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INSIDE THIS ISSUE OF JACC:

Inside This Issue of JACC
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: A47-A48. [PDF]

STATE-OF-THE-ART PAPER:

David A. Cesario and G. William Dec
Implantable Cardioverter- Defibrillator Therapy in Clinical Practice
Expedited Publication published online on March 23, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.09.077
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 1507-1517. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Richard L. Popp, Beverly H. Lorell, Gregg W. Stone, Warren Laskey, John J. Smith, and Aaron V. Kaplan
An Outline for Public Registration of Clinical Trials Evaluating Medical Devices
Expedited Publication published online on March 23, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.09.079
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 1518-1521. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CLINICAL RESEARCH:

Clinical Trial:

Alfredo E. Rodriguez, Juan F. Granada, Máximo Rodriguez-Alemparte, Cesar F. Vigo, Juan Delgado, Carlos Fernandez-Pereira, Antonio Pocovi, Alfredo M. Rodriguez-Granillo, Daryl Schulz, Albert E. Raizner, Igor Palacios, William O’Neill, Grzegorz L. Kaluza, Gregg Stone for the ORAR II Investigators
Oral Rapamycin After Coronary Bare-Metal Stent Implantation to Prevent Restenosis: The Prospective, Randomized Oral Rapamycin in Argentina (ORAR II) Study
Expedited Publication published online on March 24, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.12.052
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 1522-1529. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [View Online Appendix]

Interventional Cardiology:

Marco Valgimigli, Patrizia Malagutti, Gaston A. Rodriguez-Granillo, Héctor M. Garcia-Garcia, Jawed Polad, Keiichi Tsuchida, Evelyn Regar, Willem J. Van der Giessen, Peter de Jaegere, Pim De Feyter, and Patrick W. Serruys
Distal Left Main Coronary Disease Is a Major Predictor of Outcome in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Intervention in the Drug-Eluting Stent Era: An Integrated Clinical and Angiographic Analysis Based on the Rapamycin-Eluting Stent Evaluated At Rotterdam Cardiology Hospital (RESEARCH) and Taxus-Stent Evaluated At Rotterdam Cardiology Hospital (T-SEARCH) Registries
Expedited Publication published online on March 23, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.11.066
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 1530-1537. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Rishi Gupta, Alex Abou-Chebl, Christopher T. Bajzer, H. Christian Schumacher, and Jay S. Yadav
Rate, Predictors, and Consequences of Hemodynamic Depression After Carotid Artery Stenting
Expedited Publication published online on March 23, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.08.079
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 1538-1543. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Acute Myocardial Infarction:

Jeptha P. Curtis, Edward L. Portnay, Yongfei Wang, Robert L. McNamara, Jeph Herrin, Elizabeth H. Bradley, David J. Magid, Martha E. Blaney, John G. Canto, and Harlan M. Krumholz
The Pre-Hospital Electrocardiogram and Time to Reperfusion in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction, 2000–2002: Findings From the National Registry of Myocardial Infarction-4
Expedited Publication published online on March 24, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.10.077
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 1544-1552. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Stephen D. Wiviott, David A. Morrow, Paul D. Frederick, Elliott M. Antman, and Eugene Braunwald
Application of the Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction Risk Index in Non–ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Evaluation of Patients in the National Registry of Myocardial Infarction
Expedited Publication published online on March 24, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.11.075
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 1553-1558. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Hajime Iwama, Shiro Uemura, Noriyuki Naya, Kei-ichi Imagawa, Yasuhiro Takemoto, Osamu Asai, Kenji Onoue, Satoshi Okayama, Satoshi Somekawa, Yoshitomi Kida, Yukiji Takeda, Kimihiko Nakatani, Minoru Takaoka, Hiroyuki Kawata, Manabu Horii, Tamio Nakajima, Naofumi Doi, and Yoshihiko Saito
Cardiac Expression of Placental Growth Factor Predicts the Improvement of Chronic Phase Left Ventricular Function in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction
Expedited Publication published online on March 23, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.11.064
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 1559-1567. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Isabella Kardys, Caroline C.W. Klaver, Dominiek D.G. Despriet, Arthur A.B. Bergen, André G. Uitterlinden, Albert Hofman, Ben A. Oostra, Cornelia M. Van Duijn, Paulus T.V.M. de Jong, and Jacqueline C.M. Witteman
A Common Polymorphism in the Complement Factor H Gene Is Associated With Increased Risk of Myocardial Infarction: The Rotterdam Study
Expedited Publication published online on March 24, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.11.076
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 1568-1575. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Coronary Artery Disease:

Mouaz H. Al-Mallah, Imad M. Tleyjeh, Ahmed A. Abdel-Latif, and W. Douglas Weaver
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors in Coronary Artery Disease and Preserved Left Ventricular Systolic Function: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
Expedited Publication published online on March 24, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.11.073
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 1576-1583. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Hyperlipidemia and Metabolic Syndrome:

James M. McKenney, Michel Farnier, Kwok-Wing Lo, Harold E. Bays, Inna Perevozkaya, Gary Carlson, Michael J. Davies, Yale B. Mitchel, and Barry Gumbiner
Safety and Efficacy of Long-Term Co-Administration of Fenofibrate and Ezetimibe in Patients With Mixed Hyperlipidemia
Expedited Publication published online on March 24, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.11.072
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 1584-1587. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [View Online Appendix]

Yao He, Bin Jiang, Jie Wang, Kang Feng, Qing Chang, Li Fan, Xiaoying Li, and Frank B. Hu
Prevalence of the Metabolic Syndrome and its Relation to Cardiovascular Disease in an Elderly Chinese Population
Expedited Publication published online on March 24, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.11.074
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 1588-1594. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Javed Butler, Nicolas Rodondi, Yuwei Zhu, Kathleen Figaro, Sergio Fazio, Douglas E. Vaughan, Suzanne Satterfield, Anne B. Newman, Bret Goodpaster, Douglas C. Bauer, Paul Holvoet, Tamara B. Harris, Nathalie de Rekeneire, Susan Rubin, Jingzhong Ding, Stephen B. Kritchevsky for the Health ABC Study
Metabolic Syndrome and the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Older Adults
Expedited Publication published online on March 23, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.12.046
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 1595-1602. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Heart Failure:

John G.F. Cleland, Andrew Charlesworth, Jacobus Lubsen, Karl Swedberg, Willem J. Remme, Leif Erhardt, Andrea Di Lenarda, Michel Komajda, Marco Metra, Christian Torp-Pedersen, Philip A. Poole-Wilson for the COMET Investigators
A Comparison of the Effects of Carvedilol and Metoprolol on Well-Being, Morbidity, and Mortality (the "Patient Journey") in Patients With Heart Failure: A Report From the Carvedilol Or Metoprolol European Trial (COMET)
Expedited Publication published online on March 24, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.11.069
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 1603-1611. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial Comment:

Lynne Warner Stevenson and Eldrin Lewis
Mapping the Journey
Expedited Publication published online on March 24, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.01.054
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 1612-1614. [Full Text] [PDF]

William T. Abraham, Alireza A. Shamshirsaz, Kim McFann, Ron M. Oren, and Robert W. Schrier
Aquaretic Effect of Lixivaptan, an Oral, Non-Peptide, Selective V2 Receptor Vasopressin Antagonist, in New York Heart Association Functional Class II and III Chronic Heart Failure Patients
Expedited Publication published online on March 24, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.11.071
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 1615-1621. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Paraskevi Petrakopoulou, Lydia Anthopoulou, Michael Muscholl, Volker Klauss, Wolfgang von Scheidt, Peter Überfuhr, Bruno M. Meiser, Bruno Reichart, and Michael Weis
Coronary Endothelial Vasomotor Function and Vascular Remodeling in Heart Transplant Recipients Randomized for Tacrolimus or Cyclosporine Immunosuppression
Expedited Publication published online on March 23, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.10.073
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 1622-1629. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Cardiac Imaging:

Igor Klem, John F. Heitner, Dipan J. Shah, Michael H. Sketch Jr, Victor Behar, Jonathan Weinsaft, Peter Cawley, Michele Parker, Michael Elliott, Robert M. Judd, and Raymond J. Kim
Improved Detection of Coronary Artery Disease by Stress Perfusion Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance With the Use of Delayed Enhancement Infarction Imaging
Expedited Publication published online on March 23, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.10.074
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 1630-1638. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial Comment:

Christopher M. Kramer
When Two Tests Are Better Than One: Adding Late Gadolinium Enhancement to First-Pass Perfusion Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
Expedited Publication published online on March 23, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.01.037
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 1639-1640. [Full Text] [PDF]

Holger Thiele, Mathias J.E. Kappl, Stefan Conradi, Josef Niebauer, Rainer Hambrecht, and Gerhard Schuler
Reproducibility of Chronic and Acute Infarct Size Measurement by Delayed Enhancement-Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Expedited Publication published online on March 23, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.11.065
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 1641-1645. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial Comment:

Timothy F. Christian
Positively Magnetic North
Expedited Publication published online on March 23, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.01.036
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 1646-1648. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Francesco De Cobelli, Maurizio Pieroni, Antonio Esposito, Cristina Chimenti, Elena Belloni, Renata Mellone, Tamara Canu, Gianluca Perseghin, Carlo Gaudio, Attilio Maseri, Andrea Frustaci, and Alessandro Del Maschio
Delayed Gadolinium-Enhanced Cardiac Magnetic Resonance in Patients With Chronic Myocarditis Presenting With Heart Failure or Recurrent Arrhythmias
Expedited Publication published online on March 24, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.11.067
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 1649-1654. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Udo Hoffmann, Fabian Moselewski, Koen Nieman, Ik-Kyung Jang, Maros Ferencik, Ayaz M. Rahman, Ricardo C. Cury, Suhny Abbara, Hamid Joneidi-Jafari, Stephan Achenbach, and Thomas J. Brady
Noninvasive Assessment of Plaque Morphology and Composition in Culprit and Stable Lesions in Acute Coronary Syndrome and Stable Lesions in Stable Angina by Multidetector Computed Tomography
Expedited Publication published online on March 23, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.01.041
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 1655-1662. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Maurizio Pieroni, Cristina Chimenti, Francesco De Cobelli, Emanuela Morgante, Alessandro Del Maschio, Carlo Gaudio, Matteo Antonio Russo, and Andrea Frustaci
Fabry’s Disease Cardiomyopathy: Echocardiographic Detection of Endomyocardial Glycosphingolipid Compartmentalization
Expedited Publication published online on March 24, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.11.070
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 1663-1671. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Helge Skulstad, Stig Urheim, Thor Edvardsen, Kai Andersen, Erik Lyseggen, Trond Vartdal, Halfdan Ihlen, and Otto A. Smiseth
Grading of Myocardial Dysfunction by Tissue Doppler Echocardiography: A Comparison Between Velocity, Displacement, and Strain Imaging in Acute Ischemia
Expedited Publication published online on March 24, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.01.051
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 1672-1682. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Cardiac Rhythm Disorder:

Ibrahim R. Hanna, Brian Heeke, Heather Bush, Lynne Brosius, Diane King-Hageman, John F. Beshai, and Jonathan J. Langberg
The Relationship Between Stature and the Prevalence of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Left Ventricular Dysfunction
Expedited Publication published online on March 24, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.11.068
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 1683-1688. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

YEAR IN CARDIOLOGY SERIES:

Simon R. Dixon, Cindy L. Grines, and William W. O’Neill
The Year in Interventional Cardiology
Expedited Publication published online on March 24, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.02.021
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 1689-1706. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

EXPEDITED REVIEW:

Frank C. Caira, Stuart R. Stock, Thomas G. Gleason, Edwin C. McGee, Jie Huang, Robert O. Bonow, Thomas C. Spelsberg, Patrick M. McCarthy, Shahbudin H. Rahimtoola, and Nalini M. Rajamannan
Human Degenerative Valve Disease Is Associated With Up-Regulation of Low-Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Related Protein 5 Receptor-Mediated Bone Formation
Expedited Publication published online on March 14, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.02.040
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 1707-1712. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Henry H. Ting, Ganesh Raveendran, Ryan J. Lennon, Kirsten Hall Long, Mandeep Singh, Douglas L. Wood, Bernard J. Gersh, Charanjit S. Rihal, and David R. Holmes Jr
A Total of 1,007 Percutaneous Coronary Interventions Without Onsite Cardiac Surgery: Acute and Long-Term Outcomes
Expedited Publication published online on March 10, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.02.039
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 1713-1721. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

EDITOR'S PAGE:

Anthony N. DeMaria
The Unsung Hero
Expedited Publication published online on March 24, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.03.015
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 1722-1723. [Full Text] [PDF]

CORRESPONDENCE:

Research Correspondence:

Joel Buxbaum, Daniel R. Jacobson, Clement Tagoe, Alice Alexander, Dalane W. Kitzman, Barry Greenberg, Surai Thaneemit-Chen, and Philip Lavori
Transthyretin V122I in African Americans With Congestive Heart Failure
Expedited Publication published online on March 24, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.01.042
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 1724-1725. [Full Text] [PDF]

Powell Jose, Charles Tomson, Hicham Skali, Jean Rouleau, Eugene Braunwald, J. Malcolm Arnold, Thomas Cuddy, Bruce Sussex, Victoria Bernstein, Marc Pfeffer, and Scott Solomon
Influence of Proteinuria on Cardiovascular Risk and Response to Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibition After Myocardial Infarction
Expedited Publication published online on March 24, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.01.047
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 1725-1727. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Samer Mansour, Marc Vanderheyden, Bernard De Bruyne, Bart Vandekerckhove, Leen Delrue, Inge Van Haute, Guy Heyndrickx, Stephane Carlier, Gaston Rodriguez-Granillo, William Wijns, and Jozef Bartunek
Intracoronary Delivery of Hematopoietic Bone Marrow Stem Cells and Luminal Loss of the Infarct-Related Artery in Patients With Recent Myocardial Infarction
Expedited Publication published online on March 23, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.01.039
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 1727-1730. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Jorik R. Timmer, Tone Svilaas, Jan Paul Ottervanger, Jose P.S. Henriques, Jan-Henk E. Dambrink, Stan A.J. van den Broek, Iwan C.C. van der Horst, and Felix Zijlstra
Glucose-Insulin-Potassium Infusion in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction Without Signs of Heart Failure: The Glucose-Insulin-Potassium Study (GIPS)-II
Expedited Publication published online on March 23, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.01.040
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 1730-1731. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [View Online Appendix]

Sebastiaan Holverda, C. Tji-Joong Gan, J. Tim Marcus, Pieter E. Postmus, Anco Boonstra, and Anton Vonk-Noordegraaf
Impaired Stroke Volume Response to Exercise in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Expedited Publication published online on March 24, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.01.048
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 1732-1733. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Letter to the Editor:

Alice Y. Tiong and David Brieger
Release of C-Reactive Protein by Stenting
Expedited Publication published online on March 24, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.01.050
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 1733-1734. [Full Text] [PDF]

Teruo Inoue, Toru Kato, Toshihiko Uchida, Masashi Sakuma, Atsuko Nakajima, Mitsuei Shibazaki, Yoshitaka Imoto, Masahiko Saito, Shigemasa Hashimoto, Yutaka Hikichi, and Koichi Node
Reply
Expedited Publication published online on March 24, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.01.055
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 1734. [Full Text] [PDF]

Paolo Angelini
Coronary Arteries After Arterial Switch Surgery
Expedited Publication published online on March 24, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.01.045
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 1734-1735. [Full Text] [PDF]

Simone R.F.F. Pedra, Carlos A.C. Pedra, Alexandre A. Abizaid, Sérgio L.N. Braga, Rodolfo Staico, Raul Arrieta, J. Ribamar Costa Jr, Vinicius D. Vaz, Valmir F. Fontes, and J. Eduardo R. Sousa
Reply
Expedited Publication published online on March 24, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.01.046
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 1735-1736. [Full Text] [PDF]

Paul S. Chan, Brahmajee K. Nallamothu, and Theodore Chow
Microvolt T-Wave Alternans: Where Do We Go From Here?
Expedited Publication published online on March 24, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.01.044
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 1736. [Full Text] [PDF]

Anil K. Gehi and J. Anthony Gomes
Reply
Expedited Publication published online on March 24, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.01.043
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 1736-1737. [Full Text] [PDF]

Craig R. Smith
The Big Chill: Adverse Effects of Public Reporting on Access to Health Care
Expedited Publication published online on March 24, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.01.053
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 1737. [Full Text] [PDF]

Zoltan G. Turi
Reply
Expedited Publication published online on March 24, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.01.052
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 1737-1738. [Full Text] [PDF]

CORRECTION:

Correction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 47: 1739. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]


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