Review article:

Allan L. Klein, R. Daniel Murray, and Richard A. Grimm

Role of transesophageal echocardiography-guided cardioversion of patients with atrial fibrillation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 691-704. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: myocardial ischemia:

Andrew D. Kelion, Terence P. Webb, Maureen A. Gardner, Oliver J. M. Ormerod, and Adrian P. Banning

The warm-up effect protects against ischemic left ventricular dysfunction in patients with angina
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 705-710. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Sudip Ghosh, Nicholas B. Standen, and Manuel Galiñanes

Failure to precondition pathological human myocardium
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 711-718. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Atsunori Okamura, Hiromi Rakugi, Mitsuru Ohishi, Yoshihiro Yanagitani, Masumi Shimizu, Tadahiko Nishii, Yoshiaki Taniyama, Takashi Asai, Shin Takiuchi, Koichi Moriguchi, Masashi Ohkuro, Norio Komai, Kazuo Yamada, Nozomu Inamoto, Atsuhiro Otsuka, Jitsuo Higaki, and Toshio Ogihara

Additive effects of nicorandil on coronary blood flow during continuous administration of nitroglycerin
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 719-725. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Thor Edvardsen, Helge Skulstad, Svend Aakhus, Stig Urheim, and Halfdan Ihlen

Regional myocardial systolic function during acute myocardial ischemia assessed by strain Doppler echocardiography
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 726-730. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

T. P. Abraham and R. A. Nishimura

Myocardial strain: can we finally measure contractility?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 731-734. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hiroaki Kawano, Takeshi Motoyama, Nobutaka Hirai, Kiyotaka Kugiyama, Hisao Ogawa, and Hirofumi Yasue

Estradiol supplementation suppresses hyperventilation-induced attacks in postmenopausal women with variant angina
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 735-740. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: stress testing:

Sarah Shimoni, William A. Zoghbi, Feng Xie, David Kricsfeld, Sherif Iskander, Lisa Gobar, Issam A. Mikati, John Abukhalil, Mario S. Verani, Edward L. O’Leary, and Thomas R. Porter

Real-time assessment of myocardial perfusion and wall motion during bicycle and treadmill exercise echocardiography: comparison with single photon emission computed tomography
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 741-747. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Thomas R. Porter, Feng Xie, Mary Silver, David Kricsfeld, and Edward O’Leary

Real-time perfusion imaging with low mechanical index pulse inversion Doppler imaging
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 748-753. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Thomas H. Marwick, Colin Case, Stephen Sawada, Curtis Rimmerman, Patricia Brenneman, Roxanne Kovacs, Leanne Short, and Michael Lauer

Prediction of mortality using dobutamine echocardiography
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 754-760. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: endothelial function:

Joshua A. Beckman, Avni Thakore, Barbara H. Kalinowski, Jay R. Harris, and Mark A. Creager

Radiation therapy impairs endothelium-dependent vasodilation in humans
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 761-765. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

William F. Penny, Ori Ben-Yehuda, Kenji Kuroe, John Long, Alan Bond, Valmik Bhargava, Joseph F. Peterson, Martin McDaniel, Joseph Juliano, Joseph L. Witztum, John Ross Jr., and Kirk L. Peterson

Improvement of coronary artery endothelial dysfunction with lipid-lowering therapy: heterogeneity of segmental response and correlation with plasma-oxidized low density lipoprotein
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 766-774. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: coronary artery disease:

Teruo Inoue, Toshihiko Uchida, Hirotoshi Kamishirado, Kan Takayanagi, Terumi Hayashi, and Shigenori Morooka

Clinical significance of antibody against oxidized low density lipoprotein in patients with atherosclerotic coronary artery disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 775-779. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Thomas Rutledge, Steven E. Reis, Marian Olson, Jane Owens, Sheryl F. Kelsey, Carl J. Pepine, Nathaniel Reichek, William J. Rogers, C. Noel Bairey Merz, George Sopko, Carol E. Cornell, Barry Sharaf, and Karen A. Matthews

History of anxiety disorders is associated with a decreased likelihood of angiographic coronary artery disease in women with chest pain: the WISE study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 780-785. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical study: myocardial infarction:

Laure Sarda, Patrice Colin, Franck Boccara, Doumit Daou, Rachida Lebtahi, Marc Faraggi, Charles Nguyen, Ariel Cohen, Michel S. Slama, Philippe G. Steg, and Dominique Le Guludec

