Review article:

Philippe Pibarot and Jean G. Dumesnil

Hemodynamic and clinical impact of prosthesis–patient mismatch in the aortic valve position and its prevention
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1131-1141. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Warren J. Cantor, Eric D. Peterson, Jeffrey J. Popma, James P. Zidar, Michael H. Sketch Jr., James E. Tcheng, and E. Magnus Ohman

Provisional stenting strategies: systematic overview and implications for clinical decision-making
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1142-1151. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical study: cardiac surgery:

Karl Hammermeister, Gulshan K. Sethi, William G. Henderson, Frederick L. Grover, Charles Oprian, and Shahbudin H. Rahimtoola

Outcomes 15 years after valve replacement with a mechanical versus a bioprosthetic valve: final report of the Veterans Affairs randomized trial
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1152-1158. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Dennis L. Sprecher and Gregory L. Pearce

How deadly is the "deadly quartet"?: A post-CABG evaluation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1159-1165. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

William Whang, J. Thomas Bigger Jr. The CABG Patch Trial Investigators and Coordinators

Diabetes and outcomes of coronary artery bypass graft surgery in patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction: results from The CABG Patch Trial database
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1166-1172. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Claudia Schmidtke, J. F. Matthias Bechtel, Axel Noetzold, and Hans-Hinrich Sievers

Up to seven years of experience with the Ross procedure in patients >60 years of age
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1173-1177. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Pamela C. Jenkins, Michael F. Flanagan, Kathy J. Jenkins, James D. Sargent, Charles E. Canter, Richard E. Chinnock, Robert N. Vincent, Anna N. A. Tosteson, and Gerald T. O’Connor

Survival analysis and risk factors for mortality in transplantation and staged surgery for hypoplastic left heart syndrome
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1178-1185. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: interventional cardiology:

Javed M. Ahmed, Mun K. Hong, Roxana Mehran, George Dangas, Gary S. Mintz, Augusto D. Pichard, Lowell F. Satler, Kenneth M. Kent, Hongsheng Wu, Gregg W. Stone, and Martin B. Leon

Influence of diabetes mellitus on early and late clinical outcomes in saphenous vein graft stenting
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1186-1193. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

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

Short- and long-term mortality for patients undergoing primary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1194-1201. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Itsuro Morishima, Takahito Sone, Kenji Okumura, Hideyuki Tsuboi, Junichiro Kondo, Hiroaki Mukawa, Hideo Matsui, Yukio Toki, Takayuki Ito, and Tetsuo Hayakawa

Angiographic no-reflow phenomenon as a predictor of adverse long-term outcome in patients treated with percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty for first acute myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1202-1209. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: acute coronary syndromes:

Niall T. Mulvihill, J. Brendan Foley, Ross Murphy, Peter Crean, and Michael Walsh

Evidence of prolonged inflammation in unstable angina and non–Q wave myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1210-1216. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Mohamed K. Al-Obaidi, Peter J. Stubbs, Paul Collinson, Ronan Conroy, Ian Graham, and Mark I. M. Noble

Elevated homocysteine levels are associated with increased ischemic myocardial injury in acute coronary syndromes
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1217-1222. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: myocardial infarction:

Peter J. Zimetbaum, Mark E. Josephson, Mary Jane McDonald, Seth McClennen, Victoria Korley, Kalon K. L. Ho, Panos Papageorgiou, and David J. Cohen

Incidence and predictors of myocardial infarction among patients with atrial fibrillation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1223-1227. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: endothelial function:

Kam S. Woo, Ping Chook, Hok C. Leong, Xin S. Huang, and David S. Celermajer

The impact of heavy passive smoking on arterial endothelial function in modernized Chinese
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1228-1232. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Barry J. Kneale, Philip J. Chowienczyk, Sally E. Brett, D. John Coltart, and James M. Ritter

Gender differences in sensitivity to adrenergic agonists of forearm resistance vasculature
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1233-1238. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: gene therapy:

Daisy F. Lazarous, Ellis F. Unger, Stephen E. Epstein, Annette Stine, Josefino L. Arevalo, Emily Y. Chew, and Arshed A. Quyyumi

Basic fibroblast growth factor in patients with intermittent claudication: results of a phase I trial
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1239-1244. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: gene therapy: editorial comment:

George A. Pantely and John M. Porter

Therapeutic angiogenesis: time for the next phase
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1245-1247. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical study: coronary artery disease:

Jeffrey L. Anderson, Jessica Habashi, John F. Carlquist, Joseph B. Muhlestein, Benjamin D. Horne, Tami L. Bair, Robert R. Pearson, and Noal Hart

