Bethesda Conference Report:

34th Bethesda Conference:: Can atherosclerosis imaging techniques improve the detection of patients at risk for ischemic heart disease?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1855. [PDF]  

Allen J. Taylor, C. Noel Bairey Merz, and James E. Udelson

34th Bethesda Conference:"can atherosclerosis imaging techniques improve the detection of patients at risk for ischemic heart disease?"
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1856-1858. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bethesda Conference Report
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1859. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Allen J. Taylor, C. Noel Bairey Merz, and James E. Udelson

Executive summary—can atherosclerosis imaging techniques improve the detection of patients at risk for ischemic heart disease?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1860-1862. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Richard C. Pasternak, Jonathan Abrams, Philip Greenland, Lynn A. Smaha, Peter W. F. Wilson, and Nancy Houston-Miller

Task force #1—identification of coronary heart disease risk: is there a detection gap?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1863-1874. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Allen P. Burke, Renu Virmani, Zorina Galis, Christian C. Haudenschild, and James E. Muller

Task force #2—what is the pathologic basis for new atherosclerosis imaging techniques?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1874-1886. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Rita F. Redberg, Robert A. Vogel, Michael H. Criqui, David M. Herrington, Joao A. C. Lima, and Mary J. Roman

Task force #3—what is the spectrum of current and emerging techniques for the noninvasive measurement of atherosclerosis?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1886-1898. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Peter W. F. Wilson, Sidney C. Smith Jr, Roger S. Blumenthal, Gregory L. Burke, and Nathan D. Wong

Task force #4—how do we select patients for atherosclerosis imaging?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1898-1906. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Daniel B. Mark, Leslee J. Shaw, Michael S. Lauer, Patrick G. O’Malley, and Paul Heidenreich

Task force #5—is atherosclerosis imaging cost effective?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1906-1917. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

State-of-the-Art Paper:

Piero O. Bonetti, David R. Holmes Jr, Amir Lerman, and Gregory W. Barsness

Enhanced external counterpulsation for ischemic heart disease: What’s behind the curtain?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1918-1925. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: clinical trial:

Michael A. Lee, Richard Weachter, Scott Pollak, Mark S. Kremers, Ajay M. Naik, Russell Silverman, Joann Tuzi, Wayne Wang, Linda J. Johnson, David E. Euler ATTEST Investigators

The effect of atrial pacing therapies on atrial tachyarrhythmia burden and frequency: Results of a randomized trial in patients with bradycardia and atrial tachyarrhythmias
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1926-1932. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Dariush Mozaffarian, Regina Nye, and Wayne C. Levy

Anemia predicts mortality in severe heart failure: The prospective randomized amlodipine survival evaluation (PRAISE)
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1933-1939. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: myocardial ischemia and infarction:

Gregg W. Stone, E. Magnus Ohman, Michael F. Miller, Debra L. Joseph, Jan T. Christenson, Marc Cohen, Philip M. Urban, Ramachandra C. Reddy, Robert J. Freedman, Karen L. Staman, and James J. Ferguson III

Contemporary utilization and outcomes of intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation in acute myocardial infarction: The benchmark registry
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1940-1945. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Sunil V. Rao, Padma Kaul, L. Kristin Newby, A. Michael Lincoff, Judith Hochman, Robert A. Harrington, Daniel B. Mark, and Eric D. Peterson

Poverty, process of care, and outcome in acute coronary syndromes
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1948-1954. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Editorial comment:

Reginald Low

Intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation in acute myocardial infarction: too few or too many?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1946-1947. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bernhard Schieffer and Helmut Drexler

The race for ACE: A simple answer to the controversial puzzle of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) polymorphisms
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1962-1963. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jeffrey L. Anderson and John F. Carlquist

Genetic polymorphisms of hepatic lipase and cholesteryl ester transfer protein, intermediate phenotypes, and coronary risk: Do they add up yet?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1990-1993. [Full Text] [PDF]  

John D. Horowitz

Amelioration of nitrate tolerance: matching strategies with mechanisms
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 2001-2003. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Barry M. Massie

