Viewpoint:

Richard E. Waters II, Kanwar P. Singh, Matthew T. Roe, Mat Lotfi, Michael H. Sketch Jr, Kenneth W. Mahaffey, L. Kristin Newby, John H. Alexander, Robert A. Harrington, Robert M. Califf, and Christopher B. Granger

Rationale and strategies for implementing community-based transfer protocols for primary percutaneous coronary intervention for acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 2153-2159. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: clinical trial:

Hans-Peter Bestehorn, Franz-Josef Neumann, Heinz Joachim Büttner, Peter Betz, Peter Stürzenhofecker, Eberhard von Hodenberg, Antoine Verdun, Laszlo Levai, Jean Pierre Monassier, and Helmut Roskamm

Evaluation of the effect of oral verapamil on clinical outcome and angiographic restenosis after percutaneous coronary intervention: The randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter verapamil slow-release for prevention of cardiovascular events after angioplasty (VESPA) trial
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 2160-2165. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: myocardial ischemia and infarction:

Rajendra H. Mehta, Cecelia K. Montoye, Jessica Faul, Dorothy J. Nagle, James Kure, Ethiraj Raj, Peter Fattal, Shiraz Sharrif, Mohamadali Amlani, Hameem U. Changezi, Stephen Skorcz, Nancy Bailey, Theresa Bourque, Mary LaTarte, Donna McLean, Suzanne Savoy, Paul Werner, Patricia L. Baker, Anthony DeFranco, Kim A. Eagle American College of Cardiology Guidelines Applied in Practice Steering Committee

Enhancing quality of care for acute myocardial infarction: shifting the focus of improvement from key indicators to process of care and tool use: The American College of Cardiology Acute Myocardial Infarction Guidelines Applied in Practice Project in Michigan: Flint and Saginaw Expansion
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 2166-2173. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Steffen Sonntag, Stig Sundberg, Lasse Antero Lehtonen, and Franz Xaver Kleber

The calcium sensitizer levosimendan improves the function of stunned myocardium after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty in acute myocardial ischemia
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 2177-2182. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Maarten L. Simoons, Inge W. G. Bobbink, Jean Boland, Martin Gardien, Peter Klootwijk, Anthonie W. A. Lensing, Witold Ruzyllo, Victor A. W. M. Umans, Alec Vahanian, Frans Van De Werf, Uwe Zeymer PENTUA Investigators

A dose-finding study of fondaparinux in patients with non–ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes: The Pentasaccharide in Unstable Angina (PENTUA) study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 2183-2190. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Albrecht Elsässer, Achim M. Vogt, Holger Nef, Sawa Kostin, Helge Möllmann, Woitek Skwara, Christoph Bode, Christian Hamm, and Jutta Schaper

Human hibernating myocardium is jeopardized by apoptotic and autophagic cell death
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 2191-2199. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Editorial comment:

Ori Ben-Yehuda

The cardiologist's toolbox: improving care
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 2174-2176. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Edward D. Frohlich

Left ventricular hypertrophy: a "factor of risk": Mass is reversible, but is the risk?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 2216-2218. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eliot A. Brinton, M. Nazeem Nanjee, and Paul N. Hopkins

Triglyceride-rich lipoprotein remnant levels and metabolism: Time to adopt these orphan risk factors?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 2233-2235. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mikko Tulppo and Heikki V. Huikuri

Origin and significance of heart rate variability
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 2278-2280. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Michel Haïssaguerre, Prashanthan Sanders, Mélèze Hocini, Pierre Jaïs, and Jacques Clémenty

Pulmonary veins in the substrate for atrial fibrillation: The "venous wave" hypothesis
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 2290-2292. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Pål Aukrust, Jan Kristian Damås, and Nils Olav Solum

Soluble CD40 ligand and platelets: self-perpetuating pathogenic loop in thrombosis and inflammation?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 2326-2328. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical research: left ventricular mass in cardiac disease:

Eva Lonn, Roya Shaikholeslami, Qilong Yi, Jackie Bosch, Brian Sullivan, Paul Tanser, Alison Magi, and Salim Yusuf

Effects of ramipril on left ventricular mass and function in cardiovascular patients with controlled blood pressure and with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction: A substudy of the Heart Outcomes Prevention Evaluation (HOPE) trial
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 2200-2206. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mark H. Drazner, J. Eduardo Rame, Emily K. Marino, John S. Gottdiener, Dalane W. Kitzman, Julius M. Gardin, Teri A. Manolio, Daniel L. Dries, and David S. Siscovick

Increased left ventricular mass is a risk factor for the development of a depressed left ventricular ejection fraction within five years: The Cardiovascular Health Study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 2207-2215. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: triglycerides and risk:

Hironobu Fukushima, Seigo Sugiyama, Osamu Honda, Shunichi Koide, Shinichi Nakamura, Tomohiro Sakamoto, Michihiro Yoshimura, Hisao Ogawa, Daisuke Fujioka, and Kiyotaka Kugiyama

Prognostic value of remnant-like lipoprotein particle levels in patients with coronary artery disease and type ii diabetes mellitus
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 2219-2224. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Andrei C. Sposito, Pedro A. Lemos, Raul D. Santos, Whady Hueb, Carmen G. C. Vinagre, Edgard Quintella, Otavio Carneiro, M. John Chapman, Jose A. F. Ramires, and Raul C. Maranhão

Impaired intravascular triglyceride lipolysis constitutes a marker of clinical outcome in patients with stable angina undergoing secondary prevention treatment: A long-term follow-up study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 2225-2232. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: heart failure:

Joshua I. Barzilay, Richard A. Kronmal, John S. Gottdiener, Nicholas L. Smith, Gregory L. Burke, Russell Tracy, Peter J. Savage, and Michelle Carlson

