Review article:

Paul Schoenhagen, Khaled M. Ziada, D. Geoffrey Vince, Steven E. Nissen, and E. Murat Tuzcu

Arterial remodeling and coronary artery disease: the concept of "dilated" versus "obstructive" coronary atherosclerosis
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 297-306. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Guro Valen, Zhong-qun Yan, and G.öran K. Hansson

Nuclear factor kappa-B and the heart
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 307-314. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: hypertrophic cardiomyopathy:

Barry J. Maron, Hideshi Niimura, Susan A. Casey, Marjorie K. Soper, Gregory B. Wright, J. G. Seidman, and Christine E. Seidman

Development of left ventricular hypertrophy in adults with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy caused by cardiac myosin-binding protein C gene mutations
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 315-321. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical Study:

Jeanette Erdmann, J.örg Raible, Jaleh Maki-Abadi, Manfred Hummel, Jan Hammann, Bernd Wollnik, Eckart Frantz, Eckart Fleck, Roland Hetzer, and Vera Regitz-Zagrosek

Spectrum of clinical phenotypes and gene variants in cardiac myosin-binding protein C mutation carriers with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 322-330. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Yasushi Takeichi, Mitsuhiro Yokota, Mitsunori Iwase, Hideo Izawa, Takao Nishizawa, Ryoji Ishiki, Fuji Somura, Kohzo Nagata, Satoshi Isobe, and Akiko Noda

Biphasic changes in left ventricular end-diastolic pressure during dynamic exercise in patients with nonobstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 335-343. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Carsten W. Israel, Joachim R. Ehrlich, Gerian Grönefeld, Armin Klesius, Thomas Lawo, Bernd Lemke, and Stefan H. Hohnloser

Prevalence, characteristics and clinical implications of regular atrial tachyarrhythmias in patients with atrial fibrillation: insights from a study using a new implantable device
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 355-363. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Fiorenzo Gaita, Carla Giustetto, Paolo Di Donna, Elena Richiardi, Luigi Libero, Maria C. Rosa Brusin, Giuseppe Molinari, and Giampaolo Trevi

Long-term follow-up of right ventricular monomorphic extrasystoles
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 364-370. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Suneet Mittal, Steven C. Hao, Sei Iwai, Kenneth M. Stein, Steven M. Markowitz, David J. Slotwiner, and Bruce B. Lerman

Significance of inducible ventricular fibrillation in patients with coronary artery disease and unexplained syncope
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 371-376. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Joseph G. Akar, Lai Chow Kok, David E. Haines, John P. DiMarco, and J. Paul Mounsey

Coexistence of type I atrial flutter and intra-atrial re-entrant tachycardia in patients with surgically corrected congenital heart disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 377-384. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Richard J. Schilling, Nicholas S. Peters, Jeffrey Goldberger, Alan H. Kadish, and D. Wyn Davies

Characterization of the anatomy and conduction velocities of the human right atrial flutter circuit determined by noncontact mapping
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 385-393. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Bernhard Frey, Gerhard Kreiner, Marianne Gwechenberger, and Heinz D. Gössinger

Ablation of atrial tachycardia originating from the vicinity of the atrioventricular node: significance of mapping both sides of the interatrial septum
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 394-400. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

David J. Bradley, Peter S. Fischbach, Ian H. Law, Gerald A. Serwer, and Macdonald Dick II

The clinical course of multifocal atrial tachycardia in infants and children
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 401-408. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Georgios Sianos, I. Patrick Kay, Marco A. Costa, Evelyn Regar, Ken Kozuma, Pim J. de Feyter, Eric Boersma, Clemens Disco, and Patrick W. Serruys

Geographical miss during catheter-based intracoronary beta-radiation: incidence and implications in the BRIE study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 415-420. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Ilan S. Wittstein, David A. Kass, Peter H. Pak, W. Lowell Maughan, Barry Fetics, and Joshua M. Hare

Cardiac nitric oxide production due to angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition decreases beta-adrenergic myocardial contractility in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 429-435. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Brigitte Stanek, Bernhard Frey, Martin Hülsmann, Rudolf Berger, Barbara Sturm, Jeanette Strametz-Juranek, Jutta Bergler-Klein, Petra Moser, Anja Bojic, Engelber Hartter, and Richard Pacher

