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Journal of the American College of Cardiology

June 01, 2000, Vol. 35, No. 7
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Review article

Low molecular weight heparin in acute coronary syndrome: evidence for superior or equivalent efficacy compared with unfractionated heparin?
Sanjay Kaul, MD; Prediman K Shah, MD
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000;35(7):1699-1712.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)00648-3
TOPICS: acute coronary syndromes, enoxaparin, dalteparin, low-molecular-weight heparin, timi grading system, unfractionated heparin ...

Clinical Studies

Corrected coronary flow velocity reserve: a new concept for assessing coronary perfusion
Heinrich Wieneke, MD; Michael Haude, MD; Junbo Ge, MD; Christoph Altmann, MD; Sigrid Kaiser, MS; Dietrich Baumgart, MD; Clemens von Birgelen, MD, PhD; Dirk Welge, MD; Raimund Erbel, MD
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000;35(7):1713-1720.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)00639-2
TOPICS: hypertension, coronary artery, coronary stenosis, anterior descending branch of left coronary artery, ...
Safety and efficacy of elective carotid artery stenting in high-risk patients
Fayaz Shawl, MD; Waleed Kadro, MD; Michael J Domanski, MD; Fernando L Lapetina, MD; Aleem A Iqbal, MD; Kathy G Dougherty; David D Weisher, MD; Jaime F Marquez, MD; S.Tariq Shahab, MD
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000;35(7):1721-1728.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)00618-5
TOPICS: myocardial infarction, stent, endarterectomy, carotid, ischemic stroke, safety, procedures, carotid angioplasty and ...
A comparison of systematic stenting and conventional balloon angioplasty during primary percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction
Luc Maillard, MD, PhD; Martial Hamon, MD; Khalife Khalife, MD; Philippe Gabriel Steg, MD; Farzin Beygui, MD; Jean-Leon Guermonprez, MD; Christian M. Spaulding, MD; Jean-Marc Boulenc, MD; Janusz Lipiecki, MD; Antoine Lafont, MD, PhD; Philippe Brunel, MD; Gilles Grollier, MD; Rene Koning, MD; Pierre Coste, MD; Xavier Favereau, MD; Bernard Lancelin, MD; Eric Van Belle, MD, PhD; Patrick Serruys, MD, PhD; Jean-Pierre Monassier, MD; Philippe Raynaud, MD
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000;35(7):1729-1736.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)00612-4
TOPICS: myocardial infarction, acute, stent, restenosis, balloon angioplasty, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty
The use of subcutaneous erythropoietin and intravenous iron for the treatment of the anemia of severe, resistant congestive heart failure improves cardiac and renal function and functional cardiac class, and markedly reduces hospitalizations
Donald S Silverberg, MD; Dov Wexler, MD; Miriam Blum, MD; Gad Keren, MD; David Sheps, MD; Eyal Leibovitch, MD; David Brosh, MD; Shlomo Laniado, MD; Doron Schwartz, MD; Tatyana Yachnin, MD; Itzhak Shapira, MD; Dov Gavish, MD; Ron Baruch, MD; Bella Koifman, MD; Carl Kaplan, MD; Shoshana Steinbruch, RN; Adrian Iaina, MD
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000;35(7):1737-1744.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)00613-6
TOPICS: anemia, iron, renal function, congestive heart failure, erythropoietin, heart
Acute hemodynamic and neurohumoral effects of selective ETA receptor blockade in patients with congestive heart failure
Lukas E Spieker, MD; Veselin Mitrovic, MD; Georg Noll, MD; Richard Pacher, MD; Matthias R Schulze, MD; Jörg Muntwyler, MD, MPH; Christoph Schalcher, MD; Wolfgang Kiowski, MD; Thomas F Lüscher, MD
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000;35(7):1745-1752.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)00649-5
TOPICS: endothelin-1, hemodynamics, congestive heart failure, heart failure, endothelins, plasma, pulmonary wedge pressure ...
Light-to-moderate alcohol consumption and prognosis in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction
Howard A Cooper, MD; Derek V Exner, MD, MPH; Michael J Domanski, MD
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000;35(7):1753-1759.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)00625-2
TOPICS: ethanol, ischemia, ventricular dysfunction, left, heart failure, alcohol drinking, left ventricular systolic ...
