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Volume 48, Issue 3, August 1, 2006   [Index by Author]

       INSIDE THIS ISSUE OF JACC

       STATE-OF-THE-ART PAPER

       VIEWPOINT AND COMMENTARY

       CLINICAL RESEARCH

            Coronary Artery Disease

            Heart Failure

                Editorial Comment

            Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

            Heart Rhythm Disorder

            Hypertension

                Editorial Comment

            Autonomic Function

            Ultrasound and Vascular Function

            Congenital Heart Disease

       PRECLINICAL STUDY

            Editorial Comment

       EXPEDITED REVIEW

            Editorial Comment

       ACC NEWS

       CORRESPONDENCE

            Research Correspondence

            Letter to the Editor

       ACC/AHA PRACTICE GUIDELINES: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

       ACC/AHA PRACTICE GUIDELINES

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE OF JACC:

Inside This Issue of JACC
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 48: A39-A40. [Full Text] [PDF]

STATE-OF-THE-ART PAPER:

Gary S. Mintz and Neil J. Weissman
Intravascular Ultrasound in the Drug-Eluting Stent Era
Expedited Publication published online on July 11, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.04.068
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 48: 421-429. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

VIEWPOINT AND COMMENTARY:

Jay N. Cohn
Efficacy and Safety in Clinical Trials in Cardiovascular Disease
Expedited Publication published online on July 11, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.01.083
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 48: 430-433. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Christopher B. Granger and John J.V. McMurray
Using Measures of Disease Progression to Determine Therapeutic Effect: A Sirens’ Song
Expedited Publication published online on July 11, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.03.050
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 48: 434-437. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CLINICAL RESEARCH:

Coronary Artery Disease:

Christopher P. Cannon, Benjamin A. Steinberg, Sabina A. Murphy, Jessica L. Mega, and Eugene Braunwald
Meta-Analysis of Cardiovascular Outcomes Trials Comparing Intensive Versus Moderate Statin Therapy
Expedited Publication published online on July 11, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.04.070
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 48: 438-445. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Marc Hartmann, Clemens von Birgelen, Gary S. Mintz, Martin G. Stoel, Holger Eggebrecht, Heinrich Wieneke, Martin Fahy, Till Neumann, Job van der Palen, Hans W. Louwerenburg, Patrick M.J. Verhorst, and Raimund Erbel
Relation Between Lipoprotein(a) and Fibrinogen and Serial Intravascular Ultrasound Plaque Progression in Left Main Coronary Arteries
Expedited Publication published online on July 11, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.03.047
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 48: 446-452. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Heart Failure:

Michael Jonas, James C. Fang, John C. Wang, Satyendra Giri, Dan Elian, Yedael Har-Zahav, Hung Ly, Philip A. Seifert, Jeffrey J. Popma, and Campbell Rogers
In-Stent Restenosis and Remote Coronary Lesion Progression Are Coupled in Cardiac Transplant Vasculopathy But Not in Native Coronary Artery Disease
Expedited Publication published online on July 11, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.01.081
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 48: 453-461. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial Comment:

Jon A. Kobashigawa
Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy in Heart Transplant Patients: Pathologic and Clinical Aspects for Angioplasty/Stenting
Expedited Publication published online on July 11, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.05.003
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 48: 462-463. [Full Text] [PDF]

Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy:

Claudia Ypenburg, Lieselot van Erven, Gabe B. Bleeker, Jeroen J. Bax, Marianne Bootsma, Maurits C. Wijffels, Ernst E. van der Wall, and Martin J. Schalij
Benefit of Combined Resynchronization and Defibrillator Therapy in Heart Failure Patients With and Without Ventricular Arrhythmias
Expedited Publication published online on July 11, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.04.072
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 48: 464-470. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Heart Rhythm Disorder:

Craig M. Pratt, Hussein R. Al-Khalidi, Jose M. Brum, Michael J. Holroyde, Peter J. Schwartz, Stephen R. Marcello, Martin Borggrefe, Paul Dorian, A. John Camm on behalf of the Azimilide Trials Investigators
Cumulative Experience of Azimilide-Associated Torsades de Pointes Ventricular Tachycardia in the 19 Clinical Studies Comprising the Azimilide Database
Expedited Publication published online on July 11, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.04.075
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 48: 471-477. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Dariush Mozaffarian, Ronald J. Prineas, Phyllis K. Stein, and David S. Siscovick
Dietary Fish and n-3 Fatty Acid Intake and Cardiac Electrocardiographic Parameters in Humans
Expedited Publication published online on July 11, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.03.048
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 48: 478-484. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Mark J. Earley, Dominic J.R. Abrams, Simon C. Sporton, and Richard J. Schilling
Validation of the Noncontact Mapping System in the Left Atrium During Permanent Atrial Fibrillation and Sinus Rhythm
Expedited Publication published online on July 11, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.04.069
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 48: 485-491. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Jin Long Huang, Ching-Tai Tai, Yenn-Jiang Lin, Bien-Hsien Huang, Kun-Tai Lee, Satoshi Higa, Yoga Yuniadi, Yi-Jen Chen, Shih-Lin Chang, Li-Wei Lo, Wanwarang Wongcharoen, Chih-Tai Ting, and Shih-Ann Chen
Substrate Mapping to Detect Abnormal Atrial Endocardium With Slow Conduction in Patients With Atypical Right Atrial Flutter
Expedited Publication published online on July 11, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.03.045
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 48: 492-498. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Hypertension:

Speranza Rubattu, Giada Bigatti, Anna Evangelista, Chiara Lanzani, Rosita Stanzione, Laura Zagato, Paolo Manunta, Simona Marchitti, Vanessa Venturelli, Giuseppe Bianchi, Massimo Volpe, and Paola Stella
Association of Atrial Natriuretic Peptide and Type A Natriuretic Peptide Receptor Gene Polymorphisms With Left Ventricular Mass in Human Essential Hypertension
Expedited Publication published online on July 11, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.12.081
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 48: 499-505. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Editorial Comment:

Barry London
Natriuretic Peptides and Cardiac Hypertrophy
Expedited Publication published online on July 11, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.05.020
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 48: 506-507. [Full Text] [PDF]

Stefano Taddei, Daniele Versari, Alessandro Cipriano, Lorenzo Ghiadoni, Fabio Galetta, Ferdinando Franzoni, Armando Magagna, Agostino Virdis, and Antonio Salvetti
Identification of a Cytochrome P450 2C9-Derived Endothelium-Derived Hyperpolarizing Factor in Essential Hypertensive Patients
Expedited Publication published online on July 11, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.04.074
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 48: 508-515. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Autonomic Function:

Christoph Schroeder, Andreas L. Birkenfeld, Antje F. Mayer, Jens Tank, Andre Diedrich, Friedrich C. Luft, and Jens Jordan
Norepinephrine Transporter Inhibition Prevents Tilt-Induced Pre-Syncope
Expedited Publication published online on July 11, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.04.073
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 48: 516-522. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Euan A. Ashley, Attila Kardos, Ewan S. Jack, Walter Habenbacher, Mathew Wheeler, Young M. Kim, Jeffrey Froning, Jonathan Myers, Gregory Whyte, Victor Froelicher, and Pamela Douglas
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Genotype Predicts Cardiac and Autonomic Responses to Prolonged Exercise
Expedited Publication published online on July 11, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.02.071
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 48: 523-531. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Ultrasound and Vascular Function:

Kiyoshi Iida, Huai Luo, Kohsuke Hagisawa, Takashi Akima, Prediman K. Shah, Tasneem Z. Naqvi, and Robert J. Siegel
Noninvasive Low-Frequency Ultrasound Energy Causes Vasodilation in Humans
Expedited Publication published online on July 11, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.03.046
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 48: 532-537. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Congenital Heart Disease:

Alan W. Nugent, Amy Britt, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Gary E. Piercey, James E. Lock, and Kathy J. Jenkins
Device Closure Rates of Simple Atrial Septal Defects Optimized by the STARFlex Device
Expedited Publication published online on July 11, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.03.049
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 48: 538-544. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

PRECLINICAL STUDY:

Mohamed Bellahcene, Sebastien Jacquet, Xue B. Cao, Masaya Tanno, Robert S. Haworth, Joanne Layland, Alamgir M. Kabir, Matthias Gaestel, Roger J. Davis, Richard A. Flavell, Ajay M. Shah, Metin Avkiran, and Michael S. Marber
Activation of p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Contributes to the Early Cardiodepressant Action of Tumor Necrosis Factor
Expedited Publication published online on July 11, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.02.072
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 48: 545-555. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial Comment:

Risto Kerkela and Thomas Force
p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase: A Future Target for Heart Failure Therapy?
Expedited Publication published online on July 11, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.05.005
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 48: 556-558. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Ashwani Sastry, Elizabeth Arnold, Hunaid Gurji, Atsushi Iwasa, Hanh Bui, Alborz Hassankhani, Hemal H. Patel, James R. Feramisco, David M. Roth, N. Chin Lai, H. Kirk Hammond, and Sanjiv M. Narayan
Cardiac-Directed Expression of Adenylyl Cyclase VI Facilitates Atrioventricular Nodal Conduction
Expedited Publication published online on July 11, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.01.082
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 48: 559-565. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

EXPEDITED REVIEW:

Peter H. Stone, Nikolay A. Gratsiansky, Alexey Blokhin, I-Zu Huang, Lixin Meng for the ERICA Investigators
Antianginal Efficacy of Ranolazine When Added to Treatment With Amlodipine: The ERICA (Efficacy of Ranolazine in Chronic Angina) Trial
Expedited Publication published online on June 14, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.05.044
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 48: 566-575. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [View Online Appendix]

Editorial Comment:

John A. Cairns
Ranolazine: Augmenting the Antianginal Armamentarium
Expedited Publication published online on June 14, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.06.013
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 48: 576-578. [Full Text] [PDF]

R. Todd Hurst, J. Wells Askew, Christina S. Reuss, Richard W. Lee, John P. Sweeney, F. David Fortuin, Jae K. Oh, and A. Jamil Tajik
Transient Midventricular Ballooning Syndrome: A New Variant
Expedited Publication published online on June 16, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.06.015
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 48: 579-583. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [View Online Videos]

ACC NEWS:

Steven E. Nissen and Pamela S. Douglas
President’s Page: John C. (Jack) Lewin, MD: From Rural Maui to CEO of the American College of Cardiology
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 48: 584-585. [Full Text] [PDF]

CORRESPONDENCE:

Research Correspondence:

Hakan Gullu, Mustafa Caliskan, Dogan Erdogan, Sema Yilmaz, Recep Dursun, Ozgur Ciftci, Eftal Yucel, and Haldun Muderrisoglu
Impaired Coronary Microvascular Functions in Patients With Behçet Disease
Expedited Publication published online on July 11, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.05.015
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 48: 586-587. [Full Text] [PDF]

Jason W. Jurva, Shane A. Phillips, Amjad Q. Syed, Amina Y. Syed, Susan Pitt, Andrea Weaver, and David D. Gutterman
The Effect of Exertional Hypertension Evoked by Weight Lifting on Vascular Endothelial Function
Expedited Publication published online on July 11, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.05.004
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 48: 588-589. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Andrew Voigt, Alaa Shalaby, and Samir Saba
Rising Rates of Cardiac Rhythm Management Device Infections in the United States: 1996 through 2003
Expedited Publication published online on July 11, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.05.016
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 48: 590-591. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Letter to the Editor:

Tim Karhausen, Martin Stockburger, Wolfram Doehner, and Stefan D. Anker
Questions in Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy: Metabolic Implications
Expedited Publication published online on July 11, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.05.001
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 48: 591-592. [Full Text] [PDF]

