Review Article:

Carl J. Vaughan, Antonio M. Gotto Jr., and Craig T. Basson

The evolving role of statins in the management of atherosclerosis
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 1-10. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Cardiomyopathy:

Bernward Lauer, Mira Schannwell, Uwe Kühl, Bodo-Eckhard Strauer, and Heinz-Peter Schultheiss

Antimyosin autoantibodies are associated with deterioration of systolic and diastolic left ventricular function in patients with chronic myocarditis
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 11-18. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Ad F. M. van den Heuvel, Dirk J. van Veldhuisen, Ernst E. van der Wall, Paul K. Blanksma, Hans-Marc J. Siebelink, Willem M. Vaalburg, Wiek H. van Gilst, and Harry J. G. M. Crijns

Regional myocardial blood flow reserve impairment and metabolic changes suggesting myocardial ischemia in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 19-28. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Laurence Tiret, Christine Mallet, Odette Poirier, Viviane Nicaud, Alain Millaire, Jean-Brieuc Bouhour, G.érard Roizès, Michel Desnos, Richard Dorent, Ketty Schwartz, François Cambien, Michel Komajda for the CARDIGENE Group

Lack of association between polymorphisms of eight candidate genes and idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy: The CARDIGENE study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 29-35. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy:

Jamshid Shirani, Ruth Pick, William C. Roberts, and Barry J. Maron

Morphology and significance of the left ventricular collagen network in young patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and sudden cardiac death
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 36-44. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Heart Failure:

Marrick L. Kukin, Michael M. Mannino, Ronald S. Freudenberger, Jill Kalman, Cathleen Buchholz-Varley, and Ofelia Ocampo

Hemodynamic comparison of twice daily metoprolol tartrate with once daily metoprolol succinate in congestive heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 45-50. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Matthew S. Feigenbaum, Michael A. Welsch, Matthew Mitchell, Kevin Vincent, Randy W. Braith, and Carl J. Pepine

Contracted plasma and blood volume in chronic heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 51-55. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Stephen S. Gottlieb, Sandra L. Skettino, Andrew Wolff, Evan Beckman, Michael L. Fisher, Ronald Freudenberger, Tim Gladwell, Joanne Marshall, Michelle Cines, Donald Bennett, and Elizabeth B. Liittschwager

Effects of BG9719 (CVT-124), an A₁-Adenosine receptor antagonist, and furosemide on glomerular filtration rate and natriuresis in patients with congestive heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 56-59. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Endothelial Function:

Todd J. Anderson, Eleanor Elstein, Harry Haber, and François Charbonneau

Comparative study of ACE-inhibition, angiotensin II antagonism, and calcium channel blockade on flow-mediated vasodilation in patients with coronary disease (BANFF study)
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 60-66. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Seiji Ueda, Hidehiro Matsuoka, Hiroshi Miyazaki, Michiaki Usui, Seiya Okuda, and Tsutomu Imaizumi

Tetrahydrobiopterin restores endothelial function in long-term smokers
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 71-75. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Editorial:

Prakash C. Deedwania

Endothelium: a new target for cardiovascular therapeutics
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 67-70. [Full Text] [PDF]  

William W. Parmley

What did we learn from the New England Journal of Medicine?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 254. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Arthur Garson Jr.

President’s Page: health care coverage for adults with congenital heart disease: strong, steady steps
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 255-256. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Coronary Artery Disease:

Jose M. Mostaza, María V. Gomez, Felix Gallardo, María L. Salazar, Raquel Martín-Jadraque, Leandro Plaza-Celemín, Isidoro Gonzalez-Maqueda, and Luís Martín-Jadraque

Cholesterol reduction improves myocardial perfusion abnormalities in patients with coronary artery disease and average cholesterol levels
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 76-82. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Stefano Tommasi, Erberto Carluccio, Maurizio Bentivoglio, Luigi Corea, and Eugenio Picano

Low-dose dipyridamole infusion acutely increases exercise capacity in angina pectoris: A double-blind, placebo controlled crossover stress echocardiographic study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 83-88. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Ali J. Marian, Faye Safavi, Laura Ferlic, J. Kay Dunn, Antonio M. Gotto, and Christie M. Ballantyne

Interactions between angiotensin-I converting enzyme insertion/deletion polymorphism and response of plasma lipids and coronary atherosclerosis to treatment with fluvastatin: The lipoprotein and coronary atherosclerosis study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 89-95. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. Michael Gaziano, Thomas A. Gaziano, Robert J. Glynn, Howard D. Sesso, Umed A. Ajani, Meir J. Stampfer, JoAnn E. Manson, Charles H. Hennekens, and Julie E. Buring

