STATE-OF-THE-ART PAPER:

Rajendra H. Mehta, Christopher B. Granger, Karen P. Alexander, Eduardo Bossone, Harvey D. White, and Michael H. Sketch Jr

Reperfusion strategies for acute myocardial infarction in the elderly: Benefits and risks
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 471-478. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

VIEWPOINT:

Aloke V. Finn, Igor F. Palacios, Adnan Kastrati, and Herman K. Gold

Drug-eluting stents for diabetes mellitus: A rush to judgment?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 479-483. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

CLINICAL RESEARCH:

Clinical trials:

Mubadda A. Salim and Thomas G. Di Sessa

Effectiveness of fludrocortisone and salt in preventing syncope recurrence in children: A double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized trial
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 484-488. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Mini-focus:

Transcatheter closure of ASD and PFO:

Babak Azarbal, Jonathan Tobis, William Suh, Vicki Chan, Catherine Dao, and Richard Gaster

Association of interatrial shunts and migraine headaches: Impact of transcatheter closure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 489-492. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mark Reisman, Ryan D. Christofferson, Jill Jesurum, John V. Olsen, Merrill P. Spencer, Kimberly A. Krabill, Lance Diehl, Sheena Aurora, and William A. Gray

Migraine headache relief after transcatheter closure of patent foramen ovale
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 493-495. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Sotirios Tsimikas

Transcatheter closure of patent foramen ovale for migraine prophylaxis: Hope or hype?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 496-498. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Omid Salehian, Eric Horlick, Markus Schwerzmann, Kim Haberer, Peter McLaughlin, Samuel C. Siu, Gary Webb, and Judith Therrien

Improvements in cardiac form and function after transcatheter closure of secundum atrial septal defects
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 499-504. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Jozef Masura, Pavol Gavora, and Tomaz Podnar

Long-term outcome of transcatheter secundum-type atrial septal defect closure using Amplatzer septal occluders
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 505-507. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Interventional Cardiology:

Abhiram Prasad, Gregg W. Stone, Thomas D. Stuckey, Costantino O. Costantini, Peter J. Zimetbaum, Michael McLaughlin, Roxana Mehran, Eulogio Garcia, James E. Tcheng, David A. Cox, Cindy L. Grines, Alexandra J. Lansky, and Bernard J. Gersh

Impact of diabetes mellitus on myocardial perfusion after primary angioplasty in patients with acute myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 508-514. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Jacques Machecourt, Eric Bonnefoy, Gérald Vanzetto, Pascal Motreff, Stéphanie Marlière, Alain Leizorovicz, Benoit Allenet, Jean Michel Lacroute, Jean Cassagnes, and Paul Touboul

Primary angioplasty is cost-minimizing compared with pre-hospital thrombolysis for patients within 60 min of a percutaneous coronary intervention center: The Comparison of Angioplasty and Pre-hospital Thrombolysis in Acute Myocardial Infarction (CAPTIM) cost-efficacy sub-study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 515-524. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Acute myocardial infarction:

John McMurray, Lars Køber, Michele Robertson, Henry Dargie, Wilson Colucci, Jose Lopez-Sendon, Willem Remme, D. Norman Sharpe, and Ian Ford

Antiarrhythmic effect of carvedilol after acute myocardial infarction: Results of the Carvedilol Post-Infarct Survival Control in Left Ventricular Dysfunction (CAPRICORN) trial
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 525-530. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Bertil Lindahl, Johan Lindbäck, Tomas Jernberg, Nina Johnston, Mats Stridsberg, Per Venge, and Lars Wallentin

Serial analyses of N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide in patients with non–ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes: A Fragmin and fast Revascularisation during InStability in coronary artery disease (FRISC)-II substudy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 533-541. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Editorial comment:

Craig M. Pratt

Three decades of clinical trials with beta-blockers: The contribution of the CAPRICORN trial and the effect of carvedilol on serious arrhythmias
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 531-532. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Acute myocardial infarction: Editorial comment:

Roger M. Mills

Warning! Context-sensitive data
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 542-543. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Cardiac imaging:

Tareq Ibrahim, Stephan G. Nekolla, Mira Hörnke, Hubertus P. Bülow, Josef Dirschinger, Albert Schömig, and Markus Schwaiger

Quantitative measurement of infarct size by contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging early after acute myocardial infarction: Comparison with single-photon emission tomography using Tc^99m-sestamibi
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 544-552. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Rakesh K. Mishra, Sharmila Dorbala, Giridhar Logsetty, Alita Hassan, Therese Heinonen, Heinrich R. Schelbert, Marcelo F. Di Carli RAMPART Investigators

Quantitative relation between hemodynamic changes during intravenous adenosine infusion and the magnitude of coronary hyperemia: Implications for myocardial perfusion imaging
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 553-558. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Antoine Guédès, Pierre-Frédéric Keller, Philippe L. L'Allier, Jacques Lespérance, Jean Grégoire, and Jean-Claude Tardif