The association of fasting glucose levels with congestive heart failure in diabetic adults 65 years: The Cardiovascular Health Study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 2236-2241. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: echocardiography:

Sébastien Bergeron, Steve R. Ommen, Kent R. Bailey, Jae K. Oh, Robert B. McCully, and Patricia A. Pellikka

Exercise echocardiographic findings and outcome of patients referred for evaluation of dyspnea
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 2242-2246. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Rajesh Janardhanan and Roxy Senior

Accuracy of dipyridamole myocardial contrast echocardiography for the detection of residual stenosis of the infarct-related artery and multivessel disease early after acute myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 2247-2252. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: magnetic resonance and computed tomographic imaging:

W. Patricia Ingkanisorn, Kenneth L. Rhoads, Anthony H. Aletras, Peter Kellman, and Andrew E. Arai

Gadolinium delayed enhancement cardiovascular magnetic resonance correlates with clinical measures of myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 2253-2259. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

James C. C. Moon, Emma Reed, Mary N. Sheppard, Andrew G. Elkington, SiewYen Ho, Margaret Burke, Mario Petrou, and Dudley J. Pennell

The histologic basis of late gadolinium enhancement cardiovascular magnetic resonance in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 2260-2264. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Nico R. Mollet, Filippo Cademartiri, Koen Nieman, Francesco Saia, Pedro A. Lemos, Eugene P. McFadden, Peter M. T. Pattynama, Patrick W. Serruys, Gabriel P. Krestin, and Pim J. de Feyter

Multislice spiral computed tomography coronary angiography in patients with stable angina pectoris
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 2265-2270. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: electrophysiology:

Daniel Roach, Wendy Wilson, Debbie Ritchie, and Robert Sheldon

Dissection of long-range heart rate variability: Controlled induction of prognostic measures by activity in the laboratory
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 2271-2277. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Koichiro Kumagai, Masahiro Ogawa, Hiroo Noguchi, Tomoo Yasuda, Hideko Nakashima, and Keijiro Saku

Electrophysiologic properties of pulmonary veins assessed using a multielectrode basket catheter
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 2281-2289. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Rachel Lampert, Craig A. McPherson, Jude F. Clancy, Teresa L. Caulin-Glaser, Lynda E. Rosenfeld, and William P. Batsford

Gender differences in ventricular arrhythmia recurrence in patients with coronary artery disease and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 2293-2299. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Yenn-Jiang Lin, Ching-Tai Tai, Jin-Long Huang, Tu-Ying Liu, Pi-Chang Lee, Chih-Tai Ting, and Shih-Ann Chen

Characteristics of virtual unipolar electrograms for detecting isthmus block during radiofrequency ablation of typical atrial flutter
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 2300-2304. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Cristina Chimenti, Maurizio Pieroni, Attilio Maseri, and Andrea Frustaci

Histologic findings in patients with clinical and instrumental diagnosis of sporadic arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 2305-2313. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: exercise effects:

Jalees Rehman, Jingling Li, Lakshmi Parvathaneni, Gudjon Karlsson, Vipul R. Panchal, Constance J. Temm, Jo Mahenthiran, and Keith L. March

Exercise acutely increases circulating endothelial progenitor cells and monocyte-/macrophage-derived angiogenic cells
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 2314-2318. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Mark I. Furman, Lori A. Krueger, Matthew D. Linden, Marc R. Barnard, Andrew L. Frelinger III, and Alan D. Michelson

Release of soluble CD40L from platelets is regulated by glycoprotein IIb/IIIa and actin polymerization
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 2319-2325. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Preclinical Research:

José Milei, César G. Fraga, Daniel R. Grana, Ricardo Ferreira, and Giuseppe Ambrosio

Ultrastructural evidence of increased tolerance of hibernating myocardium to cardioplegic ischemia-reperfusion injury
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 2329-2336. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Ryuji Toh, Seinosuke Kawashima, Miki Kawai, Tsuyoshi Sakoda, Tomomi Ueyama, Seimi Satomi-Kobayashi, Sonoko Hirayama, and Mitsuhiro Yokoyama

Transplantation of cardiotrophin-1–expressing myoblasts to the left ventricular wall alleviates the transition from compensatory hypertrophy to congestive heart failure in Dahl salt-sensitive hypertensive rats
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 2337-2347. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Steve Lancel, Stéphanie Tissier, Serge Mordon, Xavier Marechal, Florence Depontieu, Arnaud Scherpereel, Claude Chopin, and Remi Neviere

Peroxynitrite decomposition catalysts prevent myocardial dysfunction and inflammation in endotoxemic rats
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 2348-2358. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Editor's Page:

Anthony N. DeMaria

Prepublication embargo of news release
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 2359-2360. [Full Text] [PDF]  

ACC News:

Michael J. Wolk, Christine McEntee, and Penny Mills

President's page: strategic framework: how does the ACC meet its members' needs? Demonstrating how college processes generate organizational plans and decisions
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 2361-2362. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Andreas Goette and Uwe Lendeckel

Expression of angiotensin II receptors in human left and right atrial tissue in atrial fibrillation with and without underlying mitral valve disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 2363. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andreas Boldt, Jens Garbade, Jan Fritz Gummert, and Stefan Dhein

Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 2363-2364. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Keith B. Allen, Robert D. Dowling, and Wayne Richenbacher

From controlled trials to clinical practice: monitoring transmyocardial revascularization use and outcomes
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 2364-2365. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eric D. Peterson and T. Bruce Ferguson Jr

Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 2365-2366. [Full Text] [PDF]  

David A. Nardone

Medical malpractice insurance: a multifaceted problem
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 2366. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Announcement:

Author index
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 2367-2373. [PDF]  

Subject index
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 2374-2395. [PDF]  

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