JACC -- Table of Contents (41 [1])

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Clinical study: myocardial infarction and acute coronary syndrome:

Katsuomi Iwakura, Hiroshi Ito, Masashi Ikushima, Shigeo Kawano, Atsushi Okamura, Katsuaki Asano, Tadashi Kuroda, Koji Tanaka, Tohru Masuyama, Masatsugu Hori, and Kenshi Fujii
Association between hyperglycemia and the no-reflow phenomenon inpatients with acute myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1-7. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Jean-Philippe Collet, Gilles Montalescot, Erika Fine, Jean-Louis Golmard, Miles Dalby, R.émi Choussat, Annick Ankri, Raphaëlle Dumaine, Claude Lesty, Nicolas Vignolles, and Daniel Thomas
Enoxaparin in unstable angina patients who would have been excluded from randomized pivotal trials
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 8-14. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Masahiro Mohri, Hiroaki Shimokawa, Yoji Hirakawa, Akihiro Masumoto, and Akira Takeshita
Rho-kinase inhibition with intracoronary fasudil prevents myocardial ischemia in patients with coronary microvascular spasm
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 15-19. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: interventional cardiology:

Deepak L. Bhatt, Benjamin I. Lee, Peter J. Casterella, Mark Pulsipher, Matthew Rogers, Marc Cohen, Victor E. Corrigan, Thomas J. Ryan Jr, Jeffrey A. Breall, Jeffrey W. Moses, Gregory M. Eaton, Mitchel A. Sklar, and A. Michael Lincoff
Safety of concomitant therapy with eptifibatide and enoxaparin in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: Results of the coronary revascularization using integrilin and single bolus enoxaparin study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 20-25. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical study: myocardial infarction and acute coronary syndrome:

Evangelia Karvouni, Demosthenes G. Katritsis, and John P. A. Ioannidis
Intravenous glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor antagonists reduce mortality after percutaneous coronary interventions
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 26-32. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Annapoorna S. Kini, Paul Lee, Cristina A. Mitre, Mary E. Duffy, and Samin K. Sharma
Postprocedure chest pain after coronary stenting: implications on clinical restenosis
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 33-38. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: chronic coronary atherosclerosis:

Timothy C. Lee, Patrick G. O’Malley, Irwin Feuerstein, and Allen J. Taylor
The prevalence and severity of coronaryartery calcification on coronary arterycomputed tomography in black and white subjects
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 39-44. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Editorial Comments:

Robert Detrano
The ethnic-specific natureof mechanisms forcoronary heart disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 45-46. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: chronic coronary atherosclerosis:

Guruprasad Manjunath, Hocine Tighiouart, Hassan Ibrahim, Bonnie MacLeod, Deeb N. Salem, John L. Griffith, Josef Coresh, Andrew S. Levey, and Mark J. Sarnak
Level of kidney function as a risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular outcomes in the community
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 47-55. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: quality of care:

Randall S. Stafford and David C. Radley
The underutilization of cardiacmedications of proven benefit, 1990 to 2002
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 56-61. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Maria Ansari, Mark Alexander, Ali Tutar, David Bello, and Barry M. Massie
Cardiology participation improves outcomes in patients with new-onset heart failure in the outpatient setting
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 62-68. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial Comments:

Todd M. Koelling and Kim A. Eagle
Measuring quality of outpatient cardiovascular care
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 69-72. [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical study: cardiac arrhythmias:

Kenneth A. Ellenbogen, Mark A. Wood, Richard K. Shepard, Henry F. Clemo, Tim Vaughn, Keith Holloman, Marlene Dow, Jeanne Leffler, Athula Abeyratne, and Dave Verness
Detection and management of animplantable cardioverter defibrillator lead failure: Incidence and clinical implications
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 73-80. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Angel Arenal, Esteban Glez-Torrecilla, Mercedes Ortiz, Julian Villacastín, Javier Fdez-Portales, Elena Sousa, Silvia del Castillo, Leopoldo Perez de Isla, Javier Jimenez, and Jesus Almendral
Ablation of electrograms with an isolated, delayed component as treatment of unmappable monomorphic ventricular tachycardias in patients with structural heart disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 81-92. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Paolo Donateo, Michele Brignole, Carlo Menozzi, Nicola Bottoni, Paolo Alboni, Maurizio Dinelli, Attilio Del Rosso, Francesco Croci, Daniele Oddone, Alberto Solano, and Enrico Puggioni
Mechanism of syncope in patients with positive adenosine triphosphate tests
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 93-98. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Mark S. Link, Barry J. Maron, Paul J. Wang, Brian A. VanderBrink, Wei Zhu, and N. A. Mark Estes III
Upper and lower limits of vulnerability to sudden arrhythmic death with chest-wall impact (commotio cordis)
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 99-104. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: heart failure:

Armin Zittermann, Stefanie Schulze Schleithoff, Gero Tenderich, Heiner K. Berthold, Reiner Körfer, and Peter Stehle
Low vitamin D status: a contributing factor in the pathogenesis of congestive heart failure?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 105-112. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Olav W. Nielsen, Theresa A. McDonagh, Stephen D. Robb, and Henry J. Dargie
Retrospective analysis of thecost-effectiveness of using plasmabrain natriuretic peptide inscreening for left ventricularsystolic dysfunction in the general population
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 113-120. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Alison M. Duncan, Darrel P. Francis, Michael Y. Henein, and Derek G. Gibson
Limitation of cardiac output by total isovolumic time during pharmacologic stress in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy: Activation-mediated effects of leftbundle branch block and coronary artery disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 121-128. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical study: left ventricular hypertrophy:

Abdou Elhendy, Karen M. Modesto, Douglas W. Mahoney, Bijoy K. Khandheria, James B. Seward, and Patricia A. Pellikka
Prediction of mortality in patients with left ventricular hypertrophy by clinical, exercise stress, and echocardiographic data
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 129-135. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical study: disease of the aortic valve or aorta:

Elisa Poggianti, Lucia Venneri, Vlad Chubuchny, Zoltan Jambrik, Liz Andrea Baroncini, and Eugenio Picano
Aortic valve sclerosis is associatedwith systemic endothelial dysfunction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 136-141. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Javier Bermejo, Rodolfo Odreman, Josefina Feijoo, M. Mar Moreno, Paz Gómez-Moreno, and Miguel A. García-Fernández
Clinical efficacy of Doppler-echocardiographic indices of aortic valve stenosis:a comparative test-based analysis of outcome
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 142-151. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Angel Sanchez-Recalde, Isabel Maté, José L. Merino, Raquel S. Simon, and José A. Sobrino
Aspergillus aortitis after cardiac surgery
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 152-156. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editor's Page:

Anthony N. DeMaria
The Elite Reviewer
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 157-158. [Full Text] [PDF]

ACC/AHA guideline:

Committee Members, Raymond J. Gibbons, Jonathan Abrams, Kanu Chatterjee, Jennifer Daley, Prakash C. Deedwania, John S. Douglas, T. Bruce Ferguson Jr, Stephan D. Fihn, Theodore D. Fraker Jr, Julius M. Gardin, Robert A. O’Rourke, Richard C. Pasternak, Sankey V. Williams, Task Force Members, Raymond J. Gibbons, Joseph S. Alpert, Elliott M. Antman, Loren F. Hiratzka, Valentin Fuster, David P. Faxon, Gabriel Gregoratos, Alice K. Jacobs, and Sidney C. Smith Jr
ACC/AHA 2002 guideline update for the management of patients with chronic stable angina—summary article: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on practice guidelines (Committee on the Management of Patients With Chronic Stable Angina)
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 159-168. [Full Text] [PDF] [View 2007 Focused Update]

Letters to the Editor:

Michel Noutsias, Matthias Pauschinger, Uwe Kühl, and Heinz-Peter Schultheiss
Immunosuppressive treatment in familial dilated cardiomyopathy with biopsy-proven intramyocardial inflammation?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 169. [Full Text] [PDF]

Alida L. P. Caforio, Niall G. Mahon, and William J. McKenna
Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 169-170. [Full Text] [PDF]

Gianluca Bonanomi, Marco A. Zenati, and David Schwartzman
Left atrial appendectomy and maze
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 170. [Full Text] [PDF]

Hans Kottkamp, Gerhard Hindricks, Gerhard Schuler, and Friedrich-Wilhelm Mohr
Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 170-171. [Full Text] [PDF]