Review article:

Harry C. Lowe, Stephen N. Oesterle, and Levon M. Khachigian

Coronary in-stent restenosis: Current status and future strategies
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 183-193. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Christophe Leclercq and David A. Kass

Retiming the failing heart: principles and current clinical status of cardiac resynchronization
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 194-201. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical study: heart failure:

L. Katherine Morrison, Alex Harrison, Padma Krishnaswamy, Radmila Kazanegra, Paul Clopton, and Alan Maisel

Utility of a rapid B-natriuretic peptide assay in differentiating congestive heart failure from lung disease in patients presenting with dyspnea
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 202-209. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

G. Michael Felker, Linda K. Shaw, and Christopher M. O’Connor

A standardized definition of ischemic cardiomyopathy for use in clinical research
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 210-218. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Robert Kelly, Anthony Staines, Ron MacWalter, Peter Stonebridge, Hugh Tunstall-Pedoe, and Allan D. Struthers

The prevalence of treatable left ventricular systolic dysfunction in patients who present with noncardiac vascular episodes: A case-control study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 219-224. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: coronary artery disease:

Roberto Wayhs, Allan Zelinger, and Paolo Raggi

High coronary artery calcium scores pose an extremely elevated risk for hard events
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 225-230. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: acute coronary syndromes:

Steven P. Schulman, David R. Thiemann, Pamela Ouyang, Nisha C. Chandra, Douglas S. Schulman, Steven E. Reis, Michael Terrin, Sandra Forman, Cicero Piva de Albuquerque, Raymond D. Bahr, Susan N. Townsend, Rosalie Cosgriff, and Gary Gerstenblith

Effects of acute hormone therapy on recurrent ischemia in postmenopausal women with unstable angina
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 231-237. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: editorial comment:

David D. Waters

Estrogen therapy for unstable angina: Another bump for the bandwagon
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 238-240. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bodh I. Jugdutt

Monocytosis and adverse left ventricular remodeling after reperfused myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 247-250. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lisa K. Hornberger

Congenital ductus arteriosus aneurysm
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 348-350. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical study: myocardial infarction:

Yuichiro Maekawa, Toshihisa Anzai, Tsutomu Yoshikawa, Yasushi Asakura, Toshiyuki Takahashi, Shiro Ishikawa, Hideo Mitamura, and Satoshi Ogawa

Prognostic significance of peripheral monocytosis after reperfused acute myocardial infarction:a possible role for left ventricular remodeling
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 241-246. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: endothelial function:

Thomas Neunteufl, Sandra Heher, Karam Kostner, Goran Mitulovic, Stephan Lehr, Gholamali Khoschsorur, Rainer W. Schmid, Gerald Maurer, and Thomas Stefenelli

Contribution of nicotine to acute endothelial dysfunction in long-term smokers
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 251-256. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: technique report:

Mary C. Corretti, Todd J. Anderson, Emelia J. Benjamin, David Celermajer, Francois Charbonneau, Mark A. Creager, John Deanfield, Helmut Drexler, Marie Gerhard-Herman, David Herrington, Patrick Vallance, Joseph Vita, and Robert Vogel

Guidelines for the ultrasound assessment of endothelial-dependent flow-mediated vasodilation of the brachial artery: A report of the International Brachial Artery Reactivity Task Force
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 257-265. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: interventional cardiology:

Investigators of the Department of Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study #385, the Angina With Extremely Serious Operative Mortality Evaluation (AWESOME), Douglass A. Morrison, Gulshan Sethi, Jerome Sacks, William Henderson, Frederick Grover, Steven Sedlis, Rick Esposito, Kodagundi B. Ramanathan, Darryl Weiman, J. David Talley, Jorge Saucedo, Tamim Antakli, Venki Paramesh, Stuart Pett, Sarah Vernon, Vladimir Birjiniuk, Frederick Welt, Mitchell Krucoff, Walter Wolfe, John C. Lucke, Sundeep Mediratta, David Booth, Charles Barbiere, and Dan Lewis

Percutaneous coronary intervention versus coronary bypass graft surgery for patients with medically refractory myocardial ischemia and risk factors for adverse outcomes with bypass: the VA AWESOME multicenter registry: comparison with the randomized clinical trial
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 266-273. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Alexandra J. Lansky, George Dangas, Roxana Mehran, Kartik J. Desai, Gary S. Mintz, Hongsheng Wu, Martin Fahy, Gregg W. Stone, Ron Waksman, and Martin B. Leon

