Clinical research: clinical trial:

Anho Liem, Giny H. Reynierse-Buitenwerf, Aeilko H. Zwinderman, J. Wouter Jukema, and Dirk J. van Veldhuisen

Secondary prevention with folic acid: effects on clinical outcomes
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 2105-2113. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Christopher S. R. Baker, Andrew Wragg, Sanjay Kumar, Rodney De Palma, Laurence R. I. Baker, and Charles J. Knight

A rapid protocol for the prevention of contrast-induced renal dysfunction: the RAPPID study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 2114-2118. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Robyn J. Barst, Michael McGoon, Vallerie McLaughlin, Victor Tapson, Ronald Oudiz, Shelley Shapiro, Ivan M. Robbins, Richard Channick, David Badesch, Barry K. Rayburn, Robin Flinchbaugh, Jeff Sigman, Carl Arneson, Roger Jeffs Beraprost Study Group

Beraprost therapy for pulmonary arterial hypertension
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 2119-2125. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Editorial Comments:

Peter N. Kao and John L. Faul

Emerging therapies for pulmonary hypertension: Striving for efficacy and safety
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 2126-2129. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Frederick A. Spencer and Richard C. Becker

Circadian variations in acute myocardial infarction: Patients or health care delivery?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 2143-2146. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ascan Warnholtz and Thomas Munzel

The failing human heart: Another battlefield for the NAD(P)H oxidase?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 2172-2174. [Full Text] [PDF]  

T. Douglas Bradley

The ups and downs of periodic breathing: Implications for mortality in heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 2182-2184. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Luisa Mestroni

Genomic medicine and atrial fibrillation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 2193-2196. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Helmut U. Klein and Andreas Goette

Blockade of atrial angiotensin II type 1 receptors: A novel antiarrhythmic strategy to prevent atrial fibrillation?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 2205-2206. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Richard L. Verrier, Aneesh V. Tolat, and Mark E. Josephson

T-Wave alternans for arrhythmia risk stratification in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 2225-2227. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical research: myocardial infarction:

Seyyare Beyzade, Shaoli Zhang, Yuk-ki Wong, Ian N. M. Day, Per Eriksson, and Shu Ye

Influences of matrix metalloproteinase-3 gene variation on extent of coronary atherosclerosis and risk of myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 2130-2137. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: interventional cardiology:

Jose P. S. Henriques, Arnout P. Haasdijk, Felix Zijlstra Zwolle Myocardial Infarction Study Group

Outcome of primary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction during routine duty hours versus during off-hours
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 2138-2142. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Arno H. M. Moons, Ron J. G. Peters, Nick R. Bijsterveld, Jan J. Piek, Martin H. Prins, George P. Vlasuk, William E. Rote, and Harry R. Büller

Recombinant nematode anticoagulant protein c2, an inhibitor of the tissue factor/factor VIIa complex, in patients undergoing elective coronary angioplastyAppendix
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 2147-2153. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: heart failure:

Antonio Cittadini, J.örgen Isgaard, Maria Gaia Monti, Cosma Casaburi, Angela Di Gianni, Raffaella Serpico, Guido Iaccarino, and Luigi Saccà

Growth hormone prolongs survival in experimental postinfarction heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 2154-2163. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Christophe Heymes, Jennifer K. Bendall, Philippe Ratajczak, Alison C. Cave, Jane-Lise Samuel, Gerd Hasenfuss, and Ajay M. Shah

Increased myocardial NADPH oxidase activity in human heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 2164-2171. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Joao J. Leite, Alfredo J. Mansur, Humberto F. G. de Freitas, Paulo R. Chizola, Edimar A. Bocchi, Mario Terra-Filho, J. Alberto Neder, and Geraldo Lorenzi-Filho

Periodic breathing during incremental exercise predicts mortality in patients with chronic heart failure evaluated for cardiac transplantation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 2175-2181. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: atrial fibrillation/flutter, tachycardia:

Dawood Darbar, Kathleen J. Herron, Jeffrey D. Ballew, Arshad Jahangir, Bernard J. Gersh, Win-K. Shen, Stephen C. Hammill, Douglas L. Packer, and Timothy M. Olson

Familial atrial fibrillation is a genetically heterogeneous disorder
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 2185-2192. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Koichiro Kumagai, Hideko Nakashima, Hidenori Urata, Naoki Gondo, Kikuo Arakawa, and Keijiro Saku

Effects of angiotensin II type 1 receptor antagonist on electrical and structural remodeling in atrial fibrillation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 2197-2204. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Mitsuaki Takami, Makoto Suzuki, Kaoru Sugi, and Takanori Ikeda

