Review article:

Mandeep Singh, Henry H. Ting, Peter B. Berger, Kirk N. Garratt, David R. Holmes Jr, and Bernard J. Gersh

Rationale for on-site cardiac surgery for primary angioplasty: a time for reappraisal
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1881-1889. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Julien I. E. Hoffman and Samuel Kaplan

The incidence of congenital heart disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1890-1900. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical Study:

Paul R. Kalra, Constantinos Anagnostopoulos, Aidan P. Bolger, Andrew J. S. Coats, and Stefan D. Anker

The regulation and measurement of plasma volume in heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1901-1908. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

D. A. Alter, C. D. Naylor, P. C. Austin, and J. V. Tu

Biology or bias: practice patterns and long-term outcomes for men and women with acute myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1909-1916. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Michael R. Cusack, Michael S. Marber, Pier D. Lambiase, Clifford A. Bucknall, and Simon R. Redwood

Systemic inflammation in unstable angina is the result of myocardial necrosis
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1917-1923. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Eelko Ronner, Eric Boersma, Gert-Jan Laarman, G. Aernout Somsen, Robert A. Harrington, Jaap W. Deckers, Eric J. Topol, Robert M. Califf, and Maarten L. Simoons

Early angioplasty in acute coronary syndromes without persistent st-segment elevation improves outcome but increases the need for six-month repeat revascularization: An analysis of the pursuit trial
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1924-1929. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Luis Gruberg, Ron Waksman, Andrew E. Ajani, Han-Soo Kim, R. Lawrence White, Ellen E. Pinnow, Lowell F. Satler, Augusto D. Pichard, Kenneth M. Kent, and Joseph Lindsay Jr

The effect of intracoronary radiation for the treatment of recurrent in-stent restenosis in patients with diabetes mellitus
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1930-1936. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Akiko Maehara, Neil S. Patel, Louis B. Harrison, Neil J. Weissman, Anh B. Bui, Han-Soo Kim, Andrew E. Ajani, Marco T. Castagna, Taya L. McMillan, Nathan Yang, Rosanna Chan, Julliana Pisch, Harry Quan, Sou-Tung Chiu-Tsao, Ron Waksman, and Gary S. Mintz

Dose heterogeneity may not affect the neointimal proliferation after gamma radiation for in-stent restenosis: A volumetric intravascular ultrasound dosimetric study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1937-1942. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Alison K. Death, Shirley Nakhla, Kristine C. Y. McGrath, Sally Martell, Dennis K. Yue, Wendy Jessup, and David S. Celermajer

Nitroglycerin upregulates matrix metalloproteinase expression by human macrophages
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1943-1950. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Hannes Franz Alber, Jozef Dulak, Matthias Frick, Wolfgang Dichtl, Severin Paul Schwarzacher, Otmar Pachinger, and Franz Weidinger

Atorvastatin decreases vascular endothelial growth factor in patients with coronary artery disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1951-1955. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Richard L. Page, Richard E. Kerber, James K. Russell, Tom Trouton, Johan Waktare, Donna Gallik, Jeff E. Olgin, Philippe Ricard, Gavin W. Dalzell, Ramakota Reddy, Ralph Lazzara, Kerry Lee, Mark Carlson, Blair Halperin, Gust H. Bardy BiCard Investigators

Biphasic versus monophasic shock waveform for conversion of atrial fibrillation: The results of an international randomized, double-blind multicenter trial
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1956-1963. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

James Michael Mangrum, James Paul Mounsey, Lai Chow Kok, John P. DiMarco, and David E. Haines

intracardiac echocardiography-guided, anatomically based radiofrequency ablation of focal atrial fibrillation originating from pulmonary veins
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1964-1972. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Steven M. Markowitz, Richard F. Brodman, Kenneth M. Stein, Suneet Mittal, David J. Slotwiner, Sei Iwai, Mithilesh K. Das, and Bruce B. Lerman

Lesional tachycardias related to mitral valve surgery
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1973-1983. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Wataru Shimizu, Yasuko Tanabe, Takeshi Aiba, Masashi Inagaki, Takashi Kurita, Kazuhiro Suyama, Noritoshi Nagaya, Atsushi Taguchi, Naohiko Aihara, Kenji Sunagawa, Kazufumi Nakamura, Tohru Ohe, Jeffrey A. Towbin, Silvia G. Priori, and Shiro Kamakura

Differential effects of beta-blockade on dispersion of repolarization in the absence and presence of sympathetic stimulation between the lqt1 and lqt2 forms of congenital long qt syndrome
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1984-1991. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Satoshi Nagase, Kengo Fukushima Kusano, Hiroshi Morita, Yoshihisa Fujimoto, Mikio Kakishita, Kazufumi Nakamura, Tetsuro Emori, Hiromi Matsubara, and Tohru Ohe