Light-to-moderate alcohol consumption and mortality in the physicians’ health study enrollment cohort
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 96-105. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Masakazu Yamagishi, Mitsuyasu Terashima, Kojiro Awano, Mikihiro Kijima, Satoshi Nakatani, Satoshi Daikoku, Kenichi Ito, Yoshio Yasumura, and Kunio Miyatake

Morphology of vulnerable coronary plaque: insights from follow-up of patients examined by intravascular ultrasound before an acute coronary syndrome
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 106-111. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Albrecht Hoffmeister, Dietrich Rothenbacher, Peter Wanner, Guenter Bode, Kenneth Persson, Hermann Brenner, Vinzenz Hombach, and Wolfgang Koenig

Seropositivity to chlamydial lipopolysaccharide and chlamydia pneumoniae, systemic inflammation and stable coronary artery disease: Negative results of a case-control study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 112-118. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Myocardial Infarction:

Stuart E. Sheifer, Bernard J. Gersh, N. David Yanez III, Philip A. Ades, Gregory L. Burke, and Teri A. Manolio

Prevalence, predisposing factors, and prognosis of clinically unrecognized myocardial infarction in the elderly
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 119-126. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Enzo Bosimini, Pantaleo Giannuzzi, Pier L. Temporelli, Francesco Gentile, Donata Lucci, Aldo P. Maggioni, Luigi Tavazzi, Luigi Badano, Ioanna Stoian, Rita Piazza, Ioanna Heyman, Giacomo Levantesi, Eugenio Cervesato, Enrico Geraci, Gian L. Nicolosi for the GISSI-3 Echo Substudy Investigators

Electrocardiographic evolutionary changes and left ventricular remodeling after acute myocardial infarction: Results of the GISSI-3 Echo substudy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 127-135. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

David Hasdai, Robert M. Califf, Trevor D. Thompson, Judith S. Hochman, E. Magnus Ohman, Matthias Pfisterer, Eric R. Bates, Alec Vahanian, Paul W. Armstrong, Douglas A. Criger, Eric J. Topol, and David R. Holmes Jr.

Predictors of cardiogenic shock after thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 136-143. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Peter J. Gheeraert, José P. S. Henriques, Marc L. De Buyzere, Joeri Voet, Pol Calle, Yves Taeymans, and Felix Zijlstra

Out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation in patients with acute myocardial infarction: Coronary angiographic determinants
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 144-150. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Luis Gruberg, Roxana Mehran, George Dangas, Mun K. Hong, Gary S. Mintz, Ran Kornowski, Alexandra J. Lansky, Kenneth M. Kent, Augusto D. Pichard, Lowell F. Satler, Gregg W. Stone, and Martin B. Leon

Effect of plaque debulking and stenting on short- and long-term outcomes after revascularization of chronic total occlusions
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 151-156. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Interventional Cardiology:

Peter H. Grewe, Thomas Deneke, Abderrahman Machraoui, J.ürgen Barmeyer, and Klaus-Michael Müller

Acute and chronic tissue response to coronary stent implantation: pathologic findings in human specimen
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 157-163. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Takeshi Hozumi, Kiyoshi Yoshida, Takashi Akasaka, Yoshio Asami, Yumiko Kanzaki, Yoshiaki Ueda, Atsushi Yamamuro, Tsutomu Takagi, and Junichi Yoshikawa

Value of acceleration flow and the prestenotic to stenotic coronary flow velocity ratio by transthoracic color doppler echocardiography in noninvasive diagnosis of restenosis after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 164-168. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Valvular Diseases:

Duk-Hyun Kang, Seong-Wook Park, Jae-Kwan Song, Hyun-Sook Kim, Myeong-Ki Hong, Jae-Joong Kim, and Seung-Jung Park

Long-term clinical and echocardiographic outcome of percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty: Randomized comparison of Inoue and double-balloon techniques
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 169-175. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Pulmonary Hypertension:

Marius M. Hoeper, Horst Olschewski, Hossein A. Ghofrani, Heinrike Wilkens, Joerg Winkler, Mathias M. Borst, Jost Niedermeyer, Helmut Fabel, Werner Seeger the German PPH Study Group

