Journal of the American College of Cardiology 1997: Vol 29 Table of Contents

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CONTENTS OF VOLUME 29
JANUARY 1997 VOLUME 29 NUMBER 1
CLINICAL STUDIES Comparative Diagnostic Accuracy of Tl-201 and Tc-99m
Sestamibi SPECT Imaging (Perfusion and
INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY
ECG-Gated SPECT) in Detecting Coronary Artery Disease in
Estrogen Replacement Therapy After Coronary Angioplasty in
Women Raymond Taillefer, E. Gordon DePuey, James E.
Women James H. O’Keefe, Jr., Susie C. Kim, Ralph R. Hall,
Udelson, George A. Beller, Yves Latour, Francois Reeves
Vicki C. Cochran, Stephanie L. Lawhorn, Ben D. McCallister
A Detailed Angiographic Analysis of Patients With Ambulatory
Subacute Stent Thrombosis in the Era of Intravascular
Electrocardiographic Ischemia: Results From the Asymptomatic
Ultrasound-Guided Coronary Stenting Without Anticoagulation:
Cardiac Ischemia Pilot (ACIP) Study Angiographic Core
Frequency, Predictors and Clinical Outcome J[ssam Moussa,
Laboratory Barry L. Sharaf, David O. Williams, Nicholas J.
Carlo Di Mario, Bernhard Reimers, Tatsuro Akiyama, Jonathan
Miele, Robert P. McMahon, Peter H. Stone, Preben Bjerregaard,
Tobis, Antonio Colombo
Richard Davies, A. David Goldberg, Michael Parks, Carl J. Pepine,
Ticlopidine and Aspirin Pretreatment Reduces Coagulation and George Sopko, C. Richard Conti, for the ACIP Investigators
Platelet Activation During Coronary Dilation Procedures
Importance of Nitric Oxide in the Coronary Artery at Rest and
Luisa Gregorini, Jean Marco, Jean Fajadet, Monique Bernies,
During Pacing in Humans = Yasuhiro Nishikawa, Satoshi Ogawa
Bernard Cassagneau, Philippe Brunel, Irene M. Bossi,
Pier Mannuccio Mannucci ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY
Age-Gender Influence on the Rate-Corrected QT Interval and
High Pressure Assisted Coronary Stent Implantation
the QT-Heart Rate Relation in Families With Genotypically
Accomplished Without Intravascular Ultrasound Guidance and
Characterized Long QT Syndrome Michael H. Lehmann,
Subsequent Anticoagulation Shigeru Nakamura, Patrick Hall,
Katherine W. Timothy, Debra Frankovich, Barbara S. Fromm,
Antonio Gaglione, Fabio Tiecco, Marinella Di Maggio, Luigi
Mark Keating, Emanuela H. Locati, R. Thomas Taggart, Jeffrey A.
Maiello, Giovanni Martini, Antonio Colombo
Towbin, Arthur J. Moss, Peter J. Schwartz, G. Michael Vincent
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Electrophysiologic Mechanisms of Antiarrhythmic Efficacy of a
Coronary Stent Placement in Patients With Acute Myocardial
Sotalol and Class Ia Drug Combination: Elimination of Reverse
Infarction: Comparison of Clinical and Angiographic Outcome
Use Dependence _S. Douglas Lee, David Newman, Miney Ham,
After Randomization to Antiplatelet or Anticoagulant Therapy
Paul Dorian
Albert Schémig, Franz-Josef Neumann, Hanna Walter, Helmut
Schiihlen, Martin Hadamitzky, Eva-Maria Zitzmann-Roth, Josef Atrial Fibrillation Activates Platelets and Coagulation in a
Dirschinger, Jorg Hausleiter, Rudolf Blasini, Claus Schmitt, Time-Dependent Manner: A Study in Patients With Paroxysmal
Eckhard Alt, Adnan Kastrati Atrial Fibrillation Hiroshi Sohara, Shigeru Amitani, Mitsuro
Kurose, Kenkichi Miyahara
Gender and Acute Myocardial Infarction: Is There a Different
Response to Thrombolysis? Scott L. Woodfield, Conor F.
Long-Term Follow-Up After Radiofrequency Modification of the
Lundergan, Jonathan S. Reiner, Mark A. Thompson, Steven C. Atrioventricular Node in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation
Rohrbeck, Yuri Deychak, James O. Smith, Jeffrey R. Burton, Fred Morady, Carol Hasse, S. Adam Strickberger, K. Ching Man,
William F. McCarthy, Robert M. Califf, Harvey D. White, Emile Daoud, Frank Bogun, Rajiva Goyal, Mark Harvey, Bradley
W. Douglas Weaver, Eric J. Topol, Allan M. Ross P. Knight, Raul Weiss, Marwan Bahu
Troponin T Identifies Patients With Unstable Coronary Artery
Cost-Effectiveness of Transesophageal Echocardiographic-
Disease Who Benefit From Long-Term Antithrombotic
Guided Cardioversion: A Decision Analytic Model for Patients
Protection Bertil Lindahl, Per Venge, Lars Wallentin, for the
Admitted to the Hospital With Atrial Fibrillation Todd B.