Epicardial electrogram of the right ventricular outflow tract in patients with the brugada syndrome: Using the epicardial lead
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1992-1995. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Yoshihiro Kudo, Fumiyasu Yamasaki, Yoshinori Doi, and Tetsuro Sugiura

clinical correlates of pr-segment depression in asymptomatic patients with pericardial effusion
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 2000-2004. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Giuseppe Schillaci, Leonella Pasqualini, Paolo Verdecchia, Gaetano Vaudo, Simona Marchesi, Carlo Porcellati, Giovanni de Simone, and Elmo Mannarino

Prognostic significance of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in essential hypertension
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 2005-2011. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Thomas Bartel, Y. a Yang, Silvana Müller, René R. Wenzel, Dietrich Baumgart, Thomas Philipp, and Raimund Erbel

Noninvasive assessment of microvascular function in arterial hypertension by transthoracic doppler harmonic echocardiography
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 2012-2018. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Martin U. Braun, Dieter Fassbender, Steffen P. Schoen, Markus Haass, Rainer Schraeder, Werner Scholtz, and Ruth H. Strasser

Transcatheter closure of patent foramen ovale in patients with cerebral ischemia
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 2019-2025. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Angelo Auricchio, Christoph Stellbrink, Stefan Sack, Michael Block, J.ürgen Vogt, Patricia Bakker, Christof Huth, Friedrich Schöndube, Ulrich Wolfhard, Dirk Böcker, Olaf Krahnefeld, Hans Kirkels Pacing Therapies in Congestive Heart Failure (PATH-CHF) Study Group

long-term clinical effect of hemodynamically optimized cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with heart failure and ventricular conduction delay
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 2026-2033. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Dougal R. McClean, Hamid Ikram, Sukh Mehta, J. Thomas Heywood, Michel F. Rousseau, Alan L. Niederman, Rafael F. Sequeira, Eckart Fleck, Steven N. Singh, Benoit Coutu, Peter Hanrath, Michel Komajda, Catherine C. Bryson, Chunlin Qian, James J. Hanyok Omapatrilat Hemodynamic Study Group

Vasopeptidase inhibition with omapatrilat in chronic heart failure: acute and long-term hemodynamic and neurohumoral effects
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 2034-2041. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Michael J. Ackerman, Sara L. VanDriest, Steve R. Ommen, Melissa L. Will, Rick A. Nishimura, A. Jamil Tajik, and Bernard J. Gersh

Prevalence and age-dependence of malignant mutations in the beta-myosin heavy chain and troponin t genes in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: A comprehensive outpatient perspective
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 2042-2048. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Miho Kawaguchi, Taizo Murabayashi, Barry J. Fetics, Gregory S. Nelson, Hisanori Samejima, Erez Nevo, and David A. Kass

Quantitation of basal dyssynchrony and acute resynchronization from left or biventricular pacing by novel echo-contrast variability imaging
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 2052-2058. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

John P. A. Ioannidis, Thomas A. Trikalinos, and Peter G. Danias

Electrocardiogram-gated single-photonemission computed tomography versus cardiacmagnetic resonance imaging for the assessmentof left ventricular volumes and ejection fraction: A meta-analysis
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 2059-2068. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Editorial comment:

Charles Antzelevitch

Late potentials and the Brugada syndrome
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1996-1999. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

William J. McKenna, Jens Mogensen, and Perry M. Elliott

Role of genotyping in risk factor assessment for sudden death in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 2049-2051. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Experimental Studies:

W. Federico Saavedra, Richard S. Tunin, Nazareno Paolocci, Takayuki Mishima, George Suzuki, Charles W. Emala, Pervaiz A. Chaudhry, Petros Anagnostopoulos, Ramesh C. Gupta, Hani N. Sabbah, and David A. Kass

Reverse remodeling and enhancedadrenergic reserve from passive externalsupport in experimental dilated heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 2069-2076. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

ACC News:

W. Bruce Fye

Cardiology workforce: there’s already a shortage, and it’s getting worse!
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 2077-2079. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Igor I. Tulevski, Barbara J. M. Mulder, and Dirk J. van Veldhuisen

Utility of a BNP as a marker for RV dysfunction in acute pulmonary embolism
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 2080. [Full Text] [PDF]  

T. Jaarsma and Dirk J. van Veldhuisen

The optimal "dose" of disease management programs in HF
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 2080-2081. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Announcement:

Author index
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 2082-2087. [PDF]  

Subject index
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 2088-2108. [PDF]  

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