Announcement:

32nd Bethesda Conference:: "care of the adult with congenital heart disease" October 2–3, 2000
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1161. [PDF]  

32nd Bethesda conference report:

Gary D. Webb and Roberta G. Williams

32nd Bethesda Conference: "care of the adult with congenital heart disease"
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1162-1165. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gary D. Webb and Roberta G. Williams

Care of the adult with congenital heart disease: introduction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1166. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Editorial:

Summary of recommendations—care of the adult with congenital heart disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1167-1169. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Task force:

Carole A. Warnes, Richard Liberthson, Gordon K. Danielson Jr, Annie Dore, Louise Harris, Julien I. E. Hoffman, Jane Somerville, Roberta G. Williams, and Gary D. Webb

Task Force 1: the changing profile of congenital heart disease in adult life
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1170-1175. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Elyse Foster, Thomas P. Graham Jr., David J. Driscoll, Graham J. Reid, John G. Reiss, Isobel A. Russell, Matthew Sermer, Samuel C. Siu, Karen Uzark, Roberta G. Williams, and Gary D. Webb

Task Force 2: special health care needs of adults with congenital heart disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1176-1183. [Full Text] [PDF]  

John S. Child, Ruth L. Collins-Nakai, Joseph S. Alpert, John E. Deanfield, Louise Harris, Peter McLaughlin, Pamela D. Miner, Gary D. Webb, and Roberta G. Williams

Task Force 3: workforce description and educational requirements for the care of adults with congenital heart disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1183-1187. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael J. Landzberg, Daniel J. Murphy Jr, William R. Davidson Jr, John A. Jarcho, Harlan M. Krumholz, John E. Mayer Jr, Roger B. B. Mee, David J. Sahn, George F. Van Hare, Gary D. Webb, and Roberta G. Williams

Task Force 4: organization of delivery systems for adults with congenital heart disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1187-1193. [Full Text] [PDF]  

David J. Skorton, Arthur Garson Jr., James M. Fox, Susie C. Truesdell, Gary D. Webb, and Roberta G. Williams

Task Force 5: adults with congenital heart disease: access to care
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1193-1198. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical study: heart failure:

Constantine L. Athanasuleas, Alfred W. H. Stanley Jr., Gerald D. Buckberg, Vincent Dor, Marissa DiDonato, Eugene H. Blackstone the RESTORE group

Surgical anterior ventricular endocardial restoration (SAVER) in the dilated remodeled ventricle after anterior myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1199-1209. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: editorial comment:

Robert H. Jones

Is it time for a randomized trial of surgical treatment of ischemic heart failure?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1210-1213. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical Study:

Lars Kjøller-Hansen, Rolf Steffensen, and Peer Grande

Beneficial effects of ramipril on left ventricular end-diastolic and end-systolic volume indexes after uncomplicated invasive revascularization are associated with a reduction in cardiac events in patients with moderately impaired left ventricular function and no clinical heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1214-1220. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Hans P. Brunner-La Rocca, David M. Kaye, Robyn L. Woods, Jacqueline Hastings, and Murray D. Esler

Effects of intravenous brain natriuretic peptide on regional sympathetic activity in patients with chronic heart failure as compared with healthy control subjects
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1221-1227. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

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

Effect of spironolactone on plasma brain natriuretic peptide and left ventricular remodeling in patients with congestive heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1228-1233. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Pardeep S. Jhund, Andrew P. Davie, and John J. V. McMurray

Aspirin inhibits the acute venodilator response to furosemide in patients with chronic heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1234-1238. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Gianni Destro, Paolo Marino, Enrico Barbieri, Andrea Zorzi, Giovanna Brighetti, Massimiliano Maines, Monica Carletti, and Piero Zardini

Postinfarctional remodeling: increased dye intensity in the myocardial risk area after angioplasty of infarct-related coronary artery is associated with reduction of ventricular volumes
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1239-1245. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Anuradha Aggarwal, Murray D. Esler, Flora Socratous, and David M. Kaye

