State-of-the-Art Paper:

Eric F. D. Wever and Etienne O. Robles de Medina

Sudden death in patients without structural heart disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1137-1144. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Viewpoint:

Mandeep R. Mehra and Barry H. Greenberg

Cardiac resynchronization therapy: caveat medicus!
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1145-1148. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical research: clinical trial:

B. K. S. Sastry, C. Narasimhan, N. Krishna Reddy, and B. Soma Raju

Clinical efficacy of sildenafil in primary pulmonary hypertension: A randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, crossover study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1149-1153. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: interventional cardiology:

Dejan Orlic, Erminio Bonizzoni, Goran Stankovic, Flavio Airoldi, Alaide Chieffo, Nicola Corvaja, Giuseppe Sangiorgi, Massimo Ferraro, Carlo Briguori, Matteo Montorfano, Mauro Carlino, and Antonio Colombo

Treatment of multivessel coronary artery disease with sirolimus-eluting stent implantation: immediate and mid-term results
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1154-1160. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Srinivas Dukkipati, William W. O'Neill, Kishore J. Harjai, William P. Sanders, Datinder Deo, Judith A. Boura, Beth A. Bartholomew, Michael W. Yerkey, H. Mehrdad Sadeghi, and Joel K. Kahn

Characteristics of cerebrovascular accidents after percutaneous coronary interventions
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1161-1167. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Editorial comment:

John A. Bittl and Louis R. Caplan

Stroke after percutaneous coronary interventions
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1168-1169. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Samuel A. Wickline

Plaque characterization: surrogate markers or the real thing?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1185-1187. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter R. Kowey

You only get so many heartbeats...
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1209-1210. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mark Hlatky and Alan S. Go

Economic implications of transesophageal echocardiography-guided cardioversion of atrial fibrillation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1225-1227. [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. Rod Gimbel and Emanuel Kanal

Can patients with implantable pacemakers safely undergo magnetic resonance imaging?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1325-1327. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical research: acute myocardial infarction:

C. Michael Gibson, Juhana Karha, Sabina A. Murphy, James A. de Lemos, David A. Morrow, Robert P. Giugliano, Mathew T. Roe, Robert A. Harrington, Christopher P. Cannon, Elliott M. Antman, Robert M. Califf, Eugene Braunwald TIMI Study Group

Association of a pulsatile blood flow pattern on coronary arteriography and short-term clinical outcomes in acute myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1170-1176. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: atherosclerosis:

Osamu Honda, Seigo Sugiyama, Kiyotaka Kugiyama, Hironobu Fukushima, Shinichi Nakamura, Shunichi Koide, Sunao Kojima, Nobutaka Hirai, Hiroaki Kawano, Hirofumi Soejima, Tomohiro Sakamoto, Michihiro Yoshimura, and Hisao Ogawa

Echolucent carotid plaques predict future coronary events in patients with coronary artery disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1177-1184. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Koji Ohashi, Noriyuki Ouchi, Shinji Kihara, Tohru Funahashi, Tadashi Nakamura, Satoru Sumitsuji, Toshiharu Kawamoto, Satoru Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Nagaretani, Masahiro Kumada, Yoshihisa Okamoto, Hitoshi Nishizawa, Ken Kishida, Norikazu Maeda, Hisatoyo Hiraoka, Yoshio Iwashima, Kazuhiko Ishikawa, Mitsuru Ohishi, Tomohiro Katsuya, Hiromi Rakugi, Toshio Ogihara, and Yuji Matsuzawa

Adiponectin I164T mutation is associated with the metabolic syndrome and coronary artery disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1195-1200. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Luis Miguel Blanco-Colio, Jose Luis Martín-Ventura, Josep M. Sol, Cristina Díaz, Gonzalo Hernández, and Jesús Egido

Decreased circulating Fas ligand in patients with familial combined hyperlipidemia or carotid atherosclerosis: Normalization by atorvastatin
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1188-1194. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: atrial fibrillation:

Brian Olshansky, Lynda E. Rosenfeld, Alberta L. Warner, Allen J. Solomon, Gearoid O'Neill, Arjun Sharma, Edward Platia, Gregory K. Feld, Toshio Akiyama, Michael A. Brodsky, H. Leon Greene AFFIRM Investigators

The Atrial Fibrillation Follow-up Investigation of Rhythm Management (AFFIRM) study: Approaches to control rate in atrial fibrillation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1201-1208. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Craig M. Pratt, Steven N. Singh, Hussein R. Al-Khalidi, Jose M. Brum, Michael J. Holroyde, Stephen R. Marcello, Peter J. Schwartz, A. John Camm ALIVE Investigators

The efficacy of azimilide in the treatment of atrial fibrillation in the presence of left ventricular systolic dysfunction: Results from the Azimilide Postinfarct Survival Evaluation (ALIVE) trial
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1211-1216. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Allan L. Klein, R. Daniel Murray, Edmund R. Becker, Steven D. Culler, William S. Weintraub, Susan E. Jasper, Elizabeth A. Lieber, Carolyn Apperson-Hansen, Adrienne M. Heerey, Richard A. Grimm ACUTE Investigators

