State-of-the-Art Paper:

Mehrdad Saririan and Mark J. Eisenberg

Myocardial laser revascularization for the treatment of end-stage coronary artery disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 173-183. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: interventional cardiology:

Muzaffer Degertekin, Evelyn Regar, Kengo Tanabe, Pieter C. Smits, Willem J. van der Giessen, Stephan G. Carlier, Pim de Feyter, Jeroen Vos, David P. Foley, Jurgen M. R. Ligthart, Jeffrey J. Popma, and Patrick W. Serruys

Sirolimus-eluting stent for treatment of complex in-stent restenosis: The first clinical experience
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 184-189. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: cardiac arrest and pulmonary edema:

Amir Snapir, Jussi Mikkelsson, Markus Perola, Antti Penttilä, Mika Scheinin, and Pekka J. Karhunen

Variation in the alpha_2B-adrenoceptorgene as a risk factor for prehospitalfatal myocardial infarction and sudden cardiac death
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 190-194. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yih-Sharng Chen, Anne Chao, Hsi-Yu Yu, Wen-Je Ko, I.-Hui Wu, Robert Jen-Chen Chen, Shu-Chien Huang, Fang-Yue Lin, and Shoei-Shan Wang

Analysis and results of prolonged resuscitation in cardiac arrest patients rescued by extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 197-203. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Edo Kaluski, Isaac Kobrin, Reuven Zimlichman, Alon Marmor, Oscar Krakov, Olga Milo, Aline Frey, Shoshana Kaplan, Rikardo Krakover, Avi Caspi, Zvi Vered, Gad Cotter RITZ-5 Investigators

RITZ-5: randomized intravenousTeZosentan (an endothelin-A/B antagonist)for the treatment of pulmonary edema: A prospective, multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 204-210. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Editorial comment:

Gerd Heusch

Emerging importance of alpha-adrenergic coronary vasoconstriction in acute coronary syndromes and its genetic background
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 195-196. [Full Text] [PDF]  

W. H. Wilson Tang and Gary S. Francis

Spironolactone inchronic heart failure:all’s well that ends well
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 215-216. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mariell Jessup

The less familiar face of heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 224-226. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Derick M. Todd, George J. Klein, Andrew D. Krahn, Allan C. Skanes, and Raymond Yee

Asymptomatic Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome: is it time to revisit guidelines?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 245-248. [Full Text] [PDF]  

William W. Parmley

In the statin era, how important are intense lifestyle changes?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 273-274. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical study: heart failure:

Biykem Bozkurt, Ildiko Agoston, and A. A. Knowlton

Complications of inappropriate use of spironolactone in heart failure: when an old medicine spirals out of new guidelines
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 211-214. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Frederick A. Masoudi, Edward P. Havranek, Grace Smith, Ronald H. Fish, John F. Steiner, Diana L. Ordin, and Harlan M. Krumholz

Gender, age, and heart failure with preserved left ventricular systolic function
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 217-223. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Richard S. T. Leung, Michael E. Bowman, John D. Parker, Gary E. Newton, and T. Douglas Bradley

Avoidance of the left lateral decubitus position during sleep in patients with heart failure: relationship to cardiac size and function
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 227-230. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Takahisa Yamada, Tsuyoshi Shimonagata, Masatake Fukunami, Kazuaki Kumagai, Hisakazu Ogita, Akio Hirata, Mitsutoshi Asai, Nobuhiko Makino, Hidetaka Kioka, Hideo Kusuoka, Masatsugu Hori, and Noritake Hoki

Comparison of the prognostic value of cardiac iodine-123 metaiodobenzylguanidine imaging and heart rate variability in patients with chronic heart failure: A prospective study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 231-238. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: cardiac electrophysiology:

Carlo Pappone, Vincenzo Santinelli, Salvatore Rosanio, Gabriele Vicedomini, Stefano Nardi, Alessia Pappone, Valter Tortoriello, Francesco Manguso, Patrizio Mazzone, Simone Gulletta, Giuseppe Oreto, and Ottavio Alfieri