Evidence for functional presynaptic alpha-2 adrenoceptors and their down-regulation in human heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1246-1251. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Simon Kennon, Christopher P. Price, Peter G. Mills, Kulasegaram Ranjadayalan, Jackie Cooper, Heather Clarke, and Adam D. Timmis

The effect of aspirin on C-reactive protein as a marker of risk in unstable angina
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1266-1270. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Martijn Meuwissen, Jan J. Piek, Allard C. van der Wal, Steven A. J. Chamuleau, Karel T. Koch, Peter Teeling, Chris M. van der Loos, Jan G. P. Tijssen, and Anton E. Becker

Recurrent unstable angina after directional coronary atherectomy is related to the extent of initial coronary plaque inflammation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1271-1276. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Christodoulos Stefanadis, Konstantinos Toutouzas, Eleftherios Tsiamis, Costas Stratos, Manolis Vavuranakis, Ioannis Kallikazaros, Dimosthenis Panagiotakos, and Pavlos Toutouzas

Increased local temperature in human coronary atherosclerotic plaques: an independent predictor of clinical outcome in patients undergoing a percutaneous coronary intervention
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1277-1283. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Masanori Asakura, Yasunori Ueda, Osamu Yamaguchi, Takayoshi Adachi, Atsushi Hirayama, Masatsugu Hori, and Kazuhisa Kodama

Extensive development of vulnerable plaques as a pan-coronary process in patients with myocardial infarction: an angioscopic study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1284-1288. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Peter Bogaty, Serge Dumont, Gilles E. O’Hara, Luce Boyer, Lucie Auclair, Jean Jobin, and Jean-Roch Boudreault

Randomized trial of a noninvasive strategy to reduce hospital stay for patients with low-risk myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1289-1296. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Stephen E. Kimmel, Jesse A. Berlin, Carolyn Miles, Jane Jaskowiak, Jeffrey L. Carson, and Brian L. Strom

Risk of acute first myocardial infarction and use of nicotine patches in a general population
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1297-1302. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Masao Daimon, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Hiroyuki Yamagishi, Takashi Muro, Kaname Akioka, Kumiko Hirata, Kazuhide Takeuchi, and Junichi Yoshikawa

Physiologic assessment of coronary artery stenosis by coronary flow reserve measurements with transthoracic doppler echocardiography: comparison with exercise thallium-201 single-photon emission computed tomography
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1310-1315. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Steven A. J. Chamuleau, Martijn Meuwissen, Berthe L. F. van Eck-Smit, Karel T. Koch, Angelina de Jong, Robbert J. de Winter, Carl E. Schotborgh, Matthijs Bax, Hein J. Verberne, Jan G. P. Tijssen, and Jan J. Piek

Fractional flow reserve, absolute and relative coronary blood flow velocity reserve in relation to the results of technetium-99m sestambi single-photon emission computed tomography in patients with two-vessel coronary artery disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1316-1322. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Yoshiki Kobayashi, Yasuhiro Honda, Leonard G. Christie, Paul S. Teirstein, Steven R. Bailey, Charles L. Brown III, Ray V. Matthews, Anthony C. De Franco, Robert S. Schwartz, Sheldon Goldberg, Jeffrey J. Popma, Paul G. Yock, and Peter J. Fitzgerald

Long-term vessel response to a self-expanding coronary stent: a serial volumetric intravascular ultrasound analysis from the ASSURE trial
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1329-1334. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

William B. Hillegass, Neal A. Dean, Laurence Liao, Rodney G. Rhinehart, and Paul R. Myers

Treatment of no-reflow and impaired flow with the nitric oxide donor nitroprusside following percutaneous coronary interventions: initial human clinical experience
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1335-1343. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Stefan John, Christian Delles, Johannes Jacobi, Markus P. Schlaich, Markus Schneider, Gerd Schmitz, and Roland E. Schmieder

Rapid improvement of nitric oxide bioavailability after lipid-lowering therapy with cerivastatin within two weeks
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1351-1358. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Willem J. Kop, David S. Krantz, Robert H. Howell, Michael A. Ferguson, Vasilios Papademetriou, David Lu, Jeffrey J. Popma, John F. Quigley, Marina Vernalis, and John S. Gottdiener