Prevalence and characteristics of dystrophin defects in adult male patients with dilated cardiomyopathy
Eloisa Arbustini, MD; Marta Diegoli; Patrizia Morbini, MD; Barbara Dal Bello, MD; Nadia Banchieri; Andrea Pilotto; Filippo Magani; Maurizia Grasso, PhD; Jagat Narula, MD; Antonello Gavazzi, MD; Mario Viganò, MD; Luigi Tavazzi, MD
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000;35(7):1760-1768.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)00650-1
TOPICS: cardiomyopathy, dilated, dystrophin
Upregulation of the Bcl-2 family of proteins in end stage heart failure
Najma Latif, PhD; Mahboob A Khan, PhD; Emma Birks; Aldo O’Farrell, MSc; Jules Westbrook, BSc; Michael J Dunn, PhD; Magdi H Yacoub
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000;35(7):1769-1777.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)00647-1
TOPICS: apoptosis, cardiomyopathy, dilated, heart failure, dna, bcl2 gene, in situ nick-end labeling, ...
The shift in the myocardial adenine nucleotide translocator isoform expression pattern is associated with an enteroviral infection in the absence of an active T-cell dependent immune response in human inflammatory heart disease
Andrea Dörner, PhD; Mathias Pauschinger, MD; Peter L Schwimmbeck, MD; Uwe Kühl, PhD; Heinz-Peter Schultheiss, MD
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000;35(7):1778-1784.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)00644-6
TOPICS: myocardium, heart diseases, biopsy, immune response, adenine nucleotides, enterovirus infections, protein isoforms, ...
Pericardial fluid from patients with unstable angina induces vascular endothelial cell apoptosis
Atsushi Iwakura, MD; Masatoshi Fujita, MD; Koji Hasegawa, MD; Tatsuya Sawamura, MD; Ryuji Nohara, MD; Shigetake Sasayama, MD; Masashi Komeda, MD
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000;35(7):1785-1790.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)00651-3
TOPICS: apoptosis, pericardial sac, vascular endothelial growth factor a, endothelial cells, unstable angina ...
Risk stratification in unstable coronary artery disease: Exercise test and troponin T from a gender perspective
Kåge Säfström, MD; Bertil Lindahl, PhD; Eva Swahn, PhD
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000;35(7):1791-1800.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)00655-0
TOPICS: coronary arteriosclerosis, exercise stress test, troponin t, gender, stratification
Clinical effects of early angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor treatment for acute myocardial infarction are similar in the presence and absence of aspirin: Systematic overview of individual data from 96,712 randomized patients
Roberto Latini, MD; Gianni Tognoni, MD; Aldo P. Maggioni, MD; Colin Baigent, MB; Eugene Braunwald, MD; Zheng-Ming Chen, PhD; Rory Collins, MB, BS; Marcus Flather, MD; MariaGrazia Franzosi, PhD; John Kjekshus, MD; Lars Køber, MD; Li-Sheng Liu, MD; Richard Peto; Marc Pfeffer, MD; Fabrizio Pizzetti, MD; Eugenio Santoro, MSc; Peter Sleight, MD; Karl Swedberg, MD; Luigi Tavazzi, MD; Wen Wang, MSc; Salim Yusuf, MD
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000;35(7):1801-1807.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)00638-0
TOPICS: myocardial infarction, acute, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, aspirin
The aspirin–angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor tradeoff: to halve and halve not∗
Donald Hall, MD
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000;35(7):1808-1812.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)00637-9
TOPICS: angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, aspirin
Prognostic significance of ST segment depression in lateral leads I, aVL, V5 and V6 on the admission electrocardiogram in patients with a first acute myocardial infarction without ST segment elevation
José A Barrabés, MD; Jaume Figueras, MD; Cristina Moure, MD; Josefa Cortadellas, MD; Jordi Soler-Soler, MD
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000;35(7):1813-1819.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)00630-6
TOPICS: myocardial infarction, acute, electrocardiogram, st segment depression, st segment elevation
Acute myocardial infarction occurring in versus out of the hospital: patient characteristics and clinical outcome
