Clinical Study:

Karen P. Alexander, L. Kristin Newby, Anne S. Hellkamp, Robert A. Harrington, Eric D. Peterson, Steve Kopecky, Antoly Langer, Patrick O’Gara, Christopher M. O’Connor, Robert N. Daly, Robert M. Califf, Steven Khan, and Valentin Fuster

Initiation of hormone replacement therapy after acute myocardial infarction is associated with more cardiac events during follow-up
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1-7. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Kazufumi Tsuchihashi, Kenji Ueshima, Tatsuro Uchida, Nobuhiro Oh-mura, Kazuo Kimura, Mafumi Owa, Minoru Yoshiyama, Shunichi Miyazaki, Kazuo Haze, Hisao Ogawa, Takashi Honda, Mamoru Hase, Ryu-ichi Kai, Isao Morii for the Angina Pectoris-Myocardial Infarction Investigations in Japan

Transient left ventricular apical ballooning without coronary artery stenosis: a novel heart syndrome mimicking acute myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 11-18. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Jonathan M. A. Swinburn, Avijit Lahiri, and Roxy Senior

Intravenous myocardial contrast echocardiography predicts recovery of dysynergic myocardium early after acute myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 19-25. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Elena Conti, Felicita Andreotti, Alessandro Sciahbasi, Patrizia Riccardi, Giampiero Marra, Edoardo Menini, Giovanni Ghirlanda, and Attilio Maseri

Markedly reduced insulin-like growth factor-1 in the acute phase of myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 26-32. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Peter Gaudron, Ingrid Kugler, Kai Hu, Wolfgang Bauer, Christoph Eilles, and Georg Ertl

Time course of cardiac structural, functional and electrical changes in asymptomatic patients after myocardial infarction: their inter-relation and prognostic impact
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 33-40. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Bo Lagerqvist, K.åge Säfström, Elisabeth Ståhle, Lars Wallentin, Eva Swahn the FRISC II Study Group Investigators

Is early invasive treatment of unstable coronary artery disease equally effective for both women and men?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 41-48. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Gian Gastone Neri Serneri, Maria Boddi, Loredana Poggesi, Ignazio Simonetti, Mirella Coppo, Maria Letizia Papa, Gian Franco Lisi, Massimo Maccherini, Roberto Becherini, Andrea Boncompagni, Thomas Toscano, and Pietro Amedeo Modesti

Activation of cardiac renin-angiotensin system in unstable angina
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 49-55. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Ian C. Marschner, David Colquhoun, R. John Simes, Paul Glasziou, Philip Harris, Bhuwan B. Singh, Denis Friedlander, Harvey White, Peter Thompson, Andrew Tonkin on behalf of the LIPID Study Investigators

Long-term risk stratification for survivors of acute coronary syndromes: Results from the long-term intervention with pravastatin in ischemic disease (LIPID) study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 56-63. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Padma Kaul, Yuling Fu, Wei-Ching Chang, Robert A. Harrington, Galen S. Wagner, Shaun G. Goodman, Christopher B. Granger, David J. Moliterno, Frans Van de Werf, Robert M. Califf, Eric J. Topol, Paul W. Armstrong for the PARAGON-A and GUSTO-IIb Investigators

Prognostic value of ST segment depression in acute coronary syndromes: insights from PARAGON-A applied to GUSTO-IIb
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 64-71. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Jari A. Laukkanen, Sudhir Kurl, Timo A. Lakka, Tomi-Pekka Tuomainen, Rainer Rauramaa, Riitta Salonen, Jaakko Eränen, and Jukka T. Salonen

Exercise-induced silent myocardial ischemia and coronary morbidity and mortality in middle-aged men
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 72-79. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Jamshid Shirani, Jaetae Lee, Rebecca Quigg, Ruth Pick, Stephen L. Bacharach, and Vasken Dilsizian

Relation of thallium uptake to morphologic features of chronic ischemic heart disease: evidence for myocardial remodeling in noninfarcted myocardium
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 84-90. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Karl-Christian Koch, Juergen vom Dahl, Monika Wenderdel, Bernd Nowak, Wolfgang M. Schaefer, Alexander Sasse, Christoph Stellbrink, Udalrich Buell, and Peter Hanrath

Myocardial viability assessment by endocardial electroanatomic mapping: comparison with metabolic imaging and functional recovery after coronary revascularization
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 91-98. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Masamichi Takano, Kyoichi Mizuno, Kentaro Okamatsu, Shinya Yokoyama, Takayoshi Ohba, and Shunta Sakai

Mechanical and structural characteristics of vulnerable plaques: analysis by coronary angioscopy and intravascular ultrasound
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 99-104. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Demetrios Georgiou, Matthew J. Budoff, Eric Kaufer, John M. Kennedy, Bin Lu, and Bruce H. Brundage