Usefulness of invasive electrophysiologic testing to stratify the risk of arrhythmic events in asymptomatic patients with Wolff-Parkinson-White pattern: Results from a large prospective long-term follow-up study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 239-244. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Vidal Essebag, Tom Hadjis, Robert W. Platt, and Louise Pilote

Amiodarone and the risk of bradyarrhythmia requiring permanent pacemaker in elderly patients with atrial fibrillation and prior myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 249-254. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Philippe Chevalier, Alexis Durand-Dubief, Haran Burri, Michel Cucherat, Gilbert Kirkorian, and Paul Touboul

Amiodarone versus placebo and class ic drugs for cardioversion of recent-onset atrial fibrillation: a meta-analysis
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 255-262. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: management of hypercholesterolemia:

Stefano Sdringola, Keiichi Nakagawa, Yuko Nakagawa, S. Wamique Yusuf, Fernando Boccalandro, Nizar Mullani, Mary Haynie, Mary Jane Hess, and K. Lance Gould

Combined intense lifestyle and pharmacologic lipid treatment further reduce coronary events and myocardial perfusion abnormalities compared with usual-care cholesterol-lowering drugs in coronary artery disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 263-272. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Anne G. Semb, Sanne van Wissen, Thor Ueland, Tineke Smilde, Torgun Waehre, Mieke D. Tripp, Stig S. Frøland, John J. P. Kastelein, Lars Gullestad, Terje R. Pedersen, P.ål Aukrust, and Anton F. H. Stalenhoef

Raised serum levels of soluble CD40 ligand in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia: downregulatory effect of statin therapy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 275-279. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: cardiac imaging:

William B. Abernethy III, Joseph K. Choo, and Adolph M. Hutter Jr

Echocardiographic characteristics of professional football players
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 280-284. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Michael J. Mullen, Bryan F. Dias, Fiona Walker, Samuel C. Siu, Lee N. Benson, and Peter R. McLaughlin

Intracardiac echocardiography guided device closure of atrial septal defects
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 285-292. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Andrew M. Kates, Pilar Herrero, Carmen Dence, Pablo Soto, Muthayyah Srinivasan, Deborah G. Delano, Ali Ehsani, and Robert J. Gropler

Impact of aging on substrate metabolism by the human heart
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 293-299. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: gender and cardiac disease:

Deborah L. Crabbe, Konstantina Dipla, Srivani Ambati, Andreas Zafeiridis, John P. Gaughan, Steven R. Houser, and Kenneth B. Margulies

Gender differences in post-infarction hypertrophy in end-stage failing hearts
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 300-306. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Viola Vaccarino, Zhen Qiu Lin, Stanislav V. Kasl, Jennifer A. Mattera, Sarah A. Roumanis, Jerome L. Abramson, and Harlan M. Krumholz

Gender differences in recovery after coronary artery bypass surgery
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 307-314. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: primary myocardial disease:

Iacopo Olivotto, Roberto Gistri, Pasquale Petrone, Elena Pedemonte, Daniela Vargiu, and Franco Cecchi

Maximum left ventricular thickness and risk of sudden death in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 315-321. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Yuji Okura, G. William Dec, Joshua M. Hare, Makoto Kodama, Gerald J. Berry, Henry D. Tazelaar, Kent R. Bailey, and Leslie T. Cooper

A clinical and histopathologic comparison of cardiac sarcoidosis and idiopathic giant cell myocarditis
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 322-329. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: Marfan syndrome:

Anji T. Yetman, Renee A. Bornemeier, and Brian W. McCrindle

Long-term outcome in patients with Marfan syndrome: is aortic dissection the only cause of sudden death?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 329-332. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: endothelial function:

Stanley Chia, Christopher A. Ludlam, Keith A. A. Fox, and David E. Newby

Acute systemic inflammation enhances endothelium-dependent tissue plasminogen activator release in men
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 333-339. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Experimental Studies:

Ryosuke Nishio, Tetsuo Shioi, Shigetake Sasayama, and Akira Matsumori

Carvedilol increases the production of interleukin-12 and interferon- and improves the survival of mice infected with the encephalomyocarditis virus
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 340-345. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

ACC News:

W. Bruce Fye

President’s Page: Medical history: a valuable tool to help us frame the present and predict the future
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 346-349. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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