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Journal of the American College of Cardiology

September 01, 1996, Vol. 28, No. 3
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President's page: Who is responsible for the cardiovascular patient?
Richard P. Lewis, M.D., F.A.C.C.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 1996;28(3):796-797.
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Editor's page

Anecdotes in medicine: Do they have value?
William W. Parmley, M.D., F.A.C.C.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 1996;28(3):795-795.
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Clinical study

Detection of left anterior descending coronary artery stenosis in patients with left bundle branch block: exercise, adenosine or dobutamine imaging?
Periyanan Vaduganathan, M.D.; Zuo-Xiang He, M.D.; Chakravarthy Raghavan, M.D.; John J. Mahmarian, M.D., F.A.C.C.; Mario S. Verani, M.D., F.A.C.C., F.A.C.P.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 1996;28(3):543-550.
TOPICS: adenosine, dobutamine, anterior descending branch of left coronary artery, exercise, constriction, pathologic, ...
Atropine augmentation in dobutamine stress echocardiography: Role and incremental value in a clinical practice setting
Lieng H. Ling, M.B.B..S., M.R.C.P.; Patricia A. Pellikka, M.D., F.A.C.C.; Douglas W. Mahoney, M.S.C.; Jae K. Oh, M.D., F.A.C.C.; Robert B. McCully, M.B., ChB, F.A.C.C.; Veronique L. Roger, M.D., F.A.C.C.; James B. Seward, M.D., F.A.C.C.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 1996;28(3):551-557.
TOPICS: atropine, echocardiography, stress, dobutamine
Prediction of recovery of myocardial dysfunction after revascularization comparison of fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose/thallium-201 SPECT, thallium-201 stress-reinjection SPECT and dobutamine echocardiography
Jeroen J. Bax, M.D.; Jan H. Cornel, M.D.; Frans C. Visser, M.D.; Paolo M. Fioretti, M.D.; Arthur van Lingen, PhD; Ambroos E.M. Reijs, MSc; Eric Boersma, MSc; Gerrit J.J. Teule, M.D.; Cees A. Visser, M.D., F.A.C.C.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 1996;28(3):558-564.
TOPICS: single photon emission computed tomography, myocardial dysfunction, echocardiography, stress, dobutamine, 201 thallium, ...
Dobutamine positron emission tomography: Absolute quantitation of rest and dobutamine myocardial blood flow and correlation with cardiac work and percent diameter stenosis in patients with and without coronary artery disease
Janine Krivokapich, M.D., F.A.C.C.; Johannes Czernin, M.D.; Heinrich R. Schelbert, M.D., F.A.C.C.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 1996;28(3):565-572.
TOPICS: positron-emission tomography, dobutamine, coronary arteriosclerosis, myocardial perfusion, constriction, pathologic, heart

Endothelial function

Impaired vascular reactivity in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus is related to disease duration and low density lipoprotein cholesterol levels
Peter Clarkson, BSc, M.R.C.P.; David S. Celermajer, PhD, F.R.A.C.P.; Ann E. Donald; Mike Sampson, M.D., M.R.C.P.; Keld E. Sorensen, M.D.; Mark Adams, M.B., F.R.A.C.P.; Dennis K. Yue, PhD, F.R.A.C.P.; D. John Betteridge, M.D., PhD, F.R.C.P.; John E. Deanfield, M.B., MChir, F.R.C.P.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 1996;28(3):573-579.
TOPICS: ldl cholesterol lipoproteins, diabetes mellitus, type 1, illness length
Nitroglycerin-induced coronary vasodilation is not enhanced in patients with impaired endothelium-dependent dilation
Todd J. Anderson, M.D.; Ian T. Meredith, MBBS, PhD, F.A.C.C.; François Charbonneau, M.D.; Alan C. Yeung, M.D., F.A.C.C.; Michael Dyce, BSc; Andrew P. Selwyn, M.D., F.A.C.C.; Peter Ganz, M.D., F.A.C.C.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 1996;28(3):580-584.
TOPICS: nitroglycerin, dilatation, pathologic, endothelium, vasodilation
Exercise-induced vasodilation in forearm circulation of normal subjects and patients with congestive heart failure: Role of endothelium-derived nitric oxide
Stuart D. Katz, M.D.; Henry Krum, M.D., PhD; Tehreen Khan, M.D.; Mathius Knecht, M.D.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 1996;28(3):585-590.
TOPICS: nitric oxide, congestive heart failure, exercise, forearm, vasodilation
Endothelium-derived nitric oxide regulates systemic and pulmonary vascular resistance during acute hypoxia in humans
Mark L. Blitzer, M.D.; Evan Loh, M.D., F.A.C.C.; Mary-Anne Roddy, BSN; Jonathan S. Stamler, M.D.; Mark A. Creager, M.D., F.A.C.C.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 1996;28(3):591-596.
TOPICS: nitric oxide, hypoxia, pulmonary vascular resistance

