JACC -- Table of Contents (39 [6])

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Review article:

Michael C. Kim, Annapoorna Kini, and Samin K. Sharma
Refractory angina pectoris: Mechanism and therapeutic options
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 923-934. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Experimental Studies:

Tatsushi Suwa, James C. Hogg, Kevin B. Quinlan, Akira Ohgami, Renaud Vincent, and Stephan F. van Eeden
Particulate air pollution induces progression of atherosclerosis
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 935-942. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Experimental study: Editorial comment:

Stanton A. Glantz
Air pollution as a cause of heart disease: Time for action
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 943-945. [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical study: heart failure:

Kirkwood F. Adams Jr, Mihai Gheorghiade, Barry F. Uretsky, J. Herbert Patterson, Todd A. Schwartz, and James B. Young
Clinical benefits of low serum digoxin concentrations in heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 946-953. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Experimental study: heart failure: editorial comment:

Dirk J. van Veldhuisen
Low-dose digoxin in patients with heart failure: Less toxic and at least as effective?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 954-956. [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical study: heart failure:

Takashi Tsutsui, Takayoshi Tsutamoto, Atsuyuki Wada, Keiko Maeda, Naoko Mabuchi, Masaru Hayashi, Masato Ohnishi, and Masahiko Kinoshita
Plasma oxidized low-density lipoprotein as a prognostic predictor in patients with chronic congestive heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 957-962. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Nicolaas de Jonge, Dick F. van Wichen, Marguerite E. I. Schipper, Jaap R. Lahpor, Frits H. J. Gmelig-Meyling, Etienne O. Robles de Medina, and Roel A. de Weger
Left ventricular assist device in end-stage heart failure: persistence of structural myocyte damage after unloading: An immunohistochemical analysis of the contractile myofilaments
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 963-969. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Mohamad H. Yamani, Showkat A. Haji, Randall C. Starling, E. Murat Tuzcu, Norman B. Ratliff, Daniel J. Cook, Ashraf Abdo, Tim Crowe, Michelle Secic, Patrick McCarthy, and James B. Young
Myocardial ischemic-fibrotic injury after human heart transplantation is associated with increased progression of vasculopathy, decreased cellular rejection and poor long-term outcome
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 970-977. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: heart failure: editorial comment:

Ahvie Herskowitz and Aftab A. Ansari
Are we clear about the mechanisms by which biopsy evidence of interstitial fibrosis following cardiac transplantation helps predict late post-transplant coronary artery disease?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 978-980. [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical study: cardiomyopathy:

Eloisa Arbustini, Andrea Pilotto, Alessandra Repetto, Maurizia Grasso, Andrea Negri, Marta Diegoli, Carlo Campana, Laura Scelsi, Elisa Baldini, Antonello Gavazzi, and Luigi Tavazzi
Autosomal dominant dilated cardiomyopathy with atrioventricular block: a lamin A/C defect-related disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 981-990. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: stress testing:

Louise Emmett, Robert M. Iwanochko, Michael R. Freeman, Alan Barolet, Douglas S. Lee, and Mansoor Husain
Reversible regional wall motion abnormalities on exercise technetium-99m–gated cardiac single photon emission computed tomography predict high-grade angiographic stenoses
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 991-998. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Peter B. Gibson, Diane Demus, Richard Noto, William Hudson, and Lynne L. Johnson
Low event rate for stress-only perfusion imaging in patients evaluated for chest pain
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 999-1004. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: coronary artery disease:

Ian B. Wilkinson, Krishna Prasad, Ian R. Hall, Anne Thomas, Helen MacCallum, David J. Webb, Michael P. Frenneaux, and John R. Cockcroft
Increased central pulse pressure and augmentation index in subjects with hypercholesterolemia
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1005-1011. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

David Brosh, Stuart T. Higano, Marvin J. Slepian, Hylton I. Miller, Morton J. Kern, Ryan J. Lennon, David R. Holmes Jr, and Amir Lerman
Pulse transmission coefficient: a novel nonhyperemic parameter for assessing the physiological significance of coronary artery stenoses
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1012-1019. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: hypertension:

Kathryn E. Ferrier, Michael H. Muhlmann, Jean-Philippe Baguet, James D. Cameron, Garry L. Jennings, Anthony M. Dart, and Bronwyn A. Kingwell
Intensive cholesterol reduction lowers blood pressure and large artery stiffness in isolated systolic hypertension
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1020-1025. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: interventional cardiology:

Laurie R. Armsby, John F. Keane, Megan C. Sherwood, Joseph M. Forbess, Stanton B. Perry, and James E. Lock
Management of coronary artery fistulae: Patient selection and results of transcatheter closure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1026-1032. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: electrophysiology:

Ricardo Stein, Claudio M. Medeiros, Guido A. Rosito, Leandro I. Zimerman, and Jorge P. Ribeiro
Intrinsic sinus and atrioventricular node electrophysiologic adaptations in endurance athletes
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1033-1038. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Dan Dan, Jeffrey B. Hoag, Kenneth A. Ellenbogen, Mark A. Wood, Dwain L. Eckberg, and David M. Gilligan
Cerebral blood flow velocity declines before arterial pressure in patients with orthostatic vasovagal presyncope
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1039-1045. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Nassir F. Marrouche, Salwa Beheiry, Gery Tomassoni, Christopher Cole, Dianna Bash, Thomas Dresing, Walid Saliba, Ahmad Abdul-Karim, Patrick Tchou, Robert Schweikert, Fabio Leonelli, and Andrea Natale
Three-dimensional nonfluoroscopic mapping and ablation of inappropriate sinus tachycardia: Procedural strategies and long-term outcome
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1046-1054. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: left ventricular function:

Carol J. Salton, Michael L. Chuang, Christopher J. O’Donnell, Michelle J. Kupka, Martin G. Larson, Kraig V. Kissinger, Robert R. Edelman, Daniel Levy, and Warren J. Manning
Gender differences and normal left ventricular anatomy in an adult population free of hypertension: A cardiovascular magnetic resonance study of the Framingham Heart Study Offspring cohort
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1055-1060. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Massimo Chessa, Mario Carminati, Gianfranco Butera, Roberta Margherita Bini, Manuela Drago, Luca Rosti, Alessandro Giamberti, Giuseppe Pomè, Eduardo Bossone, and Alessandro Frigiola
Early and late complications associated with transcatheter occlusion of secundum atrial septal defect
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1061-1065. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: congenital heart disease:

Harald M. Gabriel, Maria Heger, Petra Innerhofer, Manfred Zehetgruber, Gerald Mundigler, Maria Wimmer, Gerald Maurer, and Helmut Baumgartner
Long-term outcome of patients with ventricular septal defect considered not to require surgical closure during childhood
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1066-1071. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Hitoshi Horigome, Yuji Hiramatsu, Osamu Shigeta, Toshiro Nagasawa, and Akira Matsui
Overproduction of platelet microparticles in cyanotic congenital heart disease with polycythemia
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1072-1077. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

ACC News:

Douglas P. Zipes
President’s page:the making of a president
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1078-1079. [Full Text] [PDF]

Announcement:

Newly elected members of the college
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1080-1081. [PDF]

Correction:

Corrections
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1082. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Corrections
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1082. [Full Text] [PDF]


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