Clinical Study:

Roger J. Laham, Michael Simons, Justin D. Pearlman, Kalon K. L. Ho, and Donald S. Baim

Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrates improved regional systolic wall motion and thickening and myocardial perfusion of myocardial territories treated by laser myocardial revascularization
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1-8. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Deepak L. Bhatt, Michel E. Bertrand, Peter B. Berger, Philippe L. L’Allier, Issam Moussa, Jeffrey W. Moses, George Dangas, Megumi Taniuchi, John M. Lasala, David R. Holmes, Stephen G. Ellis, and Eric J. Topol

Meta-analysis of randomized and registry comparisons of ticlopidine with clopidogrel after stenting
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 9-14. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Christophe Loubeyre, Marie-Claude Morice, Thierry Lefèvre, Jean-François Piéchaud, Yves Louvard, and Pierre Dumas

A randomized comparison of direct stenting with conventional stent implantation in selected patients with acute myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 15-21. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Stefano Savonitto, Christopher B. Granger, Diego Ardissino, Laura Gardner, Claudio Cavallini, Marcello Galvani, Filippo Ottani, Harvey D. White, Paul W. Armstrong, E. Magnus Ohman, Karen S. Pieper, Robert M. Califf, Eric J. Topol GUSTO-IIb Investigators

The prognostic value of creatine kinase elevations extends across the whole spectrum of acute coronary syndromes
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 22-29. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Robert J. Burns, Raymond J. Gibbons, Qilong Yi, Robin S. Roberts, Todd D. Miller, Gary L. Schaer, Jeffrey L. Anderson, Salim Yusuf CORE Study Investigators

The relationships of left ventricular ejection fraction, end-systolic volume index and infarct size to six-month mortality after hospital discharge following myocardial infarction treated by thrombolysis
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 30-36. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Andrew J. Maxwell, Michael P. Zapien, Greg L. Pearce, Gail MacCallum, and Peter H. Stone

Randomized trial of a medical food for the dietary management of chronic, stable angina
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 37-45. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Simin Liu, Julie E. Buring, Howard D. Sesso, Eric B. Rimm, Walter C. Willett, and JoAnn E. Manson

A prospective study of dietary fiber intake and risk of cardiovascular disease among women
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 49-56. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Peter A. McCullough, Edward F. Philbin, John A. Spertus, Scott Kaatz, Keisha R. Sandberg, and W. Douglas Weaver

Confirmation of a heart failure epidemic: findings from the Resource Utilization Among Congestive Heart Failure (REACH) study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 60-69. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

W. H. Wilson Tang, Randall H. Vagelos, Yin-Gail Yee, Claude R. Benedict, Kathy Willson, Charles L. Liss, Patrice LaBelle, and Michael B. Fowler

Neurohormonal and clinical responses to high- versus low-dose enalapril therapy in chronic heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 70-78. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Harlan M. Krumholz, Joan Amatruda, Grace L. Smith, Jennifer A. Mattera, Sarah A. Roumanis, Martha J. Radford, Paula Crombie, and Viola Vaccarino

Randomized trial of an education and support intervention to preventreadmission of patients with heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 83-89. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Raffaele Napoli, Vincenzo Guardasole, Margherita Matarazzo, Emiliano A. Palmieri, Ugo Oliviero, Serafino Fazio, and Luigi Saccà

Growth hormone corrects vascular dysfunction in patients with chronic heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 90-95. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Jari Satta, Jukka Melkko, Raimo Pöllänen, Juha Tuukkanen, Paavo Pääkkö, Pasi Ohtonen, Ari Mennander, and Ylermi Soini

Progression of human aortic valve stenosis is associated with tenascin-C expression
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 96-101. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Michael E. Lewis, Abdhul-Hakam Al-Khalidi, John N. Townend, John Coote, and Robert S. Bonser

The effects of hypothermia on human left ventricular contractile function during cardiac surgery
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 102-108. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Gregory P. Walcott, G. Neal Kay, Vance J. Plumb, William M. Smith, Jack M. Rogers, Andrew E. Epstein, and Raymond E. Ideker

Endocardial wave front organization during ventricular fibrillation in humans
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 109-115. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Prapa Kanagaratnam, Stephen Rothery, Pravina Patel, Nicholas J. Severs, and Nicholas S. Peters

Relative expression of immunolocalized connexins 40 and 43 correlates with human atrial conduction properties
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 116-123. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Doo-Soo Jeon, Huai Luo, Takahiro Iwami, Takashi Miyamoto, Andrea V. Brasch, James Mirocha, Tasneem Z. Naqvi, and Robert J. Siegel

The usefulness of a 10% air-10% blood-80% saline mixture for contrast echocardiography: Doppler measurement of pulmonary artery systolic pressure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 124-129. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Edgar T. Jaeggi, Robert M. Hamilton, Earl D. Silverman, Samuel A. Zamora, and Lisa K. Hornberger

Outcome of children with fetal, neonatal or childhood diagnosis of isolated congenital atrioventricular block: A single institution’s experience of 30 years
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 130-137. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Prithwish Banerjee, Tumpa Banerjee, Aleem Khand, Andrew L. Clark, and John G. F. Cleland

Diastolic heart failure: neglected or misdiagnosed?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 138-141. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Editorial comment:

Richard O. Cannon III

Oral L-arginine (and other active ingredients) for ischemic heart disease?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 46-48. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Barry M. Massie

Neurohormonal blockade in chronic heart failure: How much is enough? can there be too much?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 79-82. [Full Text] [PDF]  

William W. Parmley

New year, new editor, new location, new format, new world
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 177. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wayne D. Rosamond

Dietary fiber and prevention of cardiovascular disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 57-59. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Experimental Studies:

Martine Clozel, Changbin Qiu, Chang-Shen Qiu, Patrick Hess, and Jean-Paul Clozel

Short-term endothelin receptor blockade with tezosentan has both immediate and long-term beneficial effects in rats with myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 142-147. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Ying Tung Sia, Thomas G. Parker, Peter Liu, James N. Tsoporis, Albert Adam, and Jean L. Rouleau

Improved post-myocardial infarction survival with probucol in rats: Effects on left ventricular function, morphology, cardiac oxidative stress and cytokine expression
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 148-156. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

José A. Barrabés, David Garcia-Dorado, Maribel Mirabet, Rosa-Maria Lidón, Bernat Soriano, Marisol Ruiz-Meana, Pilar Pizcueta, José Blanco, Yolanda Puigfel, and Jordi Soler-Soler

Lack of effect of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa blockade on myocardial platelet or polymorphonuclear leukocyte accumulation and on infarct size after transient coronary occlusion in pigs
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 157-165. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Ruben Coronel, Francien J. G. Wilms-Schopman, and Joris R. deGroot

Origin of ischemia-induced phase 1b ventricular arrhythmias in pig hearts
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 166-176. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

ACC News:

Douglas P. Zipes

President’s page: Cardiologists without borders
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 178-179. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Jae-Kwan Song

Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 180-181. [Full Text] [PDF]  

John A. Elefteriades, Shawn L. Tittle, and Gary S. Kopf

Management of aortic intramural hematoma
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 180. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kazufumi Tsuchihashi

Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 181-182. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Victor J. Castro, Cesar Larrauri, and Alfonso Bryce

Transient ischemia as a possible etiology for ventricular dysfunction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 181. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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