Effects of mental stress on coronary epicardial vasomotion and flow velocity in coronary artery disease: relationship with hemodynamic stress responses
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1359-1366. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Pardeep S. Jhund, Nuala Dawson, Andrew P. Davie, Naveed Sattar, John Norrie, Kevin P. J. O’Kane, and John J. V. McMurray

Attenuation of endothelin-1 induced vasoconstriction by 17ß estradiol is not sustained during long-term therapy in postmenopausal women with coronary heart disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1367-1373. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Ian R. McPhail, Peter C. Spittell, Susan A. Weston, and Kent R. Bailey

Intermittent claudication: an objective office-based assessment
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1381-1385. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Timo H. Mäkikallio, Heikki V. Huikuri, Anne Mäkikallio, Leif B. Sourander, Raul D. Mitrani, Agustin Castellanos, and Robert J. Myerburg

Prediction of sudden cardiac death by fractal analysis of heart rate variability in elderly subjects
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1395-1402. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Hemanth Ramanna, Arif Elvan, Fred H. M. Wittkampf, Jacques M. T. de Bakker, Richard N. W. Hauer, and Etienne O. Robles de Medina

Increased dispersion and shortened refractoriness caused by verapamil in chronic atrial fibrillation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1403-1407. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Logan Kanagaratnam, Gery Tomassoni, Robert Schweikert, Stephen Pavia, Dianna Bash, Salwa Beheiry, Mark Niebauer, Walid Saliba, Mina Chung, Patrick Tchou, and Andrea Natale

Ventricular tachycardias arising from the aortic sinus of valsalva: an under-recognized variant of left outflow tract ventricular tachycardia
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1408-1414. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Takeshi Tsuchiya, Ken Okumura, Toshihiro Honda, Atsushi Iwasa, and Keiichi Ashikaga

Effects of verapamil and lidocaine on two components of the re-entry circuit of verapamil-sensitive idiopathic left ventricular tachycardia
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1415-1421. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Stephen Schroeder, Andreas F. Kopp, Andreas Baumbach, Christoph Meisner, Axel Kuettner, Christian Georg, Bernd Ohnesorge, Christian Herdeg, Claus D. Claussen, and Karl R. Karsch

Noninvasive detection and evaluation of atherosclerotic coronary plaques with multislice computed tomography
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1430-1435. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

DuWayne L. Willett, Shelley A. Hall, Michael E. Jessen, Michael A. Wait, and Paul A. Grayburn

Assessment of aortic regurgitation by transesophageal color Doppler imaging of the vena contracta: validation against an intraoperative aortic flow probe
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1450-1455. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: heart transplant:

Paul J. Hauptman, Kevin J. O’Connor, Robert E. Wolf, and Barbara J. McNeil

Angiography of potential cardiac donors
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1252-1258. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: acute coronary syndromes:

Domenico Scrutinio, Claudio Cimminiello, Ettore Marubini, Maria Vittoria Pitzalis, Matteo Di Biase, Paolo Rizzon the STAMI Group

Ticlopidine versus aspirin after myocardial infarction (stami) trial
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1259-1265. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: myocardial ischemia:

Masood Ahmad, Tianrong Xie, Marti McCulloch, Gerard Abreo, and Marschall Runge

Real-time three-dimensional dobutamine stress echocardiography in assessment of ischemia: comparison with two-dimensional dobutamine stress echocardiography
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1303-1309. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: interventional cardiology:

Franz-Josef Neumann, Willibald Hochholzer, Gisela Pogatsa-Murray, Albert Schömig, and Meinrad Gawaz

Antiplatelet effects of abciximab, tirofiban and eptifibatide in patients undergoing coronary stenting
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1323-1328. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: endothelial function:

Kieren J. Mather, Subodh Verma, and Todd J. Anderson

Improved endothelial function with metformin in type 2 diabetes mellitus
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1344-1350. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: peripheral vascular disease:

Harold Smulyan, Roland G. Asmar, Annie Rudnicki, Gerard M. London, and Michel E. Safar