Screening patients with chest pain in the emergency department using electron beam tomography: a follow-up study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 105-110. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Pia Lundman, Maria J. Eriksson, Markus Stühlinger, John P. Cooke, Anders Hamsten, and Per Tornvall

Mild-to-moderate hypertriglyceridemia in young men is associated with endothelial dysfunction and increased plasma concentrations of asymmetric dimethylarginine
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 111-116. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Masaaki Takeuchi, Chinami Miyazaki, Hidetoshi Yoshitani, Shinichiro Otani, Kazuo Sakamoto, and Junichi Yoshikawa

Assessment of coronary flow velocity with transthoracic Doppler echocardiography during dobutamine stress echocardiography
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 117-123. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Markus Rothenburger, Rasjid Soeparwata, Mario C. Deng, Elmar Berendes, Christof Schmid, Tonny D. T. Tjan, Markus J. Wilhelm, Michael Erren, Dirk Böcker, and Hans Heinrich Scheld

The impact of anti-endotoxin core antibodies on endotoxin and cytokine release and ventilation time after cardiac surgery
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 124-130. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Jan van der Linden, Leonidas Hadjinikolaou, Per Bergman, and Dan Lindblom

Postoperative stroke in cardiac surgery is related to the location and extent of atherosclerotic disease in the ascending aorta
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 131-135. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Ronald J. Krone, Regina M. Hardison, Bernard R. Chaitman, Raymond J. Gibbons, George Sopko, Richard Bach, and Katherine M. Detre

Risk stratification after successful coronary revascularization: the lack of a role for routine exercise testing
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 136-142. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Douglass A. Morrison, Gulshan Sethi, Jerome Sacks, William Henderson, Frederick Grover, Steven Sedlis, Rick Esposito, Kodangudi Ramanathan, Darryl Weiman, Jorge Saucedo, Tamim Antakli, Venki Paramesh, Stuart Pett, Sarah Vernon, Vladimir Birjiniuk, Frederick Welt, Mitchell Krucoff, Walter Wolfe, John C. Lucke, Sundeep Mediratta, David Booth, Charles Barbiere, Daniel Lewis for the Investigators of the Department of Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study 385 the Angina With Extremely Serious Operative Mortality Evaluation (AWESOME)

Percutaneous coronary intervention versus coronary artery bypass graft surgery for patients with medically refractory myocardial ischemia and risk factors for adverse outcomes with bypass: a multicenter, randomized trial
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 143-149. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Mun K. Hong, Roxana Mehran, George Dangas, Gary S. Mintz, Alexandra Lansky, Kenneth M. Kent, Augusto D. Pichard, Lowell F. Satler, Gregg W. Stone, and Martin B. Leon

Are we making progress with percutaneous saphenous vein graft treatment?: A comparison of 1990 to 1994 and 1995 to 1998 results
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 150-154. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Francesco Pizzuto, Paolo Voci, Enrica Mariano, Paolo Emilio Puddu, Gennaro Sardella, and Antonio Nigri

Assessment of flow velocity reserve by transthoracic Doppler echocardiography and venous adenosine infusion before and after left anterior descending coronary artery stenting
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 155-162. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Daniel J. O’Rourke, Robert T. Palac, David J. Malenka, Charles A. S. Marrin, Brenda E. Arbuckle, and Jonathan F. Plehn

Outcome of mild periprosthetic regurgitation detected by intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 163-166. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Allan C. Skanes, Andrew D. Krahn, Raymond Yee, George J. Klein, Stuart J. Connolly, Charles R. Kerr, Michael Gent, Kevin E. Thorpe, Robin S. Roberts for the CTOPP Investigators

Progression to chronic atrial fibrillation after pacing: the Canadian Trial of Physiologic Pacing
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 167-172. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Sami Viskin, Roman Fish, Aharon Glick, Michael Glikson, Michael Eldar, and Bernard Belhassen

The adenosine triphosphate test: a bedside diagnostic tool for identifying the mechanism of supraventricular tachycardia in patients with palpitations
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 173-177. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Ingolf Schimke, Johannes Müller, Friedrich Priem, Ingrid Kruse, Birgit Schön, Julia Stein, Rudolf Kunze, Gerd Wallukat, and Roland Hetzer

Decreased oxidative stress in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy one year after immunoglobulin adsorption
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 178-183. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Jan K. Damås, Lars Gullestad, Halfdan Aass, Svein Simonsen, Jan G. Fjeld, Lisbeth Wikeby, Thor Ueland, Hans G. Eiken, Stig S. Frøland, and P.ål Aukrust

Enhanced gene expression of chemokines and their corresponding receptors in mononuclear blood cells in chronic heart failure—modulatory effect of intravenous immunoglobulin
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 187-193. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Pierre V. Ennezat, Slawomir L. Malendowicz, Marco Testa, Paolo C. Colombo, Alain Cohen-Solal, Todd Evans, and Thierry H. LeJemtel