Coronary artery disease

Differential progression of complex culprit stenoses in patients with stable and unstable angina pectoris
Lujia Chen, M.D.; Michael R. Chester, M.D.; Robert Crook, M.R.C.P.; Juan Carlos Kaski, M.D., F.A.C.C.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 1996;28(3):597-603.
TOPICS: unstable angina
The natural history of unheralded complex coronary plaques
Michael R. Chester, M.D.; Lijia Chen, M.D.; Juan Carlos Kaski, M.D., F.A.C.C.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 1996;28(3):604-608.
TOPICS: coronary plaque

Surgery

Contemporary practice of coronary revascularization in U.S. hospitals and hospitals participating in the bypass angioplasty revascularization investigation (BARI)
Katherine M. Detre, M.D., P.H.; Allan D. Rosen, M.S.; James E. Bost, PhD; Margaret E. Cooper, M.S.I.S., MEd; Kim Sutton-Tyrrell, DrPH; Richard Holubkov, PhD; Richard J. Shemin, M.D.; Robert L. Frye, M.D., F.A.C.C.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 1996;28(3):609-615.
TOPICS: coronary revascularization, angioplasty, bypass, revascularization
Coronary bypass graft fate and patient outcome: Angiographic follow-up of 5,065 grafts related to survival and reoperation in 1,388 patients during 25 years
Gerald M. Fitzgibbon, LRCP&S(Ireland), F.A.C.C.; Henryk P. Kafka, M.D., F.A.C.C.; Alan J. Leach, M.D., F.R.C.P.C; Wilbert J. Keon, M.D., F.A.C.C.; G.David Hooper, M.D., F.A.C.C.; Jeffrey R. Burton, M.D., F.A.C.C.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 1996;28(3):616-626.
TOPICS: coronary artery bypass surgery, repeat surgery, tissue transplants, patient-focused outcomes

Aortic dissection

Accuracy of biplane and multiplane transesophageal echocardiography in diagnosis of typical acute aortic dissection and intramural hematoma
Andre Keren, M.D., F.A.C.C.; Charles B. Kim, M.D.; Bob S. Hu, M.D., F.A.C.C.; Irina Eyngorina, M.D.; Margaret E. Billingham, F.R.C.P.; R.Scott Mitchell, M.D.; D.Craig Miller, M.D., F.A.C.C.; Richard L. Popp, M.D., F.A.C.C.; Ingela Schnittger, M.D., F.A.C.C.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 1996;28(3):627-636.
TOPICS: dissection of aorta, transesophageal echocardiography, intramural hematoma

Interventional Cardiology

Clinical and angiographic comparison of matched patients with successful directional coronary atherectomy or stent implantation for primary coronary artery lesions
Victor A. Umans, M.D., PhD; Rein Melkert, M.D.; David P. Foley, M.B., M.R.C.P.I, PhD; Patrick W. Serruys, M.D., PhD, F.A.C.C.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 1996;28(3):637-644.
TOPICS: stent, directional coronary atherectomy, coronary lesions
Effect of subintimal resection on initial outcome and restenosis for native coronary lesions and saphenous vein graft disease treated by directional coronary atherectomy A report from the Caveat I and II investigators
David R. Holmes, M.D., F.A.C.C.; Kirk N. Garratt, M.D., F.A.C.C.; Jeffrey M. Isner, M.D., F.A.C.C.; Marianne Kearney, B.S.; Lisa G. Berdan, P.A..C., M.H.S.; Robert S. Schwartz, M.D., F.A.C.C.; Robert M. Califf, M.D., F.A.C.C.; Eric J. Topol, M.D., F.A.C.C.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 1996;28(3):645-651.
TOPICS: restenosis, saphenous vein graft, directional coronary atherectomy, coronary lesions

Diastolic dysfunction

Doppler evaluation of patients with constrictive pericarditis: Use of tricuspid regurgitation velocity curves to determine enhanced ventricular interaction
Elizabeth Klodas, M.D.; Rick A. Nishimura, M.D., F.A.C.C.; Christopher P. Appleton, M.D., F.A.C.C.; Margaret M. Redfield, M.D., F.A.C.C.; Jae K. Oh, M.D., F.A.C.C.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 1996;28(3):652-657.
TOPICS: pericarditis, constrictive, tricuspid valve insufficiency, heart ventricle
Doppler index combining systolic and diastolic myocardial performance: Clinical value in cardiac amyloidisis
Chuwa Tei, M.D., F.A.C.C.; Karl S. Dujardin, M.D.; David O. Hodge, M.S.; Robert A. Kyle, M.D.; A. Jamil Tajik, M.D., F.A.C.C.; James B. Seward, M.D., F.A.C.C.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 1996;28(3):658-664.
TOPICS: myocardium, diastole, systole, heart

