Clinical research: treatment of acute infarction with PCI:

David A. Cox, Gregg W. Stone, Cindy L. Grines, Thomas Stuckey, David J. Cohen, James E. Tcheng, Eulogio Garcia, Giulio Guagliumi, Robert S. Iwaoka, Martin Fahy, Mark Turco, Alexandra J. Lansky, John J. Griffin, Roxana Mehran CADILLAC Investigators

Outcomes of optimal or "stent-like"balloon angioplasty in acutemyocardial infarction: the CADILLAC trial
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 971-977. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Mitchell J. Ross, Howard C. Herrmann, David J. Moliterno, James C. Blankenship, Laura Demopoulos, Peter M. DiBattiste, Stephen G. Ellis, Ziyad Ghazzal, Jack L. Martin, Jennifer White, and Eric J. Topol

Angiographic variables predict increased riskfor adverse ischemic events after coronarystenting with glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibition: Results from the TARGET trial
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 981-988. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Giuseppe De Luca, Harry Suryapranata, Felix Zijlstra, Arnoud W. J. van't Hof, Jan C. A. Hoorntje, A. T. Marcel Gosselink, Jan-Henk Dambrink, Menko-Jan de Boer ZWOLLE Myocardial Infarction Study Group

Symptom-onset-to-balloon time and mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction treated by primary angioplasty
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 991-997. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: treatment of acute infarction with PCI: editorial comment:

Douglass A. Morrison

Counterintuitive contributionsto the care of myocardialinfarction and theneed for randomized trials
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 978-980. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christopher J. White

Angiographic predictors of adverse outcomes in the modern interventional era
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 989-990. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical research: interventional cardiology:

Warren K. Laskey and Dana Beach

Frequency and clinical significance of ischemic preconditioning during percutaneous coronary intervention
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 998-1003. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Michael Schlüter, Thilo Tübler, Johann C. Steffens, Detlef G. Mathey, and Joachim Schofer

Focal ischemia of the brain after neuroprotected carotid artery stenting
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1007-1013. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: interventional cardiology: editorial comment:

Tetsuji Miura

Myocardial response to ischemic preconditioning: is it a novel predictor of prognosis?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1004-1006. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jay S. Yadav

Protecting the brain:how do we measure success?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1014-1016. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: coronary artery disease:

Jose F. Huizar, Luis A. Gonzalez, James Alderman, and Harton S. Smith

Sulfonylureas attenuate electrocardiographic ST-segment elevation during an acute myocardial infarction in diabetics
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1017-1021. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Masaya Kato, Keigo Dote, Seiji Habara, Hiroaki Takemoto, Kenji Goto, and Koichi Nakaoka

Clinical implications of carotid artery remodeling in acute coronary syndrome: Ultrasonographic assessment of positive remodeling
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1026-1032. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Sammy Y. Chan, G. B. John Mancini, Lisa Kuramoto, Michael Schulzer, Jiri Frohlich, and Andrew Ignaszewski

The prognostic importance of endothelial dysfunction and carotid atheromaburden in patients with coronary artery disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1037-1043. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: coronary artery disease: editorial comment:

Peter A. Brady and Aleksandar Jovanovic

The sulfonylurea controversy: Much ado about nothing or cause for concern?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1022-1025. [Full Text] [PDF]  

E. Murat Tuzcu and Paul Schoenhagen

Acute coronary syndromes, plaque vulnerability,and carotid artery disease: The changing role ofatherosclerosis imaging
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1033-1036. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical research: heart failure/cardiac transplantation:

Marco Guazzi, Gabriele Tumminello, Marco Matturri, and Maurizio D. Guazzi

Insulin ameliorates exercise ventilatory efficiency and oxygen uptake in patients with heart failure–type 2 diabetes comorbidity
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1044-1050. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Olaf M. Muehling, Norbert M. Wilke, Prasad Panse, Michael Jerosch-Herold, Betsy V. Wilson, Robert F. Wilson, and Leslie W. Miller

Reduced myocardial perfusion reserve and transmural perfusiongradient in heart transplant arteriopathyassessed by magnetic resonance imaging
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1054-1060. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: heart failure/cardiac transplantation: editorial comment:

Wayne C. Levy and Irl B. Hirsch

Diabetes and heart failure: is insulin therapy the answer?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1051-1053. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical research: congenital heart disease:

Andreas Eicken, Sohrab Fratz, Christine Gutfried, Gunter Balling, Markus Schwaiger, Rüdiger Lange, Raymonde Busch, John Hess, and Heiko Stern

Hearts late after fontan operation have normal mass, normal volume, and reduced systolic function: A magnetic resonance imaging study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1061-1065. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: atrial anatomy and stroke:

Shunichi Homma, Ralph L. Sacco, Marco R. Di Tullio, Robert R. Sciacca, Jay P. Mohr PICSS Investigators

Atrial anatomy in non-cardioembolic stroke patients: Effect of medical therapy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1066-1072. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical research: atrial anatomy and stroke: editorial comment:

Ramon Castello and Thomas G. Brott

Patent foramen ovale: friend or foe?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1073-1075. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical research: aortic aneurysm:

Yoram Agmon, Bijoy K. Khandheria, Irene Meissner, Gary L. Schwartz, JoRean D. Sicks, Angela J. Fought, W. Michael O'Fallon, David O. Wiebers, and A. Jamil Tajik

Is aortic dilatation an atherosclerosis-related process?: Clinical, laboratory, and transesophageal echocardiographiccorrelates of thoracic aortic dimensions in the populationwith implications for thoracic aortic aneurysm formation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1076-1083. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: stress echocardiography:

Siu-Sun Yao, Ehtasham Qureshi, Mark V. Sherrid, and Farooq A. Chaudhry

Practical applications in stress echocardiography: Risk stratification and prognosis in patientswith known or suspected ischemic heart disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1084-1090. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: hypertension and statins:

Dinko Susic, Jasmina Varagic, Jwari Ahn, Michael Slama, and Edward D. Frohlich

Beneficial pleiotropic vascular effects of rosuvastatin in two hypertensive models
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1091-1097. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: eledtrophysiologic disorders:

Eric N. Prystowsky, Imran Niazi, Anne B. Curtis, David J. Wilber, Tristram Bahnson, Kenneth Ellenbogen, Anwer Dhala, Daniel M. Bloomfield, Michael Gold, Alan Kadish, Richard I. Fogel, Mario D. Gonzalez, Luiz Belardinelli, Revati Shreeniwas, and Andrew A. Wolff

Termination of paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia by tecadenoson (CVT-510),a novel A₁-adenosine receptor agonist
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1098-1102. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Nikolaos Dagres, Jonathan R. Clague, Günter Breithardt, and Martin Borggrefe

Significant gender-related differences in radiofrequency catheter ablation therapy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1103-1107. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rutger J. Hassink, H. Thomas Aretz, Jeremy Ruskin, and David Keane

Morphology of atrial myocardium in human pulmonary veins: A postmortem analysis in patients with and without atrial fibrillation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1108-1114. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: aspirin resistance:

Laurent Macchi, Luc Christiaens, Severine Brabant, Nathalie Sorel, Stephanie Ragot, Joseph Allal, Gérard Mauco, and André Brizard

Resistance in vitro to low-dose aspirin is associated with platelet Pl^A1 (GP IIIa) polymorphism but not with C807T(GP Ia/IIa) and C-5T kozak (GP Ib) polymorphisms
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1115-1119. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Basic science studies:

Georges von Degenfeld, Philip Raake, Christian Kupatt, Corinna Lebherz, Rabea Hinkel, Franz Josef Gildehaus, Wolfgang Münzing, Andrea Kranz, Johannes Waltenberger, Marcus Simoes, Markus Schwaiger, Eckart Thein, and Peter Boekstegers

Selective Pressure-Regulated retroinfusion of fibroblast growth factor-2 into the coronary vein enhances regional myocardial blood flow and function in pigs with chronic myocardial ischemia
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1120-1128. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Basic science studies: editorial comment:

Frank J. Giordano

Retrograde coronary perfusion: a superior route to deliver therapeutics to the heart?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1129-1131. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Expedited Review:

David J. Moliterno, James B. Hermiller, Dean J. Kereiakes, Eric Yow, Robert J. Applegate, Gregory A. Braden, Eric J. Dippel, Mark I. Furman, Cindy L. Grines, Neal S. Kleiman, Glenn N. Levine, Tift Mann III, Ravi N. Nair, Ronald A. Stine, Steven J. Yacubov, and James E. Tcheng

A novel point-of-care enoxaparin monitor for use during percutaneous coronary intervention: Results of the Evaluating Enoxaparin Clotting Times (ELECT) Study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1132-1139. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Alberto Batalla, Julián R. Reguero, and Eliecer Coto

The T^-786C endothelial nitric oxide synthase genotype and coronary artery disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1140. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gian Paolo Rossi, Maurizio Cesari, and Achille C. Pessina

The T^–786C endothelial nitric oxide synthase genotype and coronary artery disease: Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1140-1141. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Larisa M. Humma and Patricia L. Adenekan

Response to renin-angiotensin system antagonists in hypertensive black subjects
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1141. [Full Text] [PDF]  

John M. Flack, Scott L. Krause, Suzanne Oparil, J. Howard Pratt, and Elijah Saunders

Response to renin-angiotensin system antagonists in hypertensive black subjects: Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1141-1142. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Juan Carlos Kaski, Pablo Avanzas, and Ramón Arroyo-Espliguero

Neopterin—a forgotten biomarker
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1142-1143. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Manuel Penas-Lado, Roberto Barriales-Villa, and Javier Goicolea

Transient left ventricular apical ballooning and outflow tract obstruction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1143-1144. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yoshiteru Abe

Transient left ventricular apical ballooning and outflow tract obstruction: Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1144. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stefano De Servi and Antonino Mazzone

Are levels of C-reactive protein and troponin T the best predictors of mortality after acute coronary syndrome?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1144-1145. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stefan James and Lars Wallentin

C-reactive protein provides independent prognostic information on short- and long-term mortality in patients with non-st elevation acute coronary syndrome: Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1145-1146. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Erratum:

Burke AP, Virmani R, Galis Z, Haudenschild CC, Muller JE. Task force #2—what is the pathologic basis for new atherosclerosis imaging techniques?: J Am Coll Cardiol 2003;41:1874–86
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1147. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

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