State-of-the-Art Paper:

Jeroen J. Bax, Gerardo Ansalone, Ole A. Breithardt, Genevieve Derumeaux, Christophe Leclercq, Martin J. Schalij, Peter Sogaard, Martin St. John Sutton, and Petros Nihoyannopoulos

Echocardiographic evaluation of cardiac resynchronization therapy: ready for routine clinical use?: A critical appraisal
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1-9. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Viewpoint:

Bertram Pitt

Generic drugs in cardiology: will they reduce health care costs?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 10-13. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical research: interventional cardiology:

Marco Valgimigli, Gianfranco Percoco, Dario Barbieri, Fabrizio Ferrari, Gabriele Guardigli, Giovanni Parrinello, Olga Soukhomovskaia, and Roberto Ferrari

The additive value of tirofiban administered with the high-dose bolus in the prevention of ischemic complications during high-risk coronary angioplasty: The advance trial
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 14-19. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Dirk J. van der Heijden, Iris C. D. Westendorp, Robert K. Riezebos, Ferdinand Kiemeneij, Ton Slagboom, L. Ron van der Wieken, and Gert-Jan Laarman

Lack of efficacy of clopidogrel pre-treatment in the prevention of myocardial damage after elective stent implantation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 20-24. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: interventional cardiology: editorial comment:

Michael L. Stadius

Diminishing returns ...and too many choices ...the saga of pharmacologic therapy to reduce the complications of percutaneous coronary intervention
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 25-27. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical research: acute myocardial infarction:

Toshiya Kurotobi, Hiroshi Sato, Kunihiro Kinjo, Daisaku Nakatani, Hiroya Mizuno, Masahiko Shimizu, Katsuji Imai, Atsushi Hirayama, Kazuhisa Kodama, Masatsugu Hori OACIS Group

Reduced collateral circulation to the infarct-related artery in elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 28-34. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: acute myocardial infarction: editorial comment:

Edward G. Lakatta and Steven Schulman

Age-associated cardiovascular changes are the substrate for poor prognosis with myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 35-37. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical research: acute myocardial infarction:

Taha Taher, Yuling Fu, Galen S. Wagner, Shaun G. Goodman, Claudio Fresco, Christopher B. Granger, Lars Wallentin, Frans Van de Werf, Freek Verheugt, and Paul W. Armstrong

Aborted myocardial infarction in patients with ST-segment elevation: Insights from the assessment of the safety and efficacy of a new thrombolytic regimen-3 trial electrocardiographic substudy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 38-43. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: coronary artery disease:

Stephan Fichtlscherer, Susanne Breuer, Christopher Heeschen, Stefanie Dimmeler, and Andreas M. Zeiher

Interleukin-10 serum levels and systemic endothelial vasoreactivity in patients with coronary artery disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 44-49. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: coronary artery disease: editorial comment:

Roger Mills and Deepak L. Bhatt

The yin and yang of arterial inflammation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 50-52. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: coronary artery disease:

Daniel A. Caños, Gary S. Mintz, Chalak O. Berzingi, Sue Apple, Jun-ichi Kotani, Augusto D. Pichard, Lowell F. Satler, William O. Suddath, Ron Waksman, Joseph Lindsay Jr, and Neil J. Weissman

Clinical, angiographic, and intravascular ultrasound characteristics of early saphenous vein graft failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 53-56. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

John F. Beltrame, Stuart P. Turner, Sue L. Leslie, Patty Solomon, Saul B. Freedman, and John D. Horowitz

The angiographic and clinical benefits of mibefradil in the coronary slow flow phenomenon
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 57-62. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: heart failure:

Peter van der Meer, Adriaan A. Voors, Erik Lipsic, Tom D. J. Smilde, Wiek H. van Gilst, and Dirk J. van Veldhuisen

Prognostic value of plasma erythropoietin on mortality in patients with chronic heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 63-67. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Anil-Martin Sinha, Erik C. Skobel, Ole-Alexander Breithardt, Christine Norra, Kai U. Markus, Christian Breuer, Peter Hanrath, and Christoph Stellbrink

