[Cover Caption] Other Issues:	Contents:  Volume 49, Issue 11, March 20, 2007   [Index by Author]         INSIDE THIS ISSUE OF JACC        STATE-OF-THE-ART PAPER        CLINICAL RESEARCH             Atheroma Composition and Metabolic Syndrome             Hypertension                 Editorial Comment             Heart Failure                 Editorial Comment             Cardiac Imaging             Biomarker             Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy        YEAR IN CARDIOLOGY SERIES        EDITOR'S PAGE        CORRESPONDENCE             Research Correspondence             Letter to the Editor        AHA GUIDELINE
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE OF JACC:

Inside This Issue of JACC J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: A31-A32. [Full Text] [PDF]

STATE-OF-THE-ART PAPER:

Saskia L.M.A. Beeres, Frank M. Bengel, Jozef Bartunek, Douwe E. Atsma, Jonathan M. Hill, Marc Vanderheyden, Martin Penicka, Martin J. Schalij, William Wijns, and Jeroen J. Bax Role of Imaging in Cardiac Stem Cell Therapy Expedited Publication published online on March 5, 2007, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.10.072 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 1137-1148. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

CLINICAL RESEARCH:

Atheroma Composition and Metabolic Syndrome:

Tetsuya Amano, Tatsuaki Matsubara, Tadayuki Uetani, Michio Nanki, Nobuyuki Marui, Masataka Kato, Kosuke Arai, Kiminobu Yokoi, Hirohiko Ando, Hideki Ishii, Hideo Izawa, and Toyoaki Murohara Impact of Metabolic Syndrome on Tissue Characteristics of Angiographically Mild to Moderate Coronary Lesions: Integrated Backscatter Intravascular Ultrasound Study Expedited Publication published online on March 5, 2007, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.12.028 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 1149-1156. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Hypertension:

Byung-Hee Oh, Jerry Mitchell, James R. Herron, Jenny Chung, Mahmudul Khan, and Deborah L. Keefe Aliskiren, an Oral Renin Inhibitor, Provides Dose-Dependent Efficacy and Sustained 24-Hour Blood Pressure Control in Patients With Hypertension Expedited Publication published online on March 5, 2007, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.11.032 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 1157-1163. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial Comment:

Franz H. Messerli and Richard N. Re Do We Need Yet Another Blocker of the Renin-Angiotensin System? Expedited Publication published online on March 5, 2007, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.12.023 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 1164-1165. [Full Text] [PDF]

Heart Failure:

Stefan Klotz, A.H. Jan Danser, Robert F. Foronjy, Mehmet C. Oz, Jie Wang, Donna Mancini, Jeanine D’Armiento, and Daniel Burkhoff The Impact of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor Therapy on the Extracellular Collagen Matrix During Left Ventricular Assist Device Support in Patients With End-Stage Heart Failure Expedited Publication published online on March 5, 2007, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.10.071 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 1166-1174. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial Comment:

Bodh I. Jugdutt and Craig Butler Ventricular Unloading, Tissue Angiotensin II, Matrix Modulation, and Function During Left Ventricular Assist Device Support Expedited Publication published online on March 5, 2007, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.12.022 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 1175-1177. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Cardiac Imaging:

Michel Habis, André Capderou, Saïd Ghostine, Béatrice Daoud, Christophe Caussin, Jean-Yves Riou, Philippe Brenot, Claude Yves Angel, Bernard Lancelin, and Jean-François Paul Acute Myocardial Infarction Early Viability Assessment by 64-Slice Computed Tomography Immediately After Coronary Angiography: Comparison With Low-Dose Dobutamine Echocardiography Expedited Publication published online on March 5, 2007, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.12.032 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 1178-1185. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Biomarker:

Gene Kwan, Susan R. Isakson, Jennifer Beede, Paul Clopton, Alan S. Maisel, and Robert L. Fitzgerald Short-Term Serial Sampling of Natriuretic Peptides in Patients Presenting With Chest Pain Expedited Publication published online on March 5, 2007, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.11.031 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 1186-1192. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Carolyn S.P. Lam, John C. Burnett Jr, Lisa Costello-Boerrigter, Richard J. Rodeheffer, and Margaret M. Redfield Alternate Circulating Pro-B-Type Natriuretic Peptide and B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Forms in the General Population Expedited Publication published online on March 5, 2007, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.12.024 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 1193-1202. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy:

Ivan Barac, Shrikanth Upadya, Robert Pilchik, Glenda Winson, Michael Passick, Farooq A. Chaudhry, and Mark V. Sherrid Effect of Obstruction on Longitudinal Left Ventricular Shortening in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Expedited Publication published online on March 5, 2007, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.10.070 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 1203-1211. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

YEAR IN CARDIOLOGY SERIES:

Arthur E. Weyman The Year in Echocardiography Expedited Publication published online on March 5, 2007, 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.01.016 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 1212-1219. [Full Text] [PDF]

EDITOR'S PAGE:

Anthony N. DeMaria Your Soul for a Pen? Expedited Publication published online on March 5, 2007, 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.02.026 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 1220-1222. [Full Text] [PDF]

CORRESPONDENCE:

Research Correspondence:

Todd Dorfman, Raed Aqel, James Allred, Ryan Woodham, and Ami E. Iskandrian Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Induced by Treadmill Exercise Testing: An Insight Into the Pathophysiology of Transient Left Ventricular Apical (or Midventricular) Ballooning in the Absence of Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease Expedited Publication published online on March 5, 2007, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.12.033 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 1223-1225. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Letter to the Editor:

Jose Eduardo Tanus-Santos and Antonio Casella-Filho Cardiovascular Mortality in High-Risk Patients and T-786C Polymorphism in Promoter Region of the Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Gene Expedited Publication published online on March 5, 2007, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.12.030 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 1225-1226. [Full Text] [PDF]

Charalambos Antoniades, Dimitris Tousoulis, and Christodoulos Stefanadis Effects of Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Gene Polymorphisms on Oxidative Stress, Inflammatory Status, and Coronary Atherosclerosis: An Example of a Transient Phenotype Expedited Publication published online on March 5, 2007, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.12.029 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 1226. [Full Text] [PDF]

Gian Paolo Rossi and Maurizio Cesari Reply Expedited Publication published online on March 5, 2007, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.12.031 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 1226-1227. [Full Text] [PDF]

Stephen Fleet Noncardiac Findings in Computed Tomography Coronary Angiography Expedited Publication published online on March 5, 2007, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.12.025 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 1227-1228. [Full Text] [PDF]

John A. Rumberger Reply Expedited Publication published online on March 5, 2007, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.12.026 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 1228. [Full Text] [PDF]

Yoshinobu Onuma, Kengo Tanabe, and Kazuhiro Hara Reply Expedited Publication published online on March 5, 2007, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.12.027 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 1228-1229. [Full Text] [PDF]

AHA GUIDELINE:

Lori Mosca, Carole L. Banka, Emelia J. Benjamin, Kathy Berra, Cheryl Bushnell, Rowena J. Dolor, Theodore G. Ganiats, Antoinette S. Gomes, Heather L. Gornik, Clarissa Gracia, Martha Gulati, Constance K. Haan, Debra R. Judelson, Nora Keenan, Ellie Kelepouris, Erin D. Michos, L. Kristin Newby, Suzanne Oparil, Pamela Ouyang, Mehmet C. Oz, Diana Petitti, Vivian W. Pinn, Rita F. Redberg, Rosalyn Scott, Katherine Sherif, Sidney C. Smith Jr, George Sopko, Robin H. Steinhorn, Neil J. Stone, Kathryn A. Taubert, Barbara A. Todd, Elaine Urbina, Nanette K. Wenger Expert Panel/Writing Group Evidence-Based Guidelines for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Women: 2007 Update J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 1230-1250. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [View Data Supplements]

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