JACC -- Table of Contents (41 [10])

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State-of-the-Art Paper:

Charles Antzelevitch, Pedro Brugada, Josep Brugada, Ramon Brugada, Jeffrey A. Towbin, and Kolawanee Nademanee
Brugada syndrome: 1992–2002: A historical perspective
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1665-1671. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical research:

Zoran Olivari, Paolo Rubartelli, Federico Piscione, Federica Ettori, Alessandro Fontanelli, Luigi Salemme, Corinna Giachero, Carlo Di Mario, Gabriele Gabrielli, Leonardo Spedicato, Francesco Bedogni TOAST-GISE Investigators
Immediate results and one-year clinical outcome after percutaneous coronary interventions in chronic total occlusions: data from a multicenter, prospective, observational study (TOAST-GISE)
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1672-1678. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Emile R. Mohler III, William R. Hiatt, Jeffrey W. Olin, Michael Wade, Roger Jeffs, and Alan T. Hirsch
Treatment of intermittent claudication with beraprost sodium, an orally active prostaglandin I₂ analogue: A double-blinded, randomized, controlled trial
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1679-1686. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial Comments:

Leslie T. Cooper
Beraprost for the treatment of intermittent claudication
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1687-1689. [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical research:

J.örg Carlsson, Sinisa Miketic, J.ürgen Windeler, Alessandro Cuneo, Sebastian Haun, Stefan Micus, Sabine Walter, Ulrich Tebbe STAF Investigators
Randomized trial of rate-control versus rhythm-control in persistent atrial fibrillation: The Strategies of Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation (STAF) study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1690-1696. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Rukshen Weerasooriya, Michael Davis, Anne Powell, Tamas Szili-Torok, Chetan Shah, David Whalley, Logan Kanagaratnam, William Heddle, James Leitch, Ann Perks, Louise Ferguson, and Max Bulsara
The Australian intervention randomized control of rate in atrial fibrillation trial (AIRCRAFT)
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1697-1702. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial Comments:

D. George Wyse
Rhythm management in atrial fibrillation: less is more
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1703-1706. [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical research:

S. Adam Strickberger, John D. Hummel, Thomas G. Bartlett, Howard I. Frumin, Claudio D. Schuger, Scott L. Beau, Cynthia Bitar, Fred Morady AMIOVIRT Investigators
Amiodarone versus implantable cardioverter-defibrillator:randomized trial in patients with nonischemicdilated cardiomyopathy and asymptomaticnonsustained ventricular tachycardia—AMIOVIRT
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1707-1712. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial Comments:

J. Vijay Jayachandran and Douglas P. Zipes
Say no to primary prophylaxis with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in asymptomatic nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1713-1715. [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical research:

Beata Wozakowska-Kaplon and Grzegorz Opolski
Concomitant recovery of atrial mechanical and endocrine function after cardioversion in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1716-1720. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Shmuel Fuchs, Lowell F. Satler, Ran Kornowski, Petros Okubagzi, Giora Weisz, Richard Baffour, Ron Waksman, Neil J. Weissman, Manuel Cerqueira, Martin B. Leon, and Stephen E. Epstein
Catheter-based autologous bone marrow myocardial injection in no-option patients with advanced coronary artery disease: A feasibility study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1721-1724. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Costantino O. Costantini, Alexandra J. Lansky, Gary S. Mintz, Kazuyuki Shirai, George Dangas, Roxana Mehran, Martin Fahy, Steven Slack, Maria Coral, Paul S. Teirstein, Ron Waksman, Gregg Stone, Jeffrey Moses, and Martin B. Leon
Intravascular brachytherapy for native coronary ostial in-stent restenotic lesions
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1725-1731. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

John S. Rumsfeld, David J. Magid, Mary E. Plomondon, Jerome Sacks, William Henderson, Mark Hlatky, Gulshan Sethi, Douglass A. Morrison Veterans Affairs Angina With Extremely Serious Operative Mortality (AWESOME) Investigators
Health-related quality of life after percutaneous coronary intervention versus coronary bypass surgery in high-risk patients with medically refractory ischemia
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1732-1738. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Kumudha Ramasubbu, Paul Schoenhagen, Mohammed A. Balghith, Johannes Brechtken, Khaled M. Ziada, Samir R. Kapadia, Robert E. Hobbs, Gustavo Rincon, Steven E. Nissen, and E. Murat Tuzcu
Repeated intravascular ultrasound imaging in cardiac transplant recipients does not accelerate transplant coronary artery disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1739-1743. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Gary D. Plotnick, Mary C. Corretti, Robert A. Vogel, Robert Hesslink Jr, and John A. Wise
Effect of supplemental phytonutrients on impairment of the flow-mediated brachialartery vasoactivity after a single high-fat meal
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1744-1749. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial Comments:

Jane E. Freedman
High-fat diets and cardiovascular disease: Are nutritional supplements useful?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1750-1752. [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical research:

Roberto Ceravolo, Raffaele Maio, Arturo Pujia, Angela Sciacqua, Giorgio Ventura, Maria C. Costa, Giorgio Sesti, and Francesco Perticone
Pulse pressure and endothelial dysfunction in never-treated hypertensive patients
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1753-1758. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial Comments:

Amir Lerman and Joerg Herrmann
Endothelial function under pressure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1759-1760. [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical research:

Piero O. Bonetti, Gregory W. Barsness, Paul C. Keelan, Theresa I. Schnell, Geralyn M. Pumper, Jeffrey T. Kuvin, Robert P. Schnall, David R. Holmes Jr, Stuart T. Higano, and Amir Lerman
Enhanced external counterpulsation improves endothelial function in patients with symptomatic coronary artery disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1761-1768. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Noyan Gokce, John F. Keaney Jr, Liza M. Hunter, Michael T. Watkins, Zoran S. Nedeljkovic, James O. Menzoian, and Joseph A. Vita
Predictive value of noninvasivelydetermined endothelial dysfunction for long-term cardiovascular events inpatients with peripheral vascular disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1769-1775. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Jenifer G. Crilley, Ernest A. Boehm, Edward Blair, Bheeshma Rajagopalan, Andrew M. Blamire, Peter Styles, William J. McKenna, Ingegerd Östman-Smith, Kieran Clarke, and Hugh Watkins
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy due to sarcomeric gene mutations is characterized by impaired energy metabolism irrespective of the degree of hypertrophy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1776-1782. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial Comments:

Robert Roberts and Ali J. Marian
Can an energy-deficient heart grow bigger and stronger?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1783-1785. [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical research:

Robert W. Taylor, Carla Giordano, Mercy M. Davidson, Giulia d’Amati, Hugh Bain, Christine M. Hayes, Helen Leonard, Martin J. Barron, Carlo Casali, Filippo M. Santorelli, Michio Hirano, Robert N. Lightowlers, Salvatore DiMauro, and Douglass M. Turnbull
A homoplasmic mitochondrial transfer Ribonucleic Acid mutation as a cause of maternally inherited hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1786-1796. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Anju Nohria, Sui W. Tsang, James C. Fang, Eldrin F. Lewis, John A. Jarcho, Gilbert H. Mudge, and Lynne W. Stevenson
Clinical assessment identifies hemodynamic profiles that predict outcomes in patients admitted with heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1797-1804. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Antonio D’Aloia, Pompilio Faggiano, Gerard Aurigemma, Luca Bontempi, Giuseppina Ruggeri, Marco Metra, Savina Nodari, and Livio Dei Cas
Serum levels of carbohydrate antigen 125 in patients with chronic heart failure: Relation to clinical severity, hemodynamic and Doppler echocardiographic abnormalities, and short-term prognosis
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1805-1811. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Basic science:

David Rott, Jianhui Zhu, Mary Susan Burnett, Y. i F. u Zhou, Alexandra Zalles-Ganley, Jibike Ogunmakinwa, and Stephen E. Epstein
Effects of MF-tricyclic, a selective cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor, on atherosclerosis progression and susceptibility to cytomegalovirus replication in apolipoprotein-E knockout mice
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1812-1819. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial Comments:

Orina Belton and Desmond Fitzgerald
Cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors and atherosclerosis
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1820-1822. [Full Text] [PDF]

Basic science:

Hisashi Masugata, Norihiro Fujita, Isao Kondo, Barry Peters, Koji Ohmori, Katsufumi Mizushige, Masakazu Kohno, and Anthony N. DeMaria
Assessment of right ventricular perfusion after right coronary artery occlusion by myocardial contrast echocardiography
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1823-1830. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Kapil Kumar, Khanh Nguyen, Sergio Waxman, Bruce D. Nearing, Gregory A. Wellenius, Susan X. Zhao, and Richard L. Verrier
Potent antifibrillatory effects of intrapericardial nitroglycerin in the ischemic porcine heart
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1831-1837. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Viewpoint:

J. Willis Hurst
Will the nation need more cardiologists in the future than are being trained now?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1838-1840. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Expedited Review:

J.érôme Garot, Thierry Unterseeh, Emmanuel Teiger, Stéphane Champagne, B.énédicte Chazaud, Romain Gherardi, Luc Hittinger, Pascal Guéret, and Alain Rahmouni
Magnetic resonance imaging of targeted catheter-based implantation of myogenic precursor cells into infarcted left ventricular myocardium
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1841-1846. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Letters to the Editor:

Shahbudin H. Rahimtoola
Questions remain regarding patients with aortic stenosis and severe pulmonary hypertension
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1847-1848. [Full Text] [PDF]

Sunil Nadar and Gregory Y. H. Lip
Hypertension and the prothrombotic state
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1847. [Full Text] [PDF]

Riccardo Pini
Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1847. [Full Text] [PDF]

Joseph F. Malouf, Maurice Enrique-Sarano, Patricia A. Pellika, Jae K. Oh, Kent R. Bailey, Krishnaswamy Chandrasekaran, Charles J. Mullany, and A. Jamil Tajik
Questions remain regarding patients with aortic stenosis and severe pulmonary hypertension: Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1848. [Full Text] [PDF]

Johann Auer, Robert Berent, Thomas Weber, and Bernd Eber
Coronary atherosclerosis and body iron stores
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1848-1849. [Full Text] [PDF]

Guenter Weiss and Hannes Gaenzer
Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1849-1850. [Full Text] [PDF]

Soccorso Capomolla
Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1850-1851. [Full Text] [PDF]

Pedram Sendi
Cost-effectiveness of a heart failure management program from the societal perspective?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1850. [Full Text] [PDF]

Ali Ahmed
Use of spironolactone in heart failure patients receiving angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and beta-blockers
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1851-1852. [Full Text] [PDF]

Erratum:

Erratum
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1853. [Full Text] [PDF]


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