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Review articles:

Chern-En Chiang and Dan M. Roden
The long QT syndromes: genetic basis and clinical implications
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1-12. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Gerard Pasterkamp, Erling Falk, Hein Woutman, and Cornelius Borst
Techniques characterizing the coronary atherosclerotic plaque: influence on clinical decision making?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 13-21. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Brief review:

Raimund Erbel and Gerd Heusch
Coronary microembolization
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 22-24. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical studies: Coronary artery disease:

David J. Webb, Gary J. Muirhead, Maria Wulff, J. Andrew Sutton, Roberto Levi, and Wallace W. Dinsmore
Sildenafil citrate potentiates the hypotensive effects of nitric oxide donor drugs in male patients with stable angina
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 25-31. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical Study:

David M. Shavelle, Matthew J. Budoff, Daniel H. LaMont, Robert M. Shavelle, John M. Kennedy, and Bruce H. Brundage
Exercise testing and electron beam computed tomography in the evaluation of coronary artery disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 32-38. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical studies: Coronary artery disease:

Rita F. Redberg, Nader Rifai, Lauren Gee, and Paul M. Ridker
Lack of association of C-reactive protein and coronary calcium by electron beam computed tomography in postmenopausal women: implications for coronary artery disease screening
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 39-43. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Matthias Regenfus, Dieter Ropers, Stephan Achenbach, Winfried Kessler, Gerhard Laub, Werner G. Daniel, and Werner Moshage
Noninvasive detection of coronary artery stenosis using contrast-enhanced three-dimensional breath-hold magnetic resonance coronary angiography
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 44-50. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical studies: Interventional cardiology:

Frits Bär, Jindra Vainer, Jeroen Stevenhagen, Kars Neven, Rob Aalbregt, Ton Oude Ophuis, Vincent van Ommen, Hans de Swart, Ebo de Muinck, Willem Dassen, and Hein Wellens
Ten-year experience with early angioplasty in 759 patients with acute myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 51-58. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

David Meerkin, Jean-Claude Tardif, Olivier F. Bertrand, Joanne Vincent, François Harel, and Raoul Bonan
The effects of intracoronary brachytherapy on the natural history of postangioplasty dissections
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 59-64. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Ron Waksman, Balram Bhargava, Gary S. Mintz, Roxana Mehran, Alexandra J. Lansky, Lowell F. Satler, Augusto D. Pichard, Kenneth M. Kent, and Martin B. Leon
Late total occlusion after intracoronary brachytherapy for patients with in-stent restenosis
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 65-68. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ralf Köster, Jan Kähler, Wolfram Terres, Jacobus Reimers, Stephan Baldus, Dirk Hartig, J.ürgen Berger, Thomas Meinertz, and Christian W. Hamm
Six-month clinical and angiographic outcome after successful excimer laser angioplasty for in-stent restenosis
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 69-74. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

David C. Sane, Lakshmi V. Damaraju, Eric J. Topol, Catherine F. Cabot, Mary Ann Mascelli, Robert A. Harrington, Maarten L. Simoons, Robert M. Califf EPIC EPILOG CAPTURE and EPISTENT Study Groups
Occurrence and clinical significance of pseudothrombocytopenia during abciximab therapy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 75-83. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Adnan Kastrati, Werner Koch, Meinrad Gawaz, Julinda Mehilli, Corinna Böttiger, Kathrin Schömig, Nicolas von Beckerath, and Albert Schömig
Pl^A polymorphism of glycoprotein IIIa and risk of adverse events after coronary stent placement
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 84-89. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Pascal J. Goldschmidt-Clermont, Glen E. Cooke, Gregory M. Eaton, and Philip F. Binkley
Pl^A2, a variant of GPIIIa implicated in coronary thromboembolic complications
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 90-93. [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical studies: Endothelial function:

R. Andrew P. Skyrme-Jones, Richard C. O’Brien, Karen L. Berry, and Ian T. Meredith
Vitamin E supplementation improves endothelial function in type I diabetes mellitus: a randomized, placebo-controlled study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 94-102. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Philipp A. Kaufmann, Tomaso Gnecchi-Ruscone, Klaus P. Schäfers, Thomas F. Lüscher, and Paolo G. Camici
Low density lipoprotein cholesterol and coronary microvascular dysfunction in hypercholesterolemia
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 103-109. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical studies: Unstable angina:

Gilles Montalescot, Jean Philippe Collet, Linda Lison, R.émi Choussat, Annick Ankri, Eric Vicaut, Katy Perlemuter, François Philippe, G.érard Drobinski, and Daniel Thomas
Effects of various anticoagulant treatments on von Willebrand factor release in unstable angina
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 110-114. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical studies: Myocardial infarction:

Satoshi Yasuda, Yoichi Goto, Takeshi Baba, Toru Satoh, Hitoshi Sumida, Shunichi Miyazaki, and Hiroshi Nonogi
Enhanced secretion of cardiac hepatocyte growth factor from an infarct region is associated with less severe ventricular enlargement and improved cardiac function
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 115-121. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Kimmo Jaakkola, Sirpa Jalkanen, Katja Kaunismäki, Esko Vänttinen, Pekka Saukko, Kalle Alanen, Markku Kallajoki, Liisa-Maria Voipio-Pulkki, and Marko Salmi
Vascular adhesion protein-1, intercellular adhesion molecule-1 and P-Selectin mediate leukocyte binding to ischemic heart in humans
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 122-129. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical studies: Risk factors:

Viola Vaccarino, Theodore R. Holford, and Harlan M. Krumholz
Pulse pressure and risk for myocardial infarction and heart failure in the elderly
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 130-138. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical studies: Electrophysiology:

Volker Kühlkamp, Alexander Schirdewan, Karl Stangl, Michael Homberg, Matthias Ploch, and Otto A. Beck
Use of metoprolol CR/XL to maintain sinus rhythm after conversion from persistent atrial fibrillation: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 139-146. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Richard L. Page
Beta-blockers for atrial fibrillation: must we consider asymptomatic arrhythmias?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 147-150. [Full Text] [PDF]

Mohamed H. Hamdan, Richard L. Page, Clifford J. Sheehan, Jason D. Zagrodzky, Stephen L. Wasmund, Karthik Ramaswamy, Jose A. Joglar, and Michael L. Smith
Increased sympathetic activity after atrioventricular junction ablation in patients with chronic atrial fibrillation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 151-158. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Fiorenzo Gaita, Roberto Gallotti, Leonardo Calò, Eric Manasse, Riccardo Riccardi, Lucia Garberoglio, Francesco Nicolini, Marco Scaglione, Paolo Di Donna, Domenico Caponi, and Giorgio Franciosi
Limited posterior left atrial cryoablation in patients with chronic atrial fibrillation undergoing valvular heart surgery
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 159-166. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Fernando E. S. Cruz Filho, Ivan G. Maia, M.árcio L. A. Fagundes, Rosa Celia P. Barbosa, Paulo A. G. Alves, Roberto M. S. Sá, Silvia H. Boghossian, and Jose Carlos Ribeiro
Electrical behavior of T-Wave polarity alternans in patients with congenital long QT syndrome
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 167-173. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical studies: Syncope:

George N. Theodorakis, Manolis Markianos, Elias Zarvalis, Efthimios G. Livanis, Panagiota Flevari, and Dimitrios Th Kremastinos
Provocation of neurocardiogenic syncope by clomipramine administration during the head-up tilt test in vasovagal syndrome
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 174-178. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical Studies: Syncope:

Adam P. Fitzpatrick and Amir Zaidi
Tilt methodology in reflex syncope: emerging evidence
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 179-180. [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical studies: Syncope:

Amir Zaidi, Peter Clough, Paul Cooper, Bruce Scheepers, and Adam P. Fitzpatrick
Misdiagnosis of epilepsy: many seizure-like attacks have a cardiovascular cause
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 181-184. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical studies: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy:

Marco Guazzi, Anna Maltagliati, Gloria Tamborini, Fabrizio Celeste, Mauro Pepi, Manuela Muratori, Marco Berti, and Maurizio D. Guazzi
How the left and right sides of the heart, as well as pulmonary venous drainage, adapt to an increasing degree of head-up tilting in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: differences from the normal heart
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 185-193. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical studies: Exercise:

Milton Hollenberg and Ira B. Tager
Oxygen uptake efficiency slope: an index of exercise performance and cardiopulmonary reserve requiring only submaximal exercise
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 194-201. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Wybe Nieuwland, Marike A. Berkhuysen, Dirk J. van Veldhuisen, Johan Brügemann, Martin L. J. Landsman, Eric van Sonderen, K. I. Lie, Harry J. G. M. Crijns, and Piet Rispens
Differential effects of high-frequency versus low-frequency exercise training in rehabilitation of patients with coronary artery disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 202-207. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical studies: Valve disease:

Samir R. Kapadia, Khalid Yakoob, Simone Nader, James D. Thomas, Douglas L. Mann, and Brian P. Griffin
Elevated circulating levels of serum tumor necrosis factor-alpha in patients with hemodynamically significant pressure and volume overload
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 208-212. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical studies: Cardiac physiology:

Lukas E. Spieker, Roberto Corti, Christian Binggeli, Thomas F. Lüscher, and Georg Noll
Baroreceptor dysfunction induced by nitric oxide synthase inhibition in humans
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 213-218. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical studies: Cardiac metabolism:

Ferdinando Carlo Sasso, Ornella Carbonara, Domenico Cozzolino, Pierfrancesco Rambaldi, Luigi Mansi, Daniele Torella, Sandro Gentile, Salvatore Turco, Roberto Torella, and Teresa Salvatore
Effects of insulin-glucose infusion on left ventricular function at rest and during dynamic exercise in healthy subjects and noninsulin dependent diabetic patients: A radionuclide ventriculographic study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 219-226. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical studies: Myocarditis:

G. Michael Felker, John P. Boehmer, Ralph H. Hruban, Grover M. Hutchins, Edward K. Kasper, Kenneth L. Baughman, and Joshua M. Hare
Echocardiographic findings in fulminant and acute myocarditis
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 227-232. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical studies: Heart failure:

Cornelia Piper, Johannes Bilger, Eva-Maria Henrichs, Heinz-Peter Schultheiss, Dieter Horstkotte, and Andrea Doerner
Is myocardial Na⁺/Ca²⁺ exchanger transcription a marker for different stages of myocardial dysfunction? Quantitative polymerase chain reaction of the messenger RNA in endomyocardial biopsies of patients with heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 233-241. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical Studies: Heart failure:

Akihiro Matsumoto, Haruki Itoh, Yoko Eto, Toshio Kobayashi, Makoto Kato, Masao Omata, Hiroshi Watanabe, Kazuzo Kato, and Shin-ichi Momomura
End-tidal CO₂ pressure decreases during exercise in cardiac patients: Association with severity of heart failure and cardiac output reserve
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 242-249. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical studies: Heart transplant:

Micheal A. Kuhn, Kenneth R. Jutzy, Douglas D. Deming, Constance E. Cephus, Richard E. Chinnock, Joyce Johnston, Leonard L. Bailey, and Ranae L. Larsen
The medium-term findings in coronary arteries by intravascular ultrasound in infants and children after heart transplantation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 250-254. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical studies: Pediatric cardiology:

Thomas P. Graham Jr., Yvonne D. Bernard, Beverly G. Mellen, David Celermajer, Helmut Baumgartner, Frank Cetta, Heidi M. Connolly, William R. Davidson, Mikael Dellborg, Elyse Foster, Welton M. Gersony, Ira H. Gessner, Roger A. Hurwitz, Harald Kaemmerer, John D. Kugler, Daniel J. Murphy, Jacqueline A. Noonan, Cynthia Morris, Joseph K. Perloff, Stephen P. Sanders, and James L. Sutherland
Long-term outcome in congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries: A multi-institutional study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 255-261. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Umesh Dyamenahalli, Jeffrey F. Smallhorn, Tal Geva, Jean-Claude Fouron, Patricia Cairns, Luc Jutras, Victoria Hughes, Marlene Rabinovitch, Catherine A. E. Mason, and Lisa K. Hornberger
Isolated ductus arteriosus aneurysm in the fetus and infant: a multi-institutional experience
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 262-269. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Yoshiki Mori, Makoto Nakazawa, Hirohumi Tomimatsu, and Kazuo Momma
Long-term effect of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor in volume overloaded heart during growth: a controlled pilot study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 270-275. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Experimental Studies:

Shan Wei, Louis T. C. Chow, and John E. Sanderson
Effect of carvedilol in comparison with metoprolol on myocardial collagen postinfarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 276-281. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Xue-Han Ning, Jianyi Zhang, Jingbo Liu, Yun Ye, Shi-Han Chen, Arthur H. L. From, Robert J. Bache, and Michael A. Portman
Signaling and expression for mitochondrial membrane proteins during left ventricular remodeling and contractile failure after myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 282-287. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Ciro Indolfi, Emilio Di Lorenzo, Antonio Rapacciuolo, Angela Maria Stingone, Eugenio Stabile, Antonio Leccia, Daniele Torella, Rosa Caputo, Fortunato Ciardiello, Gianpaolo Tortora, and Massimo Chiariello
8-Chloro-cAMP inhibits smooth muscle cell proliferation in vitro and neointima formation induced by balloon injury in vivo
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 288-293. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Experimental studies: Editor's page:

William W. Parmley
The fellowship match selection process: where has collegiality gone?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 294. [Full Text] [PDF]

ACC News:

George A. Beller
President’s page: the human genome project: implications for cardiologists and their patients
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 295-298. [Full Text] [PDF]

Special sections: Letters to the editor:

Dean J. Kereiakes, Sidney C. Smith, Alice K. Jacobs, Morton J. Kern, and David P. Faxon
Angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction in community hospital without surgical back-up: Response to Wharton and Angelini publications "should guidelines be changed?: Not whether but when"
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 299-300. [Full Text] [PDF]

Thomas P. Wharton Jr., Nancy Sinclair McNamara, Frank A. Fedele, Mark I. Jacobs, Alan R. Gladstone, and Erik J. Funk
Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 301-303. [Full Text] [PDF]

Fernando Alfonso
Nonocclusive coronary dissections: to stent or not to stent?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 303-304. [Full Text] [PDF]

Svend Aage Mortensen
Coenzyme Q10 as an adjunctive therapy in patients with congestive heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 304-305. [Full Text] [PDF]

Alberto Cappelletti and Alberto Margonato
Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 304. [Full Text] [PDF]

Paul S. Watson, Gregory M. Scalia, Andrew Galbraith, Darryl J. Burstow, Nicholas Bett, and Constantine N. Aroney
Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 305. [Full Text] [PDF]

Morris Mosseri, Meir Gare, and Devorah Rubinger
Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 306-307. [Full Text] [PDF]

Richard E. Katholi and George J. Taylor
Renal effect of low-dose dopamine in high-risk patients undergoing coronary angiography
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 306. [Full Text] [PDF]

James Cullen
Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 307-308. [Full Text] [PDF]

Michael Jerosch-Herold, Norbert M. Wilke, and Arthur E. Stillman
Extraction efficiency of extracellular MRI contrast agents and its model-dependent effects on estimates of myocardial blood flow
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 307. [Full Text] [PDF]

F. Javier Nieto and Roger S. Blumenthal
Explaining the race paradox of coronary calcium prevalence and survival
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 308-309. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Terence M. Doherty and Robert C. Detrano
Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 309. [Full Text] [PDF]

Late-breaking clinical trials:

Neal S. Kleiman and Robert M. Califf
Results from late-breaking clinical trials sessions at ACCIS 2000 and ACC 2000
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 310-325. [Full Text] [PDF]

Late-breaking clinical trials: ACC/AHA expert consensus document:

Robert A. O’Rourke, Bruce H. Brundage, Victor F. Froelicher, Philip Greenland, Scott M. Grundy, Rory Hachamovitch, Gerald M. Pohost, Leslee J. Shaw, William S. Weintraub, William L. Winters Jr, 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 S. Weintraub, William L. Winters Jr, and Michael J. Wolk
American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association expert consensus document on electron-beam computed tomography for the diagnosis and prognosis of coronary artery disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 326-340. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]


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