Special article:

Hein J.J. Wellens

Cardiac arrhythmias: The quest for a cure: A historical perspective
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1155-1163. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

State-of-the-Art Paper:

João A.C. Lima and Milind Y. Desai

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging: Current and emerging applications
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1164-1171. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Viewpoint:

John B. Kostis and Busharat Ahmad

International medical graduates and the cardiology workforce
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1172-1174. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical research: Clinical trials:

Vasilios Papademetriou, Csaba Farsang, Dag Elmfeldt, Albert Hofman, Hans Lithell, Bertil Olofsson, Ingmar Skoog, Peter Trenkwalder, Alberto Zanchetti for the SCOPE Study Group

Stroke prevention with the angiotensin II type 1-receptor blocker candesartan in elderly patients with isolated systolic hypertension: The study on cognition and prognosis in the elderly (SCOPE)
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1175-1180. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical trials:

Guillermo Torre-Amione, François Sestier, Branislav Radovancevic, and James Young

Effects of a novel immune modulation therapy in patients with advanced chronic heart failure: Results of a randomized, controlled, phase II trial
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1181-1186. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Interventional cardiology:

Nicolette M.S.K.J. Ernst, Harry Suryapranata, Kor Miedema, Robbert J. Slingerland, Jan Paul Ottervanger, Jan C.A. Hoorntje, A.T.Marcel Gosselink, Jan-Henk E. Dambrink, Menko-Jan de Boer, Felix Zijlstra, and Arnoud W.J. van’t Hof

Achieved platelet aggregation inhibition after different antiplatelet regimens during percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1187-1193. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Jacqueline Saw, A. Michael Lincoff, Walter DeSmet, Amadeo Betriu, Wolfgang Rutsch, Robert G. Wilcox, Neil S. Kleiman, Kathy Wolski, Eric J. Topol REPLACE-2 Investigators

Lack of clopidogrel pretreatment effect on the relative efficacy of bivalirudin with provisional glycoprotein IIb/IIIa blockade compared to heparin with routine glycoprotein IIb/IIIa blockade: A REPLACE-2 substudy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1194-1199. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Eugenia Nikolsky, Roxana Mehran, Amir Halkin, Eve D. Aymong, Gary S. Mintz, Zoran Lasic, Manuela Negoita, Martin Fahy, Shoshana Krieger, Issam Moussa, Jeffrey W. Moses, Gregg W. Stone, Martin B. Leon, Stuart J. Pocock, and George Dangas

Vascular complications associated with arteriotomy closure devices in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary procedures: A meta-analysis
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1200-1209. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Allen Jeremias, Donald S. Baim, Kalon K.L. Ho, Manish Chauhan, Joseph P. Carrozza Jr, David J. Cohen, Jeffrey J. Popma, Richard E. Kuntz, and Donald E. Cutlip

Differential mortality risk of postprocedural creatine kinase-MB elevation following successful versus unsuccessful stent procedures
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1210-1214. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Acute myocardial infarction:

Michael G. McLaughlin, Gregg W. Stone, Eve Aymong, Graham Gardner, Roxana Mehran, Alexandra J. Lansky, Cindy L. Grines, James E. Tcheng, David A. Cox, Thomas Stuckey, Eulogio Garcia, Giulio Guagliumi, Mark Turco, Mark E. Josephson, and Peter Zimetbaum

Prognostic utility of comparative methods for assessment of ST-segment resolution after primary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction: The controlled abciximab and device investigation to lower late angioplasty complications (CADILLAC) trial
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1215-1223. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Noninvasive coronary imaging:

Thomas Schlosser, Thomas Konorza, Peter Hunold, Hilmar Kühl, Axel Schmermund, and J.örg Barkhausen

Noninvasive visualization of coronary artery bypass grafts using 16-detector row computed tomography
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1224-1229. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Axel Kuettner, Tobias Trabold, Stephen Schroeder, Anja Feyer, Torsten Beck, Ariane Brueckner, Martin Heuschmid, Christof Burgstahler, Andreas F. Kopp, and Claus D. Claussen

Noninvasive detection of coronary lesions using 16-detector multislice spiral computed tomography technology: Initial clinical results
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1230-1237. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Editorial comment:

P.J. de Feyter and K. Nieman

Noninvasive multi-slice computed tomography coronary angiography: An emerging clinical modality
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1238-1240. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kirk U. Knowlton and Toshitaka Yajima

Interleukin-10: Biomarker or pathologic cytokine in fulminant myocarditis?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1298-1300. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Karl T. Weber

Furosemide in the long-term management of heart failure: The good, the bad, and the uncertain
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1308-1310. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Torbjørn Omland

Heart failure in the emergency department: Is B-type natriuretic peptide a better prognostic indicator than clinical assessment?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1334-1336. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Conditions regarding coronary surgery:

William T. Smith IV, T. Bruce Ferguson Jr, Thomas Ryan, Carolyn K. Landolfo, and Eric D. Peterson

Should coronary artery bypass graft surgery patients with mild or moderate aortic stenosis undergo concomitant aortic valve replacement?: A decision analysis approach to the surgical dilemma
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1241-1247. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

