JACC -- Table of Contents (36 [6])

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Review article:

Charles Fisch
Centennial of the string galvanometer and the electrocardiogram
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1737-1745. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Review article: editorial comment:

Douglas P. Zipes
Clinical application of the electrocardiogram
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1746-1748. [Full Text] [PDF]

Review article:

Marek Malik and Velislav N. Batchvarov
Measurement, interpretation and clinical potential of QT dispersion
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1749-1766. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: electrophysiology:

Mariko Eguchi, Kazufumi Tsuchihashi, Tomoaki Nakata, Akiyoshi Hashimoto, and Kazuaki Shimamoto
Right ventricular abnormalities assessed by myocardial single-photon emission computed tomography using technetium-99m sestamibi/tetrofosmin in right ventricle-originated ventricular tachyarrhythmias
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1767-1773. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: coronary artery disease:

Benjamin D. Horne, Joseph B. Muhlestein, John F. Carlquist, Tami L. Bair, Troy E. Madsen, Noal I. Hart, and Jeffrey L. Anderson
Statin therapy, lipid levels, C-reactive protein and the survival of patients with angiographically severe coronary artery disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1774-1780. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Peter Angerer, Uwe Siebert, Wolfgang Kothny, Dagmar Mühlbauer, Harald Mudra, and Clemens von Schacky
Impact of social support, cynical hostility and anger expression on progression of coronary atherosclerosis
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1781-1788. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical study: hormone replacement therapy:

Peter Angerer, Wolfgang Kothny, Stefan Störk, and Clemens von Schacky
Hormone replacement therapy and distensibility of carotid arteries in postmenopausal women: a randomized, controlled trial
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1789-1796. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Diane Zanger, Benjamin K. Yang, Jeanette Ardans, Myron A. Waclawiw, Gyorgy Csako, Larry M. Wahl, and Richard O. Cannon III
Divergent effects of hormone therapy on serum markers of inflammation in postmenopausal women with coronary artery disease on appropriate medical management
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1797-1802. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: acute coronary syndromes:

James E. Calvin, Lloyd W. Klein, Elizabeth J. VandenBerg, Peter Meyer, and Joseph E. Parrillo
Validated risk stratification model accurately predicts low risk in patients with unstable angina
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1803-1808. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: editorial comment:

David A. Katz
Risk stratification in unstable angina: the role of clinical prediction models
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1809-1811. [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical study: acute coronary syndromes:

David A. Morrow, Elliott M. Antman, Milenko Tanasijevic, Nader Rifai, James A. de Lemos, Carolyn H. McCabe, Christopher P. Cannon, and Eugene Braunwald
Cardiac troponin I for stratification of early outcomes and the efficacy of enoxaparin in unstable angina: a TIMI-11B substudy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1812-1817. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Michael C. Kontos, F. Philip Anderson, Ramin Alimard, Joseph P. Ornato, James L. Tatum, and Robert L. Jesse
Ability of troponin I to predict cardiac events in patients admitted from the emergency department
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1818-1823. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: editorial comment:

Robbert J. de Winter
Risk stratification with cardiac troponin I in acute coronary syndromes
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1824-1826. [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical study: acute coronary syndromes:

Jonas Pettersson, Olle Pahlm, Elena Carro, Lars Edenbrandt, Michael Ringborn, Leif Sörnmo, Stafford G. Warren, and Galen S. Wagner
Changes in high-frequency QRS components are more sensitive than ST-segment deviation for detecting acute coronary artery occlusion
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1827-1834. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Christopher M. Kramer, Walter J. Rogers Jr., Sunil Mankad, Therese M. Theobald, Diana L. Pakstis, and Yong-Lin Hu
Contractile reserve and contrast uptake pattern by magnetic resonance imaging and functional recovery after reperfused myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1835-1840. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: myocardial infarction:

Jacob E. Møller, Eva Søndergaard, Steen H. Poulsen, and Kenneth Egstrup
Pseudonormal and restrictive filling patterns predict left ventricular dilation and cardiac death after a first myocardial infarction: a serial color M-mode doppler echocardiographic study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1841-1846. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: variant angina:

Ken Okumura, Tomohiro Osanai, Takuo Kosugi, Hiroyuki Hanada, Hiroshi Ishizaka, Tomohisa Fukushi, Takaatsu Kamada, Takeshi Miura, Toru Hatayama, Takao Nakano, Yasuhiro Fujino, and Yoshimi Homma
Enhanced phospholipase C activity in the cultured skin fibroblast obtained from patients with coronary spastic angina: possible role for enhanced vasoconstrictor response
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1847-1852. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: interventional cardiology:

Hans-Wilhelm Höpp, Frank Michael Baer, Cem Özbek, Karl Heinz Kuck, Bruno Scheller for the AtheroLink Study Group
A synergistic approach to optimal stenting: Directional coronary atherectomy prior to coronary artery stent implantation—the AtheroLink registry
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1853-1859. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Paul Wexberg, Mariann Gyöngyösi, Wolfgang Sperker, Katharina Kiss, Paul Yang, Ali Hassan, Gerard Pasterkamp, and Dietmar Glogar
Pre-existing arterial remodeling is associated with in-hospital and late adverse cardiac events after coronary interventions in patients with stable angina pectoris
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1860-1869. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: cardiac surgery:

Charles R. Bridges, Fred H. Edwards, Eric D. Peterson, and Laura P. Coombs
The effect of race on coronary bypass operative mortality
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1870-1876. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Michael J. Domanski, Craig B. Borkowf, Lucien Campeau, Genell L. Knatterud, Carl White, Byron Hoogwerf, Yves Rosenberg, Nancy L. Geller the Post-CABG Trial Investigators
Prognostic factors for atherosclerosis progression in saphenous vein grafts: The postcoronary artery bypass graft (post-CABG) trial
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1877-1883. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jacqueline E. Tamis-Holland, Peter Homel, Mohammed Durani, Muhammed Iqbal, Anton Sutandar, Bruce P. Mindich, and Jonathan S. Steinberg
Atrial fibrillation after minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass surgery
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1884-1888. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical study: valve disease:

David J. R. Hildick-Smith and Leonard M. Shapiro
Coronary flow reserve improves after aortic valve replacement for aortic stenosis: an adenosine transthoracic echocardiography study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1889-1896. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: left ventricular assist device:

Seema Mital, Kit E. Loke, Linda J. Addonizio, Mehmet C. Oz, and Thomas H. Hintze
Left ventricular assist device implantation augments nitric oxide dependent control of mitochondrial respiration in failing human hearts
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1897-1902. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Markku S. Nieminen, Juha Akkila, Gerd Hasenfuss, Franz X. Kleber, Lasse A. Lehtonen, Veselin Mitrovic, Olof Nyquist, Willem J. Remme on behalf of the Study Group
Hemodynamic and neurohumoral effects of continuous infusion of levosimendan in patients with congestive heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1903-1912. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: cardiomyopathy:

Jagat Narula, Martin S. Dawson, Binoy K. Singh, Aman Amanullah, Elmo R. Acio, Farooq A. Chaudhry, Ramin B. Arani, and Ami E. Iskandrian
Noninvasive characterization of stunned, hibernating, remodeled and nonviable myocardium in ischemic cardiomyopathy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1913-1919. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Shigekazu Fujioka, Yasushi Kitaura, Akira Ukimura, Hirofumi Deguchi, Keishiro Kawamura, Tadashi Isomura, Hisayoshi Suma, and Akira Shimizu
Evaluation of viral infection in the myocardium of patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1920-1926. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Felix Haas, Norbert Augustin, Klaus Holper, Michael Wottke, Christoph Haehnel, Stephan Nekolla, Hans Meisner, R.üdiger Lange, and Markus Schwaiger
Time course and extent of improvement of dysfunctioning myocardium in patients with coronary artery disease and severely depressed left ventricular function after revascularization: correlation with positron emission tomographic findings
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1927-1934. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: stress testing:

Shaul Atar, Tomoo Nagai, Bojan Cercek, Tasneem Z. Naqvi, Huai Luo, and Robert J. Siegel
Pacing stress echocardiography: an alternative to pharmacologic stress testing
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1935-1941. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical study: cardiac physiology:

Michael S. Firstenberg, Pieter M. Vandervoort, Neil L. Greenberg, Nicholas G. Smedira, Patrick M. McCarthy, Mario J. Garcia, and James D. Thomas
Noninvasive estimation of transmitral pressure drop across the normal mitral valve in humans: importance of convective and inertial forces during left ventricular filling
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1942-1949. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: editorial comment:

Karl Isaaz
Expanding the frontiers of doppler echocardiography for the noninvasive assessment of diastolic hemodynamics
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1950-1952. [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical study: metabolism:

Jenifer G. Crilley, Ernest A. Boehm, Bheeshma Rajagopalan, Andrew M. Blamire, Peter Styles, Francesco Muntoni, David Hilton-Jones, and Kieran Clarke
Magnetic resonance spectroscopy evidence of abnormal cardiac energetics in Xp21 muscular dystrophy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1953-1958. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: new methods:

Andrew J. Kerr, Thomas Buck, Karin Chia, Chi Ming Chow, Ervin Fox, Robert A. Levine, and Michael H. Picard
Transmitral Doppler: a new transthoracic contrast method for patent foramen ovale detection and quantification
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1959-1966. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Viewpoint:

Lionel H. Opie
First line drugs in chronic stable effort angina—the case for newer, longer-acting calcium channel blocking agents
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1967-1971. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Experimental Studies:

Baskaran Chandrasekar and Jean-François Tanguay
Local delivery of 17-beta-estradiol decreases neointimal hyperplasia after coronary angioplasty in a porcine model
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1972-1978. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Chiharu Kishimoto, Nami Takamatsu, Hiroshi Kawamata, Hiromichi Shinohara, and Hiroshi Ochiai
Immunoglobulin treatment ameliorates murine myocarditis associated with reduction of neurohumoral activity and improvement of extracellular matrix change
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1979-1984. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

David S. Fieno, Raymond J. Kim, Enn-Ling Chen, Jon W. Lomasney, Francis J. Klocke, and Robert M. Judd
Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging of myocardium at risk: Distinction between reversible and irreversible injury throughout infarct healing
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1985-1991. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Yan Wang, Marina Afanasyeva, Susan L. Hill, Ziya Kaya, and Noel R. Rose
Nasal administration of cardiac myosin suppresses autoimmune myocarditis in mice
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 1992-1999. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Miguel Valderrábano, Young-Hoon Kim, Masaaki Yashima, Tsu-Juey Wu, Hrayr S. Karagueuzian, and Peng-Sheng Chen
Obstacle-induced transition from ventricular fibrillation to tachycardia in isolated swine right ventricles: Insights into the transition dynamics and implications for the critical mass
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 2000-2008. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

ACC News:

George A. Beller
President’s page: what about the "vascular" in cardiovascular?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 2009-2010. [Full Text] [PDF]

Letters to the Editor:

Maurice Enriquez-Sarano
Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 2014-2015. [Full Text] [PDF]

Kevin M. Harris and Barry J. Maron
Flail mitral valve and sudden cardiac death
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 2014. [Full Text] [PDF]

John A. M. Morphet
U-wave alterations: singular noninvasive electrocardiographic diagnostic markers
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 2015. [Full Text] [PDF]


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