Fragmin in Unstable Coronary Artery Disease (FRISC) Study
Seto, Deborah A. Taira, Joel Tsevat, Warren J. Manning
Group
Left Atrial Chamber and Appendage Function After Internal
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor Therapy Affects Left
Atrial Defibrillation: A Prospective and Serial Transesophageal
Ventricular Mass in Patients With Ejection Fraction >40% After
Echocardiographic Study Heyder Omran, Werner Jung, Rami
Acute Myocardial Infarction David B. Johnson, Robert E.
Rabahieh, Rainer Schimpf, Christian Wolpert, Andreas Hagendorff,
Foster, Francesco Barilla, Gerald G. Blackwell, Maryann Roney, Wolfgang Fehske, Berndt Liideritz
Alfred W. H. Stanley, Jr., Kathy Kirk, Roger A. Orr, Rob J. van der
Geest, Johan H. C. Reiber, Louis J. Dell’Italia PRACTICE PATTTERNS
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE Variations in Cholesterol Management Practices of U.S.
Physicians Randall S. Stafford, David Blumenthal,
Evaluation of Patterns of Perfusion and Metabolism in
Richard C. Pasternak
Dobutamine-Responsive Myocardium Stephen Sawada, Gregory
Elsner, Douglas S. Segar, Mark O’Shaughnessy, Samer Khouri,
HEART FAILURE
Judy Foltz, Patrick D. V. Bourdillon, John R. Bates, Naomi
Fineberg, Thomas Ryan, Gary D. Hutchins, Harvey Feigenbaum Effects of Dihydrocodeine on Chemosensitivity and Exercise
Tolerance in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure Tuan Peng
Assessment of Myocardial Viability in Chronic Coronary Artery
Chua, Derek Harrington, Piotr Ponikowski, Katharine Webb-Peploe,
Disease Using Technetium-99m Sestamibi SPECT: Correlation
Philip A. Poole-Wilson, Andrew J. S. Coats
With Histologic and Positron Emission Tomographic Studies
and Functional Follow-Up Alex F. Maes, Marcel Borgers, Determinants of Pulmonary Hypertension in Left Ventricular
Willem Flameng, Johan L. Nuyts, Frans van de Werf, Jannie J. Dysfunction Maurice Enriquez-Sarano, Andrea Rossi, James B.
Ausma, Paul Sergeant, Luc A. Mortelmans Seward, Kent R. Bailey, A. Jamil Tajik
160 Spectrum of Alcohol-Induced Myocardial Damage Detected by PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY
Indium-111-—Labeled-Monoclonal Antimyosin Antibodies 194 Arrhythmia and Mortality After the Mustard Procedure:
Manel Ballester, Vicens Marti, Ignasi Carrié, Damia Obrador, A 30-Year Single-Center Experience Mark Gelatt, Robert M.
Conxa Moya, Guillem Pons-Llad6, Lluis Berna, Ruben Lamich, Hamilton, Brian W. McCrindle, Michael Connelly, Andrew Davis,
Maria Rosa Aymat, Manel Barbanoj, Josep Guardia, Francesc Louise Harris, Robert M. Gow, William G. Williams, George A.
Carreras, Claudi Udina, Josep M. Augé, Jaume Marrugat, Trusler, Robert M. Freedom
Gaieta Permanyer, Josep M. Caralps-Riera
202 Coronary Artery Obstruction After the Arterial Switch
AMYLOID DISEASE
Operation for Transposition of the Great Arteries in Newborns
168 Iodine-123 Metaiodobenzylguanidine Scintigraphic Assessment Philipp Bonhoeffer, Damien Bonnet, Jean-Francois Piéchaud,
of Myocardial Sympathetic Innervation in Patients With Oliver Stiimper, Yacine Aggoun, Elizabeth Villain, Jean Kachaner,
Familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy Masao Tanaka, Daniel Sidi
Minoru Hongo, Osamu Kinoshita, Yasuki Takabayashi,
EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES
Tadashige Fujii, Yoshikazu Yazaki, Mitsuaki Isobe, Morie Sekiguchi
207 Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography in Acute Myocardial
VALVULAR HEART DISEASE
Infarction Using Aortic Root Injections of Microbubbles in
175 Echocardiographic Assessment of Commissural Calcium: A
Conjunction With Harmonic Imaging: Potential Application in
Simple Predictor of Outcome After Percutaneous Mitral Balloon
the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Christian Firschke,
Valvotomy Charles R. Cannan, Rick A. Nishimura,
Jonathan R. Lindner, Norman C. Goodman, Danny M. Skyba,
Guy S. Reeder, Duane R. Ilstrup, Dirk R. Larson,
Kevin Wei, Sanjiv Kaul
David R. Holmes, A. Jamil Tajik
EDITOR’S PAGE
181 Age Dependency of Left Ventricular Diastolic Function in
Pressure Overload Hypertrophy Bruno Villari, 217 Do We Practice Geriatric Cardiology? William W. Parmley
Giuseppe Vassalli, Jakob Schneider, Massimo Chiariello,
SPECIAL SECTIONS
Otto M. Hess
ACC NEws
CARDIAC PHYSIOLOGY
219 President’s Page: Evaluation and Management—The 51%
187 Age-Dependent Changes in Cardiac Muscarinic Receptor
Solution Richard P. Lewis
Function in Healthy Volunteers UJrike Poller, Gesine Nedelka,
Joachim Radke, Klaus Pénicke, Otto-Erich Brodde 221 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
FEBRUARY 1997 VOLUME 29 NUMBER 2
CLINICAL STUDIES Maria Aurora Morales, Mauro Raciti, on Behalf of the Echo
Dobutamine International Cooperative (EDIC) Study
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
261 Prognostic Value of Dobutamine Echocardiography Early After
229 Additive Beneficial Effects of Beta-Blockers to
Uncomplicated Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Comparison
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors in the Survival and
With Exercise Electrocardiography Cosimo A. Greco,
Ventricular Enlargement (SAVE) Study Pascal Vantrimpont,
Alessandro Salustri, Fulvia Seccareccia, Massimo Ciavatti, Fabio
Jean L. Rouleau, Chuan-Chuan Wun, Antonio Ciampi, Marc
Biferali, Carlo Valtorta, Giuseppe Guzzardi, Mario Falcone,
Klein, Bruce Sussex, J. Malcolm O. Arnold, Lemuel Moyé, Marc
Antonio Palamara
Pfeffer, for the SAVE Investigators
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
237 Editorial Comment Beta-Adrenergic Blocking Agents or
268 Determinants and Correlates of Target Lesion Calcium in
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors, or Both, for
Coronary Artery Disease: A Clinical, Angiographic and
Postinfarction Patients With Left Ventricular Dysfunction
Intravascular Ultrasound Study Gary S. Mintz, Augusto D.
