State-of-the-Art Paper:

Michael E. Widlansky, Noyan Gokce, John F. Keaney Jr, and Joseph A. Vita

The clinical implications of endothelial dysfunction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1149-1160. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research:

Robert A. Henderson, Stuart J. Pocock, Tim C. Clayton, Rosemary Knight, Keith A. A. Fox, Desmond G. Julian, Douglas A. Chamberlain Second Randomized Intervention Treatment of Angina (RITA-2) Trial Participants

Seven-year outcome in the RITA-2 trial: coronary angioplasty versus medical therapy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1161-1170. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Teresa S. M. Tsang, Marion E. Barnes, Bernard J. Gersh, Yasuhiko Takemoto, A. Gabriela Rosales, Kent R. Bailey, and James B. Seward

Prediction of risk for first age-related cardiovascular events in an elderly population: the incremental value of echocardiography
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1199-1205. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Editorial comment:

Spencer B. King III

Dilate or defer? view of a skeptic
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1171-1172. [Full Text] [PDF]  

C. Michael Gibson

Confusion in reperfusion
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1186-1187. [Full Text] [PDF]  

James E. Tcheng and Mark E. Campbell

Platelet inhibition strategies in percutaneous coronary intervention: Competition or coopetition?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1196-1198. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pamela S. Douglas

The left atrium: A biomarker of chronicdiastolic dysfunction andcardiovascular disease risk
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1206-1207. [Full Text] [PDF]  

John S. Rumsfeld

Valve surgery in the elderly: A question of quality (of life)?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1215-1217. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marc A. Silver

Dietary research in heart failure: Beyond the salt shaker
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1224-1225. [Full Text] [PDF]  

John G. F. Cleland and Andrew L. Clark

Delivering the cumulative benefits of triple therapy to improve outcomes in heart failure: Too many cooks will spoil the broth
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1234-1237. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Diana B. Petitti

New hope for hormone replacement and the heart?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1246-1248. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jonathan L. Halperin and Mardi Gomberg-Maitland

Obliteration of the leftatrial appendage forprevention of thromboembolism
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1259-1261. [Full Text] [PDF]  

William H. Maisel

Autonomic modulation preceding the onset of atrial fibrillation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1269-1270. [Full Text] [PDF]  

David J. Wilber

Linear ablation for atrial fibrillation: Have we come full circle?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1283-1285. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Acute Myocardial Infarction:

Steven J. Kernis, Kishore J. Harjai, Gregg W. Stone, Lorelei L. Grines, Judith A. Boura, Michael W. Yerkey, William O’Neill, and Cindy L. Grines

The incidence, predictors, and outcomes of early reinfarction after primary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1173-1177. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Percutaneous intervention and anticoagulation:

Christophe L. Dubois, Ann Belmans, Christopher B. Granger, Paul W. Armstrong, Lars Wallentin, Paolo M. Fioretti, José L. López-Sendón, Freek W. Verheugt, Jürgen Meyer, Frans Van de Werf ASSENT-3 Investigators

Outcome of urgent and elective percutaneous coronary interventions after pharmacologic reperfusion with tenecteplase combined with unfractionated heparin, enoxaparin, or abciximab
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1178-1185. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Articles:

Albert W. Chan, David J. Moliterno, Peter B. Berger, Gregg W. Stone, Peter M. DiBattiste, Steven L. Yakubov, Shelly K. Sapp, Kathy Wolski, Deepak L. Bhatt, Eric J. Topol TARGET Investigators

Triple antiplatelet therapy during percutaneous coronary intervention is associated withimproved outcomes including one-year survival: Results from the do tirofiban and reoprogive similar efficacy outcome trial (TARGET)
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1188-1195. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Artyom Sedrakyan, Viola Vaccarino, A. David Paltiel, John A. Elefteriades, Jennifer A. Mattera, Sarah A. Roumanis, Zhenqiu Lin, and Harlan M. Krumholz

Age does not limit quality of life improvement in cardiac valve surgery
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1208-1214. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Joel B. Braunstein, Gerard F. Anderson, Gary Gerstenblith, Wendy Weller, Marlene Niefeld, Robert Herbert, and Albert W. Wu

Noncardiac comorbidity increases preventable hospitalizations and mortality among medicare beneficiaries with chronic heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1226-1233. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Miguel ngel García-Fernández, Esther Pérez-David, Juan Quiles, Juan Peralta, Ismael García-Rojas, Javier Bermejo, Mar Moreno, and Jacobo Silva

Role of left atrial appendageobliteration in stroke reductionin patients with mitral valve prosthesis: A transesophageal echocardiographic study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1253-1258. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Sabine Ernst, Feifan Ouyang, Felix Löber, Matthias Antz, and Karl-Heinz Kuck

Catheter-induced linear lesions in theleft atrium in patients with atrial fibrillation: An electroanatomic study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1271-1282. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Rory Hachamovitch, Sean W. Hayes, John D. Friedman, Ishac Cohen, Xingping Kang, Guido Germano, and Daniel S. Berman

