Contents:  Volume 37, Issue 4, March 15, 2001   [Index by Author]         Other Issues:          Review article        Clinical study: myocardial infarction        Editorial Comments        Clinical study: acute coronary syndromes        Clinical study: interventional cardiology        Editorial Comments        Clinical study: interventional cardiology        Clinical study: stress testing        Clinical study: heart failure        Clinical study: endocarditis        Editorial Comments        Clinical study: valve disease        Clinical study: pulmonary hypertension        Clinical study: electrophysiology        Editorial Comments        Clinical study: electrophysiology        Clinical study: new methods        Clinical study: pediatric cardiology        Experimental Studies        ACC News        Newly elected members
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Review article:

Anthony M. Dart and Bronwyn A. Kingwell Pulse pressure—a review of mechanisms and clinical relevance J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 975-984. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: myocardial infarction:

Michel R. Le May, Marino Labinaz, Richard F. Davies, Jean-François Marquis, Louise A. Laramée, Edward R. O’Brien, William L. Williams, Rob S. Beanlands, Graham Nichol, and Lyall A. Higginson Stenting versus thrombolysis in acute myocardial infarction trial (STAT) J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 985-991. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Jack V. Tu, Peter C. Austin, Randy Walld, Leslie Roos, Jean Agras, and Kathryn M. McDonald Development and validation of the ontario acute myocardial infarction mortality prediction rules J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 992-997. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial Comments:

James G. Jollis Measuring the effectiveness of medical care delivery J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 998-1000. [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical study: acute coronary syndromes:

Maria Cecilia Bahit, Eric J. Topol, Robert M. Califf, Paul W. Armstrong, Douglas A. Criger, Vic Hasselblad, Amadeo Betriu, Jack Hirsh, Diego Ardissino, and Christopher B. Granger Reactivation of ischemic events in acute coronary syndromes: results from GUSTO-IIb J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1001-1007. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: interventional cardiology:

Nathaniel W. Niles, Paul D. McGrath, David Malenka, Hebe Quinton, David Wennberg, Samuel J. Shubrooks, Joan F. Tryzelaar, Robert Clough, Michael J. Hearne, Felix Hernandez Jr, Matthew W. Watkins, Gerald T. O’Connor for the Northern New England Cardiovascular Disease Study Group Survival of patients with diabetes and multivessel coronary artery disease after surgical or percutaneous coronary revascularization: results of a large regional prospective study J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1008-1015. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial Comments:

Spencer B. King III Coronary artery bypass graft or percutaneous coronary interventions in patients with diabetes: another nail in the coffin or "too close to call?" J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1016-1018. [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical study: interventional cardiology:

Steven L. Goldberg, Arthur Loussararian, Joseph De Gregorio, Carlo Di Mario, Remo Albiero, and Antonio Colombo Predictors of diffuse and aggressive intra-stent restenosis J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1019-1025. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Han-Soo Kim, Ron Waksman, Yves Cottin, Marc Kollum, Balram Bhargava, Roxana Mehran, Rosanna C. Chan, and Gary S. Mintz Edge stenosis and geographical miss following intracoronary gamma radiation therapy for in-stent restenosis J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1026-1030. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Hiroyuki Okura, Yoshihiro Morino, Akio Oshima, Motoya Hayase, Michael R. Ward, Jeffrey J. Popma, Richard E. Kuntz, Heidi N. Bonneau, Paul G. Yock, and Peter J. Fitzgerald Preintervention arterial remodeling affects clinical outcome following stenting: an intravascular ultrasound study J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1031-1035. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: stress testing:

Adelaide M. Arruda, Mini K. Das, Veronique L. Roger, Kyle W. Klarich, Douglas W. Mahoney, and Patricia A. Pellikka Prognostic value of exercise echocardiography in 2,632 patients 65 years of age J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1036-1041. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: heart failure:

Gerard P. Aurigemma, John S. Gottdiener, Lynn Shemanski, Julius Gardin, and Dalane Kitzman Predictive value of systolic and diastolic function for incident congestive heart failure in the elderly: The Cardiovascular Health Study J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1042-1048. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Alexander Hansen, Markus Haass, Christian Zugck, Carsten Krueger, Kristina Unnebrink, Rainer Zimmermann, Wolfgang Kuebler, and Helmut Kuecherer Prognostic value of Doppler echocardiographic mitral inflow patterns: implications for risk stratification in patients with chronic congestive heart failure J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1049-1055. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Mark C. Petrie, Neal Padmanabhan, John E. McDonald, Chris Hillier, John M. C. Connell, and John J. V. McMurray Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) and non-ACE dependent angiotensin II generation in resistance arteries from patients with heart failure and coronary heart disease J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1056-1061. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Angus K. Nightingale, Daniel J. Blackman, Gethin R. Ellis, Matthias Schmitt, Jayne A. Morris-Thurgood, Elizabeth A. Jones, and Michael P. Frenneaux Preservation of venous endothelial function in the forearm venous capacitance bed of patients with chronic heart failure despite arterial endothelial dysfunction J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1062-1068. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: endocarditis:

Giovanni Di Salvo, Gilbert Habib, Valeria Pergola, Jean-François Avierinos, Emmanuel Philip, Jean-Paul Casalta, Jean-Marie Vailloud, Genevieve Derumeaux, Joany Gouvernet, P.ïerre Ambrosi, Marc Lambert, Ange Ferracci, Didier Raoult, and Roger Luccioni Echocardiography predicts embolic events in infective endocarditis J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1069-1076. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial Comments:

Shelley Shapiro and Leon Iri Kupferwasser Echocardiography predicts embolic events in infective endocarditis J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1077-1079. [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical study: valve disease:

Michael R. Zile, G. Randall Green, Gregg T. Schuyler, Gerard P. Aurigemma, D. Craig Miller, and George Cooper IV Cardiocyte cytoskeleton in patients with left ventricular pressure overload hypertrophy J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1080-1084. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: pulmonary hypertension:

Vincent Castelain, Philippe Hervé, Yves Lecarpentier, Pierre Duroux, Gerald Simonneau, and Denis Chemla Pulmonary artery pulse pressure and wave reflection in chronic pulmonary thromboembolism and primary pulmonary hypertension J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1085-1092. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: electrophysiology:

Alfred P. Hallstrom, John H. McAnulty, Bruce L. Wilkoff, Dean Follmann, Merritt H. Raitt, Mark D. Carlson, Anne M. Gillis, Hue-Teh Shih, Judy L. Powell, Hank Duff, Blair D. Halperin the Antiarrhythmics Versus Implantable Defibrillator (AVID) Trial Investigators Patients at lower risk of arrhythmia recurrence: a subgroup in whom implantable defibrillators may not offer benefit J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1093-1099. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Alexander Mazur, Mark E. Anderson, Sharon Bonney, and Dan M. Roden Pause-dependent polymorphic ventricular tachycardia during long-term treatment with dofetilide: A placebo-controlled, implantable cardioverter-defibrillator-based evaluation J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1100-1105. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial Comments:

Michael R. Lauer Dofetilide: is the treatment worse than the disease? J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1106-1110. [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical study: electrophysiology:

Jutaro Yamada, Tomoko Ohkusa, Tomoko Nao, Takeshi Ueyama, Masafumi Yano, Shigeki Kobayashi, Kimikazu Hamano, Kensuke Esato, and Masunori Matsuzaki Up-regulation of inositol 1,4,5 trisphosphate receptor expression in atrial tissue in patients with chronic atrial fibrillation J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1111-1119. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: new methods:

Victor A. Ferrari, Craig H. Scott, George A. Holland, Leon Axel, and Martin St. John Sutton Ultrafast three-dimensional contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography and imaging in the diagnosis of partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1120-1128. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: pediatric cardiology:

Floris E. A. Udink ten Cate, Johannes M. P. J. Breur, Mitchell I. Cohen, Nicole Boramanand, Livia Kapusta, Jane E. Crosson, Joel I. Brenner, Louise J. Lubbers, Alan H. Friedman, Victoria L. Vetter, and Erik J. Meijboom Dilated cardiomyopathy in isolated congenital complete atrioventricular block: early and long-term risk in children J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1129-1134. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Experimental Studies:

Kevin Wei, Elizabeth Le, Jian-Ping Bin, Matthew Coggins, Jerrel Thorpe, and Sanjiv Kaul Quantification of renal blood flow with contrast-enhanced ultrasound J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1135-1140. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Cristina Pislaru, Marek Belohlavek, Richard Y. Bae, Theodore P. Abraham, James F. Greenleaf, and James B. Seward Regional asynchrony during acute myocardial ischemia quantified by ultrasound strain rate imaging J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1141-1148. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

G.érard Helft, Stephen G. Worthley, Valentin Fuster, Azfar G. Zaman, Clyde Schechter, Julio I. Osende, Oswaldo J. Rodriguez, Zahi A. Fayad, John T. Fallon, and Juan J. Badimon Atherosclerotic aortic component quantification by noninvasive magnetic resonance imaging: an in vivo study in rabbits J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1149-1154. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

ACC News:

George A. Beller President’s page: cardiologists under stress: the response of the American College of Cardiology J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1155-1157. [Full Text] [PDF]

Newly elected members:

New elected members J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1158-1160. [PDF]

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