State-of-the-Art Paper:

Micha Maeder, Maja Klein, Thomas Fehr, and Hans Rickli

Contrast nephropathy: Review focusing on prevention
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1763-1771. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Clinical research: Clinical trial:

Michael J. Koren, Donald B. Hunninghake the ALLIANCE Investigators

Clinical outcomes in managed-care patients with coronary heart disease treated aggressively in lipid-lowering disease management clinics: The alliance study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1772-1779. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Percutaneous intervention and renal dysfunction:

Giancarlo Marenzi, Gianfranco Lauri, Emilio Assanelli, Jeness Campodonico, Monica De Metrio, Ivana Marana, Marco Grazi, Fabrizio Veglia, and Antonio L. Bartorelli

Contrast-induced nephropathy in patients undergoing primary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1780-1785. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Patricia J.M. Best, Peter B. Berger, Barry R. Davis, Cindy L. Grines, H. Mehrdad Sadeghi, Brent A. Williams, James T. Willerson, Jeffrey R. Granett, David R. Holmes Jr PRESTO Investigators

Impact of mild or moderate chronic kidney disease on the frequency of restenosis: Results from the PRESTO trial
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1786-1791. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cost-effectiveness and cardiac interventions:

David J. Cohen, A. Michael Lincoff, Tara A. Lavelle, Huei-Ling Chen, Ameet Bakhai, Ronna H. Berezin, Daniel Jackman, Ian J. Sarembock, and Eric J. Topol

Economic evaluation of bivalirudin with provisional glycoprotein IIB/IIIA inhibition versus heparin with routine glycoprotein IIB/IIIA inhibition for percutaneous coronary intervention: Results from the REPLACE-2 trial
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1792-1800. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

David J. Cohen, Sabina A. Murphy, Donald S. Baim, Tara A. Lavelle, Ronna H. Berezin, Donald E. Cutlip, Kalon K.L. Ho, Richard E. Kuntz the SAFER Trial Investigators

Cost-effectiveness of distal embolic protection for patients undergoing percutaneous intervention of saphenous vein bypass grafts: Results from the SAFER trial
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1801-1808. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Editorial comment:

David F. Kong and Daniel B. Mark

Economic impact of new interventional therapies: Are we asking the right questions?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1809-1811. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carl V. Leier

Dismantling mandates in the treatment of heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1831-1833. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gerard P. Aurigemma and William H. Gaasch

Low flow–low gradient aortic stenosis: The pathologist weighs in
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1856-1858. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Arthur J. Moss

The heart does not have Alzheimer's disease: Electrical and mechanical cardiac memory after ventricular pacing
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1889-1890. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Atherosclerosis:

Rajat Deo, Amit Khera, Darren K. McGuire, Sabina A. Murphy, Januario de P. Meo Neto, David A. Morrow, and James A. de Lemos

Association among plasma levels of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1, traditional cardiovascular risk factors, and subclinical atherosclerosis
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1812-1818. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Robert Wolk, Peter Berger, Ryan J. Lennon, Emmanouil S. Brilakis, Bruce D. Johnson, and Virend K. Somers

Plasma leptin and prognosis in patients with established coronary atherosclerosis
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1819-1824. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Heart failure:

Karen Sliwa, Gavin R. Norton, Ngalulawa Kone, Geoffrey Candy, John Kachope, Angela J. Woodiwiss, Carlos Libhaber, Pinhas Sareli, and Rafique Essop

Impact of initiating carvedilol before angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor therapy on cardiac function in newly diagnosed heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1825-1830. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Jeroen J. Bax, Gabe B. Bleeker, Thomas H. Marwick, Sander G. Molhoek, Eric Boersma, Paul Steendijk, Ernst E. van der Wall, and Martin J. Schalij

Left ventricular dyssynchrony predicts response and prognosis after cardiac resynchronization therapy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1834-1840. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Heart failure: viewpoint:

Christian N. Gring and Gary S. Francis

A hard look at angiotensin receptor blockers in heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1841-1846. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Aortic stenosis:

William C. Roberts and Jong M. Ko

Relation of weights of operatively excised stenotic aortic valves to preoperative transvalvular peak systolic pressure gradients and to calculated aortic valve areas
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1847-1855. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Satu Helske, Ken A. Lindstedt, Mika Laine, Mikko Mäyränpää, Kalervo Werkkala, Jyri Lommi, Heikki Turto, Markku Kupari, and Petri T. Kovanen

Induction of local angiotensin II-producing systems in stenotic aortic valves
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1859-1866. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Cardiac imaging:

Peter G. Danias, Arkadios Roussakis, and John P.A. Ioannidis

Diagnostic performance of coronary magnetic resonance angiography as compared against conventional x-ray angiography: A meta-analysis
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1867-1876. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Liesbeth P. Salm, Jeroen J. Bax, Hubert W. Vliegen, Susan E. Langerak, Petra Dibbets, J. Wouter Jukema, Hildo J. Lamb, Ernest K.J. Pauwels, Albert de Roos, and Ernst E. van der Wall

Functional significance of stenoses in coronary artery bypass grafts: Evaluation by single-photon emission computed tomography perfusion imaging, cardiovascular magnetic resonance, and angiography
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1877-1882. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Heart rhythm disturbances:

Maher Nahlawi, Michael Waligora, Stewart M. Spies, Robert O. Bonow, Alan H. Kadish, and Jeffrey J. Goldberger

Left ventricular function during and after right ventricular pacing
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1883-1888. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Salvatore M. Romano, Chiara Lazzeri, Marco Chiostri, Gian Franco Gensini, and Franco Franchi

Beat-to-beat analysis of pressure wave morphology for pre-symptomatic detection of orthostatic intolerance during head-up tilt
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1891-1897. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Bruce D. Gunderson, Amisha S. Patel, Chad A. Bounds, Richard K. Shepard, Mark A. Wood, and Kenneth A. Ellenbogen

An algorithm to predict implantable cardioverter-defibrillator lead failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1898-1902. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy:

Sara L. Van Driest, Vlad C. Vasile, Steve R. Ommen, Melissa L. Will, A. Jamil Tajik, Bernard J. Gersh, and Michael J. Ackerman

Myosin binding protein C mutations and compound heterozygosity in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1903-1910. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Vascular disease:

Charalambos Vlachopoulos, Foteini Kosmopoulou, Demosthenes Panagiotakos, Nikolaos Ioakeimidis, Nikolaos Alexopoulos, Christos Pitsavos, and Christodoulos Stefanadis

Smoking and caffeine have a synergistic detrimental effect on aortic stiffness and wave reflections
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1911-1917. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Preclinical Research:

Edith Deroubaix, Thierry Folliguet, Catherine Rücker-Martin, Sylvie Dinanian, Christophe Boixel, Pierre Validire, Pierre Daniel, André Capderou, and Stéphane N. Hatem

Moderate and chronic hemodynamic overload of sheep atria induces reversible cellular electrophysiologic abnormalities and atrial vulnerability
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1918-1926. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Express Publication:

Jan Janousek, Viktor Tomek, Václav Chaloupecky, Oleg Reich, Roman A. Gebauer, Josef Kautzner, and Bohumil Hucín

Cardiac resynchronization therapy: A novel adjunct to the treatment and prevention of systemic right ventricular failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1927-1931. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Rudolf Jarai, Robert Jarai, and Kurt Huber

N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide in relation to inflammation, myocardial necrosis, and the effect of an invasive strategy in unstable coronary artery disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1932. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tomas Jernberg, Bertil Lindahl, Agneta Siegbahn, Bertil Andren, Gunnar Frostfeldt, Bo Lagerqvist, Mats Stridsberg, Per Venge, and Lars Wallentin

Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1933. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Charles A. Henrikson and Nisha Chandra-Strobos

Troponin and outcomes
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1933-1934. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael C. Kontos

Reply
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Riccardo Baschetti

The diet–heart hypothesis: An evolutionary support
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1934-1935. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sylvan L. Weinberg

Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44: 1935-1936. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Corrections:

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