State-of-the-Art Paper:

Robert M. Califf, Eric D. Peterson, Raymond J. Gibbons, Arthur Garson Jr, Ralph G. Brindis, George A. Beller, and Sidney C. Smith Jr

Integrating quality into the cycle of therapeutic development
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1895-1901. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical Study:

B. o Lagerqvist, Steen Husted, Fredrik Kontny, Ulf Näslund, Elisabeth Ståhle, Eva Swahn, Lars Wallentin FRISC-II Investigators

A long-term perspective on the protective effects of an early invasive strategy in unstable coronary artery disease: Two-year follow-up of the FRISC-II invasive study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1902-1914. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Joerg Herrmann, William D. Edwards, David R. Holmes Jr, Kris L. Shogren, Lilach O. Lerman, Aaron Ciechanover, and Amir Lerman

Increased ubiquitin immunoreactivity in unstable atherosclerotic plaques associated with acute coronary syndromes
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1919-1927. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Simon R. Dixon, Robert J. Whitbourn, Michael W. Dae, Eberhard Grube, Warren Sherman, Gary L. Schaer, J. Stephen Jenkins, Donald S. Baim, Raymond J. Gibbons, Richard E. Kuntz, Jeffrey J. Popma, Thanh T. Nguyen, and William W. O’Neill

Induction of mild systemic hypothermia with endovascular cooling during primary percutaneous coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1928-1934. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Francesco Versaci, Achille Gaspardone, Fabrizio Tomai, Flavio Ribichini, Paolo Russo, Igino Proietti, Anna Silvia Ghini, Valeria Ferrero, Luigi Chiariello, Pier Agostino Gioffrè, Francesco Romeo, and Filippo Crea

Immunosuppressive therapy for the prevention of restenosis after coronary artery stent implantation (IMPRESS study)
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1935-1942. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

R.émi Choussat, Gilles Montalescot, Jean Philippe Collet, Eric Vicaut, Annick Ankri, Vanessa Gallois, G.érard Drobinski, Ivan Sotirov, and Daniel Thomas

A unique, low dose of intravenous enoxaparin in elective percutaneous coronary intervention
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1943-1950. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Douglass A. Morrison, Gulshan Sethi, Jerome Sacks, William G. Henderson, Frederick Grover, Steven Sedlis, Rick Esposito Investigators of the Department of Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study #385, the Angina With Extremely Serious Operative Mortality Evaluation (AWESOME)

Percutaneous coronary intervention versus repeat bypass surgery for patients with medically refractory myocardial ischemia: AWESOME randomized trial and registry experience with post-CABG patients
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1951-1954. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Derk J. Drenth, Nic J. G. M. Veeger, Jobst B. Winter, Jan G. Grandjean, Massimo A. Mariani, A. d J. Boven van, and Piet W. Boonstra

A prospective randomized trial comparing stenting with off-pump coronary surgery for high-grade stenosis in the proximal left anterior descending coronary artery: three-year follow-up
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1955-1960. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Sorin J. Brener, Bruce W. Lytle, Jakob P. Schneider, Stephen G. Ellis, and Eric J. Topol

Association between CK-MB elevation after percutaneous or surgical revascularization and three-year mortality
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1961-1967. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Jason H. Cole, Ellis L. Jones, Joseph M. Craver, Robert A. Guyton, Douglas C. Morris, John S. Douglas Jr, Ziyad Ghazzal, and William S. Weintraub

Outcomes of repeat revascularization in diabetic patients with prior coronary surgery
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1968-1975. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Woo-Young Chung, Dae-Won Sohn, Yong-Jin Kim, Seil Oh, I. n-H. o Chai, Young-Bae Park, and Yun-Shik Choi

Absence of postprandial surge in coronary blood flow distal to significant stenosis: a possible mechanism of postprandial angina
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1976-1983. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Andrew P. Levy, Irit Hochberg, Kathleen Jablonski, Helaine E. Resnick, Elisa T. Lee, Lyle Best, and Barbara V. Howard

