Review article:

Talal Hammoud, Jean-François Tanguay, and Martial G. Bourassa

Management of coronary artery disease: therapeutic options in patients with diabetes
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 355-365. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical Study:

Alan K. Berger, Martha J. Radford, Yun Wang, and Harlan M. Krumholz

Thrombolytic therapy in older patients
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 366-374. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Thomas Schmitz-Rode, Uwe Janssens, Stephan H. Duda, Christiane M. Erley, and Rolf W. Günther

Massive pulmonary embolism: percutaneous emergency treatment by pigtail rotation catheter
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 375-380. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Leslie Cho, Eric J. Topol, Craig Balog, Joanne M. Foody, Joan E. Booth, Catherine Cabot, Neal S. Kleiman, James E. Tcheng, Robert Califf, and A. Michael Lincoff

Clinical benefit of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa blockade with abciximab is independent of gender: Pooled analysis from EPIC, EPILOG and EPISTENT trials
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 381-386. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Remi Choussat, Alexander J. R. Black, Irene Bossi, Thierry Joseph, Jean Fajadet, and Jean Marco

Long-term clinical outcome after endoluminal reconstruction of diffusely degenerated saphenous vein grafts with less-shortening wallstents
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 387-394. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Edward L. Hannan, Michael J. Racz, Djavad T. Arani, Ben D. McCallister, Gary Walford, and Thomas J. Ryan

A comparison of short- and long-term outcomes for balloon angioplasty and coronary stent placement
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 395-403. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Antoine Lafont, Jean L. Dubois-Randé, Philippe G. Steg, Patrick Dupouy, Didier Carrié, Pierre Coste, Alain Furber, Farzin Beygui, Laurent J. Feldman, Saliha Rahal, Christophe Tron, Martial Hamon, Gilles Grollier, Philippe Commeau, Pascal Richard, Patrice Colin, Christophe Bauters, Gaetan Karrillon, François Ledru, Bernard Citron, François Noel Marié, Morton Kern F.R.O.S.T. Study Group

The French randomized optimal stenting trial: a prospective evaluation of provisional stenting guided by coronary velocity reserve and quantitative coronary angiography
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 404-409. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael J. Mullen, David Wright, Ann E. Donald, Sara Thorne, Hyeyoung Thomson, and John E. Deanfield

Atorvastatin but not L-arginine improves endothelial function in type I diabetes mellitus: a double-blind study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 410-416. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Olli T. Raitakari, Nicole Lai, Kaye Griffiths, Robyn McCredie, David Sullivan, and David S. Celermajer

Enhanced peripheral vasodilation in humans after a fatty meal
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 417-422. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

James A. de Lemos, Charles H. Hennekens, and Paul M. Ridker

Plasma concentration of soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 and subsequent cardiovascular risk
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 423-426. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Domenico Ferro, Sandro Parrotto, Stefania Basili, Cesare Alessandri, and Francesco Violi

Simvastatin inhibits the monocyte expression of proinflammatory cytokines in patients with hypercholesterolemia
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 427-431. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Yuji Miyao, Kiyotaka Kugiyama, Hiroaki Kawano, Takeshi Motoyama, Hisao Ogawa, Michihiro Yoshimura, Tomohiro Sakamoto, and Hirofumi Yasue

Diffuse intimal thickening of coronary arteries in patients with coronary spastic angina
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 432-437. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Stephen MacMahon, Norman Sharpe, Greg Gamble, Alison Clague, Cliona Ni Mhurchu, Taane Clark, Hamish Hart, John Scott, Harvey White PART-2 Collaborative Research Group

Randomized, placebo-controlled trial of the angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor, ramipril, in patients with coronary or other occlusive arterial disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 438-443. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Helene von Bibra, Anja Tuchnitz, Annegret Klein, Jan Schneider-Eicke, Albert Schömig, and Markus Schwaiger

Regional diastolic function by pulsed doppler myocardial mapping for the detection of left ventricular ischemia during pharmacologic stress testing: A comparison with stress echocardiography and perfusion scintigraphy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 444-452. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Tsung-Ming Lee, Sheng-Fang Su, Ming-Fong Chen, and Chang-Her Tsai

