Clinical Study:

Robert A. Vogel, Mary C. Corretti, and Gary D. Plotnick

The postprandial effect of components of the mediterranean diet on endothelial function
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1455-1460. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Craig Cheetham, Julie Collis, Gerard O’Driscoll, Kim Stanton, Roger Taylor, and Daniel Green

Losartan, an angiotensin type 1 receptor antagonist, improves endothelial function in non-insulin-dependent diabetes
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1461-1466. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Abhiram Prasad, Syed Husain, William Schenke, Rita Mincemoyer, Neal Epstein, and Arshed A. Quyyumi

Contribution of bradykinin receptor dysfunction to abnormal coronary vasomotion in humans
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1467-1473. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Gethin R. Ellis, Richard A. Anderson, Derek Lang, Daniel J. Blackman, R. H. Keith Morris, Jayne Morris-Thurgood, Ian F. W. McDowell, Simon K. Jackson, Malcolm J. Lewis, and Michael P. Frenneaux

Neutrophil superoxide anion–generating capacity, endothelial function and oxidative stress in chronic heart failure: effects of short- and long-term vitamin C therapy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1474-1482. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Carmine Cardillo, Crescence M. Kilcoyne, Richard O. Cannon III, and Julio A. Panza

Increased activity of endogenous endothelin in patients with hypercholesterolemia
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1483-1488. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Howard C. Herrmann, David J. Moliterno, E. Magnus Ohman, Amanda L. Stebbins, Christopher Bode, Amadeo Betriu, Florian Forycki, Jerry S. Miklin, William B. Bachinsky, A. Michael Lincoff, Robert M. Califf, and Eric J. Topol

Facilitation of early percutaneous coronary intervention after reteplase with or without abciximab in acute myocardial infarction: Results from the SPEED (GUSTO-4 Pilot) trial
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1489-1496. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

C. Michael Gibson

A union in reperfusion:: The concept of facilitated percutaneous coronary intervention
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1497-1499. [Full Text] [PDF]  

W. Brian Gibler, James W. Hoekstra, W. Douglas Weaver, Mitchell W. Krucoff, Alfred P. Hallstrom, Raymond E. Jackson, Michael R. Sayre, James Christenson, George L. Higgins, Grant Innes, Richard J. Harper, Gary P. Young, Nathan R. Every for the SMARTT Investigators

A randomized trial of the effects of early cardiac serum marker availability on reperfusion therapy in patients with acute myocardial infarction: The serial markers, acute myocardial infarction and rapid treatment trial (SMARTT)
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1500-1506. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Shaun G. Goodman, Aiala Barr, Anatoli Sobtchouk, Marc Cohen, Gregg J. Fromell, Luc Laperrière, Carol Hill, Anatoly Langer for the Canadian Efficacy and Safety of Subcutaneous Enoxaparin in Non-Q-Wave Coronary Events (ESSENCE) ST Segment Monitoring Substudy Group

Low molecular weight heparin decreases rebound ischemia in unstable angina or non-Q-wave myocardial infarction: the Canadian ESSENCE ST segment monitoring substudy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1507-1513. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Dermot Cox, Richard Smith, Martin Quinn, Pierre Theroux, Peter Crean, and Desmond J. Fitzgerald

Evidence of platelet activation during treatment with a GPIIb/IIIa antagonist in patients presenting with acute coronary syndromes
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1514-1519. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Przemyslaw M. Mrozikiewicz, Ingolf Cascorbi, Sabine Ziemer, Michael Laule, Christian Meisel, Verena Stangl, Wolfgang Rutsch, Klaus Wernecke, Gert Baumann, Ivar Roots, and Karl Stangl

Reduced procedural risk for coronary catheter interventions in carriers of the coagulation factor VII-Gln³⁵³ gene
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1520-1525. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tsutomu Takagi, Takashi Akasaka, Atsushi Yamamuro, Yasuhiro Honda, Takeshi Hozumi, Shigefumi Morioka, and Kiyoshi Yoshida

Troglitazone reduces neointimal tissue proliferation after coronary stent implantation in patients with non–insulin dependent diabetes mellitus: A serial intravascular ultrasound study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1529-1535. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Manel Sabaté, Marco A. Costa, Ken Kozuma, I. Patrick Kay, Connie J. van der Wiel, Vitali Verin, William Wijns, Patrick W. Serruys on behalf of the Dose Finding Study Group

