INSIDE THIS ISSUE OF JACC:

Inside This Issue of JACC
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: A40-A42. [PDF]  

SPECIAL ARTICLE:

J. Lee Garvey, Bruce A. MacLeod, George Sopko, Mary M. Hand on behalf of the National Heart Attack Alert Program (NHAAP) Coordinating Committee

Pre-Hospital 12-Lead Electrocardiography Programs: A Call for Implementation by Emergency Medical Services Systems Providing Advanced Life Support—National Heart Attack Alert Program (NHAAP) Coordinating Committee; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI); National Institutes of Health
In Press published online on January 13, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.08.072
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 485-491. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

STATE-OF-THE-ART PAPER:

Philip J. Barter and John J.P. Kastelein

Targeting Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein for the Prevention and Management of Cardiovascular Disease
In Press published online on January 13, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.09.042
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 492-499. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

VIEWPOINT:

Jae K. Oh, Liv Hatle, A. Jamil Tajik, and William C. Little

Diastolic Heart Failure Can Be Diagnosed by Comprehensive Two-Dimensional and Doppler Echocardiography
In Press published online on January 13, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.09.032
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 500-506. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

CLINICAL RESEARCH:

Interventional Cardiology:

Marco Valgimigli, Patrizia Malagutti, Jiro Aoki, Héctor M. Garcia-Garcia, Gaston A. Rodriguez Granillo, Carlos A.G. van Mieghem, Jurgen M. Ligthart, Andrew T.L. Ong, George Sianos, Evelyn Regar, Ron T. Van Domburg, Pim De Feyter, Peter de Jaegere, and Patrick W. Serruys

Sirolimus-Eluting Versus Paclitaxel-Eluting Stent Implantation for the Percutaneous Treatment of Left Main Coronary Artery Disease: A Combined RESEARCH and T-SEARCH Long-Term Analysis
In Press published online on January 13, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.09.040
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 507-514. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Satya Reddy Atmakuri, Eli I. Lev, Carlos Alviar, Edward Ibarra, Albert E. Raizner, Stuart L. Solomon, and Neal S. Kleiman

Initial Experience With a Magnetic Navigation System for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Complex Coronary Artery Lesions
In Press published online on January 13, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.11.017
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 515-521. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Platelet Inhibition:

Leonardo Bolognese, Giovanni Falsini, Francesco Liistro, Paolo Angioli, Kenneth Ducci, Tamara Taddei, Roberto Tarducci, Franco Cosmi, Silvia Baldassarre, and Antonio Burali

Randomized Comparison of Upstream Tirofiban Versus Downstream High Bolus Dose Tirofiban or Abciximab on Tissue-Level Perfusion and Troponin Release in High-Risk Acute Coronary Syndromes Treated With Percutaneous Coronary Interventions: The EVEREST Trial
In Press published online on January 13, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.11.012
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 522-528. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Ruchira Glaser, Henry A. Glick, Howard C. Herrmann, and Stephen E. Kimmel

The Role of Risk Stratification in the Decision to Provide Upstream Versus Selective Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Inhibitors for Acute Coronary Syndromes: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
In Press published online on January 13, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.08.070
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 529-537. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Editorial Comment:

Ori Ben-Yehuda

Upstream/Downstream: Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa in Non–ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction
In Press published online on January 13, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.11.011
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 538-540. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Glen E. Cooke, Yiwen Liu-Stratton, Amy K. Ferketich, Melvin L. Moeschberger, David J. Frid, Raymond D. Magorien, Paul F. Bray, Philip F. Binkley, and Pascal J. Goldschmidt-Clermont

Effect of Platelet Antigen Polymorphism on Platelet Inhibition by Aspirin, Clopidogrel, or Their Combination
In Press published online on January 13, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.09.034
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 541-546. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Chronic Coronary Artery Disease:

Carl J. Pepine, Peter R. Kowey, Stuart Kupfer, Rainer E. Kolloch, Athanase Benetos, Giuseppe Mancia, Antonio Coca, Rhonda M. Cooper-DeHoff, Eileen Handberg, Efrain Gaxiola, Peter Sleight, C. Richard Conti, Ann C. Hewkin, Luigi Tavazzi for the INVEST Investigators

Predictors of Adverse Outcome Among Patients With Hypertension and Coronary Artery Disease
In Press published online on January 13, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.09.031
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 547-551. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Renate Schnabel, Edith Lubos, Hans J. Rupprecht, Christine Espinola-Klein, Christoph Bickel, Karl J. Lackner, François Cambien, Laurence Tiret, Thomas Münzel, and Stefan Blankenberg

B-Type Natriuretic Peptide and the Risk of Cardiovascular Events and Death in Patients With Stable Angina: Results From the AtheroGene Study
In Press published online on January 13, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.09.039
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 552-558. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Roxana Campisi, Jorge Camilletti, Aníbal Mele, Juan Erriest, Pablo Pedroni, and Ariel Guiglioni

