State-of-the-Art Paper:

Antonis A. Armoundas, Gordon F. Tomaselli, and Hans D. Esperer

Pathophysiological basis and clinical application of T-wave alternans
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 207-217. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Viewpoint:

Umesh N. Khot and Steven E. Nissen

Is CURE a cure for acute coronary syndromes? Statistical versus clinical significance
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 218-219. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical study: lipid lowering:

Masunori Matsuzaki, Katsuhiko Hiramori, Tsutomu Imaizumi, Akira Kitabatake, Hitoshi Hishida, Masanori Nomura, Takashi Fujii, Ichiro Sakuma, Kenichi Fukami, Takashi Honda, Hiroshi Ogawa, and Masakazu Yamagishi

Intravascular ultrasound evaluation of coronary plaque regression by low density lipoprotein-apheresis in familial hypercholesterolemia: The Low Density Lipoprotein-Apheresis Coronary Morphology and Reserve Trial (LACMART)
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 220-227. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: lipid lowering: editorial comment:

Philip J. Barter

Coronary plaque regression: role of low density lipoprotein-apheresis
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 228-230. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical study: antiplatelet therapy:

Richard H. Hongo, Jill Ley, Stuart E. Dick, and Rupsa R. Yee

The effect of clopidogrel incombination with aspirin whengiven before coronary artery bypass grafting
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 231-237. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: myocardial infarction:

James A. de Lemos, David A. Morrow, C. Michael Gibson, Sabina A. Murphy, Marc S. Sabatine, Nader Rifai, Carolyn H. McCabe, Elliott M. Antman, Christopher P. Cannon, and Eugene Braunwald

The prognostic value of serum myoglobin in patients with non–ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes: Results from the TIMI 11B and TACTICS-TIMI 18 studies
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 238-244. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Christian Mueller, Franz-Josef Neumann, Helmut Roskamm, Peter Buser, John Mc. B. Hodgson, Andrè P. Perruchoud, and Heinz J. Buettner

Women do have an improved long-term outcome after non–ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes treated very early and predominantly with percutaneous coronary intervention: A prospective study in 1,450 consecutive patients
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 245-250. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: exercise testing:

Ezra A. Amsterdam, J. Douglas Kirk, Deborah B. Diercks, William R. Lewis, and Samuel D. Turnipseed

Immediate exercise testing to evaluate low-risk patients presenting to the emergency department with chest pain
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 251-256. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: endothelial function:

Emili Iràculis, Angel Cequier, Joan Antoni Gómez-Hospital, Manel Sabaté, Josepa Mauri, Eduard Fernández-Nofrerias, Bruno García del Blanco, Francese Jara, and Enrique Esplugas

Early dysfunction and long-term improvement in endothelium-dependent vasodilation in the infarct-related artery after thrombolysis
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 257-265. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Hiroaki Kawano, Takeshi Motoyama, Hirofumi Yasue, Nobutaka Hirai, Hesham M. Waly, Kiyotaka Kugiyama, and Hisao Ogawa

Endothelial function fluctuates with diurnal variation in the frequency of ischemic episodes in patients with variant angina
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 266-270. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: myocardial disease:

V.íctor G. Dávila-Román, Giridhar Vedala, Pilar Herrero, Lisa de las Fuentes, Joseph G. Rogers, Daniel P. Kelly, and Robert J. Gropler

Altered myocardial fatty acid and glucose metabolism in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 271-277. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Quirino Ciampi, Sandro Betocchi, Raffaella Lombardi, Fiore Manganelli, Giovanni Storto, Maria Angela Losi, Elpidio Pezzella, Filippo Finizio, Alberto Cuocolo, and Massimo Chiariello

Hemodynamic determinants of exercise-induced abnormal blood pressure response in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 278-284. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: adult congenital disease:

Luc M. Beauchesne, Carole A. Warnes, Heidi M. Connolly, Naser M. Ammash, A. Jamil Tajik, and Gordon K. Danielson

Outcome of the unoperated adult who presents with congenitallycorrected transposition of the great arteries
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 285-290. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: cardiac catheterization:

Malte Kelm, Stefan M. Perings, Thomas Jax, Thomas Lauer, Frank C. Schoebel, Matthias P. Heintzen, Christian Perings, and Bodo E. Strauer

