JACC -- Table of Contents (40 [10])

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Clinical study: aortic stenosis progression and cholesterol:

Michael F. Bellamy, Patricia A. Pellikka, Kyle W. Klarich, A. Jamil Tajik, and Maurice Enriquez-Sarano
Association of cholesterol levels, hydroxymethylglutaryl coenzyme-a reductase inhibitor treatment, and progression of aortic stenosis in the community
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1723-1730. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial Comments:

Alan S. Pearlman
Medical treatment ofaortic stenosis: Promising, or wishful thinking?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1731-1734. [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical study: LV function following revascularization:

Rob S. B. Beanlands, Terrence D. Ruddy, Robert A. deKemp, Robert M. Iwanochko, Geoffrey Coates, Michael Freeman, Claude Nahmias, Paul Hendry, Robert J. Burns, Andre Lamy, Lynda Mickleborough, William Kostuk, Ernest Fallen, Graham Nichol PARR Investigators
Positron emission tomography and recovery following revascularization (PARR-1): the importance of scar and the development of a prediction rule for the degree of recovery of left ventricular function
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1735-1743. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial Comments:

Marcelo F. Di Carli, Rory Hachamovitch, and Daniel S. Berman
The art and science of predicting postrevascularization improvement in left ventricular (LV) function in patients with severely depressed LV function
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1744-1747. [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical study: acute coronary syndromes:

Nazneem N. Wahab, Elizabeth A. Cowden, Neil J. Pearce, Martin J. Gardner, Heather Merry, Jafna L. Cox ICONS Investigators
Is blood glucose an independent predictor of mortality in acute myocardial infarction in the thrombolytic era?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1748-1754. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Koichi Yamamoto, Hiroshi Ito, Katsuomi Iwakura, Shigeo Kawano, Masashi Ikushima, Tohru Masuyama, Toshio Ogihara, and Kenshi Fujii
Two different coronary blood flow velocity patterns in thrombolysis in myocardial infarction flow grade 2 in acute myocardial infarction: Insight into mechanisms of microvascular dysfunction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1755-1760. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Marc S. Sabatine, David A. Morrow, Christopher P. Cannon, Sabina A. Murphy, Laura A. Demopoulos, Peter M. DiBattiste, Carolyn H. McCabe, Eugene Braunwald, and C. Michael Gibson
Relationship between baseline white blood cell count and degree of coronary artery disease and mortality in patients with acute coronary syndromes: A TACTICS-TIMI 18 substudy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1761-1768. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: chronic coronary artery disease:

Guido Schnyder, Yvonne Flammer, Marco Roffi, Riccardo Pin, and Otto Martin Hess
Plasma homocysteine levels and late outcome after coronary angioplasty
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1769-1776. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Chloe A. Allen Maycock, Joseph B. Muhlestein, Benjamin D. Horne, John F. Carlquist, Tami L. Bair, Robert R. Pearson, Qunyu Li, Jeffrey L. Anderson Intermountain Heart Collaborative Study
Statin therapy is associated with reduced mortality across all age groups of individuals with significant coronary disease, including very elderly patients
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1777-1785. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

John S. Rumsfeld, Mary E. Plomondon, Eric D. Peterson, Michael G. Shlipak, Charles Maynard, Gary K. Grunwald, Frederick L. Grover, and A. Laurie W. Shroyer
The impact of ethnicity on outcomes following coronary artery bypass graft surgery in the Veterans Health Administration
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1786-1793. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: heart failure:

Damien Logeart, Carole Saudubray, Pascale Beyne, Gabriel Thabut, Pierre-Vladimir Ennezat, Christophe Chavelas, Caroline Zanker, Erik Bouvier, and Alain Cohen Solal
Comparative value of Doppler echocardiography and B-type natriuretic peptide assay in the etiologic diagnosis of acute dyspnea
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1794-1800. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Mark T. Kearney, Keith A. A. Fox, Amanda J. Lee, Robin J. Prescott, Ajay M. Shah, Philip D. Batin, Wazir Baig, Stephen Lindsay, Timothy S. Callahan, William E. Shell, Dwain L. Eckberg, Azfar G. Zaman, Simon Williams, James M. M. Neilson, and James Nolan
Predicting death due to progressive heart failure in patients with mild-to-moderate chronic heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1801-1808. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: cariovascular ultrasound studies:

Jagdish C. Mohan, Ayan R. Patel, Rajiv Passey, Dinesh Gupta, Manoj Kumar, Ramesh Arora, and Natesa G. Pandian
Is the mitral valve area flow-dependent in mitral stenosis?: A dobutamine stress echocardiographic study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1809-1815. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Satoshi Hiraishi, Hamao Hirota, Yasunori Horiguchi, Nobuhiro Takeda, Nobuyuki Fujino, Natsuko Ogawa, and Yayoi Nakahata
Transthoracic Doppler assessment of coronary flow velocity reserve in children with Kawasaki disease: Comparison with coronary angiography and thallium-201 imaging
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1816-1824. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Matthias Frick, Severin P. Schwarzacher, Hannes F. Alber, Alexander Rinner, Hanno Ulmer, Otmar Pachinger, and Franz Weidinger
Morphologic rather than functional or mechanical sonographic parameters of the brachial artery are related to angiographically evident coronary atherosclerosis
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1825-1830. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: electrophysiologic disorders:

Thomas H. Everett IV, Joseph G. Akar, Lai-Chow Kok, J. Randall Moorman, and David E. Haines
Use of global atrial fibrillation organization to optimize the success of burst pace termination
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1831-1840. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Takashi Noda, Wataru Shimizu, Atsushi Taguchi, Kazuhiro Satomi, Kazuhiro Suyama, Takashi Kurita, Naohiko Aihara, and Shiro Kamakura
ST-segment elevation and ventricular fibrillation without coronary spasm by intracoronary injection of acetylcholine and/or ergonovine maleate in patients with Brugada syndrome
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1841-1847. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: cardiac magnetic resonance studies:

Willemijn L. F. Bedaux, Mark B. M. Hofman, Stefan L. A. Vyt, Jean G. F. Bronzwaer, Cees A. Visser, and Albert C. van Rossum
Assessment of coronary artery bypass graft disease using cardiovascular magnetic resonance determination of flow reserve
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1848-1855. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

J.ürgen Scharhag, G.ünther Schneider, Axel Urhausen, Veneta Rochette, Bernhard Kramann, and Wilfried Kindermann
Athlete’s heart: Right and left ventricular mass and function in male endurance athletes and untrained individuals determined by magnetic resonance imaging
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1856-1863. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: cardiomyopathy and pregnancy:

Camillo Autore, Maria Rosa Conte, Marco Piccininno, Paola Bernabò, Giovanna Bonfiglio, Paolo Bruzzi, and Paolo Spirito
Risk associated with pregnancy in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1864-1869. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: electrocardiography study:

Borys Surawicz and Sanjay R. Parikh
Prevalence of male and female patterns of early ventricular repolarization in the normal ECG of males and females from childhood to old age
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1870-1876. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: survey on diabetes and heart disease:

C. Noel Bairey Merz, John B. Buse, Diane Tuncer, and Gwen B. Twillman
Physician attitudes and practices and patient awareness of the cardiovascular complications of diabetes
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1877-1881. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Expedited Review:

Gregg W. Stone, Campbell Rogers, Steve Ramee, Christopher White, Richard E. Kuntz, Jeffrey J. Popma, John George, Steve Almany, and Steve Bailey
Distal filter protection during saphenous vein graft stenting: Technical and clinical correlates of efficacy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1882-1888. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Letters to the Editor:

Karlheinz Seidl
Value of precardioversion transesophageal echocardiography in managing cardioversion in atrial fibrillation: Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1889-1890. [Full Text] [PDF]

Warren J. Manning, David I. Silverman, Todd B. Seto, and Marilyn J. Weigner
Value of precardioversion transesophageal echocardiography in managing cardioversion of atrial fibrillation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1889. [Full Text] [PDF]

Correction:

Correction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1891-1893. [PDF]


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