Robert A. O’Rourke
Pichard, Jeffrey J. Popma, Kenneth M. Kent, Lowell F. Satler,
240 Coronary Revascularization Surgery After Myocardial Theresa A. Bucher, Martin B. Leon
Infarction: Impact of Bypass Surgery on Survival After 275 Clinical, Angiographic and Hemodynamic Predictors of
Thrombolysis Barbara E. Tardiff, Robert M. Calif, Douglas
Recruitable Collateral Flow Assessed During Balloon
Morns, Eric Bates, Lynn H. Woodlief, Kerry L. Lee, Cindy Green,
Angioplasty Coronary Occlusion Jan J. Piek, Rob A. M. van
Wolfgang Rutsch, Amadeo Betriu, Philip E. Aylward, Eric J. Topol,
Liebergen, Karel T. Koch, Ron J. G. Peters, George K. David
for the GUSTO Investigators
CORONARY ARTERY FLOW
250 Association Between Activity at Onset of Symptoms and 283 Accuracy of Doppler Catheter Measurements: Effect of
Outcome of Acute Myocardial Infarction Ralph A. H. Stewart,
Inhomogeneous Beam Power Distribution on Mean and Peak
M. Clare Robertson, Gerard T. Wilkins, Clive J. S. Low, Velocity Scott J. Denardo, Lawrence Talbot, Victor K. Hargrave,
Norma J. Restieaux Alan R. Selfridge, Thomas A. Ports, Paul G. Yock
254 Prognostic Value of Dobutamine—Atropine Stress ANGINA
Echocardiography Early After Acute Myocardial Infarction 293 Investigation of the Mechanism of Chest Pain in Patients With
Rosa Sicari, Eugenio Picano, Patrizia Landi, Alessandro Pingitore, Angiographically Normal Coronary Arteries Using
Riccardo Bigi, Claudio Coletta, Joanna Heyman, Franco Casazza, Transesophageal Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography Julio A.
Mario Previtali, Wilson Mathias, Jr., Claudio Dodi, Giovanni Panza, Joy M. Laurienzo, Rodolfo V. Curiel, Ellis F. Unger, Arshed
Minardi, Jorge Lowenstein, Xenya Garyfallidis, Lauro Cortigiani, A. Quyyumi, Vasken Dilsizian, Richard O. Cannon III
William Heberden Revisited: Postprandial Angina—Interval Shih-Ann Chen, Chern-En Chiang, Shih-Huang Lee, Zu-Chi Wen,
Between Food and Exercise and Meal Composition Are Chuen-Wang Chiou, Kwo-Chang Ueng, Yi-Jen Chen, Wen-Chung
Important Determinants of Time to Onset of Ischemia and Yu, Mau-Song Chang
Maximal Exercise Tolerance Mark T. Kearney, Andrew
Electrophysiologic Properties of the Atrioventricular Node in
Charlesworth, Alan J. Cowley, Ian A. Macdonald
Pediatric Patients Mitchell I. Cohen, Tammy S. Wieand,
ATHEROSCLEROSIS
Larry A. Rhodes, Victoria L. Vetter
Nitric Oxide Activity in the Atherosclerotic Human Coronary
Subthreshold Stimulation in the Region of the Slow Pathway
Circulation Arshed A. Quyyumi, Nader Dakak, David Mulcahy,
During Atrioventricular Node Reentrant Tachycardia:
Neil P. Andrews, Syed Husain, Julio A. Panza, Richard O. Cannon IIT
Correlation With Effect of Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation
Atherosclerosis in the Human Brachial Artery Keld E. Stephan Willems, Christian Weiss, Thomas Hofmann, Carsten
Sorensen, Ingrid B. Kristensen, David S. Celermajer Rickers, Thomas Meinertz
INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY HEART FAILURE
Outpatient Coronary Stent Implantation Ferdinand Kiemeneij, Increased Survival After Long-Term Treatment With Mibefradil,
Gert Jan Laarman, Ton Slagboom, Ron van der Wieken a Selective T-Channel Calcium Antagonist, in Heart Failure
Paul Mulder, Vincent Richard, Patricia Compagnon, Jean-Paul
Restenosis of Endovascular Stents From Stent Compression
Henry, Francoise Lallemand, Jean-Paul Clozel, Robert Koen,
Kenneth Rosenfield, Robert Schainfeld, Ann Pieczek, Laura Haley,
Bertrand Macé, Christian Thuillez
Jeffrey M. Isner
Prognostic Value of Noninvasively Obtained Left Ventricular
Coronary Angioplasty for Elderly Patients With “High Risk”
