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Journal of the American College of Cardiology

May 15, 2002, Vol. 39, No. 10
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President’s Page: The ACC and Advocacy: a strong voice for cardiovascular specialists
W Bruce, MD, MA, FACC
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2002;39(10):1699-1700.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(02)01879-X
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Review article

Statins and chronic heart failure: do we need a large-scale outcome trial?
Henry Krum, MBBS, PhD, FRACP; John J McMurray, MB, MD, FRCP, FACC, FESC
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2002;39(10):1567-1573.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(02)01827-2
TOPICS: heart failure, chronic, statins, congestive heart failure

Historical vignette

Walter gaskell and the understanding of atrioventricular conduction and block
Mark E Silverman, MD, MACP, FRCP, FACC; Charles B Upshaw, MD, FACP, FACC
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2002;39(10):1574-1580.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(02)01839-9
TOPICS: atrioventricular block, myocardium, atrium, heart ventricle, paranasal sinuses, periodicity, heart, physiology, impulse ...

Clinical study: Transmyocardial revascularization

A prospective, multicenter, randomized trial of percutaneous transmyocardial laser revascularization in patients with nonrecanalizable chronic total occlusions
Gregg W. Stone, MD, FACC; Paul S. Teirstein, MD, FACC; Ronald Rubenstein, MD, FACC; Dwayne Schmidt, MD, FACC; Patrick L. Whitlow, MD, FACC; Edward J. Kosinski, MD, FACC; Gregory Mishkel, MD, FACC; John A. Power, MD, FACC
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2002;39(10):1581-1587.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(02)01829-6
TOPICS: angina pectoris, percutaneous coronary intervention, transmyocardial revascularization by laser technique, percutaneous transmyocardial ...

Clinical study: ransmyocardial revascularization

Continued symptomatic improvement three to five years after transmyocardial revascularization with co2 laser: A late clinical follow-up of the norwegian randomized trial with transmyocardial revascularization
Lars Aaberge, MD; Kjell Rootwelt, MD, PhD; Svein Blomhoff, MD, PhD; Kjell Saatvedt, MD, PhD; Michel Abdelnoor, MPH, PhD; Kolbjorn Forfang, MD, PhD
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2002;39(10):1588-1593.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(02)01828-4
TOPICS: angina pectoris, left ventricular ejection fraction, gated blood-pool imaging, lasers, carbon dioxide ...

Clinical study: myocardial infarction

Clinical value of 12-lead electrocardiography to predict the long-term prognosis of gissi-1 patients
Francesco Mauri, MD; Maria Grazia Franzosi, PhD; Aldo Pietro Maggioni, MD; Eugenio Santoro, MS; Luigi Santoro, MS
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2002;39(10):1594-1600.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(02)01833-8
TOPICS: electrocardiogram, myocardial injury

Clinical study: Non-Q-wave myocardial infarction

Stress test criteria used in the conservative arm of the frisc-ii trial underdetects surgical coronary artery disease whenapplied to patients in the vanqwish trial
Abhinav Goyal, MD; Frederick F. Samaha, MD, FACC; William E. Boden, MD, FACC; Michael J. Wade, MS; Stephen E. Kimmel, MD, MS, FACC
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2002;39(10):1601-1607.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(02)01841-7
TOPICS: coronary arteriosclerosis, st segment depression, cardiac catheterization, exercise stress test, surgical procedures, ...

Clinical study: interventional cardiology

Improved outcomes for women undergoing contemporary percutaneous coronary intervention: A report from the national heart, lung, and blood institute dynamic registry
Alice K Jacobs, MD, FACC; Janet M Johnston, PhD; Amelia Haviland; Maria Mori Brooks, PhD; Sheryl F Kelsey, PhD; David R Holmes, MD, FACC; David P Faxon, MD, FACC; David O Williams, MD, FACC; Katherine M Detre, MD, DrPH, FACC
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2002;39(10):1608-1614.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(02)01835-1
TOPICS: percutaneous coronary intervention, coronary artery bypass surgery, lung, heart

Clinical study: heart failure

Impact of beta-blocker treatment on the prognostic value of currently used risk predictors in congestive heart failure
Christian Zugck, MD; Armin Haunstetter, MD; Carsten Krüger, MD; Robert Kell, MD; Dieter Schellberg, MS; Wolfgang Kübler, MD, FRCP; Markus Haass, MD
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2002;39(10):1615-1622.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(02)01840-5
TOPICS: beta-blocker, congestive heart failure
Neurohormonal activation rapidly decreases after intravenous therapy withdiuretics and vasodilators for class IV heart failure
Wendy Johnson, MD; Torbjørn Omland, MD; Christian Hall, MD; Caroline Lucas, MD; Ole L Myking, MD; Caroline Collins, RN; Marc Pfeffer, MD, FACC; Jean-Lucien Rouleau, MD, FACC; Lynne W Stevenson, MD, FACC
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2002;39(10):1623-1629.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(02)01814-4
TOPICS: norepinephrine, diuretics, hemodynamics, brain natriuretic peptide, heart failure, vasodilators, endothelins, plasma, natriuretic ...