Ralf Zahn, MD; Rudolf Schiele, MD; Karlheinz Seidl, MD; Thomas Kapp, MD; Hans Georg Glunz, MD; Edwin Jagodzinski, MD; Thomas Voigtländer, MD; Martin Gottwik, MD; Gunther Berg, MD; Helmut Thomas, MD; Jochen Senges, MD
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000;35(7):1820-1826.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)00629-X
TOPICS: myocardial infarction, acute, thrombolytic therapy, reperfusion therapy, angioplasty, infarction, inpatient, treatment outcome ...
Cardiac troponin T in chest pain unit patients without ischemic electrocardiographic changes: angiographic correlates and long-term clinical outcomes
Christopher R deFilippi, MD; Monica Tocchi, MD; Rohit J Parmar, MD; Salvatore Rosanio, MD, PhD; Gerard Abreo, MD; Marjorie A Potter, RN, BSN; Marschall S Runge, MD, PhD; Barry F Uretsky, MD
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000;35(7):1827-1834.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)00628-8
TOPICS: ischemia, chest pain, cardiac event, treatment outcome, ecg abnormal, creatine kinase mb, ...
Coronary flow velocity immediately after primary coronary stenting as a predictor of ventricular wall motion recovery in acute myocardial infarction
Tetsuzo Wakatsuki, MD; Masato Nakamura, MD; Taro Tsunoda, MD; Hiroko Toma, MD; Toshiyuki Degawa, MD; Takashi Oki, MD; Tetsu Yamaguchi, MD
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000;35(7):1835-1841.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)00632-X
TOPICS: myocardial infarction, acute, stent, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, reperfusion therapy, angioplasty, cerebral ...
Measurement of postsystolic shortening to assess viability and predict recovery of left ventricular function after acute myocardial infarction
Hiroaki Hosokawa, MD; Florence H Sheehan, MD; Takahiko Suzuki, MD
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000;35(7):1842-1849.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)00634-3
TOPICS: myocardial infarction, acute, ventricular function, left, anterior myocardial infarction, angioplasty, diastole, infarction, ...
Safety and clinical impact of ergonovine stress echocardiography for diagnosis of coronary vasospasm
Jae-Kwan Song, MD; Seong-Wook Park, MD; Duk-Hyun Kang, MD; Myeong-Ki Hong, MD; Jae-Joong Kim, MD; Cheol-Whan Lee, MD; Seung-Jung Park, MD
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000;35(7):1850-1856.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)00646-X
TOPICS: coronary angiography, echocardiography, coronary artery vasospasm, stress echocardiography, ergonovine, safety, spasm
A renaissance of provocative testing for coronary spasm?∗
Karen K Hamilton, MD; Carl J Pepine, MD
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000;35(7):1857-1859.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)00653-7
TOPICS: angina pectoris with documented spasm
Improvement of endothelial function and insulin sensitivity with vitamin C in patients with coronary spastic angina: Possible role of reactive oxygen species
Osamu Hirashima, MD; Hiroaki Kawano, MD; Takeshi Motoyama, MD; Nobutaka Hirai, MD; Masamichi Ohgushi, MD; Kiyotaka Kugiyama, MD; Hisao Ogawa, MD; Hirofumi Yasue, MD
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000;35(7):1860-1866.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)00616-1
TOPICS: angina pectoris, endothelium, muscle spasticity, reactive oxygen species, ascorbic acid, insulin sensitivity ...
Myocardial perfusion and sympathetic innervation in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Sheng-Ting Li, MD, PhD; Cees J Tack, MD; Lameh Fananapazir, MD; David S Goldstein, MD, PhD
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000;35(7):1867-1873.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)00626-4
TOPICS: hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, myocardium, positron-emission tomography, myocardial perfusion, perfusion, radioactivity, united states food ...
Thrombolysis is an effective and safe therapy in stuck bileaflet mitral valves in the absence of high-risk thrombi
Yaron Shapira, MD; Itzhak Herz, MD; Mordehay Vaturi, MD; Avital Porter, MD; Yehuda Adler, MD; Yochai Birnbaum, MD; Boris Strasberg, MD; Samuel Sclarovsky, MD; Alex Sagie, MD
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000;35(7):1874-1880.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)00640-9
