Special articles:

Pedro R. Moreno and Valentin Fuster

The year in atherothrombosis
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 2099-2110. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

John Gorcsan III, Roberto M. Lang, Michael H. Picard, William A. Zoghbi, Peter C. Frommelt, and Linda D. Gillam

Meeting highlights of the 15th annual Scientific Sessions of the American Society of Echocardiography: June 26 to 30, 2004
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 2111-2116. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

State-of-the-Art Paper:

Cornelis S. van der Hooft, Jan Heeringa, Gerard van Herpen, Jan A. Kors, J. Herre Kingma, and Bruno H. Ch. Stricker

Drug-induced atrial fibrillation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 2117-2124. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Viewpoint:

Barry J. Maron, J.G. Seidman, and Christine E. Seidman

Proposal for contemporary screening strategies in families with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 2125-2132. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: Interventional cardiology:

David E. Kandzari, Peter B. Berger, Adnan Kastrati, Steven R. Steinhubl, Julinda Mehilli, Franz Dotzer, Jurriën M. ten Berg, Franz-Josef Neumann, Hildegard Bollwein, Josef Dirschinger, Albert Schömig ISAR-REACT Study Investigators

Influence of treatment duration with a 600-mg dose of clopidogrel before percutaneous coronary revascularization
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 2133-2136. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Coronary artery disease:

Piero O. Bonetti, Geralyn M. Pumper, Stuart T. Higano, David R. Holmes Jr, Jeffrey T. Kuvin, and Amir Lerman

Noninvasive identification of patients with early coronary atherosclerosis by assessment of digital reactive hyperemia
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 2137-2141. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Hilla Knobler, Taiba Zornitzki, Shiraz Vered, Michael Oettinger, Rosa Levy, Abraham Caspi, David Faraggi, and Shay Livschitz

Reduced glomerular filtration rate in asymptomatic diabetic patients: Predictor of increased risk for cardiac events independent of albuminuria
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 2142-2148. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Steven Goldman, Karen Zadina, Thomas Moritz, Theron Ovitt, Gulshan Sethi, Jack G. Copeland, Lizy Thottapurathu, Barbara Krasnicka, Nancy Ellis, Robert J. Anderson, William Henderson VA Cooperative Study Group #207/297/364

Long-term patency of saphenous vein and left internal mammary artery grafts after coronary artery bypass surgery: Results from a Department of Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 2149-2156. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Electrophysiology and heart failure:

Pierre Bordachar, Stephane Lafitte, Sylvain Reuter, Prashanthan Sanders, Pierre Jaïs, Michel Haïssaguerre, Raymond Roudaut, Stephane Garrigue, and Jacques Clementy

Echocardiographic parameters of ventricular dyssynchrony validation in patients with heart failure using sequential biventricular pacing
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 2157-2165. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Electrophysiology and heart failure: Viewpoint:

Kumaraswamy Nanthakumar, Andrew E. Epstein, G. Neal Kay, Vance J. Plumb, and Douglas S. Lee

Prophylactic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction: A pooled analysis of 10 primary prevention trials
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 2166-2172. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Cardiac imaging:

Sven Plein, John P. Greenwood, John P. Ridgway, Gillian Cranny, Stephen G. Ball, and Mohan U. Sivananthan

Assessment of non–ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 2173-2181. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Abdou Elhendy, Edward L. O'Leary, Feng Xie, Anna C. McGrain, James R. Anderson, and Thomas R. Porter

Comparative accuracy of real-time myocardial contrast perfusion imaging and wall motion analysis during dobutamine stress echocardiography for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 2185-2191. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Editorial comment:

Christopher M. Kramer

The comprehensive approach to ischemic heart disease by cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging: Are we there yet?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 2182-2184. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cardiomyopathy:

Takeharu Hayashi, Takuro Arimura, Manatsu Itoh-Satoh, Kazuo Ueda, Shigeru Hohda, Natsuko Inagaki, Megumi Takahashi, Hisae Hori, Michio Yasunami, Hirofumi Nishi, Yoshinori Koga, Hiroshi Nakamura, Masunori Matsuzaki, Bo Yoon Choi, Sung Won Bae, Cheol Woon You, Kyung Hoon Han, Jeong Euy Park, Ralph Knöll, Masahiko Hoshijima, Kenneth R. Chien, and Akinori Kimura

Tcap gene mutations in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and dilated cardiomyopathy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 2192-2201. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Preclinical Research:

Vivek Y. Reddy, Zachary J. Malchano, Godtfred Holmvang, Ehud J. Schmidt, Andre d'Avila, Christopher Houghtaling, Raymond C. Chan, and Jeremy N. Ruskin

