ACC Historical Articles:

Robert O. Bonow

Valvular heart disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 315-317. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Review Article:

Matthew A. Movsesian

Beta-adrenergic receptor agonists and cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase inhibitors: shifting the focus from inotropy to cyclic adenosine monophosphate
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 318-324. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Arrhythmias:

Derek V. Exner, James A. Reiffel, Andrew E. Epstein, Robert Ledingham, Michael J. Reiter, Qing Yao, Henry J. Duff, Dean Follmann, Eleanor Schron, H. Leon Greene, Mark D. Carlson, Michael A. Brodsky, Toshio Akiyama, Christina Baessler, Jeffrey L. Anderson the AVID Investigators

Beta-blocker use and survival in patients with ventricular fibrillation or symptomatic ventricular tachycardia: the antiarrhythmics versus implantable defibrillators (AVID) trial
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 325-333. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

J. Anthony Gomes, John Ip, Francesco Santoni-Rugiu, Davendra Mehta, Arisan Ergin, Steven Lansman, Elena Pe, Teri Takle Newhouse, and Sally Chao

Oral d,l sotalol reduces the incidence of postoperative atrial fibrillation in coronary artery bypass surgery patients: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 334-339. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Thomas Guarnieri, Shellee Nolan, Sidney O. Gottlieb, Audrey Dudek, and David R. Lowry

Intravenous amiodarone for the prevention of atrial fibrillation after open heart surgery: the amiodarone reduction in coronary heart (ARCH) trial
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 343-347. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Lluís Mont, Mariana Valentino, Antonia Sambola, Mariona Matas, Luis Aguinaga, and Josep Brugada

Arrhythmia recurrence in patients with a healed myocardial infarction who received an implantable defibrillator: analysis according to the clinical presentation
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 351-357. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Michael Cooklin, Mary R. Olsovsky, Randall G. Brockman, Stephen R. Shorofsky, and Michael R. Gold

Atrial defibrillation with a transvenous lead: A randomized comparison of active can shocking pathways
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 358-362. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Editorial:

Editorial
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Editorial
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Editorial
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Electrophysiology:

Burghard Schumacher, Werner Jung, Harald Schmidt, Christoph Fischenbeck, Thorsten Lewalter, Andreas Hagendorff, Heyder Omran, Christian Wolpert, and Berndt Lüderitz

Transverse conduction capabilities of the crista terminalis in patients with atrial flutter and atrial fibrillation
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 363-373. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Kazumasa Adachi, Yoshio Ohnishi, Takashi Shima, Kouhei Yamashiro, Asumi Takei, Nami Tamura, and Mitsuhiro Yokoyama

Determinant of microvolt-level T-wave alternans in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 374-380. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Dusan Z. Kocovic, Tomoo Harada, Peter L. Friedman, and William G. Stevenson

Characteristics of electrograms recorded at reentry circuit sites and bystanders during ventricular tachycardia after myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 381-388. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Domien J. Engelen, Anton P. Gorgels, Emile C. Cheriex, Ebo D. De Muinck, Anton J. Oude Ophuis, Willem R. Dassen, Jindra Vainer, Vincent G. van Ommen, and Hein J. Wellens

Value of the electrocardiogram in localizing the occlusion site in the left anterior descending coronary artery in acute anterior myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 389-395. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Anna Maria J. Choy, Dawood Darbar, Simonetta Dell’Orto, and Dan M. Roden

Exaggerated QT prolongation after cardioversion of atrial fibrillation
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 396-401. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Tanja M. Hurst, Michael Hinrichs, Christiane Breidenbach, Norbert Katz, and Bernd Waldecker

Detection of myocardial injury during transvenous implantation of automatic cardioverter-defibrillators
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 402-408. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Stress Testing:

Rick Koch, Roberto M. Lang, Maria-Jurema Garcia, Lynn Weinert, James Bednarz, Claudia Korcarz, Brendan Coughlan, Alan Spiegel, Eugene Kaji, Kirk T. Spencer, and Victor Mor-Avi

Objective evaluation of regional left ventricular wall motion during dobutamine stress echocardiographic studies using segmental analysis of color kinesis images
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 409-419. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Kim A. Williams and Candace M. Schneider

Increased stress right ventricular activity on dual isotope perfusion SPECT: A sign of multivessel and/or left main coronary artery disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 420-427. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Paolo Voci, Giovanni Testa, Gianluca Plaustro, and Quintilio Caretta

Coronary Doppler intensity changes during handgrip: a new method to detect coronary vasomotor tone in coronary artery disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 428-434. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Alessandro Salustri, Massimo Ciavatti, Fulvia Seccareccia, and Antonio Palamara

Prediction of cardiac events after uncomplicated acute myocardial infarction by clinical variables and dobutamine stress test
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 435-440. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Gabriele Fragasso, Chunzeng Lu, Pawel Dabrowski, Paolo Pagnotta, Imad Sheiban, and Sergio L. Chierchia

Comparison of stress/rest myocardial perfusion tomography, dipyridamole and dobutamine stress echocardiography for the detection of coronary disease in hypertensive patients with chest pain and positive exercise test
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 441-447. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Myocardial Ischemia:

Lynn Palacol Roppolo, Robert Fitzgerald, Jennifer Dillow, Thomas Ziegler, Mitchell Rice, and Alan Maisel

A comparison of troponin T and troponin I as predictors of cardiac events in patients undergoing chronic dialysis at a Veteran’s Hospital: a pilot study
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 448-454. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ian D. Cox, Hans E. Bøtker, Jens P. Bagger, Helle S. Sonne, Bent Ø Kristensen, and Juan Carlos Kaski