Comparative effects of aging in men and women on the properties of the arterial tree
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1374-1380. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: electrophysiology:

Kyoko Soejima, William G. Stevenson, William H. Maisel, Etienne Delacretaz, Corinna B. Brunckhorst, Kristin E. Ellison, and Peter L. Friedman

The N + 1 difference: a new measure for entrainment mapping
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1386-1394. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: new methods:

Irmina Gradus-Pizlo, Stephen G. Sawada, Debbie Wright, Douglas S. Segar, and Harvey Feigenbaum

Detection of subclinical coronary atherosclerosis using two-dimensional, high-resolution transthoracic echocardiography
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1422-1429. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: thrombogenesis:

Mitsumasa Fukuchi, Jun Watanabe, Koji Kumagai, Yukio Katori, Shigeo Baba, Koji Fukuda, Takuya Yagi, Atsushi Iguchi, Hitoshi Yokoyama, Masahito Miura, Yutaka Kagaya, Shigekazu Sato, Koichi Tabayashi, and Kunio Shirato

Increased von Willebrand factor in the endocardium as a local predisposing factor for thrombogenesis in overloaded human atrial appendage
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1436-1442. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: valve disease:

Jens Fielitz, Stefan Hein, Veselin Mitrovic, Rainer Pregla, Heinz R. Zurbrügg, Christina Warnecke, Jutta Schaper, Eckart Fleck, and Vera Regitz-Zagrosek

Activation of the cardiac renin-angiotensin system and increased myocardial collagen expression in human aortic valve disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1443-1449. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Viewpoint:

Curt D. Furberg and Bertram Pitt

Are all angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors interchangeable?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1456-1460. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Experimental Studies:

Neelam Khaper and Pawan K. Singal

Modulation of oxidative stress by a selective inhibition of angiotensin II type 1 receptors in MI rats
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1461-1466. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Editor's Page:

William W. Parmley

Annual report
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1467-1468. [Full Text] [PDF]  

ACC News:

Douglas P. Zipes

President’s page: convocation address "treat each day as your last and each patient as your first: a personal promise to the profession"
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1469-1471. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Hugh Tunstall-Pedoe

Redefinition of myocardial infarction by a consensus dissenter
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1472-1473. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joseph S. Alpert and Kristian Thygesen

Redefinition of myocardial infarction by a consensus dissenter: reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1473-1474. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Colin Baigent, Rory Collins, and Richard Peto

Benefit of aspirin plus angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1474-1475. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peng-Sheng Chen, Hrayr S. Karagueuzian, and Young-Hoon Kim

Papillary muscle hypothesis of idiopathic left ventricular tachycardia
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1475-1476. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Donald Hall

Benefit of aspirin plus angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor: reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1475. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Akihiko Nogami

Papillary muscle hypothesis of idiopathic left ventricular tachycardia: reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1476. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bernard G. Krohn

The enigma of primary pulmonary hypertension
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1476-1477. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marshall S. Riley and Karlman Wasserman

The enigma of primary pulmonary hypertension: reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1477. [Full Text] [PDF]  

ACC clinical expert consensus document:

Gary S. Mintz, Steven E. Nissen, William D. Anderson, Steven R. Bailey, Raimund Erbel, Peter J. Fitzgerald, Fausto J. Pinto, Kenneth Rosenfield, Robert J. Siegel, E. Murat Tuzcu, Paul G. Yock, Robert A. O’Rourke, Jonathan Abrams, Eric R. Bates, Bruce R. Brodie, Pamela S. Douglas, Gabriel Gregoratos, Mark A. Hlatky, Judith S. Hochman, Sanjiv Kaul, Cynthia M. Tracy, David D. Waters, and William L. Winters Jr

American College of Cardiology clinical expert consensus document on standards for acquisition, measurement and reporting of intravascular ultrasound studies (ivus): A report of the american college of cardiology task force on clinical expert consensus documents developed in collaboration with the european society of cardiology endorsed by the society of cardiac angiography and interventions
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1478-1492. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

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