Prognostic evaluation of neurohumoral plasma levels before and during beta-blocker therapy in advanced left ventricular dysfunction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 436-442. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Stefan D. Anker, Maurizio Volterrani, Claus-Dieter Pflaum, Christian J. Strasburger, Karl Josef Osterziel, Wolfram Doehner, Michael B. Ranke, Philip A. Poole-Wilson, Andrea Giustina, Rainer Dietz, and Andrew J. S. Coats

Acquired growth hormone resistance in patients with chronic heart failure: implications for therapy with growth hormone
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 443-452. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Imad Sheiban, Gabriele Fragasso, Giuseppe M. C. Rosano, Aniruddha Dharmadhikari, Vaios Tzifos, Paolo Pagnotta, Sergio L. Chierchia, and Gianpaolo Trevi

Time course and determinants of left ventricular function recovery after primary angioplasty in patients with acute myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 464-471. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Katsuomi Iwakura, Hiroshi Ito, Shigeo Kawano, Yasunori Shintani, Koichi Yamamoto, Akinobu Kato, Masashi Ikushima, Koji Tanaka, Masashi Kitakaze, Masatsugu Hori, Yorihiko Higashino, and Kenshi Fujii

Predictive factors for development of the no-reflow phenomenon in patients with reperfused anterior wall acute myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 472-477. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Hamish A. Walker, Elaine McGing, Ian Fisher, Rainer H. Böger, Stefanie M. Bode-Böger, Graham Jackson, James M. Ritter, and Philip J. Chowienczyk

Endothelium-dependent vasodilation is independent of the plasma L-arginine/ADMA ratio in men with stable angina: Lack of effect of oral l-arginine on endothelial function, oxidative stress and exercise performance
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 499-505. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Peter M. Okin, Richard B. Devereux, Markku S. Nieminen, Sverker Jern, Lasse Oikarinen, Matti Viitasalo, Lauri Toivonen, Sverre E. Kjeldsen, Stevo Julius, Björn Dahlöf for the LIFE Study Investigators

Relationship of the electrocardiographic strain pattern to left ventricular structure and function in hypertensive patients: the LIFE study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 514-520. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Editorial comment:

Ali J. Marian

On genetic and phenotypic variability of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: nature versus nurture
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 331-334. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jay W. Mason

Mindfully mining MUSTT
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 352-354. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Koon K. Teo and Diane J. Catellier

Risk prediction after myocardial infarction in the elderly
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 460-463. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Susan F. Steinberg

G protein-coupled receptor kinases: gotta real kure for heart failure?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 541-545. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical study: electrophysiology:

D. George Wyse, Mario Talajic, Gail E. Hafley, Alfred E. Buxton, L. Brent Mitchell, Teresa K. Kus, Douglas L. Packer, William H. Kou, Robert Lemery, Peter Santucci, Denise Grimes, Kathleen Hickey, Carolyn Stevens, Steven N. Singh for the MUSTT Investigators

Antiarrhythmic drug therapy in the Multicenter UnSustained Tachycardia Trial (MUSTT): drug testing and as-treated analysis
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 344-351. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: interventional cardiology:

James A. Suero, Steven P. Marso, Philip G. Jones, Steven B. Laster, Kenneth C. Huber, Lee V. Giorgi, Warren L. Johnson, and Barry D. Rutherford

Procedural outcomes and long-term survival among patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention of a chronic total occlusion in native coronary arteries: a 20-year experience
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 409-414. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: heart failure:

Daniel L. Dries, Nancy K. Sweitzer, Mark H. Drazner, Lynne W. Stevenson, and Bernard J. Gersh

Prognostic impact of diabetes mellitus in patients with heart failure according to the etiology of left ventricular systolic dysfunction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 421-428. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: myocardial infarction:

Harlan M. Krumholz, Jersey Chen, Ya-Ting Chen, Yongfei Wang, and Martha J. Radford

Predicting one-year mortality among elderly survivors of hospitalization for an acute myocardial infarction: results from the Cooperative Cardiovascular Project
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 453-459. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical study: acute coronary syndrome:

Paul A. Heidenreich, Thomas Alloggiamento, Kathryn Melsop, Kathryn M. McDonald, Alan S. Go, and Mark A. Hlatky

The prognostic value of troponin in patients with non-ST elevation acute coronary syndromes: a meta-analysis
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 478-485. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: coronary artery disease:

Masanori Kawasaki, Hisato Takatsu, Toshiyuki Noda, Yoko Ito, Akihisa Kunishima, Masazumi Arai, Kazuhiko Nishigaki, Genzou Takemura, Norihiko Morita, Shinya Minatoguchi, and Hisayoshi Fujiwara

Noninvasive quantitative tissue characterization and two-dimensional color-coded map of human atherosclerotic lesions using ultrasound integrated backscatter: Comparison between histology and integrated backscatter images
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 486-492. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: endothelial function:

Soko Setoguchi, Masahiro Mohri, Hiroaki Shimokawa, and Akira Takeshita

Tetrahydrobiopterin improves endothelial dysfunction in coronary microcirculation in patients without epicardial coronary artery disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 493-498. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: hypertension:

Douglas R. Seals, Hirofumi Tanaka, Christopher M. Clevenger, Kevin D. Monahan, Mary Jo Reiling, William R. Hiatt, Kevin P. Davy, and Christopher A. DeSouza

Blood pressure reductions with exercise and sodium restriction in postmenopausal women with elevated systolic pressure: role of arterial stiffness
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 506-513. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: pediatric cardiology:

Colin J. McMahon, Howaida G. El-Said, Ronald G. Grifka, J. Kennard Fraley, Michael R. Nihill, and Charles E. Mullins

Redilation of endovascular stents in congenital heart disease: factors implicated in the development of restenosis and neointimal proliferation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 521-526. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: new methods:

Shuichiro Kaji, Philip C. Yang, Adam B. Kerr, W. H. Wilson Tang, Craig H. Meyer, Albert Macovski, John M. Pauly, Dwight G. Nishimura, and Bob S. Hu

Rapid evaluation of left ventricular volume and mass without breath-holding using real-time interactive cardiac magnetic resonance imaging system
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 527-533. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Experimental Studies:

Guido Iaccarino, Janelle R. Keys, Antonio Rapacciuolo, Kyle F. Shotwell, Robert J. Lefkowitz, Howard A. Rockman, and Walter J. Koch

Regulation of myocardial ßARK1 expression in catecholamine-induced cardiac hypertrophy in transgenic mice overexpressing _1B-adrenergic receptors
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 534-540. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Yi Zhang, Jeffrey W. Bissing, Linjing Xu, Alan J. Ryan, Sean M. Martin, Francis J. Miller Jr, Kevin C. Kregel, Garry R. Buettner, and Richard E. Kerber

Nitric oxide synthase inhibitors decrease coronary sinus-free radical concentration and ameliorate myocardial stunning in an ischemia-reperfusion model
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 546-554. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Susan B. Yeon, Nathaniel Reichek, Barbara A. Tallant, João A. C. Lima, Linda P. Calhoun, Neil R. Clark, Eric A. Hoffman, Kalon K. L. Ho, and Leon Axel

Validation of in vivo myocardial strain measurement by magnetic resonance tagging with sonomicrometry
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 555-561. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Antoni Bayes-Genis, Allan R. Camrud, Michael Jorgenson, Janis Donovan, Kristin L. Shogren, David R. Holmes Jr, and Robert S. Schwartz

Pressure rinsing of coronary stents immediately before implantation reduces inflammation and neointimal hyperplasia
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 562-568. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Paolo Golino, Plinio Cirillo, Paolo Calabro’, Massimo Ragni, Davide D’Andrea, Enrico V. Avvedimento, Francesco Vigorito, Nicola Corcione, Francesco Loffredo, and Massimo Chiariello

Expression of exogenous tissue factor pathway inhibitor in vivo suppresses thrombus formation in injured rabbit carotid arteries
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 569-576. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Kai Wang, Zhongmin Zhou, Xiaorong Zhou, Khaldoun Tarakji, Eric J. Topol, and A. Michael Lincoff

Prevention of intimal hyperplasia with recombinant soluble P-selectin glycoprotein ligand-immunoglobulin in the porcine coronary artery balloon injury model
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 577-582. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Editor's Page:

William W. Parmley

HEART Group notification regarding "Management of Potential Conflict of Interest"
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 583. [Full Text] [PDF]  

ACC News:

Douglas P. Zipes

President’s page: the changing face of research
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 584-585. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Correction:

Corrections
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 586. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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