JACC -- Table of Contents (43 [4])

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David R. Holmes Jr, Brian G. Firth, and Douglas L. Wood
Paradigm shifts in cardiovascular medicine
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 507-512. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Dan Greenberg, Ameet Bakhai, and David J. Cohen
Can we afford to eliminate restenosis?: Can we afford not to?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 513-518. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Review article:

Patricia A. Howard and Patrice Delafontaine
Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory drugs and cardiovascular risk
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 519-525. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical research: interventional cardiology:

Dermot Kearney, Anthony Byrne, Peter Crean, Dermot Cox, and Desmond J. Fitzgerald
Optimal suppression of thromboxane a₂ formation by aspirin during percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty: no additional effect of a selective cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 526-531. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial Comments:

William H. Frishman
Cyclooxygenase inhibition in patients with coronary artery disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 532-533. [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical research:

Matthijs Bax, Robbert J. de Winter, Carl E. Schotborgh, Karel T. Koch, Martijn Meuwissen, Michiel Voskuil, Rob Adams, Karla J. J. Mulder, Jan G. P. Tijssen, and Jan J. Piek
Short- and Long-Term recovery of left ventricular function predicted at the time of primary percutaneous coronary intervention in anterior myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 534-541. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical research:combined glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors and fibrinolytics:

Hitinder S. Gurm, A. Michael Lincoff, David Lee, W. H. Wilson Tang, Gang Jia, Joan E. Booth, Robert M. Califf, E. M. Ohman, Frans Van de Werf, Paul W. Armstrong, Victor Guetta, Robert Wilcox, and Eric J. Topol
Outcome of acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in diabetics treated with fibrinolytic or combination reduced fibrinolytic therapy and platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibition: Lessons from the GUSTO V trial
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 542-548. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical research: combined glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors and fibrinolytics:

Matthew T. Roe, Cynthia L. Green, Robert P. Giugliano, C. Michael Gibson, Kenneth Baran, Mark Greenberg, Sebastian T. Palmeri, Suzanne Crater, Kathleen Trollinger, Karen Hannan, Robert A. Harrington, Mitchell W. Krucoff INTEGRITI Investigators
Improved speed and stability of st-segment recovery with reduced-dose tenecteplase and eptifibatide compared with full-dose tenecteplase for acute st-segment elevation myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 549-556. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical research:

Michael J. Racz, Edward L. Hannan, O. Wayne Isom, Valavanur A. Subramanian, Robert H. Jones, Jeffrey P. Gold, Thomas J. Ryan, Alan Hartman, Alfred T. Culliford, Edward Bennett, Robert A. Lancey, and Eric A. Rose
A comparison of short- and long-term outcomes after off-pump and on-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery with sternotomy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 557-564. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical research: risk predictors and coronary disease:

Jacqueline M. Dekker, Richard S. Crow, Peter J. Hannan, Evert G. Schouten, and Aaron R. Folsom
Heart rate-corrected QT interval prolongation predicts risk of coronary heart disease in black and white middle-aged men and women: The ARIC study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 565-571. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Editorial Comments:

Peter M. Okin
QT interval prolongation and prognosis: further validation of the quantitative approach to electrocardiography
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 572-575. [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical research:

Molly Sachdev, Jie Lena Sun, Anastasios A. Tsiatis, Charlotte L. Nelson, Daniel B. Mark, and James G. Jollis
The prognostic importance of comorbidity for mortality in patients with stable coronary artery disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 576-582. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial Comments:

Mark A. Hlatky
Comorbidity andoutcome in patientswith coronary artery disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 583-584. [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical research: risk predictors and coronary disease:

Anna Norhammar, Klas Malmberg, Erik Diderholm, Bo Lagerqvist, Bertil Lindahl, Lars Rydén, and Lars Wallentin
Diabetes mellitus: the major risk factor in unstable coronary artery disease even after consideration of the extent of coronary artery disease and benefits of revascularization
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 585-591. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical research:

Hua Yang, Min Pu, David Rodriguez, Donald Underwood, Brian P. Griffin, Vidyasagar Kalahasti, James D. Thomas, and Richard C. Brunken
Ischemic and viable myocardium in patients with Non–Q-Wave or Q-Wave myocardial infarction and left ventricular dysfunction: A clinical study using positron emission tomography, echocardiography, and electrocardiography
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 592-598. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Graham S. Hillis, Jae K. Oh, Douglas W. Mahoney, Robert B. McCully, and Patricia A. Pellikka
akinesia becoming dyskinesia after exercise testing: prevalence and relationship to clinical outcome
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 599-605. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Steve Lai, Amir Kaykha, Takuya Yamazaki, Mary Goldstein, Joshua M. Spin, Jonathan Myers, and Victor F. Froelicher
Treadmill scores in elderly men
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 606-615. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Robert Fathi, Brian Haluska, Nicole Isbel, Leanne Short, and Thomas H. Marwick
The relative importance of vascular structure and function in predicting cardiovascular events
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 616-623. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial Comments:

G. B. John Mancini
Vascular structure versus function: is endothelial dysfunction of independent prognostic importance or not?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 624-628. [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical research:

Scott Kinlay, Dominik Behrendt, James C. Fang, Danielle Delagrange, Jason Morrow, Joseph L. Witztum, Nader Rifai, Andrew P. Selwyn, Mark A. Creager, and Peter Ganz
long-term effect of combined vitamins e and c on coronary and peripheral endothelial function
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 629-634. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical research: heart failure:

Damien Logeart, Gabriel Thabut, Patrick Jourdain, Christophe Chavelas, Pascale Beyne, Florence Beauvais, Erik Bouvier, and Alain Cohen Solal
Predischarge B-type natriuretic peptide assay for identifying patients at high risk of re-admission after decompensated heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 635-641. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Tamara B. Horwich, W. Robb MacLellan, and Gregg C. Fonarow
Statin therapy is associated with improved survival in ischemic and non-ischemic heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 642-648. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical research:

Sophie Mavrogeni, George Papadopoulos, Marouso Douskou, Savas Kaklis, Ioannis Seimenis, Panagiotis Baras, Polixeni Nikolaidou, Chryssa Bakoula, Evangelos Karanasios, Athanasios Manginas, and Dennis V. Cokkinos
Magnetic resonance angiography isequivalent to X-Ray coronary angiography for the evaluation of coronary arteries in kawasaki disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 649-652. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Shunichi Ogawa, Takashi Ohkubo, Ryuji Fukazawa, Mitsuhiro Kamisago, Yukio Kuramochi, Yohko Uchikoba, Ei Ikegami, Miki Watanabe, and Yasuhiro Katsube
Estimation of myocardial hemodynamics before and after intervention in children with kawasaki disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 653-661. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial Comments:

Julien I. E. Hoffman
Do we have agold standard yet?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 662-664. [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical research:

James L. Januzzi, Eric M. Isselbacher, Rossella Fattori, Jeanna V. Cooper, Dean E. Smith, Jianming Fang, Kim A. Eagle, Rajendra H. Mehta, Christoph A. Nienaber, and Linda A. Pape
Characterizing the young patient with aortic dissection: results from the international registry of aortic dissection (IRAD)
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 665-669. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Experimental Studies:

Rob Krams, Folkert J. Ten Cate, Stéphane G. Carlier, A. F. W. van der Steen, and Patrick W. Serruys
Diastolic coronary vascular reserve: a new index to detect changes in the coronary microcirculation in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 670-677. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical research: sleep loss and inflammatory markers:

Hans K. Meier-Ewert, Paul M. Ridker, Nader Rifai, Meredith M. Regan, Nick J. Price, David F. Dinges, and Janet M. Mullington
Effect of sleep loss on C-Reactive protein, an inflammatory marker of cardiovascular risk
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 678-683. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Review article:

Ehtisham Mahmud and Shahin Keramati
highlights of the 2003 transcatheter cardiovascular therapeutics annual meeting: clinical implications
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 684-690. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Meeting highlights:

Otto A. Smiseth, P. Gabriel Steg, Karin Sipido, and Alexander Battler
News from the European Society of Cardiology Congress in Vienna, August 30 to September 3, 2003
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 691-697. [Full Text] [PDF]

Expedited Review:

Alain Cribier, Hélène Eltchaninoff, Christophe Tron, Fabrice Bauer, Carla Agatiello, Laurent Sebagh, Assaf Bash, Danielle Nusimovici, P. Y. Litzler, Jean-Paul Bessou, and Martin B. Leon
Early experience with percutaneous transcatheter implantation of heart valve prosthesis for the treatment of end-stage inoperable patients with calcific aortic stenosis
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 698-703. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Express Publication:

Pedro A. Lemos, Francesco Saia, Sjoerd H. Hofma, Joost Daemen, Andrew T. L. Ong, Chourmouzios A. Arampatzis, Angela Hoye, Eugene McFadden, Georgios Sianos, Pieter C. Smits, Willem J. van der Giessen, Pim de Feyter, Ron T. van Domburg, and Patrick W. Serruys
Short- and long-term clinical benefit of sirolimus-eluting stents compared to conventional bare stents for patients with acute myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 704-708. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editor's Page:

Anthony N. DeMaria
Editorials: why, when, and how
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 709-710. [Full Text] [PDF]

ACC News:

Carl J. Pepine
President’s page: members' benevolence stretches the ACC mission well beyond U.S. borders
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 711-712. [Full Text] [PDF]

Letters to the Editor:

Cesar E. Mendoza, Neerav Shah, and Salim Virani
Percutaneous coronary intervention before noncardiac surgery: more threat than benefit?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 713-714. [Full Text] [PDF]

Johann Auer, Robert Berent, Thomas Weber, and Bernd Eber
Risk of noncardiac surgery in the months following placement of a drug-eluting coronary stent
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 713. [Full Text] [PDF]

Peter B. Berger, Stephanie H. Wilson, Panayotis Fasseas, and James L. Orford
Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 714-715. [Full Text] [PDF]


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