Clinical research:

C. Michael Gibson, Duane S. Pinto, Sabina A. Murphy, David A. Morrow, Hans-Peter Hobbach, Stephen D. Wiviott, Robert P. Giugliano, Christopher P. Cannon, Elliott M. Antman, Eugene Braunwald TIMI Study Group

Association of creatinine and creatinine clearance on presentation in acute myocardial infarction with subsequent mortality
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1535-1543. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Giora Landesberg, Vadim Shatz, Inna Akopnik, Yehuda G. Wolf, Michael Mayer, Yacov Berlatzky, Charles Weissman, and Morris Mosseri

Association of cardiac troponin, CK-MB, and postoperative myocardial ischemia with long-term survival after major vascular surgery
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1547-1554. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Shunta Sakai, Kyoichi Mizuno, Shinya Yokoyama, Jun Tanabe, Takuroh Shinada, Koji Seimiya, Masamichi Takano, Takayoshi Ohba, Masato Tomimura, Ryota Uemura, and Takahiro Imaizumi

Morphologic changes in infarct-related plaque after coronary stent placement: A serial angioscopy study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1558-1565. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Marco Roffi, Peter Wenaweser, Stephan Windecker, Haresh Mehta, Franz R. Eberli, Christian Seiler, Martin Fleisch, Ali Garachemani, Giovanni B. Pedrazzini, Otto M. Hess, and Bernhard Meier

Early exercise after coronary stenting is safe
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1569-1573. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Ikuo Hashimoto, Xiaokui Li, Aarti Hejmadi Bhat, Michael Jones, Arthur D. Zetts, and David J. Sahn

Myocardial strain rate is a superior method for evaluation of left ventricular subendocardial function compared with tissue Doppler imaging
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1574-1583. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Ichiro Nakae, Kenichi Mitsunami, Tomoko Omura, Takahiro Yabe, Takayoshi Tsutamoto, Shinro Matsuo, Masayuki Takahashi, Shigehiro Morikawa, Toshiro Inubushi, Yasuyuki Nakamura, Masahiko Kinoshita, and Minoru Horie

Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy can detect creatine depletion associated with the progression of heart failure in cardiomyopathy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1587-1593. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Emanuele Barbato, Jozef Bartunek, Eric Wyffels, William Wijns, Guy R. Heyndrickx, and Bernard De Bruyne

Effects of intravenous dobutamineon coronary vasomotion in humans
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1596-1601. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Sonia Velez-Roa, Marc Renard, Jean-Paul Degaute, and Philippe van de Borne

Peripheral sympathetic control during dobutamine infusion: effects of aging and heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1605-1610. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Eric D. Peterson, Padma Kaul, Ronald G. Kaczmarek, Bradley G. Hammill, Paul W. Armstrong, Charles R. Bridges, T. Bruce Ferguson Jr Society of Thoracic Surgeons

From controlled trials to clinical practice: monitoring transmyocardial revascularization use and outcomes
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1611-1616. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Junzo Nagashima, Haruki Musha, Hideomi Takada, and Masahiro Murayama

New upper limit of physiologic cardiac hypertrophy in Japanese participants in the 100-km ultramarathon
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1617-1623. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Hiroshi Morita, Shiho Takenaka Morita, Satoshi Nagase, Kimikazu Banba, Nobuhiro Nishii, Yoshinori Tani, Atsuyuki Watanabe, Kazufumi Nakamura, Kengo Fukushima Kusano, Tetsuro Emori, Hiromi Matsubara, Kazumasa Hina, Toshimasa Kita, and Tohru Ohe

Ventricular arrhythmia induced by sodium channel blocker in patients with Brugada syndrome
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1624-1631. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Maria Vittoria Pitzalis, Matteo Anaclerio, Massimo Iacoviello, Cinzia Forleo, Pietro Guida, Rossella Troccoli, Francesco Massari, Filippo Mastropasqua, Sandro Sorrentino, Andrea Manghisi, and Paolo Rizzon

QT-interval prolongation inright precordial leads: an additional electrocardiographic hallmark of Brugada syndrome
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1632-1637. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

S. Ahmed Tejan-Sie, R. Daniel Murray, Ian W. Black, Susan E. Jasper, Carolyn Apperson-Hansen, Jianbo Li, Elizabeth A. Lieber, Richard A. Grimm, Allan L. Klein ACUTE Investigators