Contractile Reserve in Patients With Severe Heart Failure
Unstable Angina: Short-Term Outcomes and Long-Term
Alon Marmor, Adam Schneeweiss
Survival Douglass A. Morrison, Roger D. Bies, Jerome Sacks
DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY
Percutaneous Treatment of Protected and Unprotected Left
Cell-Mediated Cytotoxicity in Hearts With Dilated
Main Coronary Stenoses With New Devices: Immediate
Cardiomyopathy: Correlation With Interstitial Fibrosis and Foci
Angiographic Results and Intermediate-Term Follow-Up John
of Activated T Lymphocytes Cornel Badorff, Michel Noutsias,
J. Lopez, Kalon K. L. Ho, Robert C. Stoler, Ronald P. Caputo,
Uwe Kiihl, Heinz-Peter Schultheiss
Joseph P.Carrozza, Richard E. Kuntz, Donald S. Baim,
David J. Cohen HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY
Dual-Chamber Pacing for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: A
Comparison of Early and Recent Results With Rotational
Randomized, Double-Blind, Crossover Trial Rick A. Nishimura,
Atherectomy Mark Reisman, Verna Harms, Patrick Whitlow, Ted
Jane M. Trusty, David L. Hayes, Duane M. Ilstrup, Dirk R. Larson,
Feldman, Richard Fortuna, Maurice Buchbinder
Sharonne N. Hayes, Thomas G. Allison, A. Jamil Tajik
Bypass SURGERY
PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY
Long-Term Survival of African Americans in the Coronary
Transvascular Balloon Dilation for Neonatal Critical Aortic
Artery Surgery Study (CASS) Herman A. Taylor, Jr., Mary C.
Stenosis: Early and Midterm Results FEvyberto S. T. Egito,
Mickel, Bernard R. Chaitman, George Sopko, Gary R. Cutter,
Phillip Moore, John O’Sullivan, Steven Colan, Stanton B. Perry,
William J. Rogers
James E. Lock, John F. Keane
HYPERTENSION
An Index of Early Left Ventricular Filling That Combined With
Deletion Polymorphism of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Gene
Pulsed Doppler Peak E Velocity May Estimate Capillary Wedge
and Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Southern Italian Patients
Pressure Mario J. Garcia, Miguel A. Ares, Craig Asher,
Francesco Perticone, Roberto Ceravolo, Carmela Cosco, Maria
Leonardo Rodriguez, Pieter Vandervoort, James D. Thomas
Trapasso, Adriana Zingone, Paola Malatesta, Nicola Perrotti,
Donatella Tramontano, Pier L. Mattioli
EDITOR’S PAGE
ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY
We've Got to Stop Meeting Like This! William W. Parmley
High Incidence of Appropriate Implantable
Cardioverter-Defibrillator Therapy in Patients With Syncope of
SPECIAL SECTIONS
Unknown Etiology and Inducible Ventricular Arrhythmias
Mark S. Link, Xenophon F. Costeas, John L. Griffith, Carol D. ACC News
Colburn, N. A. Mark Estes III, Paul J. Wang President’s Page: Cardiovascular Research—Is Something
Missing? Richard P. Lewis
Mechanism of Initiation of Atrial Flutter in Humans: Site of
Unidirectional Block and Direction of Rotation Jeffrey E. Olgin,
The American College of Cardiology National Database:
Jonathan M. Kalman, Leslie A. Saxon, Randall J. Lee, Progress and Challenges William S. Weintraub, Charles R.
Michael D. Lesh McKay, Ronald N. Riner, Stephen G. Ellis, Peter L. Frommer,
David B. Carmichael, Karl E. Hammermeister, Margaret N. Effros,
Intravenous Dofetilide, a Class III Antiarrhythmic Agent, for the
James E. Bost, David P. Bodycombe, for the American College of
Termination of Sustained Atrial Fibrillation or Flutter Rodney
Cardiology Database Committee
H. Falk, Arthur Pollak, Steven N. Singh, Tilman Friedrich, for the
Dofetilide Investigators
American College of Cardiology Report on ECGEXAM Jay W.
Mason, E. William Hancock, Donald E. Saunders, Jr., Claudio D.
