Clinical Study:

William H. Brooks, Rick R. McClure, Michael R. Jones, Timothy C. Coleman, and Linda Breathitt

Carotid angioplasty and stenting versus carotid endarterectomy: randomized trial in a community hospital
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1589-1595. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Rasmus Moer, Yngvar Myreng, Per Mølstad, Per Albertsson, P.ål Gunnes, Bo Lindvall, Rune Wiseth, Kjetil Ytre-Arne, John Kjekshus, and Svein Golf

Stenting in small coronary arteries (SISCA) trial: A randomized comparison between balloon angioplasty and the heparin-coated beStent
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1598-1603. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Wayne B. Batchelor, Kenneth W. Mahaffey, Peter B. Berger, Ezra Deutsch, Susan Meier, Vic Hasselblad, Edward T. Fry, Paul S. Teirstein, Allan M. Ross, Cynthia A. Binanay, James P. Zidar the ATLAST Trial Investigators

A randomized, placebo-controlled trial of enoxaparin after high-risk coronary stenting: the ATLAST trial
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1608-1613. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Stéphane Rinfret, Cindy L. Grines, Roberta S. Cosgrove, Kalon K. L. Ho, David A. Cox, Bruce R. Brodie, Marie-Claude Morice, Gregg W. Stone, David J. Cohen the Stent-PAMI Investigators

Quality of life after balloon angioplasty or stenting for acute myocardial infarction: One-year results from the Stent-PAMI trial
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1614-1621. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Yuzuru Takano, Lawrence A. Yeatman, James R. Higgins, Jesse W. Currier, Erick Ascencio, Kristin A. Kopelson, and Jonathan M. Tobis

Optimizing stent expansion with new stent delivery systems
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1622-1627. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Masumi Ai, Akira Tanaka, Keiko Ogita, Masaaki Sekinc, Fujie Numano, Fujio Numano, and Gerald M. Reaven

Relationship between plasma insulin concentration and plasma remnant lipoprotein response to an oral fat load in patients with type 2 diabetes
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1628-1632. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Shoshana Zevin, Sandra Saunders, Steven G. Gourlay, Peyton Jacob III, and Neal L. Benowitz

Cardiovascular effects of carbon monoxide and cigarette smoking
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1633-1638. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Khalid Barakat, Simon Kennon, Graham A. Hitman, Ebun Aganna, Christopher P. Price, Peter G. Mills, Kulasegaram Ranjadayalan, Bernard North, Heather Clarke, and Adam D. Timmis

Interaction between smoking and the glycoprotein IIIa P1^A2 polymorphism in Non–ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1639-1643. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Uwe Zeymer, Harry Suryapranata, Jean Pierre Monassier, Grzegorz Opolski, John Davies, Gundars Rasmanis, Gerard Linssen, Ulrich Tebbe, Rolf Schröder, Rolf Tiemann, Thomas Machnig, Karl-Ludwig Neuhaus for the ESCAMI Investigators

The Na⁺/H⁺ exchange inhibitor eniporide as an adjunct to early reperfusion therapy for acute myocardial infarction: Results of the evaluation of the safety and cardioprotective effects of eniporide in acute myocardial infarction (ESCAMI) trial
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1644-1650. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hal V. Barron, Steven D. Harr, Martha J. Radford, Yongfei Wang, and Harlan M. Krumholz

The association between white blood cell count and acute myocardial infarction mortality in patients 65 years of age: findings from the cooperative cardiovascular project
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1654-1661. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Bobby V. Khan, Sushant Navalkar, Qamar A. Khan, Syed T. Rahman, and Sampath Parthasarathy

Irbesartan, an angiotensin type 1 receptor inhibitor, regulates the vascular oxidative state in patients with coronary artery disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1662-1667. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Jaime Levenson, Franco Pessana, Jerome Gariepy, Ricardo Armentano, and Alain Simon

