Other Issues:	Contents:  Volume 52, Issue 10, September 2, 2008   [Index by Author]         INSIDE THIS ISSUE OF JACC        STATE-OF-THE-ART PAPER        CLINICAL RESEARCH             Clinical Trial             Heart Failure             Heart Rhythm Disorder                 Editorial Comment             Cardiac Imaging             Valvular Heart Disease                 Editorial Comment             Aortic Atherosclerosis and Stroke                 Editorial Comment        FROM AROUND THE WORLD             Focus on China        EXPEDITED PUBLICATION             Editorial Comment        CORRESPONDENCE             Research Correspondence             Letter to the Editor
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE OF JACC:

Inside This Issue of JACC J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 52: A31-A32. [Full Text] [PDF]

STATE-OF-THE-ART PAPER:

Stanley G. Rockson Diagnosis and Management of Lymphatic Vascular Disease J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 52: 799-806. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

CLINICAL RESEARCH:

Clinical Trial:

Harvey D. White, E. Magnus Ohman, A. Michael Lincoff, Michel E. Bertrand, Antonio Colombo, Brent T. McLaurin, David A. Cox, Stuart J. Pocock, James A. Ware, Steven V. Manoukian, Alexandra J. Lansky, Roxana Mehran, Jeffrey W. Moses, and Gregg W. Stone Safety and Efficacy of Bivalirudin With and Without Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Inhibitors in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: 1-Year Results From the ACUITY (Acute Catheterization and Urgent Intervention Triage strategY) Trial J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 52: 807-814. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [View Related CVN News Brief]

Jean-Jacques Goy, Urs Kaufmann, Michel Hurni, Stéphane Cook, Francesco Versaci, Patrick Ruchat, Osmund Bertel, Michael Pieper, Bernhard Meier, Luigi Chiarello, Eric Eeckhout for the SIMA Investigators 10-Year Follow-Up of a Prospective Randomized Trial Comparing Bare-Metal Stenting With Internal Mammary Artery Grafting for Proximal, Isolated De Novo Left Anterior Coronary Artery Stenosis: The SIMA (Stenting versus Internal Mammary Artery grafting) Trial J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 52: 815-817. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [View Related Story on Cardiosmart][View Related CVN News Brief on Cardiosource]

Heart Failure:

Hessel F. Groenveld, James L. Januzzi, Kevin Damman, Jan van Wijngaarden, Hans L. Hillege, Dirk J. van Veldhuisen, and Peter van der Meer Anemia and Mortality in Heart Failure Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 52: 818-827. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Online Appendix][View Related Story on Cardiosmart]

Heart Rhythm Disorder:

Gyo-Seung Hwang, Liang Tang, Boyoung Joung, Norishige Morita, Hideki Hayashi, Hrayr S. Karagueuzian, James N. Weiss, Shien-Fong Lin, and Peng-Sheng Chen Superiority of Biphasic Over Monophasic Defibrillation Shocks Is Attributable to Less Intracellular Calcium Transient Heterogeneity J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 52: 828-835. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial Comment:

James P. Daubert and Shey-Shing Sheu Mystery of Biphasic Defibrillation Waveform Efficacy: Is it Calcium? J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 52: 836-838. [Full Text] [PDF]

Cardiac Imaging:

Andrei Codreanu, Freddy Odille, Etienne Aliot, Pierre-Yves Marie, Isabelle Magnin-Poull, Marius Andronache, Damien Mandry, Wassila Djaballah, Denis Régent, Jacques Felblinger, and Christian de Chillou Electroanatomic Characterization of Post-Infarct Scars: Comparison With 3-Dimensional Myocardial Scar Reconstruction Based on Magnetic Resonance Imaging J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 52: 839-842. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Valvular Heart Disease:

Jordan D. Miller, Yi Chu, Robert M. Brooks, Wayne E. Richenbacher, Ricardo Peña-Silva, and Donald D. Heistad Dysregulation of Antioxidant Mechanisms Contributes to Increased Oxidative Stress in Calcific Aortic Valvular Stenosis in Humans J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 52: 843-850. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Online Appendix][View Related Cardiosource Journal Scan]

Editorial Comment:

Dwight A. Towler Oxidation, Inflammation, and Aortic Valve Calcification: Peroxide Paves an Osteogenic Path J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 52: 851-854. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Aortic Atherosclerosis and Stroke:

Marco R. Di Tullio, Shunichi Homma, Zhezhen Jin, and Ralph L. Sacco Aortic Atherosclerosis, Hypercoagulability, and Stroke: The APRIS (Aortic Plaque and Risk of Ischemic Stroke) Study J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 52: 855-861. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [View Related Cardiosource Journal Scan]

Editorial Comment:

Ariel Cohen Atherosclerosis of the Thoracic Aorta: Further Characterization for Higher Risk of Vascular Events J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 52: 862-864. [Full Text] [PDF]

FROM AROUND THE WORLD:

Focus on China:

Dayi Hu and Yihong Sun Epidemiology, Risk Factors for Stroke, and Management of Atrial Fibrillation in China J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 52: 865-868. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

EXPEDITED PUBLICATION:

Gabriela Orasanu, Ouliana Ziouzenkova, Pallavi R. Devchand, Vedika Nehra, Osama Hamdy, Edward S. Horton, and Jorge Plutzky The Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor- Agonist Pioglitazone Represses Inflammation in a Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-–Dependent Manner In Vitro and In Vivo in Mice Expedited Publication published online on July 2, 2008, 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.04.055 J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 52: 869-881. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [View CVN News][View Related Editorial Comment][Online Appendix]

Editorial Comment:

Ulrich Kintscher Pharmacological Differences of Glitazones: Does Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor- Activation Make the Difference? Expedited Publication published online on July 9, 2008, 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.06.012 J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 52: 882-884. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [View Corresponding Research Article]

CORRESPONDENCE:

Research Correspondence:

Naoki Serizawa, Dai Yumino, Atsushi Takagi, Keiko Gomita, Katsuya Kajimoto, Yukio Tsurumi, and Nobuhisa Hagiwara Obstructive Sleep Apnea Is Associated With Greater Thoracic Aortic Size J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 52: 885-886. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Letter to the Editor:

Morton J. Kern Limitations of Angiographic Predictors of Bypass Graft Patency J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 52: 886-887. [Full Text] [PDF]

David Glineur, William D'hoore, Gebrine El Khoury, Sixte Sondji, Jean-Christophe Funken, Jean Rubay, Alain Poncelet, Parla Astarci, Robert Verhelst, Philippe Noirhomme, and Claude Hanet Reply J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 52: 887-888. [Full Text] [PDF]

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