Clinical study

The diastolic flow-pressure gradient relation in coronary stenoses in humans
Koen M.J Marques, MD; Hugo J Spruijt, MSEE; Christa Boer, PhD; Nico Westerhof, PhD; Cees A Visser, MD, PhD, FACC; Frans C Visser, MD, PhD
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2002;39(10):1630-1636.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(02)01834-X
TOPICS: stent, hemodynamics, coronary artery, coronary stenosis, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, diastole

Clinical study: coronary artery disease

Determinants of coronary artery compliance in subjects with and without angiographic coronary artery disease
James A Shaw, MBBS; Bronwyn A Kingwell, PhD; Anthony S Walton, FRACP; James D Cameron, MD, M Eng Sc; Prakash Pillay, MBBS; Christoph D Gatzka, MD; Anthony M Dart, FRCP, DPhil
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2002;39(10):1637-1643.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(02)01842-9
TOPICS: coronary arteriosclerosis, coronary artery, chest pain, intravascular ultrasonography, diastole, systole, heart

Clinical study: Atrial fibrillation

Left atrial versus bi-atrial maze operation using intraoperatively cooled-tip radiofrequency ablation in patients undergoing open-heart surgery: Safety and efficacy
Thomas Deneke, MD; Krishna Khargi, MD; Peter Hubert Grewe, MD; Stefan von Dryander, MD; Frank Kuschkowitz, MD; Thomas Lawo, MD; Klaus-Michael Müller, MD; Axel Laczkovics, MD; Bernd Lemke, MD
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2002;39(10):1644-1650.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(02)01836-3
TOPICS: anti-arrhythmia agents, atrial fibrillation, open heart surgery, atrium, safety, surgical procedures, operative, ...
Isolated annular dilation does not usually cause important functional mitral regurgitation: Comparison between patients with lone atrial fibrillation and those with idiopathic or ischemic cardiomyopathy
Yutaka Otsuji, MD, FACC; Toshiro Kumanohoso, MD; Shiro Yoshifuku, MD; Keiko Matsukida, MD; Chihaya Koriyama, MD; Akira Kisanuki, MD; Shinichi Minagoe, MD; Robert A. Levine, MD, FACC; Chuwa Tei, MD, FACC
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2002;39(10):1651-1656.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(02)01838-7
TOPICS: lone atrial fibrillation, ischemic cardiomyopathy, dilatation, pathologic, functional mitral regurgitation, spinal tethering ...

Clinical study: hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Increased plasma brain natriuretic peptide level as a guide for silent myocardial ischemia in patients with non-obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Tomoki Nakamura, MD; Kenzo Sakamoto, MD; Tetsuhiro Yamano, MD; Masayuki Kikkawa, MD; Kan Zen, MD; Takato Hikosaka, MD; Takao Kubota, MD; Akihiro Azuma, MD, PhD; Tsunehiko Nishimura, MD, PhD
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2002;39(10):1657-1663.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(02)01813-2
TOPICS: hypertrophic cardiomyopathy without obstruction, silent myocardial ischemia, myocardial ischemia, brain natriuretic peptide, ...

Clinical study: pediatric cardiology

Percutaneous insertion of the pulmonary valve
Philipp Bonhoeffer, MD; Younes Boudjemline, MD; Shakeel A Qureshi, MD; Jerome Le Bidois, MD; Laurence Iserin, MD; Philippe Acar, MD; Jacques Merckx, MD; Jean Kachaner, MD; Daniel Sidi, MD
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2002;39(10):1664-1669.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(02)01822-3
TOPICS: pulmonary valve insufficiency, stent, conduit implant, constriction, pathologic, pulmonary valve, surgical procedures, ...
Pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum: Range of morphology in a population-based study
Piers E.F Daubeney, MRCP; David J Delany, FRCR; Robert H Anderson, MD; George G.S Sandor, MD; Zdenek Slavik, MD; Barry R Keeton, FRCP; Steven A Webber, MRCP
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2002;39(10):1670-1679.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(02)01832-6
TOPICS: pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum, tricuspid valve, dilatation, pathologic, heart ventricle, ...

