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]  

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]  

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]  

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]  

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]  

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]  

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]  

Editorial comment:

Leslie T. Cooper

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

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]  

Jane E. Freedman

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

Amir Lerman and Joerg Herrmann

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

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]  

Orina Belton and Desmond Fitzgerald

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

D. George Wyse

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

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]  

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

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