Editorial Comment Acute Conversion of Atrial Fibrillation and
Schuger, Jerry C. Griffin, Harold L. Kennedy, Alfred E. Buxton,
Flutter: Direct Current Cardioversion Versus Intravenously
Nisha Mittal
Administered Pure Class III Agents Bramah N. Singh
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
A New Electrocardiographic Algorithm Using Retrograde
P Waves for Differentiating Atrioventricular Node Reentrant CORRECTION
Tachycardia From Atrioventricular Reciprocating Tachycardia
Mediated by Concealed Accessory Pathway Ching-Tai Tai, Books RECEIVED
FEBRUARY 1997 VOLUME 29 NUMBER 2 (SUPPLEMENT A) ABSTRACTS
Abstracts of Original Contributions to Be Presented at the 7A Original Contributions: Computer Applications
arr Pra ah toro ny reir nae teeta 11A Original Contributions: 46th Annual Scientific Session
iy Program 531A Acknowledgments
1A Original Contributions: Young Investigators Awards ee ere
Competition 577A Subject Index
MARCH 1, 1997 VOLUME 29 NUMBER 3
PERSPECTIVE 531 Simultaneous Dipyridamole/Maximal Subjective Exercise With
Senne ™Tc-MIBI SPECT: Improved Diagnostic Yield in Coronary
475 Do Cardiologists Do It Better? Jra S. Nash, David B. Nash, Artery Disease Jaume Candell-Riera, César Santana-Boado,
Valentin Fuster Joan Castell-Conesa, Santiago Aguadé-Bruix, Montserrat Olona,
479 Dietary L-Arginine Supplementation Normalizes Platelet Jor di Palet, Josefa Cortadellas, Amparo Garcia-Burillo,
Aggregation in Hypercholesterolemic Humans Andreas Wolf, Jordi Soler-Soler
Christof Zalpour, Gregor Theilmeier, Bing-yin Wang, Adrian Ma, 537. Can Nitrogen-13 Ammonia Kinetic Modeling Define Myocardial
Barbara Anderson, Philip S. Tsao, John P. Cooke Viability Independent of Fluorine-18 Fluorodeoxyglucose? Rob
486 The Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Gene Polymorphism Is S. B. Beanlands, Robert deKemp, Anita Scheffel, Claude Nahmias,
Associated With Coronary Artery Vasoconstriction Carole E. Stephen Garnett, Geoff Coates, Helen L. Johansen,
Amant, Martial Hamon, Christophe Bauters, Florence Richard, Ernest Fallen
Nicole Helbecque, Eugene P. McFadden, Xavier Escudero, 544 Fate of Collateral Vessels After Successful Coronary Angioplasty
Jean-Marc Lablanche, Philippe Amouyel, Michel E. Bertrand in Patients With Effort Angina Masatoshi Fujita, Izuru Nakae,
491 Cigarette Smoking Is Associated With Increased Human Tetsuro Fudo, Terumitsu Tanaka, Tomoyuki Iwase, Shun-Ichi
Monocyte Adhesion to Endothelial Cells: Reversibility With Oral Tamaki, Ryuji Nohara, Shigetake Sasayama
L-Arginine but Not Vitamin C Mark R. Adams, Wendy Jessup,
David S. Celermajer
SUDDEN DEATH
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION 549 Sudden Death due to Troponin T Mutations Johanna C.
498 The Prehospital Electrocardiogram in Acute Myocardial Moolman, Valerie A. Corfield, Berthold Posen, Kholiswa
Infarction: Is Its Full Potential Being Realized? John G. Ngumbela, Christine Seidman, Paul A. Brink, Hugh Watkins
noseda oo yee eeh iapriitae p oi of 556 Elen of the Implantable Cardioverter_Defibrillator fsth e
Myocardial Infarction 2 Investigators erly Panagiotis T. Panotopoulos, Kathi Axtell, Alfred J.
Anderson, Jasbir Sra, Zalmen Blanck, Sanjay Deshpande, Michael
506 Importance of the Conal Branch of the Right Coronary Artery in Biehl, Edward T. Keelan, Mohammad R. Jazayeri, Masood Akhtar,
Patients With Acute Anterior Wall Myocardial Infarction: Anwer Dhala
Electrocardiographic and Angiographic Correlation
Tuvia Ben-Gal, Samuel Sclarovsky, Itzhak Herz, Boris Strasberg,
Bruria Zlotikamien, Jaqueline Sulkes, Yochai Birnbaum, Galen S. ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY ; co ‘
Wagner, Alex Sagie 561 Propafenone During Acute Myocardial Ischemia in Patients:
A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study
512 Medical Management of Selected Patients With Left Ventricular Thomas S. Faber, Manfred Zehender, Olaf Krahnefeld, Karin
oe Wall Rupture During Acute Myocardial Infarction Jaume Daisenberger, Thomas Meinertz, Hanjorg Just
igueras, Josefa Cortadellas, Arturo Evangelista, Jordi Soler-Soler 568 Impaired Baroreflex Sensitivity Is Correlated With
MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA Hemodynamic Deterioration of Sustained Ventricular
519 Correlation of Angiographic Morphology and Clinical Tachycardia Maurizio Landolina, Massimo Mantica, Paolo
Presentation in Unstable Angina George Dangas, Roxana Pessano, Ruggero Manfredini, Augusto Foresti, Peter J. Schwartz,
Mehran, Sylvan Wallenstein, Nikolaos A. Courcoutsakis, Venu Gaetano M. De Ferrari
Kakarala, Jacqueline Hollywood, John A. Ambrose ; 2 , ,
ee 576 Changes in Intracardiac Atrial Cardioversion Threshold at Rest
Effects of Prolonging Peak Dobutamine Dose During and During Exercise Massimo Santini, Claudio Pandozi,
Stress Echocardiography Neil J. Weissman, Geoffrey A. Rose, Salvatore Toscano, Antonio Castro, Giuliano Altamura, Anna Jesi,
Gary P. Foster, Michael H. Picard Mauro Villani
Left Atrial Appendage “Stunning” After Electrical Cardioversion HYPERTENSION
of Atrial Flutter: An Attenuated Response Compared With Atrial Left Atrial Size in Hypertensive Men: Influence of Obesity, Race
Fibrillation as the Mechanism for Lower Susceptibility to and Age John S. Gottdiener, Domenic J. Reda, David W.