Tibolone Improves Myocardial Perfusion in Postmenopausal Women With Ischemic Heart Disease: An Open-Label Exploratory Pilot Study
In Press published online on January 13, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.09.033
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 559-564. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Coronary Risk Factors and Endothelial Dysfunction:

Lu Wang, Michael Jerosch-Herold, David R. Jacobs Jr, Eyal Shahar, and Aaron R. Folsom

Coronary Risk Factors and Myocardial Perfusion in Asymptomatic Adults: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)
In Press published online on January 13, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.09.036
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 565-572. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Christian Heiss, Thomas Lauer, André Dejam, Petra Kleinbongard, Sandra Hamada, Tienush Rassaf, Simone Matern, Martin Feelisch, and Malte Kelm

Plasma Nitroso Compounds Are Decreased in Patients With Endothelial Dysfunction
In Press published online on January 13, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.06.089
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 573-579. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Editorial Comment:

Jon O. Lundberg

Nitric Oxide Metabolites and Cardiovascular Disease: Markers, Mediators, or Both?
In Press published online on January 13, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.11.016
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 580-581. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Heart Failure:

Takayoshi Tsutamoto, Atsuyuki Wada, Hiroshi Sakai, Chitose Ishikawa, Toshinari Tanaka, Masaru Hayashi, Masanori Fujii, Takashi Yamamoto, Tomohiro Dohke, Masato Ohnishi, Hiroyuki Takashima, Masahiko Kinoshita, and Minoru Horie

Relationship Between Renal Function and Plasma Brain Natriuretic Peptide in Patients With Heart Failure
In Press published online on January 13, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.10.038
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 582-586. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Heart Rhythm Disorder:

Jean-Claude Deharo, Christophe Jego, André Lanteaume, and Pierre Djiane

An Implantable Loop Recorder Study of Highly Symptomatic Vasovagal Patients: The Heart Rhythm Observed During a Spontaneous Syncope Is Identical to the Recurrent Syncope But Not Correlated With the Head-Up Tilt Test or Adenosine Triphosphate Test
In Press published online on January 13, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.09.043
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 587-593. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Alain Perennes, Marjaneh Fatemi, Marie L. Borel, Yves Lebras, Corinne L’Her, and Jean-Jacques Blanc

Epidemiology, Clinical Features, and Follow-Up of Patients With Syncope and a Positive Adenosine Triphosphate Test Result
In Press published online on January 13, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.09.044
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 594-597. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Diabetes and Obesity:

Pilar Herrero, Linda R. Peterson, Janet B. McGill, Stanley Matthew, Donna Lesniak, Carmen Dence, and Robert J. Gropler

Increased Myocardial Fatty Acid Metabolism in Patients With Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
In Press published online on January 13, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.09.030
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 598-604. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Lauro Cortigiani, Riccardo Bigi, Rosa Sicari, Patrizia Landi, Francesco Bovenzi, and Eugenio Picano

Prognostic Value of Pharmacological Stress Echocardiography in Diabetic and Nondiabetic Patients With Known or Suspected Coronary Artery Disease
In Press published online on January 13, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.09.035
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 605-610. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Chiew Y. Wong, Trisha O’Moore-Sullivan, Rodel Leano, Craig Hukins, Carly Jenkins, and Thomas H. Marwick

Association of Subclinical Right Ventricular Dysfunction With Obesity
In Press published online on January 13, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.11.015
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 611-616. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Editorial Comment:

Sheldon E. Litwin

The Growing Problem of Obesity and the Heart: The Plot "Thickens"
In Press published online on January 13, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.11.014
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 617-619. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Renal Blood Flow:

Ganesh Manoharan, Nico H.J. Pijls, Norbert Lameire, Katia Verhamme, Guy R. Heyndrickx, Emanuele Barbato, William Wijns, Juraj Madaric, Xanden Tielbeele, Jozef Bartunek, and Bernard De Bruyne

Assessment of Renal Flow and Flow Reserve in Humans
In Press published online on January 13, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.08.071
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 620-625. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

PRECLINICAL STUDY:

Toshiyuki Yano, Tetsuji Miura, Peter Whittaker, Takayuki Miki, Jun Sakamoto, Yuichi Nakamura, Yoshihiko Ichikawa, Yoshihiro Ikeda, Hironori Kobayashi, Katsuhiko Ohori, and Kazuaki Shimamoto

Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor Treatment After Myocardial Infarction Attenuates Left Ventricular Dysfunction by Accelerating Infarct Repair
In Press published online on January 17, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.09.037
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 626-634. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Alok S. Pachori, Luis G. Melo, Lunan Zhang, Scott D. Solomon, and Victor J. Dzau

