Review article:

Mohammed E. Khalil, Abul W. Basher, Edward J. Brown Jr, and Imad A. Alhaddad

A remarkable medical story: benefits of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors in cardiac patients
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1757-1764. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Klaus K. A. Witte, Andrew L. Clark, and John G. F. Cleland

Chronic heart failure and micronutrients
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1765-1774. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: heart failure:

Donald S. Silverberg, Dov Wexler, David Sheps, Miriam Blum, Gad Keren, Ron Baruch, Doron Schwartz, Tatyana Yachnin, Shoshana Steinbruch, Itzhak Shapira, Shlomo Laniado, and Adrian Iaina

The effect of correction of mild anemia in severe, resistant congestive heart failure using subcutaneous erythropoietin and intravenous iron: a randomized controlled study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1775-1780. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A. Mark Richards, Robert Doughty, M. Gary Nicholls, Stephen MacMahon, Norman Sharpe, Judy Murphy, Eric A. Espiner, Christopher Frampton, Timothy G. Yandle for the Australia-New Zealand Heart Failure Group

Plasma N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide and adrenomedullin: Prognostic utility and prediction of benefit from carvedilol in chronic ischemic left ventricular dysfunction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1781-1787. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Shoichi Miyamoto, Masatoshi Fujita, Hiroyuki Sekiguchi, Yoshiaki Okano, Noritoshi Nagaya, Kinzo Ueda, Shun-ichi Tamaki, Ryuji Nohara, Shigeru Eiho, and Shigetake Sasayama

Effects of posture on cardiac autonomic nervous activity in patients with congestive heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1788-1793. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Nicolaas de Jonge, Hans Kirkels, Jaap R. Lahpor, Corinne Klöpping, Erik J. Hulzebos, Aart Brutel de la Rivière, and Etienne O. Robles de Medina

Exercise performance in patients with end-stage heart failure after implantation of a left ventricular assist device and after heart transplantation: An outlook for permanent assisting?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1794-1799. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Kok-Meng Yee, Stuart D. Pringle, and Allan D. Struthers

Circadian variation in the effects of aldosterone blockade on heart rate variability and QT dispersion in congestive heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1800-1807. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Mariantonietta Cicoira, Luisa Zanolla, Andrea Rossi, Giorgio Golia, Lorenzo Franceschini, Giulio Cabrini, Alberto Bonizzato, Maristella Graziani, Stefan D. Anker, Andrew J. S. Coats, and Piero Zardini

Failure of aldosterone suppression despite angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor administration in chronic heart failure is associated with ACE DD genotype
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1808-1812. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Francesco Scapellato, Pier L. Temporelli, Ermanno Eleuteri, Ugo Corrà, Alessandro Imparato, and Pantaleo Giannuzzi

Accurate noninvasive estimation of pulmonary vascular resistance by Doppler echocardiography in patients with chronic heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1813-1819. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: myocardial infarction:

Masaru Hayashi, Takayoshi Tsutamoto, Atsuyuki Wada, Keiko Maeda, Naoko Mabuchi, Takashi Tsutsui, Hajime Horie, Masato Ohnishi, and Masahiko Kinoshita

Intravenous atrial natriuretic peptide prevents left ventricular remodeling in patients with first anterior acute myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1820-1826. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Ralf Zahn, Rudolf Schiele, Steffen Schneider, Anselm K. Gitt, Harm Wienbergen, Karlheinz Seidl, Thomas Voigtländer, Martin Gottwik, Gunther Berg, Ernst Altmann, Werner Rosahl, Jochen Senges for the Maximal Individual Therapy in Acute Myocardial Infarction (MITRA) and the Myocardial Infarction Registry (MIR) Study Groups

Primary angioplasty versus intravenous thrombolysis in acute myocardial infarction: can we define subgroups of patients benefiting most from primary angioplasty?: Results from the pooled data of the maximal individual therapy in acute myocardial infarction registry and the myocardial infarction registry
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1827-1835. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Giora Landesberg, Morris Mosseri, Doron Zahger, Yehuda Wolf, Misha Perouansky, Haim Anner, Benjamin Drenger, Yonatan Hasin, Yacov Berlatzky, and Charles Weissman

Myocardial infarction after vascular surgery: the role of prolonged, stress-induced, ST depression-type ischemia
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1839-1845. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Editorial comment:

Nathan R. Every and Kenneth G. Lehmann

The effectiveness of primary PTCA: does patient risk matter?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1836-1838. [Full Text] [PDF]  

John P. DiMarco

Is programmed stimulation in survivors of myocardial infarction helpful?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1908-1909. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical study: acute coronary syndrome:

Ignacio Iglesias-Garriz, F.élix Corral, Miguel A. Rodríguez, Carmen Garrote, Manuela Montes, and Eugenia Sevillano

Pre-infarction angina elicits greater myocardial viability on reperfusion after myocardial infarction: a dobutamine stress echocardiographic study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1846-1850. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Yuliy Y. Chirkov, Andrew S. Holmes, Scott R. Willoughby, Simon Stewart, Ronald D. Wuttke, Peter R. Sage, and John D. Horowitz

Stable angina and acute coronary syndromes are associated with nitric oxide resistance in platelets
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1851-1857. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: coronary artery disease:

Jeetendra Thambyrajah, Martin J. Landray, Heather J. Jones, Fiona J. McGlynn, David C. Wheeler, and Jonathan N. Townend

A randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial of the effect of homocysteine-lowering therapy with folic acid on endothelial function in patients with coronary artery disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1858-1863. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clemens von Birgelen, Wolfgang Klinkhart, Gary S. Mintz, Alexandra Papatheodorou, J.örg Herrmann, Dietrich Baumgart, Michael Haude, Heinrich Wieneke, Junbo Ge, and Raimund Erbel

Plaque distribution and vascular remodeling of ruptured and nonruptured coronary plaques in the same vessel: an intravascular ultrasound study in vivo
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1864-1870. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

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

Antibody against oxidized low density lipoprotein may predict progression or regression of atherosclerotic coronary artery disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1871-1876. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: interventional cardiology:

Ali Moustapha, Abid R. Assali, Stefano Sdringola, William K. Vaughn, R. David Fish, Oscar Rosales, George Schroth, Zvonimir Krajcer, Richard W. Smalling, and H. Vernon Anderson

Percutaneous and surgical interventions for in-stent restenosis: long-term outcomes and effect of diabetes mellitus
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1877-1882. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Warren J. Cantor, Anne S. Hellkamp, Eric D. Peterson, James P. Zidar, Patricia A. Cowper, Michael H. Sketch Jr, James E. Tcheng, Robert M. Califf, and E. Magnus Ohman

Achieving optimal results with standard balloon angioplasty: can baseline and angiographic variables predict stent-like outcomes?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1883-1890. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Romualdo Belardinelli, Ivana Paolini, Giovanni Cianci, Roberto Piva, Demetrios Georgiou, and Augusto Purcaro

Exercise training intervention after coronary angioplasty: the ETICA trial
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1891-1900. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: electrophysiology:

Claus Schmitt, Petra Barthel, Gjin Ndrepepa, J.ürgen Schreieck, Andreas Plewan, A. Schömig, and Georg Schmidt

Value of programmed ventricular stimulation for prophylactic internal cardioverter-defibrillator implantation in postinfarction patients preselected by noninvasive risk stratifiers
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1901-1907. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Nahum A. Freedberg, John N. Hill, Richard I. Fogel, Eric N. Prystowsky the CARE Group

Recurrence of symptomatic ventricular arrhythmias in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillator after the first device therapy: Implications for antiarrhythmic therapy and driving restrictions
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1910-1915. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Paolo Alboni, Michele Brignole, Carlo Menozzi, Antonio Raviele, Attilio Del Rosso, Maurizio Dinelli, Alberto Solano, and Nicola Bottoni

Diagnostic value of history in patients with syncope with or without heart disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1921-1928. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Hirotsugu Atarashi, Satoshi Ogawa, Kenichi Harumi, Tsuneaki Sugimoto, Hiroshi Inoue, Masahiro Murayama, Junji Toyama, Hirokazu Hayakawa for the Idiopathic Ventricular Fibrillation Investigators

Three-year follow-up of patients with right bundle branch block and ST segment elevation in the right precordial leads: Japanese registry of Brugada syndrome
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1916-1920. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: arterial compliance:

Paul J. Nestel, Hideki Shige, Sylvia Pomeroy, Marja Cehun, and Jaye Chin-Dusting

Post-prandial remnant lipids impair arterial compliance
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1929-1935. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: diastolic dysfunction:

Tomotsugu Tabata, Samer S. Kabbani, R. Daniel Murray, James D. Thomas, Ibrahim Abdalla, and Allan L. Klein

