Other Issues:	Contents:  Volume 52, Issue 20, November 11, 2008   [Index by Author]         CLINICAL RESEARCH             Clinical Trial             Interventional Cardiology             NSAIDs and Myocardial Infarction                 Editorial Comment             Heart Failure                 Editorial Comment        PRE-CLINICAL RESEARCH             Editorial Comment        NEWS FROM THE NCDR        YEAR IN CARDIOLOGY SERIES        CORRESPONDENCE             Letter to the Editor        INSIDE THIS ISSUE OF JACC
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CLINICAL RESEARCH:

Clinical Trial:

Theodore Chow, Dean J. Kereiakes, John Onufer, Alan Woelfel, Sinan Gursoy, Brett J. Peterson, Mark L. Brown, Wenji Pu, David G. Benditt on behalf of the MASTER Trial Investigators Does Microvolt T-Wave Alternans Testing Predict Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias in Patients With Ischemic Cardiomyopathy and Prophylactic Defibrillators?: The MASTER (Microvolt T Wave Alternans Testing for Risk Stratification of Post-Myocardial Infarction Patients) Trial J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 52: 1607-1615. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Online Appendix][View Related Cardiosource Journal Scan]

Interventional Cardiology:

Shuzou Tanimoto, Nico Bruining, Ron T. van Domburg, David Rotger, Petia Radeva, Jurgen M. Ligthart, and Patrick W. Serruys Late Stent Recoil of the Bioabsorbable Everolimus-Eluting Coronary Stent and its Relationship With Plaque Morphology J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 52: 1616-1620. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Fernando Alfonso, María-José Pérez-Vizcayno, Rosana Hernández, Armando Bethencourt, Vicens Martí, José R. López-Mínguez, Juan Angel, Andrés Iñiguez, César Morís, Angel Cequier, Manel Sabaté, Javier Escaned, Pilar Jiménez-Quevedo, Camino Bañuelos, Alfonso Suárez, Carlos Macaya for the RIBS-II Investigators Long-Term Clinical Benefit of Sirolimus-Eluting Stents in Patients With In-Stent Restenosis: Results of the RIBS-II (Restenosis Intra-stent: Balloon angioplasty vs. elective sirolimus-eluting Stenting) Study J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 52: 1621-1627. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Online Appendix][View Related Cardiosource Journal Scan]

NSAIDs and Myocardial Infarction:

Luis Alberto García Rodríguez, Stefania Tacconelli, and Paola Patrignani Role of Dose Potency in the Prediction of Risk of Myocardial Infarction Associated With Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs in the General Population J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 52: 1628-1636. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Online Appendix][View Related Cardiosource Journal Scan]

Editorial Comment:

Pietro Minuz Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs and Cardiovascular Risk: Is Prostacyclin Inhibition the Key Event? J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 52: 1637-1639. [Full Text] [PDF]

Heart Failure:

John E.A. Blair, Faiez Zannad, Marvin A. Konstam, Thomas Cook, Brian Traver, John C. Burnett Jr, Liliana Grinfeld, Holly Krasa, Aldo P. Maggioni, Cesare Orlandi, Karl Swedberg, James E. Udelson, Christopher Zimmer, Mihai Gheorghiade for the EVEREST Investigators Continental Differences in Clinical Characteristics, Management, and Outcomes in Patients Hospitalized With Worsening Heart Failure: Results From the EVEREST (Efficacy of Vasopressin Antagonism in Heart Failure: Outcome Study with Tolvaptan) Program J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 52: 1640-1648. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [View Related Cardiosource Journal Scan]

Editorial Comment:

Philip A. Poole-Wilson Global Differences in the Outcome of Heart Failure: Implications for Clinical Practice J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 52: 1649-1651. [Full Text] [PDF]

PRE-CLINICAL RESEARCH:

John Terrovitis, Keng Fai Kwok, Riikka Lautamäki, James M. Engles, Andreas S. Barth, Eddy Kizana, Junichiro Miake, Michelle K. Leppo, James Fox, Jurgen Seidel, Martin Pomper, Richard L. Wahl, Benjamin Tsui, Frank Bengel, Eduardo Marbán, and M. Roselle Abraham Ectopic Expression of the Sodium-Iodide Symporter Enables Imaging of Transplanted Cardiac Stem Cells In Vivo by Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography or Positron Emission Tomography J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 52: 1652-1660. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Online Appendix]

Editorial Comment:

Joseph C. Wu Molecular Imaging: Antidote to Cardiac Stem Cell Controversy J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 52: 1661-1664. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

NEWS FROM THE NCDR:

Michael S. Kim, Tracy Y. Wang, David Dai, Andrew J. Klein, Eric D. Peterson, John S. Rumsfeld, and John C. Messenger Association of Previous Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery With Door-to-Balloon Time and In-Hospital Outcomes: A Report From the National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR) J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 52: 1665-1670. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

YEAR IN CARDIOLOGY SERIES:

W.H. Wilson Tang and Gary S. Francis The Year in Heart Failure J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 52: 1671-1678. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

CORRESPONDENCE:

Letter to the Editor:

Theodoros I. Kassimatis and Panagiotis A. Konstantinopoulos Statins in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease: A Double-Edged Sword? J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 52: 1679. [Full Text] [PDF]

Charles F. Harper and Terry A. Jacobson Reply J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 52: 1680. [Full Text] [PDF]

David Taggart The DELFT (Drug Eluting stent for LeFT main) Registry: The Unknowns J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 52: 1680-1681. [Full Text] [PDF]

Emanuele Meliga, Andrew O. Maree, Hector Manuel Garcia-Garcia, and Patrick W. Serruys Reply J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 52: 1681. [Full Text] [PDF]

INSIDE THIS ISSUE OF JACC:

Inside This Issue of JACC J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 52: A28. [Full Text] [PDF]

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