Thromboembolic Events Richard A. Grimm, William J. Stewart, Williams, Barry J. Materson, for the Department of Veterans Affairs
Kristopher L. Arheart, James D. Thomas, Allan L. Klein Cooperative Study Group on Antihypertensive Agents
HEART FAILURE CARDIAC SURGERY
Acute Unloading of the Work of Breathing Extends Exercise Comparison of Early and Late Mortality in Men and Women
Duration in Patients With Heart Failure Donna Mancini, Lisa After Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery in
Donchez, Sanford Levine Stockholm, Sweden, 1980 to 1989 Niklas Hammar, Eva
Sandberg, Flemming F. Larsen, Torbjérn Ivert
Exercise Training in Patients With Severe Congestive Heart
Failure: Enhancing Peak Aerobic Capacity While Minimizing An Institutional Experience With Second- and Third-Stage
the Increase in Ventricular Wall Stress Laura Demopoulos, Palliative Procedures for Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome: The
Rachel Bijou, Icilma Fergus, Margaret Jones, Joel Strom, Impact of the Bidirectional Cavopulmonary Shunt Joseph M.
Thierry H. LeJemtel Forbess, Nancy Cook, Alain Serraf, Redmond P. Burke, John E.
Mayer, Jr., Richard A. Jonas
Persistence of Restrictive Left Ventricular Filling Pattern in
Dilated Cardiomyopathy: An Ominous Prognostic Sign Bruno
Pinamonti, Massimo Zecchin, Andrea Di Lenarda, Dario Gregori,
EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES
Gianfranco Sinagra, Fulvio Camerini
Oxygen-Saving Effect of a New Cardiotonic Agent, MCI-154, in Reactivity-Based Coronary Vasospasm Independent of
Atherosclerosis in Rhesus Monkeys Kent Hermsmeyer, Koichi
Diseased Human Hearts Masuki Mori, Motoshi Takeuchi,
Hideyuki Takaoka, Katsuya Hata, Yoshihiko Hayashi, Hideyuki Miyagawa, Stephen T. Kelley, Josef Rosch, Arthur S. Hall, Michael
Yamakawa, Mitsuhiro Yokoyama K. Axthelm, Barry Greenberg
Relation of Donor Age and Preexisting Coronary Artery Disease Impaired Endothelium-Dependent Relaxation After Cardiac
on Angiography and Intracoronary Ultrasound to Later Global Ischemia and Reperfusion: Role of Warm Blood
Cardioplegia Chau-Hsiung Chang, Pyng Jing Lin, Yen Chu,
Development of Accelerated Allograft Coronary Artery Disease
Ying-Shiung Lee
Shao-Zhou Gao, Sharon A. Hunt, Edwin L. Alderman, David
Liang, Alan C. Yeung, John S. Schroeder
Can a Class III Antiarrhythmic Drug Improve Electrical
VALVULAR HEART DISEASE Defibrillation Efficacy During Ventricular Fibrillation? Yuji
Clinical Factors Associated With Calcific Aortic Valve Disease Murakawa, Takeshi Yamashita, Yukihiro Kanese, Masao Omata
B. Fendley Stewart, David Siscovick, Bonnie K. Lind, Julius M.
Infarct Size Limitation by a New Na*-H* Exchange Inhibitor,
Gardin, John S. Gottdiener, Vivienne E. Smith, Dalane W.
Hoe 642: Difference From Preconditioning in the Role of Protein
Kitzman, Catherine M. Otto
Kinase C Tetsuji Miura, Takashi Ogawa, Katsuo Suzuki, Mahiko
Clinical Features of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Caused by Goto, Kazuaki Shimamoto
Mutation of a “Hot Spot” in the Alpha-Tropomyosin Gene
Domenico A. Coviello, Barry J. Maron, Paolo Spirito, Hugh
Watkins, Hans-Peter Vosberg, Ludwig Thierfelder, Frederick J. EDITOR’S PAGE
Schoen, J. G. Seidman, Christine E. Seidman
Authorship: Taking the High Road William W. Parmley
LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY
Prediction of Mortality Risk by Different Methods of Indexation
for Left Ventricular Mass Youlian Liao, Richard S. Cooper, SPECIAL SECTIONS
Ramon Durazo-Arvizu, George A. Mensah, Jalal K. Ghali
ACC News
Editorial Comment How Best to Identify Prognostically
Presider't’s Page: Too Many Cardiologists? Richard P. Lewis
Important Left Ventricular Hypertrophy: A Cut to the Chase
Mary J. Roman LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
MARCH 15, 1997 VOLUME 29 NUMBER 4
REVIEW ARTICLE Mamoru Satoh, Motoyuki Nakamura, Gen Tamura, Shinji Makita,
Ikuo Segawa, Atsushi Tashiro, Ryoichi Satodate,
Tachycardia-Induced Cardiomyopathy: A Review of Animal
Katsuhiko Hiramon
Models and Clinical Studies Jerold S. Shinbane, Mark A. Wood,
D. Nick Jensen, Kenneth A. Ellenbogen, Adam P. Fitzpatrick,
Melvin M. Scheinman
INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY
CLINICAL STUDIES Clinical and Angiographic Implications of Coronary Stenting in
Thrombus-Containing Lesions Fernando Alfonso, Pedro
HEART FAILURE Rodriguez, Paul Phillips, Javier Goicolea, Rosana Hernandez,
Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase and Tumor Necrosis Factor-
Alpha in Myocardium in Human Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Maria-José Pérez-Vizcayno, Antonio Fernandez-Ortiz, Javier Imaging Thomas R. Porter, Shouping Li, David Kricsfeld,
Segovia, Camino Banuelos, Paloma Aragoncillo, Carlos Macaya Robert W. Armbruster
734 Effects of Dual-Chamber Pacing for Pediatric Patients With
EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES
Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy Fouzia Rishi, J.