Heart Failure

Blood ketone bodies in congestive heart failure
Jyri Lommi, M.D.; Markku Kupari, M.D.; Pekka Koskinen, M.D.; Hannu Näveri, M.D.; Hannu Leinonen, M.D.; Kari Pulkki, M.D.; Matti Härkönen, M.D.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 1996;28(3):665-672.
TOPICS: congestive heart failure, ketone bodies

Heart transplantation

Early development of accelerated graft coronary artery disease: Risk factors and course
Shao-Zhou Gao, M.D.; Sharon A. Hunt, M.D., F.A.C.C.; John S. Schroeder, M.D.; Edwin L. Alderman, M.D., F.A.C.C.; Irene R. Hill, PhD; Edward B. Stinson, M.D., F.A.C.C.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 1996;28(3):673-679.
TOPICS: tissue transplants, coronary heart disease risk

Geriatric cardiology

Impact of myocardial perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography on referral to catheterization of the very elderly Is there evidence of gender-related referral bias?
Aman M. Amanullah, M.D., PhD; Hosen Kiat, M.D., F.R.A.C.P., F.A.C.C.; Rory Hachamovitch, M.D.; J.Arthur Cabico, I.S.H.A.C., C.O.H.E.N., PhD; John D. Friedman, M.D., F.A.C.C.; Daniel S. Berman, M.D., F.A.C.C.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 1996;28(3):680-686.
TOPICS: myocardial perfusion, patient referral, single photon emission computed tomography, catheterization, gender, elderly ...

Electrophysiology

Prevention of recurrent atrial fibrillation with chronic dual-site right atrial pacing
Sanjeev Saksena, M.D., F.A.C.C.; Atul Prakash, M.D., M.R.C.P.; Michael Hill, PhD; Ryszard B. Krol, M.D.; Anand N. Munsif, M.D.; Philip P. Mathew, M.S.; Rahul Mehra, PhD
J Am Coll Cardiol. 1996;28(3):687-694.
TOPICS: atrial fibrillation, atrial-based pacing
Testing different biphasic waveforms and capacitances: Effect on atrial defibrillation threshold and pain perception
Gery Tomassoni, M.D.; Keith H. Newby, M.D.; Margaret M. Kearney; Mary Joan Brandon; Helen Barold, M.D.; Andrea Natale, M.D.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 1996;28(3):695-699.
TOPICS: electric countershock, atrium, waveforms, pain perception
Effects of oral propafenone administration before electrical cardioversion of chronic atrial fibrillation: A placebo-controlled study
Leopoldo Bianconi, M.D.; Mauro Mennuni, M.D.; Vjerica Lukic, M.D.; Antonio Castro, M.D.; Mara Chieffi, M.D.; Massimo Santini, M.D., F.A.C.C.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 1996;28(3):700-706.
TOPICS: propafenone, atrial fibrillation, chronic, direct current cardioversion
Spontaneous onset of type I atrial flutter in patients
Albert L. Waldo, M.D., F.A.C.C.; Terry B. Cooper, M.D., F.A.C.C.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 1996;28(3):707-712.
TOPICS: atrial flutter
Value of quantitative measurement of signal-averaged electrocardiographic variables in arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia: Correlation with echocardiographic right ventricular cavity dimensions
Davendra Mehta, M.D., PhD, F.A.C.C.; Martin Goldman, M.D., F.A.C.C.; Orna David, B.S., R.D.C.S.; J.Anthony Gomes, M.D., F.A.C.C.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 1996;28(3):713-719.
TOPICS: electrocardiogram, arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia, heart ventricle
Determinants of spontaneous occurrence of sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardia in right ventricular dysplasia
Jean François Leclercq, M.D., FESC; Sergio Potenza, M.D.; Pierre Maison Planche, M.D.; Claude Chastang, M.D., PhD; Philippe Coumel, M.D., F.E.S.C.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 1996;28(3):720-724.
TOPICS: ventricular tachycardia, monomorphic, heart ventricle, dysplasia
Multiple anterograde atrioventricular node pathways in patients with atrioventricular node reentrant tachycardia
Ching-Tai Tai, M.D.; Shih-Ann Chen, M.D.; Chern-En Chiang, M.D.; Shih-Huang Lee, M.D.; Chuen-Wang Chiou, M.D.; Kwo-Chang Ueng, M.D.; Zu-Chi Wen, M.D.; Yi-Jen Chen, M.D.; Mau-Song Chang, M.D.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 1996;28(3):725-731.
TOPICS: tachycardia, atrioventricular node
Electrophysiologic characteristics, electropharmacologic responses and radiofrequency ablation in patients with decremental accessory pathway
Shih-Ann Chen, M.D.; Ching-Tai Tai, M.D.; Chern-En Chiang, M.D.; Shih-Huang Lee, M.D.; Zu-Chi Wen, M.D.; Chuen-Wang Chiou, M.D.; Kwo-Chang Ueng, M.D.; Yi-Jen Chen, M.D.; Wen-Chung Yu, M.D.; Jin-Long Huang, M.D.; Mau-Song Chang, M.D.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 1996;28(3):732-737.
TOPICS: atrioventricular accessory pathway, accelerated atrioventricular conduction, radiofrequency ablation
Detection of patients with sick sinus syndrome by use of low amplitude potentials early in filtered P wave
Takahisa Yamada, M.D.; Masatake Fukunami, M.D.; Kazuaki Kumagai, M.D.; Yasushi Abe, M.D.; Jiyoong Kim, M.D.; Shoji Sanada, M.D.; Masatsugu Hori, M.D.; Takenobu Kamada, M.D.; Noritake Hoki, M.D.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 1996;28(3):738-744.
TOPICS: p wave feature, sick sinus syndrome

