[Cover Caption] Other Issues:	Contents:  Volume 49, Issue 1, January/January 2007   [Index by Author]         STATE-OF-THE-ART PAPER        CLINICAL RESEARCH             Interventional Cardiology                 Editorial Comment             Coronary Artery Disease             Heart Failure                 Editorial Comment             Heart Rhythm Disorder                 Editorial Comment             Cardiac Imaging             Thyroid Heart Disease        PRECLINICAL STUDY        EXPEDITED REVIEW             Editorial Comment        FROM AROUND THE WORLD             Focus on Europe        ACC NEWS        CORRESPONDENCE             Research Correspondence             Letter to the Editor        ACCF/SCAI/SVMB/SIR/ASITN CLINICAL EXPERT CONSENSUS DOCUMENT        INSIDE THIS ISSUE OF JACC
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STATE-OF-THE-ART PAPER:

Ignatius Gerardo E. Zarraga and Ernst R. Schwarz Coxibs and Heart Disease: What We Have Learned and What Else We Need to Know Expedited Publication published online on December 12, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.10.003 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 1-14. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CLINICAL RESEARCH:

Interventional Cardiology:

Pascal Meier, Rainer Zbinden, Mario Togni, Peter Wenaweser, Stephan Windecker, Bernhard Meier, and Christian Seiler Coronary Collateral Function Long After Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation Expedited Publication published online on December 12, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.08.043 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 15-20. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial Comment:

Morton J. Kern Attenuated Coronary Collateral Function After Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation: A New Downside of Drug-Eluting Stents? Expedited Publication published online on December 12, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.10.005 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 21-22. [Full Text] [PDF]

Coronary Artery Disease:

Marco Valgimigli, Gastón A. Rodriguez-Granillo, Héctor M. Garcia-Garcia, Sophia Vaina, Peter De Jaegere, Pim De Feyter, and Patrick W. Serruys Plaque Composition in the Left Main Stem Mimics the Distal But Not the Proximal Tract of the Left Coronary Artery: Influence of Clinical Presentation, Length of the Left Main Trunk, Lipid Profile, and Systemic Levels of C-Reactive Protein Expedited Publication published online on December 12, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.03.073 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 23-31. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Heart Failure:

Inder S. Anand, S. William Tam, Thomas S. Rector, Anne L. Taylor, Michael L. Sabolinski, W. Tad Archambault, Kirkwood F. Adams, Adeoye Y. Olukotun, Manuel Worcel, and Jay N. Cohn Influence of Blood Pressure on the Effectiveness of a Fixed-Dose Combination of Isosorbide Dinitrate and Hydralazine in the African-American Heart Failure Trial Expedited Publication published online on December 13, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.04.109 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 32-39. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial Comment:

Marc A. Pfeffer Blood Pressure in Heart Failure: A Love-Hate Relationship Expedited Publication published online on December 13, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.10.028 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 40-42. [Full Text] [PDF]

Bryan Ristow, Sadia Ali, Xiushui Ren, Mary A. Whooley, and Nelson B. Schiller Elevated Pulmonary Artery Pressure by Doppler Echocardiography Predicts Hospitalization for Heart Failure and Mortality in Ambulatory Stable Coronary Artery Disease: The Heart and Soul Study Expedited Publication published online on December 12, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.04.108 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 43-49. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Heart Rhythm Disorder:

Theodore Chow, Dean J. Kereiakes, Cheryl Bartone, Terri Booth, Edward J. Schloss, Theodore Waller, Eugene Chung, Santosh Menon, Brahmajee K. Nallamothu, and Paul S. Chan Microvolt T-Wave Alternans Identifies Patients With Ischemic Cardiomyopathy Who Benefit From Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Therapy Expedited Publication published online on December 12, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.06.079 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 50-58. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [View Statistical Appendix]

Editorial Comment:

Andrea M. Russo and Francis E. Marchlinski Should Microvolt T-Wave Alternans Be Utilized Routinely in Selecting Patients for Prophylactic Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Insertion in the Setting of Ischemic Heart Disease? Expedited Publication published online on December 12, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.10.008 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 59-61. [Full Text] [PDF]

Cardiac Imaging:

Gabija Pundziute, Joanne D. Schuijf, J. Wouter Jukema, Eric Boersma, Albert de Roos, Ernst E. van der Wall, and Jeroen J. Bax Prognostic Value of Multislice Computed Tomography Coronary Angiography in Patients With Known or Suspected Coronary Artery Disease Expedited Publication published online on December 13, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.07.070 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 62-70. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Thyroid Heart Disease:

Faizel Osman, Jayne A. Franklyn, Roger L. Holder, Michael C. Sheppard, and Michael D. Gammage Cardiovascular Manifestations of Hyperthyroidism Before and After Antithyroid Therapy: A Matched Case-Control Study Expedited Publication published online on December 12, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.08.042 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 71-81. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