Edward Hulse, Debbie O. Auld, Guyler McRae, Jon Kaltman, Kirk 800 Testosterone Worsens Endothelial Dysfunction Associated With
Kanter, Willis Williams, Robert M. Campbell Hypercholesterolemia and Environmental Tobacco Smoke
Exposure in Male Rabbit Aorta Stuart J. Hutchison,
741 Editorial Comment Unobstructed Thinking (and Terminology)
Krishnankutty Sudhir, Tony M. Chou, Richard E. Sievers,
Is Called for in the Understanding and Management of
Bo-Qing Zhu, Yi-Ping Sun, Prakash C. Deedwania, Stanton A.
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy John Michael Criley
Glantz, William W. Parmley, Kanu Chatterjee
744 Long-Term Effect of Right Ventricular Pacing on Myocardial
: : : : 808 Sustained Local Delivery of Dexamethasone by a Novel
sacra «seca gael hl 0 aga rca Intravascular Eluting Stent to Prevent Restenosis in the Porcine
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION Coronary Injury Model A. Michael Lincoff, Joseph G. Furst,
750 Multicenter Low Energy Transvenous Atrial Defibrillation Stephen G. Ellis, Ronald J. Tuch, Eric J. Topol
XAD) Tri Phage f Atrial Fibrillati
:in s i ast iie raro on ys lap-onapeg at iain 817 Effects of Myocardial Ischemia on Ventricular Fibrillation
A Jel CA A ie Tes D Murgatroy ob Ta “t Eiiieie Lakes 3 Inducibility and Defibrillation Efficacy Steffen Behrens, Cuilan
Kappenberger, Pedro Brugada, Kenneth L. Ripley Li, Michael R. Franz
MYocARDIAL ISCHEMIA 825 Effect of a Passive Endocardial Electrode on Defibrillation
756 Clinical Implications of Silent Versus Symptomatic Exercise- poses Sain Poemerege cng eo- c ing : aig pe
Induced Myocardial Ischemia in Patients With Stable Coronary ‘aie? B oe h a ag E I* cesar reses
Disease Craig R. Narins, Wojciech Zareba, ArthurJ . Moss, Pe Es ee ee ee
Robert E. Goldstein, W. Jackson Hall 831 Optical Mapping of Drug-Induced Polymorphic Arrhythmias
‘ , , oe d Torsade de Pointes in the Isolated Rabbit Heart Yukio
764 Relation Between Ambulatory Electrocardiographic Monitoring = ! ’
and Myocardial Perfusion Imaging to Detect Coronary Artery ik ‘ — M. Davidenko, William T. Baxter, Richard A. Gray,
Disease and Myocardial Ischemia: An ACIP Ancillary Study osé Jalife
John J. Mahmarian, Richard M. Steingart, Sandra Forman, 843 Editorial Comment Twisting of the Points Ralph Lazzara
Barry L. Sharaf, Mary Ellen Coglianese, D. Douglas Miller, Carl J.
Pepine, A. David Goldberg, Marilyn F. Bloom, Sheila Byers, Laurel 846 Effects of Preload, Afterload and Inotropy on Dynamics of
Dvorak, Craig M. Pratt, for the Asymptomatic Cardiac Ischemia Ischemic Segmental Wall Motion Stefano Perlini, Theo E.
Pilot (ACIP) Investigators Meyer, Pierre Foéx
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION 856 Effects of Afterload-Reducing Drugs on Pathogenesis of
770 Thrombolysis and Q Wave Versus Non-Q Wave First Acute Antioxidant Changes and Congestive Heart Failure in Rats
Myocardial Infarction: A GUSTO-I Substudy Alejandro Neelam Khaper, Pawan K. Singal
Barbagelata, Robert M. Calif, Elena B. Sgarbossa, Shaun G.
Goodman, Amanda L. Stebbins, Christopher B. Granger, Luis D. SPECIAL SECTIONS
Suarez, Miguel Borruel, Kathy Gates, Stephen Starr, Galen S.
