Review Articles:

Craig Frances, Anthony Romero, and Deborah Grady

Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 557-561. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Olivier F. Bertrand, Rajender Sipehia, Rosaire Mongrain, Josep Rodés, Jean-Claude Tardif, Luc Bilodeau, Gilles Côté, and Martial G. Bourassa

Biocompatibility aspects of new stent technology
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 562-571. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Interventional Cardiology:

Tift Mann, Gabriela Cubeddu, Josie Bowen, Joel E. Schneider, Michael Arrowood, William N. Newman, Michael J. Zellinger, and Gregory C. Rose

Stenting in acute coronary syndromes: a comparison of radial versus femoral access sites
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 572-576. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Joseph De Gregorio, Yoshio Kobayashi, Remo Albiero, Bernhard Reimers, Carlo Di Mario, Leo Finci, and Antonio Colombo

Coronary artery stenting in the elderly: short-term outcome and long-term angiographic and clinical follow-up
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 577-583. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Alexandre Abizaid, Ran Kornowski, Gary S. Mintz, Mun K. Hong, Andrea S. Abizaid, Roxana Mehran, Augusto D. Pichard, Kenneth M. Kent, Lowell F. Satler, Hongsheng Wu, Jeffrey J. Popma, and Martin B. Leon

The influence of diabetes mellitus on acute and late clinical outcomes following coronary stent implantation
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 584-589. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

David R. Holmes Jr., Kevin E. Kip, Wanlin Yeh, Sheryl F. Kelsey, Katherine M. Detre, David O. Williams for the Investigators of the NHLBI PTCA Registry

Long-term analysis of conventional coronary balloon angioplasty and an initial "stent-like" result: The NHLBI PTCA registry
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 590-595. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Acute Coronary Syndromes:

Peter A. McCullough, William W. O’Neill, Mariann Graham, Robert J. Stomel, Felix Rogers, Shukri David, Ali Farhat, Rasa Kazlauskaite, Majid Al-Zagoum, and Cindy L. Grines

A prospective randomized trial of triage angiography in acute coronary syndromes ineligible for thrombolytic therapy: Results of the medicine versus angiography in thrombolytic exclusion (MATE) trial
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 596-605. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Maija Kaartinen, Allard C. van der Wal, Chris M. van der Loos, Jan J. Piek, Karel T. Koch, Anton E. Becker, and Petri T. Kovanen

Mast cell infiltration in acute coronary syndromes: implications for plaque rupture
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 606-612. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Carlo Pignalberi, Giuseppe Patti, Cristina Chimenti, Vincenzo Pasceri, and Attilio Maseri

Role of different determinants of psychological distress in acute coronary syndromes
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 613-619. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Myocardial Infarction:

Pierre Théroux, Jean Grégoire, Christine Chin, Guy Pelletier, Pierre de Guise, and Martin Juneau

Intravenous diltiazem in acute myocardial infarction: Diltiazem as adjunctive therapy to activase (DATA) trial
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 620-628. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Aylee L. Liem, Arnoud W. J. van ‘t Hof, Jan C. A. Hoorntje, Menko-Jan de Boer, Harry Suryapranata, and Felix Zijlstra

Influence of treatment delay on infarct size and clinical outcome in patients with acute myocardial infarction treated with primary angioplasty
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 629-633. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Matthias Pfisterer, Jafna L. Cox, Christopher B. Granger, Sorin J. Brener, C. David Naylor, Robert M. Califf, Frans van de Werf, Amanda L. Stebbins, Kerry L. Lee, Eric J. Topol, Paul W. Armstrong for the GUSTO-I Investigators

Atenolol use and clinical outcomes after thrombolysis for acute myocardial infarction: the GUSTO-I experience
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 634-640. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Conor F. Lundergan, Jonathan S. Reiner, William F. McCarthy, Karin S. Coyne, Robert M. Califf, Allan M. Ross for the GUSTO-I Angiographic Investigators

Clinical predictors of early infarct-related artery patency following thrombolytic therapy: importance of body weight, smoking history, infarct-related artery and choice of thrombolytic regimen: the GUSTO-I experience
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 641-647. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Christian A. Schneider, Eberhard Voth, Sybille Gawlich, Frank M. Baer, Michael Horst, Harald Schicha, Erland Erdmann, and Udo Sechtem

