JACC -- Table of Contents (32 [4])

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Review Articles:

Mario J. Garcia, James D. Thomas, and Allan L. Klein
New Doppler echocardiographic applications for the study of diastolic function
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 865-875. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Myocardial Infarction:

Uwe Zeymer, Karl-Ludwig Neuhaus, Karl Wegscheider, Ulrich Tebbe, Peter Molhoek, Rolf Schröder for the HIT-4 Trial Group
Effects of thrombolytic therapy in acute inferior myocardial infarction with or without right ventricular involvement
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 876-881. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Editorial:

Editorial
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 882-884. [PDF]

Myocardial Infarction:

Paul N. Casale, Jayne L. Jones, Flossie E. Wolf, Yanfen Pei, and L. Marlin Eby
Patients treated by cardiologists have a lower in-hospital mortality for acute myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 885-889. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Tadamichi Sakuma, Yasuhiko Hayashi, Kotaro Sumii, Michinori Imazu, and Michio Yamakido
Prediction of short- and intermediate-term prognoses of patients with acute myocardial infarction using myocardial contrast echocardiography one day after recanalization
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 890-897. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Makoto Kondo, Akira Nakano, Daiki Saito, and Yukio Shimono
Assessment of "microvascular no-reflow phenomenon" using technetium-99m macroaggregated albumin scintigraphy in patients with acute myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 898-903. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Myocardial Ischemia:

Arshed A. Quyyumi
Does acute improvement of endothelial dysfunction in coronary artery disease improve myocardial ischemia?: A double-blind comparison of parenteral D- and L-Arginine
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 904-911. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Jaroslav Meluzín, Jan Cerny, Milan Frélich, Frantisek Stetka, Lenka Spinarová, Jana Popelová, Roman Stípal on behalf of the Investigators of This Multicenter Study
Prognostic value of the amount of dysfunctional but viable myocardium in revascularized patients with coronary artery disease and left ventricular dysfunction
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 912-920. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Imran Afridi, Paul A. Grayburn, Julio A. Panza, Jae K. Oh, William A. Zoghbi, and Thomas H. Marwick
Myocardial viability during dobutamine echocardiography predicts survival in patients with coronary artery disease and severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 921-926. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Ichiro Matsunari, Guido Böning, Sibylle I. Ziegler, Stephan G. Nekolla, Jens C. Stollfuss, Istvan Kosa, Edward P. Ficaro, and Markus Schwaiger
Attenuation-corrected ^99mTc-tetrofosmin single-photon emission computed tomography in the detection of viable myocardium: comparison with positron emission tomography using ¹⁸F-fluorodeoxyglucose
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 927-935. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Heart Failure:

R. David Anderson, E. Magnus Ohman, David R. Holmes Jr., Robert A. Harrington, Gregory W. Barsness, Nancy M. Wildermann, Harry R. Phillips, Eric J. Topol, and Robert M. Califf
Prognostic value of congestive heart failure history in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 936-941. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Steven N. Singh, Susan G. Fisher, Peter E. Carson, Ross D. Fletcher the Department of Veterans Affairs CHF STAT Investigators
Prevalence and significance of nonsustained ventricular tachycardia in patients with premature ventricular contractions and heart failure treated with vasodilator therapy
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 942-947. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Pascal de Groote, Alain Millaire, Claude Foucher-Hossein, Olivier Nugue, Xavier Marchandise, G.érard Ducloux, and Jean-Marc Lablanche
Right ventricular ejection fraction is an independent predictor of survival in patients with moderate heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 948-954. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Helmut Drexler, Stephanie Kästner, Armin Strobel, Roland Studer, Otto E. Brodde, and Gerd Hasenfuß
Expression, activity and functional significance of inducible nitric oxide synthase in the failing human heart
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 955-963. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Urs N. Riede, Ulrich Förstermann, Helmut Drexler with the technical assistance of Brigitte Freudenberg-Plessow
Inducible nitric oxide synthase in skeletal muscle of patients with chronic heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 964-969. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Interventional Cardiology:

Adnan Kastrati, Franz-Josef Neumann, and Albert Schömig
Operator volume and outcome of patients undergoing coronary stent placement
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 970-976. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial:

Editorial
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 977-979. [PDF]

Interventional Cardiology:

H.élène Eltchaninoff, René Koning, Christophe Tron, Vivek Gupta, and Alain Cribier
Balloon angioplasty for the treatment of coronary in-stent restenosis: immediate results and 6-month angiographic recurrent restenosis rate
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 980-984. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Hypertension:

Damiano Rizzoni, Maria Lorenza Muiesan, Enzo Porteri, Massimo Salvetti, Maurizio Castellano, Giorgio Bettoni, Guido Tiberio, Stefano Maria Giulini, Cristina Monteduro, Guido Garavelli, and Enrico Agabiti-Rosei
Relations between cardiac and vascular structure in patients with primary and secondary hypertension
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 985-992. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Cardiac Surgery:

Eric D. Peterson, Elizabeth R. DeLong, James G. Jollis, Lawrence H. Muhlbaier, and Daniel B. Mark
The effects of New York’s bypass surgery provider profiling on access to care and patient outcomes in the elderly
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 993-999. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial:

Editorial
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 1000-1001. [PDF]

Valve Disease:

