JACC -- Table of Contents (39 [8])

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Clinical study: heart failure:

Keith D. Aaronson, Michael J. Eppinger, David B. Dyke, Susan Wright, and Francis D. Pagani
Left ventricular assist device therapy improves utilization of donor hearts
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1247-1254. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: heart failure: editorial comment:

Patrick M. McCarthy
Implantable left ventricular assist device bridge-to-transplantation: natural selection, or is this the natural selection?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1255-1257. [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical study: heart failure:

Angel R. Leon, Jeffrey M. Greenberg, Narendra Kanuru, Cindy M. Baker, Fernando V. Mera, Andrew L. Smith, Jonathan J. Langberg, and David B. DeLurgio
Cardiac resynchronization in patients with congestive heart failure and chronic atrial fibrillation: Effect of upgrading to biventricular pacing after chronic right ventricular pacing
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1258-1263. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

I. l Sung Kim, Hideo Izawa, Toshikazu Sobue, Hitoshi Ishihara, Fuji Somura, Takao Nishizawa, Kohzo Nagata, Mitsunori Iwase, and Mitsuhiro Yokota
Prognostic value of mechanical efficiency in ambulatory patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy in sinus rhythm
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1264-1268. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Abdul Al-Hesayen, Eduardo R. Azevedo, Gary E. Newton, and John D. Parker
The effects of dobutamine on cardiac sympathetic activity in patients with congestive heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1269-1274. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Cristina Giannattasio, Felice Achilli, Monica Failla, Anna Capra, Antonella Vincenzi, Franco Valagussa, and Giuseppe Mancia
Radial, carotid and aortic distensibility in congestive heart failure: effects of high-dose angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor or low-dose association with angiotensin type 1 receptor blockade
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1275-1282. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: Myocardial infarction:

Wolfgang Lepper, Gertjan T. j Sieswerda, Andreas Franke, Nicole Heussen, Otto Kamp, Carel C. de Cock, Ernst R. Schwarz, Paolo Voci, Cees A. Visser, Peter Hanrath, and Rainer Hoffmann
Repeated assessment of coronary flow velocity pattern in patients with first acute myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1283-1289. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: Interventional cardiology:

Andrew E. Ajani, Ron Waksman, Dong-Hun Cha, Luis Gruberg, Lowell F. Satler, Augusto D. Pichard, and Kenneth M. Kent
The impact of lesion length and reference vessel diameter on angiographic restenosis and target vessel revascularization in treating in-stent restenosis with radiation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1290-1296. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Karim Hamraoui, Sjef M. P. G. Ernst, Pascal F. H. M. van Dessel, Johannes C. Kelder, Jurriën M. ten Berg, Maarten Jan Suttorp, Wybren Jaarsma, and Thijs H. W. Plokker
Efficacy and safety of percutaneous treatment of iatrogenic femoral artery pseudoaneurysm by biodegradable collagen injection
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1297-1304. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: Atherosclerosis:

Jing Wang, Yong-Jian Geng, Bujin Guo, Tomas Klima, Birendra N. Lal, James T. Willerson, and Ward Casscells
Near-infrared spectroscopic characterization of human advanced atherosclerotic plaques
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1305-1313. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: Endothelial function:

Jan L. Houghton, Edward F. Philbin, David S. Strogatz, Mikhail T. Torosoff, Steven A. Fein, Patricia A. Kuhner, Vivienne E. Smith, and Albert A. Carr
The presence of African American race predicts improvement in coronary endothelial function after supplementary L-arginine
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1314-1322. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: Sudden death:

L. Brent Mitchell, Edgar A. Pineda, Jack L. Titus, Paulette M. Bartosch, and David G. Benditt
Sudden death in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators: The importance of post-shock electromechanical dissociation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1323-1328. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: Electrophysiology:

Byung-Soo Kim, Young-Hoon Kim, Gyo-Seung Hwang, Hui-Nam Pak, Sang Chil Lee, Wan Joo Shim, Dong Joo Oh, and Young Moo Ro
Action potential duration restitution kinetics in human atrial fibrillation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1329-1336. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Teiichi Yamane, Dipen C. Shah, Pierre Jaïs, M.élèze Hocini, Isabel Deisenhofer, Kee-Joon Choi, Laurent Macle, Jacques Clémenty, and Michel Haïssaguerre
Electrogram polarity reversal as an additional indicator of breakthroughs from the left atrium to the pulmonary veins
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1337-1344. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: Stress testing:

Robert B. McCully, Veronique L. Roger, Douglas W. Mahoney, Kelli N. Burger, Roger L. Click, James B. Seward, and Patricia A. Pellikka
Outcome after abnormal exercise echocardiography for patients with good exercise capacity: Prognostic importance of the extent and severity of exercise-related left ventricular dysfunction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1345-1352. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: Stress testing: Editorial comment:

Michael S. Lauer
The "exercise" part of exercise echocardiography
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1353-1355. [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical study: Valve disease:

Jeremy J. Pereira, Michael S. Lauer, Mohammad Bashir, Imran Afridi, Eugene H. Blackstone, William J. Stewart, Patrick M. McCarthy, James D. Thomas, and Craig R. Asher
Survival after aortic valve replacement forsevere aortic stenosis with low transvalvular gradients and severe left ventricular dysfunction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1356-1363. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: Valve disease: Editorial comment:

Blase A. Carabello
Ventricular function in aortic stenosis: how low can you go?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1364-1365. [Full Text] [PDF]

Experimental Studies:

Roberto Corti, Julio I. Osende, Zahi A. Fayad, John T. Fallon, Valentin Fuster, Gabor Mizsei, Elisha Dickstein, Burton Drayer, and Juan J. Badimon
In vivo noninvasive detection and age definition of arterial thrombus by MRI
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1366-1373. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Gilbert J. Perry, Chih-Chang Wei, Gerald H. Hankes, S. Ray Dillon, Patricia Rynders, Rupak Mukherjee, Francis G. Spinale, and Louis J. Dell’Italia
Angiotensin II receptor blockade does not improve left ventricular function andremodeling in subacute mitral regurgitation in the dog
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1374-1379. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Experimental study: Editorial comment:

William H. Gaasch and Gerard P. Aurigemma
Inhibition of therenin-angiotensin systemand the left ventricularadaptation to mitral regurgitation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1380-1383. [Full Text] [PDF]

Experimental Studies:

Yoshitaka Iwanaga, Takeshi Aoyama, Yasuki Kihara, Yoko Onozawa, Takeshi Yoneda, and Shigetake Sasayama
Excessive activation of matrix metalloproteinases coincides with left ventricular remodeling during transition from hypertrophy to heart failure in hypertensive rats
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1384-1391. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

J.örg Barkhausen, Wolfgang Ebert, J.örg F. Debatin, and Hanns-Joachim Weinmann
Imaging of myocardial infarction: comparison of magnevist and gadophrin-3 in rabbits
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1392-1398. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Expermental study:

Yoshinori Seko, Nobuhiko Kayagaki, Ken-ichiro Seino, Hideo Yagita, Ko Okumura, and Ryozo Nagai
Role of Fas/FasL pathway in the activation of infiltrating cells in murine acute myocarditis caused by Coxsackievirus B3
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1399-1403. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Letters to the Editor:

Francis Q. Almeda and James E. Calvin
Troponin T in acute coronary syndromes: mechanisms and management issues
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1404-1405. [Full Text] [PDF]

Andrea Frustaci, Maurizio Pieroni, and Cristina Chimenti
Late-onset primary LVH HCM versus cardiac fabry variant
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1405-1406. [Full Text] [PDF]

Bertil Lindahl
Mechanisms behind the prognostic value of troponin T in unstable coronary artery disease: A FRISC II substudy: reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1405. [Full Text] [PDF]

Barry J. Maron, J. G. Seidman, and Christine E. Seidman
Late-onset primary LVHHCM versus cardiac fabry variant: reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1406. [Full Text] [PDF]

Correction:

Stress echocardiography following the arterial switch operation for D-transposition of the great arteries: Abstract—Pediatric echocardiography and MRI, Session 1167-97. J Am Coll Cardiol 2002;39:410A.
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1407. [PDF]

Kennon S, Barakat K, Hitman GA, Price CP, Mills PG, Ranjadayalan K, Cooper J, Clark H, Timmis AD. Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition is associated with reduced troponin release in non–ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes.: J Am Coll Cardiol 2002;38:724–8.
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1407. [Full Text] [PDF]

Barakat K, Kennon S, Hitman GA, Aganna E, Price CP, Mills PG, Ranjadayalan K, North B, Clark H, Timmis AD. Interaction Between Smoking and the Glycoprotein IIIa P1^A2 Polymorphism in Non–St-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes.: J Am Coll Cardiol 2002;38:1639–43.
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1407. [Full Text] [PDF]

Klatte K, Chaitman BR, Theroux P, Gavard JA, Stocke K, Boyce S, Bartels C, Keller B, Jessel A, for the GUARDIAN Investigators. Increased mortality after coronary artery bypass graft surgery is associated with increased levels of postoperative creatine kinase-myocardial band isoenzyme release: results from the GUARDIAN trial: J Am Coll Cardiol 2001;38:1070–7.
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1408-1409. [Full Text] [PDF]

Wu T-J, Kim Y-H, Yashima M, Athill CA, Ting C-T, Karagueuzian HS, Chen P-S. Progressive Action Potential Duration Shortening and the Conversion From Atrial Flutter to Atrial Fibrillation in the Isolated Canine Right Atrium.: J Am Coll Cardiol 2002;38:1757–65.
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1409. [Full Text] [PDF]

Kawai Y, Tsukamoto E, Nozaki Y, Morita K, Sakurai M, Tamaki N. Significance of reduced uptake of iodinated fatty acid analogue for the evaluation of patients with acute chest pain.: J Am Coll Cardiol 2002;38:1888–94.
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1409. [Full Text] [PDF]

Opie LH, Schall R. Evidence-based evaluation of calcium channel blockers for hypertension: equality of mortality and cardiovascular risk relative to conventional therapy.: J Am Coll Cardiol 2002;39:315–22.
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1409-1410. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]


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