Haptoglobin phenotype is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease in individuals with diabetes: the strong heart study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1984-1990. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

LeRoy E. Rabbani, Nicole A. Seminario, Robert R. Sciacca, Hong Jun Chen, and Elsa-Grace V. Giardina

Oral conjugated equine estrogen increases plasma von Willebrand factor in postmenopausal women
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1991-1999. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Tommaso Gori, John S. Floras, and John D. Parker

Effects of nitroglycerin treatment on baroreflex sensitivity andshort-term heart rate variability in humans
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 2000-2005. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Udho Thadani, William Smith, Stephen Nash, Neville Bittar, Stephen Glasser, Puneet Narayan, Richard A. Stein, Sharon Larkin, Arthur Mazzu, Robert Tota, Kenneth Pomerantz, and Pavur Sundaresan

The effect of vardenafil, a potent and highly selective phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitor for the treatment of erectile dysfunction, on the cardiovascular response to exercise in patients with coronary artery disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 2006-2012. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Kee-Joon Choi, Dipen C. Shah, Pierre Jais, Meleze Hocini, Laurent Macle, Christophe Scavee, Rukshen Weerasooriya, Florence Raybaud, Jacques Clementy, and Michel Haissaguerre

QRST subtraction combined with a pacemap catalogue for the prediction of ectopy source by surface electrocardiogram in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 2013-2021. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Laurent Fauchier, Olivier Marie, Danielle Casset-Senon, Dominique Babuty, Pierre Cosnay, and Jean Paul Fauchier

Interventricular and intraventricular dyssynchrony in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy: A prognostic study with fourier phase analysis of radionuclide angioscintigraphy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 2022-2030. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Estela Azeka, José Antonio Franchini Ramires, Constante Valler, and Edimar Alcides Bocchi

Delisting of infants and children from the heart transplantation waiting list after carvedilol treatment
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 2034-2038. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Yukihito Higashi, Keigo Nakagawa, Masashi Kimura, Kensuke Noma, Keiko Hara, Satoshi Sasaki, Chikara Goto, Tetsuya Oshima, Kazuaki Chayama, and Masao Yoshizumi

Circadian variation of blood pressure and endothelial function in patients with essential hypertension: a comparison of dippers and non-dippers
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 2039-2043. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Periklis A. Davlouros, Philip J. Kilner, Tim S. Hornung, Wei Li, Jane M. Francis, James C. C. Moon, Gillian C. Smith, Tri Tat, Dudley J. Pennell, and Michael A. Gatzoulis

Right ventricular function in adults with repaired tetralogy of Fallot assessed with cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging: detrimental role of right ventricular outflow aneurysms or akinesia and adverse right-to-left ventricular interaction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 2044-2052. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Michele Brignole, Francesco Croci, Carlo Menozzi, Alberto Solano, Paolo Donateo, Daniele Oddone, Enrico Puggioni, and Gino Lolli

Isometric arm counter-pressure maneuvers to abort impending vasovagal syncope
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 2053-2059. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Editorial comment:

Ravi K. Yarlagadda and William E. Boden

Cardioprotective effects of an early invasive strategy for non–ST-segment elevationacute coronary syndromes: Are we all becoming "interventional" cardiologists?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1915-1918. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chistoph Stellbrink and Bernd Nowak

The importance of being synchronous: on the prognostic value of ventricular conduction delay in heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 2031-2033. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Editor's Page:

Anthony N. DeMaria

The commercial promotion of medicine
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 2060-2061. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Gregg W. Stone and Paul S. Teirstein

Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 2062-2063. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Emerson C. Perin, Samuel J. DeMaio, Barry George, and William W. O’Neill

Percutaneous laser revascularization in patients with chronic total occlusions
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 2062. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Amir Elami and Gideon Merin

Stented angioplasty or coronary artery bypass graft surgery for multivessel disease?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 2063-2064. [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. van den Brand and B. Rensing

Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 2064. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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