Maria J. Eriksson, G.öran Källner, Stefan Rosfors, Torbjörn Ivert, and Lars-Åke Brodin
Hemodynamic performance of cryopreserved aortic homograft valves during midterm follow-up
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 1002-1008. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Christodoulos I. Stefanadis, Costas G. Stratos, Spyros G. Lambrou, Vinay Kumar Bahl, Dennis V. Cokkinos, Vassilios A. Voudris, Stefanos G. Foussas, Costas P. Tsioufis, and Pavlos K. Toutouzas
Retrograde nontransseptal balloon mitral valvuloplasty: immediate results and intermediate long-term outcome in 441 cases—a multicenter experience
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 1009-1016. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

William D. Denney, W. Evans Kemp Jr., Lowell B. Anthony, John A. Oates, and Benjamin F. Byrd III
Echocardiographic and biochemical evaluation of the development and progression of carcinoid heart disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 1017-1022. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Christopher T. Bajzer, William J. Stewart, Delos M. Cosgrove, Sami J. Azzam, Kristopher L. Arheart, and Allan L. Klein
Tricuspid valve surgery and intraoperative echocardiography: Factors affecting survival, clinical outcome, and echocardiographic success
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 1023-1031. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Christophe M. Tribouilloy, Maurice Enriquez-Sarano, Sara L. Fett, Kent R. Bailey, James B. Seward, and A. Jamil Tajik
Application of the proximal flow convergence method to calculate the effective regurgitant orifice area in aortic regurgitation
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 1032-1039. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Electrophysiology:

Miralem Pasic, Michele Musci, Henryk Siniawski, Barbara Edelmann, Takeo Tedoriya, and Roland Hetzer
Transient sinus node dysfunction after the Cox-maze III procedure in patients with organic heart disease and chronic fixed atrial fibrillation
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 1040-1047. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Nadir Saoudi, Michel Redonnet, Frederic Anselme, Hervé Poty, and Alain Cribier
Catheter ablation of atrioatrial conduction as a cure for atrial arrhythmia after orthotopic heart transplantation
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 1048-1055. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Eric M. Grubman, Behzad B. Pavri, Tamara Shipman, Nancy Britton, and Dusan Z. Kocovic
Cardiac death and stored electrograms in patients with third-generation implantable cardioverter-defibrillators
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 1056-1062. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Emmanuel Drouin, Gilles Lande, and Flavien Charpentier
Amiodarone reduces transmural heterogeneity of repolarization in the human heart
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 1063-1067. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Primary Pulmonary Hypertension:

Mark J. Ricciardi, Bradley P. Knight, Fernando J. Martinez, and Melvyn Rubenfire
Inhaled nitric oxide in primary pulmonary hypertension: A safe and effective agent for predicting response to nifedipine
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 1068-1073. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

New Methods:

Jing Ping Sun, Xing Sheng Yang, Jian Xin Qin, Neil L. Greenberg, Jianhua Zhou, Connie J. Vazquez, Brian P. Griffin, William J. Stewart, and James D. Thomas
Quantification of mitral regurgitation by automated cardiac output measurement: experimental and clinical validation
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 1074-1082. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Pediatric Cardiology:

Peter Munkhammar, Shay Cullen, Peeter Jögi, Marc de Leval, Martin Elliott, and Gunnar Norgård
Early age at repair prevents restrictive right ventricular (RV) physiology after surgery for tetralogy of Fallot (TOF): Diastolic RV function after TOF repair in infancy
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 1083-1087. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Experimental Studies:

Anirban Banerjee, Alan M. Mendelsohn, Timothy K. Knilans, Richard A. Meyer, and David C. Schwartz
Effect of myocardial hypertrophy on systolic and diastolic function in children: insights from the force-frequency and relaxation-frequency relationships
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 1088-1095. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Leonarda Galiuto, Anthony N. DeMaria, Karen May-Newman, Ughetta del Balzo, Koji Ohmori, Valmik Bhargava, Stephen F. Flaim, and Sabino Iliceto
Evaluation of dynamic changes in microvascular flow during ischemia-reperfusion by myocardial contrast echocardiography
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 1096-1101. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Sorin Pislaru, Cristina Pislaru, Monika Szilard, Jef Arnout, and Frans Van de Werf
In vivo effects of contrast media on coronary thrombolysis
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 1102-1108. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Heleen M. M. van Beusekom, Deirdre M. Whelan, Sjoerd H. Hofma, Stefan C. Krabbendam, Victor W. M. van Hinsbergh, Pieter D. Verdouw, and Willem J. van der Giessen
Long-term endothelial dysfunction is more pronounced after stenting than after balloon angioplasty in porcine coronary arteries
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 1109-1117. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Pamela S. Douglas, Sarah E. Katz, Ellen O. Weinberg, Ming Hui Chen, Sanford P. Bishop, and Beverly H. Lorell
Hypertrophic remodeling: gender differences in the early response to left ventricular pressure overload
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 1118-1125. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial:

Editorial
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 1126-1128. [PDF]

Editorial
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 1129. [PDF]

Letters to the Editor:

Correspondence
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 1132-1133. [PDF]

Correspondence
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 1132. [PDF]

Correspondence
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 1133-1134. [PDF]

Correspondence
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 1134-1135. [PDF]

Correspondence
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 1134. [PDF]

Correspondence
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 1135-1136. [PDF]

Correspondence
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 32: 1136. [PDF]


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