STATE-OF-THE-ART PAPER:

Raffi Bekeredjian, Paul A. Grayburn, and Ralph V. Shohet

Use of ultrasound contrast agents for gene or drug delivery in cardiovascular medicine
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 329-335. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

CLINICAL RESEARCH:

Clinical trials:

Kristin O'Neil-Callahan, George Katsimaglis, Micah R. Tepper, Jason Ryan, Carla Mosby, John P.A. Ioannidis, and Peter G. Danias

Statins decrease perioperative cardiac complications in patients undergoing noncardiac vascular surgery: The Statins for Risk Reduction in Surgery (StaRRS) study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 336-342. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Monique R.M. Jongbloed, Jeroen J. Bax, Hildo J. Lamb, Martijn S. Dirksen, K. Zeppenfeld, Ernst E. van der Wall, Albert de Roos, and Martin J. Schalij

Multislice computed tomography versus intracardiac echocardiography to evaluate the pulmonary veins before radiofrequency catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: A head-to-head comparison
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 343-350. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Interventional Cardiology:

Seung-Jung Park, Young-Hak Kim, Bong-Ki Lee, Seung-Whan Lee, Cheol Whan Lee, Myeong-Ki Hong, Jae-Joong Kim, Gary S. Mintz, and Seong-Wook Park

Sirolimus-eluting stent implantation for unprotected left main coronary artery stenosis: Comparison with bare metal stent implantation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 351-356. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

C. Michael Gibson, Ajay J. Kirtane, Keith Boundy, Hung Ly, Dimitrios Karmpaliotis, Sabina A. Murphy, Robert P. Giugliano, Christopher P. Cannon, Elliott M. Antman, Eugene Braunwald TIMI Study Group

Association of a negative residual stenosis following rescue/adjunctive percutaneous coronary intervention with impaired myocardial perfusion and adverse outcomes among ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 357-362. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

H.M. Omar Farouque, Jennifer A. Tremmel, Farshad Raissi Shabari, Meenakshi Aggarwal, William F. Fearon, Martin K.C. Ng, Mehrdad Rezaee, Alan C. Yeung, and David P. Lee

Risk factors for the development of retroperitoneal hematoma after percutaneous coronary intervention in the era of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors and vascular closure devices
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 363-368. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Patricia A. Cowper, Krishna Udayakumar, Michael H. Sketch Jr, and Eric D. Peterson

Economic effects of prolonged clopidogrel therapy after percutaneous coronary intervention
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 369-376. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Treatment of patent foramen ovale:

Andreas Wahl, Ulrike Krumsdorf, Bernhard Meier, Horst Sievert, Stephan Ostermayer, Kai Billinger, Markus Schwerzmann, Ulf Becker, Christian Seiler, Marcel Arnold, Heinrich P. Mattle, and Stephan Windecker

Transcatheter treatment of atrial septal aneurysm associated with patent foramen ovale for prevention of recurrent paradoxical embolism in high-risk patients
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 377-380. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Left ventricular dysfunction:

Audrey H. Wu, Keith D. Aaronson, Steven F. Bolling, Francis D. Pagani, Kathy Welch, and Todd M. Koelling

Impact of mitral valve annuloplasty on mortality risk in patients with mitral regurgitation and left ventricular systolic dysfunction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 381-387. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Areef Ishani, Eric Weinhandl, Zihong Zhao, David T. Gilbertson, Allan J. Collins, Salim Yusuf, and Charles A. Herzog

Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor as a risk factor for the development of anemia, and the impact of incident anemia on mortality in patients with left ventricular dysfunction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 391-399. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Editorial comment:

Mandeep R. Mehra and Bartley P. Griffith

Is mitral regurgitation a viable treatment target in heart failure?: The plot just thickened
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 388-390. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Heart rhythm disorders:

Kathy A. Hodgkinson, Patrick S. Parfrey, Anne S. Bassett, Christine Kupprion, Jörg Drenckhahn, Mark W. Norman, Ludwig Thierfelder, Susan N. Stuckless, Elizabeth L. Dicks, William J. McKenna, and Sean P. Connors

The impact of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy on survival in autosomal-dominant arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVD5)
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 400-408. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Editorial comment:

Thomas Wichter and Günter Breithardt

Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy: A role for genotyping in decision-making?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 409-411. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hildegard Tanner, Gerhard Hindricks, Petra Schirdewahn, Richard Kobza, Anja Dorszewski, Christopher Piorkowski, Jin-Hong Gerds-Li, and Hans Kottkamp

Outflow tract tachycardia with R/S transition in lead V₃: Six different anatomic approaches for successful ablation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 418-423. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Sherry J. Saxonhouse, Jamie B. Conti, and Anne B. Curtis

Current of injury predicts adequate active lead fixation in permanent pacemaker/defibrillation leads
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 412-417. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Echocardiography:

Francesco Pizzuto, Paolo Voci, Enrica Mariano, Paolo Emilio Puddu, Alessandro Aprile, and Francesco Romeo

Evaluation of flow in the left anterior descending coronary artery but not in the left internal mammary artery graft predicts significant stenosis of the arterial conduit
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 424-432. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

James Pemberton, Xiaokui Li, Tara Karamlou, Chloe A. Sandquist, Karl Thiele, Irving Shen, Ross M. Ungerleider, Antoinette Kenny, and David J. Sahn

The use of live three-dimensional Doppler echocardiography in the measurement of cardiac output: An in vivo animal study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 433-438. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Cardiac magnetic resonance:

Andrea Ripoli, Alessandro Pingitore, Brunella Favilli, Antonio Bottoni, Stefano Turchi, Nael F. Osman, Daniele De Marchi, Massimo Lombardi, Antonio L'Abbate, and Giorgio Iervasi

Does subclinical hypothyroidism affect cardiac pump performance?: Evidence from a magnetic resonance imaging study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 439-445. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

History of cardiology:

Shlomo Stern

A note on the history of cardiology: Dr. Otto Klein, 1881 to 1968
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 446-447. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

YEAR IN CARDIOLOGY SERIES:

Arthur E. Weyman

The year in echocardiography
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 448-455. [Full Text] [PDF]  

EXPRESS PUBLICATION:

Emile Ferrari, Mustapha Benhamou, Pierre Cerboni, and Baudouy Marcel

Coronary syndromes following aspirin withdrawal: A special risk for late stent thrombosis
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 456-459. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Research correspondence:

Javier Jiménez-Candil, Angel Arenal, Arcadio García-Alberola, Mercedes Ortiz, Silvia del Castillo, Javier Fernández-Portales, Juan Sánchez-Muñoz, Juan Martínez-Sánchez, Esteban González-Torrecilla, Felipe Atienza, Alberto Puchol, and Jesús Almendral

Fast ventricular tachycardias in patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators: Efficacy and safety of antitachycardia pacing: A prospective and randomized study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 460-461. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Frank Hermann, Adrian Forster, Rémy Chenevard, Frank Enseleit, David Hürlimann, Roberto Corti, Lukas E. Spieker, Diana Frey, Matthias Hermann, Walter Riesen, Michel Neidhart, Beat A. Michel, Jens P. Hellermann, Renate E. Gay, Thomas F. Lüscher, Steffen Gay, Georg Noll, and Frank Ruschitzka

Simvastatin improves endothelial function in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 461-464. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Carlo Briguori, Gerolama Condorelli, Flavio Airoldi, Fiore Manganelli, Anna Violante, Amelia Focaccio, Bruno Ricciardelli, and Antonio Colombo

Impact of microvascular complications on outcome after coronary stent implantations in patients with diabetes
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 464-466. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Antonio Abbate, Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai, Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Luigi M. Biasucci, Alfonso Baldi, and Filippo Crea

Hibernating myocardium, apoptosis, and a simple mathematical task
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 466. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jutta Schaper and Albrecht Elsasser

Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 466-467. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Warren G. Guntheroth

The year in congenital heart disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 467. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thomas P. Graham Jr

Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 467-468. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bharat K. Kantharia

Defibrillation thresholds testing of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators at implantation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 468. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Charles Swerdlow

Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 468. [Full Text] [PDF]  

George A. Diamond

ADVANCE praise
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 469. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marco Valgimigli and Patrick W. Serruys

Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 469. [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRECTION:

J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 469. [Full Text]  

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