JACC -- Table of Contents (36 [7])

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Review article:

Marcel L. Geleijnse, Abdou Elhendy, Paolo M. Fioretti, and Jos R. T. C. Roelandt
Dobutamine stress myocardial perfusion imaging
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 2017-2027. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Derek P. Chew and David J. Moliterno
A critical appraisal of platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibition
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 2028-2035. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: myocardial infarction:

Jaume Figueras, Yasone Monasterio, Rosa Maria Lidón, Elsa Nieto, and Jordi Soler-Soler
Thrombin formation and fibrinolytic activity in patients with acute myocardial infarction or unstable angina: in-hospital course and relationship with recurrent angina at rest
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 2036-2043. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial Comments:

Gregory Y. H. Lip and Andrew D. Blann
Thrombogenesis and fibrinolysis in acute coronary syndromes: Important facets of a prothrombotic or hypercoagulable state?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 2044-2046. [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical study: myocardial infarction:

Pieter J. de Kam, Adriaan A. Voors, Maarten P. van den Berg, Dirk J. van Veldhuisen, Jan Brouwer, Harry J. G. M. Crijns, Claudio Borghi, Ettore Ambrosioni, Judith S. Hochman, Thierry H. LeJemtel, Jan-Herre Kingma, Martin St. John Sutton, Wiek H. van Gilst on behalf of the FAMIS CAPTIN and CATS Investigators
Effect of very early angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition on left ventricular dilation after myocardial infarction in patients receiving thrombolysis: Results of a meta-analysis of 845 patients
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 2047-2053. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial Comments:

Helen Oxenham and Norman Sharpe
Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor treatment after myocardial infarction: A selective approach for maximum benefit
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 2054-2055. [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical study: myocardial infarction:

William J. Rogers, John G. Canto, Costas T. Lambrew, Alan J. Tiefenbrunn, Becky Kinkaid, David A. Shoultz, Paul D. Frederick, Nathan Every for the Investigators in the National Registry of Myocardial Infarction 1 2 and 3
Temporal trends in the treatment of over 1.5 million patients with myocardial infarction in the U.S. from 1990 through 1999: The National Registry of Myocardial Infarction 1, 2 and 3
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 2056-2063. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Ralf Zahn, Rudolf Schiele, Steffen Schneider, Anselm K. Gitt, Harm Wienbergen, Karlheinz Seidl, Claus Bossaller, Heinz J. Büttner, Martin Gottwik, Ernst Altmann, Werner Rosahl, Jochen Senges for the Maximal Individual Therapy in Acute Myocardial Infarction (MITRA) and the Myocardial Infarction Registry (MIR) Study Groups
Decreasing hospital mortality between 1994 and 1998 in patients with acute myocardial infarction treated with primary angioplasty but not in patients treated with intravenous thrombolysis: Results from the pooled data of the maximal individual therapy in acute myocardial infarction (MITRA) registry and the myocardial infarction registry (MIR)
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 2064-2071. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: heart failure:

Bjoern A. Groenning, Jens C. Nilsson, Lars Sondergaard, Thomas Fritz-Hansen, Henrik B. W. Larsson, and Per R. Hildebrandt
Antiremodeling effects on the left ventricle during beta-blockade with metoprolol in the treatment of chronic heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 2072-2080. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Lothar Rössig, Judith Haendeler, Ziad Mallat, Benedicte Hugel, Jean-Marie Freyssinet, Alain Tedgui, Stefanie Dimmeler, and Andreas M. Zeiher
Congestive heart failure induces endothelial cell apoptosis: protective role of carvedilol
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 2081-2089. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

John N. Nanas, George Alexopoulos, Maria I. Anastasiou-Nana, Konstantinos Karidis, Argiris Tirologos, Spyridon Zobolos, Vlasios Pirgakis, Labros Anthopoulos, Dimitrios Sideris, Stamatis F. Stamatelopoulos, Spyridon D. Moulopoulos for the High Enalapril Dose Study Group
Outcome of patients with congestive heart failure treated with standard versus high doses of enalapril: a multicenter study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 2090-2095. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial Comments:

François Delahaye and Guy de Gevigney
Is the optimal dose of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors in patients with congestive heart failure definitely established?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 2096-2097. [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical study: heart failure:

Randall C. Starling, Patrick M. McCarthy, Tiffany Buda, James Wong, Marlene Goormastic, Nicholas G. Smedira, James D. Thomas, Eugene H. Blackstone, and James B. Young
Results of partial left ventriculectomy for dilated cardiomyopathy: Hemodynamic, clinical and echocardiographic observations
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 2098-2103. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Jan J. Schreuder, Paul Steendijk, Frederik H. van der Veen, Ottavio Alfieri, Theo van der Nagel, Roberto Lorusso, Jan-Melle van Dantzig, Kees B. Prenger, Jan Baan, Hein J. J. Wellens, and Randas J. V. Batista
Acute and short-term effects of partial left ventriculectomy in dilated cardiomyopathy: Assessment by pressure-volume loops
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 2104-2114. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial Comments:

Mark Ratcliffe
Batista’s operation: what have we learned?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 2115-2118. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: heart failure:

Andrew D. Auerbach, Mary Beth Hamel, Robert M. Califf, Roger B. Davis, Neil S. Wenger, Norman Desbiens, Lee Goldman, Humberto Vidaillet, Alfred F. Connors, Joanne Lynn, Neal V. Dawson, Russell S. Phillips for the SUPPORT Investigators
Patient characteristics associated with care by a cardiologist among adults hospitalized with severe congestive heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 2119-2125. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Ahmed F. Osman, Mandeep R. Mehra, Carl J. Lavie, Eduardo Nunez, and Richard V. Milani
The incremental prognostic importance of body fat adjusted peak oxygen consumption in chronic heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 2126-2131. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: angiogenesis:

Roger J. Laham, Nicholas A. Chronos, Marilyn Pike, Mark E. Leimbach, James E. Udelson, Justin D. Pearlman, Roderic I. Pettigrew, M. J. Whitehouse, Carl Yoshizawa, and Michael Simons
Intracoronary basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF-2) in patients with severe ischemic heart disease: results of a Phase I open-label dose escalation study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 2132-2139. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: coronary artery disease:

Craig A. Thompson, Samer Jabbour, Robert J. Goldberg, Renee Y. S. McClean, Brian Z. Bilchik, Charles M. Blatt, Shmuel Ravid, and Thomas B. Graboys
Exercise performance-based outcomes of medically treated patients with coronary artery disease and profound ST segment depression
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 2140-2145. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Ahmed Tawakol, Hal A. Skopicki, Stephen A. Abraham, Nathaniel M. Alpert, Alan J. Fischman, Michael H. Picard, and Henry Gewirtz
Evidence of reduced resting blood flow in viable myocardial regions with chronic asynergy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 2146-2153. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Giuseppe M. C. Rosano, Carolyn M. Webb, Sergio Chierchia, Gian Luigi Morgani, Michele Gabraele, Phillip M. Sarrel, Dominique de Ziegler, and Peter Collins
Natural progesterone, but not medroxyprogesterone acetate, enhances the beneficial effect of estrogen on exercise-induced myocardial ischemia in postmenopausal women
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 2154-2159. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Helen M. Colhoun, Michael B. Rubens, S. Richard Underwood, and John H. Fuller
The effect of type 1 diabetes mellitus on the gender difference in coronary artery calcification
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 2160-2167. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: interventional cardiology:

Adnan Kastrati, Werner Koch, Peter B. Berger, Julinda Mehilli, Katherine Stephenson, Franz-Josef Neumann, Nicolas von Beckerath, Corinna Böttiger, Gordon W. Duff, and Albert Schömig
Protective role against restenosis from an interleukin-1 receptor antagonist gene polymorphism in patients treated with coronary stenting
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 2168-2173. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: bypass surgery:

Eric D. Peterson, Elizabeth R. DeLong, Lawrence H. Muhlbaier, Allison B. Rosen, Hope E. Buell, Catarina I. Kiefe, and Timothy F. Kresowik
Challenges in comparing risk-adjusted bypass surgery mortality results: Results from the Cooperative Cardiovascular Project
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 2174-2184. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: endothelial function:

Lawrence M. Title, Peter M. Cummings, Karen Giddens, and Bassam A. Nassar
Oral glucose loading acutely attenuates endothelium-dependent vasodilation in healthy adults without diabetes: an effect prevented by vitamins C and E
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 2185-2191. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Melvyn Rubenfire, Sanjay Rajagopalan, and Lori Mosca
Carotid artery vasoreactivity in response to sympathetic stress correlates with coronary disease risk and is independent of wall thickness
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 2192-2197. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: hypertension:

Guillem Pons-Lladó, Manel Ballester, Xavier Borrás, Francesc Carreras, Ignasi Carrió, Joaquín López-Contreras, Alex Roca-Cusachs, Jaume Marrugat, and Jagat Narula
Myocardial cell damage in human hypertension
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 2198-2203. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: pulmonary hypertension:

Richard A. Krasuski, John J. Warner, Andrew Wang, J. Kevin Harrison, Victor F. Tapson, and Thomas M. Bashore
Inhaled nitric oxide selectively dilates pulmonary vasculature in adult patients with pulmonary hypertension, irrespective of etiology
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 2204-2211. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: hypertrophic cardiomyopathy:

Perry M. Elliott, Jan Poloniecki, Shaughan Dickie, Sanjay Sharma, Lorenzo Monserrat, Amanda Varnava, Niall G. Mahon, and William J. McKenna
Sudden death in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: identification of high risk patients
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 2212-2218. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Eric H. C. Yu, Ahmad S. Omran, E. Douglas Wigle, William G. Williams, Samuel C. Siu, and Harry Rakowski
Mitral regurgitation in hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy: relationship to obstruction and relief with myectomy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 2219-2225. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: electrophysiology:

Andrea Nava, Barbara Bauce, Cristina Basso, Michela Muriago, Alessandra Rampazzo, Carla Villanova, Luciano Daliento, Gianfranco Buja, Domenico Corrado, Gian Antonio Danieli, and Gaetano Thiene
Clinical profile and long-term follow-up of 37 families with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 2226-2233. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Claudio Pandozi, Leopoldo Bianconi, Leonardo Calò, Antonio Castro, Filippo Lamberti, Maria Carmela Scianaro, Giuseppe Gentilucci, and Massimo Santini
Postcardioversion atrial electrophysiologic changes induced by oral verapamil in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 2234-2241. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Juan Granada, William Uribe, Po-Huang Chyou, Karen Maassen, Robert Vierkant, Peter N. Smith, John Hayes, Elaine Eaker, and Humberto Vidaillet
Incidence and predictors of atrial flutter in the general population
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 2242-2246. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Michael R. Gold, Daniel M. Bloomfield, Kelley P. Anderson, Nabil E. El-Sherif, David J. Wilber, William J. Groh, N. A. Mark Estes III, Elizabeth S. Kaufman, Mark L. Greenberg, and David S. Rosenbaum
A comparison of T-wave alternans, signal averaged electrocardiography and programmed ventricular stimulation for arrhythmia risk stratification
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 2247-2253. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial Comments:

Hal V. Barron
T-wave alternans and serious ventricular arrhythmias: a tale of two T-waves
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 2254-2256. [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical study: valve disease:

Nitin K. Ghaisas, J. Brendan Foley, D. Sean O’Briain, Peter Crean, Dermot Kelleher, and Michael Walsh
Adhesion molecules in nonrheumatic aortic valve disease: endothelial expression, serum levels and effects of valve replacement
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 2257-2262. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Thierry Le Tourneau, Pascal de Groote, Alain Millaire, Claude Foucher, Christine Savoye, Pascal Pigny, Alain Prat, Henri Warembourg, and Jean Marc Lablanche
Effect of mitral valve surgery on exercise capacity, ventricular ejection fraction and neurohormonal activation in patients with severe mitral regurgitation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 2263-2269. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: pediatric cardiology:

Saidi A. Mohiddin, David Begley, Joanna Shih, and Lameh Fananapazir
Myocardial bridging does not predict sudden death in children with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy but is associated with more severe cardiac disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 2270-2278. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Andrew J. Parry, Doff B. McElhinney, Grace C. Kung, V. Mohan Reddy, Michael M. Brook, and Frank L. Hanley
Elective primary repair of acyanotic tetralogy of Fallot in early infancy: overall outcome and impact on the pulmonary valve
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 2279-2283. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Point of view:

Aleem Khand, Islay Gemmel, Andrew L. Clark, and John G. F. Cleland
Is the prognosis of heart failure improving?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 2284-2286. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Experimental Studies:

Rainer H. Böger, Stefanie M. Bode-Böger, Philip S. Tsao, Patrick S. Lin, Jason R. Chan, and John P. Cooke
An endogenous inhibitor of nitric oxide synthase regulates endothelial adhesiveness for monocytes
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 2287-2295. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Sam P. Bell, Michael N. Sack, Asha Patel, Lionel H. Opie, and Derek M. Yellon
Delta opioid receptor stimulation mimics ischemic preconditioning in human heart muscle
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 2296-2302. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Mercè Roqué, Ernane D. Reis, Valentin Fuster, Adrian Padurean, John T. Fallon, Mark B. Taubman, James H. Chesebro, and Juan J. Badimon
Inhibition of tissue factor reduces thrombus formation and intimal hyperplasia after porcine coronary angioplasty
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 2303-2310. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Daniel Hébert and Jules Y. T. Lam
Nitroglycerin rebound associated with vascular, rather than platelet, hypersensitivity
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 2311-2316. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

John G. Kingma Jr., Sylvain Plante, and Peter Bogaty
Platelet GPIIb/IIIa receptor blockade reduces infarct size in a canine model of ischemia-reperfusion
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 2317-2324. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Douglas E. Drachman, Elazer R. Edelman, Philip Seifert, Adam R. Groothuis, Danielle A. Bornstein, Kalpana R. Kamath, Maria Palasis, Dachuan Yang, Sepideh H. Nott, and Campbell Rogers
Neointimal thickening after stent delivery of paclitaxel: change in composition and arrest of growth over six months
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 2325-2332. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Tohru Masuyama, Kazuhiro Yamamoto, Yasushi Sakata, Reiko Doi, Nagahiro Nishikawa, Hiroya Kondo, Keiko Ono, Tsunehiko Kuzuya, Motoaki Sugawara, and Masatsugu Hori
Evolving changes in Doppler mitral flow velocity pattern in rats with hypertensive hypertrophy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 2333-2338. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

J.érôme Garot, David A. Bluemke, Nael F. Osman, Carlos E. Rochitte, Elias A. Zerhouni, Jerry L. Prince, and João A. C. Lima
Transmural contractile reserve after reperfused myocardial infarction in dogs
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 2339-2346. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editor's Page:

William W. Parmley
Clinical peer review or competitive hatchet job
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 2347. [Full Text] [PDF]

ACC News:

George A. Beller
President’s page: the epidemic of type 2 diabetes and obesity in the U.S.: cause for alarm
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 2348-2350. [Full Text] [PDF]

Letters to the Editor:

Gail A. Van Norman and Karen Posner
Coronary stenting or percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty prior to noncardiac surgery increases adverse perioperative cardiac events: the evidence is mounting
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 2351. [Full Text] [PDF]

William Keeble, William Martin, and Ian Hutton
Reduced global myocardial thallium uptake—an important marker of severe coronary artery disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 2352. [Full Text] [PDF]

Albert E. Raizner and Grzegorz Kaluza
Coronary stenting or percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty prior to noncardiac surgery increases adverse perioperative cardiac events: the evidence is mounting: Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 2352. [Full Text] [PDF]

Timothy F. Christian
Reduced global myocardial thallium uptake—an important marker of severe coronary artery disease: Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 2352-2353. [Full Text] [PDF]

Announcement:

Index
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 2355-2360. [PDF]

Index
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36: 2361-2379. [PDF]


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