TOPICS: fibrinolytic agents, transesophageal echocardiography, thrombolytic therapy, mitral valve, thrombus
Intravenous thrombolytic treatment of mechanical prosthetic valve thrombosis: a study using serial transesophageal echocardiography
Mehmet Özkan, MD; Cihangir Kaymaz, MD; Cevat Kirma, MD; Kenan Sönmez, MD; Nihal Özdemir, MD; Mehmet Balkanay, MD; Cevat Yakut, MD; Ubeydullah Deligönül, MD
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000;35(7):1881-1889.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)00654-9
TOPICS: prosthetic cardiac valve thrombosis, fibrinolytic agents, transesophageal echocardiography, thrombolytic therapy, thrombus
Clinical characteristics of a familial inherited myxomatous valvular dystrophy mapped to Xq28
Jean-Noël Trochu, MD; Florence Kyndt, PhD; Jean-Jacques Schott, PhD; Jean-Pierre Gueffet, MD; Vincent Probst, MD; Bernard Bénichou, MD, PhD; Hervé Le Marec, MD, PhD
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000;35(7):1890-1897.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)00617-3
TOPICS: aorta, aortic valve insufficiency, phenotype, mitral valve insufficiency, mitral valve prolapse, echocardiography, ...
Prospective randomized comparison of antiarrhythmic therapy versus first-line radiofrequency ablation in patients with atrial flutter
Andrea Natale, MD; Keith H Newby, MD; Ennio Pisanó, MD; Fabio Leonelli, MD; Raffaele Fanelli, MD; Domenico Potenza, MD; Salwa Beheiry, RN; Gery Tomassoni, MD
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000;35(7):1898-1904.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)00635-5
TOPICS: anti-arrhythmia agents, atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, pharmacotherapy, cardiac ablation, radiofrequency ablation, ablation ...
Catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia in patients with structural heart disease using cooled radiofrequency energy: Results of a prospective multicenter study
Hugh Calkins, MD; Andrew Epstein, MD; Douglas Packer, MD; Amelia M. Arria, PhD; John Hummel, MD; David M. Gilligan, MD; Janet Trusso, RN; Mark Carlson, MD; Richard Luceri, MD; Harry Kopelman, MD; David Wilber, MD; J.Marcus Wharton, MD; William Stevenson, MD
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000;35(7):1905-1914.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)00615-X
TOPICS: cardiac arrhythmia, tachycardia, ventricular, cardiac ablation, procedures, structural disorder of heart, ablation ...
A randomized trial comparing heparin initiation 6 h or 24 h after pacemaker or defibrillator implantation
Gregory F Michaud, MD; Frank Pelosi, MD; Matthew D Noble, BS; Bradley P Knight, MD; Fred Morady, MD; S.Adam Strickberger, MD
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000;35(7):1915-1918.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)00633-1
TOPICS: anticoagulation, artificial cardiac pacemaker, heparin, warfarin, hematoma, defibrillator
Homozygosity for a HERG potassium channel mutation causes a severe form of long QT syndrome: identification of an apparent founder mutation in the Finns
Kirsi Piippo, PhD; Päivi Laitinen, PhD; Heikki Swan, MD; Lauri Toivonen, MD; Matti Viitasalo, MD; Michael Pasternack, PhD; Kristian Paavonen, MD; Hugh Chapman, PhD; Kenneth T. Wann, PhD; Eeva Hirvelä, MD; Antti Sajantila, MD; Kimmo Kontula, MD
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000;35(7):1919-1925.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)00636-7
TOPICS: long qt syndrome, herg, mutation, homozygote, potassium channel
A cross-sectional and diurnal study of thrombogenesis among patients with chronic atrial fibrillation
Foo Leong Li-Saw-Hee; Andrew D Blann, PhD; Gregory Y.H Lip, MD
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000;35(7):1926-1931.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)00627-6
TOPICS: atrial fibrillation, fibrinogen, von willebrand factor, circadian rhythms, atrial fibrillation, chronic, thrombophilia, ...
Clinical and echocardiographic characteristics of left atrial spontaneous echo contrast in sinus rhythm
Saihari Sadanandan, MD; Mark V Sherrid, MD
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000;35(7):1932-1938.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)00643-4
TOPICS: atrial fibrillation, echocardiography, transesophageal echocardiography, cerebrovascular accident, atrium, sinus rhythm, thrombus

