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]  

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]  

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]  

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]  

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]  

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]  

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]  

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]  

Editorial comment:

Stephen S. Gottlieb

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

Fredric J. Pashkow

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

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]  

LionelH Opie

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

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]  

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]  

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]  

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]  

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]  

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]  

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]  

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]  

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]  

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]  

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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