Cardiac resynchronization therapy improves central sleep apnea and Cheyne-Stokes respiration in patients with chronic heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 68-71. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Bradley P. Knight, Aseem Desai, James Coman, Mitchell Faddis, and Patrick Yong

Long-term retention of cardiac resynchronization therapy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 72-77. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Ronald M. Witteles, W. H. Wilson Tang, Aamer H. Jamali, James W. Chu, Gerald M. Reaven, and Michael B. Fowler

Insulin resistance in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy: A possible etiologic link
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 78-81. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: echocardiography:

Sherif B. Labib, Michael Goldstein, Paula M. Kinnunen, and Edgar C. Schick

Cardiac events in patients with negative maximal versus negative submaximal dobutamine echocardiograms undergoing noncardiac surgery: Importance of resting wall motion abnormalities
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 82-87. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: electrophysiology: viewpoint:

S. Adam Strickberger and George J. Klein

Is defibrillation testing required for defibrillator implantation?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 88-91. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical research: electrophysiology: editorial comment:

Charles D. Swerdlow

Reappraisal of implant testing of implantable cardioverter defibrillators
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 92-94. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical research: electrophysiology:

Ruediger Becker, Jutta Ruf-Richter, Julia C. Senges-Becker, Alexander Bauer, Slawomir Weretka, Frederik Voss, Hugo A. Katus, and Wolfgang Schoels

Patient alert in implantable cardioverter defibrillators: toy or tool?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 95-98. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stefan H. Hohnloser, Paul Dorian, Matthias Straub, Katrin Beckmann, and Peter Kowey

Safety and efficacy of intravenously administered tedisamil for rapid conversion of recent-onset atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 99-104. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

David Zeltser, Dan Justo, Amir Halkin, Raphael Rosso, Maya Ish-Shalom, Mordechai Hochenberg, and Sami Viskin

Drug-induced atrioventricular block: prognosis after discontinuation of the culprit drug
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 105-108. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Peter M. Kistler, Prashanthan Sanders, Simon P. Fynn, Irene H. Stevenson, Steven J. Spence, Jitendra K. Vohra, Paul B. Sparks, and Jonathan M. Kalman

Electrophysiologic and electroanatomic changes in the human atrium associated with age
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 109-116. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Wataru Shimizu, Minoru Horie, Seiko Ohno, Kotoe Takenaka, Masato Yamaguchi, Masami Shimizu, Takashi Washizuka, Yoshifusa Aizawa, Kazufumi Nakamura, Tohru Ohe, Takeshi Aiba, Yoshihiro Miyamoto, Yasunao Yoshimasa, Jeffrey A. Towbin, Silvia G. Priori, and Shiro Kamakura

Mutation site-specific differences in arrhythmic risk and sensitivity to sympathetic stimulation in the LQT1 form of congenital long QT syndrome: Multicenter study in Japan
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 117-125. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: valvular heart disease:

H. Mehrdad Sadeghi, Bruce J. Kimura, Ajit Raisinghani, Daniel G. Blanchard, Ehtisham Mahmud, Peter F. Fedullo, Stuart W. Jamieson, and Anthony N. DeMaria

Does lowering pulmonary arterial pressure eliminate severe functional tricuspid regurgitation?: Insights from pulmonary thromboendarterectomy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 126-132. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Shiow Jiuan Lin, Peggy A. Brown, Mary P. Watkins, Todd A. Williams, Katherine A. Lehr, Wei Liu, Gregory M. Lanza, Samuel A. Wickline, and Shelton D. Caruthers

Quantification of stenotic mitral valve area with magnetic resonance imaging and comparison with Doppler ultrasound
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 133-137. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Linda Cripe, Gregor Andelfinger, Lisa J. Martin, Kerry Shooner, and D. Woodrow Benson

Bicuspid aortic valve is heritable
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 138-143. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: exercise, diet, and the heart:

Eric Abergel, Gilles Chatellier, Albert A. Hagege, Agnes Oblak, Ales Linhart, Alain Ducardonnet, and Joël Menard

Serial left ventricular adaptations in world-class professional cyclists: Implications for disease screening and follow-up
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 144-149. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: exercise, diet, and the heart: editorial comment:

Pamela S. Douglas

Citius, altius, fortius (the olympic motto: swifter, higher, stronger)
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 150-151. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical research: exercise, diet, and the heart:

Christina Chrysohoou, Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos, Christos Pitsavos, Undurti N. Das, and Christodoulos Stefanadis

Adherence to the Mediterranean diet attenuates inflammation and coagulation process in healthy adults: The Attica study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 152-158. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: hypertension:

Philippe L. L'Allier, Anique Ducharme, Pierre-Frédéric Keller, Holly Yu, Marie-Claude Guertin, and Jean-Claude Tardif

Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition in hypertensive patients is associated with a reduction in the occurrence of atrial fibrillation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 159-164. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: genetics:

David E. Lanfear, Sharon Marsh, Sharon Cresci, William D. Shannon, John A. Spertus, and Howard L. McLeod

Genotypes associated with myocardial infarction risk are more common in African Americans than in European Americans
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 165-167. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

John F. Keaney Jr, Joseph M. Massaro, Martin G. Larson, Ramachandran S. Vasan, Peter W. F. Wilson, Izabella Lipinska, Diane Corey, Patrice Sutherland, Joseph A. Vita, and Emelia J. Benjamin

Heritability and correlates of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 in the Framingham Offspring Study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 168-173. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: congenital heart disease:

Gruschen R. Veldtman, Heidi M. Connolly, Martha Grogan, Naser M. Ammash, and Carole A. Warnes

Outcomes of pregnancy in women with tetralogy of fallot
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 174-180. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical research: congenital heart disease: editorial comment:

John S. Child

Fallot's tetralogy and pregnancy: Prognostication and prophesy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 181-183. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical research: congenital heart disease:

Pamela S. Ro, Jack Rychik, Meryl S. Cohen, William T. Mahle, and Jonathan J. Rome

Diagnostic assessment before Fontan operation in patients with bidirectional cavopulmonary anastomosis: Are noninvasive methods sufficient?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 184-187. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael D. Puchalski, Richard V. Williams, John A. Hawkins, L. LuAnn Minich, and Lloyd Y. Tani

Follow-up of aortic coarctation repair in neonates
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 188-191. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: medical education:

Manesh R. Patel, Trip J. Meine, Jasmina Radeva, Lesley Curtis, Sunil V. Rao, Kevin A. Schulman, and James G. Jollis

State-mandated continuing medical education and the use of proven therapies in patients with an acute myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 192-198. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical research: medical education: editorial comment:

Barbara Barnes

Minding the gap: can continuing medical education bridge the quality chasm?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 199-200. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Expedited Review:

Robert E. Eckart, Suzanne S. Love, J. Edwin Atwood, Mark K. Arness, Dimitri C. Cassimatis, Charles L. Campbell, Sheri Y. Boyd, Joseph G. Murphy, David L. Swerdlow, Limone C. Collins, James R. Riddle, David N. Tornberg, John D. Grabenstein, Renata J. M. Engler Department of Defense Smallpox Vaccination Clinical Evaluation Team

Incidence and follow-up of inflammatory cardiac complications after smallpox vaccination
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 201-205. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ACC News:

Michael J. Wolk, Patrick O'Gara, and Marcia Jackson

President's page: ACC's continuing education programs: setting up systems to meet members' changing needs
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 206-208. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Special sections: letter to the editor:

Gian Paolo Rossi and Giuseppe Maiolino

Association of gene polymorphisms with coronary artery disease in low- or high-risk subjects defined by conventional risk factors
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 209. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Akihiro Hirashiki, Yoshiji Yamada, and Mitsuhiro Yokota

Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 209-210. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nicholas Kipshidze and Nodar N. Kipshidze

Therapeutic transcutaneous ultrasound: long overdue therapy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 210-211. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Charles J. Hardebeck

Transient ischemic dilation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 211-212. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert J. Siegel, Huai Luo, Yochai Birnbaum, Michael C. Fishbein, and Takashi Miyamoto

Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 211. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daniel S. Berman, Guido Germano, and Aiden Abidov

Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 212-213. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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