Experimental Studies

Multisite pacing for prevention of atrial tachyarrhythmias: potential mechanisms
Ruediger Becker, MD; Reinhard Klinkott; Alexander Bauer, MD; Julia C Senges, MD; Kirsten D Schreiner, MD; Frederik Voss, MD; Wolfgang Kuebler, MD; Wolfgang Schoels, MD
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000;35(7):1939-1946.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)00631-8
TOPICS: tachycardia, atrium, dog, domestic
Determinants of forward pulmonary vein flow: An open pericardium pig model
Paolo Barbier, MD; Steve Solomon, PhD; Nelson B Schiller, MD; Stanton A Glantz, PhD
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000;35(7):1947-1959.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)00642-2
TOPICS: pericardial sac, ischemia, conduit implant, lung, atrium, diastole, systole, diastolic flow, trough ...
Response to incremental doses of dobutamine early after reperfusion is predictive of the degree of myocardial salvage in dogs with experimental acute myocardial infarction
Kazuya Takehana, MD; Mirta Ruiz, MD; Frank D Petruzella, BA; Denny D Watson, PhD; George A Beller, MD; David K Glover
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000;35(7):1960-1968.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)00641-0
TOPICS: myocardial infarction, acute, myocardium, dobutamine, reperfusion therapy, dog, domestic, infarction, systole, infusion ...
Local paclitaxel delivery for the prevention of restenosis: biological effects and efficacy in vivo
Christian Herdeg, MD; Martin Oberhoff, MD; Andreas Baumbach, MD; Andreas Blattner; Dorothea I Axel, PhD; Stephen Schröder, MD; Helmut Heinle, PhD; Karl R Karsch, MD
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000;35(7):1969-1976.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)00614-8
TOPICS: paclitaxel, restenosis
Plant-derived estrogens relax coronary arteries in vitro by a calcium antagonistic mechanism
Gemma A Figtree, MB; Huw Griffiths, MB, BSc; Ying-Qing Lu, PhD; Carolyn M Webb, PhD; Kenneth MacLeod, PhD; Peter Collins, MD
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000;35(7):1977-1985.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)00645-8
TOPICS: coronary artery, estrogen, phytoestrogen, calcium, genistein, plants
Phytoestrogens and vascular therapy∗
James D Marsh, MD
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000;35(7):1986-1987.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)00652-5
TOPICS: phytoestrogen
Annual report
William W Parmley, MD
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000;35(7):1988-1988.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)00711-7
TOPICS: canada, germany, internet, italy, netherlands, rejection (psychology), guidelines, american college of cardiology ...

Special sections

President’s page: ACC takes strategic steps to address members’ needs
George A Beller, MD
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000;35(7):1989-1992.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)00712-9
TOPICS: advisory committees, education, medical, continuing
Beta-blockers and ventricular arrhythmias in dilated cardiomyopathy
Laurent Fauchier, MD; Bruno Giraudeau, PhD
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000;35(7):1993-1993.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)00659-8
TOPICS: beta-blocker, cardiomyopathy, dilated, ventricular arrhythmia
Reply
Andrea Di Lenarda, MD; Gastone Sabbadini, MD; Dario Gregori, PhD; Gianfranco Sinagra, MD
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000;35(7):1993-1994.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)00658-6
TOPICS: amiodarone, metoprolol, carvedilol, beta-blocker, cardiomyopathy, dilated, non-sustained ventricular tachycardia
Pharmacologic stress echocardiography: can we forget “state-of-the-art” protocols?
Albert Varga
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000;35(7):1994-1995.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)00661-6
TOPICS: stress echocardiography, pharmacology
Overdosing with prostacyclin in primary pulmonary hypertension
Karlman Wasserman, MD, PhD; Ronald Oudiz, MD
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000;35(7):1995-1996.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)00662-8
TOPICS: epoprostenol, primary pulmonary hypertension
Reply
Gabriele Fragasso, MD
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000;35(7):1995-1995.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)00660-4
TOPICS: myocardium, radionuclide imaging, dobutamine, dipyridamole, oxygen, ischemia, myocardial ischemia, hypertension, coronary arteriosclerosis, ...

Articles

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J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000;35(7):1997-2001.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)00783-X
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J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000;35(7):2002-2020.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)00782-8
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