Quantitative angiographic methods for appropriate end-point analysis, edge-effect evaluation, and prediction of recurrent restenosis after coronary brachytherapy with gamma irradiation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 274-280. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Michael J. B. Kutryk, David P. Foley, Marcel van den Brand, Jaap N. Hamburger, Willem J. van der Giessen, Pim J. deFeyter, Nico Bruining, Manel Sabate, and Patrick W. Serruys

Local intracoronary administration of antisense oligonucleotide against c-myc for the prevention of in-stent restenosis: Results of the randomized investigation by the thoraxcenter of antisense dna using local delivery and ivus after coronary stenting (ITALICS) trial
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 281-287. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: electrophysiology:

Fumiki Yoshihara, Toshio Nishikimi, Yoshikado Sasako, Jun Hino, Junjiro Kobayashi, Kenji Minatoya, Ko Bando, Yoshio Kosakai, Takeshi Horio, Shin-ichi Suga, Yuhei Kawano, Hiroaki Matsuoka, Chikao Yutani, Hisayuki Matsuo, Soichiro Kitamura, Tohru Ohe, and Kenji Kangawa

Plasma atrial natriuretic peptide concentration inversely correlates with left atrial collagen volume fraction in patients with atrial fibrillation: Plasma ANP as a possible biochemical marker to predict the outcome of the maze procedure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 288-294. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Hidetsuna Kitamura, Yoshio Ohnishi, Katsunori Okajima, Akihiko Ishida, ErdulfoJavier Galeano, Kazumasa Adachi, and Mitsuhiro Yokoyama

Onset heart rate of microvolt-level T-wave alternans provides clinical and prognostic value in nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 295-300. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: hypertrophic cardiomyopathy:

Barry J. Maron, Iacopo Olivotto, Pietro Bellone, Maria Rosa Conte, Franco Cecchi, Björn P. Flygenring, Susan A. Casey, Thomas E. Gohman, Sergio Bongioanni, and Paolo Spirito

Clinical profile of stroke in 900 patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 301-307. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Jian Xin Qin, Takahiro Shiota, Harry M. Lever, David N. Rubin, Fabrice Bauer, Yong Jin Kim, Marta Sitges, Neil L. Greenberg, Jeanne K. Drinko, Maureen Martin, Deborah A. Agler, and James D. Thomas

Impact of left ventricular outflow tract area on systolic outflow velocity in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: A real-time three-dimensional echocardiographic study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 308-314. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: hypertension:

Lionel H. Opie and Robert Schall

Evidence-based evaluation of calcium channel blockers for hypertension: Equality of mortality and cardiovascular risk relative to conventional therapy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 315-322. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Jong-Won Ha, Eldyn M. Juracan, Douglas W. Mahoney, Jae K. Oh, Clarence Shub, James B. Seward, and Patricia A. Pellikka

Hypertensive response to exercise: a potential cause for new wall motion abnormality in the absence of coronary artery disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 323-327. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: valve disease:

Andrew Wang, Richard A. Krasuski, John J. Warner, Karen Pieper, Katherine B. Kisslo, Thomas M. Bashore, and J. Kevin Harrison

Serial echocardiographic evaluation of restenosis after successful percutaneous mitral commissurotomy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 328-334. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: magnetic resonance angiography:

Gerald F. Greil, Andrew J. Powell, Hans P. Gildein, and Tal Geva

Gadolinium-enhanced three-dimensional magnetic resonance angiography of pulmonary and systemic venous anomalies
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 335-341. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: pediatric cardiology:

Sheng-Ling Jan, Betau Hwang, Yun-Ching Fu, Jyh-Wen Chai, and Ching-Shiang Chi

Isolated neonatal ductus arteriosus aneurysm
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 342-347. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Experimental Studies:

Johann Bauersachs, Marina Heck, Daniela Fraccarollo, Steven K. Hildemann, Georg Ertl, Martin Wehling, and Michael Christ

Addition of spironolactone to angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition in heart failure improves endothelial vasomotor dysfunction: Role of vascular superoxide anion formation and endothelial nitric oxide synthase expression
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 351-358. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Gregory P. Walcott, Cheryl R. Killingsworth, William M. Smith, and Raymond E. Ideker

Biphasic waveform external defibrillation thresholds for spontaneous ventricular fibrillation secondary to acute ischemia
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 359-365. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Yao-Chang Chen, Shih-Ann Chen, Yi-Jen Chen, Mau-Song Chang, Paul Chan, and Cheng-I. Lin

Effects of thyroid hormone on the arrhythmogenic activity of pulmonary vein cardiomyocytes
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 366-372. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

ACC News:

Douglas P. Zipes

President’s page: teaching: today’s investment in tomorrow
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 373-375. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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