka Kuwahara, Takafumi Ueno, Kenzo Sugi, and Tsutomu Imaizumi

Peripheral blood levels of matrix metalloproteases-2 and -9 are elevated in patients with acute coronary syndromes
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 368-372. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Kazuhide Akiyama, Akio Kimura, Hiroshi Suzuki, Youichi Takeyama, Tracy L. Gluckman, Artin Terhakopian, Takashi Katagiri, Ki-Young Suh, James Roseto, and Richard J. Bing

Production of oxidative products of nitric oxide in infarcted human heart
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 373-379. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Mario Previtali, Raffaela Fetiveau, Luca Lanzarini, Cristina Cavalotti, and Catherine Klersy

Prognostic value of myocardial viability and ischemia detected by dobutamine stress echocardiography early after acute myocardial infarction treated with thrombolysis
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 380-386. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Unstable Angina:

Nathan R. Every, Christopher P. Cannon, Christopher Granger, David J. Moliterno, Frank V. Aguirre, J. David Talley, Joan Booth, Shelly Sapp, James J. Ferguson for the GUARANTEE investigators

Influence of insurance type on the use of procedures, medications and hospital outcome in patients with unstable angina: results from the GUARANTEE registry
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 387-392. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Heart Failure:

Josef Niebauer, Claus-Dieter Pflaum, Andrew L. Clark, Christian J. Strasburger, James Hooper, Philip A. Poole-Wilson, Andrew J. S. Coats, and Stefan D. Anker

Deficient insulin-like growth factor I in chronic heart failure predicts altered body composition, anabolic deficiency, cytokine and neurohormonal activation
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 393-397. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Yutaka Otsuji, Dan Gilon, Leng Jiang, Shengqiu He, Marcia Leavitt, Marc J. Roy, Mary Jane Birmingham, and Robert A. Levine

Restricted diastolic opening of the mitral leaflets in patients with left ventricular dysfunction: evidence for increased valve tethering
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 398-404. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Heart Transplant:

Thomas J. Dengler, Rainer Zimmermann, Klaus Braun, Margit Müller-Bardorff, J.örg Zehelein, Falk-Udo Sack, Philipp A. Schnabel, Wolfgang Kübler, and Hugo A. Katus

Elevated serum concentrations of cardiac troponin T in acute allograft rejection after human heart transplantation
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 405-412. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Rubén Lamich, Manel Ballester, Vicens Martí, Vicens Brossa, Rosa Aymat, Ignasi Carrió, Lluis Bernà, Marta Campreciós, Mireia Puig, Montserrat Estorch, Albert Flotats, Ramón Bordes, Juan Garcia, Josep M. Augè, Josep M. Padró, Josep M. Caralps, and Jagat Narula

Efficacy of augmented immunosuppressive therapy for early vasculopathy in heart transplantation
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 413-419. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Eliane Lampert, Bertrand Mettauer, Hans Hoppeler, Anne Charloux, Arnaud Charpentier, and Jean Lonsdorfer

Skeletal muscle response to short endurance training in heart transplant recipients
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 420-426. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Mitral Regurgitation:

Ali M. Kizilbash, DuWayne L. Willett, M. Elizabeth Brickner, Sheila K. Heinle, and Paul A. Grayburn

Effects of afterload reduction on vena contracta width in mitral regurgitation
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 427-431. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Christian S. Breburda, Brian P. Griffin, Min Pu, Leonardo Rodriguez, Delos M. Cosgrove III, and James D. Thomas

Three-dimensional echocardiographic planimetry of maximal regurgitant orifice area in myxomatous mitral regurgitation: intraoperative comparison with proximal flow convergence
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 432-437. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Hypertension:

Kazuyuki Sakata, Manabu Shirotani, Hiroshi Yoshida, and Chinori Kurata

Comparison of effects of enalapril and nitrendipine on cardiac sympathetic nervous system in essential hypertension
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 438-443. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Kazuomi Kario, Takefumi Matsuo, Hiroko Kobayashi, Nobuyuki Kanai, Satoshi Hoshide, Takeshi Mitsuhashi, Uichi Ikeda, Shinichi Nishiuma, Masafumi Matsuo, and Kazuyuki Shimada