Methodological and clinical implications of the relocation of the minimal luminal diameter after intracoronary radiation therapy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1536-1541. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Luis Gruberg, Gary S. Mintz, Roxana Mehran, George Dangas, Alexandra J. Lansky, Kenneth M. Kent, Augusto D. Pichard, Lowell F. Satler, and Martin B. Leon

The prognostic implications of further renal function deterioration within 48 h of interventional coronary procedures in patients with pre-existent chronic renal insufficiency
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1542-1548. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Fernando Alfonso, Carlos Hernández, María José Pérez-Vizcayno, Rosana Hernández, Antonio Fernández-Ortíz, Javier Escaned, Camino Bañuelos, Manel Sabaté, Marcelo Sanmartín, Cristina Fernández, and Carlos Macaya

Fate of stent-related side branches after coronary intervention in patients with in-stent restenosis
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1549-1556. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Nidal Al-Saadi, Eike Nagel, Michael Gross, Bernhard Schnackenburg, Ingo Paetsch, Christoph Klein, and Eckart Fleck

Improvement of myocardial perfusion reserve early after coronary intervention: assessment with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1557-1564. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Marian B. Olson, Sheryl F. Kelsey, Vera Bittner, Steven E. Reis, Nathaniel Reichek, Eileen M. Handberg, C. Noel Bairey Merz for the Women’s Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation (WISE) Study Group

Weight cycling and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol in women: evidence of an adverse effect: A report from the NHLBI-sponsored WISE study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1565-1571. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Christie M. Ballantyne, J. Alan Herd, Evan A. Stein, Laura L. Ferlic, J. Kay Dunn, Antonio M. Gotto Jr., and Ali J. Marian

Apolipoprotein E genotypes and response of plasma lipids and progression–regression of coronary atherosclerosis to lipid-lowering drug therapy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1572-1578. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Abhiram Prasad, Suresh Narayanan, Myron A. Waclawiw, Neal Epstein, and Arshed A. Quyyumi

The insertion/deletion polymorphism of the angiotensin-converting enzyme gene determines coronary vascular tone and nitric oxide activity
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1579-1586. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Keiko Maeda, Takayoshi Tsutamoto, Atsuyuki Wada, Naoko Mabuchi, Masaru Hayashi, Takashi Tsutsui, Masato Ohnishi, Masahide Sawaki, Masanori Fujii, Takehiro Matsumoto, and Masahiko Kinoshita

High levels of plasma brain natriuretic peptide and interleukin-6 after optimized treatment for heart failure are independent risk factors for morbidity and mortality in patients with congestive heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1587-1593. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Theodore J. Kolias, Keith D. Aaronson, and William F. Armstrong

Doppler-derived dP/dt and –dP/dt predict survival in congestive heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1594-1599. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

PierGiuseppe Agostoni, Marco Guazzi, Maurizio Bussotti, Marco Grazi, Pietro Palermo, and Giancarlo Marenzi

Lack of improvement of lung diffusing capacity following fluid withdrawal by ultrafiltration in chronic heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1600-1604. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yutaka Ishibashi, Toshio Shimada, Takeshi Sakane, Nobuyuki Takahashi, Takashi Sugamori, Syuzo Ohhata, Shin-ichi Inoue, Harumi Katoh, Kazuya Sano, Yo Murakami, and Michio Hashimoto

Contribution of endogenous nitric oxide to basal vasomotor tone of peripheral vessels and plasma B-Type natriuretic peptide levels in patients with congestive heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1605-1611. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Andrea Mortara, Maria Teresa La Rovere, Gian Domenico Pinna, Roberto Maestri, Soccorso Capomolla, and Franco Cobelli

Nonselective beta-adrenergic blocking agent, carvedilol, improves arterial baroflex gain and heart rate variability in patients with stable chronic heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1612-1618. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Björn E. Eriksson, Raija Tyni-Lennè, Jan Svedenhag, Rolf Hallin, Kerstin Jensen-Urstad, Mats Jensen-Urstad, Kristina Bergman, and Christer Sylvén

Physical training in Syndrome X: Physical training counteracts deconditioning and pain in Syndrome X
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1619-1625. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Nobuyuki Miyai, Mikio Arita, Ikuharu Morioka, Kazuhisa Miyashita, Ichiro Nishio, and Shintaro Takeda