A common variant of the AMPD1 gene predicts improved cardiovascular survival in patients with coronary artery disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1248-1252. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Yadon Arad, Louise A. Spadaro, Ken Goodman, David Newstein, and Alan D. Guerci

Prediction of coronary events with electron beam computed tomography
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1253-1260. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: coronary artery disease: editorial comment:

Leslee J. Shaw and Robert A. O’Rourke

The challenge of improving risk assessment in asymptomatic individuals: the additive prognostic value of electron beam tomography?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1261-1264. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical study: stress testing:

Steven C. Smart, Aneeta Bhatia, Robert Hellman, Thomas Stoiber, Arthur Krasnow, B. David Collier, and Kiran B. Sagar

Dobutamine-atropine stress echocardiography and dipyridamole sestamibi scintigraphy for the detection of coronary artery disease: limitations and concordance
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1265-1273. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ralph A. H. Stewart, John Kittelson, and I. Patrick Kay

Statistical methods to improve the precision of the treadmill exercise test
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1274-1279. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: heart failure:

Roland Jahns, Valérie Boivin, Thorsten Krapf, Gerd Wallukat, Fritz Boege, and Martin J. Lohse

Modulation of beta₁-adrenoceptor activity by domain-specific antibodies and heart failure–associated autoantibodies
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1280-1287. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Mamoru Satoh, Motoyuki Nakamura, Hidetoshi Satoh, Hidenori Saitoh, Ikuo Segawa, and Katsuhiko Hiramori

Expression of tumor necrosis factor-alpha–converting enzyme and tumor necrosis factor-alpha in human myocarditis
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1288-1294. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Frank Lloyd Dini, Claudio Michelassi, Giovanni Micheli, and Daniele Rovai

Prognostic value of pulmonary venous flow Doppler signal in left ventricular dysfunction: contribution of the difference in duration of pulmonary venous and mitral flow at atrial contraction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1295-1302. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: electrophysiology:

Paul Dorian, Werner Jung, David Newman, Miney Paquette, Kathryn Wood, Gregory M. Ayers, John Camm, Masood Akhtar, and Berndt Luderitz

The impairment of health-related quality of life in patients with intermittent atrial fibrillation: implications for the assessment of investigational therapy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1303-1309. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ricard Serra-Grima, Montserrat Estorch, Ignasi Carrió, Maite Subirana, Lluís Bernà, and Teresa Prat

Marked ventricular repolarization abnormalities in highly trained athletes’ electrocardiograms: clinical and prognostic implications
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1310-1316. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Jussi Mikkelsson, Markus Perola, Pekka Laippala, Antti Penttilä, and Pekka J. Karhunen

Glycoprotein IIIa Pl^A1/A2 polymorphism and sudden cardiac death
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1317-1323. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Dave T. Kim, Angela C. Lai, Chun Hwang, Ling-Tao Fan, Hyrar S. Karagueuzian, Peng-Sheng Chen, and Michael C. Fishbein

The ligament of Marshall: a structural analysis in human hearts with implications for atrial arrhythmias
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1324-1327. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: subarachnoid hemorrhage:

Nilesh Parekh, Bala Venkatesh, David Cross, Anne Leditschke, John Atherton, William Miles, Adam Winning, Alan Clague, and Claire Rickard

Cardiac troponin I predicts myocardial dysfunction in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1328-1335. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: deep venous thrombosis:

Johannes Schweizer, Wilhelm Kirch, Rainer Koch, Holger Elix, Grit Hellner, Lutz Forkmann, and Andreas Graf

Short- and long-term results after thrombolytic treatment of deep venous thrombosis
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1336-1343. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical study: hypertrophic cardiomyopathy:

Mark V. Sherrid, David Z. Gunsburg, Sonja Moldenhauer, and Gretchen Pearle

Systolic anterior motion begins at low left ventricular outflow tract velocity in obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1344-1354. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: new methods:

Thomas M. Binder, Raphael Rosenhek, Gerold Porenta, Gerald Maurer, and Helmut Baumgartner

Improved assessment of mitral valve stenosis by volumetric real-time three-dimensional echocardiography
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1355-1361. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: new methods: editorial comment:

Randolph P. Martin

The fish mouth and three-dimensional echocardiography: new technology catches an old problem
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1362-1364. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical study: pediatric cardiology:

Barbara Lubiszewska, Elzbieta Gosiewska, Piotr Hoffman, Anna Teresinska, Jacek Rózanski, Walerian Piotrowski, Wanda Rydlewska-Sadowska, Krystyna Kubicka, and Witold Ruzyllo