Endothelial cell damage and angiotensin-converting enzyme insertion/deletion genotype in elderly hypertensive patients
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 444-450. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Left Ventricular Hypertrophy:

Hans-Werner Hense, Birgit Gneiting, Michael Muscholl, Ulrich Broeckel, Bernhard Kuch, Angela Doering, G.ünter A. J. Riegger, and Heribert Schunkert

The associations of body size and body composition with left ventricular mass: impacts for indexation in adults
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 451-457. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Brian S. Cain, Daniel R. Meldrum, Kyung S. Joo, Ju-Feng Wang, Xianzhong Meng, Joseph C. Cleveland Jr., Anirban Banerjee, and Alden H. Harken

Human SERCA2a levels correlate inversely with age in senescent human myocardium
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 458-467. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Electrophysiology:

Paul B. Sparks, Shenthar Jayaprakash, Jitendra K. Vohra, Harry G. Mond, Anthony G. Yapanis, Leeanne E. Grigg, and Jonathan M. Kalman

Left atrial "stunning" following radiofrequency catheter ablation of chronic atrial flutter
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 468-475. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Rachel L. Murkofsky, George Dangas, Joseph A. Diamond, Davendra Mehta, Abraham Schaffer, and John A. Ambrose

A prolonged QRS duration on surface electrocardiogram is a specific indicator of left ventricular dysfunction
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 476-482. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Heikki Swan, Kirsi Saarinen, Kimmo Kontula, Lauri Toivonen, and Matti Viitasalo

Evaluation of QT interval duration and dispersion and proposed clinical criteria in diagnosis of long QT syndrome in patients with a genetically uniform type of LQT1
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 486-491. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Editorial:

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Pediatric Cardiology:

Elizabeth Goldmuntz, Bernard J. Clark, Laura E. Mitchell, Abbas F. Jawad, Bettina F. Cuneo, Lori Reed, Donna McDonald-McGinn, Peggy Chien, Jennifer Feuer, Elaine H. Zackai, Beverly S. Emanuel, and Deborah A. Driscoll

Frequency of 22q11 deletions in patients with conotruncal defects
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 492-498. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Venous Collaterals:

Alan G. Magee, Brian W. McCrindle, John Mawson, Lee N. Benson, William G. Williams, and Robert M. Freedom

Systemic venous collateral development after the bidirectional cavopulmonary anastomosis: Prevalence and predictors
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 502-508. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Girish S. Shirali, Constance E. Cephus, Micheal A. Kuhn, Kay K. Ogata, Laura K. Vander Dussen, Richard E. Chinnock, Neda F. Mulla, Joyce K. Johnston, Leonard L. Bailey, Steven R. Gundry, Anees J. Razzouk, and Ranae L. Larsen

Posttransplant recoarctation of the aorta: a twelve year experience
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 509-514. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Ranae L. Larsen, Patricia M. Applegate, Daniel A. Dyar, Paulo A. Ribeiro, Sharon D. Fritzsche, Neda F. Mulla, Girish S. Shirali, Micheal A. Kuhn, Richard E. Chinnock, and Pravin M. Shah

Dobutamine stress echocardiography for assessing coronary artery disease after transplantation in children
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 515-520. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Experimental Studies:

John S. Strobel, Bruce H. KenKnight, Dennis L. Rollins, William M. Smith, and Raymond E. Ideker

The effects of ventricular fibrillation duration and site of initiation on the defibrillation threshold during early ventricular fibrillation
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 521-527. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Jozef Bartunek, Stephen Dempsey, Ellen O. Weinberg, Nobuhiko Ito, Minori Tajima, Susanne Rohrbach, and Beverly H. Lorell

Chronic L-arginine treatment increases cardiac cyclic guanosine 5'-monophosphate in rats with aortic stenosis: effects on left ventricular mass and beta-adrenergic contractile reserve
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 528-535. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Lawrence A. Garcia, Steven C. DeJong, Sean M. Martin, Robin S. Smith, Garry R. Buettner, and Richard E. Kerber

Magnesium reduces free radicals in an in vivo coronary occlusion-reperfusion model
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 536-539. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Paula D. Johnson, Brenda V. Dawson, and Stanley J. Goldberg

Cardiac teratogenicity of trichloroethylene metabolites
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 540-545. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

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