Editorial:

Valentin Fuster

Myocardial infarction and coronary care units
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 1851-1853. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Valentin Fuster

Acute coronary syndromes: the degree and morphology of coronary stenoses
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 1854-1856. [Full Text] [PDF]  

James B. Young

Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and cytokines in heart failure: dose and effect?
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 2068-2071. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Blase A. Carabello

Sudden death in mitral regurgitation: why was I so surprised?
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 2086-2087. [Full Text] [PDF]  

William W. Parmley

Reunion
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 2137-2138. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Review Articles:

R. Preston Mason

Calcium channel blockers, apoptosis and cancer: is there a biologic relationship?
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 1857-1866. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yoram Agmon, Bijoy K. Khandheria, Federico Gentile, and James B. Seward

Echocardiographic assessment of the left atrial appendage
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 1867-1877. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Heikki V. Huikuri, Timo Mäkikallio, K. E. Juhani Airaksinen, Raul Mitrani, Agustin Castellanos, and Robert J. Myerburg

Measurement of heart rate variability: a clinical tool or a research toy?
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 1878-1883. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Interventional Cardiology:

Gregory J. Mishkel, Frank V. Aguirre, Robert W. Ligon, Krishna J. Rocha-Singh, Charles L. Lucore for Prairie Cardiovascular Consultants Ltd

Clopidogrel as adjunctive antiplatelet therapy during coronary stenting
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 1884-1890. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Peter B. Berger, Malcolm R. Bell, Charanjit S. Rihal, Henry Ting, Gregory Barsness, Kirk Garratt, Victoria Bellot, Verghese Mathew, Steve Melby, LaVon Hammes, Diane Grill, and David R. Holmes Jr.

Clopidogrel versus ticlopidine after intracoronary stent placement
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 1891-1894. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Editorial Comment:

Lloyd W. Klein and James E. Calvin

Use of clopidrogel in coronary stenting: what was the question?
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 1895-1898. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rob A. M. van Liebergen, Jan J. Piek, Karel T. Koch, Ron J. G. Peters, Robbert J. de Winter, Carl E. Schotborgh, and Kong I. Lie

Hyperemic coronary flow after optimized intravascular ultrasound-guided balloon angioplasty and stent implantation
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 1899-1906. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Antonio Colombo and Carlo Briguori

Optimal balloon angioplasty versus elective stent implantation
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 1907-1909. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carlo Briguori, Imad Sheiban, Joseph De Gregorio, Angelo Anzuini, Matteo Montorfano, Paolo Pagnotta, Federica Marsico, Filippo Leonardo, Carlo Di Mario, and Antonio Colombo

Direct coronary stenting without predilation
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 1910-1915. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ellen C. Keeley and W. Douglas Weaver

Combination therapy for acute myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 1963-1965. [Full Text] [PDF]  

John F. Carlquist

Endotoxin: another phantom menace?
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 1982-1984. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical Study:

Joseph Lindsay Jr., Ellen E. Pinnow, and Augusto D. Pichard

Frequency of major adverse cardiac events within one month of coronary angioplasty: a useful measure of operator performance
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 1916-1923. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

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

Time-varying spectral analysis of heart rate and left ventricular pressure variability during balloon coronary occlusion in humans: A sympathoexcitatory response to myocardial ischemia
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 1924-1931. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Shlomi Matetzky, Maxim Novikov, Luis Gruberg, Dov Freimark, Micha Feinberg, Dan Elian, Ilya Novikov, Elio Di Segni, Oren Agranat, Yedael Har-Zahav, Babeth Rabinowitz, Elieser Kaplinsky, and Hanoch Hod

The significance of persistent ST elevation versus early resolution of ST segment elevation after primary PTCA
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 1932-1938. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Josep Lupón, Vicente Valle, Jaume Marrugat, Roberto Elosua, Lluis Serés, Marco Pavesi, Román Freixa, Ginés Sanz, Rafel Masiá, Lluis Molina, Joan Sala, Jordi Serra for the R.E.S.C.A.T.E. Investigators

Six-month outcome in unstable angina patients without previous myocardial infarction according to the use of tertiary cardiologic resources
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 1947-1953. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Toshiyuki Noda, Shinya Minatoguchi, Kenshi Fujii, Masatsugu Hori, Takayuki Ito, Katsuo Kanmatsuse, Masunori Matsuzaki, Tetsuji Miura, Hiroshi Nonogi, Michihiko Tada, Masaru Tanaka, and Hisayoshi Fujiwara

Evidence for the delayed effect in human ischemic preconditioning: Prospective multicenter study for preconditioning in acute myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 1966-1974. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Unstable Angina:

Bernhard L. Gerber, William Wijns, Jean-Louis J. Vanoverschelde, Guy R. Heyndrickx, Bernard De Bruyne, Jozef Bartunek, and Jacques A. Melin

Myocardial perfusion and oxygen consumption in reperfused noninfarcted dysfunctional myocardium after unstable angina: Direct evidence for myocardial stunning in humans
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 1939-1946. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Myocardial Infarction:

Allan M. Ross, Karin S. Coyne, Jonathan S. Reiner, Samuel W. Greenhouse, Cynthia Fink, Anthony Frey, Eduardo Moreyra, Mouhieddin Traboulsi, Normand Racine, Arthur L. Riba, Mark A. Thompson, Steven Rohrbeck, Conor F. Lundergan for the PACT Investigators

A randomized trial comparing primary angioplasty with a strategy of short-acting thrombolysis and immediate planned rescue angioplasty in acute myocardial infarction: the PACT trial
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 1954-1962. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Atherosclerosis:

Christian J. Wiedermann, Stefan Kiechl, Stefan Dunzendorfer, Peter Schratzberger, Georg Egger, Friedrich Oberhollenzer, and Johann Willeit

Association of endotoxemia with carotid atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease: Prospective results from the bruneck study
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 1975-1981. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Coronary Artery Disease:

Christian Seiler, Martin Fleisch, Michael Billinger, and Bernhard Meier

Simultaneous intracoronary velocity- and pressure-derived assessment of adenosine-induced collateral hemodynamics in patients with one- to two-vessel coronary artery disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 1985-1994. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Mustafa Porsch-Oezçueruemez, Dagmar Kunz, Hans-Ulrich Kloer, and Claus Luley

Evaluation of serum levels of solubilized adhesion molecules and cytokine receptors in coronary heart disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 1995-2001. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Vascular Function:

Kam S. Woo, Ping Chook, Yvette I. Lolin, John E. Sanderson, Con Metreweli, and David S. Celermajer

Folic acid improves arterial endothelial function in adults with hyperhomocystinemia
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 2002-2006. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Philip J. Chowienczyk, Ronan P. Kelly, Helen MacCallum, Sandrine C. Millasseau, Tomas L. G. Andersson, Raymond G. Gosling, James M. Ritter, and Erik E. Änggård

Photoplethysmographic assessment of pulse wave reflection: Blunted response to endothelium-dependent beta₂-adrenergic vasodilation in type II diabetes mellitus
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 2007-2014. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Electrophysiology:

John D. Fisher, Dennis Krikler, and Katherine A. Hallidie-Smith

Familial polymorphic ventricular arrhythmias: A quarter century of successful medical treatment based on serial exercise-pharmacologic testing
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 2015-2022. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Neil P. Andrews, Richard I. Fogel, Gemma Pelargonio, Joseph J. Evans, and Eric N. Prystowsky

Implantable defibrillator event rates in patients with unexplained syncope and inducible sustained ventricular tachyarrhythmias: A comparison with patients known to have sustained ventricular tachycardia
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 2023-2030. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Walid Saliba, Nour Juratli, Mina K. Chung, Mark J. Niebauer, Okan Erdogan, Richard Trohman, Bruce L. Wilkoff, Ralph Augostini, Kent A. Mowrey, George R. Nadzam, and Patrick J. Tchou

Higher energy synchronized external direct current cardioversion for refractory atrial fibrillation
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 2031-2034. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Heikki Swan, Kirsi Piippo, Matti Viitasalo, P.äivi Heikkilä, Timo Paavonen, Katariina Kainulainen, Juha Kere, Pekka Keto, Kimmo Kontula, and Lauri Toivonen

Arrhythmic disorder mapped to chromosome 1q42–q43 causes malignant polymorphic ventricular tachycardia in structurally normal hearts
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 2035-2042. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Patrick Schauerte, Benjamin J. Scherlag, Michael A. Scherlag, Sunil Goli, Warren M. Jackman, and Ralph Lazzara

Ventricular rate control during atrial fibrillation by cardiac parasympathetic nerve stimulation: a transvenous approach
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 2043-2050. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Bernhard Zrenner, Gjin Ndrepepa, Michael Schneider, Martin Karch, Florian Hofmann, Albert Schömig, and Claus Schmitt

Computer-assisted animation of atrial tachyarrhythmias recorded with a 64-electrode basket catheter
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 2051-2060. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Heart Failure:

Lars Gullestad, P.ål Aukrust, Thor Ueland, Terje Espevik, Gail Yee, Randall Vagelos, Stig S. Frøland, and Michael Fowler

Effect of high- versus low-dose angiotensin converting enzyme inhibition on cytokine levels in chronic heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 2061-2067. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Allan D. Struthers, Robert MacFadyen, Callum Fraser, Jess Robson, James J. Morton, Christophe Junot, and Eric Ezan

Nonadherence with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor therapy: A comparison of different ways of measuring it in patients with chronic heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 2072-2077. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Valve Disease:

Francesco Grigioni, Maurice Enriquez-Sarano, Lieng H. Ling, Kent R. Bailey, James B. Seward, A. Jamil Tajik, and Robert L. Frye

Sudden death in mitral regurgitation due to flail leaflet
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 2078-2085. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Neil J. Weissman, John F. Tighe Jr., John S. Gottdiener, and John T. Gwynne

Prevalence of valvular-regurgitation associated with dexfenfluramine three to five months after discontinuation of treatment
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 2088-2095. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrew D. Maslow, Meredith M. Regan, J. Michael Haering, Robert G. Johnson, and Robert A. Levine

Echocardiographic predictors of left ventricular outflow tract obstruction and systolic anterior motion of the mitral valve after mitral valve reconstruction for myxomatous valve disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 2096-2104. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Pediatric Cardiology:

Stephen G. Pophal, Gunnlaugur Sigfusson, Karen L. Booth, Silviu-Alin Bacanu, Steven A. Webber, Jose A. Ettedgui, William H. Neches, and Sang C. Park

Complications of endomyocardial biopsy in children
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 2105-2110. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Experimental Studies:

Ian I. Joffe, Kerry E. Travers, Cynthia L. Perreault-Micale, Thomas Hampton, Sarah E. Katz, James P. Morgan, and Pamela S. Douglas

Abnormal cardiac function in the streptozotocin-induced, non–insulin-dependent diabetic rat: Noninvasive assessment with Doppler echocardiography and contribution of the nitric oxide pathway
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 2111-2119. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Yasunori Ueda, Masafumi Kitakaze, Kazuo Komamura, Tetsuo Minamino, Hiroshi Asanuma, Hideyuki Sato, Tsunehiko Kuzuya, Hiroshi Takeda, and Masatsugu Hori

Pravastatin restored the infarct size-limiting effect of ischemic preconditioning blunted by hypercholesterolemia in the rabbit model of myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 2120-2125. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Bharati Shivalkar, Willem Flameng, Monika Szilard, Sorin Pislaru, Marcel Borgers, and Johan Vanhaecke

Repeated stunning precedes myocardial hibernation in progressive multiple coronary artery obstruction
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 2126-2136. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

ACC News:

Arthur Garson Jr.

President’s page: integrating the Internet into your practice
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 2139-2140. [Full Text] [PDF]  

ACC Training Statement:

John W. Hirshfeld Jr., John S. Banas Jr., Michael Cowley, Stephen G. Ellis, David P. Faxon, Alice K. Jacobs, Raymond D. Magorien, Stephen Oesterle, Mark Taubman, Ronald E. Vlietstra, Bruce H. Brundage, Gregory J. Dehmer, Gordon A. Ewy, David R. Holmes Jr., William C. Little, Michael A. Nocero Jr., Carl J. Pepine, Carl Tommaso, Robert Vogel, James S. Forrester, Pamela S. Douglas, David P. Faxon, John D. Fisher, Gabriel Gregoratos, Judith S. Hochman, Adolph M. Hutter Jr., Sanjiv Kaul, Robert A. O’Rourke, William L. Winters, William S. Weintraub, and Michael J. Wolk

American College of Cardiology training statement on recommendations for the structure of an optimal adult interventional cardiology training program: A report of the American College of Cardiology Task Force on Clinical Expert Consensus documents
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 2141-2147. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Phyllis K. Stein

Sudden death, arrhythmic events and measurements of heart rate variability
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 2148. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Laurent Fauchier and Dominique Babuty

Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 2148-2149. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Irwin Hoffman

Carvedilol in class IV heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 2149. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter Macdonald

Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 2149-2150. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jozef Bartunek, Marc Vanderheyden, and Bernard De Bruyne

Dynamic left ventricular outflow tract obstruction as a potential mechanism of myocardial rupture after acute myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 2150-2151. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paulo A. Lotufo

Winter and cardiovascular mortality
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 2150. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Richard C. Becker and Gerard Aurigemma

Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 2151. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Announcement:

Index
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 2152-2156. [PDF]  

Index
J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 34: 2157-2175. [PDF]  

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