Myocardial perfusion and function of the systemic right ventricle in patients after atrial switch procedure for complete transposition: long-term follow-up
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1365-1370. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Laura R. Need, Andrew J. Powell, Pedro del Nido, and Tal Geva

Coronary echocardiography in tetralogy of Fallot: diagnostic accuracy, resource utilization and surgical implications over 13 years
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1371-1377. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Experimental Studies:

Richard B. Wambolt, Gary D. Lopaschuk, Roger W. Brownsey, and Michael F. Allard

Dichloroacetate improves postischemic function of hypertrophied rat hearts
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1378-1385. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Experimental study: Editorial comment:

Heinrich Taegtmeyer

Metabolism—the lost child of cardiology
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1386-1388. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Experimental Studies:

Yves Cottin, Marc Kollum, Rosanna Chan, Balram Bhargava, Yoram Vodovotz, and Ron Waksman

Vascular repair after balloon overstretch injury in porcine model effects of intracoronary radiation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1389-1395. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Nicholas Kipshidze, James J. Ferguson III, Michael H. Keelan Jr., Harry Sahota, Richard Komorowski, Latha Raja Shankar, Paramjith S. Chawla, Christian C. Haudenschild, Victor Nikolaychik, and Jeffrey W. Moses

Endoluminal reconstruction of the arterial wall with endothelial cell/glue matrix reduces restenosis in an atherosclerotic rabbit
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1396-1403. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Adelqui O. Peralta, Roy M. John, William H. Gaasch, Peter I. Taggart, David T. Martin, and Ferdinand J. Venditti

The class III antiarrhythmic effect of sotalol exerts a reverse use-dependent positive inotropic effect in the intact canine heart
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1404-1410. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Makoto Araki, Koji Hasegawa, Eri Iwai-Kanai, Masatoshi Fujita, Tatsuya Sawamura, Tsuyoshi Kakita, Hiromichi Wada, Tatsuya Morimoto, and Shigetake Sasayama

Endothelin-1 as a protective factor against beta-adrenergic agonist-induced apoptosis in cardiac myocytes
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1411-1418. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Point of view:

James S. Forrester, C. Noel Bairey-Merz, and Sanjay Kaul

The aggressive low density lipoprotein lowering controversy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1419-1425. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Editor's Page:

William W. Parmley

OTC or not OTC—that is the question
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1426-1427. [Full Text] [PDF]  

ACC News:

George A. Beller

President’s page: academic health centers: the making of a crisis and potential remedies
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1428-1431. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Steven R. Bergmann

Alert to physicians: possible interaction of Aggrenox and adenosine
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1432. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert D. Gibson

Pharmacists agree: stop the pharmacy madness
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1432. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Liza Weiss

The pharmacy perspective on managed care madness
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1432-1433. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jussi Mikkelsson

Coronary anatomy in acute myocardial infarction patients with sudden out-of-hospital death
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1433. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter Gheeraert and José P. S. Henriques

Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1433-1434. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lemuel A. Moyé and A. Fred Annegers

Underestimation of the valvulopathy effect of fenfluramine
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1434-1435. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrew J. Burger

Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1435-1436. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert S. Dieter

Risk of neutropenia with clopidogrel
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1436. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter B. Berger, Malcolm R. Bell, and David R. Holmes Jr.

Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1436-1437. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Giancarlo Longobardi, Nicola Ferrara, Giuseppe Furgi, Pasquale Abete, and Franco Rengo

Improvement of myocardial blood flow to ischemic regions by angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1437. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christian A. Schneider, Frank M. Baer, and Erland Erdmann

Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1437-1438. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Adelino F. Leite-Moreira, Jorge Correia-Pinto, Stefan G. De Hert, and Thierry C. Gillebert

Pressure relaxation of the left ventricle and filling pressures
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1438-1439. [Full Text] [PDF]  

David A. Kass, Barry Fetics, Hideaki Senzaki, and Chen-Huan Chen

Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1439. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marius M. Hoeper

Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1440. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Matthias Gorenflo

Calculation of resistance to pulmonary perfusion
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1440. [Full Text] [PDF]  

ACC/AHA clinical competence statement:

George P. Rodgers, John Z. Ayanian, Gary Balady, John W. Beasley, Kenneth A. Brown, Ernest V. Gervino, Stephen Paridon, Miguel Quinones, Robert C. Schlant, William L. Winters Jr, James L. Achord, Alan W. Boone, John W. Hirshfeld Jr, Beverly H. Lorell, George P. Rodgers, Cynthia M. Tracy, and Howard H. Weitz

American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association clinical competence statement on stress testing: A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association/American College of Physicians–American Society of Internal Medicine Task Force on Clinical Competence
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1441-1453. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Correction:

Correction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1454. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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