Acute effects of urinary bladder distention on the coronary circulation in patients with early atherosclerosis
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 453-460. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Nathaniel E. Lebowitz, Jonathan N. Bella, Mary J. Roman, Jennifer E. Liu, Dawn P. Fishman, Mary Paranicas, Elisa T. Lee, Richard R. Fabsitz, Thomas K. Welty, Barbara V. Howard, and Richard B. Devereux

Prevalence and correlates of aortic regurgitation in american indians: the Strong Heart Study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 461-467. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Edward S. Katz, Theofanis Tsiamtsiouris, Robert M. Applebaum, Arthur Schwartzbard, Paul A. Tunick, and Itzhak Kronzon

Surgical left atrial appendage ligation is frequently incomplete: a transesophageal echocardiographic study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 468-471. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Christophe M. Tribouilloy, Maurice Enriquez-Sarano, Kent R. Bailey, A. Jamil Tajik, and James B. Seward

Quantification of tricuspid regurgitation by measuring the width of the vena contracta with Doppler color flow imaging: a clinical study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 472-478. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Dougal R. McClean, Hamid Ikram, Amanda H. Garlick, A. Mark Richards, M. Gary Nicholls, and Ian G. Crozier

The clinical, cardiac, renal, arterial and neurohormonal effects of omapatrilat, a vasopeptidase inhibitor, in patients with chronic heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 479-486. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Randy W. Braith, Roger M. Mills, Christopher S. Wilcox, Matthew J. Mitchell, James A. Hill, and Charles E. Wood

High dose angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition prevents fluid volume expansion in heart transplant recipients
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 487-492. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Erwin N. Oechslin, Christine H. Attenhofer Jost, Jerry R. Rojas, Philipp A. Kaufmann, and Rolf Jenni

Long-term follow-up of 34 adults with isolated left ventricular noncompaction: a distinct cardiomyopathy with poor prognosis
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 493-500. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Brian D. Lowes, Michael Higginbotham, Lawrence Petrovich, Marcus A. DeWood, Mark A. Greenberg, Peter S. Rahko, G. William Dec, Thierry H. LeJemtel, Robert L. Roden, Margo M. Schleman, Alastair D. Robertson, Richard J. Gorczynski, Michael R. Bristow for the Enoximone Study Group

Low-dose enoximone improves exercise capacity in chronic heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 501-508. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Glen E. Cooke, Gregory M. Eaton, Gretchen Whitby, Ruth Ann Kennedy, Philip F. Binkley, Melvin L. Moeschberger, and Carl V. Leier

Plasma atherogenic markers in congestive heart failure and posttransplant (heart) patients
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 509-516. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Daniela Cardinale, Maria Teresa Sandri, Alessandro Martinoni, Alessio Tricca LabTech, Maurizio Civelli, Giuseppina Lamantia, Saverio Cinieri, Giovanni Martinelli, Carlo M. Cipolla, and Cesare Fiorentini

Left ventricular dysfunction predicted by early troponin I release after high-dose chemotherapy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 517-522. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Rakesh Sharma, Mathias Rauchhaus, Piotr P. Ponikowski, Susan Varney, Philip A. Poole-Wilson, Douglas L. Mann, Andrew J. S. Coats, and Stefan D. Anker

The relationship of the erythrocyte sedimentation rate to inflammatory cytokines and survival in patients with chronic heart failure treated with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 523-528. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Steven E. Reis, Richard Holubkov, James B. Young, B. G. White, Jay N. Cohn, and Arthur M. Feldman

Estrogen is associated with improved survival in aging women with congestive heart failure: analysis of the vesnarinone studies
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 529-533. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Hiroyuki Yokoyama, Suba Gunasegaram, Sian E. Harding, and Metin Avkiran

Sarcolemmal Na⁺/H⁺ exchanger activity and expression in human ventricular myocardium
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 534-540. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Peter A. Carson, Christopher M. O’Connor, Alan B. Miller, Susan Anderson, Robert Belkin, Gerald W. Neuberg, John H. Wertheimer, David Frid, Anne Cropp, and Milton Packer

Circadian rhythm and sudden death in heart failure: Results from prospective randomized amlodipine survival trial
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 541-546. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Marshall S. Riley, J.ános Pórszász, Mariëlle P. K. J. Engelen, Shelley M. Shapiro, Bruce H. Brundage, and Karlman Wasserman

Responses to constant work rate bicycle ergometry exercise in primary pulmonary hypertension: the effect of inhaled nitric oxide
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 547-556. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Dietmar Bänsch, Marco Castrucci, Dirk Böcker, G.ünter Breithardt, and Michael Block