Jeroen J. Bax
Reply
Expedited Publication published online on July 11, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.05.002
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 48: 592. [Full Text] [PDF]

Nicholas G. Kounis, George N. Kounis, Sophia N. Kouni, George D. Soufras, Constantinos Niarchos, and Andreas Mazarakis
Allergic Reactions Following Implantation of Drug-Eluting Stents: A Manifestation of Kounis Syndrome?
Expedited Publication published online on July 11, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.05.007
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 48: 592-593. [Full Text] [PDF]

Jonathan R. Nebeker, Renu Virmani, Charles L. Bennett, and Marc D. Feldman
Reply
Expedited Publication published online on July 11, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.05.006
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 48: 593-594. [Full Text] [PDF]

Jian-Fang Ren, Francis E. Marchlinski, and David J. Callans
Real-Time Intracardiac Echocardiographic Imaging of the Posterior Left Atrial Wall Contiguous to Anterior Wall of the Esophagus
Expedited Publication published online on July 11, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.05.019
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 48: 594. [Full Text] [PDF]

Eric Good, Hakan Oral, and Fred Morady
Reply
Expedited Publication published online on July 11, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.05.018
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 48: 594-595. [Full Text] [PDF]

Klaus K. Witte and Andrew L. Clark
Chronotropic Incompetence in Heart Failure
Expedited Publication published online on July 11, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.05.014
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 48: 595. [Full Text] [PDF]

Hung-Fat Tse and Chu-Pak Lau
Reply
Expedited Publication published online on July 11, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.05.013
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 48: 595-596. [Full Text] [PDF]

Maria Vittoria Pitzalis, Massimo Iacoviello, Roberta Romito, Giovanni Luzzi, Matteo Anaclerio, and Cinzia Forleo
Role of Septal to Posterior Wall Motion Delay in Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
Expedited Publication published online on July 11, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.05.017
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 48: 596-597. [Full Text] [PDF]

ACC/AHA PRACTICE GUIDELINES: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

Robert O. Bonow, Blase A. Carabello, Kanu Chatterjee, Antonio C. de Leon Jr, David P. Faxon, Michael D. Freed, William H. Gaasch, Bruce Whitney Lytle, Rick A. Nishimura, Patrick T. O’Gara, Robert A. O’Rourke, Catherine M. Otto, Pravin M. Shah, Jack S. Shanewise, Sidney C. Smith Jr, Alice K. Jacobs, Cynthia D. Adams, Jeffrey L. Anderson, Elliott M. Antman, David P. Faxon, Valentin Fuster, Jonathan L. Halperin, Loren F. Hiratzka, Sharon A. Hunt, Bruce W. Lytle, Rick Nishimura, Richard L. Page, and Barbara Riegel
ACC/AHA 2006 Practice Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease: Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the 1998 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease) Developed in Collaboration With the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists Endorsed by the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 48: 598-675. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [View 2006 VHD Pocket Guideline]

ACC/AHA PRACTICE GUIDELINES:

Robert O. Bonow, Blase A. Carabello, Kanu Chatterjee, Antonio C. de Leon Jr, David P. Faxon, Michael D. Freed, William H. Gaasch, Bruce Whitney Lytle, Rick A. Nishimura, Patrick T. O’Gara, Robert A. O’Rourke, Catherine M. Otto, Pravin M. Shah, Jack S. Shanewise, Sidney C. Smith Jr, Alice K. Jacobs, Cynthia D. Adams, Jeffrey L. Anderson, Elliott M. Antman, David P. Faxon, Valentin Fuster, Jonathan L. Halperin, Loren F. Hiratzka, Sharon A. Hunt, Bruce W. Lytle, Rick Nishimura, Richard L. Page, and Barbara Riegel
ACC/AHA 2006 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the 1998 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease) Developed in Collaboration With the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists Endorsed by the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 48: e1-e148. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]