Spontaneous conversion of patients with atrial fibrillation scheduled for electrical cardioversion: An ACUTE trial ancillary study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1638-1643. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Robert Wolk, Bruce D. Johnson, and Virend K. Somers

Leptin and the ventilatory response to exercise in heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1644-1649. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Doff B. McElhinney, Elizabeth Geiger, Joshua Blinder, D. Woodrow Benson, and Elizabeth Goldmuntz

NKX2.5 mutations in patients with congenital heart disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1650-1655. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Editorial comment:

William J. French and R. Scott Wright

Renal insufficiency and worsened prognosis with STEMI: A call for action
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1544-1546. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

James S. Forrester

Toward understanding the evolution of plaque rupture: Correlating vascular pathology with clinical outcomes
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1566-1568. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Otto A. Smiseth and Halfdan Ihlen

Strain rate imaging: why do we need it?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1584-1586. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gerald M. Pohost and John R. Forder

From the atomic nucleus to man: Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, the next horizon in diagnostic cardiology
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1594-1595. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Morton J. Kern

Dobutamine and the coronary vasomotion paradox
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1602-1604. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wilbur Y. W. Lew

Endotoxin attacks the cardiovascular system: Black death at the tollgate
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1663-1665. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Scott D. Solomon and Marc A. Pfeffer

Aldosterone antagonism and myocardial infarction: From animals to man and back
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1674-1676. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Allan S. Jaffe

A small step for man, a leap forward for postoperative management
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1555-1557. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Basic science:

Johannes Pleiner, Friedrich Mittermayer, Georg Schaller, Claudia Marsik, Raymond J. MacAllister, and Michael Wolzt

Inflammation-induced vasoconstrictorhyporeactivity is caused by oxidative stress
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1656-1662. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Daniela Fraccarollo, Paolo Galuppo, Steven Hildemann, Michael Christ, Georg Ertl, and Johann Bauersachs

Additive improvement of left ventricular remodeling and neurohormonal activation by aldosterone receptor blockade with eplerenone and ACE inhibition in rats with myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1666-1673. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Expedited Review:

Mario Zanchetta, Eustaquio Onorato, Gianluca Rigatelli, Luigi Pedon, Marco Zennaro, Antonio Carrozza, and Pietro Maiolino

Intracardiac echocardiography-guided transcatheter closure of secundum atrial septal defect: A new efficient device selection method
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1677-1682. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Editor's Page:

Anthony N. DeMaria

Medical malpractice insurance: a multifaceted problem
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1683-1684. [Full Text] [PDF]  

President's page:

Carl J. Pepine

President's page: cardiovascular subspecialties: uniting under a single umbrella to gain strength in support of common interests
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1685-1686. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Consensus document:

Barry J. Maron, William J. McKenna, Gordon K. Danielson, Lukas J. Kappenberger, Horst J. Kuhn, Christine E. Seidman, Pravin M. Shah, William H. Spencer III, Paolo Spirito, Folkert J. Ten Cate, E. Douglas Wigle, Robert A. Vogel, Jonathan Abrams, Eric R. Bates, Bruce R. Brodie, Peter G. Danias, Gabriel Gregoratos, Mark A. Hlatky, Judith S. Hochman, Sanjiv Kaul, Robert C. Lichtenberg, Jonathan R. Lindner, Robert A. O’rourke, Gerald M. Pohost, Richard S. Schofield, Cynthia M. Tracy, William L. Winters Jr, Werner W. Klein, Silvia G. Priori, Angeles Alonso-Garcia, Carina Blomström-Lundqvist, Guy De Backer, Jaap Deckers, Markus Flather, Jaromir Hradec, Ali Oto, Alexander Parkhomenko, Sigmund Silber, and Adam Torbicki

American College of Cardiology/European Society of Cardiology Clinical Expert Consensus Document on Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation Task Force on Clinical Expert Consensus Documents and the European Society of Cardiology Committee for Practice Guidelines
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1687-1713. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Antonio Abbate, Giuseppe G. L. Biondi-Zoccai, Antonio Maria Leone, Alfonso Baldi, and Filippo Crea

Cyclooxygenase-2 in myocardial ischemia: is it really a friend?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1714. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Roberto Bolli and Ken Shinmura

Cyclooxygenase-2 in myocardial ischemia: is it really a friend? Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1714-1715. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carlos A. Albrecht and Fernando Boccalandro

J–1: the forgotten cardiovascular force
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 42: 1716. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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