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	Contents:  Volume 39, Issue 7, April 3, 2002   [Index by Author]         Other Issues:          Review article        Clinical study: interventional cardiology        Clinical study: atherosclerosis        Clinical study: coronary revascularization        Editorial Comments        Clinical study: heart failure        Clinical study: myocardial ischemia        Clinical study: endocarditis        Editorial Comments        Clinical study: primary pulmonary hypertension        Experimental Studies        Editor's Page        ACC News        ACC revised recommendation
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Review article:

Georgianne Valli and Elsa-Grace V. Giardina Benefits, adverse effects and drug interactionsof herbal therapies with cardiovascular effects J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1083-1095. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical study: interventional cardiology:

H. Vernon Anderson, Richard E. Shaw, Ralph G. Brindis, Kathleen Hewitt, Ronald J. Krone, Peter C. Block, Charles R. McKay, William S. Weintraub ACC–NCDR A contemporary overview of percutaneous coronary interventions: The American College of Cardiology–National Cardiovascular Data Registry (ACC–NCDR) J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1096-1103. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Richard E. Shaw, H. Vernon Anderson, Ralph G. Brindis, Ronald J. Krone, Lloyd W. Klein, Charles R. McKay, Peter C. Block, Leslee J. Shaw, Kathleen Hewitt, William S. Weintraub ACC-NCDR Development of a risk adjustment mortality model using the American College of Cardiology–National Cardiovascular Data Registry (ACC–NCDR) experience: 1998–2000 J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1104-1112. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Patricia J. M. Best, Ryan Lennon, Henry H. Ting, Malcolm R. Bell, Charanjit S. Rihal, David R. Holmes Jr, and Peter B. Berger The impact of renal insufficiency on clinical outcomes in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1113-1119. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Yasuhiko Tanabe, Eiichi Itoh, Kaoru Suzuki, Masahiro Ito, Yukio Hosaka, Iwao Nakagawa, and Makoto Kumakura Limited role of coronary angioplasty and stentingin coronary spastic angina with organic stenosis J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1120-1126. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: atherosclerosis:

Ehud Schwammenthal, Yvonne Schwammenthal, David Tanne, Alexander Tenenbaum, Alex Garniek, Michael Motro, Babeth Rabinowitz, Michael Eldar, and Micha S. Feinberg Transcutaneous detection of aortic arch atheromas by suprasternal harmonic imaging J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1127-1132. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Moti Haim, David Tanne, Valentina Boyko, Tamar Reshef, Uri Goldbourt, Jonathan Leor, Yoseph A. Mekori, and Solomon Behar Soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 and long-term risk of acute coronary events in patients with chronic coronary heart disease: Data from the Bezafibrate Infarction Prevention (BIP) Study J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1133-1138. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Laurent Belhassen, Claudine Carville, Gabriel Pelle, Jean Luc Monin, Emmanuel Teiger, Anne-Marie Duval-Moulin, Patrick Dupouy, Jean Luc Dubois Rande, and Pascal Gueret Evaluation of carotid artery and aortic intima-media thickness measurements for exclusion of significant coronary atherosclerosis in patients scheduled for heart valve surgery J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1139-1144. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Francesco Nappo, Katherine Esposito, Michele Cioffi, Giovanni Giugliano, Anna Maria Molinari, Giuseppe Paolisso, Raffaele Marfella, and Dario Giugliano Postprandial endothelial activation in healthy subjects and in type 2 diabetic patients: Role of fat and carbohydrate meals J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1145-1150. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: coronary revascularization:

Kevin C. Allman, Leslee J. Shaw, Rory Hachamovitch, and James E. Udelson Myocardial viability testing and impact of revascularization on prognosis in patients with coronary artery disease and left ventricular dysfunction: a meta-analysis J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1151-1158. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial Comments:

Robert O. Bonow Myocardial viability and prognosis in patients with ischemic left ventricular dysfunction J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1159-1162. [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical study: heart failure:

