Review article:

Gan-Xin Yan, Ramarao S. Lankipalli, James F. Burke, Simone Musco, and Peter R. Kowey

Ventricular repolarization components on the electrocardiogram: Cellular basis and clinical significance
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 401-409. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical Study:

David A. Alter, Jack V. Tu, Peter C. Austin, and C. David Naylor

Waiting times, revascularization modality, and outcomes after acute myocardial infarction at hospitals with and without on-site revascularization facilities in Canada
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 410-419. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Nick R. Bijsterveld, Arno H. Moons, Joost C. M. Meijers, Marcel Levi, Harry R. Büller, and Ron J. G. Peters

The impact on coagulation of an intravenous loading dose in addition to a subcutaneousregimen of low-molecular-weight heparinin the initial treatment of acute coronary syndromes
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 424-427. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

H. Mehrdad Sadeghi, Cindy L. Grines, Harish R. Chandra, Simon R. Dixon, Judith A. Boura, Srinivas Dukkipati, Kishore J. Harjai, and William W. O’Neill

Percutaneous coronary interventions in octogenarians: glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor inhibitors’ safety profile
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 428-432. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Massoud A. Leesar, Marcus F. Stoddard, Yu-Ting Xuan, Xian-Liang Tang, and Roberto Bolli

Nonelectrocardiographic evidence that both ischemic preconditioning and adenosine preconditioning exist in humans
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 437-445. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Zhi You Fang, Ofelia Najos-Valencia, Rodel Leano, and Thomas H. Marwick

Patients with early diabetic heart disease demonstrate a normal myocardial response to dobutamine
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 446-453. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Takayoshi Matsumura, Eiji Ohtaki, Kaoru Tanaka, Kazuhiko Misu, Tetsuya Tobaru, Ryuta Asano, Masatoshi Nagayama, Koichi Kitahara, Jun Umemura, Tetsuya Sumiyoshi, Hitoshi Kasegawa, and Saichi Hosoda

Echocardiographic prediction ofleft ventricular dysfunction aftermitral valve repair for mitral regurgitation as anindicator to decide the optimal timing of repair
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 458-463. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Neil E. Bowles, Jiyuan Ni, Debra L. Kearney, Matthias Pauschinger, Heinz-Peter Schultheiss, Robert McCarthy, Joshua Hare, J. Timothy Bricker, Karla R. Bowles, and Jeffrey A. Towbin

Detection of viruses in myocardial tissues by polymerase chain reaction: evidence of adenovirus as a common cause of myocarditis in children and adults
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 466-472. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Aina Hognestad, Knut Endresen, Ragnhild Wergeland, Oddvar Stokke, Odd Geiran, Torbjorn Holm, Svein Simonsen, John K. Kjekshus, and Arne K. Andreassen

Plasma C-reactive protein as a marker of cardiac allograft vasculopathy in heart transplant recipients
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 477-482. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Ole-A. Breithardt, Christoph Stellbrink, Lieven Herbots, Piet Claus, Anil M. Sinha, Bart Bijnens, Peter Hanrath, and George R. Sutherland

Cardiac resynchronization therapy can reverse abnormal myocardial strain distribution in patients with heart failure and left bundle branch block
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 486-494. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Andrew D. Krahn, George J. Klein, Raymond Yee, Jeffrey S. Hoch, and Allan C. Skanes

Cost implications of testing strategy in patients with syncope: Randomized assessment of syncope trial
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 495-501. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Anna S. John, Thorsten Dill, Roland R. Brandt, Matthias Rau, Wolfgang Ricken, Georg Bachmann, and Christian W. Hamm

Magnetic resonance to assess the aortic valve area in aortic stenosis: How does it compare to current diagnostic standards?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 519-526. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Domingo Hernández, Alejandro de la Rosa, Antonio Barragán, Ysamar Barrios, Eduardo Salido, Armando Torres, Basilio Martín, Ignacio Laynez, Amelia Duque, Antonia De Vera, Victor Lorenzo, and Antonio González

The ACE/DD genotype is associated with the extent of exercise-induced left ventricular growth in endurance athletes
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 527-532. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Meryl S. Cohen, Bradley S. Marino, Doff B. McElhinney, Daniëlle Robbers-Visser, Wendy van der Woerd, J. William Gaynor, Thomas L. Spray, and Gil Wernovsky

Neo-aortic root dilation and valve regurgitation up to 21 years after staged reconstruction for hypoplastic left heart syndrome
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 533-540. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Max C. Wu, Dong-Wei Gao, Richard E. Sievers, Randall J. Lee, Bruce H. Hasegawa, and Michael W. Dae

Pinhole single-photon emission computed tomography for myocardial perfusion imaging of mice
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 576-582. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Editorial comment:

Harold L. Dauerman

The early days after ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction: Reconsidering the delayed invasive approach
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 420-423. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eugenio Picano

Diabetic cardiomyopathy: the importance of being earliest
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 454-457. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Thomas Wisenbaugh

Unexpected, dismal left ventricular function after surgery for mitral regurgitation: There is just no excuse for it anymore
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 464-465. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christina Baboonian and William McKenna

Eradication of viral myocarditis: Is there hope?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 473-476. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cheryl C. Kürer

Implantable looprecorders: dollars and sense
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 502-504. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael Ragosta

Percutaneous coronary intervention in octogenarians and the safety of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 433-436. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research:

Hector O. Ventura and Mandeep R. Mehra

C-Reactive protein and cardiac allograft vasculopathy: is inflammation the critical link?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 483-485. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Heiko Mahrholdt, Anja Wagner, Michele Parker, Matthias Regenfus, David S. Fieno, Robert O. Bonow, Raymond J. Kim, and Robert M. Judd

Relationship of contractile function to transmural extent of infarction in patients with chronic coronary artery disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 505-512. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Jeanette Schulz-Menger, Michael Gross, Daniel Messroghli, Frank Uhlich, Rainer Dietz, and Matthias G. Friedrich

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance ofacute myocardial infarction at a very early stage
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 513-518. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Experimental Studies:

Akihiko Igawa, Takashi Nozawa, Nozomu Fujii, Bun-ichi Kato, Hidetsugu Asanoi, and Hiroshi Inoue

Long-term treatment with Low-Dose, but not High-Dose, guanethidine improves ventricular function and survival of rats with heart failure after myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 541-548. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Yi Zhang, R. S. Ramabadran, Kimberly A. Boddicker, Imran Bawaney, Loyd R. Davies, M. Bridget Zimmerman, Scott Wuthrich, Janice L. Jones, and Richard E. Kerber

Triphasic waveforms are superior to biphasic waveforms for transthoracic defibrillation: Experimental studies
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 568-575. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Basic science:

Chang-seng Liang

Sympatholysis and cardiac sympathetic nerve function in the treatment of congestive heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 549-551. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hideki Kunichika, Barry Peters, Bruno Cotter, Hisashi Masugata, Naomi Kunichika, Paul L. Wolf, and Anthony N. DeMaria

Visualization of risk-area myocardium as a high-intensity, hyperenhanced "hot spot" by myocardial contrast echocardiography following coronary reperfusion: Quantitative analysis
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 552-557. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Xander A. A. M. Verbeek, Kevin Vernooy, Maaike Peschar, Richard N. M. Cornelussen, and Frits W. Prinzen

Intra-ventricular resynchronization for optimal left ventricular function during pacing in experimental left bundle branch block
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 558-567. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Editor's Page:

Anthony N. DeMaria

Reflections on the first year
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 583-584. [Full Text] [PDF]  

ACC News:

Carl J. Pepine

President's page: counting heads, coming up short: the ratio of cardiologists to patients is becoming inadequate
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 585-587. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Jürgen Scharhag, Axel Urhausen, and Wilfried Kindermann

Anabolic steroid-induced echocardiographic characteristics of professional football players?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 588. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 588-589. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Husnain K. Haider, Ye Lei, Jiang Shujia, and A./Prof Eugene K. W. Sim

Cellular myocardial reconstruction using human myoblasts
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 589. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Erratum:

Rademaker MT, Charles CJ, Espiner EA, Fisher S, Frampton CM, Kirkpatrick CMJ, Lainchbury JG, Nicholls MG, Richards AM, Vale WW. Beneficial Hemodynamic, Endocrine, and Renal Effects of Urocortin in Experimental Heart Failure: Comparison With Normal Sheep.: J Am Coll Cardiol 2002;40:1495–505
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 590. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Taylor MRG, Fain PR, Sinagra G, Robinson ML, Robertson AD, Carniel E, Di Lenarda A, Bohlmeyer TJ, Ferguson DA, Brodsky GL, Boucek MM, Lascor J, Moss AC, Li W-LP, Stetler GL, Muntoni F, Bristow MR, Mestroni L, Familiar Dilated Cardiomyopathy Registry Research Group. Natural History of Dilated Cardiomyopathy Due to Lamin A/C Gene Mutations.: J Am Coll Cardiol 2003;41:771–80
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 590-591. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Barst RJ, McGoon M, McLaughlin V, Tapson V, Oudiz R, Shapiro S, Robbins IM, Channick R, Badesch D, Rayburn BK, Flinchbaugh R, Sigman J, Arneson C, Jeffs R, for the Beraprost Study Group. Beraprost Therapy for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.: J Am Coll cardiol 2003;41:2119–25
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 591. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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