Review article:

Michele Senni and Margaret M. Redfield

Heart failure with preserved systolic function: A different natural history?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1277-1282. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

James A. de Lemos and Eugene Braunwald

ST segment resolution as a tool for assessing the efficacy of reperfusion therapy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1283-1294. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Viewpoint:

Franz H. Messerli

Doxazosin and congestive heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1295-1296. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical Study:

Brad G. Angeja, Michael G. Shlipak, Alan S. Go, S. Claiborne Johnston, Paul D. Frederick, John G. Canto, Hal V. Barron, Deborah Grady for the National Registry of Myocardial Infarction 3 Investigators

Hormone therapy and the risk of stroke after acute myocardial infarction in postmenopausal women
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1297-1301. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gavin J. Blake, Nisha Dada, Jonathan C. Fox, JoAnn E. Manson, and Paul M. Ridker

A prospective evaluation of lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A₂ levels and the risk of future cardiovascular events in women
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1302-1306. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Julio I. Osende, Juan Jose Badimon, Valentin Fuster, Perry Herson, Phil Rabito, Ramapriya Vidhun, Azfar Zaman, Oswaldo J. Rodriguez, Eli I. Lev, Ursula Rauch, Gerard Heflt, John T. Fallon, and Jill P. Crandall

Blood thrombogenicity in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients is associated with glycemic control
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1307-1312. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hannes Gaenzer, Guenther Neumayr, Peter Marschang, Wolfgang Sturm, Rudolf Kirchmair, and Josef R. Patsch

Flow-mediated vasodilation of the femoral and brachial artery induced by exercise in healthy nonsmoking and smoking men
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1313-1319. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Yoshinori Takajo, Hisao Ikeda, Nobuya Haramaki, Toyoaki Murohara, and Tsutomu Imaizumi

Augmented oxidative stress of platelets in chronic smokers: Mechanisms of impaired platelet-derived nitric oxide bioactivity and augmented platelet aggregability
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1320-1327. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Coronary artery disease:

Nozomi Watanabe, Takashi Akasaka, Yasuko Yamaura, Maki Akiyama, Yuji Koyama, Norio Kamiyama, Yoji Neishi, Shuichiro Kaji, Yasuhiro Saito, and Kiyoshi Yoshida

Noninvasive detection of total occlusion of the left anterior descending coronary artery with transthoracic Doppler echocardiography
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1328-1332. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Ali H. M. Hassan, Irene M. Lang, Mihaela Ignatescu, Robert Ullrich, Diana Bonderman, Paul Wexberg, Franz Weidinger, and Helmut D. Glogar

Increased intimal apoptosis in coronary atherosclerotic vessel segments lacking compensatory enlargement
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1333-1339. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Acute coronary syndromes:

Christian V. Zalai, M. Dean Kolodziejczyk, Linda Pilarski, Alexander Christov, Patric N. Nation, Marita Lundstrom-Hobman, Wayne Tymchak, Vladimir Dzavik, Dennis P. Humen, William J. Kostuk, George Jablonsky, Peter W. Pflugfelder, James E. Brown, and Alexandra Lucas

Increased circulating monocyte activation in patients with unstable coronary syndromes
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1340-1347. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Hirosuke Yamaji, Kohichiro Iwasaki, Shozo Kusachi, Takashi Murakami, Ryouichi Hirami, Hiromi Hamamoto, Kazuyoshi Hina, Toshimasa Kita, Noburu Sakakibara, and Takao Tsuji

Prediction of acute left main coronary artery obstruction by 12-lead electrocardiography: ST segment elevation in lead aVR with less ST segment elevation in lead V₁
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1348-1354. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Acute coronary syndromes: editorial comment:

Anton P. M. Gorgels, D. J. M. Engelen, and Hein J. J. Wellens

Lead aVR, a mostly ignored but very valuable lead in clinical electrocardiography
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1355-1356. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Myocardial infarction:

Pasquale Abete, Nicola Ferrara, Francesco Cacciatore, Elio Sagnelli, Maria Manzi, Vincenzo Carnovale, Claudio Calabrese, Domenico de Santis, Gianluca Testa, Giancarlo Longobardi, Claudio Napoli, and Franco Rengo

