JACC -- Table of Contents (43 [1])

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Healthcare delivery:

Arthur Garson Jr
U.S. healthcare: the intertwined caduceus of physicians, coverage, quality, and cost
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1-5. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Kevin A. Schulman
Commentary: Garson's "physicians, coverage, quality, and cost: the intertwined caduceus"
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 6-7. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical research: interventional cardiology:

Roberto A. Corpus, Peter B. George, John A. House, Simon R. Dixon, Steven C. Ajluni, William H. Devlin, Gerald C. Timmis, Mamtha Balasubramaniam, and William W. O'Neill
Optimal glycemic control is associated with a lower rate of target vessel revascularization in treated type II diabetic patients undergoing elective percutaneous coronary intervention
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 8-14. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial Comments:

Ran Kornowski and Shmuel Fuchs
Optimization of glycemic control and restenosis prevention in diabetic patients undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 15-17. [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical research: interventional cardiology:

Daiju Fukuda, Kenei Shimada, Atsushi Tanaka, Takahiko Kawarabayashi, Minoru Yoshiyama, and Junichi Yoshikawa
Circulating monocytes and in-stent neointima after coronary stent implantation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 18-23. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial Comments:

Antonio Colombo and Giuseppe Sangiorgi
The monocyte: the key in the lock to reduce stent hyperplasia?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 24-26. [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical research: interventional cardiology:

Willem G. van Dockum, Folkert J. ten Cate, Jurrien M. ten Berg, Aernout M. Beek, Jos W. R. Twisk, Jeroen Vos, Mark B. M. Hofman, Cees A. Visser, and Albert C. van Rossum
Myocardial infarction after percutaneous transluminal septal myocardial ablation in hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy: evaluation by contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 27-34. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical research: acute myocardial infarction:

Giuseppe Patti, Andrea D'Ambrosio, Simona Mega, Gabriele Giorgi, Enrico Maria Zardi, Domenico Maria Zardi, Giordano Dicuonzo, Aldo Dobrina, and Germano Di Sciascio
Early interleukin-1 receptor antagonist elevation in patients with acute myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 35-38. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical research: electrophysiology:

Igor Singer, Hussein Al-Khalidi, Imran Niazi, Patrick Tchou, Tony Simmons, Richard Henthorn, Michael Holroyde, and Jose Brum
Azimilide decreases recurrent ventricular tachyarrhythmias in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 39-43. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Editorial Comments:

Anne B. Curtis
Filling the need for new antiarrhythmic drugs to prevent shocks from implantable cardioverter defibrillators
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 44-46. [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical research: electrophysiology:

Carsten W. Israel, Gerian Grönefeld, Joachim R. Ehrlich, Yi-Gang Li, and Stefan H. Hohnloser
Long-term risk of recurrent atrial fibrillation as documented by an implantable monitoring device: Implications for optimal patient care
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 47-52. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial Comments:

Elizabeth S. Kaufman and Albert L. Waldo
The impact of asymptomatic atrial fibrillation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 53-54. [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical research: heart failure:

Hitoshi Yamaguchi, Junichi Yoshida, Kazuhiro Yamamoto, Yasushi Sakata, Toshiaki Mano, Noriyuki Akehi, Masatsugu Hori, Young-Jae Lim, Masayoshi Mishima, and Tohru Masuyama
Elevation of plasma brain natriuretic peptide is a hallmark of diastolic heart failure independent of ventricular hypertrophy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 55-60. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Daniel E. Forman, Javed Butler, Yongfei Wang, William T. Abraham, Christopher M. O'Connor, Stephen S. Gottlieb, Evan Loh, Barry M. Massie, Michael W. Rich, Lynne Warner Stevenson, James B. Young, and Harlan M. Krumholz
Incidence, predictors at admission, and impact of worsening renal function among patients hospitalized with heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 61-67. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Anjum Khan, Gordon W. Moe, Nafiseh Nili, Effat Rezaei, Muhammad Eskandarian, Jagdish Butany, and Bradley H. Strauss
The cardiac atria are chambers of active remodeling and dynamic collagen turnover during evolving heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 68-76. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical research: echocardiography:

Ann T. Tong, Raymond Roudaut, Mehmet Özkan, Alex Sagie, Maie S. A. Shahid, Sergio C. Pontes Jr, Francesc Carreras, Steven E. Girard, Samir Arnaout, Raymond F. Stainback, Ravi Thadhani, William A. Zoghbi Prosthetic Valve Thrombolysis-Role of Transesophageal Echocardiography (PRO-TEE) Registry Investigators
Transesophageal echocardiography improves risk assessment of thrombolysis of prosthetic valve thrombosis: results of the international PRO-TEE registry
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 77-84. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Martin Penicka, Jozef Bartunek, William Wijns, Ilse De Wolf, Guy R. Heyndrickx, Herbert De Raedt, Emanuele Barbato, and Bernard De Bruyne
Tissue doppler imaging predicts recovery of left ventricular function after recanalization of an occluded coronary artery
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 85-91. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical research: hypertension:

Gérard M. London, Roland G. Asmar, Michaël F. O'Rourke, Michel E. Safar REASON Project Investigators
Mechanism(s) of selective systolic blood pressure reduction after a low-dose combination of perindopril/Indapamide in hypertensive subjects: comparison with atenolol
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 92-99. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical research: congenital heart disease:

Michael Vogel, Graham Derrick, Paul A. White, Seamus Cullen, Heidi Aichner, John Deanfield, and Andrew N. Redington
Systemic ventricular function in patients with transposition of the great arteries after atrial repair: a tissue Doppler and conductance catheter study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 100-106. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Marc Gewillig, Derize E. Boshoff, Joseph Dens, Luc Mertens, and Lee N. Benson
Stenting the neonatal arterial duct in duct-dependent pulmonary circulation: new techniques, better results
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 107-112. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Yueh-Tze Lan, Ruey-Kang Chang, and Hillel Laks
Outcome of patients with double-inlet left ventricle or tricuspid atresia with transposed great arteries
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 113-119. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Yiu-fai Cheung, Tak-cheung Yung, Sidney C. F. Tam, Marco H. K. Ho, and Adolphus K. T. Chau
Novel and traditional cardiovascular risk factors in children after Kawasaki disease: Implications for premature atherosclerosis
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 120-124. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Basic science:

Toshiyuki Takahashi, Toshihisa Anzai, Tsutomu Yoshikawa, Yuichiro Maekawa, Keitaro Mahara, Michikado Iwata, H. Kirk Hammond, and Satoshi Ogawa
Angiotensin receptor blockade improves myocardial beta-adrenergic receptor signaling in postinfarction left ventricular remodeling: A possible link between beta-adrenergic receptor kinase-1 and protein kinase C epsilon isoform
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 125-132. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Expedited Review:

Jeffrey J. Cavendish, William F. Penny, Michael M. Madani, Shahin Keramati, Ori Ben-Yehuda, Daniel G. Blanchard, Ehtisham Mahmud, Anthony Perricone, and Sotirios Tsimikas
Severe ostial saphenous vein graft disease leading to acute coronary syndromes following proximal aorto-saphenous anastomoses with the symmetry bypass connector device: Is it a suture device or a "stent"?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 133-139. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Years in cardiology series:

Arthur E. Weyman
The year in echocardiography
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 140-148. [Full Text] [PDF]

Editor's Page:

Anthony N. DeMaria
Drug reimportation: sitting in the middle
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 149-150. [Full Text] [PDF]

Letters to the Editor:

Gregg S. Pressman
Hemodynamic profiles in heart failure patients
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 151. [Full Text] [PDF]

Anju Nohria, Sui W. Tsang, James C. Fang, Eldrin F. Lewis, John A. Jarcho, Gilbert H. Mudge, and Lynne W. Stevenson
Hemodynamic profiles in heart failure: Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 151. [Full Text] [PDF]

Francisco Marín, Vanessa Roldán, Vicente Climent, and Gregory Y. H. Lip
Matrix metalloproteinases in atrial fibrillation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 152. [Full Text] [PDF]

Christophe Boixel, Vincent Fontaine, Jean-Baptiste Michel, Marie-Paule Jacob, and Stéphane Hatem
Matrix metalloproteinases in atrial fibrillation: Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 152-153. [Full Text] [PDF]

Correction:

Correction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 154. [Full Text] [PDF]


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