Physical training in patients with chronic heart failure enhances the expression of genes encoding antioxidative enzymes
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 194-198. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Viola Vaccarino, Stanislav V. Kasl, Jerome Abramson, and Harlan M. Krumholz

Depressive symptoms and risk of functional decline and death in patients with heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 199-205. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Samir R. Kapadia, Steven E. Nissen, Khaled M. Ziada, Gustavo Rincon, Timothy D. Crowe, Navdeep Boparai, James B. Young, and E. Murat Tuzcu

Impact of lipid abnormalities in development and progression of transplant coronary disease: a serial intravascular ultrasound study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 206-213. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Yasunori Nakayama, Norifumi Nakanishi, Tomoshige Hayashi, Noritoshi Nagaya, Fumio Sakamaki, Nagato Satoh, Hideo Ohya, and Shingo Kyotani

Pulmonary artery reflection for differentially diagnosing primary pulmonary hypertension and chronic pulmonary thromboembolism
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 214-218. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Christian Bruch, Axel Schmermund, Nikolaos Dagres, Thomas Bartel, Guido Caspari, Stephan Sack, and Raimund Erbel

Changes in QRS voltage in cardiac tamponade and pericardial effusion: reversibility after pericardiocentesis and after anti-inflammatory drug treatment
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 219-226. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Robert H. Fagard, Karel Pardaens, Jan A. Staessen, and Lutgarde Thijs

The pulse pressure-to-stroke index ratio predicts cardiovascular events and death in uncomplicated hypertension
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 227-231. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Naohiko Takahashi, Mikiko Nakagawa, Tetsunori Saikawa, Tatsuhiko Ooie, Kunio Yufu, Sakuji Shigematsu, Masahide Hara, Hiroshi Sakino, Isao Katsuragi, Toshimitsu Okeda, Hironobu Yoshimatsu, and Toshiie Sakata

Effect of essential hypertension on cardiac autonomic function in type 2 diabetic patients
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 232-237. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Kazuomi Kario, Kazuyuki Shimada, Joseph E. Schwartz, Takefumi Matsuo, Satoshi Hoshide, and Thomas G. Pickering

Silent and clinically overt stroke in older Japanese subjects with white-coat and sustained hypertension
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 238-245. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Kazuomi Kario, Jonathan N. Tobin, Leslie I. Wolfson, Robert Whipple, Carol A. Derby, Devender Singh, Paul R. Marantz, and Sylvia Wassertheil-Smoller

Lower standing systolic blood pressure as a predictor of falls in the elderly: a community-based prospective study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 246-252. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Rekwan Sittiwangkul, R. Y. Ma, Brian W. McCrindle, John G. Coles, and Jeffrey F. Smallhorn

Echocardiographic assessment of obstructive lesions in atrioventricular septal defects
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 253-261. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Neill Videlefsky, W. James Parks, John Oshinski, Katharine L. Hopkins, Kevin M. Sullivan, Roderic I. Pettigrew, and Derek Fyfe

Magnetic resonance phase-shift velocity mapping in pediatric patients with pulmonary venous obstruction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 262-267. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Editorial comment:

Deborah Grady and Stephen B. Hulley

Postmenopausal hormones and heart disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 8-10. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Douglas L. Mann

Autoimmunity, immunoglobulin adsorption and dilated cardiomyopathy: has the time come for randomized clinical trials?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 184-186. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Prakash C. Deedwania

Silent ischemia predicts poor outcome in high-risk healthy men
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 80-83. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Editor's Page:

William W. Parmley and Richard G. Sanderson

Issues and ethics of the hiring of cardiothoracic surgeons by cardiology practices
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 268-269. [Full Text] [PDF]  

President's page:

Douglas P. Zipes

President’s Page: Forging Change in Health Care Policy—The Principle Is the Thing
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 270-271. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Announcement:

ACC committee appointments
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 272-285. [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

F. James Brennan

A randomized trial of multivessel stent versus coronary bypass
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 286-287. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jan J. Schreuder, Paul Steendijk, Jan Baan, and Ottavio Alfieri

Batista’s operation: what have we learned?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 286. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Igor F. Palacios and Alfredo Rodriguez

Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 287. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Roland Wensel and Stefan D. Anker

Lean tissue adjusted peak oxygen consumption in congestive heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 287-288. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 288-289. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Giovanni Tonti, Gianni Pedrizzetti, Paolo Trambaiolo, and Alessandro Salustri

Space and time dependency of inertial and convective contribution to the transmitral pressure drop during ventricular filling
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 290-291. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

James D. Thomas, Michael S. Firstenberg, Pieter M. Vandervoort, Neil L. Greenberg, Nicholas G. Smedira, Patrick M. McCarthy, and Mario J. Garcia

Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 291-292. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Douglas E. Drachman and Campbell Rogers

Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 292-293. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nicholas Kipshidze, Jeffrey W. Moses, and Martin B. Leon

Paclitaxel-coated stent: is there a light at the end of the tunnel?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 292. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Correction:

Corrections
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Corrections
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