Ventricular tachycardias above the initially programmed tachycardia detection interval in patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators: Incidence, prediction and significance
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 557-565. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Dietmar Bänsch, Dirk Böcker, J.ürgen Brunn, Max Weber, G.ünter Breithardt, and Michael Block

Clusters of ventricular tachycardias signify impaired survival in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy and implantable cardioverter defibrillators
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 566-573. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Bradley P. Knight, Matthew Ebinger, Hakan Oral, Michael H. Kim, Christian Sticherling, Frank Pelosi, Gregory F. Michaud, S. Adam Strickberger, and Fred Morady

Diagnostic value of tachycardia features and pacing maneuvers during paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 574-582. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

P. Syamasundar Rao, Felix Berger, Christian Rey, Jorge Haddad, Bernhard Meier, Kevin P. Walsh, Jay S. Chandar, Thomas R. Lloyd, Jose Suarez de Lezo, Rolando Zamora, Eleftherios B. Sideris for the International Buttoned Device Trial Group

Results of transvenous occlusion of secundum atrial septal defects with the fourth generation buttoned device: comparison with first, second and third generation devices
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 583-592. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Ian C. Huggon, Andrew C. Cook, Nigel C. Smeeton, Alan G. Magee, and Gurleen K. Sharland

Atrioventricular septal defects diagnosed in fetal life: associated cardiac and extra-cardiac abnormalities and outcome
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 593-601. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Volkan Tuzcu, Bulent Ozkan, Nancy Sullivan, Peter Karpawich, and Michael L. Epstein

P wave signal-averaged electrocardiogram as a new marker for atrial tachyarrhythmias in postoperative Fontan patients
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 602-607. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Stefan Dhein, Peter Röhnert, Silke Markau, Emanuel Kotchi-Kotchi, Karin Becker, Ulrike Poller, Bernd Osten, and Otto-Erich Brodde

Cardiac beta-adrenoceptors in chronic uremia: studies in humans and rats
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 608-617. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Experimental Studies:

James D. Mills, David Fischer, and Flordeliza S. Villanueva

Coronary collateral development during chronic ischemia: serial assessment using harmonic myocardial contrast echocardiography
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 618-624. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Editorial Comments:

Paolo Voci

The bubbles and the science of life
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 625-627. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Experimental Studies:

Thomas Münzel, Hanke Mollnau, Mark Hartmann, Carolin Geiger, Mathias Oelze, Ascan Warnholtz, Abdullah Hay Yehia, Ulrich Förstermann, and Thomas Meinertz

Effects of a nitrate-free interval on tolerance, vasoconstrictor sensitivity and vascular superoxide production
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 628-634. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Yoshitaka Iwanaga, Yasuki Kihara, Takeshi Yoneda, Takeshi Aoyama, and Shigetake Sasayama

Modulation of in vivo cardiac hypertrophy with insulin-like growth factor-1 and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor: relationship between change in myosin isoform and progression of left ventricular dysfunction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 635-642. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Pasquale Abete, Claudio Calabrese, Nicola Ferrara, Angelo Cioppa, Paolo Pisanelli, Francesco Cacciatore, Giancarlo Longobardi, Claudio Napoli, and Franco Rengo

Exercise training restores ischemic preconditioning in the aging heart
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 643-650. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Editor's Page:

William W. Parmley

Do no harm
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 651. [Full Text] [PDF]  

ACC News:

George A. Beller

President’s page: geographic variations in delivery of cardiovascular care: an issue of great importance to cardiovascular specialists
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 652-655. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

C. J. Wiedermann, S. Kiechl, S. Dunzendorfer, P. Schratzberger, and J. Willeit

Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 656-657. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mathias Rauchhaus and Stefan D. Anker

Plasma concentrations of bacterial lipopolysaccharide: A marker of infection or inflammation?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 656. [Full Text] [PDF]  

David Taylor-Robinson and Brenda J. Thomas

Coronary heart disease and chlamydia pneumoniae DNA in blood mononuclear cells
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 657-658. [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. Willis Hurst

The electric cardiographic abnormalities are not hidden!
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 658-659. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yuk-ki Wong, Keith D. Dawkins, and Michael E. Ward

Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 658. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shlomi Matetzky, Hanoch Hod, and Elieser Kaplinsky

Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 659. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Corrections:

Corrections
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