Presidential address:

W. Bruce Fye

The power of clinical trials and guidelines,and the challenge of conflicts of interest
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1237-1242. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

State-of-the-Art Paper:

Tomotsugu Tabata, James D. Thomas, and Allan L. Klein

Pulmonary venous flow by doppler echocardiography: revisited 12 years later
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1243-1250. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: acute coronary syndromes/infarction:

Robert P. Giugliano, Matthew T. Roe, Robert A. Harrington, C. Michael Gibson, Uwe Zeymer, Frans Van de Werf, Kenneth W. Baran, Hans-Peter Hobbach, Lynn H. Woodlief, Karen L. Hannan, Sally Greenberg, Joanne Miller, Michael M. Kitt, John Strony, Carolyn H. McCabe, Eugene Braunwald, Robert M. Califf the INTEGRITI Investigators

Combination reperfusion therapy with eptifibatide and reduced-dose tenecteplase for ST-elevation myocardial infarction: Results of the integrilin and tenecteplase in acute myocardial infarction (INTEGRITI) Phase II Angiographic urial
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1251-1260. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

David A. Morrow, James A. de Lemos, Marc S. Sabatine, Sabina A. Murphy, Laura A. Demopoulos, Peter M. DiBattiste, Carolyn H. McCabe, C. Michael Gibson, Christopher P. Cannon, and Eugene Braunwald

Evaluation of B-type natriuretic peptide for risk assessment in unstable Angina/Non–ST-elevation myocardial infarction: B-type natriuretic peptide and prognosis in TACTICS-TIMI 18
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1264-1272. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Alice K. Jacobs, Jane A. Leopold, Eric Bates, Lisa A. Mendes, Lynn A. Sleeper, Harvey White, Ravin Davidoff, Jean Boland, Sharada Modur, Robert Forman, and Judith S. Hochman

Cardiogenic shock caused by right ventricular infarction: A report from the SHOCK registry
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1273-1279. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Editorial comment:

Neal S. Kleiman

Combination therapy for acute myocardial infarction: Will it survive?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1261-1263. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter B. Berger

Can euphoria be bad?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1289-1292. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zoltan G. Turi and Michael R. Jaff

Renal artery stenosis: searching for the algorithms for diagnosis and treatment
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1312-1315. [Full Text] [PDF]  

William H. Gaasch and Edgar C. Schick

Symptoms and left ventricular size and function in patients with chronic aortic regurgitation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1325-1328. [Full Text] [PDF]  

James A. Goldstein

Right versus left ventricular shock: A tale of two ventricles
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1280-1282. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical study: coronary revascularization:

J.ürgen Pache, Adnan Kastrati, Julinda Mehilli, Helmut Schühlen, Franz Dotzer, J.örg Hausleiter, Martin Fleckenstein, Franz-Josef Neumann, Ulrich Sattelberger, Claus Schmitt, Martina Müller, Josef Dirschinger, and Albert Schömig

Intracoronary stenting and angiographic results: strut thickness effect on restenosis outcome (ISAR-STEREO-2) trial
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1283-1288. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Stuart N. Hoffman, John A. TenBrook Jr, Michael P. Wolf, Stephen G. Pauker, Deeb N. Salem, and John B. Wong

A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials comparing coronary artery bypass graft with percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty: one- to eight-year outcomes
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1293-1304. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: renal artery disease:

Manohar S. Gowda, Audrey L. Loeb, Linda J. Crouse, and Paul H. Kramer

Complementary roles of color-flow duplex imaging and intravascular ultrasound in the diagnosis of renal artery fibromuscular dysplasia: Should renal arteriography serve as the "gold standard"?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1305-1311. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: valvular heart disease:

Flavio Tarasoutchi, Max Grinberg, Guilherme S. Spina, Roney O. Sampaio, L. uís F. Cardoso, Eduardo G. Rossi, Pablo Pomerantzeff, Francisco Laurindo, Protásio L. da Luz, and José Antônio F. Ramires

Ten-year clinical laboratory follow-up after application of a symptom-based therapeutic strategy to patients with severe chronic aortic regurgitation of predominant rheumatic etiology
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1316-1324. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: cardiac imaging:

Rory Hachamovitch, Sean Hayes, John D. Friedman, Ishac Cohen, Leslee J. Shaw, Guido Germano, and Daniel S. Berman

