Contents:  Volume 39, Issue 5, March 6, 2002   [Index by Author]         Other Issues:          Review article        Clinical study: heart failure        Clinical study: heart failure: editorial comment        Clinical study: heart failure        Clinical study: heart failure: editorial comment        Clinical study: heart failure        Clinical study: heart transplant        Clinical study: acute coronary syndromes        Clinical study: interventional cardiology        Clinical study: myocardial ischemia        Clinical study: hypertension        Clinical study: valve disease        Clinical study: electrophysiology        Experimental Studies        Editor's Page        ACC News        Letters to the Editor
Find articles in this issue containing these words: [Search ALL Issues]

To see an article, click its [Full Text] link. To review many abstracts, check the boxes to the left of the titles you want, and click the 'Get All Checked Abstract(s)' button. To see one abstract at a time, click its [Abstract] link.

Review article:

Metin Avkiran and Michael S. Marber Na+/h+ exchange inhibitors for cardioprotective therapy: progress, problems and prospects J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 747-753. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: heart failure:

Takashi Kihara, Sadatoshi Biro, Masakazu Imamura, Shiro Yoshifuku, Kunitsugu Takasaki, Yoshiyuki Ikeda, Yutaka Otuji, Shinichi Minagoe, Yoshifumi Toyama, and Chuwa Tei Repeated sauna treatment improves vascular endothelial and cardiac function in patients with chronic heart failure J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 754-759. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Simon Stewart, Kate McIntyre, Simon Capewell, and John J. V. McMurray Heart failure in a cold climate: Seasonal variation in heart failure-related morbidity and mortality J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 760-766. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Colin A. J. Farquharson and Allan D. Struthers Gradual reactivation over time of vascular tissue angiotensin I to angiotensin II conversion during chronic lisinopril therapy in chronic heart failure J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 767-775. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: heart failure: editorial comment:

Nathalie Lapointe and Jean-Lucien Rouleau Activation of vascular tissue angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) in heart failure: Effects of ACE inhibitors J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 776-779. [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical study: heart failure:

Wolfram Grimm, J.ürgen Hoffmann, Hans-Helge Müller, and Bernhard Maisch Implantable defibrillator event rates in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy, nonsustained ventricular tachycardia on Holter and a left ventricular ejection fraction below 30% J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 780-787. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: heart failure: editorial comment:

Alan Kadish Primary prevention ofsudden death using ICD therapy: incremental steps J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 788-789. [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical study: heart failure:

Volker Kühlkamp InSync 7272 ICD World Wide Investigators Initial experience with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator incorporating cardiac resynchronization therapy J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 790-797. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Marc A. Silver, Darlene P. Horton, Jalal K. Ghali, and Uri Elkayam Effect of nesiritide versus dobutamine on short-term outcomes in the treatment of patients with acutely decompensated heart failure J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 798-803. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: heart transplant:

Mohamad H. Yamani, Carolina S. Masri, Norman B. Ratliff, Meredith Bond, Randall C. Starling, E. Murat Tuzcu, Patrick M. McCarthy, and James B. Young The role of vitronectin receptor (vß3) and tissue factor in the pathogenesis of transplant coronary vasculopathy J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 804-810. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: acute coronary syndromes:

Nick R. Bijsterveld, Arno H. Moons, Joost C. M. Meijers, Jan G. P. Tijssen, Harry R. Büller, Marcel Levi, and Ron J. G. Peters Rebound thrombin generation after heparin therapy in unstable angina: A randomized comparison between unfractionated and low-molecular-weight heparin J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 811-817. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Lourdes Sánchez de Miguel, M. a Mar Arriero, Jerónimo Farré, Petra Jiménez, Antonio García-Méndez, Trinidad de Frutos, Ana Jiménez, Rosa García, Fernando Cabestrero, Juan Gómez, Raimundo de Andrés, Mercedes Montón, Edita Martín, Luz M. De la Calle-Lombana, Luis Rico, José Romero, and Antonio López-Farré Nitric oxide production by neutrophils obtained from patients during acute coronary syndromes: expression of the nitric oxide synthase isoforms J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 818-825. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: interventional cardiology:

Yaron Elad, William J. French, David M. Shavelle, Lori S. Parsons, Mark J. Sada, Nathan R. Every Participants in the National Registry of Myocardial Infarction 2 Primary angioplasty and selection bias inpatients presenting late (>12 h) after onset of chest pain and ST elevation myocardial infarction J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 826-833. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Hitinder S. Gurm, Patrick L. Whitlow, Kevin E. Kip BARI Investigators The impact of body mass index onshort- and long-term outcomes inpatients undergoing coronary revascularization: insights from the bypass angioplasty revascularization investigation (BARI) J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 834-840. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Nadim Al-Mubarak, Antonio Colombo, Peter A. Gaines, Sriram S. Iyer, Nicola Corvaja, Trevor J. Cleveland, Sumaira Macdonald, Cristina Brennan, and Jiri J. Vitek Multicenter evaluation of carotid artery stenting with a filter protection system J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 841-846. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: myocardial ischemia:

Hongtao Sun, Masahiro Mohri, Hiroaki Shimokawa, Makoto Usui, Lemmy Urakami, and Akira Takeshita Coronary microvascular spasm causes myocardial ischemia in patients with vasospastic angina J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 847-851. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Steven A. J. Chamuleau, Rene A. Tio, Carel C. de Cock, Ebo D. de Muinck, Nico H. J. Pijls, Berthe L. F. van Eck-Smit, Karel T. Koch, Martijn Meuwissen, Marcel G. W. Dijkgraaf, Angelina de Jong, Hein J. Verberne, Rob A. M. van Liebergen, Gert Jan Laarman, Jan G. P. Tijssen, Jan J. Piek Intermediate Lesions: Intracoronary Flow Assessment versus Tc-MIBI SPECT (ILIAS) Investigators Prognostic value of coronary blood flow velocity and myocardial perfusion in intermediate coronary narrowings and multivessel disease J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 852-858. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

D. Douglas Miller Coronary flow studies for risk stratification in multivessel disease: A physiologic bridge too far? J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 859-863. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Tareq Ibrahim, Stephan G. Nekolla, Karin Schreiber, Kenichi Odaka, Stefan Volz, Julinda Mehilli, Martin Güthlin, Wolfram Delius, and Markus Schwaiger Assessment of coronary flow reserve: comparison between contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging and positron emission tomography J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 864-870. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Tsung-Ming Lee, Sheng-Fang Su, Tsai-Fwu Chou, and Chang-Her Tsai Pharmacologic preconditioning of estrogen by activation of the myocardial adenosine triphosphate-sensitive potassium channel in patients undergoing coronary angioplasty J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 871-877. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: hypertension:

Paolo Verdecchia, Gianpaolo Reboldi, Carlo Porcellati, Giuseppe Schillaci, Sergio Pede, Maurizio Bentivoglio, Fabio Angeli, Silvia Norgiolini, and Giuseppe Ambrosio Risk of cardiovascular disease in relation to achieved office and ambulatory blood pressure control in treated hypertensive subjects J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 878-885. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: valve disease:

Songkwan Silaruks, Bandit Thinkhamrop, Wirote Tantikosum, Chaiyasith Wongvipaporn, Pyatat Tatsanavivat, and Virat Klungboonkrong A prognostic model for predicting the disappearance of left atrial thrombi among candidates for percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 886-891. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: electrophysiology:

Neil E. Bowles, Jiyuan Ni, Frank Marcus, and Jeffrey A. Towbin The detection of cardiotropic viruses in the myocardium of patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 892-895. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Joseph B. Morton, Prashanthan Sanders, Vincent Deen, Jithendra K. Vohra, and Jonathan M. Kalman Sensitivity and specificity of concealed entrainment for the identification of a critical isthmus in the atrium: relationship to rate, anatomic location and antidromic penetration J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 896-906. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Experimental Studies:

Moto-o Date, Takashi Morita, Nobushige Yamashita, Kazuhiko Nishida, Osamu Yamaguchi, Yoshiharu Higuchi, Shinichi Hirotani, Yasushi Matsumura, Masatsugu Hori, Michihiko Tada, and Kinya Otsu The antioxidant N-2-mercaptopropionyl glycine attenuates left ventricular hypertrophy in in vivo murine pressure-overload model J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 907-912. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editor's Page:

William W. Parmley Top line mentality J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 913. [Full Text] [PDF]

ACC News:

Douglas P. Zipes President’s page: mission possible: with help from our friends J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 914-915. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Letters to the Editor:

Fred Morady and Hiroshi Tada Double potentials analysis as a guide to radiofrequency ablation of atrial flutter: Reply J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 916-917. [Full Text] [PDF]

Pietro Turco, Giuseppe Stabile, Antonio De Simone, and Bilal El Jamal Double potentials analysis as a guide to radiofrequency ablation of atrial flutter J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 916. [Full Text] [PDF]

Hratch L. Karamanoukian, Harry W. Donias, and Jacob Bergsland Decreased incidence of postoperative stroke following off-pump coronary artery bypass J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 917. [Full Text] [PDF]

Jan van der Linden, Leonidas Hadjinikolaou, Per Bergman, and Dan Lindblom Decreased incidence of postoperative stroke following off-pump coronary artery bypass: Reply J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 918. [Full Text] [PDF]

Johann Auer, Robert Berent, Thomas Weber, and Bernd Eber Cytokine gene polymorphisms and development of CAD associated with CP infection J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 918-919. [Full Text] [PDF]

Wei Jiang, Vic Hasselblad, Ranga R. Krishnan, and Christopher M. O’Connor Patients with CHF and depression have greater risk of mortality and morbidity than patients without depression J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 919-920. [Full Text] [PDF]

Yukihiko Momiyama, Reiko Hirano, Hiroaki Taniguchi, Haruo Nakamura, and Fumitaka Ohsuzu Cytokine gene polymorphisms and development of CAD associated with CP infection: Reply J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 919. [Full Text] [PDF]

Viola Vaccarino Patients with CHF and depression have greater risk of mortality and morbidity than patients without depression: Reply J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 920-921. [Full Text] [PDF]

To see an article, click its [Full Text] link. To review many abstracts, check the boxes to the left of the titles you want, and click the 'Get All Checked Abstract(s)' button. To see one abstract at a time, click its [Abstract] link.