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INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

Inside This Issue
J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: A26. [Full Text] [PDF]

QUARTERLY FOCUS ISSUE: HEART FAILURE:

State-of-the-Art Papers:

John S. Floras
Sympathetic Nervous System Activation in Human Heart Failure: Clinical Implications of an Updated Model
J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 375-385. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Sarah J. Goodlin
Palliative Care in Congestive Heart Failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 386-396. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Viewpoint:

Alexander M. Clark, Lori A. Savard, and David R. Thompson
What Is the Strength of Evidence for Heart Failure Disease-Management Programs?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 397-401. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction:

Thanh T. Phan, Khalid Abozguia, Ganesh Nallur Shivu, Gnanadevan Mahadevan, Ibrar Ahmed, Lynne Williams, Girish Dwivedi, Kiran Patel, Paul Steendijk, Houman Ashrafian, Anke Henning, and Michael Frenneaux
Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction Is Characterized by Dynamic Impairment of Active Relaxation and Contraction of the Left Ventricle on Exercise and Associated With Myocardial Energy Deficiency
J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 402-409. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Barry A. Borlaug, Carolyn S.P. Lam, Véronique L. Roger, Richard J. Rodeheffer, and Margaret M. Redfield
Contractility and Ventricular Systolic Stiffening in Hypertensive Heart Disease: Insights Into the Pathogenesis of Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 410-418. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Editorial Comment:

Samer S. Najjar
Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: Failure to Preserve, Failure of Reserve, and Failure on the Compliance Curve
J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 419-421. [Full Text] [PDF]

Heart Failure and Diabetes:

David Aguilar, Biykem Bozkurt, Kumudha Ramasubbu, and Anita Deswal
Relationship of Hemoglobin A1C and Mortality in Heart Failure Patients With Diabetes
J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 422-428. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [View Related Journal Scan on Cardiosource]

Editorial Comment:

Larry A. Weinrauch and Eldrin F. Lewis
Aiming for the Best Control of Glycemia in Patients With Heart Failure and Type 2 Diabetes: The "Sweet Spot"
J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 429-431. [Full Text] [PDF]

Heart Failure and Genetics:

Sharon Cresci, Reagan J. Kelly, Thomas P. Cappola, Abhinav Diwan, Daniel Dries, Sharon L.R. Kardia, and Gerald W. Dorn II
Clinical and Genetic Modifiers of Long-Term Survival in Heart Failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 432-444. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Online Appendix]

Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy:

Laurens F. Tops, Kalpana Prakasa, Harikrishna Tandri, Darshan Dalal, Rahul Jain, Veronica L. Dimaano, David Dombroski, Cynthia James, Crystal Tichnell, Amy Daly, Frank Marcus, Martin J. Schalij, Jeroen J. Bax, David Bluemke, Hugh Calkins, and Theodore P. Abraham
Prevalence and Pathophysiologic Attributes of Ventricular Dyssynchrony in Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia/Cardiomyopathy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 445-451. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

CLINICAL RESEARCH:

Valvular Heart Disease:

Unnati Sampat, Padmini Varadarajan, Rami Turk, Ashvin Kamath, Sumit Khandhar, and Ramdas G. Pai
Effect of Beta-Blocker Therapy on Survival in Patients With Severe Aortic Regurgitation: Results From a Cohort of 756 Patients
J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 452-457. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [View Related Cardiosource Journal Scan]

Editorial Comment:

Uri Elkayam
Beta-Blockers in the Treatment of Aortic Regurgitation: A New Opportunity?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 458-459. [Full Text] [PDF]

Congenital Heart Disease:

Alexander R. Opotowsky, Omar K. Siddiqi, and Gary D. Webb
Trends in Hospitalizations for Adults With Congenital Heart Disease in the U.S.
J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 460-467. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Online Appendix][ View Related Cardiosource Journal Scan]

Acute Coronary Syndromes:

Sanjit S. Jolly, David P. Faxon, Keith A.A. Fox, Rizwan Afzal, William E. Boden, Petr Widimsky, P. Gabriel Steg, Vicent Valentin, Andrez Budaj, Christopher B. Granger, Campbell D. Joyner, Susan Chrolavicius, Salim Yusuf, and Shamir R. Mehta
Efficacy and Safety of Fondaparinux Versus Enoxaparin in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes Treated With Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Inhibitors or Thienopyridines: Results From the OASIS 5 (Fifth Organization to Assess Strategies in Ischemic Syndromes) Trial
J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 468-476. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [ View Related Cardiosource Journal Scan]

Abhiram Prasad, Bernard J. Gersh, Michel E. Bertrand, A. Michael Lincoff, Jeffrey W. Moses, E. Magnus Ohman, Harvey D. White, Stuart J. Pocock, Brent T. McLaurin, David A. Cox, Alexandra J. Lansky, Roxana Mehran, and Gregg W. Stone
Prognostic Significance of Periprocedural Versus Spontaneously Occurring Myocardial Infarction After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes: An Analysis From the ACUITY (Acute Catheterization and Urgent Intervention Triage Strategy) Trial
J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 477-486. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [View Related Journal Scan on Cardiosource]

IMAGES IN CARDIOLOGY:

Gerald Gahide, Serge Barde, and Noelle Francis-Sicre
Cor Triatriatum Sinister: A Comprehensive Anatomical Study on Computed Tomography Scan
J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 487. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

CORRESPONDENCE:

Letters to the Editor:

David H. MacIver
Heart Failure With Normal Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction May Be Due to Systolic Dysfunction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 488. [Full Text] [PDF]

Micha T. Maeder and David M. Kaye
Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 54: 488-489. [Full Text] [PDF]


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