JACC -- Table of Contents (39 [4])

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Clinical study: revascularization:

Marcel J. B. M. van den Brand, Benno J. W. M. Rensing, Marie-angèle M. Morel, David P. Foley, Vincent de Valk, Arno Breeman, Harry Suryapranata, Maximiliaan M. P. Haalebos, William Wijns, Francis Wellens, Rafael Balcon, Patrick Magee, Expedito Ribeiro, Enio Buffolo, Felix Unger, and Patrick W. Serruys
The effect of completeness of revascularization on event-free survival at one year in the arts trial
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 559-564. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: bypass surgery:

Thomas J. Vander Salm, Kevin E. Kip, Robert H. Jones, Hartzell V. Schaff, Richard J. Shemin, Gabriel S. Aldea, and Katherine M. Detre
What constitutes optimal surgical revascularization?: Answers from the bypass angioplasty revascularization investigation (BARI)
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 565-572. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Mahmoud H. Al-Bustami, M. Amrani, Adrian H. Chester, Charles J. Ilsley, and Magdi H. Yacoub
In vivo early and mid-termflow-mediated endothelial functionof the radial artery used as a coronary bypass graft
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 573-577. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical study: interventional cardiology:

Luis Gruberg, Neil J. Weissman, Ron Waksman, Shmuel Fuchs, Regina Deible, Ellen E. Pinnow, Lanja M. Ahmed, Kenneth M. Kent, Augusto D. Pichard, William O. Suddath, Lowell F. Satler, and Joseph Lindsay Jr
The impact of obesity on the short-term andlong-term outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention: the obesity paradox?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 578-584. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: myocardial infarction:

Masumi Shimizu, Keisuke Fukuo, Shigekazu Nagata, Toshimitsu Suhara, Masashi Okuro, Kenshi Fujii, Yorihiko Higashino, Masaki Mogi, Yasuko Hatanaka, and Toshio Ogihara
Increased plasma levels of the soluble form of fas ligand in patients with acute myocardial infarction and unstable angina pectoris
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 585-590. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Gregg W. Stone, Michael A. Peterson, Alexandra J. Lansky, George Dangas, Roxana Mehran, and Martin B. Leon
Impact of normalized myocardial perfusion after successful angioplasty in acute myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 591-597. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Raúl Moreno, José López-Sendón, Eulogio García, Leopoldo P.érez de Isla, Esteban L.ópez de Sá, Ana Ortega, Mar Moreno, Rafael Rubio, Javier Soriano, Manuel Abeytua, and Miguel-Angel García-Fernández
Primary angioplasty reduces the risk of left ventricular free wall rupture compared with thrombolysis in patients with acute myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 598-603. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: atherosclerosis:

Ik-Kyung Jang, Brett E. Bouma, Dong-Heon Kang, Seung-Jung Park, Seong-Wook Park, Ki-Bae Seung, Kyu-Bo Choi, Milen Shishkov, Kelly Schlendorf, Eugene Pomerantsev, Stuart L. Houser, H. Thomas Aretz, and Guillermo J. Tearney
Visualization of coronary atherosclerotic plaques in patients using optical coherence tomography: comparison with intravascular ultrasound
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 604-609. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Yasunori Sawayama, Chie Shimizu, Naoyasu Maeda, Masafumi Tatsukawa, Naoko Kinukawa, Samon Koyanagi, Seizaburo Kashiwagi, and Jun Hayashi
Effects of probucol and pravastatin on common carotid atherosclerosis in patients with asymptomatic hypercholesterolemia: Fukuoka atherosclerosis trial (FAST)
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 610-616. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: aortic aneurysm:

Yskert von Kodolitsch, Muhammet A. Aydin, Dietmar H. Koschyk, Roger Loose, Ilka Schalwat, Matthias Karck, Jochen Cremer, Axel Haverich, J.ürgen Berger, Thomas Meinertz, and Christoph A. Nienaber
Predictors of aneurysmal formation after surgical correction of aortic coarctation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 617-624. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: stress testing:

Adelaide M. Arruda-Olson, Eldyn M. Juracan, Douglas W. Mahoney, Robert B. McCully, Veronique L. Roger, and Patricia A. Pellikka
Prognostic value of exercise echocardiographyin 5,798 patients: is there a gender difference?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 625-631. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: coronary artery disease:

James S. Zebrack, Joseph B. Muhlestein, Benjamin D. Horne, Jeffrey L. Anderson Intermountain Heart Collaboration Study Group
C-reactive protein and angiographic coronary artery disease: independent and additive predictors of risk in subjects with angina
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 632-637. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: hypertrophic cardiomyopathy:

Maria J. Eriksson, Brian Sonnenberg, Anna Woo, Paul Rakowski, Thomas G. Parker, E. Douglas Wigle, and Harry Rakowski
Long-term outcome in patients with apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 638-645. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: dilated cardiomyopathy:

Stephan B. Felix, Alexander Staudt, Martin Landsberger, Yvonne Grosse, Verena Stangl, Thomas Spielhagen, Gerd Wallukat, Klaus D. Wernecke, Gert Baumann, and Karl Stangl
Removal of cardiodepressant antibodies in dilated cardiomyopathy by immunoadsorption
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 646-652. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: heart failure:

Stamatis Adamopoulos, John Parissis, Dimitrios Karatzas, Christos Kroupis, Michael Georgiadis, George Karavolias, John Paraskevaidis, Katerina Koniavitou, Andrew J. S. Coats, and Dimitrios Th Kremastinos
Physical training modulates proinflammatory cytokines and the soluble Fas/soluble Fasligand system in patients with chronic heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 653-663. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Gavin R. Norton, Angela J. Woodiwiss, William H. Gaasch, Theofanie Mela, Eugene S. Chung, Gerard P. Aurigemma, and Theo E. Meyer
Heart failure in pressure overload hypertrophy: The relative roles of ventricularremodeling and myocardial dysfunction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 664-671. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Kirk L. Peterson
Pressure overload hypertrophy and congestive heart failure: Where is the "Achilles’ heel"?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 672-675. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: hypertension:

Maria Urbana P. Brandão Rondon, Maria Janieire N. N. Alves, Ana Maria F. W. Braga, Odila Tomoko U. N. Teixeira, Antonio Carlos P. Barretto, Eduardo M. Krieger, and Carlos Eduardo Negrão
Postexercise blood pressure reduction in elderly hypertensive patients
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 676-682. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: endothelial function:

Michel L. Hijmering, Erik S. G. Stroes, Jobien Olijhoek, Barbara A. Hutten, Peter J. Blankestijn, and Ton J. Rabelink
Sympathetic activation markedly reduces endothelium-dependent, flow-mediated vasodilation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 683-688. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: electrophysiology:

Peter Weismüller, Simone Kuly, Bodo Brandts, Klaus Kattenbeck, Carsten Ranke, and Hans J. Trappe
Is electrical stimulation during administration of catecholamines required for the evaluation of success after ablation of atrioventricular node re-entrant tachycardias?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 689-694. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: end-stage renal design:

Paolo Raggi, Amy Boulay, Scott Chasan-Taber, Naseem Amin, Maureen Dillon, Steven K. Burke, and Glenn M. Chertow
Cardiac calcification in adult hemodialysis patients: A link between end-stage renal disease and cardiovascular disease?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 695-701. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Experimental study: new techniques:

Patrick R. Hunziker, Christophe Imsand, Dagmar Keller, Niki Hess, V.ânia Barbosa, Fabian Nietlispach, Noah Liel-Cohen, Arthur E. Weyman, Matthias Pfisterer, and Peter Buser
Bedside quantification of atherosclerosis severity for cardiovascular risk stratification: a prospective cohort study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 702-709. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Experimental Studies:

Roope K. Sihvola, Ville P. Pulkkinen, Petri K. Koskinen, and Karl B. Lemström
Crosstalk of endothelin-1 and platelet-derived growth factor in cardiac allograft arteriosclerosis
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 710-717. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Que Liu, John C. Docherty, John C. T. Rendell, Alexander S. Clanachan, and Gary D. Lopaschuk
High levels of fatty acids delay the recoveryof intracellular pH and cardiac efficiency inpost-ischemic hearts by inhibiting glucose oxidation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 718-725. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Ji Song, John C. Chappell, Ming Qi, Eric J. VanGieson, Sanjiv Kaul, and Richard J. Price
Influence of injection site, microvascular pressureand ultrasound variables on microbubble-mediated delivery of microspheres to muscle
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 726-731. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Arnd B. Buchwald, Andreas H. Wagner, Christian Webel, and Markus Hecker
Decoy oligodeoxynucleotide againstactivator protein-1 reducesneointimal proliferation after coronaryangioplasty in hypercholesterolemic minipigs
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 732-738. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

ACC News:

Douglas P. Zipes
President’s page: fighting terrorism: our role as physicians
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 739-740. [Full Text] [PDF]

Letters to the Editor:

Kazufumi Tsuchihashi
Transient left ventricular apical ballooning without coronary artery stenosis: a form of stunning-like phenomenon? Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 741-742. [Full Text] [PDF]

Junya Ako, Koichi Kozaki, Masao Yoshizumi, and Yasuyoshi Ouchi
Transient left ventricular apical ballooning without coronary artery stenosis: a form of stunning-like phenomenon?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 741. [Full Text] [PDF]

F. James Brennan
Anasarca and low electrocardiogram voltage
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 742. [Full Text] [PDF]

John E. Madias
Anasarca and low electrocardiogram voltage: Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 742-743. [Full Text] [PDF]

Denis Chemla, Vincent Castelain, G.érald Simonneau, Yves Lecarpentier, and Philippe Hervé
Pulse wave reflection in pulmonary hypertension
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 743. [Full Text] [PDF]

David Selman
Scopolamine? Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 744-745. [Full Text] [PDF]

Yasunori Nakayama
Pulse wave reflection in pulmonary hypertension: Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 744. [Full Text] [PDF]

David Selman
Scopolamine?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 744. [Full Text] [PDF]

Correction:

Erratum
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 746. [Full Text] [PDF]


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