[Cover Caption] Other Issues:	Contents:  Volume 49, Issue 12, March 27, 2007   [Index by Author]         INSIDE THIS ISSUE OF JACC        CARDIOVASCULAR GENOMIC MEDICINE        LATE-BREAKING CLINICAL TRIAL        VIEWPOINT        CLINICAL RESEARCH             Clinical Trial             Coronary Artery Disease                 Editorial Comment             Heart Rhythm Disorder             LV Function in Pulmonary Hypertension        PRECLINICAL STUDY             Editorial Comment        EXPEDITED REVIEW        CORRESPONDENCE             Letter to the Editor        ACCF/AHA/CDC CONFERENCE REPORT             Executive Summary             Task Force
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE OF JACC:

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

CARDIOVASCULAR GENOMIC MEDICINE:

Houman Ashrafian and Hugh Watkins Reviews of Translational Medicine and Genomics in Cardiovascular Disease: New Disease Taxonomy and Therapeutic Implications: Cardiomyopathies: Therapeutics Based on Molecular Phenotype Expedited Publication published online on March 8, 2007, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.10.073 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 1251-1264. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

LATE-BREAKING CLINICAL TRIAL:

Tom Adriaenssens, Julinda Mehilli, Rainer Wessely, Gjin Ndrepepa, Melchior Seyfarth, Anna Wieczorek, Birgit Blaich, Raisuke Iijima, Jürgen Pache, Adnan Kastrati, and Albert Schömig Does Addition of Estradiol Improve the Efficacy of a Rapamycin-Eluting Stent?: Results of the ISAR-PEACE Randomized Trial J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 1265-1271. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Giuseppe Patti, Vincenzo Pasceri, Giuseppe Colonna, Marco Miglionico, Dionigi Fischetti, Gennaro Sardella, Antonio Montinaro, and Germano Di Sciascio Atorvastatin Pretreatment Improves Outcomes in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes Undergoing Early Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Results of the ARMYDA-ACS Randomized Trial J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 1272-1278. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [View Trial Investigators]

VIEWPOINT:

Jason N. Katz, Aslan T. Turer, and Richard C. Becker Cardiology and the Critical Care Crisis: A Perspective Expedited Publication published online on March 7, 2007, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.11.036 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 1279-1282. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

CLINICAL RESEARCH:

Clinical Trial:

Alejandro Recio-Mayoral, Marinela Chaparro, Belén Prado, Rocío Cózar, Irene Méndez, Debasish Banerjee, Juan C. Kaski, José Cubero, and Jose M. Cruz The Reno-Protective Effect of Hydration With Sodium Bicarbonate Plus N-Acetylcysteine in Patients Undergoing Emergency Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: The RENO Study Expedited Publication published online on March 9, 2007, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.11.034 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 1283-1288. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Coronary Artery Disease:

George R. Thomas, Jonathan M. DiFabio, Tommaso Gori, and John D. Parker Once Daily Therapy With Isosorbide-5-Mononitrate Causes Endothelial Dysfunction in Humans: Evidence of a Free-Radical–Mediated Mechanism Expedited Publication published online on March 9, 2007, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.10.074 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 1289-1295. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial Comment:

Thomas Münzel, Philip Wenzel, and Andreas Daiber Do We Still Need Organic Nitrates? Expedited Publication published online on March 9, 2007, 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.01.007 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 1296-1298. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Heart Rhythm Disorder:

David N. Kenigsberg, Sanjaya Khanal, Marcin Kowalski, and Subramaniam C. Krishnan Prolongation of the QTc Interval Is Seen Uniformly During Early Transmural Ischemia Expedited Publication published online on March 8, 2007, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.11.035 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 1299-1305. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Yoshihide Takahashi, Mark D. O’Neill, Méléze Hocini, Patricia Reant, Anders Jonsson, Pierre Jaïs, Prashanthan Sanders, Thomas Rostock, Martin Rotter, Frédéric Sacher, Stephane Laffite, Raymond Roudaut, Jacques Clémenty, and Michel Haïssaguerre Effects of Stepwise Ablation of Chronic Atrial Fibrillation on Atrial Electrical and Mechanical Properties Expedited Publication published online on March 8, 2007, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.11.033 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 1306-1314. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Oliver R. Segal, Anthony W.C. Chow, Vias Markides, D. Wyn Davies, and Nicholas S. Peters Characterization of the Effects of Single Ventricular Extrastimuli on Endocardial Activation in Human Infarct-Related Ventricular Tachycardia Expedited Publication published online on March 12, 2007, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.11.038 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 1315-1323. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Steven M. Markowitz, Dmitry Nemirovksy, Kenneth M. Stein, Suneet Mittal, Sei Iwai, Bindi K. Shah, David P. Dobesh, and Bruce B. Lerman Adenosine-Insensitive Focal Atrial Tachycardia: Evidence for De Novo Micro–Re-Entry in the Human Atrium Expedited Publication published online on March 8, 2007, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.11.037 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 1324-1333. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

LV Function in Pulmonary Hypertension:

Swaminatha V. Gurudevan, Philip J. Malouf, William R. Auger, Thomas J. Waltman, Michael Madani, Ajit B. Raisinghani, Anthony N. DeMaria, and Daniel G. Blanchard Abnormal Left Ventricular Diastolic Filling in Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension: True Diastolic Dysfunction or Left Ventricular Underfilling? Expedited Publication published online on March 8, 2007, 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.01.028 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 1334-1339. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

PRECLINICAL STUDY:

Rishi Arora, Jason Ng, Joseph Ulphani, Ilias Mylonas, Haris Subacius, Greg Shade, David Gordon, Alexander Morris, Xiang He, Yi Lu, Rashad Belin, Jeffrey J. Goldberger, and Alan H. Kadish Unique Autonomic Profile of the Pulmonary Veins and Posterior Left Atrium Expedited Publication published online on March 9, 2007, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.10.075 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 1340-1348. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial Comment:

Jen-Yuan Kuo and Shih-Ann Chen Is Vagal Denervation a Good Alternative or Just Adjunctive to Pulmonary Vein Isolation in Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation? Expedited Publication published online on March 9, 2007, 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.01.008 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 1349-1351. [Full Text] [PDF]

EXPEDITED REVIEW:

Alan Rozanski, Heidi Gransar, Nathan D. Wong, Leslee J. Shaw, Romalisa Miranda-Peats, Donna Polk, Sean W. Hayes, John D. Friedman, and Daniel S. Berman Clinical Outcomes After Both Coronary Calcium Scanning and Exercise Myocardial Perfusion Scintigraphy Expedited Publication published online on February 12, 2007, 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.12.035 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 1352-1361. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Steven V. Manoukian, Frederick Feit, Roxana Mehran, Michele D. Voeltz, Ramin Ebrahimi, Martial Hamon, George D. Dangas, A. Michael Lincoff, Harvey D. White, Jeffrey W. Moses, Spencer B. King III, E. Magnus Ohman, and Gregg W. Stone Impact of Major Bleeding on 30-Day Mortality and Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes: An Analysis From the ACUITY Trial Expedited Publication published online on March 8, 2007, 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.02.027 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 1362-1368. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

CORRESPONDENCE:

Letter to the Editor:

Franz H. Messerli, Giuseppe Mancia, C. Richard Conti, and Carl J. Pepine Blood Pressure Levels on Progression of Coronary Atherosclerosis Expedited Publication published online on March 7, 2007, 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.01.010 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 1369. [Full Text] [PDF]

Ilke Sipahi, E. Murat Tuzcu, and Steven E. Nissen Reply Expedited Publication published online on March 7, 2007, 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.01.009 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 1369-1370. [Full Text] [PDF]

Naveed Akhtar Is Homocysteine a Risk Factor for Atherothrombotic Cardiovascular Disease? Expedited Publication published online on March 8, 2007, 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.01.014 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 1370-1371. [Full Text] [PDF]

Sanjay Kaul, Andrew A. Zadeh, and Prediman K. Shah Reply Expedited Publication published online on March 8, 2007, 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.01.013 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 1371. [Full Text] [PDF]

Neil L. Coplan and Mark Ramos Is There a Statin Effect on Arrhythmia and Survival in Patients With Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy? Expedited Publication published online on March 7, 2007, 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.01.012 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 1372. [Full Text] [PDF]

Jeffrey J. Goldberger and Alan H. Kadish Reply Expedited Publication published online on March 7, 2007, 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.01.011 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 1372. [Full Text] [PDF]

ACCF/AHA/CDC CONFERENCE REPORT:

George A. Mensah, Augustus O. Grant, Carl J. Pepine, Larry M. Baddour, Leslie T. Cooper Jr, Sandra B. Dunbar, Erika S. Froelicher, Kurt J. Greenlund, Edward L. Kaplan, Robert A. Kloner, Darwin R. Labarthe, Russell V. Luepker, Mohammad Madjid, James E. Muller, Siobhán O’Connor, Joseph P. Ornato, Rose Marie Robertson, Michael J. Roy, Prediman K. Shah, Kathryn A. Taubert, Walter R. Wilson, Zhi-Jie Zheng, 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/AHA/CDC Conference Report on Emerging Infectious Diseases and Biological Terrorism Threats: The Clinical and Public Health Implications for the Prevention and Control of Cardiovascular Diseases Expedited Publication published online on March 19, 2007, 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.01.017 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 1373-1375. [Full Text] [PDF]

Executive Summary:

George A. Mensah, Augustus O. Grant, and Carl J. Pepine ACCF/AHA/CDC Conference Report on Emerging Infectious Diseases and Biological Terrorism Threats: The Clinical and Public Health Implications for the Prevention and Control of Cardiovascular Diseases J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 1376-1379. [Full Text] [PDF]

Task Force:

Larry M. Baddour, Zhi-Jie Zheng, Darwin R. Labarthe, and Siobhán O’Connor Task Force I: Direct Cardiovascular Implications of Emerging Infectious Diseases and Biological Terrorism Threats Expedited Publication published online on March 19, 2007, 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.01.019 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 1380-1389. [Full Text] [PDF]

Joseph P. Ornato, James E. Muller, Erika S. Froelicher, and Robert A. Kloner Task Force II: Indirect and Secondary Cardiovascular Effects of Biological Terrorism Agents and Diseases Expedited Publication published online on March 19, 2007, 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.01.020 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 1389-1397. [Full Text] [PDF]

Leslie T. Cooper Jr, George A. Mensah, Larry M. Baddour, Sandra B. Dunbar, Edward L. Kaplan, Walter R. Wilson, and Prediman K. Shah Task Force III: Prevention and Control of Cardiovascular Complications of Emerging Infectious Diseases and Potential Biological Terrorism Agents and Diseases Expedited Publication published online on March 19, 2007, 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.01.021 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 1398-1406. [Full Text] [PDF]

Mohammad Madjid, Russell V. Luepker, Kurt J. Greenlund, Kathryn A. Taubert, Michael J. Roy, and Rose Marie Robertson Task Force IV: Cardiovascular Effects of Emerging Infectious Diseases and Biological Terrorism Threats: Basic, Clinical, and Population Science Research and Training Needs Expedited Publication published online on March 19, 2007, 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.01.022 J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 1407-1412. [Full Text] [PDF]

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