David Amar, Weiji Shi, Charles W. Hogue Jr, Hao Zhang, Rod S. Passman, Betsy Thomas, Peter B. Bach, Ralph Damiano, and Howard T. Thaler

Clinical prediction rule for atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass grafting
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1248-1253. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Cardiac transplantation:

Anne B. Taegtmeyer, Angela M. Crook, Paul J.R. Barton, and Nicholas R. Banner

Reduced incidence of hypertension after heterotopic cardiac transplantation compared with orthotopic cardiac transplantation: Evidence that excision of the native heart contributes to post-transplant hypertension
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1254-1260. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Electrophysiology:

Jonathan S. Steinberg, Aysha Arshad, Marcin Kowalski, Atul Kukar, Valentin Suma, Margot Vloka, Frederick Ehlert, Bengt Herweg, Jacqueline Donnelly, Julie Philip, George Reed, and Alan Rozanski

Increased incidence of life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias in implantable defibrillator patients after the World Trade Center attack
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1261-1264. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Omer L. Shedd, Samuel F. Sears Jr, Jane L. Harvill, Aysha Arshad, Jamie B. Conti, Jonathan S. Steinberg, and Anne B. Curtis

The World Trade Center attack: Increased frequency of defibrillator shocks for ventricular arrhythmias in patients living remotely from New York City
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1265-1267. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sumeet S. Chugh, Jonathan Jui, Karen Gunson, Eric C. Stecker, Benjamin T. John, Barbara Thompson, Nasreen Ilias, Catherine Vickers, Vivek Dogra, Mohamud Daya, Jack Kron, Zhi-Jie Zheng, George Mensah, and John McAnulty

Current burden of sudden cardiac death: Multiple source surveillance versus retrospective death certificate-based review in a large U.S. community
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1268-1275. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Elizabeth S. Kaufman, Paul A. Zimmermann, Ted Wang, George W. Dennish III, Patrick D. Barrell, Mary L. Chandler, H. Leon Greene AFFIRM Investigators

Risk of proarrhythmic events in the atrial fibrillation follow-up investigation of rhythm management (AFFIRM) study: A multivariate analysis
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1276-1282. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Li Zhang, G. Michael Vincent, Marco Baralle, Francisco E. Baralle, Blake D. Anson, D. Woodrow Benson, Bryant Whiting, Katherine W. Timothy, John Carlquist, Craig T. January, Mark T. Keating, and Igor Splawski

An intronic mutation causes long QT syndrome
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1283-1291. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Myocarditis:

Mototsugu Nishii, Takayuki Inomata, Hitoshi Takehana, Ichiro Takeuchi, Hironari Nakano, Toshimi Koitabashi, Jun-ichi Nakahata, Naoyoshi Aoyama, and Tohru Izumi

Serum levels of interleukin-10 on admission as a prognostic predictor of human fulminant myocarditis
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1292-1297. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Preclinical Research:

John M. McCurley, Stephen U. Hanlon, Shao-kui Wei, Erich F. Wedam, Michael Michalski, and Mark C. Haigney

Furosemide and the progression of left ventricular dysfunction in experimental heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1301-1307. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Sanjay Kaul, Bryan Coin, Amir Hedayiti, Juliana Yano, Bojan Cercek, Kuang-Y. Chyu, and Prediman K. Shah

Rapid reversal of endothelial dysfunction in hypercholesterolemic apolipoprotein E-null mice by recombinant apolipoprotein A-I_Milano-phospholipid complex
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1311-1319. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Tatsiana Suvorava, Nadine Lauer, and Georg Kojda

Physical inactivity causes endothelial dysfunction in healthy young mice
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1320-1327. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Expedited Review:

Alan Maisel, Judd E. Hollander, David Guss, Peter McCullough, Richard Nowak, Gary Green, Mitchell Saltzberg, Stefanie R. Ellison, Meenakshi Awasthi Bhalla, Vikas Bhalla, Paul Clopton, Robert Jesse REDHOT Investigators

Primary results of the Rapid Emergency Department Heart Failure Outpatient Trial (REDHOT): A multicenter study of B-type natriuretic peptide levels, emergency department decision making, and outcomes in patients presenting with shortness of breath
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1328-1333. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Editor's Page:

Anthony N. DeMaria

Patient safety: A(nother) call for action
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1337-1338. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Piero Montorsi, Alberto Briganti, Andrea Salonia, Alberto Margonato, and Francesco Montorsi

Impaired vascular reactivity in patients with erectile dysfunction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1339-1340. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Miklós Csanády

More on the history of arrhythmia in long QT syndrome
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1339. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daniel R. Kaiser, Kevin Billups, Carol Mason, Rebecca Wetterling, Jennifer L. Lundberg, and Alan J. Bank

Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1340-1341. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Htuk Kyaw Win and William A. Zoghbi

Exercise release of cardiac natriuretic peptides is markedly enhanced when patients with coronary artery disease are treated medically by beta-blockers
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1341. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pierre-Yves Marie and Paul M. Mertes

Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1341-1342. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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