JACC -- Table of Contents (41 [9])

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Review article:

J. o-Dee L. Lattimore, David S. Celermajer, and Ian Wilcox
Obstructive sleep apnea and cardiovascular disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1429-1437. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical research:

Gennaro Cice, Luigi Ferrara, Antonello D’Andrea, Salvatore D’Isa, Attilio Di Benedetto, Antonio Cittadini, Pina Elvira Russo, Paolo Golino, and Raffaele Calabrò
Carvedilol increases two-year survivalin dialysis patients with dilated cardiomyopathy: A prospective, placebo-controlled trial
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1438-1444. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Palle Petersen, Margaretha Grind, John Adler SPORTIF II Investigators
Ximelagatran versus warfarin forstroke prevention in patientswith nonvalvular atrial fibrillation: SPORTIF ii: a dose-guiding, tolerability, and safety study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1445-1451. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Christopher M. O’Connor, Wendy A. Gattis, Kirkwood F. Adams Jr, Vic Hasselblad, Bleakley Chandler, Aline Frey, Isaac Kobrin, Maurizio Rainisio, Monica R. Shah, John Teerlink, Mihai Gheorghiade RITZ-4 Investigators
Tezosentan in patients with acuteheart failure and acute coronary syndromes: Results of the randomized intravenous tezosentan study (ritz-4)
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1452-1457. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial Comments:

Stephen S. Gottlieb
The neurohormonal paradigm:have we gone too far?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1458-1459. [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical research:

Torgun Wæhre, Jan K. Damås, Lars Gullestad, Are M. Holm, Terje R. Pedersen, Kjell E. Arnesen, Harald Torsvik, Stig S. Frøland, Anne G. Semb, and P.ål Aukrust
Hydroxymethylglutaryl coenzyme a reductase inhibitors down-regulate chemokines and chemokine receptors in patients with coronary artery disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1460-1467. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical Study:

Juan Cosín-Sales, Carmine Pizzi, Sue Brown, and Juan Carlos Kaski
C-reactive protein, clinical presentation, and ischemic activity in patients with chest pain and normal coronary angiograms
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1468-1474. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Kwame O. Akosah, Ana Schaper, Christopher Cogbill, and Paul Schoenfeld
Preventing myocardial infarction in the young adult in the first place: how do the national cholesterol education panel iii guidelines perform?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1475-1479. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Editorial Comments:

Fredric J. Pashkow
The prudent person’s paradox
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1480-1481. [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical Study:

Yoram Agmon, Bijoy K. Khandheria, Irene Meissner, Tanya M. Petterson, W. Michael O’Fallon, Teresa J. H. Christianson, David O. Wiebers, Thomas F. Smith, James M. Steckelberg, and A. Jamil Tajik
Lack of association between Chlamydia pneumoniae seropositivity and aortic atherosclerotic plaques: A Population-Based transesophageal echocardiographic study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1482-1487. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical research:

Paolo Rubartelli, Edoardo Verna, Luigi Niccoli, Corinna Giachero, Marco Zimarino, Guglielmo Bernardi, Corrado Vassanelli, Luigi Campolo, Eugenio Martuscelli Gruppo Italiano di Studio sullo Stent nelle Occlusioni Coronariche (GISSOC) Investigators
Coronary stent implantation is superior to balloon angioplasty for chronic coronary occlusions: Six-year clinical follow-up of the GISSOC trial
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1488-1492. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial Comments:

Lawrence A. Garcia and Joseph P. Carrozza Jr
Stenting chroniccoronary artery occlusions: One step closer?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1493-1495. [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical Study:

Duminda N. Wijeysundera, W. Scott Beattie, Vivek Rao, and Jacek Karski
Calcium antagonists reduce cardiovascular complications after cardiac surgery: A meta-analysis
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1496-1505. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial Comments:

LionelH Opie
Anti-ischemic properties of calcium-channel blockers: Lessons from cardiac surgery
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1506-1509. [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical research:

Grace L. Smith, Frederick A. Masoudi, Viola Vaccarino, Martha J. Radford, and Harlan M. Krumholz
Outcomes in heart failure patients with preserved ejection fraction: Mortality, readmission, and functional decline
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1510-1518. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial Comments:

Michael R. Zile
Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: is this diastolic heart failure?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1519-1522. [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical research:

Bernd Nowak, Anil M. Sinha, Wolfgang M. Schaefer, Karl-Christian Koch, Hans-Juergen Kaiser, Peter Hanrath, Udalrich Buell, and Christoph Stellbrink
Cardiac resynchronization therapyhomogenizes myocardial glucosemetabolism and perfusion in dilatedcardiomyopathy and left bundle branch block
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1523-1528. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical Study:

Paul G. Shekelle, Michael W. Rich, Sally C. Morton, Col. Sid W. Atkinson, Wenli Tu, Margaret Maglione, Shannon Rhodes, Michael Barrett, Gregg C. Fonarow, Barry Greenberg, Paul A. Heidenreich, Tom Knabel, Marvin A. Konstam, Anthony Steimle, and Lynne Warner Stevenson
Efficacy of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and beta-blockers in the management of left ventricular systolic dysfunction according to race, gender, and diabetic status: A meta-analysis of major clinical trials
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1529-1538. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical research:

Niall A. Herity, Sidney Lo, David P. Lee, Michael R. Ward, Steven D. Filardo, Paul G. Yock, Peter J. Fitzgerald, Sharon A. Hunt, and Alan C. Yeung
Effect of a change in gender on coronary arterial size: A longitudinal intravascular ultrasound study in transplanted hearts
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1539-1546. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical Study:

Nathan D. Wong, Maria G. Sciammarella, Donna Polk, Amy Gallagher, Lisa Miranda-Peats, Brian Whitcomb, Rory Hachamovitch, John D. Friedman, Sean Hayes, and Daniel S. Berman
The metabolic syndrome, diabetes, and subclinicalatherosclerosis assessed by coronary calcium
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1547-1553. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical research:

Takashi Akasaka, Atsushi Yamamuro, Norio Kamiyama, Yuji Koyama, Maki Akiyama, Nozomi Watanabe, Yoji Neishi, Tsutomu Takagi, Evgeny Shalman, Chen Barak, and Kiyoshi Yoshida
Assessment of coronary flowreserve by coronary pressure measurement: Comparison with flow- or Velocity-Derived coronary flow reserve
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1554-1560. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

James C. C. Moon, William J. McKenna, Jane A. McCrohon, Perry M. Elliott, Gillian C. Smith, and Dudley J. Pennell
Toward clinical risk assessment inhypertrophic cardiomyopathy withgadolinium cardiovascular magnetic resonance
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1561-1567. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial Comments:

Raymond J. Kim and Robert M. Judd
Gadolinium-Enhancedmagnetic resonance imagingin hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: In vivo imaging of the pathologic substrate for premature cardiac death?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1568-1572. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical Study:

Douglas S. Lee, Lawrence D. Green, Peter P. Liu, Paul Dorian, David M. Newman, F. Curry Grant, Jack V. Tu, and David A. Alter
Effectiveness of implantable defibrillators for preventing arrhythmic events and death: A Meta-Analysis
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1573-1582. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical research:

Wilson Mathias Jr, Jeane M. Tsutsui, José L. Andrade, Ingrid Kowatsch, Pedro A. Lemos, Samira M. B. Leal, Bijoy K. Khandheria, and José F. Ramires
Value of rapid beta-blocker injectionat peak dobutamine-atropine stressechocardiography for detection of coronary artery disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1583-1589. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Hiroshi Hasegawa, William C. Little, Michiya Ohno, Steffen Brucks, Atsushi Morimoto, Heng-Jie Cheng, and Che-Ping Cheng
Diastolic mitral annular velocityduring the development of heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1590-1597. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Inas Al-Attar, E. John Orav, Vernat Exil, Sarah A. Vlach, and Steven E. Lipshultz
Predictors of cardiac morbidity and related mortality in children with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1598-1605. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Viewpoint:

Mandeep R. Mehra, Patricia A. Uber, and Gary S. Francis
Heart failure therapy at a crossroad: are there limits to the neurohormonal model?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1606-1610. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Basic science:

Ilona Bodi, James N. Muth, Harvey S. Hahn, Natasha N. Petrashevskaya, Marta Rubio, Sheryl E. Koch, Gyula Varadi, and Arnold Schwartz
Electrical remodeling in hearts from a calcium-dependent mouse model of hypertrophy and failure: Complex nature of k⁺ current changes and action potential duration
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1611-1622. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Expedited Review:

Takashi Miyamoto, Yoram Neuman, Huai Luo, Doo-Soo Jeon, Sergio Kobal, Fumiaki Ikeno, Michael Horzewski, Yasuhiro Honda, James M. Mirocha, Takahiro Iwami, Debra Echt, Michael C. Fishbein, and Robert J. Siegel
Coronary vasodilation by noninvasive transcutaneous ultrasound: An in vivo canine study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1623-1627. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial Comments:

David D. McPherson and Christy K. Holland
Seizing the science of ultrasound: Beyond imaging and into physiology and therapeutics
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1628-1630. [Full Text] [PDF]

Editor's Page:

Anthony N. DeMaria
Presidential candidates and cardiovascular risk
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1631-1632. [Full Text] [PDF]

AHA/ACC Scientific Statement:

Jack Hirsh, Valentin Fuster, Jack Ansell, and Jonathan L. Halperin
American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Foundation guide to warfarin therapy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1633-1652. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

John A. Spertus, Martha J. Radford, Nathan R. Every, Edward F. Ellerbeck, Eric D. Peterson, and Harlan M. Krumholz
Challenges and opportunities in quantifying the quality of care for acute myocardial infarction: Summary from the acute myocardial infarction working group of the American heart association/American college of cardiology first scientific forum on quality of care and outcomes research in cardiovascular disease and stroke
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 41: 1653-1663. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]


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