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STATE-OF-THE-ART PAPER:

Parin Parikh, Michael C. McDaniel, M. Dominique Ashen, Joseph I. Miller, Matthew Sorrentino, Vicki Chan, Roger S. Blumenthal, and Laurence S. Sperling
Diets and Cardiovascular Disease: An Evidence-Based Assessment
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 1379-1387. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

HEALTH POLICY:

Louise P. King, Laura A. Siminoff, Dan M. Meyer, Clyde W. Yancy, W. Steves Ring, Thomas W. Mayo, and Mark H. Drazner
Health Insurance and Cardiac Transplantation: A Call for Reform
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 1388-1391. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CLINICAL RESEARCH:

Interventional Cardiology:

Paul A. Gurbel, Kevin P. Bliden, Kevin M. Hayes, Jason A. Yoho, William R. Herzog, and Udaya S. Tantry
The Relation of Dosing to Clopidogrel Responsiveness and the Incidence of High Post-Treatment Platelet Aggregation in Patients Undergoing Coronary Stenting
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 1392-1396. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Amir Halkin, Mandeep Singh, Eugenia Nikolsky, Cindy L. Grines, James E. Tcheng, Eulogio Garcia, David A. Cox, Mark Turco, Thomas D. Stuckey, Yingo Na, Alexandra J. Lansky, Bernard J. Gersh, William W. O’Neill, Roxana Mehran, and Gregg W. Stone
Prediction of Mortality After Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Acute Myocardial Infarction: The CADILLAC Risk Score
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 1397-1405. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Myocardial infarction:

Shigeto Namiuchi, Yutaka Kagaya, Jun Ohta, Nobuyuki Shiba, Masafumi Sugi, Masayoshi Oikawa, Hiroyuki Kunii, Hidetsugu Yamao, Nobuo Komatsu, Mitsuru Yui, Hiroko Tada, Masahito Sakuma, Jun Watanabe, Toshikatsu Ichihara, and Kunio Shirato
High Serum Erythropoietin Level Is Associated With Smaller Infarct Size in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction Who Undergo Successful Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 1406-1412. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Gang Hu, Pekka Jousilahti, Qing Qiao, Markku Peltonen, Shuichi Katoh, and Jaakko Tuomilehto
The Gender-Specific Impact of Diabetes and Myocardial Infarction at Baseline and During Follow-Up on Mortality From All Causes and Coronary Heart Disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 1413-1418. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Ventricular assist devices:

Richard D. Patten, David DeNofrio, Mohamad El-Zaru, Rahul Kakkar, Jessica Saunders, Flore Celestin, Kenneth Warner, Hassan Rastegar, Kamal R. Khabbaz, James E. Udelson, Marvin A. Konstam, and Richard H. Karas
Ventricular Assist Device Therapy Normalizes Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase Expression and Reduces Cardiomyocyte Apoptosis in the Failing Human Heart
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 1419-1424. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial comment:

Randall C. Starling
Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase in Severe Human Heart Failure: Impact of Mechanical Unloading
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 1425-1427. [Full Text] [PDF]

Ventricular assist devices:

Ohad Ziv, Jose Dizon, Amit Thosani, Yoshifumi Naka, Anthony R. Magnano, and Hasan Garan
Effects of Left Ventricular Assist Device Therapy on Ventricular Arrhythmias
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 1428-1434. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Steven C. Horton, Reza Khodaverdian, Peter Chatelain, Marsha L. McIntosh, Benjamin D. Horne, Joseph B. Muhlestein, and James W. Long
Left Ventricular Assist Device Malfunction: An Approach to Diagnosis by Echocardiography
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 1435-1440. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Progenitor cells:

Christian Heiss, Stefanie Keymel, Ulrike Niesler, Jutta Ziemann, Malte Kelm, and Christoph Kalka
Impaired Progenitor Cell Activity in Age-Related Endothelial Dysfunction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 1441-1448. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Gian Paolo Fadini, Marta Miorin, Monica Facco, Sondra Bonamico, Ilenia Baesso, Franco Grego, Mirko Menegolo, Saula Vigili de Kreutzenberg, Antonio Tiengo, Carlo Agostini, and Angelo Avogaro
Circulating Endothelial Progenitor Cells Are Reduced in Peripheral Vascular Complications of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 1449-1457. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial comment:

Chunming Dong, Lawrence E. Crawford, and Pascal J. Goldschmidt-Clermont
Endothelial Progenitor Obsolescence and Atherosclerotic Inflammation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 1458-1460. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Endothelial function:

Yoshihide Ichigi, Hajime Takano, Ken Umetani, Kenichi Kawabata, Jyun-ei Obata, Yoshinobu Kitta, Yasushi Kodama, Akira Mende, Takamitsu Nakamura, Daisuke Fujioka, Yukio Saito, and Kiyotaka Kugiyama
Increased Ambulatory Pulse Pressure Is a Strong Risk Factor for Coronary Endothelial Vasomotor Dysfunction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 1461-1466. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Julio A. Chirinos, Gustavo A. Heresi, Hermes Velasquez, Wenche Jy, Joaquin J. Jimenez, Eugene Ahn, Lawrence L. Horstman, Andres O. Soriano, Juan P. Zambrano, and Yeon S. Ahn
Elevation of Endothelial Microparticles, Platelets, and Leukocyte Activation in Patients With Venous Thromboembolism
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 1467-1471. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial comment:

Désiré Collen and Marc F. Hoylaerts
Relationship Between Inflammation and Venous Thromboembolism as Studied by Microparticle Assessment in Plasma
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 1472-1473. [Full Text] [PDF]

Heart rhythm disorders:

Paul S. Chan and Rodney A. Hayward
Mortality Reduction by Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators in High-Risk Patients With Heart Failure, Ischemic Heart Disease, and New-Onset Ventricular Arrhythmia: An Effectiveness Study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 1474-1481. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Alain Bernheim, Peter Ammann, Christian Sticherling, Peter Burger, Beat Schaer, Hans Peter Brunner-La Rocca, Jens Eckstein, Stephanie Kiencke, Christoph Kaiser, Andre Linka, Peter Buser, Matthias Pfisterer, and Stefan Osswald
Right Atrial Pacing Impairs Cardiac Function During Resynchronization Therapy: Acute Effects of DDD Pacing Compared to VDD Pacing
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 1482-1487. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Peter M. Kistler, Simon P. Fynn, Haris Haqqani, Irene H. Stevenson, Jitendra K. Vohra, Joseph B. Morton, Paul B. Sparks, and Jonathan M. Kalman
Focal Atrial Tachycardia From the Ostium of the Coronary Sinus: Electrocardiographic and Electrophysiological Characterization and Radiofrequency Ablation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 1488-1493. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Nuclear imaging:

Leslee J. Shaw, Robert C. Hendel, Manuel Cerquiera, Jennifer H. Mieres, Naomi Alazraki, Elizabeth Krawczynska, Salvador Borges-Neto, Jamshid Maddahi, and C. Noel Bairey Merz
Ethnic Differences in the Prognostic Value of Stress Technetium-99m Tetrofosmin Gated Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 1494-1504. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Thomas H. Schindler, Egbert U. Nitzsche, Heinrich R. Schelbert, Manfred Olschewski, James Sayre, Michael Mix, Ingo Brink, Xiao-Li Zhang, Michael Kreissl, Nobuhisa Magosaki, Hanjoerg Just, and Ulrich Solzbach
Positron Emission Tomography-Measured Abnormal Responses of Myocardial Blood Flow to Sympathetic Stimulation Are Associated With the Risk of Developing Cardiovascular Events
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 1505-1512. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Carbon monoxide poisoning:

Daniel Satran, Christopher R. Henry, Cheryl Adkinson, Caren I. Nicholson, Yiscah Bracha, and Timothy D. Henry
Cardiovascular Manifestations of Moderate to Severe Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 1513-1516. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

