Plenary address:

Carl J. Pepine

Ischemic heart disease in women: facts and wishful thinking
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1727-1730. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

State-of-the-Art Paper:

John A. Ambrose and Rajat S. Barua

The pathophysiology of cigarette smoking and cardiovascular disease: An update
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1731-1737. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Viewpoint:

Sumit R. Majumdar, Finlay A. McAlister, and Curt D. Furberg

From knowledge to practice in chronic cardiovascular disease: a long and winding road
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1738-1742. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical research: clinical trials:

Whady Hueb, Paulo R. Soares, Bernard J. Gersh, Luiz A. M. César, Protásio L. Luz, Luiz B. Puig, Eulógio M. Martinez, Sergio A. Oliveira, and José A. F. Ramires

The medicine, angioplasty, or surgery study (MASS-II): a randomized, controlled clinical trial of three therapeutic strategies for multivessel coronary artery disease: One-year results
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1743-1751. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: clinical trials: editorial comment:

William E. Boden

Surgery, angioplasty, or medical therapy for symptomatic multivessel coronary artery disease: Is there an indisputable "winning strategy" from evidence-based clinical trials?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1752-1754. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: interventional cardiology:

Andrew J. Epstein, Saif S. Rathore, Kevin G. M. Volpp, and Harlan M. Krumholz

Hospital percutaneous coronary intervention volume and patient mortality, 1998 to 2000: Does the evidence support current procedure volume minimums?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1755-1762. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: interventional cardiology: editorial comment:

Alan C. Yeung

Does hospital coronary intervention volume matter in predicting mortality?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1763-1764. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical research: beta-blockers in myocardial infarction:

Rajendra H. Mehta, Kishore J. Harjai, Lorelei Grines, Gregg W. Stone, Judy Boura, David Cox, William O'Neill, Cindy L. Grines Primary Angioplasty in Myocardial Infarction (PAMI) Investigators

Sustained ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation in the cardiac catheterization laboratory among patients receiving primary percutaneous coronary intervention: Incidence, predictors, and outcomes
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1765-1772. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

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

Does beta-blocker therapy improve clinical outcomes of acute myocardial infarction after successful primary angioplasty?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1773-1779. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Amir Halkin, Cindy L. Grines, David A. Cox, Eulogio Garcia, Roxana Mehran, James E. Tcheng, John J. Griffin, Giulio Guagliumi, Bruce Brodie, Mark Turco, Barry D. Rutherford, Eve Aymong, Alexandra J. Lansky, and Gregg W. Stone

Impact of intravenous Beta-Blockade before primary angioplasty on survival in patients undergoing mechanical reperfusion therapy for acute myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1780-1787. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: beta-blockers in myocardial infarction: editorial comment:

David P. Faxon

Beta-blocker therapy and primary angioplasty: What is the controversy?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1788-1790. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical research: coronary artery disease:

Earl S. Ford, Wayne H. Giles, and Ali H. Mokdad

The distribution of 10-Year risk for coronary heart disease among U.S. adults: Findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1791-1796. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: coronary artery disease: editorial comment:

Daniel S. Berman and Nathan D. Wong

Implications of estimating coronary heart disease risk in the U.S. population
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1797-1798. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical research: echocardiography:

Akio Yano, Hiroshi Ito, Katsuomi Iwakura, Ryusuke Kimura, Kouji Tanaka, Atsunori Okamura, Shigeo Kawano, Tohru Masuyama, and Kenshi Fujii

Myocardial contrast echocardiography with a new calibration method can estimate myocardial viabilityin patients with myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1799-1806. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Eric H. C. Yu, Danny M. Skyba, Howard Leong-Poi, Cairrine Sloggett, Michal Jamorski, Rohit Garg, R. Mark Iwanochko, and Samuel C. Siu

Incremental value of parametric quantitative assessment of myocardial perfusion by triggered Low-Power myocardial contrast echocardiography
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1807-1813. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: echocardiography: editorial comment:

Jonathan R. Lindner and Jiri Sklenar

Placing faith in numbers: quantification of perfusion with myocardial contrast echocardiography
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1814-1816. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical research: metabolic syndrome, dyslipidemia, and vascular abnormalities:

Giuseppe Schillaci, Matteo Pirro, Gaetano Vaudo, Fabio Gemelli, Simona Marchesi, Carlo Porcellati, and Elmo Mannarino

Prognostic value of the metabolic syndrome in essential hypertension
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1817-1822. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Katie Watts, Petra Beye, Aris Siafarikas, Elizabeth A. Davis, Timothy W. Jones, Gerard O'Driscoll, and Daniel J. Green

Exercise training normalizes vascular dysfunction and improves central adiposity in obese adolescents
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1823-1827. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Henry D. Wu, Lars Berglund, Clarito Dimayuga, Jeffery Jones, Robert R. Sciacca, Marco R. Di Tullio, and Shunichi Homma

High lipoprotein(a) levels and small apolipoprotein(a) sizes are associated with endothelial dysfunction in a multiethnic cohort
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1828-1833. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: electrophysiology:

Kyoko Soejima, William G. Stevenson, John L. Sapp, Andrew P. Selwyn, Gregory Couper, and Laurence M. Epstein

Endocardial and epicardial radiofrequency ablation of ventricular tachycardia associated with dilated cardiomyopathy: The importance of low-voltage scars
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1834-1842. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Ariel Roguin, Chandra S. Bomma, Khurram Nasir, Harikrishna Tandri, Crystal Tichnell, Cynthia James, Julie Rutberg, Jane Crosson, Philip J. Spevak, Ronald D. Berger, Henry R. Halperin, and Hugh Calkins

Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators in patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular Dysplasia/Cardiomyopathy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1843-1852. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Jean-Sylvain Hermida, Isabelle Denjoy, Jérôme Clerc, Fabrice Extramiana, Geneviève Jarry, Paul Milliez, Pascale Guicheney, Stefania Di Fusco, Jean-Luc Rey, Bruno Cauchemez, and Antoine Leenhardt

Hydroquinidine therapy in Brugada syndrome
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1853-1860. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: atrial fibrillation an thrombi:

Jian-Fang Ren, Francis E. Marchlinski, and David J. Callans

Left atrial thrombus associated with ablation for atrial fibrillation: identification with intracardiac echocardiography
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1861-1867. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Ibrahim R. Hanna, Paul Kolm, Randolph Martin, Mark Reisman, William Gray, and Peter C. Block

Left atrial structure and function after percutaneous left atrial appendage transcatheter occlusion (PLAATO): Six-month echocardiographic follow-up
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1868-1872. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: biomarkers:

Ryan Hutfless, Radmila Kazanegra, Michael Madani, Meenakshi Awasthi Bhalla, Alisi Tulua-Tata, Amelia Chen, Paul Clopton, Cherimarie James, Albert Chiu, and Alan S. Maisel

Utility of B-type natriuretic peptide in predicting postoperative complications and outcomes in patients undergoing heart surgery
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1873-1879. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Jun Hokamaki, Hiroaki Kawano, Michihiro Yoshimura, Hirofumi Soejima, Shinzo Miyamoto, Ichiro Kajiwara, Sunao Kojima, Tomohiro Sakamoto, Seigo Sugiyama, Nobutaka Hirai, Hideki Shimomura, Yasuhiro Nagayoshi, Kenichi Tsujita, Izuru Shioji, Shinya Sasaki, and Hisao Ogawa

Urinary biopyrrins levels are elevated in relation to severity of heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1880-1885. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: congenital heart disease:

Alessandro Giardini, Andrea Donti, Roberto Formigari, Salvatore Specchia, Daniela Prandstraller, Gabriele Bronzetti, Marco Bonvicini, and Fernando M. Picchio

Determinants of cardiopulmonary functional improvement after transcatheter atrial septal defect closure in asymptomatic adults
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1886-1891. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Fiona Walker, Samuel C. Siu, Shane Woods, Douglas A. Cameron, Gary D. Webb, and Louise Harris

Long-Term outcomes of cardiac pacing in adults with congenital heart disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1894-1901. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Mio Taketazu, Catherine Barrea, Jeffrey F. Smallhorn, Gregory J. Wilson, and Lisa K. Hornberger

Intrauterine pulmonary venous flow and restrictive foramen ovale in fetal hypoplastic left heart syndrome
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1902-1907. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: congenital heart disease: editorial comment:

Gary D. Webb and Eric M. Horlick

Lessons from cardiopulmonary testing after device closure of secundum atrial septal defects: A tale of two ventricles
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1892-1893. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Preclinical Research:

Arman Askari, Samuel Unzek, Corey K. Goldman, Stephen G. Ellis, James D. Thomas, Paul E. DiCorleto, Eric J. Topol, and Marc S. Penn

Cellular, but not direct, adenoviral delivery of vascular endothelial growth factor results in improved left ventricular function and neovascularization in dilated ischemic cardiomyopathy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1908-1914. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Yasuyo Hisaka, Masaki Ieda, Toshikazu Nakamura, Ken-ichiro Kosai, Satoshi Ogawa, and Keiichi Fukuda

Powerful and controllable angiogenesis by using gene-modified cells expressing human hepatocyte growth factor and thymidine kinase
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1915-1922. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Editor's Page:

Anthony N. DeMaria

Heart hospitals: for better or worse
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1923-1924. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Mohammed R. Essop

Predictors of left ventricular dysfunction following mitral valve repair for mitral regurgitation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1925. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Takayoshi Matsumura, Eiji Ohtaki, Kaoru Tanaka, Kazuhiko Misu, Tetsuya Tohbaru, Ryuta Asano, Masatoshi Nagayama, Koichi Kitahara, Jun Umemura, Tetsuya Sumiyoshi, Hitoshi Kasegawa, and Saichi Hosoda

Predictors of left ventricular dysfunction following mitral valve repair for mitral regurgitation: Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1925-1926. [Full Text] [PDF]  

David Massel

Composite confusion
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1926-1927. [Full Text] [PDF]  

David A. Cox and Gregg W. Stone

Composite confusion: Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1927. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Edward P. Havranek

Characteristics of a great review
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1927. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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