PRECLINICAL STUDY:

Shany Blum, Roy Asaf, Julia Guetta, Rachel Miller-Lotan, Rabea Asleh, Ran Kremer, Nina S. Levy, Franklin G. Berger, Doron Aronson, Xiaoming Fu, Renliang Zhang, Stanley L. Hazen, and Andrew P. Levy Haptoglobin Genotype Determines Myocardial Infarct Size in Diabetic Mice Expedited Publication published online on December 12, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.08.044 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 82-87. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

EXPEDITED REVIEW:

Jianwen Wang, Karla M. Kurrelmeyer, Guillermo Torre-Amione, and Sherif F. Nagueh Systolic and Diastolic Dyssynchrony in Patients With Diastolic Heart Failure and the Effect of Medical Therapy Expedited Publication published online on October 31, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.10.023 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 88-96. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Cheuk-Man Yu, Qing Zhang, Gabriel W.K. Yip, Pui-Wai Lee, Leo C.C. Kum, Yat-Yin Lam, and Jeffrey Wing-Hong Fung Diastolic and Systolic Asynchrony in Patients With Diastolic Heart Failure: A Common But Ignored Condition Expedited Publication published online on October 31, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.10.022 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 97-105. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial Comment:

John E. Sanderson Systolic and Diastolic Ventricular Dyssynchrony in Systolic and Diastolic Heart Failure Expedited Publication published online on October 31, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.10.024 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 106-108. [Full Text] [PDF]

Alice Y. Chang, Shuaib M. Abdullah, Tulika Jain, Harold G. Stanek, Sandeep R. Das, Darren K. McGuire, Richard J. Auchus, and James A. de Lemos Associations Among Androgens, Estrogens, and Natriuretic Peptides in Young Women: Observations From the Dallas Heart Study Expedited Publication published online on November 7, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.10.040 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 109-116. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

FROM AROUND THE WORLD:

Focus on Europe:

Philip A. Poole-Wilson Cardiovascular Health in Europe: A Global Problem Expedited Publication published online on December 13, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.10.002 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 117-119. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

ACC NEWS:

Steven E. Nissen President’s Page: "Fix the Formula" Remains Key Issue in 2007 Expedited Publication published online on December 18, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.12.007 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 120-121. [Full Text] [PDF]

CORRESPONDENCE:

Research Correspondence:

Olaf Schouten, Ron T. van Domburg, Jeroen J. Bax, Peter J. de Jaegere, Martin Dunkelgrun, Harm H.H. Feringa, Sanne E. Hoeks, and Don Poldermans Noncardiac Surgery After Coronary Stenting: Early Surgery and Interruption of Antiplatelet Therapy Are Associated With an Increase in Major Adverse Cardiac Events Expedited Publication published online on December 15, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.10.004 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 122-124. [Full Text] [PDF]

Letter to the Editor:

Patrizio Pascale and Martin Fromer Time Dependence of Defibrillator Benefit Postcoronary Revascularization Expedited Publication published online on December 15, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.10.007 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 124-125. [Full Text] [PDF]

Ilan Goldenberg and Arthur J. Moss Reply Expedited Publication published online on December 15, 2006, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.10.006 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 125. [Full Text] [PDF]

ACCF/SCAI/SVMB/SIR/ASITN CLINICAL EXPERT CONSENSUS DOCUMENT:

American Society of Interventional & Therapeutic Neuroradiology, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, Society for Vascular Medicine and Biology, Society of Interventional Radiology, Eric R. Bates, Joseph D. Babb, Donald E. Casey Jr, Christopher U. Cates, Gary R. Duckwiler, Ted E. Feldman, William A. Gray, Kenneth Ouriel, Eric D. Peterson, Kenneth Rosenfield, John H. Rundback, Robert D. Safian, Michael A. Sloan, Christopher J. White, Robert A. Harrington, Jonathan Abrams, Jeffrey L. Anderson, Eric R. Bates, Mark J. Eisenberg, Cindy L. Grines, Mark A. Hlatky, Robert C. Lichtenberg, Jonathan R. Lindner, Gerald M. Pohost, Richard S. Schofield, Samuel J. Shubrooks JR, James H. Stein, Cynthia M. Tracy, Robert A. Vogel, and Deborah J. Wesley ACCF/SCAI/SVMB/SIR/ASITN 2007 Clinical Expert Consensus Document on Carotid Stenting: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation Task Force on Clinical Expert Consensus Documents (ACCF/SCAI/SVMB/SIR/ASITN Clinical Expert Consensus Document Committee on Carotid Stenting) J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 126-170. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [View Correction]

INSIDE THIS ISSUE OF JACC:

Inside This Issue of JACC J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: A33-A34. [Full Text] [PDF]

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