Myocarditis in patients with clinical presentation of myocardial infarction and normal coronary angiograms
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 786-792. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Giampaolo Cerisano, Leonardo Bolognese, Piergiovanni Buonamici, Renato Valenti, Nazario Carrabba, Emilio Vincenzo Dovellini, Paolo Domenico Pucci, Giovanni Maria Santoro, and David Antoniucci

Prognostic implications of restrictive left ventricular filling in reperfused anterior acute myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 793-799. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Trinidad de Frutos, Lourdes Sánchez de Miguel, Jerónimo Farré, Juan Gómez, José Romero, Pedro Marcos-Alberca, Antonio Nuñez, Luis Rico, and Antonio López-Farré

Expression of an endothelial-type nitric oxide synthase isoform in human neutrophils: modification by tumor necrosis factor-alpha and during acute myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 800-807. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Marco J. W. Götte, Albert C. van Rossum, Jos W. R. Twisk, Joost P. A. Kuijer, J. Tim Marcus, and Cees A. Visser

Quantification of regional contractile function after infarction: strain analysis superior to wall thickening analysis in discriminating infarct from remote myocardium
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 808-817. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: heart failure:

Tarik M. Ramahi, Marcella D. Longo, Arina R. Cadariu, Kate Rohlfs, Stella A. Carolan, Kathryn M. Engle, Habib Samady, and Frans J. Th Wackers

Left ventricular inotropic reserve and right ventricular function predict increase of left ventricular ejection fraction after beta-blocker therapy in nonischemic cardiomyopathy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 818-824. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: heart transplant:

Pierre Y. Marie, Michael Angioï, Jean P. Carteaux, Jean M. Escanye, Sophie Mattei, Kiril Tzvetanov, Olivier Claudon, Nathalie Hassan, Nicolas Danchin, Gilles Karcher, Alain Bertrand, Paul M. Walker, and Jean P. Villemot

Detection and prediction of acute heart transplant rejection with the myocardial T₂ determination provided by a black-blood magnetic resonance imaging sequence
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 825-831. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: interventional cardiology:

Alexander Black Jr, Rosario Cortina, Irene Bossi, R.émi Choussat, Jean Fajadet, and Jean Marco

Unprotected left main coronary artery stenting: Correlates of midterm survival and impact of patient selection
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 832-838. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Dirk H. Walter, Stephan Fichtlscherer, Marc Sellwig, Wolfgang Auch-Schwelk, Volker Schächinger, and Andreas M. Zeiher

Preprocedural C-reactive protein levels and cardiovascular events after coronary stent implantation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 839-846. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Eli I. Lev, Julio I. Osende, Merwin F. Richard, Jonathan A. Robbins, Jenny A. Delfin, Oswaldo Rodriguez, Samin K. Sharma, Tim Jayasundera, Juan J. Badimon, and Jonathan D. Marmur

Administration of abciximab to patients receiving tirofiban or eptifibatide: effect on platelet function
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 847-855. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Manish S. Chauhan, Richard E. Kuntz, Kalon K. L. Ho, David J. Cohen, Jeffrey J. Popma, Joseph P. Carrozza Jr, Donald S. Baim, and Donald E. Cutlip

Coronary artery stenting in the aged
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 856-862. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: hypertension:

Yukihito Higashi, Shota Sasaki, Keigo Nakagawa, Hideo Matsuura, Goro Kajiyama, and Tetsuya Oshima

Effect of the angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor imidapril on reactive hyperemia in patients with essential hypertension: relationship between treatment periods and resistance artery endothelial function
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 863-870. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Kazuomi Kario, Takefumi Matsuo, Hiroko Kobayashi, Satoshi Hoshide, and Kazuyuki Shimada

Hyperinsulinemia and hemostatic abnormalities are associated with silent lacunar cerebral infarcts in elderly hypertensive subjects
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 871-877. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Christian Delles, Jeanette Erdmann, Johannes Jacobi, Karl F. Hilgers, Eckart Fleck, Vera Regitz-Zagrosek, and Roland E. Schmieder

Aldosterone synthase (CYP11B2) –344 C/T polymorphism is associated with left ventricular structure in human arterial hypertension
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 878-884. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: valve disease:

Fred H. Edwards, Eric D. Peterson, Laura P. Coombs, Elizabeth R. DeLong, W. R. Eric Jamieson, A. Laurie W. Shroyer, and Frederick L. Grover