Incidence and clinical outcome of iatrogenic femoral arteriovenous fistulas: Implications for risk stratification and treatment
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 291-297. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Carlo Briguori, Fiore Manganelli, Pierfranco Scarpato, Pietro Paolo Elia, Bruno Golia, Guido Riviezzo, Stefano Lepore, Mariateresa Librera, Bruno Villari, Antonio Colombo, and Bruno Ricciardelli

Acetylcysteine and contrast agent-associated nephrotoxicity
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 298-303. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: heart failure:

Mariantonietta Cicoira, Luisa Zanolla, Andrea Rossi, Giorgio Golia, Lorenzo Franceschini, Giovanna Brighetti, Paolo Marino, and Piero Zardini

Long-term, dose-dependent effects of spironolactone on left ventricular function and exercise tolerance in patients with chronic heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 304-310. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Daniel L. Dries, Mark H. Strong, Richard S. Cooper, and Mark H. Drazner

Efficacy of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition in reducing progression from asymptomatic left ventricular dysfunction to symptomatic heart failure in black and white patients
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 311-317. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: echocardiography:

Ehtisham Mahmud, Ajit Raisinghani, Alborz Hassankhani, H. Mehrdad Sadeghi, G. Monet Strachan, William Auger, Anthony N. DeMaria, and Daniel G. Blanchard

Correlation of left ventricular diastolic filling characteristics with right ventricular overload and pulmonary artery pressure in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 318-324. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Donald L. King, Lyna El-Khoury Coffin, and Mathew S. Maurer

Myocardial contraction fraction: a volumetric index of myocardial shortening by freehand three-dimensional echocardiography
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 325-329. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical study: arrhythmias:

Takashi Kurita, Wataru Shimizu, Masashi Inagaki, Kazuhiro Suyama, Atsushi Taguchi, Kazuhiro Satomi, Naohiko Aihara, Shiro Kamakura, Junjiro Kobayashi, and Yoshio Kosakai

The electrophysiologic mechanism of ST-segment elevation in Brugada syndrome
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 330-334. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Kenneth M. Stein, David E. Euler, Rahul Mehra, Karlheinz Seidl, David J. Slotwiner, Suneet Mittal, Steven M. Markowitz, Bruce B. Lerman Jewel AF Worldwide Investigators

Do atrial tachyarrhythmias beget ventricular tachyarrhythmias in defibrillator recipients?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 335-340. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: genetics and arrhythmias:

Barbara Bauce, Alessandra Rampazzo, Cristina Basso, Alessia Bagattin, Luciano Daliento, Natascia Tiso, Pietro Turrini, Gaetano Thiene, Gian Antonio Danieli, and Andrea Nava

Screening for ryanodine receptor type 2 mutations in families with effort-induced polymorphic ventricular arrhythmias and sudden death: Early diagnosis of asymptomatic carriers
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 341-349. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Jeroen P. P. Smits, Lars Eckardt, Vincent Probst, Connie R. Bezzina, Jean Jacques Schott, Carol Ann Remme, Wilhelm Haverkamp, G.ünter Breithardt, Denis Escande, Eric Schulze-Bahr, Hervé LeMarec, and Arthur A. M. Wilde

Genotype-phenotype relationship in Brugada syndrome: electrocardiographic features differentiate SCN5A-related patients from non–SCN5A-related patients
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 350-356. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: genetics and arrhythmias: editorial comment:

Dan M. Roden

The problem, challenge and opportunity of genetic heterogeneity in monogenic diseases predisposing to sudden death
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 357-359. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Experimental Studies:

Tullio Palmerini, Mark A. Nedelman, Lesley E. Scudder, Marian T. Nakada, Robert E. Jordan, Susan Smyth, Ronald E. Gordon, John T. Fallon, and Barry S. Coller

Effects of abciximab on the acute pathology of blood vessels after arterial stenting in nonhuman primates
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 360-366. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Harri J. Ranki, Grant R. Budas, Russell M. Crawford, Anthony M. Davies, and Aleksandar Jovanovic

17ß-Estradiol regulates expression of K_ATP channels in heart-derived H9c2 cells
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 367-374. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Jian Huang, Jonathan L. Skinner, Jack M. Rogers, William M. Smith, William L. Holman, and Raymond E. Ideker

The effects of acute and chronic amiodarone on activation patterns and defibrillation threshold during ventricular fibrillation in dogs
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 375-383. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

ACC News:

W. Bruce Fye

President’s page:women cardiologists: why so few?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 384-386. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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