Left ventricular hypertrophy

Coronary artery dimensions in primary and secondary left ventricular hypertrophy
Philipp Kaufmann, M.D.; Giuseppe Vassalli, M.D.; Simonetta Lupi-Wagner, M.D.; Rolf Jenni, M.D., M.S.E.E.; Otto M. Hess, M.D.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 1996;28(3):745-750.
TOPICS: coronary artery, left ventricular hypertrophy
Relation of arterial structure and function to left ventricular geometric patterns in hypertensive adults
Mary J. Roman, M.D., F.A.C.C.; Thomas G. Pickering, M.D., PhD; Joseph E. Schwartz, PhD; Riccardo Pini, M.D.; Richard B. Devereux, M.D., F.A.C.C.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 1996;28(3):751-756.
TOPICS: heart ventricle

Pediatric Cardiology

Quantification of myocardial blood flow and flow reserve in children with a history of kawasaki disease and normal coronary arteries using positron emission tomography
Otto Muzik, PhD; Stephen M. Paridon, M.D.; Tajinder P. Singh, M.D.; W.Robert Morrow, M.D.; Firat Dayanikli, M.D.; Marcelo F. Di Carli, M.D.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 1996;28(3):757-762.
TOPICS: positron-emission tomography, myocardial perfusion, coronary artery, kawasaki's disease

Adult congenital heart disease

Pregnancy outcomes after the Fontan repair
Mary M. Canobbio, MN, RN; Douglas D. Mair, M.D.; Mary van der Velde, M.D.; Brian J. Koos, M.D., DPhil
J Am Coll Cardiol. 1996;28(3):763-767.
TOPICS: fontan procedure, pregnancy outcome
Cerebrovascular events in adult patients with cyanotic congenital heart disease
Naser Ammash, M.D.; Carole A. Warnes, M.D., M.R.C.P., F.A.C.C.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 1996;28(3):768-772.
TOPICS: cyanotic congenital heart disease

Experimental Studies

Long-term captopril treatment improves diastolic filling more than systolic performance in rats with large myocardial infarction
Sheldonn E. Litwin, M.D., F.A.C.C.; Sarah E. Katz, BA; James P. Morgan, M.D., PhD, F.A.C.C.; Pamela S. Douglas, M.D., F.A.C.C.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 1996;28(3):773-781.
TOPICS: myocardial infarction, captopril, diastole, systole, rats

Articles

ACC expert consensus document
J Am Coll Cardiol. 1996;28(3):782-794.
TOPICS: consensus
Book received
J Am Coll Cardiol. 1996;28(3):802-802.
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Letter to the editor

Acute and long-term beta-adrenergic blockade for patients with neurocardiogenic syncope
Alexander G. Vigh, DO; Harry J. DeAntonio, DO, F.A.C.C.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 1996;28(3):798-798.
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Aortic regurgitation with extreme left ventricular dilation
Gregory I. Miller, M.D.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 1996;28(3):798-799.
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Reply
Marilyn M. Cox, M.D., F.A.C.C.; Bruce A. Perlman, M.D.; Manuel R. Mayor, M.D.; Todd Silberstein, BS; Ester Levin, M.D.; Agustin Castellanos, M.D., F.A.C.C.; Robert J. Myerburg, M.D., F.A.C.C.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 1996;28(3):798-798.
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Measurement of QT interval
Matti Mäntysaari, M.D.; Jouko Karjalainen, M.D.; Matti Viitasalo, M.D.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 1996;28(3):799-800.
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Reply
Maurice E. Sarano, M.D., F.A.C.C.; Elizabeth Klodas, M.D.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 1996;28(3):799-799.
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Reply
Janos Molnar, M.D.; James E. Rosenthal, M.D., F.A.C.C.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 1996;28(3):800-801.
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