Other Issues:	Contents:  Volume 54, Issue 1, June 30, 2009   [Index by Author]         INSIDE THIS ISSUE        STATE-OF-THE-ART PAPER        NEWS FROM THE NCDR        CLINICAL RESEARCH             Coronary Artery Disease                 Editorial Comment             Heart Failure                 Editorial Comment             Cardiac Imaging                 Editorial Comment             Biomarkers        EXPEDITED PUBLICATIONS             Editorial Comment        EXPEDITED PUBLICATIONS: LATE-BREAKING CLINICAL TRIALS             Editorial Comment        IMAGES IN CARDIOLOGY        CORRESPONDENCE             Letters to the Editor        CORRECTION
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

Inside This Issue J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: A22. [Full Text] [PDF]

STATE-OF-THE-ART PAPER:

Frank M. Bengel, Takahiro Higuchi, Mehrbod S. Javadi, and Riikka Lautamäki Cardiac Positron Emission Tomography J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 1-15. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

NEWS FROM THE NCDR:

Michael A. Kutcher, Lloyd W. Klein, Fang-Shu Ou, Thomas P. Wharton Jr, Gregory J. Dehmer, Mandeep Singh, H. Vernon Anderson, John S. Rumsfeld, William S. Weintraub, Richard E. Shaw, Matthew T. Sacrinty, Albert Woodward, Eric D. Peterson, Ralph G. Brindis on behalf of the National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR) Percutaneous Coronary Interventions in Facilities Without Cardiac Surgery On Site: A Report From the National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR) J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 16-24. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Online Appendix]

CLINICAL RESEARCH:

Coronary Artery Disease:

Jose A. Suaya, William B. Stason, Philip A. Ades, Sharon-Lise T. Normand, and Donald S. Shepard Cardiac Rehabilitation and Survival in Older Coronary Patients J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 25-33. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [View Related Cardiosmart Article]

Editorial Comment:

Therese A. Stukel and David A. Alter Analysis Methods for Observational Studies: Effects of Cardiac Rehabilitation on Mortality of Coronary Patients J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 34-35. [Full Text] [PDF]

Heart Failure:

Yu Ting Tan, Frauke Wenzelburger, Eveline Lee, Grant Heatlie, Francisco Leyva, Kiran Patel, Michael Frenneaux, and John E. Sanderson The Pathophysiology of Heart Failure With Normal Ejection Fraction: Exercise Echocardiography Reveals Complex Abnormalities of Both Systolic and Diastolic Ventricular Function Involving Torsion, Untwist, and Longitudinal Motion J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 36-46. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial Comment:

Thomas H. Marwick The Deconvolution of Diastole J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 47-48. [Full Text] [PDF]

Cardiac Imaging:

Sadako Motoyama, Masayoshi Sarai, Hiroto Harigaya, Hirofumi Anno, Kaori Inoue, Tomonori Hara, Hiroyuki Naruse, Junichi Ishii, Hitoshi Hishida, Nathan D. Wong, Renu Virmani, Takeshi Kondo, Yukio Ozaki, and Jagat Narula Computed Tomographic Angiography Characteristics of Atherosclerotic Plaques Subsequently Resulting in Acute Coronary Syndrome J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 49-57. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial Comment:

Eugene Braunwald Noninvasive Detection of Vulnerable Coronary Plaques: Locking the Barn Door Before the Horse Is Stolen J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 58-59. [Full Text] [PDF]

Biomarkers:

Tobias Reichlin, Willibald Hochholzer, Claudia Stelzig, Kirsten Laule, Heike Freidank, Nils G. Morgenthaler, Andreas Bergmann, Mihael Potocki, Markus Noveanu, Tobias Breidthardt, Andreas Christ, Tujana Boldanova, Ramona Merki, Nora Schaub, Roland Bingisser, Michael Christ, and Christian Mueller Incremental Value of Copeptin for Rapid Rule Out of Acute Myocardial Infarction J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 60-68. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [View Related Journal Scan on Cardiosource]

EXPEDITED PUBLICATIONS:

Qi Yang, Kuncheng Li, Xin Liu, Xiaoming Bi, Zhi Liu, Jing An, Al Zhang, Renate Jerecic, and Debiao Li Contrast-Enhanced Whole-Heart Coronary Magnetic Resonance Angiography at 3.0-T: A Comparative Study With X-Ray Angiography in a Single Center Expedited Publication published online on April 15, 2009, 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.03.016 J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 69-76. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial Comment:

Christopher T. Sibley and David A. Bluemke Will 3.0-T Make Coronary Magnetic Resonance Angiography Competitive With Computed Tomography Angiography? J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 77-78. [Full Text] [PDF]

EXPEDITED PUBLICATIONS: LATE-BREAKING CLINICAL TRIALS:

Bart Meyns, Stefan Klotz, Andre Simon, Walter Droogne, Filip Rega, Bartley Griffith, Robert Dowling, Mark J. Zucker, and Daniel Burkhoff Proof of Concept: Hemodynamic Response to Long-Term Partial Ventricular Support With the Synergy Pocket Micro-Pump Expedited Publication published online on May 20, 2009, 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.04.023 J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 79-86. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial Comment:

Patrick M. McCarthy Partial Mechanical Cardiac Support: Part of the Solution or Part of the Problem? J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 87-88. [Full Text] [PDF]

IMAGES IN CARDIOLOGY:

Xiushui Ren and Rajesh Banker Cardiac Manifestation of Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome (Kawasaki Disease) J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 89. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

CORRESPONDENCE:

Letters to the Editor:

Sandeep Satish Patel and Daniel Mascarenhas Rethinking Loading Dose Clopidogrel in Light of Increased Bleeding Complications in Bypass Patients J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 90. [Full Text] [PDF]

Jeffrey S. Berger, Carla B. Frye, Qing Harshaw, Fred H. Edwards, Steven R. Steinhubl, and Richard C. Becker Reply J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 90-91. [Full Text] [PDF]

Fawad Aslam and Abdul Waheed Aspirin for the Masses J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 91. [Full Text] [PDF]

Rohina Joshi, Stephen Jan, Yangfeng Wu, and Stephen MacMahon Reply J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 91-92. [Full Text] [PDF]

CORRECTION:

Correction J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 93. [Full Text] [PDF]

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