Clinical Study:

Kwan-Leung Chan, Jean G. Dumesnil, Bibiana Cujec, Anthony J. Sanfilippo, John Jue, Michele A. Turek, Trevor I. Robinson, David Moher Investigators of the Multicenter Aspirin Study in Infective Endocarditis

A randomized trial of aspirin on the risk of embolic events in patients with infective endocarditis
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 775-780. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Iwan C. C. van der Horst, Felix Zijlstra, Arnoud W. J. van't Hof, Carine J. M. Doggen, Menko-Jan de Boer, Harry Suryapranata, Jan C. A. Hoorntje, Jan-Henk E. Dambrink, Rijk O. B. Gans, Henk J. G. Bilo Zwolle Infarct Study Group

Glucose-insulin-potassium infusion inpatients treated with primary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction: The glucose-insulin-potassium study: a randomized trial
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 784-791. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Thomas H. Schindler, Egbert U. Nitzsche, Thomas Munzel, Manfred Olschewski, Ingo Brink, Michael Jeserich, Michael Mix, Peter T. Buser, Matthias Pfisterer, Ulrich Solzbach, and Hanjörg Just

Coronary vasoregulation in patients with various risk factors in response to cold pressor testing: Contrasting myocardial blood flow responses to short- and long-term vitamin C administration
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 814-822. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Abdou Elhendy, Douglas W. Mahoney, Bijoy K. Khandheria, Kelli Burger, and Patricia A. Pellikka

Prognostic significance of impairment of heart rate response to exercise: Impact of left ventricular function and myocardial ischemia
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 823-830. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Stephan Gielen, Volker Adams, Sven Möbius-Winkler, Axel Linke, Sandra Erbs, Jiangtao Yu, Werner Kempf, Andreas Schubert, Gerhard Schuler, and Rainer Hambrecht

Anti-inflammatory effects of exercise training in the skeletal muscle of patients with chronic heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 861-868. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Paul Sorajja, Steve R. Ommen, Rick A. Nishimura, Bernard J. Gersh, A. Jamil Tajik, and David R. Holmes Jr

Myocardial bridging in adult patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 889-894. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Harinder K. Gill, Miranda Splitt, Gurleen K. Sharland, and John M. Simpson

Patterns of recurrence of congenital heart disease: An analysis of 6,640 consecutive pregnancies evaluated by detailed fetal echocardiography
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 923-929. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Editorial comment:

Shunichi Homma and Cairistine Grahame-Clarke

Toward reducing embolic complications from endocarditis
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 781-783. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Neil J. Weissman

Vascular remodeling: do we really need yet another study?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 811-813. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bernard R. Chaitman

Abnormal heart rateresponses to exercise predict increased long-term mortality regardless of coronary disease extent: The question is why?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 839-841. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lawrence Liao and Daniel B. Mark

Clinical prediction models: are we building better mousetraps?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 851-853. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Douglas L. Mann and Michael B. Reid

Exercise training and skeletal muscle inflammation in chronic heart failure: feeling better about fatigue
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 869-872. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Otto M. Hess

Risk stratification in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Fact or fiction?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 880-881. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Joao A. C. Lima

Myocardial viability assessment by contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 902-904. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ernesto L. Schiffrin and Rhian M. Touyz

Multiple actions of angiotensin II in hypertension: benefits of AT₁ receptor blockade
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 911-913. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tomosaburo Takahashi and Richard T. Lee

Dendritic cells in neointima formation: from where did you come, and what are you doing here?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 939-941. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical research:

Carl S. Apstein

The benefits of glucose-insulin-potassium for acute myocardial infarction (and some concerns)
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 792-795. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fernando Alfonso, Javier Zueco, Angel Cequier, Ramón Mantilla, Armando Bethencourt, José R. López-Minguez, Juan Angel, José M. Augé, Manuel Gómez-Recio, César Morís, Ricardo Seabra-Gomes, María J. Perez-Vizcayno, Carlos Macaya Restenosis Intra-stent: Balloon Angioplasty Versus Elective Stenting (RIBS) Investigators

A randomized comparison ofrepeat stenting with balloon angioplasty in patients with in-stent restenosis
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 796-805. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Myeong-Ki Hong, Gary S. Mintz, Cheol Whan Lee, Young-Hak Kim, Jae-Whan Lee, Jong-Min Song, Ki-Hoon Han, Duk-Hyun Kang, Jae-Kwan Song, Jae-Joong Kim, Seong-Wook Park, and Seung-Jung Park