A comparison of the acute hemodynamic effects of inhaled nitric oxide and aerosolized iloprost in primary pulmonary hypertension
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 176-182. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Electrophysiology:

Robert G. Hart, Lesly A. Pearce, Robert M. Rothbart, John H. McAnulty, Richard W. Asinger, Jonathan L. Halperin for the Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation Investigators

Stroke with intermittent atrial fibrillation: incidence and predictors during aspirin therapy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 183-187. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Fabio M. Leonelli, Ke Wang, Joyce M. Evans, Abhijit R. Patwardhan, Michael G. Ziegler, Andrea Natale, Charles S. Kim, Kathleen Rajikovich, and Charles F. Knapp

False positive head-up tilt:: Hemodynamic and neurohumoral profile
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 188-193. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Cardiac Physiology:

Antti Ylitalo, K. E. Juhani Airaksinen, Aarno Hautanen, Markku Kupari, Marion Carson, Juha Virolainen, Markku Savolainen, Heikki Kauma, Y. Antero Kesäniemi, Perrin C. White, and Heikki V. Huikuri

Baroreflex sensitivity and variants of the renin angiotensin system genes
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 194-200. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

New Methods:

Mario J. Garcia, Nicholas G. Smedira, Neil L. Greenberg, Michael Main, Michael S. Firstenberg, Jill Odabashian, and James D. Thomas

Color M-mode Doppler flow propagation velocity is a preload insensitive index of left ventricular relaxation: animal and human validation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 201-208. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Pediatric Cardiology:

Sunita Maheshwari, Elchanan Bruckheimer, John T. Fahey, and William E. Hellenbrand

Balloon angioplasty of postsurgical recoarctation in infants: The risk of restenosis and long-term follow-up
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 209-213. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Experimental Studies:

Ciro Indolfi, Angelo Cioppa, Eugenio Stabile, Emilio Di Lorenzo, Giovanni Esposito, Alfonso Pisani, Antonio Leccia, Luigi Cavuto, Angela Maria Stingone, Alaide Chieffo, Claudia Capozzolo, and Massimo Chiariello

Effects of hydroxymethylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitor simvastatin on smooth muscle cell proliferation in vitro and neointimal formation in vivo after vascular injury
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 214-221. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Takayuki Mishima, Mitsuhiro Tanimura, George Suzuki, Anastassia Todor, Victor G. Sharov, Sidney Goldstein, and Hani N. Sabbah

Effects of long-term therapy with bosentan on the progression of left ventricular dysfunction and remodeling in dogs with heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 222-229. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Thomas M. Binder, Deddo Moertl, Gerald Mundigler, Gerhard Rehak, Manfred Franke, Georg Delle-Karth, Werner Mohl, Helmut Baumgartner, and Gerald Maurer

Stereolithographic biomodeling to create tangible hard copies of cardiac structures from echocardiographic data: In vitro and in vivo validation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 230-237. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Tetsuji Miura, Yongge Liu, Hiroyuki Kita, Takashi Ogawa, and Kazuaki Shimamoto

Roles of mitochondrial ATP-sensitive K channels and PKC in anti-infarct tolerance afforded by adenosine A₁ receptor activation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 238-245. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kaori Shinagawa, Hideo Mitamura, Akiko Takeshita, Toshiaki Sato, Hideaki Kanki, Seiji Takatsuki, and Satoshi Ogawa

Determination of refractory periods and conduction velocity during atrial fibrillation using atrial capture in dogs: Direct assessment of the wavelength and its modulation by a sodium channel blocker, pilsicainide
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 246-253. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Elena B. Sgarbossa

Electrocardiogram in myocardial infarction: what is most relevant?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 257. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brendan P. Phibbs

Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 257-258. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Giuseppe Barletta

Does flow reserve match contractility?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 258. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Francesco Barillà

Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 258-259. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fabrizio Tomai, Filippo Crea, and Pier A. Gioffrè

Preconditioning, collateral recruitment and adenosine
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 259. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christian Seiler

Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 259-260. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Curt G. DeGroff, Robin Shandas, and Lilliam Valdes-Cruz

Pressure recovery and aortic stenosis
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 260. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Helmut Baumgartner

Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 260-261. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dimitris Tousoulis, Graham Davies, Christodoulos Stefanadis, and Pavlos Toutouzas

Can angiography predict the vulnerable lesion that progresses to myocardial infarction?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 261-262. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Francois Ledru, Pierre Theroux, and Jacques Lespérance

Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 262. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Erratum:

Correction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 263. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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