Elevated endothelin concentrations are associated with reduced coronary vasomotor responses in patients with chest pain and normal coronary arteriograms
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 455-460. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Interventional Cardiology:

Maher Rabah, Denise Mason, David W. M. Muller, Randal Hundley, Aaron D. Kugelmass, Bonnie Weiner, Louis Cannon, William W. O’Neill, and Robert D. Safian

Heparin after percutaneous intervention (HAPI): a prospective multicenter randomized trial of three heparin regimens after successful coronary intervention
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 461-467. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

John G. Webb, Ronald G. Carere, Renu Virmani, Donald Baim, Paul S. Teirstein, Patrick Whitlow, Colleen McQueen, Frank D. Kolodgie, Elizabeth Buller, Arthur Dodek, G. B. John Mancini, and Stephen Oesterle

Retrieval and analysis of particulate debris after saphenous vein graft intervention
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 468-475. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Eric Van Belle, Kaveh Abolmaali, Christophe Bauters, Eugène P. McFadden, Jean-Marc Lablanche, and Michel E. Bertrand

Restenosis, late vessel occlusion and left ventricular function six months after balloon angioplasty in diabetic patients
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 476-485. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Markus Borries, Michael Heins, Yuriko Fischer, Hugo Stiegler, Ansgar Peters, Hans Reinauer, Frank C. Schoebel, Bodo E. Strauer, and Matthias Leschke

Changes of hemostasis, endogenous fibrinolysis, platelet activation and endothelins after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty in patients with stable angina
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 486-493. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Left Ventricular Hypertrophy:

Jouko Karjalainen, Urho M. Kujala, Anu Stolt, Matti Mäntysaari, Matti Viitasalo, Katariina Kainulainen, and Kimmo Kontula

Angiotensinogen gene M235T polymorphism predicts left ventricular hypertrophy in endurance athletes
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 494-499. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Diastolic Function:

Hosam A. Remah, Hidetsugu Asanoi, Shuji Joho, Akihiko Igawa, Tomoki Kameyama, Takashi Nozawa, and Hiroshi Inoue

Modulation of left ventricular diastolic distensibility by collateral flow recruitment during balloon coronary occlusion
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 500-506. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Endothelial Function:

Abhiram Prasad, Neil P. Andrews, Feroz A. Padder, Mohsin Husain, and Arshed A. Quyyumi

Glutathione reverses endothelial dysfunction and improves nitric oxide bioavailability
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 507-514. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

New Methods:

Francisco Gonzalez-Vilchez, Miguel Ares, Jose Ayuela, and Luis Alonso

Combined use of pulsed and color M-mode doppler echocardiography for the estimation of pulmonary capillary wedge pressure: an empirical approach based on an analytical relation
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 515-523. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Matthias Stuber, René M. Botnar, Peter G. Danias, Daniel K. Sodickson, Kraig V. Kissinger, Marc Van Cauteren, Jan De Becker, and Warren J. Manning

Double-oblique free-breathing high resolution three-dimensional coronary magnetic resonance angiography
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 524-531. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Coronary Surgery:

Takashi Hirotani, Tadashi Kameda, Takayuki Kumamoto, Shogo Shirota, and Mototugu Yamano

Effects of coronary artery bypass grafting using internal mammary arteries for diabetic patients
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 532-538. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Pediatric Cardiac Surgery:

LeNardo D. Thompson, Edwin Petrossian, Doff B. McElhinney, Natalia A. Abrikosova, Phillip Moore, V. Mohan Reddy, and Frank L. Hanley

Is it necessary to routinely fenestrate an extracardiac Fontan?
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 539-544. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Pediatric Cardiology:

Joyce M. Williams, Maaike de Leeuw, Michael D. Black, Robert M. Freedom, William G. Williams, and Brian W. McCrindle

Factors associated with outcomes of persistent truncus arteriosus
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 545-553. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Jack Rychik, Jonathan J. Rome, Margaret H. Collins, William M. DeCampli, and Thomas L. Spray

The hypoplastic left heart syndrome with intact atrial septum: atrial morphology, pulmonary vascular histopathology and outcome
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 554-560. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Experimental Studies:

Christoph Hehrlein, Simone Kaiser, Reimer Riessen, J.ürgen Metz, Peter Fritz, and Wolfgang Kübler

External beam radiation after stent implantation increases neointimal hyperplasia by augmenting smooth muscle cell proliferation and extracellular matrix accumulation
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 561-566. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Jacques M. T. de Bakker, Peter Loh, M.élèze Hocini, Bernard Thibault, and Michiel J. Janse

Double component action potentials in the posterior approach to the atrioventricular node: do they reflect activation delay in the slow pathway?
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 570-577. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Takanori Yasu, Geert W. Schmid-Schönbein, Bruno Cotter, and Anthony N. DeMaria

Flow dynamics of QW7437, a new dodecafluoropentane ultrasound contrast agent, in the microcirculation: Microvascular mechanisms for persistent tissue echo enhancement
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 578-586. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Takahiro Shiota, Michael Jones, Satoshi Aida, Masahide Chikada, Hiroyuki Tsujino, Taher El-Kadi, and David J. Sahn

Validation of the accuracy of both right and left ventricular outflow volume determinations and semiautomated calculation of shunt volumes through atrial septal defects by digital color Doppler flow mapping in a chronic animal model
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 587-593. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Y. Chandrashekhar, Arun J. Prahash, Soma Sen, Sudhir Gupta, and Inder S. Anand

Cardiomyocytes from hearts with left ventricular dysfunction after ischemia-reperfusion do not manifest contractile abnormalities
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 594-602. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Correspondence
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Correspondence
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Corrections:

Corrections
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