Intravascular ultrasound assessment of patterns of arterial remodeling in the absence of significant reference segment plaque burden in patients with coronary artery disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 806-810. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Deepak P. Vivekananthan, Eugene H. Blackstone, Claire E. Pothier, and Michael S. Lauer

Heart rate recovery after exercise is apredictor of mortality, independent of the angiographic severity of coronary disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 831-838. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Fabiana Roveda, Holly R. Middlekauff, Maria Urbana P. B. Rondon, Soraya F. Reis, Márcio Souza, Luciano Nastari, Antonio Carlos P. Barretto, Eduardo M. Krieger, and Carlos Eduardo Negrão

The effects of exercise training on sympathetic neural activation in advanced heart failure: A randomized controlled trial
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 854-860. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Lorenzo Monserrat, Perry M. Elliott, Juan R. Gimeno, Sanjay Sharma, Manuel Penas-Lado, and William J. McKenna

Non-sustained ventricular tachycardia in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: an independent marker of sudden death risk in young patients
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 873-879. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Barry J. Maron, Susan A. Casey, Robert G. Hauser, and Dorothee M. Aeppli

Clinical course of hypertrophiccardiomyopathy with survival to advanced age
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 882-888. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Aernout M. Beek, Harald P. Kühl, Olga Bondarenko, Jos W. R. Twisk, Mark B. M. Hofman, Willem G. van Dockum, Cees A. Visser, and Albert C. van Rossum

Delayed contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging for the prediction of regional functional improvement after acute myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 895-901. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Kwang Kon Koh, Jeong Yeal Ahn, Seung Hwan Han, Dae Sung Kim, Dong Kyu Jin, Hyung Sik Kim, Mi-Seung Shin, Tae Hoon Ahn, In Suck Choi, and Eak Kyun Shin

Pleiotropic effects of angiotensin II receptor blocker in hypertensive patients
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 905-910. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Michael Domanski, Heidi Krause-Steinrauf, Prakash Deedwania, Dean Follmann, Jalal K. Ghali, Edward Gilbert, Steven Haffner, Richard Katz, JoAnn Lindenfeld, Brian D. Lowes, Wade Martin, Frank McGrew, Michael R. Bristow BEST Investigators

The effect of diabetes on outcomes of patients with advanced heart failure in the BEST trial
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 914-922. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Anthony P. Morise and Farrukh Jalisi

Evaluation of pretest and exercise test scores to assess all-cause mortality in unselected patients presenting for exercise testing with symptoms of suspected coronary artery disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 842-850. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Basic research:

Gerhard Bauriedel, Alexander Jabs, Dirk Skowasch, Randolph Hutter, Juan J. Badimon, Valentin Fuster, Ulrich Welsch, and Berndt Lüderitz

Dendritic cells in neointima formation after rat carotid balloon injury: coordinated expression withanti-apoptotic Bcl-2 and HSP47 in arterial repair
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 930-938. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Experimental Studies:

Vickas V. Patel, Michael Arad, Ivan P. G. Moskowitz, Colin T. Maguire, Dorothy Branco, J. G. Seidman, Christine E. Seidman, and Charles I. Berul

Electrophysiologic characterization and postnatal development of ventricular pre-excitation in a mouse model of cardiachypertrophy and Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 942-951. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Editor's Page:

Anthony N. DeMaria

A report card for journals
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 952-953. [Full Text] [PDF]  

ACC/AHA guideline:

Melvin D. Cheitlin, William F. Armstrong, Gerard P. Aurigemma, George A. Beller, Fredrick Z. Bierman, Jack L. Davis, Pamela S. Douglas, David P. Faxon, Linda D. Gillam, Thomas R. Kimball, William G. Kussmaul, Alan S. Pearlman, John T. Philbrick, Harry Rakowski, Daniel M. Thys, Elliott M. Antman, Sidney C. Smith Jr, Joseph S. Alpert, Gabriel Gregoratos, Jeffrey L. Anderson, Loren F. Hiratzka, David P. Faxon, Sharon Ann Hunt, Valentin Fuster, Alice K. Jacobs, Raymond J. Gibbons, and Richard O. Russell

ACC/AHA/ASE 2003 guideline update for the clinical application of echocardiography: summary article: a report of the American college of cardiology/American heart association task force on practice guidelines (ACC/AHA/ASE committee to update the 1997 guidelines for the clinical application of echocardiography)
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 954-970. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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