Time course for resolution of left atrial appendage stunning after catheter ablation of chronic atrial flutter
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 2207-2211. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Peter M. Kistler, Prashanthan Sanders, Azlan Hussin, Joseph B. Morton, Jitendra K. Vohra, Paul B. Sparks, and Jonathan M. Kalman

Focal atrial tachycardia arising from the mitral annulus: Electrocardiographic and electrophysiologic characterization
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 2212-2219. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: ventricular tachycardia:

Stefan H. Hohnloser, Thomas Klingenheben, Daniel Bloomfield, Omar Dabbous, and Richard J. Cohen

Usefulness of microvolt T-wave alternans for prediction of ventricular tachyarrhythmic events in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy: results from a prospective observational study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 2220-2224. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Vivek Y. Reddy, Petr Neuzil, Milos Taborsky, and Jeremy N. Ruskin

Short-term results of substrate mapping and radiofrequency ablation of ischemic ventricular tachycardia using a saline-irrigated catheter
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 2228-2236. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: pulmonary vascular disorders:

Matthias Rindermann, Ekkehard Grünig, Albrecht von Hippel, Rolf Koehler, Gabriel Miltenberger-Miltenyi, Derliz Mereles, Karlin Arnold, Michael Pauciulo, William Nichols, Horst Olschewski, Marius M. Hoeper, J.örg Winkler, Hugo A. Katus, Wolfgang Kübler, Claus R. Bartram, and Bart Janssen

Primary pulmonary hypertension may be a heterogeneous disease with a second locus on chromosome 2q31
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 2237-2244. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Adam Torbicki, Nazzareno Galié, Anna Covezzoli, Elisa Rossi, Marisa De Rosa, Samuel Z. Goldhaber ICOPER Study Group

Right heart thrombi in pulmonary embolism: Results from the international cooperative pulmonary embolism registry
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 2245-2251. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Chetan Varma, Matthew R. Warr, Aaron L. Hendler, Narinder S. Paul, Gary D. Webb, and Judith Therrien

Prevalence of "silent" pulmonary emboli in adults after the Fontan operation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 2252-2258. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: congenital heart disease:

Marcello de Divitiis, Carlo Pilla, Mia Kattenhorn, Ann Donald, Mariutzka Zadinello, Sharon Wallace, Andrew Redington, and John Deanfield

Ambulatory blood pressure, left ventricular mass, and conduit artery function late after successful repair of coarctation of the aorta
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 2259-2265. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Ma Qing, Kathrin Schumacher, Ruth Heise, Michael Wöltje, Jaime F. Vazquez-Jimenez, Thomas Richter, Monika Arranda-Carrero, John Hess, G.ötz von Bernuth, and Marie-Christine Seghaye

Intramyocardial synthesis of pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines in infants with congenital cardiac defects
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 2266-2274. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: cardiac findings in Cushing's syndrome:

Maria Lorenza Muiesan, Mario Lupia, Massimo Salvetti, Consuelo Grigoletto, Nicoletta Sonino, Marco Boscaro, Enrico Agabiti Rosei, Franco Mantero, and Francesco Fallo

Left ventricular structural and functional characteristics in Cushing’s syndrome
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 2275-2279. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical research: mitral regurgitation:

Timothy M. Sutton, Ralph A. H. Stewart, Ivor L. Gerber, Teena M. West, A. Mark Richards, Timothy G. Yandle, and Andrew J. Kerr

Plasma natriuretic peptide levels increase with symptoms and severity of mitral regurgitation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 2280-2287. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Basic science:

Maria E. Rämet, Mika Rämet, Qing Lu, Moriah Nickerson, Markku J. Savolainen, Amy Malzone, and Richard H. Karas

High-density lipoprotein increases the abundance of eNOS protein in human vascular endothelial cells by increasing its half-life
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 2288-2297. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Mehrdad Saririan and Mark Eisenberg

Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 2298-2299. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Keith A. Horvath

The art and science of transmyocardial laser revascularization
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 2298. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert J. Scheubel

Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 2299. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jose Marin-Garcia

Mitochondrial dysfunction in heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 2299. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Katsuomi Iwakura

Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 2300. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Felix Zijlstra, Iwan C. C. van der Horst, Arnoud W. J. van’t Hof, and Henk J. G. Bilo

Hyperglycemia and no-reflow phenomenon in acute myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 2300. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Announcement:

Author Index
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 2301-2306. [PDF]  

Subject Index
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 2307-2328. [PDF]  

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