Long-term safety of intravascular ultrasound in nontransplant, nonintervened, atherosclerotic coronary arteries
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 559-564. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Howard Leong-Poi, Matthew P. Coggins, Jiri Sklenar, Ananda R. Jayaweera, Xin-Qun Wang, and Sanjiv Kaul

Role of collateral blood flow in the apparent disparity between the extent of abnormal wall thickening and perfusion defect size during acute myocardial infarction and demand ischemia
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 565-572. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Heart rhythm disorder:

Annibale S. Montenero, Nicola Bruno, Andrea Antonelli, Daniele Mangiameli, Luca Barbieri, Peter Andrew, Olive Murphy, Stephen O'Connor, and Francesco Zumbo

Long-term efficacy of cryo catheter ablation for the treatment of atrial flutter: Results from a repeat electrophysiologic study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 573-580. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Aya Miyazaki, Andrew D. Blaufox, David L. Fairbrother, and J. Philip Saul

Cryo-ablation for septal tachycardia substrates in pediatric patients: Mid-term results
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 581-588. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Smoking and platelet function:

Hirohiko Morita, Hisao Ikeda, Nobuya Haramaki, Hiroyuki Eguchi, and Tsutomu Imaizumi

Only two-week smoking cessation improves platelet aggregability and intraplatelet redox imbalance of long-term smokers
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 589-594. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Congenital heart disease:

Luc M. Beauchesne, Carole A. Warnes, Heidi M. Connolly, Naser M. Ammash, Martha Grogan, Syed M. Jalal, and Virginia V. Michels

Prevalence and clinical manifestations of 22q11.2 microdeletion in adults with selected conotruncal anomalies
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 595-598. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

PRECLINICAL RESEARCH:

Toyotaka Yada, Hiroaki Shimokawa, Osamu Hiramatsu, Tatsuya Kajita, Fumiyuki Shigeto, Etsuro Tanaka, Yoshiro Shinozaki, Hidezo Mori, Takahiko Kiyooka, Masashi Katsura, Seitaro Ohkuma, Masami Goto, Yasuo Ogasawara, and Fumihiko Kajiya

Beneficial effect of hydroxyfasudil, a specific Rho-kinase inhibitor, on ischemia/reperfusion injury in canine coronary microcirculation in vivo
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 599-607. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Takeshi Soeki, Ichiro Kishimoto, Hiroyuki Okumura, Takeshi Tokudome, Takeshi Horio, Kenji Mori, and Kenji Kangawa

C-type natriuretic peptide, a novel antifibrotic and antihypertrophic agent, prevents cardiac remodeling after myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 608-616. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

MEETING HIGHLIGHTS:

Peter Liu, Marvin A. Konstam, and Thomas Force

Highlights of the 2004 Scientific Sessions of the Heart Failure Society of America, Toronto, Canada, September 12 to 15, 2004
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 617-625. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

EDITOR'S PAGE:

Anthony N. DeMaria

Holiday musings
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 626. [Full Text] [PDF]  

ACC NEWS:

Michael J. Wolk

President's page: Imaging: Not a black and white issue
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 627-628. [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Research correspondence:

Joseph B. Selvanayagam, David Pigott, Lognathen Balacumaraswami, Steffen E. Petersen, Stefan Neubauer, and David P. Taggart

Relationship of irreversible myocardial injury to troponin I and creatine kinase-MB elevation after coronary artery bypass surgery: Insights from cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 629-631. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Babu Makkena, Hani Salti, Malayannan Subramaniam, Senthil Thennapan, Robert H. Bonow, Frank Caira, Robert O. Bonow, Thomas C. Spelsberg, and Nalini M. Rajamannan

Atorvastatin decreases cellular proliferation and bone matrix expression in the hypercholesterolemic mitral valve
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 631-633. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Christoph Scharf, Alexander Turk, Thomas Brack, and Konrad Bloch

Cardiac resynchronization therapy, central sleep apnea, and Cheyne-Stokes respiration in chronic heart failure patients
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 633. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christoph Stellbrink, Erik Skobel, and Anil-Martin Sinha

Cardiac resynchronization therapy, central sleep apnea, and Cheyne-Stokes respiration in chronic heart failure patients: Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 633-634. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Birke Schneider, Josef Finsterer, and Claudia Stöllberger

Effects of percutaneous left atrial appendage transcatheter occlusion (PLAATO) on left atrial structure and function
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 634-635. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ibrahim R. Hanna and Peter C. Block

Effects of percutaneous left atrial appendage transcatheter occlusion (PLAATO) on left atrial structure and function: Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 635. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tina S. Poulsen, Anders Kastrup, and Hans Mickley

Is aspirin resistance or female gender associated with a high incidence of myonecrosis after nonurgent percutaneous coronary intervention?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 635-636. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wai-Hong Chen, Pui-Yin Lee, William Ng, Hung-Fat Tse, and Chu-Pak Lau

Is aspirin resistance or female gender associated with a high incidence of myonecrosis after nonurgent percutaneous coronary intervention? Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 636. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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