High level of physical activity preserves the cardioprotective effect of preinfarction angina in elderly patients
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1357-1365. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Peter J. Gheeraert, José P. S. Henriques, Marc L. De Buyzere, Michel De Pauw, Yves Taeymans, and Felix Zijlstra

Preinfarction angina protects against out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation in patients with acute occlusion of the left coronary artery
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1369-1374. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

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

Relationship between transcardiac extraction of aldosterone and left ventricular remodeling in patients with first acute myocardial infarction: extracting aldosterone through the heart promotes ventricular remodeling after acute myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1375-1382. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Kouichi Yamamoto, Hiroshi Ito, Katsuomi Iwakura, Yasunori Shintani, Tohru Masuyama, Masatsugu Hori, Shigeo Kawano, Yorihiko Higashino, and Kenshi Fujii

Pressure-derived collateral flow index as a parameter of microvascular dysfunction in acute myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1383-1389. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Michael L. Main, Anthony Magalski, Nicholas K. Chee, Michael M. Coen, David G. Skolnick, and Thomas H. Good

Full-motion pulse inversion power Doppler contrast echocardiography differentiates stunning from necrosis and predicts recovery of left ventricular function after acute myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1390-1394. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

S. Chiu Wong, Lynn A. Sleeper, E. Scott Monrad, Mark A. Menegus, Angela Palazzo, Vladimir Dzavik, Alice Jacobs, Xianjiao Jiang, Judith S. Hochman for the SHOCK Investigators

Absence of gender differences in clinical outcomes in patients with cardiogenic shock complicating acute myocardial infarction: A report from the SHOCK Trial Registry
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1395-1401. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Myocardial infarction: editorial comment:

Robert A. Kloner

Preinfarct angina and exercise: yet another reason to stay physically active
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1366-1368. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Endothelial function:

Catherine Labinjoh, David E. Newby, M. Paola Pellegrini, Neil R. Johnston, Nicholas A. Boon, and David J. Webb

Potentiation of bradykinin-induced tissue plasminogen activator release by angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1402-1408. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Kwang Kon Koh, Moon Ho Kang, Dong Kyu Jin, Seon-Kyu Lee, Jeong Yeal Ahn, Hee Young Hwang, Seong Hee Yang, Dae Sung Kim, Tae Hoon Ahn, and Eak Kyun Shin

Vascular effects of estrogen in type II diabetic postmenopausal women
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1409-1415. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Interventional cardiology:

Patricia A. Cowper, Eric D. Peterson, Elizabeth R. DeLong, Marilyn B. Wightman, Richard P. Wawrzynski, Lawrence H. Muhlbaier, and Michael H. Sketch Jr

The impact of statistical adjustment on economic profiles of interventional cardiologists
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1416-1423. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Antonio Colombo, Joseph De Gregorio, Issam Moussa, Yoshio Kobayashi, Evangelia Karvouni, Carlo Di Mario, Remo Albiero, Leo Finci, and Jeffrey Moses

Intravascular ultrasound-guided percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty with provisional spot stenting for treatment of long coronary lesions
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1427-1433. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Erik Jørgensen, Henning Kelbæk, Steffen Helqvist, Gunnar V. H. Jensen, Kari Saunamäki, Jens Kastrup, Ole Havndrup, Henning Bundgaard, Jan Kyst Madsen, Michael Christiansen, Paal S. Andersen, and Johan H. C. Reiber

Predictors of coronary in-stent restenosis: importance of angiotensin-converting enzyme gene polymorphism and treatment with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1434-1439. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Peter B. Berger, James L. Velianou, Helen Aslanidou Vlachos, Frederick Feit, Alice K. Jacobs, David P. Faxon, Michael Attubato, Norma Keller, Michael L. Stadius, Bonnie H. Weiner, David O. Williams, Katherine M. Detre on behalf of the BARI Investigators

Survival following coronary angioplasty versus coronary artery bypass surgery in anatomic subsets in which coronary artery bypass surgery improves survival compared with medical therapy: Results from the Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation (BARI)
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1440-1449. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Interventional cardiology: editorial comment:

Paul T. Vaitkus

Physician profiling in the catheterization laboratory: a worthwhile strategy or a path to futility?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1424-1426. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Heart Surgery:

Yuji Kadoi, Shigeru Saito, Fumio Goto, and Nao Fujita

Decrease in jugular venous oxygen saturation during normothermic cardiopulmonary bypass predicts short-term postoperative neurologic dysfunction in elderly patients
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1450-1455. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Left ventricular assist:

James J. Ferguson III, Marc Cohen, Robert J. Freedman Jr, Gregg W. Stone, Michael F. Miller, Debra L. Joseph, and E. Magnus Ohman

The current practice of intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation: results from the Benchmark Registry
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1456-1462. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Heart failure:

Toshihiko Kubo, Eduardo R. Azevedo, Gary E. Newton, John D. Parker, and John S. Floras

Lack of evidence for peripheral alpha₁- adrenoceptor blockade during long-term treatment of heart failure with carvedilol
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1463-1469. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Yutaka Ishibashi, Toshio Shimada, Yo Murakami, Nobuyuki Takahashi, Takeshi Sakane, Takashi Sugamori, Shuzo Ohata, Shin-ichi Inoue, Yoko Ohta, Ko Nakamura, Hiromi Shimizu, Harumi Katoh, and Michio Hashimoto

An inhibitor of inducible nitric oxide synthase decreases forearm blood flow in patients with congestive heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1470-1476. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Cardiomyopathy:

Nikos Protonotarios, Adalena Tsatsopoulou, Aris Anastasakis, Elias Sevdalis, Godfrina McKoy, Kostas Stratos, Kostas Gatzoulis, Kostas Tentolouris, Chara Spiliopoulou, Demos Panagiotakos, William McKenna, and Paulos Toutouzas

Genotype-phenotype assessment in autosomal recessive arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (Naxos disease) caused by a deletion in plakoglobin
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1477-1484. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Takayoshi Tsutamoto, Atsuyuki Wada, Keiko Maeda, Naoko Mabuchi, Masaru Hayashi, Takashi Tsutsui, Masato Ohnishi, Masanori Fujii, Takehiro Matsumoto, Takashi Yamamoto, Xinwen Wang, Shigeru Asai, Tetsuo Tsuji, Hitoshi Tanaka, Yoshihiko Saito, Koichiro Kuwahara, Kazuwa Nakao, and Masahiko Kinoshita

Relationship between plasma level of cardiotrophin-1 and left ventricular mass index in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1485-1490. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Electrophysiology:

Rose Anne M. Kenny, David A. Richardson, Nick Steen, Rodney S. Bexton, Fiona E. Shaw, and John Bond

Carotid sinus syndrome: a modifiable risk factor for nonaccidental falls in older adults (SAFE PACE)
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1491-1496. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Mark M. Gallagher, Xiao-Hua Guo, Jan D. Poloniecki, Yee Guan Yap, David Ward, and A. John Camm

Initial energy setting, outcome and efficiency in direct current cardioversion of atrial fibrillation and flutter
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1498-1504. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Teiichi Yamane, Dipen C. Shah, Jing-Tian Peng, Pierre Jaïs, M.élèze Hocini, Isabel Deisenhofer, Kee-Joon Choi, Laurent Macle, Jacques Clémenty, and Michel Haïssaguerre

Morphological characteristics of P waves during selective pulmonary vein pacing
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1505-1510. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Electrophysiology: editorial comment:

John H. McAnulty

Carotid sinus massage in patients who fall: will it define the role of pacing?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1497. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stress testing:

Dennis A. Calnon, Paul D. McGrath, Amanda L. Doss, Frank E. Harrell Jr, Denny D. Watson, and George A. Beller

Prognostic value of dobutamine stress technetium-99m-sestamibi single-photon emission computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging: stratification of a high-risk population
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1511-1517. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Congenital Heart Disease:

Mohamed A. Hamdan, Sunita Maheshwari, John T. Fahey, and William E. Hellenbrand

Endovascular stents for coarctation of the aorta: initial results and intermediate-term follow-up
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1518-1523. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Eric Rosenthal