Integration of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging with three-dimensional electroanatomic mapping to guide left ventricular catheter manipulation: Feasibility in a porcine model of healed myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 2202-2213. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Henry R. Halperin, Norman Paradis, Joseph P. Ornato, Menekhem Zviman, Jennifer LaCorte, Albert Lardo, and Karl B. Kern

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation with a novel chest compression device in a porcine model of cardiac arrest: Improved hemodynamics and mechanisms
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 2214-2220. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Silvia Lutucuta, Natalia Tsybouleva, Masukuni Ishiyama, Gilberto DeFreitas, Lei Wei, Blase Carabello, and A.J. Marian

Induction and reversal of cardiac phenotype of human hypertrophic cardiomyopathy mutation cardiac troponin T-Q92 in switch on–switch off bigenic mice
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 2221-2230. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Luanda P. Grazette, Wolfgang Boecker, Takashi Matsui, Marc Semigran, Thomas L. Force, Roger J. Hajjar, and Anthony Rosenzweig

Inhibition of ErbB2 causes mitochondrial dysfunction in cardiomyocytes: Implications for herceptin-induced cardiomyopathy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 2231-2238. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Tohru Takaseya, Masaru Ishimatsu, Eiki Tayama, Akinori Nishi, Takashi Akasu, and Shigeaki Aoyagi

Mechanical unloading improves intracellular Ca²⁺ regulation in rats with doxorubicin-induced cardiomyopathy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 2239-2246. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Correspondence: Research correspondence:

Titus Kuehne, Sevim Yilmaz, Carolin Meinus, Phillip Moore, Maythem Saeed, Oliver Weber, Charles B. Higgins, Thiemo Blank, Erhard Elsaesser, Bernhard Schnackenburg, Peter Ewert, Peter E. Lange, and Eike Nagel

Magnetic resonance imaging-guided transcatheter implantation of a prosthetic valve in aortic valve position:: Feasibility study in swine
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 2247-2249. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Usha Tedrow, William H. Maisel, Laurence M. Epstein, Kyoko Soejima, and William G. Stevenson

Feasibility of adjusting paced left ventricular activation by manipulating stimulus strength
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 2249-2252. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Takayoshi Tsutamoto, Hiroshi Sakai, Atsuyuki Wada, Chitose Ishikawa, Keijin Ohno, Masanori Fujii, Takashi Yamamoto, Tomoyuki Takayama, Tomohiro Dohke, and Minoru Horie

Torasemide inhibits transcardiac extraction of aldosterone in patients with congestive heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 2252-2253. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Laurent Fauchier

Depression and heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 2253-2254. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ali Ahmed

Depression in older adults with heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 2254. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ronald Freudenberger, Stacey C. Cahn, and Christine Skotzko

Influence of age, gender, and race on depression in heart failure patients
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 2254-2255. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stephen S. Gottlieb, Sue Ann Thomas, and Erika Friedmann

Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 2255-2256. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ronald J. Oudiz and Karlman Wasserman

Clinical efficacy of sildenafil in primary pulmonary hypertension
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 2256. [Full Text] [PDF]  

B.K.S. Sastry and Calambur Narasimhan

Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 2256-2257. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gianluca Iacobellis

True uncomplicated obesity is not related to increased left ventricular mass and systolic dysfunction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 2257. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Linda R. Peterson, Alan Waggoner, Kenneth B. Schectman, Timothy Meyer, Robert J. Gropler, Benico Barzilai, and Victor Dávila-Román

Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 2258. [Full Text] [PDF]  

ACCF/AHA/HRS/SCAI fluoroscopy clinical competence statement:

John W. Hirshfeld Jr, Stephen Balter, Jeffrey A. Brinker, Morton J. Kern, Lloyd W. Klein, Bruce D. Lindsay, Carl L. Tommaso, Cynthia M. Tracy, Louis K. Wagner, Mark A. Creager, Michael Elnicki, John W. Hirshfeld Jr, Beverly H. Lorell, George P. Rodgers, Cynthia M. Tracy, and Howard H. Weitz

ACCF/AHA/HRS/SCAI clinical competence statement on physician knowledge to optimize patient safety and image quality in fluoroscopically guided invasive cardiovascular procedures: A report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association/American College of Physicians Task Force on Clinical Competence and Training
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 2259-2282. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Erratum:

Gupta R, Birnbaum Y, Uretsky BF. The renal patient with coronary artery disease: Current concepts and dilemmas: J Am Coll Cardiol 2004;44:1343–53
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 2283. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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