Other Issues:	Contents:  Volume 54, Issue 20, November 10, 2009   [Index by Author]         INSIDE THIS ISSUE        VIEWPOINT AND COMMENTARY        CLINICAL RESEARCH             Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy                 Editorial Comment             Heart Failure                 Editorial Comment             Valvular Heart Disease                 Editorial Comment             Cardiac Imaging             Congenital Heart Disease             Diabetes and Cardiac Function        IMAGES IN CARDIOLOGY        CORRESPONDENCE             Research Correspondence        CORRECTIONS
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

Inside This Issue J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: A32. [Full Text] [PDF]

VIEWPOINT AND COMMENTARY:

Franz H. Messerli and Gurusher S. Panjrath The J-Curve Between Blood Pressure and Coronary Artery Disease or Essential Hypertension: Exactly How Essential? J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 1827-1834. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Bryan Williams Hypertension and the "J-Curve" J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 1835-1836. [Full Text] [PDF]

CLINICAL RESEARCH:

Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy:

Claude Daubert, Michael R. Gold, William T. Abraham, Stefano Ghio, Christian Hassager, Grahame Goode, Tamás Szili-Török, Cecilia Linde on behalf of the REVERSE Study Group Prevention of Disease Progression by Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Patients With Asymptomatic or Mildly Symptomatic Left Ventricular Dysfunction: Insights From the European Cohort of the REVERSE (Resynchronization Reverses Remodeling in Systolic Left Ventricular Dysfunction) Trial Expedited Publication published online on September 30, 2009, 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.08.011 J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 1837-1846. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Online Appendix][ ][View Related Interview]

Editorial Comment:

Derek V. Exner Is it Time to Expand the Use of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy to Patients With Mildly Symptomatic Heart Failure? Expedited Publication published online on September 30, 2009, 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.08.013 J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 1847-1849. [Full Text] [PDF]

Heart Failure:

John G.F. Cleland, John J.V. McMurray, John Kjekshus, Jan H. Cornel, Peter Dunselman, Cândida Fonseca, Åke Hjalmarson, Jerzy Korewicki, Magnus Lindberg, Naresh Ranjith, Dirk J. van Veldhuisen, Finn Waagstein, Hans Wedel, John Wikstrand on behalf of the CORONA Study Group Plasma Concentration of Amino-Terminal Pro-Brain Natriuretic Peptide in Chronic Heart Failure: Prediction of Cardiovascular Events and Interaction With the Effects of Rosuvastatin: A Report From CORONA (Controlled Rosuvastatin Multinational Trial in Heart Failure) J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 1850-1859. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial Comment:

Lori B. Daniels and Elizabeth Barrett-Connor Can Natriuretic Peptides Help Identify Heart Failure Patients for Whom Statins Are Beneficial? J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 1860-1861. [Full Text] [PDF]

Valvular Heart Disease:

Paolo Stassano, Luigi Di Tommaso, Mario Monaco, Francesco Iorio, Paolo Pepino, Nicola Spampinato, and Carlo Vosa Aortic Valve Replacement: A Prospective Randomized Evaluation of Mechanical Versus Biological Valves in Patients Ages 55 to 70 Years J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 1862-1868. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [ View Related Cardiosource Journal Scan]

Editorial Comment:

Peter H. Stone Current Selection of Optimal Prosthetic Aortic Valve Replacement in Middle-Aged Patients: Still Dealer's Choice J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 1869-1871. [Full Text] [PDF]

Cardiac Imaging:

Su Min Chang, Faisal Nabi, Jiaqiong Xu, Leif E. Peterson, Arup Achari, Craig M. Pratt, and John J. Mahmarian The Coronary Artery Calcium Score and Stress Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Provide Independent and Complementary Prediction of Cardiac Risk J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 1872-1882. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Congenital Heart Disease:

Elisabeth Bédard, Karen P. McCarthy, Konstantinos Dimopoulos, Georgios Giannakoulas, Michael A. Gatzoulis, and Siew Yen Ho Structural Abnormalities of the Pulmonary Trunk in Tetralogy of Fallot and Potential Clinical Implications: A Morphological Study J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 1883-1890. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Diabetes and Cardiac Function:

Ethan J. Anderson, Alan P. Kypson, Evelio Rodriguez, Curtis A. Anderson, Eric J. Lehr, and P. Darrell Neufer Substrate-Specific Derangements in Mitochondrial Metabolism and Redox Balance in the Atrium of the Type 2 Diabetic Human Heart J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 1891-1898. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

IMAGES IN CARDIOLOGY:

Juan Garcia-Lara, Eduardo Pinar-Bermudez, Jose Antonio Hurtado, and Mariano Valdez-Chavarri Giant True Saphenous Vein Graft Aneurysm J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 1899. [Full Text] [PDF]

CORRESPONDENCE:

Research Correspondence:

Matteo Tebaldi, Chiara Arcozzi, Gianluca Campo, Gianfranco Percoco, Roberto Ferrari, Marco Valgimigli On behalf of the STRATEGY Investigators The 5-Year Clinical Outcomes After a Randomized Comparison of Sirolimus-Eluting Versus Bare-Metal Stent Implantation in Patients With ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 1900-1901. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

CORRECTIONS:

Correction J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 1902. [Full Text] [PDF]

Correction J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 1902. [Full Text] [PDF]

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