Experimental study

Time courses of apoptosis and cell proliferation and their relationship to arterial remodeling and restenosis after angioplasty in an atherosclerotic rabbit model
Eric Durand, MD; Ziad Mallat, MD, PhD; Faouzi Addad, MD; Françoise Vilde, MD; Michel Desnos, MD; Claude Guérot, MD; Alain Tedgui, PhD; Antoine Lafont, MD, PhD
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2002;39(10):1680-1685.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(02)01831-4
TOPICS: apoptosis, restenosis, cell proliferation, angioplasty, oryctolagus cuniculus, arterial remodeling
Intramural coronary delivery of advanced antisense oligonucleotides reduces neointimal formation in the porcine stent restenosis model
Nicholas N Kipshidze, MD, PhD, FACC; Han-Soo Kim, MD, FACC; Patrick Iversen, PhD; Hamid A Yazdi, MD; Balram Bhargava, MD; Gishel New, MD, FACC; Roxana Mehran, MD, FACC; Fermin Tio, MD; Christian Haudenschild, MD; George Dangas, MD, PhD, FACC; Gregg W Stone, MD, FACC; Sriram Iyer, MD, FACC; Gary S Roubin, MD, PhD, FACC; Martin B Leon, MD, FACC; Jeffrey W Moses, MD, FACC
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2002;39(10):1686-1691.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(02)01830-2
TOPICS: stent, restenosis, antisense oligonucleotides, family suidae, c-myc genes
Comparison of the effects of an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor and a vasopeptidase inhibitor after myocardial infarction in the rat
Nathalie Lapointe, MSc; Charles Blais, PhD; Albert Adam, PhD; Thomas Parker, MD, FACC; Martin G Sirois, PhD; Hugues Gosselin, DT; Robert Clément, BSc; Jean L Rouleau, MD, FACC
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2002;39(10):1692-1698.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(02)01837-5
TOPICS: angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, cytokine, myocardial infarction, captopril, tumor necrosis factors, hemodynamic measurements, ...

Letter to the editor

A four-year-old rabbit cannot be considered the right model for investigating cardiac senescence
Pasquale Abete, MD, PhD; Domenico de Santis, MD; Mario Condorelli, MD; Claudio Napoli, MD, PhD; Franco Rengo, MD
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2002;39(10):1701-1701.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(02)01818-1
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Reply
Karin Przyklenk, PhD; Peter Whittaker, PhD
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2002;39(10):1701-1702.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(02)01819-3
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Revascularizing chronic total occlusions: what about the coronary collaterals and myocardial viability story?
S.K. Chugh, MD
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2002;39(10):1702-1703.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(02)01815-6
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Is a high hematocrit level good for patients with heart failure?
Steven P Marso, MD, FACC; Barry D Rutherford, MD, FACC
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2002;39(10):1703-1704.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(02)01811-9
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Reply
Steven P Marso, MD, FACC; Barry D Rutherford, MD, FACC
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2002;39(10):1703-1703.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(02)01816-8
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Reply
Mark J Sarnak, MD; Amin Al-Ahmad, MD; William M Rand, PhD; Deeb Salem, MD; Andrew S Levey, MD
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2002;39(10):1704-1705.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(02)01812-0
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Complications of vascular closure devices—not yet evidence based
Guido Schnyder, MD; Zoltan G Turi, MD
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2002;39(10):1705-1706.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(02)01826-0
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Reply
George Dangas, MD, PhD; Roxana Mehran, MD; Martin Fahy, MSc; Martin B Leon, MD; Gregg W Stone, MD
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2002;39(10):1706-1708.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(02)01825-9
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Dobutamine stress testing revisited
Regina S Druz, MD
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2002;39(10):1708-1708.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(02)01824-7
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Reply
Dennis A Calnon, MD, FACC; George A Beller, MD, FACC
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2002;39(10):1708-1709.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(02)01823-5
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Atrial fibrillation-induced gap junctional remodeling
H.M.W van der Velden; Ronald Wilders, PhD; Habo J Jongsma, PhD
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2002;39(10):1709-1709.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(02)01820-X
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Reply
Stefan Dhein, MD, PhD; Ronald Wilders, PhD; Habo J Jongsma, PhD; Jaques-Antoine Haefliger, PhD
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2002;39(10):1709-1710.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(02)01821-1
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A paradigm shift in myocardial stunning
Marc Ovadia, MD
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2002;39(10):1710-1711.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(02)01817-X
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