JACC -- Table of Contents (52 [7])

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE OF JACC:

Inside This Issue of JACC
J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 52: A33-A34. [Full Text] [PDF]

STATE-OF-THE-ART PAPER:

Inder S. Anand
Anemia and Chronic Heart Failure: Implications and Treatment Options
J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 52: 501-511. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

CLINICAL RESEARCH:

Interventional Cardiology:

Gjin Ndrepepa, Julinda Mehilli, Stefanie Schulz, Raisuke Iijima, Dritan Keta, Robert A. Byrne, Jürgen Pache, Melchior Seyfarth, Albert Schömig, and Adnan Kastrati
Prognostic Significance of Epicardial Blood Flow Before and After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes
J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 52: 512-517. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Coronary Spasm:

Kohei Wakabayashi, Hiroshi Suzuki, Yuki Honda, Daisuke Wakatsuki, Keisuke Kawachi, Kei Ota, Shinji Koba, Nobuyuki Shimizu, Fuyuki Asano, Tokutada Sato, and Youichi Takeyama
Provoked Coronary Spasm Predicts Adverse Outcome in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Novel Predictor of Prognosis After Acute Myocardial Infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 52: 518-522. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Peter Ong, Anastasios Athanasiadis, Stephan Hill, Holger Vogelsberg, Matthias Voehringer, and Udo Sechtem
Coronary Artery Spasm as a Frequent Cause of Acute Coronary Syndrome: The CASPAR (Coronary Artery Spasm in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome) Study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 52: 523-527. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [View Related Cardiosource Journal Scan]

Editorial Comment:

Carl J. Pepine
Provoked Coronary Spasm and Acute Coronary Syndromes
J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 52: 528-530. [Full Text] [PDF]

Antiplatelet Therapy:

Kevin P. Bliden, Joseph DiChiara, Lookman Lawal, Anand Singla, Mark J. Antonino, Brian A. Baker, William L. Bailey, Udaya S. Tantry, and Paul A. Gurbel
The Association of Cigarette Smoking With Enhanced Platelet Inhibition by Clopidogrel
J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 52: 531-533. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Heart Failure:

Alan S. Maisel, William F. Peacock, N. McMullin, Robert Jessie, Gregg C. Fonarow, Janet Wynne, and Roger M. Mills
Timing of Immunoreactive B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Levels and Treatment Delay in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: An ADHERE (Acute Decompensated Heart Failure National Registry) Analysis
J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 52: 534-540. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Heart Rhythm Disorder:

Bruce L. Wilkoff, Brian D. Williamson, Richard S. Stern, Stephen L. Moore, Fei Lu, Sung W. Lee, Ulrika M. Birgersdotter-Green, Mark S. Wathen, Isabelle C. Van Gelder, Brooke M. Heubner, Mark L. Brown, Keith K. Holloman for the PREPARE Study Investigators
Strategic Programming of Detection and Therapy Parameters in Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators Reduces Shocks in Primary Prevention Patients: Results From the PREPARE (Primary Prevention Parameters Evaluation) Study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 52: 541-550. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Online Appendix]

Joseph A. Blatt, Jeanne E. Poole, George W. Johnson, David J. Callans, Merritt H. Raitt, Ramakota K. Reddy, Francis E. Marchlinski, Raymond Yee, Thomas Guarnieri, Mario Talajic, David J. Wilber, Jill Anderson, Kiyon Chung, Wai Shun Wong, Daniel B. Mark, Kerry L. Lee, Gust H. Bardy for the SCD-HeFT Investigators
No Benefit From Defibrillation Threshold Testing in the SCD-HeFT (Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure Trial)
J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 52: 551-556. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial Comment:

Anne B. Curtis
Defibrillation Threshold Testing in Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators: Might Less Be More Than Enough?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 52: 557-558. [Full Text] [PDF]

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy:

Iacopo Olivotto, Martin S. Maron, Camillo Autore, John R. Lesser, Luigi Rega, Giancarlo Casolo, Marcello De Santis, Giovanni Quarta, Stefano Nistri, Franco Cecchi, Carol J. Salton, James E. Udelson, Warren J. Manning, and Barry J. Maron
Assessment and Significance of Left Ventricular Mass by Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 52: 559-566. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [View Related Story on Cardiosmart]

Editorial Comment:

Nathaniel Reichek and Dipti Gupta
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Changes the Paradigm
J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 52: 567-568. [Full Text] [PDF]

HIV and Heart Disease:

Francesca J. Torriani, Lauren Komarow, Robert A. Parker, Bruno R. Cotter, Judith S. Currier, Michael P. Dubé, Carl J. Fichtenbaum, Mariana Gerschenson, Carol K.C. Mitchell, Robert L. Murphy, Kathleen Squires, James H. Stein for the ACTG 5152s Study Team
Endothelial Function in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Antiretroviral-Naive Subjects Before and After Starting Potent Antiretroviral Therapy: The ACTG (AIDS Clinical Trials Group) Study 5152s
J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 52: 569-576. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

CORRESPONDENCE:

Research Correspondence:

Adrienne H. Kovacs, Jeanine L. Harrison, Jack M. Colman, Mathew Sermer, Samuel C. Siu, and Candice K. Silversides
Pregnancy and Contraception in Congenital Heart Disease: What Women Are Not Told
J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 52: 577-578. [Full Text] [PDF]

Letter to the Editor:

Vladimír Dzavík, P. Gabriel Steg, Bruce Barton, Gervasio Lamas, and Judith S. Hochman
A Meta-Analysis That Misses the Mark
J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 52: 578-580. [Full Text] [PDF]

Antonio Abbate, Giuseppe G.L. Biondi-Zoccai, Darryn L. Appleton, Paul Erne, Andreas W. Schoenenberger, Michael J. Lipinski, Piefrancesco Agostoni, Imad Sheiban, and George W. Vetrovec
Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 52: 580-582. [Full Text] [PDF]

Emanuele Meliga, Marco Valgimigli, Pawel Buszman, and Patrick W. Serruys
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention or Coronary Artery Bypass Graft for Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery Disease: The Endless Debate
J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 52: 582-584. [Full Text] [PDF]

Sanjay Kaul, William E. Boden, T. Bruce Ferguson Jr, Robert A. Guyton, Michael J. Mack, Paul T. Sergeant, Richard J. Shemin, Peter K. Smith, Salim Yusuf, and David P. Taggart
Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 52: 584-586. [Full Text] [PDF]


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