Viewpoint:

Mark J. Eisenberg and Shelina Jamal

Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibition in the setting of acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1-6. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: clinical trial:

C. Michael Gibson, Juhana Karha, Sabina A. Murphy, David James, David A. Morrow, Christopher P. Cannon, Robert P. Giugliano, Elliott M. Antman, Eugene Braunwald TIMI Study Group

Early and long-term clinical outcomes associated with reinfarction following fibrinolytic administration in the thrombolysis in myocardial infarction trials
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 7-16. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

The AFFIRM First Antiarrhythmic Drug Substudy Investigators

Maintenance of sinus rhythm in patients with atrial fibrillation: An AFFIRM substudy of the first antiarrhythmic drug
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 20-29. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Editorial comment:

William W. O’Neill

"Watchful waiting"after thrombolysis: It’s time for a re-evaluation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 17-19. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Steven R. Bergmann and Kenneth N. Giedd

Silent ischemia: unsafe at any time
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 41-44. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter H. Stone and Yerem Yeghiazarians

Early glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors in patients with non–ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: Are we ready to open the floodgates?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 54-56. [Full Text] [PDF]  

David S. Celermajer

Statins, skin, and the search for a test of endothelial function
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 78-80. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kelley P. Anderson

Lipid-lowering therapy for prevention of ventricular tachyarrhythmias
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 88-92. [Full Text] [PDF]  

John H. McAnulty

Atrial fibrillation—more evidence that it’s here to stay
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 101-102. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vera Bittner

Exercise testing in heart failure: Maximal, submaximal, or both?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 123-125. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Aarti Hejmadi and David J. Sahn

What is the most effective method of detecting anomalous coronary origin in symptomatic patients?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 155-157. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Paul Dorian and Iqwal Mangat

Restoring sinus rhythm in atrial fibrillation: A pyrrhic victory?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 30-32. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical research: interventional cardiology:

Michael J. Zellweger, Markus Weinbacher, Andreas W. Zutter, Raban V. Jeger, Jan Mueller-Brand, Christoph Kaiser, Peter T. Buser, and Matthias E. Pfisterer

Long-term outcome of patients with silent versus symptomatic ischemia six months after percutaneous coronary intervention and stenting
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 33-40. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: acute myocardial infarction:

Eric D. Peterson, Charles V. Pollack Jr, Matthew T. Roe, Lori S. Parsons, Katherine A. Littrell, John G. Canto, Hal V. Barron National Registry of Myocardial Infarction (NRMI) 4 Investigators

Early use of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors in non–ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction: Observations from the National Registry of Myocardial Infarction 4
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 45-53. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: chronic coronary disease:

James S. Zebrack, Jeffrey L. Anderson, Srinivasan Beddhu, Benjamin D. Horne, Tami L. Bair, Alfred Cheung, Joseph B. Muhlestein Intermountain Heart Collaborative Study Group

Do associations with C-Reactive protein and extent of coronary artery disease account for the increased cardiovascular risk of renal insufficiency?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 57-63. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: nuclear imaging:

Ronaldo S. L. Lima, Denny D. Watson, Allen R. Goode, Mir S. Siadaty, Michael Ragosta, George A. Beller, and Habib Samady

Incremental value of combined perfusion and function over perfusion alone by gated SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging for detection of severe three-vessel coronary artery disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 64-70. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: protean effects of statins:

Christian Binggeli, Lukas E. Spieker, Roberto Corti, Isabella Sudano, Vesna Stojanovic, Daniel Hayoz, Thomas F. Lüscher, and Georg Noll

Statins enhance postischemic hyperemia in the skin circulation of hypercholesterolemic patients: A monitoring test of endothelial dysfunction for clinical practice?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 71-77. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

L. Brent Mitchell, Judy L. Powell, Anne M. Gillis, Victoria Kehl, Alfred P. Hallstrom the AVID Investigators

Are lipid-lowering drugs also antiarrhythmic drugs?: an analysis of the antiarrhythmics versus implantable defibrillators (AVID) trial
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 81-87. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: electrophysiologic disorders:

Teresa S. M. Tsang, George W. Petty, Marion E. Barnes, W. Michael O’Fallon, Kent R. Bailey, David O. Wiebers, JoRean D. Sicks, Teresa J. H. Christianson, James B. Seward, and Bernard J. Gersh