Gender differences in wall shear–mediated brachial artery vasoconstriction and vasodilation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1668-1674. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Soccorso Capomolla, GianDomenico Pinna, Oreste Febo, Angelo Caporotondi, Giampaolo Guazzotti, Maria Teresa La Rovere, Marco Gnemmi, Andrea Mortara, Roberto Maestri, and Franco Cobelli

Echo-Doppler mitral flow monitoring: an operative tool to evaluate day-to-day tolerance to and effectiveness of beta-adrenergic blocking agent therapy in patients with chronic heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1675-1684. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Frédéric Lebrun, Patrizio Lancellotti, and Luc A. Piérard

Quantitation of functional mitral regurgitation during bicycle exercise in patients with heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1685-1692. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Chi-Woon Kong, Tai-Ger Hsu, Fung-Jou Lu, Wan-Leong Chan, and Kelvin Tsai

Leukocyte mitochondria depolarization and apoptosis in advanced heart failure: clinical correlations and effect of therapy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1693-1700. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Sherif F. Nagueh, Steve R. Ommen, Nasser M. Lakkis, Donna Killip, William A. Zoghbi, Hartzell V. Schaff, Gordon K. Danielson, Miguel A. Quiñones, A. J. Tajik, and William H. Spencer III

Comparison of ethanol septal reduction therapy with surgical myectomy for the treatment of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1701-1706. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

John P. Greenwood, Eleanor M. Scott, John B. Stoker, and David A. S. G. Mary

Hypertensive left ventricular hypertrophy: relation to peripheral sympathetic drive
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1711-1717. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

D. George Wyse, Peter L. Friedman, Michael A. Brodsky, Karen J. Beckman, Mark D. Carlson, Anne B. Curtis, Alfred P. Hallstrom, Merritt H. Raitt, Bruce L. Wilkoff, H. Leon Greene for the AVID Investigators

Life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias due to transient or correctable causes: high risk for death in follow-up
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1718-1724. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Luc M. Beauchesne, Heidi M. Connolly, Naser M. Ammash, and Carole A. Warnes

Coarctation of the aorta: outcome of pregnancy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1728-1733. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Editorial comment:

Christopher J. White

Another nail in the coffin of carotid endarterectomy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1596-1597. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ian B. A. Menown and A. A. Jennifer Adgey

Cardioprotective therapy and sodium-hydrogen exchange inhibition: current concepts and future goals
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1651-1653. [Full Text] [PDF]  

E. Douglas Wigle, Leonard Schwartz, Anna Woo, and Harry Rakowski

To ablate or operate? that is the question!
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1707-1710. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sami Viskin, Amir Halkin, and Jeffrey E. Olgin

Treatable causes of sudden death: not really "treatable" or not really the cause?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1725-1727. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Adnan Kastrati, Helmut Schühlen, and Albert Schömig

Stenting for small coronary vessels: a contestable winner
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1604-1607. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Experimental Studies:

Junya Shite, Fuzhong Qin, Weike Mao, Hiroya Kawai, Suzanne Y. Stevens, and Chang-seng Liang

Antioxidant vitamins attenuate oxidative stress and cardiac dysfunction in tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1734-1740. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Karin Przyklenk, Guohu Li, and Peter Whittaker

No loss in the in vivo efficacy of ischemic preconditioning in middle-aged and old rabbits
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1741-1747. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Cristina Pislaru, Charles J. Bruce, Marek Belohlavek, James B. Seward, and James F. Greenleaf

Intracardiac measurement of pre-ejection myocardial velocities estimates the transmural extent of viable myocardium early after reperfusion in acute myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1748-1756. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Tsu-Juey Wu, Young-Hoon Kim, Masaaki Yashima, Charles A. Athill, Chih-Tai Ting, Hrayr S. Karagueuzian, and Peng-Sheng Chen

Progressive action potential duration shortening and the conversion from atrial flutter to atrial fibrillation in the isolated canine right atrium
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1757-1765. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

ACC News:

Douglas P. Zipes

President’s page: quality of care: a moving target worthy of pursuit
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1766-1769. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Newly elected members of the College
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38: 1770-1772. [PDF]  

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