JACC -- Table of Contents (43 [8])

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State-of-the-Art Paper:

James L. Orford, Amir Lerman, and David R. Holmes
Routine intravascular ultrasound guidance of percutaneous coronary intervention: A critical reappraisal
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1335-1342. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Albert Fournier, Franz H. Messerli, Jean Michel Achard, and Leonardo Fernandez
Cerebroprotection mediated by angiotensin II: A hypothesis supported by recent randomized clinical trials
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1343-1347. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical research: interventional cardiology:

Roxana Mehran, George D. Dangas, Yoshio Kobayashi, Alexandra J. Lansky, Gary S. Mintz, Eve D. Aymong, Martin Fahy, Jeffrey W. Moses, Gregg W. Stone, and Martin B. Leon
Short- and long-term results after multivessel stenting in diabetic patients
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1348-1354. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical research: interventional cardiology: editorial comment:

George W. Vetrovec
Don't blame the stents
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1355-1357. [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical research: interventional cardiology:

Ravish Sachar, Jay S. Yadav, Marco Roffi, Leslie Cho, Joel P. Reginelli, Alex Aböu-Chebl, Deepak L. Bhatt, and Christopher T. Bajzer
Severe bilateral carotid stenosis: The impact of ipsilateral stenting on Doppler-defined contralateral stenosis
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1358-1362. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Giuseppe De Luca, Nicolette Ernst, Felix Zijlstra, Arnoud W. J. van't Hof, Jan C. A. Hoorntje, Jan-Henk E. Dambrink, A. T. Marcel Gosslink, Menko-Jan de Boer, and Harry Suryapranata
Preprocedural TIMI flow and mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction treated by primary angioplasty
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1363-1367. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Gregory G. Pellizzon, Cindy L. Grines, David A. Cox, Thomas Stuckey, James E. Tcheng, Eulogio Garcia, Giulio Guagliumi, Mark Turco, Alexandra J. Lansky, John J. Griffin, David J. Cohen, Eve Aymong, Roxana Mehran, William W. O'Neill, and Gregg W. Stone
Importance of mitral regurgitation inpatients undergoing percutaneous coronaryintervention for acute myocardial infarction: The Controlled Abciximab and Device Investigation to Lower Late Angioplasty Complications (CADILLAC) Trial
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1368-1374. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical research: coronary artery disease:

Bernard R. Chaitman, Sandra L. Skettino, John O. Parker, Peter Hanley, Jaroslav Meluzin, Jerzy Kuch, Carl J. Pepine, Whedy Wang, Jeanenne J. Nelson, David A. Hebert, Andrew A. Wolff MARISA Investigators
Anti-ischemic effects and long-term survival during ranolazine monotherapy in patients with chronic severe angina
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1375-1382. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Vipul R. Panchal, Jalees Rehman, Anne T. Nguyen, John W. Brown, Mark W. Turrentine, Yousuf Mahomed, and Keith L. March
Reduced pericardial levels of endostatin correlate with collateral development in patients with ischemic heart disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1383-1387. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical research: atherosclerotic risk factors:

Angelo Scuteri, Samer S. Najjar, Denis C. Muller, Reubin Andres, Hidetaka Hougaku, E. Jeffrey Metter, and Edward G. Lakatta
Metabolic syndrome amplifies the age-associated increases in vascular thickness and stiffness
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1388-1395. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical research: atherosclerotic risk factors: editorial comment:

Michael Domanski and Michael Proschan
The metabolic syndrome
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1396-1398. [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical research: atherosclerotic risk factors:

Linda R. Peterson, Alan D. Waggoner, Kenneth B. Schechtman, Timothy Meyer, Robert J. Gropler, Benico Barzilai, and Víctor G. Dávila-Román
Alterations in left ventricular structure and function in young healthy obese women: Assessment by echocardiography and tissue Doppler imaging
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1399-1404. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Maple M. Fung, Richele Bettencourt, and Elizabeth Barrett-Connor
Heart disease risk factors predict erectile dysfunction 25 years later: The Rancho Bernardo Study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1405-1411. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical research: cardiac imaging:

James N. Kirkpatrick, Tiffany Wong, James E. Bednarz, Kirk T. Spencer, Lissa Sugeng, R. Parker Ward, Jeanne M. DeCara, Lynn Weinert, Thomas Krausz, and Roberto M. Lang
Differential diagnosis of cardiac masses using contrast echocardiographic perfusion imaging
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1412-1419. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical research: cardiac imaging: editorial comment:

Elyse Foster and Ivor L. Gerber
Masses of the heart: perfusing the "good" from the bad
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1420-1422. [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical research: heart failure:

Jean L. Rouleau, Ellen B. Roecker, Michal Tendera, Paul Mohacsi, Henry Krum, Hugo A. Katus, Michael B. Fowler, Andrew J. S. Coats, Alain Castaigne, Armin Scherhag, Terry L. Holcslaw, Milton Packer for the COPERNICUS Study Group
Influence of pretreatment systolic blood pressure on the effect of carvedilol in patients with severe chronic heart failure: The Carvedilol Prospective Randomized Cumulative Survival (COPERNICUS) study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1423-1429. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical research: heart failure: editorial comment:

Jay N. Cohn
Blood pressure and the therapy of advanced heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1430-1431. [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical research: heart failure:

Marc Klapholz, Matthew Maurer, April M. Lowe, Frank Messineo, Jay S. Meisner, Judith Mitchell, Jill Kalman, Robert A. Phillips, Richard Steingart, Edward J. Brown Jr, Robert Berkowitz, Robert Moskowitz, Anita Soni, Donna Mancini, Rachel Bijou, Khashayar Sehhat, Nikita Varshneya, Marrick Kukin, Stuart D. Katz, Lynn A. Sleeper, Thierry H. Le Jemtel New York Heart Failure Consortium
Hospitalization for heart failure in the presence of a normal left ventricular ejection fraction: Results of the New York heart failure registry
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1432-1438. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical research: viewpoint:

Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, Gladys Block, Tamara Horwich, and Gregg C. Fonarow
Reverse epidemiology of conventional cardiovascular risk factors in patients with chronic heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1439-1444. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical research: general cardiology:

Stefan C. Bertog, Senthil K. Thambidorai, Kapil Parakh, Paul Schoenhagen, Volkan Ozduran, Penny L. Houghtaling, Bruce W. Lytle, Eugene H. Blackstone, Michael S. Lauer, and Allan L. Klein
Constrictive pericarditis: etiology and cause-specific survival after pericardiectomy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1445-1452. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Paul A. Smith, James F. M. Meaney, Lee N. Graham, John B. Stoker, Alan F. Mackintosh, David A. S. G. Mary, and Stephen G. Ball
Relationship of neurovascular compression to central sympathetic discharge and essential hypertension
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1453-1458. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical research: arrhythmias:

Henry Greenberg, Robert B. Case, Arthur J. Moss, Mary W. Brown, Elizabeth R. Carroll, Mark L. Andrews MADIT-II Investigators
Analysis of mortality events in the multicenter automatic defibrillator implantation trial (MADIT-II)
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1459-1465. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Gregory Feld, Marcus Wharton, Vance Plumb, Emile Daoud, Ted Friehling, Laurence Epstein EPT-1000 XP Cardiac Ablation System Investigators
Radiofrequency catheter ablation of type 1 atrial flutter using large-tip 8- or 10-mm electrode catheters and a high-output radiofrequency energy generator: Results of a multicenter safety and efficacy study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1466-1472. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Preclinical studies:

Yun-He Liu, Xiao-Ping Yang, Edward G. Shesely, Steadman S. Sankey, and Oscar A. Carretero
Role of angiotensin II type 2 receptors and kinins in the cardioprotective effect of angiotensin II type 1 receptor antagonists in rats with heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1473-1480. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Takehiro Ogata, Takashi Miyauchi, Satoshi Sakai, Masakatsu Takanashi, Yoko Irukayama-Tomobe, and Iwao Yamaguchi
Myocardial fibrosis and diastolic dysfunction in deoxycorticosterone acetate-salt hypertensive rats is ameliorated by the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-alpha activator fenofibrate, partly by suppressing inflammatory responses associated with the nuclear factor-kappa-b pathway
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1481-1488. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Express Publication:

Elena Biagini, Tjebbe W. Galema, Arend F. L. Schinkel, Willem B. Vletter, Jos R. T. C. Roelandt, and Folkert J. Ten Cate
Myocardial wall thickness predicts recovery of contractile function after primary coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1489-1493. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Fiorenzo Gaita, Carla Giustetto, Francesca Bianchi, Rainer Schimpf, Michel Haissaguerre, Leonardo Calò, Ramon Brugada, Charles Antzelevitch, Martin Borggrefe, and Christian Wolpert
Short QT syndrome: pharmacological treatment
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1494-1499. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editor's Page:

Anthony N. DeMaria
Self-referral in cardiology
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 43: 1500-1501. [Full Text] [PDF]


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