50th Anniversary Historical Article:

Anthony N. DeMaria and Daniel Blanchard

The hemodynamic basis of diastology
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 1659-1662. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Interventional Cardiology:

Bernward Lauer, Ulrike Junghans, Fabian Stahl, Regina Kluge, Stephen N. Oesterle, and Gerhard Schuler

Catheter-based percutaneous myocardial laser revascularization in patients with end-stage coronary artery disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 1663-1670. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Paulo R. A. Caramori, Valter C. Lima, Peter H. Seidelin, Gary E. Newton, John D. Parker, and Allan G. Adelman

Long-term endothelial dysfunction after coronary artery stenting
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 1675-1679. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Meir Gare, Yosef S. Haviv, Arie Ben-Yehuda, Dvorah Rubinger, Tali Bdolah-Abram, Shmuel Fuchs, Ora Gat, Mordecai M. Popovtzer, Mervyn S. Gotsman, and Morris Mosseri

The renal effect of low-dose dopamine in high-risk patients undergoing coronary angiography
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 1682-1688. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Editorial:

Editorial
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 1671-1674. [PDF]  

Editorial
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Editorial
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 1837-1838. [PDF]  

Editorial
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 1680-1681. [PDF]  

Unstable Angina:

Elias A. Iliadis, Lloyd W. Klein, Betsy J. Vandenberg, Diana Spokas, Tony Hursey, Joseph E. Parrillo, and James E. Calvin

Clinical practice guidelines in unstable angina improve clinical outcomes by assuring early intensive medical treatment
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 1689-1695. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Giovanna Liuzzo, Luigi M. Biasucci, J. Ruth Gallimore, Giuseppina Caligiuri, Antonino Buffon, Antonio G. Rebuzzi, Mark B. Pepys, and Attilio Maseri

Enhanced inflammatory response in patients with preinfarction unstable angina
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 1696-1703. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Shmuel Fuchs, Ran Kornowski, Roxana Mehran, Lowell F. Satler, Augusto D. Pichard, Kenneth M. Kent, Mun K. Hong, Steve Slack, Gregg W. Stone, and Martin B. Leon

Cardiac troponin I levels and clinical outcomes in patients with acute coronary syndromes: The potential role of early percutaneous revascularization
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 1704-1710. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Myocardial Infarction:

Kenneth W. Mahaffey, Joseph A. Puma, N. Alejandro Barbagelata, Marcelo F. DiCarli, Massoud A. Leesar, Kevin F. Browne, Paul R. Eisenberg, Roberto Bolli, A. Cecilia Casas, Victor Molina-Viamonte, Cesare Orlandi, Roger Blevins, Raymond J. Gibbons, Robert M. Califf, Christopher B. Granger for the AMISTAD Investigators

Adenosine as an adjunct to thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction: Results of a multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled trial: the Acute Myocardial Infarction STudy of ADenosine (AMISTAD) Trial
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 1711-1720. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

David Harpaz, Solomon Behar, Shmuel Gottlieb, Valentina Boyko, Yehezkiel Kishon, Michael Eldar, for the SPRINT Study Group the Israeli Thrombolytic Survey Group

Complete atrioventricular block complicating acute myocardial infarction in the thrombolytic era
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 1721-1728. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Mauricio G. Cohen, Christopher B. Granger, E. Magnus Ohman, Amanda L. Stebbins, Liliana R. Grinfeld, Arturo M. Cagide, Marcelo V. Elizari, Amadeo Betriu, David F. Kong, Eric J. Topol, and Robert M. Califf

Outcome of hispanic patients treated with thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction: Results from the GUSTO-I and -III trials
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 1729-1737. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Atherosclerosis:

Jianhui Zhu, Arshed A. Quyyumi, James E. Norman, Gyorgy Csako, and Stephen E. Epstein

Cytomegalovirus in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis: The role of inflammation as reflected by elevated C-reactive protein levels
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 1738-1743. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Myocardial Ischemia:

Nir Peled, Edward G. Abinader, Giora Pillar, Dawood Sharif, and Peretz Lavie

Nocturnal ischemic events in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome and ischemic heart disease: Effects of continuous positive air pressure treatment
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 1744-1749. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Coronary Bypass Surgery:

Patrick L. Whitlow, Alexios P. Dimas, Thomas M. Bashore, Robert M. Califf, Martial G. Bourassa, Bernard R. Chaitman, Allan D. Rosen, Kevin E. Kip, Michael L. Stadius, Edwin L. Alderman for the BARI Investigators

Relationship of extent of revascularization with angina at one year in the bypass angioplasty revascularization investigation (BARI)
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 1750-1759. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Eng-Shiong Tan, Jan van der Meer, Pieter Jan de Kam, Peter H. J. M. Dunselman, Barbara J. M. Mulder, Carl A. P. L. Ascoop, Matthias Pfisterer, Kong I. Lie for CABADAS Research Group of the Interuniversity Cardiology Institute of the Netherlands

Worse clinical outcome but similar graft patency in women versus men one year after coronary artery bypass graft surgery owing to an excess of exposed risk factors in women
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 1760-1768. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stress Testing:

Alessandro Pingitore, Eugenio Picano, Albert Varga, Guido Gigli, Lauro Cortigiani, Mario Previtali, Giovanni Minardi, Massimo Quarta Colosso, Jorge Lowenstein, Wilson Mathias Jr., Patrizia Landi on behalf of the Echo-Persantine International Cooperative (EPIC) and Echo-Dobutamine International Cooperative (EDIC) Study Groups

Prognostic value of pharmacological stress echocardiography in patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease: A prospective, large-scale, multicenter, head-to-head comparison between dipyridamole and dobutamine test
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 1769-1777. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Risk Factors:

Jeffrey L. Anderson, Joseph B. Muhlestein, Jessica Habashi, John F. Carlquist, Tami L. Bair, Sidney P. Elmer, and Brent P. Davis

Lack of association of a common polymorphism of the plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 gene with coronary artery disease and myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 1778-1783. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Fritz Huhtasaari, Vivan Lundberg, Mats Eliasson, Urban Janlert, and Kjell Asplund

Smokeless tobacco as a possible risk factor for myocardial infarction: a population-based study in middle-aged men
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 1784-1790. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Heart Failure:

Arne S. Westheim, Per Bostrøm, Carl C. Christensen, Hanni Parikka, Einar O. Rykke, and Lauri Toivonen

Hemodynamic and neuroendocrine effects for candoxatril and frusemide in mild stable chronic heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 1794-1801. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Javed Butler, Don B. Chomsky, and John R. Wilson

Pulmonary hypertension and exercise intolerance in patients with heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 1802-1806. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Donna Mancini, Ainat Benaminovitz, Marie Elena Cordisco, Wahida Karmally, and Alan Weinberg

Slowed glycogen utilization enhances exercise endurance in patients with heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 1807-1812. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Ingegerd Östman-Smith, G.öran Wettrell, and Tomas Riesenfeld

A cohort study of childhood hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Improved survival following high-dose beta-adrenoceptor antagonist treatment
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 1813-1822. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Echocardiography:

Harald P. Kühl, Rainer Hoffmann, Marc W. Merx, Andreas Franke, Christof Klötzsch, Wolfgang Lepper, Thorsten Reineke, Johannes Noth, and Peter Hanrath

Transthoracic echocardiography using second harmonic imaging: Diagnostic alternative to transesophageal echocardiography for the detection of atrial right to left shunt in patients with cerebral embolic events
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 1823-1830. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Alan K. Berger, John S. Gottdiener, Mary Anne Yohe, and Jose L. Guerrero

Epidemiological approach to quality assessment in echocardiographic diagnosis
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 1831-1836. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Electrophysiology:

Philippe Chevalier, Laurence Bontemps, Marjaneh Fatemi, Stephane Velon, Eric Bonnefoy, Gilbert Kirkorian, Roland Itti, and Paul Touboul

Gated blood-pool SPECT evaluation of changes after radiofrequency catheter ablation of accessory pathways: Evidence for persistent ventricular preexcitation despite successful therapy
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 1839-1846. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Conference:

Conference
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 1847-1849. [PDF]  

Correction:

Special Sections
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 1850. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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