Stent implantation for aortic coarctation: the treatment of choice in adults?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1524-1527. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pediatric cardiology:

Henry W. Kort, David T. Balzer, and Mark C. Johnson

Resolution of right heart enlargement after closure of secundum atrial septal defect with transcatheter technique
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1528-1532. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Jane Lougheed, Brian G. Sinclair, Karen Fung Kee Fung, Jean-Luc Bigras, Greg Ryan, Jeffrey F. Smallhorn, and Lisa K. Hornberger

Acquired right ventricular outflow tract obstruction in the recipient twin in twin-twin transfusion syndrome
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1533-1538. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Experimental Studies:

Nagahiro Nishikawa, Tohru Masuyama, Kazuhiro Yamamoto, Yasushi Sakata, Toshiaki Mano, Takeshi Miwa, Motoaki Sugawara, and Masatsugu Hori

Long-term administration of amlodipine prevents decompensation to diastolic heart failure in hypertensive rats
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1539-1545. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Myung-Woo Hwang, Akira Matsumori, Yutaka Furukawa, Koh Ono, Masaharu Okada, Atsushi Iwasaki, Masatake Hara, Tadashi Miyamoto, Masanao Touma, and Shigetake Sasayama

Neutralization of interleukin-1ß in the acute phase of myocardial infarction promotes the progression of left ventricular remodeling
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1546-1553. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Satoko Tahara, Keiichi Fukuda, Hiroaki Kodama, Takahiro Kato, Shunichiro Miyoshi, and Satoshi Ogawa

Potassium channel blocker activates extracellular signal-regulated kinases through Pyk2 and epidermal growth factor receptor in rat cardiomyocytes
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1554-1563. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Jacob George, Shai Greenberg, Iris Barshack, Madhavir Singh, Sara Pri-Chen, Shlomo Laniado, and Gad Keren

Accelerated intimal thickening in carotid arteries of balloon-injured rats after immunization against heat shock protein 70
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1564-1569. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Baskaran Chandrasekar, Stanley Nattel, and Jean-François Tanguay

Coronary artery endothelial protection after local delivery of 17ß-estradiol during balloon angioplasty in a porcine model: a potential new pharmacologic approach to improve endothelial function
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1570-1576. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Editor's Page:

William W. Parmley

African American patients and heart disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1577. [Full Text] [PDF]  

ACC News:

Douglas P. Zipes

President’s page: sewing the seeds of legislative success: grassroots advocacy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1578-1580. [Full Text] [PDF]  

AHA/ACC scientific statement:

Sidney C. Smith Jr, Steven N. Blair, Robert O. Bonow, Lawrence M. Brass, Manuel D. Cerqueira, Kathleen Dracup, Valentin Fuster, Antonio Gotto, Scott M. Grundy, Nancy Houston Miller, Alice Jacobs, Daniel Jones, Ronald M. Krauss, Lori Mosca, Ira Ockene, Richard C. Pasternak, Thomas Pearson, Marc A. Pfeffer, Rodman D. Starke, and Kathryn A. Taubert

AHA/ACC guidelines for preventing heart attack and death in patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: 2001 update: A statement for healthcare professionals from the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1581-1583. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Bruce A. Kottke

Problems in the measurement of Lp(a) (millimoles per liter versus milligrams percent)
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1584. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Arnold von Eckardstein, Paul Cullen, and Gerd Assmann

Problems in the measurement of Lp(a) (millimoles per liter versus milligrams percent): Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1584-1585. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Prof. Federico Lombardi

Atrial fibrillation and sinus node dysfunction: Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1585-1586. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Maarten P. van den Berg and Isabelle C. van Gelder

Atrial fibrillation and sinus node dysfunction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1585. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jeffrey J. Goldberger, Michele A. Parker, and Alan H. Kadish

Over-AVID subgroup analysis
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1586. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alfred Hallstrom

Over-AVID subgroup analysis: Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1586-1587. [Full Text] [PDF]  

John A. M. Morphet

Congenital coronary artery anomalies: diagnosable, premortem?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1587-1588. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

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