The prevalence of atrial fibrillation in incident stroke cases and matched population controls in Rochester, Minnesota: Changes over three decades
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 93-100. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Wojciech Zareba, Arthur J. Moss, Emanuela H. Locati, Michael H. Lehmann, Derick R. Peterson, W. Jackson Hall, Peter J. Schwartz, G. Michael Vincent, Silvia G. Priori, Jesaia Benhorin, Jeffrey A. Towbin, Jennifer L. Robinson, Mark L. Andrews, Carlo Napolitano, Katherine Timothy, Li Zhang, Aharon Medina International Long QT Syndrome Registry

Modulating effects of age and gender on the clinical course of long QT syndrome by genotype
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 103-109. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Stanley Tung, Kyoko Soejima, William H. Maisel, Makoto Suzuki, Laurence Epstein, and William G. Stevenson

Recognition of far-field electrograms during entrainment mapping of ventricular tachycardia
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 110-115. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: heart failure/transplantation:

Hans Rickli, Wolfgang Kiowski, Manuel Brehm, Daniel Weilenmann, Christoph Schalcher, Alain Bernheim, Erwin Oechslin, and Hans Peter Brunner-La Rocca

Combining low-intensity and maximal exercise test results improves prognostic prediction in chronic heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 116-122. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Joffrey Zoll, Benoit N’Guessan, Florence Ribera, Eliane Lampert, Dominique Fortin, Vladimir Veksler, Xavier Bigard, Bernard Geny, Jean Lonsdorfer, Renée Ventura-Clapier, and Bertrand Mettauer

Preserved response of mitochondrial function to short-term endurance training in skeletal muscle of heart transplant recipients
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 126-132. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Sergio Castellani, Rita Paniccia, Claudia Di Serio, Giuseppe La Cava, Loredana Poggesi, Stefano Fumagalli, Gian Franco Gensini, and Gian Gastone Neri Serneri

Thromboxane inhibition improves renal perfusion and excretory function in severe congestive heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 133-139. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Guillermo Torre-Amione, James B. Young, Wilson S. Colucci, Basil S. Lewis, Craig Pratt, Gad Cotter, Karl Stangl, Uri Elkayam, John R. Teerlink, Aline Frey, Maurizio Rainisio, and Isaac Kobrin

Hemodynamic and clinical effects of tezosentan, an intravenous dual endothelin receptor antagonist, in patients hospitalized for acute decompensated heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 140-147. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: congenital heart disease:

Peter C. Frommelt, Michele A. Frommelt, James S. Tweddell, and Robert D. B. Jaquiss

Prospective echocardiographic diagnosis and surgical repair of anomalous origin of a coronary artery from the opposite sinus with an interarterial course
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 148-154. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: pulmonary hypertension:

Hossein A. Ghofrani, Frank Rose, Ralph T. Schermuly, Horst Olschewski, Ralph Wiedemann, André Kreckel, Norbert Weissmann, Stefanie Ghofrani, Beate Enke, Werner Seeger, and Friedrich Grimminger

Oral sildenafil as long-term adjunct therapy to inhaled iloprost in severe pulmonary arterial hypertension
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 158-164. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Basic science:

Tetsuya Shiomi, Hiroyuki Tsutsui, Masaki Ikeuchi, Hidenori Matsusaka, Shunji Hayashidani, Nobuhiro Suematsu, Jing Wen, Toru Kubota, and Akira Takeshita

Streptozotocin-induced hyperglycemia exacerbates left ventricular remodeling and failure after experimental myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 165-172. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Hiroshi Nakamura, Seiji Umemoto, George Naik, Gordon Moe, Satoko Takata, Peter Liu, and Masunori Matsuzaki

Induction of left ventricular remodeling and dysfunction in the recipient heart after donor heart myocardial infarction: new insights into the pathologic role of tumor necrosis factor-alpha from a novel heterotopic transplant–coronary ligation rat model
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 173-181. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Hiroshi Ito and Koichi Yamamoto

Prognostic significance of coronary blood flow velocity patterns in patients with reperfused acute myocardial infarction and TIMI-2 flow: Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 182-183. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Philippe Garot

Prognostic significance of coronary blood flow velocity patterns in patients with reperfused acute myocardial infarction and TIMI-2 flow
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 182. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Erratum:

Cannon CP. Small molecule glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor inhibitors as upstream therapy in acute coronary syndromes: insights from the TACTICS TIMI-18 trial.: J Am Coll Cardiol 2003;41:43S–48S
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 184. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Van Eickels M, Patten RD, Aronovitz MJ, Alsheikh-Ali A, Gostyla K, Celestin F, Grohe C, Mendelsohn ME, Karas RH. 17-beta-estradiol increases cardiac remodeling and mortality in mice with myocardial infarction.: J Am Coll Cardiol 2003;41:2084–92
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 184. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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