Economic analysis of a transesophageal echocardiography-guided approach to cardioversion of patients with atrial fibrillation: The ACUTE economic data at eight weeks
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1217-1224. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: arrhythmias:

Wanchun Tang, Max Harry Weil, Shijie Sun, Dawn Jorgenson, Carl Morgan, Kada Klouche, and David Snyder

The effects of biphasic waveform design on post-resuscitation myocardial function
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1228-1235. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: exercise testing:

T. Jared Bunch, Krishnaswamy Chandrasekaran, Bernard J. Gersh, Stephen C. Hammill, David O. Hodge, Akbar H. Khan, Douglas L. Packer, and Patricia A. Pellikka

The prognostic significance of exercise-induced atrial arrhythmias
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1236-1240. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: cardiac imaging:

Alexander W. Leber, Andreas Knez, Alexander Becker, Christoph Becker, Franz von Ziegler, Konstantin Nikolaou, Carsten Rist, Maximilian Reiser, Carl White, Gerhard Steinbeck, and Peter Boekstegers

Accuracy of multidetector spiral computed tomography in identifying and differentiating the composition of coronary atherosclerotic plaques: A comparative study with intracoronary ultrasound
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1241-1247. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Charles Nelson, Jane McCrohon, Frederick Khafagi, Stephen Rose, Rodel Leano, and Thomas H. Marwick

Impact of scar thickness on the assessment of viability using dobutamine echocardiography and thallium single-photon emission computed tomography: A comparison with contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1248-1256. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: catheter interventions for contenital disease:

Ralf Holzer, David Balzer, Qi-Ling Cao, Ken Lock, Ziyad M. Hijazi Amplatzer Muscular Ventricular Septal Defect Investigators

Device closure of muscular ventricular septal defects using the Amplatzer muscular ventricular septal defect occluder: Immediate and mid-term results of a U.S. registry
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1257-1263. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Evan M. Zahn, Nancy C. Dobrolet, David G. Nykanen, Jorge Ojito, Robert L. Hannan, and Redmond P. Burke

Interventional catheterization performed in the early postoperative period after congenital heart surgery in children
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1264-1269. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: pharmacology:

Janine Fletcher, Ashesh N. Buch, Helen C. Routledge, Saqib Chowdhary, John H. Coote, and Jonathan N. Townend

Acute aldosterone antagonism improves cardiac vagal control in humans
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1270-1275. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: anemia and the heart:

Manish G. Amin, Hocine Tighiouart, Daniel E. Weiner, Paul C. Stark, John L. Griffith, Bonnie MacLeod, Deeb N. Salem, and Mark J. Sarnak

Hematocrit and left ventricular mass: the Framingham Heart study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1276-1282. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: valvular heart disease:

Guillaume Laplace, Stéphane Lafitte, Jean-Noèl Labèque, Jean-Marie Perron, Eugène Baudet, Claude Deville, Xavier Roques, and Raymond Roudaut

Clinical significance of early thrombosis after prosthetic mitral valve replacement: A postoperative monocentric study of 680 patients
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1283-1290. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: preclinical study:

Luciano C. Amado, Dara L. Kraitchman, Bernhard L. Gerber, Ernesto Castillo, Raymond C. Boston, Joseph Grayzel, and João A. C. Lima

Reduction of "no-reflow" phenomenon by intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation in a randomized magnetic resonance imaging experimental study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1291-1298. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Hiroko Fujii, Shinji Tomita, Takeshi Nakatani, Shinya Fukuhara, Akihisa Hanatani, Yoshinori Ohtsu, Michiko Ishida, Chikao Yutani, Kunio Miyatake, and Soichiro Kitamura

A novel application of myocardial contrast echocardiography to evaluate angiogenesis by autologous bone marrow cell transplantation in chronic ischemic pig model
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1299-1305. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Year in cardiology series:

Douglas P. Zipes

The year in electrophysiology
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1306-1314. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Expedited Review:

Edward T. Martin, James A. Coman, Frank G. Shellock, Christopher C. Pulling, Robert Fair, and Kim Jenkins

Magnetic resonance imaging and cardiac pacemaker safety at 1.5-Tesla
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1315-1324. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ACC News:

Michael J. Wolk

Convocation address: put your heart into ACC fellowship: a vision for growth and achievement
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1328-1330. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Yoseph Rozenman

For how long should treatment with clopidogrel be continued after coronary stent implantation?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1331. [Full Text] [PDF]  

James E. Tcheng

Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1331-1332. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bernd Jilma

Therapeutic failure or resistance to aspirin
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1332. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eric J. Topol

Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1332-1333. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Phillip L. Thornton and Ali Ahmed

Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, beta-blockers, and mortality in systolic heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1333. [Full Text] [PDF]  

David Johnson and Bibiana Cujec

Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1333-1334. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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