Significance of rest technetium-99m sestamibi imaging for the prediction of improvement of left ventricular dysfunction after q wave myocardial infarction: importance of infarct location adjusted thresholds
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 648-654. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Coronary Artery Disease:

Gerard Pasterkamp, Arjan H. Schoneveld, Allard C. van der Wal, Christian C. Haudenschild, Ruud J. G. Clarijs, Anton E. Becker, Berend Hillen, and Cornelius Borst

Relation of arterial geometry to luminal narrowing and histologic markers for plaque vulnerability: the remodeling paradox
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 655-662. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Alan S. Brown, Rebecca G. Bakker-Arkema, Laurence Yellen, Robert W. Henley Jr., Richard Guthrie, Cam F. Campbell, Michael Koren, William Woo, Richard McLain, and Donald M. Black

Treating patients with documented atherosclerosis to national cholesterol education program-recommended low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol goals with atorvastatin, fluvastatin, lovastatin and simvastatin
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 665-672. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Alan D. Guerci, Louise A. Spadaro, Ken J. Goodman, Alfonso Lledo-Perez, David Newstein, Gail Lerner, and Yadon Arad

Comparison of electron beam computed tomography scanning and conventional risk factor assessment for the prediction of angiographic coronary artery disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 673-679. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Dirk De Bacquer, Guy De Backer, Marcel Kornitzer, Katrien Myny, Zoe Doyen, and Henry Blackburn

Prognostic value of ischemic electrocardiographic findings for cardiovascular mortality in men and women
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 680-685. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Editorial:

Editorial
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 663-664. [PDF]  

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J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 693-694. [PDF]  

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J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 729-731. [PDF]  

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Editorial
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Heart Failure:

James B. Young, Mihai Gheorghiade, Barry F. Uretsky, J. Herbert Patterson, and Kirkwood F. Adams Jr.

Superiority of "triple" drug therapy in heart failure: insights from the PROVED and RADIANCE trials
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 686-692. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

DanielL Dries, DerekV Exner, BernardJ Gersh, MichaelJ Domanski, MyronA Waclawiw, and LynneW Stevenson

Atrial fibrillation is associated with an increased risk for mortality and heart failure progression in patients with asymptomatic and symptomatic left ventricular systolic dysfunction: a retrospective analysis of the SOLVD trials
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 695-703. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Arthur T. Armstrong, Philip F. Binkley, Peter B. Baker, P. David Myerowitz, and Carl V. Leier

Quantitative investigation of cardiomyocyte hypertrophy and myocardial fibrosis over 6 years after cardiac transplantation
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 704-710. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Endothelial Function:

Thomas Neunteufl, Karam Kostner, Reinhold Katzenschlager, Manfred Zehetgruber, Gerald Maurer, and Franz Weidinger

Additional benefit of vitamin E supplementation to simvastatin therapy on vasoreactivity of the brachial artery of hypercholesterolemic men
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 711-716. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Valve Disease:

Tiong Cheng Yeo, William K. Freeman, Hartzell V. Schaff, and Thomas A. Orszulak

Mechanisms of hemolysis after mitral valve repair: assessment by serial echocardiography
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 717-723. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Electrophysiology:

KristinE Ellison, PeterL Friedman, LeonardI Ganz, and WilliamG Stevenson

Entrainment mapping and radiofrequency catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia in right ventricular dysplasia
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 724-728. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Yi-Jen Chen, Shih-Ann Chen, Ching-Tai Tai, Zu-Chin Wen, An-Ning Feng, Yu-An Ding, and Mau-Song Chang

Role of atrial electrophysiology and autonomic nervous system in patients with supraventricular tachycardia and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 732-738. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Wolfram Grimm, J.ürgen Hoffmann, Volker Menz, Kathrin Luck, and Bernhard Maisch

Programmed ventricular stimulation for arrhythmia risk prediction in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy and nonsustained ventricular tachycardia
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 739-745. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

New Technique:

Jerald L. Cohen, Jorge Cheirif, Douglas S. Segar, Linda D. Gillam, John S. Gottdiener, Eva Hausnerova, and Denise E. Bruns

Improved left ventricular endocardial border delineation and opacification with OPTISON (FS069), a new echocardiographic contrast agent: Results of a phase III multicenter trial
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 746-752. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Pediatric Cardiology:

Jarupim Soongswang, Ian Adatia, Christine Newman, Jeffrey F. Smallhorn, William G. Williams, and Robert M. Freedom

Mortality in potential arterial switch candidates with transposition of the great arteries
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 753-757. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nigel J. Wilson, Patricia M. Clarkson, Brian G. Barratt-Boyes, A. Louise Calder, Ralph M. L. Whitlock, Ronald N. Easthope, and John M. Neutze

Long-term outcome after the mustard repair for simple transposition of the great arteries: 28-year follow-up
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 758-765. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Ernesto S. Rivera, Thomas R. Kimball, Warren W. Bailey, Sandra A. Witt, Philip R. Khoury, and Stephen R. Daniels

Effect of veno-venous ultrafiltration on myocardial performance immediately after cardiac surgery in children: A prospective randomized study
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 766-772. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Mei-Hwan Wu, Jou-Kou Wang, Jiunn-Lee Lin, Ling-Ping Lai, Hung-Chi Lue, Ming-Lon Young, and Fon-Jou Hsieh

Supraventricular tachycardia in patients with right atrial isomerism
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 773-779. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Experimental Studies:

Tohru Yamawaki, Hiroaki Shimokawa, Toshiyuki Kozai, Kenji Miyata, Taiki Higo, Eriko Tanaka, Kensuke Egashira, Tadayoshi Shiraishi, Hideo Tamai, Keiji Igaki, and Akira Takeshita

Intramural delivery of a specific tyrosine kinase inhibitor with biodegradable stent suppresses the restenotic changes of the coronary artery in pigs in vivo
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 780-786. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Jens Bremerich, Michael F. Wendland, H.åkan Arheden, Rolf Wyttenbach, Dong W. Gao, John P. Huberty, Michael W. Dae, Charles B. Higgins, and Maythem Saeed

Microvascular injury in reperfused infarcted myocardium: noninvasive assessment with contrast-enhanced echoplanar magnetic resonance imaging
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 787-793. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Roxana Mehran, Gary S. Mintz, Mun K. Hong, Fermin O. Tio, Orville Bramwell, Abdel Brahimi, Kenneth M. Kent, Augusto D. Pichard, Lowell F. Satler, Jeffrey J. Popma, and Martin B. Leon

Validation of the in vivo intravascular ultrasound measurement of in-stent neointimal hyperplasia volumes
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 794-799. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Stephen M. Dodge, Michael A. Beardslee, Bruce J. Darrow, Karen G. Green, Eric C. Beyer, and Jeffrey E. Saffitz

Effects of angiotensin II on expression of the gap junction channel protein connexin43 in neonatal rat ventricular myocytes
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 800-807. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Ryosuke Nishio, Akira Matsumori, Tetsuo Shioi, WeiZhong Wang, Takehiko Yamada, Koh Ono, and Shigetake Sasayama

Denopamine, a ß1-adrenergic agonist, prolongs survival in a murine model of congestive heart failure induced by viral myocarditis: suppression of tumor necrosis factor- production in the heart
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 808-815. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Paul Steendijk, Jan Baan Jr., Enno T. Van Der Velde, and Jan Baan

Effects of critical coronary stenosis on global systolic left ventricular function quantified by pressure-volume relations during dobutamine stress in the canine heart
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 816-826. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

ACC Committee Reports:

Marian C. Limacher, Carol A. Zaher, Mary N. Walsh, Wendy J. Wolf, Pamela S. Douglas, Janice B. Schwartz, Janet S. Wright, and David P. Bodycombe

The ACC professional life survey: career decisions of women and men in cardiology: A report of the Committee on Women in Cardiology
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 827-835. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ACC Expert Consensus Document:

Hiltrud S. Mueller, Kanu Chatterjee, Kathryn B. Davis, Michael A. Fifer, Cory Franklin, Mark A. Greenberg, Arthur J. Labovitz, Prediman K. Shah, Kenneth J. Tuman, Max Harry Weil, William S. Weintraub, James S. Forrester, Pamela S. Douglas, David P. Faxon, John D. Fisher, Raymond J. Gibbons, Jonathan L. Halperin, Judith S. Hochman, Adolph M. Hutter Jr., Sanjiv Kaul, William S. Weintraub, William L. Winters Jr., and Michael J. Wolk

Present use of bedside right heart catheterization in patients with cardiac disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 840-864. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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