Chronic Recurrent Myocardial Ischemic Injury Is Significantly Attenuated by Pre-Emptive Adeno-Associated Virus Heme Oxygenase-1 Gene Delivery
In Press published online on January 13, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.09.038
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 635-643. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Hans-Ruprecht Neuberger, Ulrich Schotten, Yuri Blaauw, Dirk Vollmann, Sabine Eijsbouts, Arne van Hunnik, and Maurits Allessie

Chronic Atrial Dilation, Electrical Remodeling, and Atrial Fibrillation in the Goat
In Press published online on January 13, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.09.041
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 644-653. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

EXPEDITED REVIEW:

Chuntao Wu, Edward L. Hannan, Gary Walford, John A. Ambrose, David R. Holmes Jr, Spencer B. King III, Luther T. Clark, Stanley Katz, Samin Sharma, and Robert H. Jones

A Risk Score to Predict In-Hospital Mortality for Percutaneous Coronary Interventions
In Press published online on December 28, 2005, 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.09.071
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 654-660. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [View Online Appendix]  

Edward L. Hannan, Chuntao Wu, Edward V. Bennett, Russell E. Carlson, Alfred T. Culliford, Jeffrey P. Gold, Robert S.D. Higgins, O. Wayne Isom, Craig R. Smith, and Robert H. Jones

Risk Stratification of In-Hospital Mortality for Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
In Press published online on December 28, 2005, 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.10.057
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 661-668. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [View Online Appendix]  

Editorial Comment:

William S. Weintraub

Evaluating the Risk of Coronary Surgery and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
In Press published online on December 28, 2005, 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.12.013
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 669-671. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alexander W. Leber, Alexander Becker, Andreas Knez, Franz von Ziegler, Marc Sirol, Konstantin Nikolaou, Bernd Ohnesorge, Zahi A. Fayad, Christoph R. Becker, Maximilian Reiser, Gerhard Steinbeck, and Peter Boekstegers

Accuracy of 64-Slice Computed Tomography to Classify and Quantify Plaque Volumes in the Proximal Coronary System: A Comparative Study Using Intravascular Ultrasound
In Press published online on January 4, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.10.058
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 672-677. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

John A. Rumberger

The Promise of Quantitative Computed Tomography Coronary Angiography and Noninvasive Segmental Coronary Plaque Quantification: Pushing the "Edge"
In Press published online on January 4, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.12.014
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 678-680. [Full Text] [PDF]  

ACC NEWS:

Pamela S. Douglas

President’s Page: Collaborative Culture Key to Our Success
In Press published online on January 13, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.11.044
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 681-682. [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Research Correspondence:

Charlotte A. Hobbs, Sadia Malik, Weizhi Zhao, S. Jill James, Stepan Melnyk, and Mario A. Cleves

Maternal Homocysteine and Congenital Heart Defects
In Press published online on January 13, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.11.013
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 683-685. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Giuseppe De Luca, Harry Suryapranata, Gregg W. Stone, David Antoniucci, James E. Tcheng, Franz-Josef Neumann, Erminio Bonizzoni, Eric J. Topol, and Massimo Chiariello

Relationship Between Patient’s Risk Profile and Benefits in Mortality From Adjunctive Abciximab to Mechanical Revascularization for ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A Meta-Regression Analysis of Randomized Trials
In Press published online on January 13, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.11.018
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 685-686. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Vincenzo Giglio, Vincenzo Pasceri, Loredana Messano, Quintino Parisi, Gabriele Rinelli, Luciano Pasquini, Antonio Dello Russo, Aldo Broccolini, Giuliana Galluzzi, Mario Pescatori, Massimiliano Mirabella, Teresa Gidaro, Fortunato Mangiola, and Enzo Ricci

Integrated Backscatter in Becker Muscular Dystrophy Patients With Functionally Normal Heart: Myocardial Ultrasound Tissue Characterization Study
In Press published online on January 13, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.11.001
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 686-688. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Letter to the Editor:

Alberto Dominguez-Rodriguez, Martin Garcia-Gonzalez, and Pedro Abreu-Gonzalez

Link Between Arterial Inflammation and Circadian Rhythm: The Oversight Aspect in the Year 2004
In Press published online on January 13, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.11.006
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 688-689. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pedro R. Moreno and Valentin Fuster

Reply
In Press published online on January 13, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.11.007
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 689. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wolfgang Poller, Heinz-Peter Schultheiss, and Uwe Kühl

Viruses and Other Environmental Factors as Possible Sources of Phenotypic Heterogeneity in Familial Dilated Cardiomyopathy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 689-690. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ray E. Hershberger

Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 690. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Antonio Dueñas-Laita, Guillemo Burillo Puzte, Santiago Nogué Xarau, and Marta Ruiz Mambrilla

Cardiovascular Manifestations of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
In Press published online on January 13, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.11.002
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 690-691. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daniel Satran, Christopher R. Henry, and Timothy D. Henry

Reply
In Press published online on January 13, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.11.003
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 691. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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