Exercise BP response in subjects with high-normal BP: Exaggerated blood pressure response to exercise and risk of future hypertension in subjects with high-normal blood pressure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1626-1631. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Thomas Meyer, Lutz Binder, Nadine Hruska, Hilmar Luthe, and Arnd B. Buchwald

Cardiac troponin I elevation in acute pulmonary embolism is associated with right ventricular dysfunction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1632-1636. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pablo A. Chiale, D. Alejandro Franco, Horacio O. Selva, Claudio A. Militello, and Marcelo V. Elizari

Lidocaine-sensitive atrial tachycardia: Lidocaine-sensitive, rate-related, repetitive atrial tachycardia: a new arrhythmogenic syndrome
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1637-1645. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Mikio Kakishita, Takashi Kurita, Kiyotaka Matsuo, Atsushi Taguchi, Kazuhiro Suyama, Wataru Shimizu, Naohiko Aihara, Shiro Kamakura, Fumio Yamamoto, Junjiro Kobayashi, Yoshio Kosakai, and Tohru Ohe

Mode of onset of ventricular fibrillation in patients with Brugada syndrome detected by implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1646-1653. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Markus Zabel, Michael R. Franz, Thomas Klingenheben, Boris Mansion, Heinz-Peter Schultheiss, and Stefan H. Hohnloser

Rate-dependence of QT dispersion and the QT interval: comparison of atrial pacing and exercise testing
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1654-1658. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Andrew J. Rainbird, Patricia A. Pellikka, Vicky L. Stussy, Douglas M. Mahoney, and James B. Seward

A rapid stress-testing protocol for the detection of coronary artery disease: Comparison of two-stage transesophageal atrial pacing stress echocardiography with dobutamine stress echocardiography
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1659-1663. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael S. Firstenberg, Benjamin D. Levine, Mario J. Garcia, Neil L. Greenberg, Lisa Cardon, Annitta J. Morehead, Julie Zuckerman, and James D. Thomas

Relationship of echocardiographic indices to pulmonary capillary wedge pressures in healthy volunteers
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1664-1669. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Judith Therrien, Samuel C. Siu, Peter R. McLaughlin, Peter P. Liu, William G. Williams, and Gary D. Webb

Pulmonary valve replacement in adults late after repair of tetralogy of Fallot: are we operating too late?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1670-1675. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Carsten Rickers, Karin Sasse, Ralph Buchert, Heiko Stern, J.örg van den Hoff, Martin Lübeck, and Jochen Weil

Myocardial viability assessed by positron emission tomography in infants and children after the arterial switch operation and suspected infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1676-1683. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Charles M. Baker, Francis X. McGowan Jr., John F. Keane, and James E. Lock

Pulmonary artery trauma due to balloon dilation: recognition, avoidance and management
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1684-1690. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Hani N. Sabbah, Victor G. Sharov, Ramesh C. Gupta, Anastassia Todor, Vinita Singh, and Sidney Goldstein

Chronic therapy with metoprolol attenuates cardiomyocyte apoptosis in dogs with heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1698-1705. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Horng H. Chen, J. Aaron Grantham, John A. Schirger, Michihisa Jougasaki, Margaret M. Redfield, and John C. Burnett Jr.

Subcutaneous administration of brain natriuretic peptide in experimental heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1706-1712. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

William W. Parmley

Don’t cry for me Argentina
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1720-1721. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Editorial:

Brian A. Ference and David J. Cohen

Unraveling the pathophysiology of percutaneous coronary intervention: is it in the genes?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1526-1528. [Full Text] [PDF]  

George A. Beller

President’s page: high-quality cardiovascular care threatened by shortage of nurses and allied health professionals
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1722-1724. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Experimental Studies:

Zhihong Yang, Toshiyoki Kozai, Bernd van de Loo, Hema Viswambharan, Mario Lachat, Marko I. Turina, Tadeusz Malinski, and Thomas F. Lüscher

HMG-CoA reductase inhibition improves endothelial cell function and inhibits smooth muscle cell proliferation in human saphenous veins
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1691-1697. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Brian D. Hoit and Marjorie Gabel

Influence of left ventricular dysfunction on the role of atrial contraction: An echocardiographic-hemodynamic study in dogs
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1713-1719. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

ACC/AHA clinical competence statement:

Cynthia M. Tracy, Masood Akhtar, John P. DiMarco, Douglas L. Packer, Howard H. Weitz, William L. Winters, 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 invasive electrophysiology studies, catheter ablation, and cardioversion: 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: 1725-1736. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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