Other Issues:	Contents:  Volume 53, Issue 25, June 23, 2009   [Index by Author]         INSIDE THIS ISSUE        STATE-OF-THE-ART PAPER        CLINICAL RESEARCH             Clinical Trials                 Editorial Comment             Heart Failure                 Editorial Comment             Heart Rhythm Disorders                 Editorial Comment             Hypertension        WORKS IN PROGRESS             Cardiac Imaging        PRE-CLINICAL RESEARCH        YEAR IN CARDIOLOGY SERIES        IMAGES IN CARDIOLOGY        CORRESPONDENCE             Letters to the Editor
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

Inside This Issue J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 53: A28. [Full Text] [PDF]

STATE-OF-THE-ART PAPER:

Pedro R. Moreno, Javier Sanz, and Valentin Fuster Promoting Mechanisms of Vascular Health: Circulating Progenitor Cells, Angiogenesis, and Reverse Cholesterol Transport J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 53: 2315-2323. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

CLINICAL RESEARCH:

Clinical Trials:

Holger Thiele, Patrick Neumann-Schniedewind, Stephan Jacobs, Enno Boudriot, Thomas Walther, Friedrich-Wilhelm Mohr, Gerhard Schuler, and Volkmar Falk Randomized Comparison of Minimally Invasive Direct Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Versus Sirolimus-Eluting Stenting in Isolated Proximal Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery Stenosis J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 53: 2324-2331. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [View Cardiosource Journal Scan]

Ashish Y. Patwala, Paul R. Woods, Lisa Sharp, David F. Goldspink, Lip B. Tan, and David J. Wright Maximizing Patient Benefit From Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy With the Addition of Structured Exercise Training: A Randomized Controlled Study J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 53: 2332-2339. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [View Related Journal Scan on Cardiosource]

Editorial Comment:

Stanley A. Rubin Remix: Exercise Training and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Heart Failure J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 53: 2340-2342. [Full Text] [PDF]

Heart Failure:

Alain Cohen-Solal, Damien Logeart, Bidan Huang, Danlin Cai, Markku S. Nieminen, and Alexandre Mebazaa Lowered B-Type Natriuretic Peptide in Response to Levosimendan or Dobutamine Treatment Is Associated With Improved Survival in Patients With Severe Acutely Decompensated Heart Failure J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 53: 2343-2348. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [View Related Journal Scan on Cardiosource]

Editorial Comment:

Mihai Gheorghiade and Peter S. Pang Are BNP Changes During Hospitalization for Heart Failure a Reliable Surrogate for Predicting the Effects of Therapies on Post-Discharge Mortality? J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 53: 2349-2352. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Heart Rhythm Disorders:

Esteban González-Torrecilla, Jesús Almendral, Angel Arenal, Felipe Atienza, Leonardo F. Atea, Silvia del Castillo, and Francisco Fernández-Avilés Combined Evaluation of Bedside Clinical Variables and the Electrocardiogram for the Differential Diagnosis of Paroxysmal Atrioventricular Reciprocating Tachycardias in Patients Without Pre-Excitation J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 53: 2353-2358. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [View Related Journal Scan on Cardiosource]

Editorial Comment:

Francis E. Marchlinski Diagnosing the Mechanism of Supraventricular Tachycardia: Restoring the Luster of a Fading Art J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 53: 2359-2361. [Full Text] [PDF]

Hypertension:

JACC Continuing Medical Education J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 53: 2362. [PDF]

Massoud A. Leesar, Jai Varma, Adam Shapira, Ibrahim Fahsah, Seyed T. Raza, Ziad Elghoul, Anthony C. Leonard, Karthikeyan Meganathan, and Sohail Ikram Prediction of Hypertension Improvement After Stenting of Renal Artery Stenosis: Comparative Accuracy of Translesional Pressure Gradients, Intravascular Ultrasound, and Angiography J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 53: 2363-2371. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Get for this Article ][View Cardiosource Journal Scan]

WORKS IN PROGRESS:

Cardiac Imaging:

Wen-Chau Wu, Emile Mohler III, Sarah J. Ratcliffe, Felix W. Wehrli, John A. Detre, and Thomas F. Floyd Skeletal Muscle Microvascular Flow in Progressive Peripheral Artery Disease: Assessment With Continuous Arterial Spin-Labeling Perfusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 53: 2372-2377. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

PRE-CLINICAL RESEARCH:

Longhu Li, Hideshi Okada, Genzou Takemura, Masayasu Esaki, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Hiromitsu Kanamori, Itta Kawamura, Rumi Maruyama, Takako Fujiwara, Hisayoshi Fujiwara, Yasuhiko Tabata, and Shinya Minatoguchi Sustained Release of Erythropoietin Using Biodegradable Gelatin Hydrogel Microspheres Persistently Improves Lower Leg Ischemia J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 53: 2378-2388. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

YEAR IN CARDIOLOGY SERIES:

David H. Adams, Anelechi C. Anyanwu, Joanna Chikwe, and Farzan Filsoufi The Year in Cardiovascular Surgery J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 53: 2389-2403. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

IMAGES IN CARDIOLOGY:

Nicola Vistarini, Marco Aiello, and Mario Viganò Cribriform Atrial Septal Aneurysm J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 53: 2404. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

CORRESPONDENCE:

Letters to the Editor:

Jacob George and Allan Struthers The OPT-CHF (Oxypurinol Therapy for Congestive Heart Failure) Trial: A Question of Dose J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 53: 2405. [Full Text] [PDF]

C. Richard Conti Coronary Angiography: Catheter Based or Computed Tomography Based J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 53: 2405-2406. [Full Text] [PDF]

Pim J. de Feyter Reply J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 53: 2406. [Full Text] [PDF]

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