Angelo Auricchio, Jiang Ding, Julio C. Spinelli, Andrew P. Kramer, Rodney W. Salo, Walter Hoersch, Bruce H. KenKnight, Helmut U. Klein for the PATH-CHF Study Group Cardiac resynchronization therapy restores optimal atrioventricular mechanical timing in heart failure patients with ventricular conduction delay J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1163-1169. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Brian D. Duscha, Brian H. Annex, Howard J. Green, Anne M. Pippen, and William E. Kraus Deconditioning fails to explain peripheral skeletal muscle alterations in men with chronic heart failure J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1170-1174. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Rainer Hambrecht, Paul Christian Schulze, Stephan Gielen, Axel Linke, Sven Möbius-Winkler, Jiangtao Yu, J.ürgen Kratzsch, Gerhard Baldauf, Martin W. Busse, Andreas Schubert, Volker Adams, and Gerhard Schuler Reduction of insulin-like growth factor-I expression in the skeletal muscle of noncachectic patients with chronic heart failure J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1175-1181. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

A. Mark Richards, M. Gary Nicholls, Richard W. Troughton, John G. Lainchbury, John Elliott, Christopher Frampton, Eric A. Espiner, Ian G. Crozier, Timothy G. Yandle, and John Turner Antecedent hypertension and heart failure after myocardial infarction J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1182-1188. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Albrecht Elsässer, Klaus-Detlev Müller, Woitek Skwara, Christoph Bode, Wolfgang Kübler, and Achim M. Vogt Severe energy deprivation of human hibernating myocardium as possible common pathomechanism of contractile dysfunction, structural degeneration and cell death J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1189-1198. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: myocardial ischemia:

John O. Parker, John D. Parker, Robert W. Caldwell, Bernice Farrell, and Wayne H. Kaesemeyer The effect of supplemental L-arginine on tolerance development during continuous transdermal nitroglycerin therapy J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1199-1203. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: endocarditis:

Catherine Graupner, Isidre Vilacosta, JoséAlberto SanRomán, Ricardo Ronderos, Cristina Sarriá, Cristina Fernández, Ricardo Mújica, Olga Sanz, Juan Victor Sanmartín, and Angel González Pinto Periannular extension of infective endocarditis J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1204-1211. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial Comments:

Ann F. Bolger Endocarditis beyond the annulus: eat your heart out J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1212-1213. [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical study: primary pulmonary hypertension:

Ronald J. Raymond, Alan L. Hinderliter, Park W. Willis IV, David Ralph, Edgar J. Caldwell, William Williams, Neil A. Ettinger, Nicholas S. Hill, Warren R. Summer, Bennett de Boisblanc, Todd Schwartz, Gary Koch, Linda M. Clayton, Maria M. Jöbsis, James W. Crow, Walker Long Primary Pulmonary Hypertension Study Group Echocardiographic predictors of adverse outcomes in primary pulmonary hypertension J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1214-1219. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Experimental Studies:

G. Chad Hughes, Shankha S. Biswas, Bangliang Yin, Dmitri V. Baklanov, Brian H. Annex, R. Edward Coleman, Timothy R. DeGrado, Carolyn K. Landolfo, Kevin P. Landolfo, and James E. Lowe A comparison of mechanical and laser transmyocardial revascularization for induction of angiogenesis and arteriogenesis in chronically ischemic myocardium J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1220-1228. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Naoya Maekawa, Hisayasu Wada, Tsugiyasu Kanda, Tamikazu Niwa, Yasuhiro Yamada, Kuniaki Saito, Hisayoshi Fujiwara, Kenji Sekikawa, and Mitsuru Seishima Improved myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury in mice lacking tumor necrosis factor- J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1229-1235. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editor's Page:

William W. Parmley Heart hospitals: are they the next wave? J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1236-1237. [Full Text] [PDF]

ACC News:

W. Bruce Fye President’s page: convocation address: the art of medicine J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1238-1241. [Full Text] [PDF]

ACC revised recommendation:

George A. Beller, Robert O. Bonow, and Valentin Fuster ACC revised recommendations fortraining in adult cardiovascular medicinecore cardiology training II (COCATS 2)(revision of the 1995 COCATS training statement) J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1242-1246. [Full Text] [PDF] [View Document Update]

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