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Bethesda conference:

35th Bethesda Conference: Cardiology's workforce crisis: a pragmatic approach
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 215. [PDF]

W. Bruce Fye and John W. Hirshfeld Jr
35th Bethesda Conference: cardiology's workforce crisis: a pragmatic approach
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 216-219. [Full Text] [PDF]

Announcement:

Table of contents
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 220. [PDF]

35th Bethesda Conference:

W. Bruce Fye
Introduction: the origins and implications of a growing shortage of cardiologists
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 221-232. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Working groups:

Kenneth Lee Baughman, Carl J. Pepine, Jonathan Abrams, Thomas M. Bashore, Robert M. Califf, Arthur M. Feldman, W. Bruce Fye, Brian P. Griffin, Robert J. Myerburg, Gerald V. Naccarelli, and Eric S. Williams
Working group 1: How to increase the output of cardiologists
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 233-237. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Carole A. Warnes, Savitri E. Fedson, Elyse Foster, Mariell Jessup, Marian C. Limacher, Jacqueline A. O'Donnell, and Mary N. Walsh
Working group 2: How to encourage more women to choose a career in cardiology
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 238-241. [Full Text] [PDF]

Charles K. Francis, Joseph S. Alpert, Luther T. Clark, Elizabeth O. Ofili, and Richard C. Wong
Working group 3: How to encourage more minorities to choose a career in cardiology
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 241-245. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

William A. Zoghbi, Jorge R. Alegria, George A. Beller, W. Daniel Doty, Robert H. Jones, Arthur J. Labovitz, Guy S. Reeder, and Hector O. Ventura
Working group 4: International medical graduates and the cardiology workforce
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 245-251. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Costas T. Lambrew, James T. Dove, Beth A. Friday, Caroline Lloyd Doherty, Michael A. Nocero Jr, C. Richard Schott, and L. Samuel Wann
Working group 5: Innovative care team models and processes that might enhance efficiency and productivity
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 251-255. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Steven E. Nissen, Abdulla M. Abdulla, Bijoy K. Khandheria, Michael G. Kienzle, and Carol A. Zaher
Working group 6: The role of technology to enhance clinical and educational efficiency
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 256-260. [Full Text] [PDF]

James L. Ritchie, Nora F. Goldschlager, Ajay Labroo, Michael R. Nagel, W. Douglas Weaver, and Eric S. Williams
Working group 7: Enhancing the job "matching" process
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 261-266. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Valentin Fuster, John W. Hirshfeld Jr, Alan S. Brown, Bruce H. Brundage, W. Bruce Fye, Richard P. Lewis, Ira S. Nash, Michael H. Sketch Jr, and George W. Vetrovec
Working group 8: Defining the different types of cardiovascular specialists and developing a new model for training general clinical cardiologists
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 267-271. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Task force:

John Hirshfeld Jr and W. Bruce Fye
Summary of Task Force recommendations to address the growing shortage of cardiologists
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 272-275. [Full Text] [PDF]

Acute myocardial infarction: state-of-the-art paper:

Robert A. Kloner and Shereif H. Rezkalla
Cardiac protection during acute myocardial infarction: Where do we stand in 2004?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 276-286. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Acute myocardial infarction: clinical research:

Andrew G. C. Sutton, Philip G. Campbell, Richard Graham, Dallas J. A. Price, Janine C. Gray, Ever D. Grech, James A. Hall, Alun A. Harcombe, Robert A. Wright, Roger H. Smith, Jerry J. Murphy, Ananthaiah Shyam-Sundar, Michael J. Stewart, Adrian Davies, Nicholas J. Linker, and Mark A. de Belder
A randomized trial of rescue angioplasty versus a conservative approach for failed fibrinolysis in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: The Middlesbrough Early Revascularization to Limit INfarction (MERLIN) trial
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 287-296. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial Comments:

Cindy L. Grines and William W. O'Neill
Rescue angioplasty: Does the concept need to be rescued?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 297-299. [Full Text] [PDF]

Acute myocardial infarction: clinical research:

Hiroshi Sato, Hidetaka Iida, Atsushi Tanaka, Hidemasa Tanaka, Shinichi Shimodouzono, Eiji Uchida, Takahiko Kawarabayashi, and Junichi Yoshikawa
The decrease of plaque volume during percutaneous coronary intervention has a negative impact on coronary flow in acute myocardial infarction: A major role of percutaneous coronary intervention-induced embolization
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 300-304. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical research: glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibition in acute MI:

Costantino O. Costantini, Gregg W. Stone, Roxana Mehran, Eve Aymong, Cindy L. Grines, David A. Cox, Thomas Stuckey, Mark Turco, Bernard J. Gersh, James E. Tcheng, Eulogio Garcia, John J. Griffin, Giulio Guagliumi, Martin B. Leon, and Alexandra J. Lansky
Frequency, correlates, and clinical implications of myocardial perfusion after primary angioplasty and stenting, with and without glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibition, in acute myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 305-312. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial Comments:

Bernard R. Chaitman and Michael J. Lim
No reflow and the quest to achieve optimal perfusion during the acute phase of myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 313-315. [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical research: glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibition in acute MI:

Shinya Goto, Noriko Tamura, and Hideyuki Ishida
Ability of anti-glycoprotein IIb/IIIa agents to dissolve platelet thrombi formed on a collagen surface under blood flow conditions
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 316-323. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial Comments:

Daniel I. Simon and Masashi Sakuma
Platelet disaggregation: Putting time on your side in acute myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 324-326. [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical research: prognostic markers in acute MI:

Roy Beinart, Valentina Boyko, Ehud Schwammenthal, Rafael Kuperstein, Alex Sagie, Hanoch Hod, Shlomo Matetzky, Solomon Behar, Michael Eldar, and Micha S. Feinberg
Long-term prognostic significance of left atrial volume in acute myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 327-334. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Jessica L. Mega, David A. Morrow, James A. de Lemos, Marc S. Sabatine, Sabina A. Murphy, Nader Rifai, C. Michael Gibson, Elliott M. Antman, and Eugene Braunwald
B-type natriuretic peptide at presentation and prognosis in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: An ENTIRE–TIMI-23 substudy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 335-339. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical research: cardiogenic shock:

Rupert Fincke, Judith S. Hochman, April M. Lowe, Venu Menon, James N. Slater, John G. Webb, Thierry H. LeJemtel, Gad Cotter SHOCK Investigators
Cardiac power is the strongest hemodynamic correlate of mortality in cardiogenic shock: A report from the SHOCK trial registry
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 340-348. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical research: interventional cardiology:

Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Giuseppe G. L. Biondi-Zoccai, M. Luisa De Benedictis, Stefano Rigattieri, Marco Turri, Maurizio Anselmi, Corrado Vassanelli, Piero Zardini, Yves Louvard, and Martial Hamon
Radial versus femoral approach for percutaneous coronary diagnostic and interventional procedures: Systematic overview and meta-analysis of randomized trials
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 349-356. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Mandeep Singh, Charanjit S. Rihal, Ryan J. Lennon, Kirk N. Garratt, and David R. Holmes Jr
Comparison of Mayo Clinic risk score and American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association lesion classification in the prediction of adverse cardiovascular outcome following percutaneous coronary interventions
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 357-361. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical research: anti-inflammatory therapy in coronary artery disease:

Bernhard Schieffer, Christoph Bünte, Jana Witte, Kirsten Hoeper, Rainer H. Böger, Edzard Schwedhelm, and Helmut Drexler
Comparative effects of AT1-antagonism and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition on markers of inflammation and platelet aggregation in patients with coronary artery disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 362-368. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Camilla Smith, Arne Yndestad, Bente Halvorsen, Thor Ueland, Torgun Wæhre, Kari Otterdal, Hanne Scholz, Knut Endresen, Lars Gullestad, Stig S. Frøland, Jan Kristian Damås, and Pål Aukrust
Potential anti-inflammatory role of activin A in acute coronary syndromes
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 369-375. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Viewpoint: valvular heart disease:

Blase A. Carabello
Is it ever too late to operate on the patient with valvular heart disease?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 376-383. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical research: anti-inflammatory therapy in coronary artery disease:

Guangqiang Gao, YingXing Wu, Gary L. Grunkemeier, Anthony P. Furnary, and Albert Starr
Durability of pericardial versus porcine aortic valves
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 384-388. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial Comments:

Stuart W. Jamieson and Michael M. Madani
The choice of valve protheses
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 389-390. [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical research: heart failure:

Anna E. Tsirka, Kathryn Trinkaus, Su-Chiung Chen, Steven E. Lipshultz, Jeffrey A. Towbin, Steven D. Colan, Vernat Exil, Arnold W. Strauss, and Charles E. Canter
Improved outcomes of pediatric dilated cardiomyopathy with utilization of heart transplantation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 391-397. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical research: hypertrophic cardiomyopathy:

Rajesh Thaman, Juan R. Gimeno, Sebastian Reith, Maria T. Tome Esteban, Giuseppe Limongelli, Ross T. Murphy, Bryan Mist, William J. McKenna, and Perry M. Elliott
Progressive left ventricular remodeling in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and severe left ventricular hypertrophy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 398-405. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial Comments:

Jeffrey S. Borer
Left ventricular hypertrophy in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: What's in a phenotype?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 406-408. [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical research: electrophysiology:

Atul Verma, Nassir F. Marrouche, Niranjan Seshadri, Robert A. Schweikert, Mandeep Bhargava, J. David Burkhardt, Fethi Kilicaslan, Jennifer Cummings, Walid Saliba, and Andrea Natale
Importance of ablating all potential right atrial flutter circuits in postcardiac surgery patients
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 409-414. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical research: hypertension:

Sunil K. Nadar, Andrew D. Blann, Sridhar Kamath, D. Gareth Beevers, and Gregory Y. H. Lip
Platelet indexes in relation to target organ damage in high-risk hypertensive patients: A substudy of the Anglo-Scandinavian Cardiac Outcomes Trial (ASCOT)
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 415-422. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Clinical research: cardiac imaging:

Babak Azarbal, Sean W. Hayes, Howard C. Lewin, Rory Hachamovitch, Ishac Cohen, and Daniel S. Berman
The incremental prognostic value of percentage of heart rate reserve achieved over myocardial perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography in the prediction of cardiac death and all-cause mortality: Superiority over 85% of maximal age-predicted heart rate
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 423-430. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial Comments:

Michael S. Lauer
Chronotropic incompetence: Ready for prime time
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 431-432. [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical research: congenital heart disease:

Antoine Guédès, Lise-Andrée Mercier, Line Leduc, Lyne Bérubé, François Marcotte, and Annie Dore
Impact of pregnancy on the systemic right ventricle after a Mustard operation for transposition of the great arteries
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 433-437. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Mazeni Alwi, K. K. Choo, Haifa Abdul Latiff, Geetha Kandavello, Hasri Samion, and M. D. Mulyadi
Initial results and medium-term follow-up of stent implantation of patent ductus arteriosus in duct-dependent pulmonary circulation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 438-445. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Jose D. Martins, Megan C. Sherwood, John E. Mayer Jr, and John F. Keane
Aortico–left ventricular tunnel: 35-year experience
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 446-450. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Preclinical Research:

Tetsuya Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Takashima, Naoto Ohira, Yasuhiro Tarutani, Yo Yasuda, Tetsunobu Yamane, Shinro Matsuo, and Minoru Horie
Plasma level of oxidized low-density lipoprotein is an independent determinant of coronary macrovasomotor and microvasomotor responses induced by bradykinin
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 451-457. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Express Publication:

Onnik Agbulut, Susanne Vandervelde, Nawwar Al Attar, Jérôme Larghero, Said Ghostine, Bertrand Léobon, Estelle Robidel, Paolo Borsani, Marc Le Lorc'h, Alvine Bissery, Christine Chomienne, Patrick Bruneval, Jean-Pierre Marolleau, Jean-Thomas Vilquin, Albert Hagège, Jane-Lyse Samuel, and Philippe Menasché
Comparison of human skeletal myoblasts and bone marrow-derived CD133⁺ progenitors for the repair of infarcted myocardium
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 458-463. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial Comments:

Stefanie Dimmeler and Andreas M. Zeiher
Wanted! The best cell for cardiac regeneration
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 464-466. [Full Text] [PDF]

Editor's Page:

Anthony N. DeMaria
An offer that can't (or shouldn't) be refused
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 467-468. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Letters to the Editor:

Erdem Kasikcioglu and Hulya Akhan
Echocardiographic limits of left ventricular remodeling in athletes
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 469-470. [Full Text] [PDF]

Gillian A. Whalley and Robert N. Doughty
Definition of physiological hypertrophy in ultramarathon athletes
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 469. [Full Text] [PDF]

Jürgen Scharhag, Axel Urhausen, and Wilfried Kindermann
Suggested new upper limit of physiologic cardiac hypertrophy determined in Japanese ultramarathon runners must be interpreted cautiously
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 470-471. [Full Text] [PDF]

Junzo Nagashima, Masahiro Murayama, Hideomi Takada, and Haruki Musha
Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 471. [Full Text] [PDF]

Thomas G. Pickering, Karina Davidson, and Daichi Shimbo
Is depression a risk factor for coronary heart disease?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 472-473. [Full Text] [PDF]

Robert M. Carney, Kenneth E. Freedland, Allan S. Jaffe, Nancy Frasure-Smith, François Lespérance, David S. Sheps, Alexander H. Glassman, Christopher M. O'Connor, James A. Blumenthal, Peter G. Kaufmann, and Susan M. Czajkowski
Depression as a risk factor for post-MI mortality
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 472. [Full Text] [PDF]

Deirdre Lane, Douglas Carroll, and Gregory Y. H. Lip
Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 473-474. [Full Text] [PDF]

ACC/AHA clinical data standards:

Robert L. McNamara, Lawrence M. Brass, Joseph P. Drozda Jr, Alan S. Go, Jonathan L. Halperin, Charles R. Kerr, Samuel Lévy, David J. Malenka, Suneet Mittal, Frank Pelosi Jr, Yves Rosenberg, Daniel Stryer, D. George Wyse, Martha J. Radford, David C. Goff Jr, Frederick L. Grover, Paul A. Heidenreich, David J. Malenka, Eric D. Peterson, and Rita F. Redberg
ACC/AHA key data elements and definitions for measuring the clinical management and outcomes of patients with atrial fibrillation: A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on clinical data standards (writing commitee to develop data standards on atrial fibrillation)
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 475-495. [Full Text] [PDF]


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