YEAR IN CARDIOLOGY SERIES:

Robert H. Jones
The Year in Cardiovascular Surgery
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 1517-1528. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Viewpoint:

Robert H. Jones
Intraoperative Crossover: The Well-Kept Surgical Secret to Apparent Surgical Success
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 1529-1531. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

EXPEDITED REVIEWS:

Jon A. Kobashigawa, Jonathan M. Tobis, Randall C. Starling, E. Murat Tuzcu, Andrew L. Smith, Hannah A. Valantine, Alan C. Yeung, Mandeep R. Mehra, Hitoshi Anzai, Brandy T. Oeser, Kamal H. Abeywickrama, Jane Murphy, and Nathalie Cretin
Multicenter Intravascular Ultrasound Validation Study Among Heart Transplant Recipients: Outcomes After Five Years
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 1532-1537. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

E. Murat Tuzcu, Samir R. Kapadia, Ravish Sachar, Khaled M. Ziada, Timothy D. Crowe, Jingyuan Feng, William A. Magyar, Robert E. Hobbs, Randall C. Starling, James B. Young, Patrick McCarthy, and Steven E. Nissen
Intravascular Ultrasound Evidence of Angiographically Silent Progression in Coronary Atherosclerosis Predicts Long-Term Morbidity and Mortality After Cardiac Transplantation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 1538-1542. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

ACC NEWS:

Pamela S. Douglas
President’s Page: Women in Cardiology: Leading Our Present, Guiding Our Future
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 1543-1544. [Full Text] [PDF]

CORRESPONDENCE:

Research correspondence:

Filippo Ottani, Mario Galli, Santino Zerboni, and Marcello Galvani
Prodromal Angina Limits Infarct Size in the Setting of Acute Anterior Myocardial Infarction Treated With Primary Percutaneous Intervention
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 1545-1547. [Full Text] [PDF]

Brian L. Stauffer, Greta L. Hoetzer, Gary P. Van Guilder, Derek T. Smith, and Christopher A. DeSouza
Gender Differences in Endothelial Tissue-Type Plasminogen Activator Release in Middle-Aged Adults
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 1547-1549. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Jason C. Kovacic
Further Aspects of Anemia, Heart Failure, and Erythropoietin
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 1549-1550. [Full Text] [PDF]

Tsung O. Cheng
Is There an Optimal Hematocrit Value for Cardiac Patients?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 1549. [Full Text]

G. Michael Felker, Wendy A. Gattis, Kirkwood F. Adams, and Christopher M. O’Connor
Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 1550-1551. [Full Text] [PDF]

Kenneth M. Kessler
Conflation of Empiric and Nonempiric Truths in Cardiovascular Guidelines
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 1551. [Full Text] [PDF]

David Colquhoun
Omega-3 Fatty Acids for Secondary Prevention
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 1552. [Full Text] [PDF]

Elliott M. Antman, Daniel T. Anbe, Paul W. Armstrong, Eric R. Bates, Lee A. Green, Mary Hand, Judith S. Hochman, Harlan M. Krumholz, Frederick G. Kushner, Gervasio A. Lamas, Charles J. Mullany, Joseph P. Ornato, David L. Pearle, Michael A. Sloan, and Sidney C. Smith Jr.
Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 1552-1553. [Full Text]

STS/AATS/SCAI POSITION STATEMENT:

Thomas A. Vassiliades Jr, Peter C. Block, Lawrence H. Cohn, David H. Adams, Jeffrey S. Borer, Ted Feldman, David R. Holmes, Warren K. Laskey, Bruce W. Lytle, Michael J. Mack, and David O. Williams
The Clinical Development of Percutaneous Heart Valve Technology: A Position Statement of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS), the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS), and the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) Endorsed by the American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF) and the American Heart Association (AHA)
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 1554-1560. [Full Text] [PDF]

CORRECTION:

Correction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 45: 1561. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]


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