Prediction of operative mortality after valve replacement surgery
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 885-892. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Afshan Hameed, Ilyas S. Karaalp, Padmini P. Tummala, Omar R. Wani, Menahem Canetti, Mohammed W. Akhter, Murphy Goodwin, Natalia Zapadinsky, and Uri Elkayam

The effect of valvular heart disease on maternal and fetal outcome of pregnancy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 893-899. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

José A. M. de Souza, Eulogio E. Martinez Jr, John A. Ambrose, Claudia M. R. Alves, Daniel Born, Enio Buffolo, and Antonio C. C. Carvalho

Percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty in comparison with open mitral valve commissurotomy for mitral stenosis during pregnancy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 900-903. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical study: electrophysiology:

Jiunn-Lee Lin, Ling-Ping Lai, Yung-Zu Tseng, Wen-Pin Lien, and Shoei K. Stephen Huang

Global distribution of atrial ectopic foci triggering recurrence of atrial tachyarrhythmia after electrical cardioversion of long-standing atrial fibrillation: a bi-atrial basket mapping study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 904-910. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Yasuko Tanabe, Masashi Inagaki, Takashi Kurita, Noritoshi Nagaya, Atsushi Taguchi, Kazuhiro Suyama, Naohiko Aihara, Shiro Kamakura, Kenji Sunagawa, Kazufumi Nakamura, Tohru Ohe, Jeffrey A. Towbin, Silvia G. Priori, and Wataru Shimizu

Sympathetic stimulation produces a greater increase in both transmural and spatial dispersion of repolarization in LQT1 than LQT2 forms of congenital long QT syndrome
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 911-919. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Frank Bode, Michael Kilborn, Pamela Karasik, and Michael R. Franz

The repolarization-excitability relationship in the human right atrium is unaffected by cycle length, recording site and prior arrhythmias
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 920-925. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Bianca J. J. M. Brundel, Isabelle C. Van Gelder, Robert H. Henning, Anton E. Tuinenburg, Mirian Wietses, Jan G. Grandjean, Arthur A. M. Wilde, Wiek H. Van Gilst, and Harry J. G. M. Crijns

Alterations in potassium channel gene expression in atria of patients with persistent and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: differential regulation of protein and mRNA levels for K⁺ channels
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 926-932. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: pediatric cardiology:

Douglas D. Mair, Francisco J. Puga, and Gordon K. Danielson

The Fontan procedure for tricuspid atresia: early and late results of a 25-year experience with 216 patients
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 933-939. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Jou-Kou Wang, Mei-Hwan Wu, Chung-I. Chang, Ing-Sh Chiu, and Hung-Chi Lue

Balloon angioplasty for obstructed modified systemic-pulmonary artery shunts and pulmonary artery stenoses
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 940-947. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: pediatric cardiology: editorial comment:

P. Syamasundar Rao

Concurrent balloon dilation of stenosed aortopulmonary Gore-Tex shunts and branch pulmonary arteries
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 948-950. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Experimental Studies:

Shijie Sun, Max Harry Weil, Wanchun Tang, Takashi Kamohara, and Kada Klouche

Alpha-methylnorepinephrine, a selective alpha₂-adrenergic agonist for cardiac resuscitation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 951-956. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Tetsuji Miura, Yongge Liu, Mahiko Goto, Akihito Tsuchida, Takayuki Miki, Atsushi Nakano, Yasuhiro Nishino, Yoshito Ohnuma, and Kazuaki Shimamoto

Mitochondrial ATP-sensitive K⁺ channels play a role in cardioprotection by Na⁺-H⁺ exchange inhibition against ischemia/reperfusion injury
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 957-963. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Editor's Page:

William W. Parmley

Reflections on attending on the cardiology service
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 964-965. [Full Text] [PDF]  

ACC News:

George A. Beller

President’s page: health care and the 107th Congress
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 966-968. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Roger E. Peverill and Joseph J. Smolich

Diurnal rhythms and hemostatic factors in atrial fibrillation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 969-970. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Guy Berkenboom, Vincent Crasset, and Philippe Unger

Coronary endothelial dysfunction in the early months after heart transplantation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 969. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gregory Y. H. Lip, Andrew D. Blann, and F. L. Li-Saw-Hee

Diurnal rhythms and hemostatic factors in atrial fibrillation: reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 970-971. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Matthew J. Budoff

C-reactive protein and electron beam computed tomography: a perfect match?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 971-972. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rita Redberg and Paul Ridker

C-reactive protein and electron beam computed tomography: a perfect match?: reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 972. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Addendum:

Addendum
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Correction:

Correction
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Correction
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