Presidential address:

Douglas P. Zipes

Citizens of the world
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1411-1413. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Review article:

Inder S. Anand, Viorel G. Florea, and Lloyd Fisher

Surrogate end points in heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1414-1421. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jan Sochman

N-acetylcysteine in acute cardiology: 10 years later: What do we know and what would we like to know?!
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1422-1428. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jawahar L. Mehta and Dayuan Li

Identification, regulation and function of a novel lectin-like oxidized low-density lipoprotein receptor
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1429-1435. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: Atrial fibrillation:

Karlheinz Seidl, Monika Rameken, Axel Drögemüller, Margit Vater, Andreas Brandt, Harald Schwacke, Caroline Bergmeier, Ralf Zahn, and Jochen Senges

Embolic events in patients with atrial fibrillation and effective anticoagulation: value of transesophageal echocardiography to guide direct-current cardioversion: Final results of the Ludwigshafen Observational Cardioversion Study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1436-1442. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Emanuele Antonielli, Alfredo Pizzuti, Attila Pálinkás, Mattia Tanga, N. oèmi Gruber, Claudio Michelassi, Albert Varga, Alessandro Bonzano, Nicola Gandolfo, L.ászló Halmai, Antonia Bassignana, Muhammad Babar Imran, Fabrizio Delnevo, Miklós Csanády, and Eugenio Picano

Clinical value of left atrial appendage flow for prediction of long-term sinus rhythm maintenance in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1443-1449. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: Myocardial infarction:

Leonardo A. M. Zornoff, Hicham Skali, Marc A. Pfeffer, Martin St. John Sutton, Jean L. Rouleau, Gervasio A. Lamas, Ted Plappert, Jacques R. Rouleau, Lemuel A. Moyé, Sandra J. Lewis, Eugene Braunwald, Scott D. Solomon SAVE Investigators

Right ventricular dysfunction and risk of heart failure and mortality after myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1450-1455. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Richard A. Kerensky, Michael Wade, Prakash Deedwania, William E. Boden, Carl J. Pepine Veterans Affairs Non–Q-Wave Infarction Strategies in-Hospital (VANQWISH) Trial Investigators

Revisiting the culprit lesion in non–Q-wave myocardial infarction: Results from the VANQWISH trial angiographic core laboratory
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1456-1463. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: Myocardial infarction: Editorial comment:

James A. Goldstein

Angiographic plaque complexity: the tip of the unstable plaque iceberg
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1464-1467. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical study: Hybernating myocardium:

Nikolaos G. Frangogiannis, Sarah Shimoni, SuMin Chang, Guofeng Ren, Oliver Dewald, Christine Gersch, Kesavan Shan, Constandina Aggeli, Michael Reardon, George V. Letsou, Rafael Espada, Mahesh Ramchandani, Mark L. Entman, and William A. Zoghbi

Active interstitial remodeling: an important process in the hibernating human myocardium
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1468-1474. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: Stress testing:

Jennifer M. F. Kwok, Todd D. Miller, David O. Hodge, and Raymond J. Gibbons

Prognostic value of the Duke treadmill score in the elderly
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1475-1481. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: Stroke:

Carlos J. Rodriguez, Ralph L. Sacco, Robert R. Sciacca, Bernadette Boden-Albala, Shunichi Homma, and Marco R. Di Tullio

Physical activity attenuates the effect of increased left ventricular mass on the risk of ischemic stroke: The Northern Manhattan Stroke Study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1482-1488. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: Endocarditis:

Isidre Vilacosta, Catherine Graupner, JoséAlberto SanRomán, Cristina Sarriá, Ricardo Ronderos, Cristina Fernández, Leonardo Mancini, Olga Sanz, JuanVictor Sanmartín, and Walter Stoermann

Risk of embolization after institution of antibiotic therapy for infective endocarditis
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1489-1495. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: Pulmonary hypertension:

Nazzareno Galiè, Marc Humbert, Jean-Luc Vachiéry, CarmineDario Vizza, Meinhard Kneussl, Alessandra Manes, Olivier Sitbon, Adam Torbicki, Marion Delcroix, Robert Naeije, Marius Hoeper, Ari Chaouat, Sophie Morand, Bruno Besse, Gerald Simonneau the Arterial Pulmonary Hypertension and Beraprost European Trial (ALPHABET) Study Group

Effects of beraprost sodium, an oral prostacyclin analogue, in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1496-1502. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: Cardiomyopathy:

Kathy A. Crispell, Emily L. Hanson, Kelly Coates, Warren Toy, and Ray E. Hershberger

Periodic rescreening is indicated for family members at risk of developing familial dilated cardiomyopathy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1503-1507. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clincal study: Heart transplantation:

Gabriele Plenz, Heike Eschert, Michael Erren, Thomas Wichter, Michael Böhm, Markus Flesch, Hans H. Scheld, and Mario C. Deng

The interleukin-6/interleukin-6-receptorsystem is activated in donor hearts
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1508-1512. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: Interventional cardiology:

Michiel Voskuil, Rob A. M. van Liebergen, Mariano Albertal, Eric Boersma, Jan G. P. Tijssen, Patrick W. Serruys, Jan J. Piek the DEBATE II Investigators

Coronary hemodynamics of stent implantation after suboptimal and optimal balloon angioplasty
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1513-1517. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical study: Cardiac surgery:

James L. Januzzi Jr, Kent Lewandrowski, Thomas E. MacGillivray, John B. Newell, Sekar Kathiresan, Stephen J. Servoss, and Elizabeth Lee-Lewandrowski

A comparison of cardiac troponin T and creatine kinase-MB for patient evaluation after cardiac surgery
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1518-1523. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical study: Arterial distensibility:

Padmini Kaushal and J. Andrew Taylor

Inter-relations among declines in arterial distensibility, baroreflex function and respiratory sinus arrhythmia
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1524-1530. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: New methods:

Theodore P. Abraham, Marek Belohlavek, Helen L. Thomson, Cristina Pislaru, Bijoy Khandheria, James B. Seward, and Patricia A. Pellikka

Time to onset of regional relaxation: feasibility, variability and utility of a novel index of regional myocardial function by strain rate imaging
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1531-1537. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Experimental Studies:

Bodh I. Jugdutt, Vijayan Menon, Dinender Kumar, and Halliday Idikio

Vascular remodeling during healing after myocardial infarction in the dog model: Effects of reperfusion, amlodipine and enalapril
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1538-1545. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

S. téphane Lafitte, Aya Higashiyama, Hisashi Masugata, Barry Peters, Monet Strachan, O. i Ling Kwan, and Anthony N. DeMaria

Contrast echocardiography can assess risk area and infarct size during coronary occlusion and reperfusion: experimental validation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1546-1554. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Joerg Herrmann, Patricia J. Best, Erik L. Ritman, David R. Holmes Jr, Lilach O. Lerman, and Amir Lerman

Chronic endothelin receptor antagonism prevents coronary vasa vasorum neovascularization in experimental hypercholesterolemia
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1555-1561. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Editor's Page:

William W. Parmley

Final report, and thanks
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1562. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Carl J. Lavie, Richard Milani, Mandeep R. Mehra, Hector O. Ventura, and Franz H. Messerli

Obesity, weight reduction and survival in heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1563. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gregg C. Fonarow, Tamara B. Horwich, Michele A. Hamilton, W. Robb MacLellan, and Jan H. Tillisch

Obesity, weight reduction and survival in heart failure: Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1563-1564. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tsung O. Cheng

Ischemic cardiomyopathy: a historical note
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1564-1565. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrew P. Davie

Is early invasive treatment of unstable coronary artery disease equally effective for both women and men?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39: 1565. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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