State-of-the-Art Paper:

Antonio Colombo, Goran Stankovic, and Jeffrey W. Moses

Selection of coronary stents
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1021-1033. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Acute coronary syndromes:

Rajendra H. Mehta, Douglas A. Criger, Christopher B. Granger, Karen K. Pieper, Robert M. Califf, Eric J. Topol, and Eric R. Bates

Patient outcomes after fibrinolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction at hospitals with and without coronary revascularization capability
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1034-1040. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Editorial comment:

Vladimir Dzavík and Jean-L. uçien Rouleau

Should all patients with an acute myocardial infarction present to a hospital with revascularization capabilities?: The evidence is mounting that they need not
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1041-1043. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ran Kornowski

Left ventricular electromechanical mapping for determination of myocardial function and viability
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1075-1078. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Philip A. Poole-Wilson

Death or repair of the myocyte in chronic heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1104-1105. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Magdi Sami

Are we ready for dual-site right atrial pacing?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1151-1152. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mark B. Ratcliffe

Non-ischemic infarct extension: A new type of infarct enlargement and a potential therapeutic target
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1168-1171. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: acute coronary syndromes:

Neal S. Kleiman, Nasser Lakkis, Christopher P. Cannon, Sabina A. Murphy, Peter M. DiBattiste, Laura A. Demopoulos, William S. Weintraub, Eugene Braunwald TACTICS-TIMI 18 Investigators

Prospective analysis of creatine kinase muscle-brain fraction and comparison with troponin T to predict cardiac risk and benefit of an invasive strategy in patients with non–ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1044-1050. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: atherosclerosis:

Ahmed Tawakol, Marc A. Forgione, Markus Stuehlinger, Nathaniel M. Alpert, John P. Cooke, Joseph Loscalzo, Alan J. Fischman, Mark A. Creager, and Henry Gewirtz

Homocysteine impairs coronary microvascular dilator function in humans
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1051-1058. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Elisabetta Faggin, Alberto Zambon, Massimo Puato, Samir S. Deeb, Sandra Bertocco, Saverio Sartore, Gaetano Crepaldi, Achille C. Pessina, and Paolo Pauletto

Association between the –514 ct polymorphism of the hepatic lipase gene promoter and unstable carotid plaque in patients with severe carotid artery stenosis
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1059-1066. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: detection of myocardial viability and stunning:

Andreas Keck, Klaus Hertting, Yitzhack Schwartz, Roland Kitzing, Michael Weber, Bernhard Leisner, Christian Franke, Edda Bahlmann, Carsten Schneider, Thomas Twisselmann, Michael Weisbach, Robert Küchler, and Karl Heinz Kuck

Electromechanical mapping for determination of myocardial contractility and viability: A comparison with echocardiography, myocardial single-photon emission computed tomography, and positron emission tomography
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1067-1074. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Michael L. Main, Anthony Magalski, Becky A. Morris, Michael M. Coen, David G. Skolnick, and Thomas H. Good

Combined assessment of microvascular integrity and contractile reserve improves differentiation of stunning and necrosis after acute anterior wall myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1079-1084. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: gender issue and CAD:

Laura S. Fernandes, James E. Tcheng, J. Conor O’Shea, Bonnie Weiner, Todd J. Lorenz, Cindy Pacchiana, Lisa G. Berdan, Kelly J. Maresh, Diane Joseph, Mina Madan, Tift Mann, Rakhi Kilaru, Judith S. Hochman, Neal S. Kleiman ESPRIT Investigators

Is glycoprotein IIb/IIIa antagonism as effective in women as in men following percutaneous coronary intervention?: Lessons from the ESPRIT study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1085-1091. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Sabahat Bokhari and Steven R. Bergmann

The effect of estrogen compared to estrogen plus progesterone on the exercise electrocardiogram
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1092-1096. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: heart failure:

Jozef Bartunek, Marc Vanderheyden, Michiel W. M. Knaapen, Wouter Tack, Mark M. Kockx, and Marc Goethals

