Other Issues:	Contents:  Volume 54, Issue 4, July 21, 2009   [Index by Author]         INSIDE THIS ISSUE        STATE-OF-THE-ART PAPER        CLINICAL RESEARCH             Clinical Trials             Interventional Cardiology             Heart Failure                 Editorial Comment             Genetics/Genomics                 Editorial Comment             Cardiac Imaging             Biomarkers                 Editorial Comment        IMAGES IN CARDIOLOGY        EDITOR'S PAGE        CORRESPONDENCE             Research Correspondence             Letters to the Editor
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

Inside This Issue J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: A28. [Full Text] [PDF]

STATE-OF-THE-ART PAPER:

Giampaolo Niccoli, Francesco Burzotta, Leonarda Galiuto, and Filippo Crea Myocardial No-Reflow in Humans J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 281-292. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

CLINICAL RESEARCH:

Clinical Trials:

Takafumi Hiro, Takeshi Kimura, Takeshi Morimoto, Katsumi Miyauchi, Yoshihisa Nakagawa, Masakazu Yamagishi, Yukio Ozaki, Kazuo Kimura, Satoshi Saito, Tetsu Yamaguchi, Hiroyuki Daida, Masunori Matsuzaki for the JAPAN-ACS Investigators Effect of Intensive Statin Therapy on Regression of Coronary Atherosclerosis in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome: A Multicenter Randomized Trial Evaluated by Volumetric Intravascular Ultrasound Using Pitavastatin Versus Atorvastatin (JAPAN-ACS [Japan Assessment of Pitavastatin and Atorvastatin in Acute Coronary Syndrome] Study) J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 293-302. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Online Appendix][View Related Cardiosource Journal Scan]

Interventional Cardiology:

Dominique Himbert, Fleur Descoutures, Nawwar Al-Attar, Bernard Iung, Gregory Ducrocq, Delphine Détaint, Eric Brochet, David Messika-Zeitoun, Fady Francis, Hassan Ibrahim, Patrick Nataf, and Alec Vahanian Results of Transfemoral or Transapical Aortic Valve Implantation Following a Uniform Assessment in High-Risk Patients With Aortic Stenosis J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 303-311. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Heart Failure:

Francis D. Pagani, Leslie W. Miller, Stuart D. Russell, Keith D. Aaronson, Ranjit John, Andrew J. Boyle, John V. Conte, Roberta C. Bogaev, Thomas E. MacGillivray, Yoshifumi Naka, Donna Mancini, H. Todd Massey, Leway Chen, Charles T. Klodell, Juan M. Aranda, Nader Moazami, Gregory A. Ewald, David J. Farrar, O. Howard Frazier for the HeartMate II Investigators Extended Mechanical Circulatory Support With a Continuous-Flow Rotary Left Ventricular Assist Device J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 312-321. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [ View Related Cardiosource Journal Scan]

Editorial Comment:

Howard J. Eisen and Shelley R. Hankins Continuous Flow Rotary Left Ventricular Assist Device: Mechanical Circulatory Support 2.0 J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 322-324. [Full Text] [PDF]

Genetics/Genomics:

Mousumi Moulik, Matteo Vatta, Stephanie H. Witt, Anita M. Arola, Ross T. Murphy, William J. McKenna, Aladin M. Boriek, Kazuhiro Oka, Siegfried Labeit, Neil E. Bowles, Takuro Arimura, Akinori Kimura, and Jeffrey A. Towbin ANKRD1, the Gene Encoding Cardiac Ankyrin Repeat Protein, Is a Novel Dilated Cardiomyopathy Gene J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 325-333. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [View Related Cardiosource Journal Scan]

Takuro Arimura, J. Martijn Bos, Akinori Sato, Toru Kubo, Hiroshi Okamoto, Hirofumi Nishi, Haruhito Harada, Yoshinori Koga, Mousumi Moulik, Yoshinori L. Doi, Jeffrey A. Towbin, Michael J. Ackerman, and Akinori Kimura Cardiac Ankyrin Repeat Protein Gene (ANKRD1) Mutations in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 334-342. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial Comment:

Luisa Mestroni Phenotypic Heterogeneity of Sarcomeric Gene Mutations: A Matter of Gain and Loss? J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 343-345. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Cardiac Imaging:

Gianluca Pontone, Daniele Andreini, Antonio L. Bartorelli, Sarah Cortinovis, Saima Mushtaq, Erika Bertella, Andrea Annoni, Alberto Formenti, Enrica Nobili, Daniela Trabattoni, Piero Montorsi, Giovanni Ballerini, Piergiuseppe Agostoni, and Mauro Pepi Diagnostic Accuracy of Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography: A Comparison Between Prospective and Retrospective Electrocardiogram Triggering J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 346-355. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Biomarkers:

JACC Continuing Medical Education J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 356. [PDF]

Kai M. Eggers, Bo Lagerqvist, Per Venge, Lars Wallentin, and Bertil Lindahl Prognostic Value of Biomarkers During and After Non–ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 357-364. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Get for this Article ][View Cardiosource Journal Scan]

Editorial Comment:

Christopher R. deFilippi and Stephen L. Seliger Biomarkers for Prognostication After Acute Coronary Syndromes: New Times and Statistics J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 365-367. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

IMAGES IN CARDIOLOGY:

Nikolaos Koumallos, Charalambos Antoniades, Alexios S. Antonopoulos, Dimitris Tousoulis, Aristides Androulakis, Themistoklis Psarros, and Christodoulos Stefanadis A Rare Case of Primary Cardiac Lymphoma Presented as Superior Vena Cava Syndrome J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 368. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

EDITOR'S PAGE:

Anthony N. DeMaria Passing the Baton J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 369-370. [Full Text] [PDF]

CORRESPONDENCE:

Research Correspondence:

Nathan Goldstein, Elizabeth Bradley, Jessica Zeidman, Davendra Mehta, and R. Sean Morrison Barriers to Conversations About Deactivation of Implantable Defibrillators in Seriously Ill Patients: Results of a Nationwide Survey Comparing Cardiology Specialists to Primary Care Physicians J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 371-373. [Full Text] [PDF]

Letters to the Editor:

John R. Kapoor and Roger Kapoor Strict Glucose Control in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit: Poised for Real Time? J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 373-374. [Full Text] [PDF]

Antonio Ceriello Reply J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 374. [Full Text] [PDF]

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