Is there a referral bias againstcatheterization of patients withreduced left ventricular ejection fraction?: Influence of ejection fraction and inducible ischemia onpost–single-photon emission computed tomographymanagement of patients without a history of coronary artery disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1286-1294. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Thomas C. Gerber, Panayotis Fasseas, Ryan J. Lennon, Venkata U. Valeti, Christopher P. Wood, Jerome F. Breen, and Peter B. Berger

Clinical safety of magnetic resonanceimaging early after coronary artery stent placement
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1295-1298. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael R. Zile

Is diastolic heart failure synonyms with heart failure with present ejection fraction: Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1335-1336. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Steven R. Steinhubl, Jay S. Varinasi, and Lee Goldberg

Determination of the naturalhistory of aspirin resistance amongstable patients with cardiovascular disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1336. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eric J. Topol, Patricia Gum, and Kandice Kottke-Marchant

Determination of the natural history of aspirin resistance among stable patients with cardiovascular disease: Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1336-1337. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Roberto Aquilani, Cristina Opasich, Manuela Verri, Federica Boschi, Oreste Febo, Evasio Pasini, and Ornella Pastoris

Is nutritional intake adequate in chronic heart failure patients?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1218-1223. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Heart Failure:

JoAnn Lindenfeld, Jalal K. Ghali, Heidi J. Krause-Steinrauf, Steven Khan, Kirkwood Adams Jr, Steven Goldman, Mary Ann Peberdy, Clyde Yancy, Surai Thaneemit-Chen, Rhonda L. Larsen, James Young, Brian Lowes, Yves D. Rosenberg BEST Investigators

Hormone replacement therapy is associated with improved survival in women with advanced heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1238-1245. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Left Atrial Appendage Obliteration in Atrial Fibrillation:

Joseph L. Blackshear, W. Dudley Johnson, John A. Odell, Vickie S. Baker, Mary Howard, Lesly Pearce, Christopher Stone, Douglas L. Packer, and Hartzell V. Schaff

Thoracoscopic extracardiac obliteration of the left atrial appendage for stroke risk reduction in atrial fibrillation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1249-1252. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Mechanisms and Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation:

David Amar, Hao Zhang, Saul Miodownik, and Alan H. Kadish

Competing autonomic mechanisms precedethe onset of postoperative atrial fibrillation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1262-1268. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Basic science study:

Yosef Paz, Inna Frolkis, Dimitri Pevni, Itzhak Shapira, Yael Yuhas, Adrian Iaina, Yoram Wollman, Tamara Chernichovski, Nahum Nesher, Chaim Locker, Rephael Mohr, and Gideon Uretzky

Effect of tumor necrosis Factor-Alphaon endothelial and inducible nitric oxidesynthase messenger ribonucleic acidexpression and nitric oxide synthesisin ischemic and nonischemic isolated rat heart
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1299-1305. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Expedited Review:

Martin K. C. Ng, Carmel M. Quinn, Jane A. McCrohon, Shirley Nakhla, Wendy Jessup, David J. Handelsman, David S. Celermajer, and Alison K. Death

Androgens Up-Regulate Atherosclerosis-Related Genes in Macrophages From Males But Not Females: Molecular Insights Into Gender Differences in Atherosclerosis
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1306-1313. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Editor's Page:

Anthony N. DeMaria

What constitutes a great review?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1314-1315. [Full Text] [PDF]  

ACC News:

Carl J. Pepine

Rethink retirement: plan a second career in cardiology
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1316-1317. [Full Text] [PDF]  

ACC/AHA guideline:

Committee Members, Francis J. Klocke, Michael G. Baird, Beverly H. Lorell, Timothy M. Bateman, Joseph V. Messer, Daniel S. Berman, Patrick T. O’Gara, Blase A. Carabello, Richard O. Russell Jr, Manuel D. Cerqueira, Martin G. St. John Sutton, Anthony N. DeMaria, James E. Udelson, J. Ward Kennedy, Mario S. Verani, Kim Allan Williams, Task Force Members, 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/ASNC Guidelines for the Clinical Use of Cardiac Radionuclide Imaging—Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (ACC/AHA/ASNC Committee to Revise the 1995 Guidelines for the Clinical Use of Cardiac Radionuclide Imaging)
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1318-1333. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Robb M. Malone, Darren A. DeWalt, Mike P. Pignone, and Timothy J. Ives

Is the tolerability of long-term thiazolidinedione therapy overstated?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1334. [Full Text] [PDF]  

W. H. Wilson Tang, Gary S. Francis, Byron J. Hoogwerf, and James B. Young

Is the tolerability of long-term thiazolidinedione therapy overstated? Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1334-1335. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kenneth M. Kessler

Is diastolic heart failuresynonymous with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1335. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Correction:

Matsubara K, Nakamura T, Kuribayashi T, Azuma A, Nakagawa M. Sustained cavity obliteration and apical aneurysm formation in apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. J Am Coll Cardiol 2003;42:288–95
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1338. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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