Natriuretic peptide measurements for the diagnosis of "nonsystolic" heart failure: Good news and bad
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 2018-2021. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

William G. Stevenson and Kyoko Soejima

Inside or out? Another option for incessant ventricular tachycardia
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 2044-2045. [Full Text] [PDF]  

W. Douglas Weaver and Charles Maynard

Poverty and mortality in patients with acute coronary syndromes: A search for answers and a call for action
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1955-1956. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical research: interventional cardiology:

Werner Koch, Julinda Mehilli, Nicolas von Beckerath, Corinna Böttiger, Albert Schömig, and Adnan Kastrati

Angiotensin I–converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and restenosis after coronary artery stenting in patients with the DD genotype of the ACE gene
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1957-1961. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Craig A. Thompson, Boris A. Nasseri, Joshua Makower, Stuart Houser, Michael McGarry, Theodore Lamson, Irina Pomerantseva, John Y. Chang, Herman K. Gold, Joseph P. Vacanti, and Stephen N. Oesterle

Percutaneous transvenous cellular cardiomyoplasty: A novel nonsurgical approach for myocardial cell transplantation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1964-1971. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: genetic polymorphisms and ischemic heart disease:

Rolf V. Andersen, Hans H. Wittrup, Anne Tybjærg-Hansen, Rolf Steffensen, Peter Schnohr, and B.ørge G. Nordestgaard

Hepatic lipase mutations,elevated high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and increased risk of ischemic heart disease: The Copenhagen City Heart Study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1972-1982. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Stefan Blankenberg, Hans J. Rupprecht, Christoph Bickel, Xian-Cheng Jiang, Odette Poirier, Karl J. Lackner, J.ürgen Meyer, François Cambien, Laurence Tiret AtheroGene Investigators

Common genetic variation of the cholesteryl ester transfer protein gene strongly predicts future cardiovascular death in patients with coronary artery disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1983-1989. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: nitrate tolerance:

Senta Müller, Ute Laber, Jost Müllenheim, Wilfried Meyer, and Georg Kojda

Preserved endothelial function after long-term eccentric isosorbide mononitrate despite moderate nitrate tolerance
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1994-2000. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: biomarkers in heart disease:

Peter Ammann, Marco Maggiorini, Osmund Bertel, Edgar Haenseler, Helen I. Joller-Jemelka, Erwin Oechslin, Elisabeth I. Minder, Hans Rickli, and Thomas Fehr

Troponin as a risk factor for mortality in critically ill patients without acute coronary syndromes
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 2004-2009. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Alan S. Maisel, James McCord, Richard M. Nowak, Judd E. Hollander, Alan H. B. Wu, Philippe Duc, Torbjørn Omland, Alan B. Storrow, Padma Krishnaswamy, William T. Abraham, Paul Clopton, Gabriel Steg, Marie Claude Aumont, Arne Westheim, Cathrine Wold Knudsen, Alberto Perez, Richard Kamin, Radmila Kazanegra, Howard C. Herrmann, Peter A. McCullough Breathing Not Properly Multinational Study Investigators

Bedside B-Type natriuretic peptide in the emergency diagnosis of heart failure with reduced or preserved ejection fraction: Results from the Breathing Not Properly Multinational Study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 2010-2017. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: heart failure:

Jennifer E. Liu, David C. Robbins, Vittorio Palmieri, Jonathan N. Bella, Mary J. Roman, Richard Fabsitz, Barbara V. Howard, Thomas K. Welty, Elisa T. Lee, and Richard B. Devereux

Association of albuminuria with systolic and diastolic left ventricular dysfunction in type 2 diabetes: The Strong Heart Study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 2022-2028. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Michelle Kittleson, Shelley Hurwitz, Monica R. Shah, Anju Nohria, Eldrin Lewis, Michael Givertz, James Fang, John Jarcho, Gilbert Mudge, and Lynne W. Stevenson

Development of circulatory-renal limitations to angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors identifies patients with severe heart failure and early mortality
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 2029-2035. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: electrophysiological disorders:

Josep Brugada, Antonio Berruezo, Alejandro Cuesta, Joaquin Osca, Enrique Chueca, Xavier Fosch, Luis Wayar, and Lluis Mont

Nonsurgical transthoracic epicardial radiofrequency ablation: An alternative in incessant ventricular tachycardia
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 2036-2043. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Edward P. Gerstenfeld, Sanjay Dixit, David J. Callans, Yadavendra Rajawat, Robert Rho, and Francis E. Marchlinski

Quantitative comparison of spontaneous and paced 12-lead electrocardiogram during right ventricular outflow tract ventricular tachycardia
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 2046-2053. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Christof Kolb, Sebastian Schmieder, G.ünter Lehmann, Bernhard Zrenner, Martin R. Karch, Andreas Plewan, and Claus Schmitt

Do airport metal detectors interfere with implantable pacemakers or cardioverter-defibrillators?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 2054-2059. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical research: echocardiography:

Yuichiro Takagi, Koji Ohmori, Kazushi Yukiiri, Isao Kondo, Yang Yu, Akira Oshita, Hiroto Takeuchi, Katsufumi Mizushige, and Masakazu Kohno

Quantitative assessment of coronary stenosis by harmonic power Doppler with a simple pulsing sequence and vasodilator stress in patients
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 2060-2067. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Tilman Humpl, Brian W. McCrindle, and Jeffrey F. Smallhorn

The relative roles of transthoracic compared with transesophageal echocardiography in children with suspected infective endocarditis
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 2068-2071. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical research: congenital heart disease:

David A. Elliott, Edwin P. Kirk, Thomas Yeoh, Suchitra Chandar, Fiona McKenzie, Peter Taylor, Paul Grossfeld, Diane Fatkin, Owen Jones, Peter Hayes, Michael Feneley, and Richard P. Harvey

Cardiac homeobox gene NKX2-5 mutations and congenital heart disease: Associations with atrial septal defect and hypoplastic left heart syndrome
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 2072-2076. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: aging and cardiovascular function:

John R. Stratton, Wayne C. Levy, James H. Caldwell, Arnold Jacobson, Janet May, Dale Matsuoka, and Ken Madden

Effects of aging on cardiovascular responses to parasympathetic withdrawal
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 2077-2083. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Basic science:

Martin van Eickels, Richard D. Patten, Mark J. Aronovitz, Alawi Alsheikh-Ali, Kim Gostyla, Flore Celestin, Christian Grohe, Michael E. Mendelsohn, and Richard H. Karas

17-Beta-Estradiol increases cardiac remodeling and mortality in mice with myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 2084-2092. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Expedited Review:

Pedro A. Lemos, Chi-hang Lee, Muzaffer Degertekin, Francesco Saia, Kengo Tanabe, Chourmouzios A. Arampatzis, Angela Hoye, Marco van Duuren, Giorgios Sianos, Pieter C. Smits, Pim de Feyter, Willem J. van der Giessen, Ron T. van Domburg, and Patrick W. Serruys

Early outcome after sirolimus-eluting stent implantation in patients with acute coronary syndromes: Insights from the Rapamycin-Eluting Stent Evaluated At Rotterdam Cardiology Hospital (RESEARCH) registry
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 2093-2099. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Editor's Page:

Anthony N. DeMaria

Clinical investigation ... an impending crisis?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 2100-2101. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Ross Campbell, Dante E. Manyari, William J. McKenna, and Michael Frenneaux

What is the mechanism of abnormal blood pressure response on exercise in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 2102. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sandro Betocchi, Quirino Ciampi, and Alberto Cuocolo

What is the mechanism of abnormal blood pressure response on exercise in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?: Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 2102-2104. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Viviane Conraads

Beneficial effects of simvastatin and pravastatin on cardiac allograft rejection and survival
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 2104. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mandeep R. Mehra

Beneficial effects of simvastatin and pravastatin on cardiac allograft rejection and survival: Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 2104. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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