Determinants of risk and its temporal variation in patients with normal stress myocardial perfusion scans: What is the warranty period of a normal scan?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1329-1340. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Harald P. Kühl, Aernout M. Beek, Arno P. van der Weerdt, Mark B. M. Hofman, Cees A. Visser, Adriaan A. Lammertsma, Nicole Heussen, Frans C. Visser, and Albert C. van Rossum

Myocardial viability inchronic ischemic heart disease: Comparison of contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging with ¹⁸F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1341-1348. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

David Schwartzman, Joan Lacomis, and William G. Wigginton

Characterization of left atrium and distal pulmonary vein morphology using multidimensional computed tomography
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1349-1357. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: cardiac issues in women and the elderly:

Wanpen Vongpatanasin, Meryem Tuncel, Zhongyun Wang, Debbie Arbique, Borna Mehrad, and Ishwarlal Jialal

Differential effects of oral versus transdermal estrogen replacement therapy on C-reactive protein in postmenopausal women
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1358-1363. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Linda F. Fried, Michael G. Shlipak, Casey Crump, Anthony J. Bleyer, John S. Gottdiener, Richard A. Kronmal, Lewis H. Kuller, and Anne B. Newman

Renal insufficiency as a predictor of cardiovascular outcomes and mortality in elderly individuals
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1364-1372. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: systemic and pulmonary hypertension:

Tetsuya Matsumoto, Kazuo Minai, Hajime Horie, Naoto Ohira, Hiroyuki Takashima, Yasuhiro Tarutani, Y. o Yasuda, Tomoya Ozawa, Shinro Matsuo, Masahiko Kinoshita, and Minoru Horie

Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition but not angiotensin II type 1 receptor antagonism augments coronary release of tissue plasminogen activator in hypertensive patients
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1373-1379. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Nazzareno Galiè, Alan L. Hinderliter, Adam Torbicki, Thierry Fourme, Gerald Simonneau, Tomas Pulido, Nilda Espinola-Zavaleta, Guido Rocchi, Alessandra Manes, Robert Frantz, Marcin Kurzyna, Sherif F. Nagueh, Robyn Barst, Richard Channick, Karl Dujardin, Andrew Kronenberg, Isabelle Leconte, Maurizio Rainisio, and Lewis Rubin

Effects of the oral endothelin-receptorantagonist bosentan on echocardiographicand doppler measures in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1380-1386. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: diabetes and cardiovascular disease:

Marcelo F. Di Carli, James Janisse, George Grunberger, and Joel Ager

Role of chronic hyperglycemia in the pathogenesis of coronary microvascular dysfunction in diabetes
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1387-1393. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

W. H. Wilson Tang, Gary S. Francis, Byron J. Hoogwerf, and James B. Young

Fluid retention after initiation of thiazolidinedione therapy in diabetic patients with established chronic heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1394-1398. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical study: congenital heart disease:

Gabriella Agnoletti, Jean François Piechaud, Philipp Bonhoeffer, Yacine Aggoun, Tony Abdel-Massih, Younes Boudjemline, Christine Le Bihan, Damien Bonnet, and Daniel Sidi

Perforation of the atretic pulmonary valve: long-term follow-up
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1399-1403. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Viewpoint:

Michael N. Sack and Derek M. Yellon

Insulin therapy as an adjunct toreperfusion after acute coronary ischemia: A proposed direct myocardial cell survival effect independent of metabolic modulation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1404-1407. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Expedited Review:

Jalees Rehman, Robert V. Considine, Jason E. Bovenkerk, Jingling Li, Catharine A. Slavens, Rose Marie Jones, and Keith L. March

Obesity is associated with increased levels of circulating hepatocyte growth factor
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1408-1413. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Joseph J. DeRose Jr, Robert C. Ashton Jr, Scott Belsley, Daniel G. Swistel, Margot Vloka, Frederick Ehlert, Roxana Shaw, Jonathan Sackner-Bernstein, Zak Hillel, and Jonathan S. Steinberg

Robotically assisted left ventricular epicardial lead implantation for biventricular pacing
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1414-1419. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Manuel Martínez-Sellés

Defining stent thrombosis: whose definition to use?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1420. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter Berger

Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1421. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrea Rossi

Calculating the absolute value of the mean left atrial maximal and minimal volume
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1422-1423. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Liza Thomas, Dominic Y. C. Leung, Nelson B. Schiller, and David L. Ross

Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1424. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Enoch Akowuah, Vivek Shrivastava, and Graham Cooper

Coronary artery bypass graft surgery in patients with recent exposure to clopidogrel and aspirin therapy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1425-1426. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rupsa R. Yee, Richard H. Hongo, and Jill Ley

Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1427-1428. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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