Deoxyribonucleic acid damage/repairproteins are elevated in the failing human myocardium due to idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1097-1103. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Niall G. Mahon, Eugene H. Blackstone, Gary S. Francis, Randall C. Starling III, James B. Young, and Michael S. Lauer

The prognostic value of estimated creatinine clearance alongside functional capacity in ambulatory patients with chronic congestive heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1106-1113. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Jinong Feng, Jin Yan, Carolyn H. Buzin, Steve S. Sommer, and Jeffrey A. Towbin

Comprehensive mutation scanning of the dystrophin gene in patients with nonsyndromic X-linked dilated cardiomyopathy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1120-1124. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joshua M. Hare, Geoffrey C. Nguyen, Anthony F. Massaro, Jeffrey M. Drazen, Lynne W. Stevenson, Wilson S. Colucci, James C. Fang, Wendy Johnson, Michael M. Givertz, and Caroline Lucas

Exhaled nitric oxide: a marker of pulmonary hemodynamics in heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1114-1119. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: electrophysiology:

Paul Milliez, Allison W. Richardson, Ogundu Obioha-Ngwu, Peter J. Zimetbaum, Panos Papageorgiou, and Mark E. Josephson

Variable electrocardiographic characteristics of isthmus-dependent atrial flutter
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1125-1132. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Nassir F. Marrouche, Arne SippensGroenewegen, Yanfei Yang, Samer Dibs, and Melvin M. Scheinman

Clinical and electrophysiologic characteristics of left septal atrial tachycardia
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1133-1139. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Sanjeev Saksena, Atul Prakash, Paul Ziegler, John D. Hummel, Paul Friedman, Vance J. Plumb, D. George Wyse, Eric Johnson, Stephanie Fitts, Rahul Mehra DAPPAF Investigators

Improved suppression of recurrent atrial fibrillation with dual-site right atrial pacing and antiarrhythmic drug therapy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1140-1150. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Akiyasu Baba, Tsutomu Yoshikawa, and Satoshi Ogawa

Autoantibodies produced against sarcolemmal Na-K-ATPase: possible upstream targets of arrhythmias and sudden death in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1153-1159. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Experimental Studies:

Benjamin M. Jackson, Joseph H. Gorman III, Sina L. Moainie, T. Sloane Guy, Navneet Narula, Jagat Narula, Martin G. St. John-Sutton, L. Henry Edmunds Jr, and Robert C. Gorman

Extension of borderzone myocardium in postinfarction dilated cardiomyopathy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1160-1167. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Steven P. Jones, Michael F. Gibson, David M. Rimmer III, Terrie M. Gibson, Brent R. Sharp, and David J. Lefer

Direct vascular and cardioprotective effects of rosuvastatin, a new HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1172-1178. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Yoshiki Mori, Rosemary A. Rusk, Michael Jones, Xiang-Ning Li, Timothy Irvine, Arthur D. Zetts, and David J. Sahn

A new dynamic three-dimensional digital color doppler method for quantification of pulmonary regurgitation: validation study in an animal model
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1179-1185. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Horng H. Chen, John G. Lainchbury, and John C. Burnett Jr

Natriuretic peptide receptors and neutral endopeptidase in mediating the renal actions of a new therapeutic synthetic natriuretic peptide dendroaspis natriuretic peptide
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1186-1191. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

ACC News:

W. Bruce Fye

President’s page: cardiology and technology: an enduring and energizing partnership
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1192-1195. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

John R. Cockcroft and Ian B. Wilkinson

reliability of transfer function in determining central pulse pressure and augmentation index: Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1196-1197. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sarah A. Hope, Ian T. Meredith, and James D. Cameron

Reliability of transfer functions in determining central pulse pressure and augmentation index
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1196. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Javier Borja, Jorge Curto, Joaquin Campbell, and Marco A. Paz

Enoxaparin after high-risk coronary stenting
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 40: 1197-1198. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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