Difference in the respiratory variation between pulmonary venous and mitral inflow doppler velocities in patients with constrictive pericarditis with and without atrial fibrillation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1936-1942. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Jennifer E. Liu, Vittorio Palmieri, Mary J. Roman, Jonanthan N. Bella, Richard Fabsitz, Barbara V. Howard, Thomas K. Welty, Elisa T. Lee, and Richard B. Devereux

The impact of diabetes on left ventricular filling pattern in normotensive and hypertensive adults: the strong heart study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1943-1949. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jersey Chen, Martha J. Radford, Yun Wang, Thomas A. Marciniak, and Harlan M. Krumholz

Effectiveness of beta-blocker therapy after acute myocardial infarction in elderly patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or asthma
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1950-1956. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical study: left ventricular hypertrophy:

Rafael Kuperstein, Patrick Hanly, Mitra Niroumand, and Zion Sasson

The importance of age and obesity on the relation between diabetes and left ventricular mass
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1957-1962. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: valve disease:

Axel Nötzold, Michael Hüppe, Claudia Schmidtke, Petra Blömer, Thomas Uhlig, and Hans-Hinrich Sievers

Quality of life in aortic valve replacement: pulmonary autografts versus mechanical prostheses
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1963-1966. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: pediatric cardiology:

Hideo Ohuchi, Kenji Yasuda, Satoshi Hasegawa, Aya Miyazaki, Motoki Takamuro, Osamu Yamada, Yasuo Ono, Hideki Uemura, Toshikatsu Yagihara, and Shigeyuki Echigo

Influence of ventricular morphology on aerobic exercise capacity in patients after the Fontan operation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1967-1974. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Experimental Studies:

Philippe G. Amabile, Jacob M. Waugh, Thomas N. Lewis, Christopher J. Elkins, Wolfgang Janas, and Michael D. Dake

High-efficiency endovascular gene delivery via therapeutic ultrasound
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1975-1980. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Ulrich Schmidt, Richard O. Han, Thomas G. DiSalvo, J. Luis Guerrero, Herman K. Gold, Warren M. Zapol, Kenneth D. Bloch, and Marc J. Semigran

Cessation of platelet-mediated cyclic canine coronary occlusion after thrombolysis by combining nitric oxide inhalation with phosphodiesterase-5 inhibition
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1981-1988. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

James A. Fallavollita, Michael Logue, and John M. Canty Jr.

Stability of hibernating myocardium in pigs with a chronic left anterior descending coronary artery stenosis: absence of progressive fibrosis in the setting of stable reductions in flow, function and coronary flow reserve
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1989-1995. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

M. T. Jaberansari, Gary F. Baxter, Cecile A. Muller, Sean E. Latouf, E. Röth, Lionel H. Opie, and Derek M. Yellon

Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition enhances a subthreshold stimulus to elicit delayed preconditioning in pig myocardium
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 1996-2001. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Editor's Page:

William W. Parmley

Who are the best role models for the fellows?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 2002-2003. [Full Text] [PDF]  

ACC News:

Douglas P. Zipes

President’s page: The Neighborhood Heart Watch Program: Save A Victim Everywhere (SAVE)
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 2004-2005. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Ronald Hödl, Kurt Huber, Wilfried Kraxner, and Werner Klein

Limitation of vWf meta-analysis in LMWH comparison
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 2006. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gilles Montalescot

Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 2006-2007. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christoph Pechlaner, Walter Gritsch, and Christian Wiedermann

Enoxaparin for acute coronary syndromes?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 2007. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shaun G. Goodman and Anatoly Langer

Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 2007-2008. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yves d’Udekem, Jean Rubay, and Caroline Ovaert

Failure of right ventricular recovery of Fallot patients after pulmonary valve replacement: delay of reoperation or surgical technique?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 2008-2009. [Full Text] [PDF]  

David Shander

A real smoker’s paradox
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 2009. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ron T. van Domburg

Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 2009-2010. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Judith Therrien, Gary Webb, and William G. Williams

Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 2009. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hendrik Schmidt and Mathias Rauchhaus

Ideal weight, body composition and lipid levels: an unresolved dilemma?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 2010. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ahmed F. Osman, Mandeep R. Mehra, Carl J. Lavie, and Richard V. Milani

Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 2010-2011. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Erratum:

Corrections
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 2012. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Corrections
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 37: 2012. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

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