Wagner, for the GUSTO-I Investigators ACC/AHA PRACTICE GUIDELINES
: f é : 862 ACC/AHA Guidelines for the Clinical Application of
778 Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Hypertensive Patients Is Echocardiography: Executive Summary. A Report of the
Associated With Abnormal Rate Adaptation of QT Interval American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association
Jagmeet P. Singh, Jim Johnston, Peter Sleight, Rosemary Bird, Task Force on Practice Guidelines Committee on Clinical
Kathryn Ryder, George Hart Applications of Echocardiography, Melvin D. Cheitlin, Chair
785 Cardiorespiratory Response to Exercise After Modified Fontan ACC N
Operation: Determinants of Performance Kritvikrom : mts , ‘
Durongpisitkul, David J. Driscoll, Douglas W. Mahoney, Peter C. 880 President’s Page: Challenging the Future With the Success of
Wollan, Carl D. Mottram, Francisco J. Puga, Gordon K. Danielson Our Past Richard P. Lewis
METHODS 882 Newly Elected Members of the College
791 Detection of Myocardial Perfusion in Multiple — 886 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Echocardiographic Windows With One Intravenous Injection of
Microbubbles Using Transient Response Second Harmonic 8909 Books RECEIVED
APRIL 1997 VOLUME 29 NUMBER 5
CLINICAL STUDIES Kravitz, William J. French, Irene Yang, Jeffrey C. Milliken, Lee
Hilborne, Robin Wachsner, Robert H. Brook
PRACTICE PATTERNS 898 Editorial Comment The Decision for Revascularization in the
891 Underuse of Coronary Revascularization Procedures: 1990s: Between a Rock and an Expert Panel
Application of a Clinical Method Marianne Laouri, Richard L. Richard M. Steingart
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION STRESS TESTING
Analysis of the Relative Costs and Effectiveness of Primary Long-Term Prognostic Significance of Dobutamine
Angioplasty Versus Tissue-Type Plasminogen Activator: The Echocardiography in Patients With Suspected Coronary Artery
Primary Angioplasty in Myocardial Infarction (PAMI) Trial Disease: Results of a 5-Year Follow-Up Study Eric H. Steinberg,
Gregg W. Stone, Cindy L. Grines, Donald Rothbaum, Kevin F. Lori Madmon, Chetan P. Patel, Steven P. Sedlis, Itzhak Kronzon,
Browne, James O’Keefe, Paul A. Overlie, Bryan C. Donohue, Noah Jerald L. Cohen
Chelliah, Ronald Vlietstra, Tom Catlin, William W. O’Neill, for the
PAMI Trial Investigators Combination of Dobutamine and Myocardial Contrast
Echocardiography to Differentiate Postischemic From
Infarcted Myocardium Mario F. Meza, Marc A. Kates,
Randomized Comparison of Primary Coronary Angioplasty With
R. Wayne Barbee, Susan Revall, Bret Perry, Joseph P. Murgo,
Thrombolytic Therapy in Low Risk Patients With Acute
Jorge Cheirif
Myocardial Infarction Felix Zijlstra, Willem P. Beukema,
Amoud W. J. van’t Hof, Aylee Liem, Stoffer Reiffers, Jan C. A.
Identification of Hibernating Myocardium: Comparative
Hoorntje, Harry Suryapranata, Menko-Jan de Boer
Accuracy of Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography, Rest-
Redistribution Thallium-201 Tomography and Dobutamine
Editorial Comment Rule No. 7: Nights and Weekends Echocardiography Sherif F. Nagueh, Periyanan Vaduganathan,
David R. Holmes, Jr. Nadir Ali, Alvin Blaustein, Mario S. Verani, William L. Winters, Jr.,
William A. Zoghbi
Acute Myocardial Infarction: Clinical Characteristics,
Paradoxical Sinus Deceleration During Dobutamine Stress
Management and Outcome in a Metropolitan Veterans Affairs
Echocardiography: Description and Angiographic Correlation
Medical Center Teaching Hospital Judith K. Mickelson,
Christine H. Attenhofer, Patricia A. Pellikka, Robert B. McCully,
Cynthia M. Blum, Jane M. Geraci
Véronique L. Roger, James B. Seward
Earthquake-Induced Potentiation of Acute Risk Factors in
ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY
Hypertensive Elderly Patients: Possible Triggering of
Effect of High Intensity Drive Train Stimulation on Dispersion
Cardiovascular Events After a Major Earthquake Kazuomi
of Atrial Refractoriness: Role of Autonomic Nervous System
Kario, Takefumi Matsuo, Hiroko Kobayashi, Katsuichirou
Wen-Chung Yu, Shih-Ann Chen, Chern-En Chiang, Ching-Tai Tai,
Yamamoto, Kazuyuki Shimada
Shih-Huang Lee, Chuen-Wang Chiou, Kwo-Chang Ueng,
Zu-Chin Wen, Yi-Jen Chen, Jin-Long Huang, An-Ning Feng,
Mau-Song Chang
INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY
Bailout and Corrective Use of Gianturco-Roubin Flex Stents
Acute Effects of Dual-Site Right Atrial Pacing in Patients With
After Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty:
Spontaneous and Inducible Atrial Flutter and Fibrillation Atul
Operator Reports and Angiographic Core Laboratory
Prakash, Sanjeev Saksena, Michael Hill, Ryszard B. Krol, Anand N.
Verification From the National Heart, Lung, and Blood
Munsif, Irakli Giorgberidze, Philip Mathew, Rahul Mehra
Institute/New Approaches to Coronary Intervention Registry
Larry S. Dean, Charles J. George, Gary S. Roubin, Elizabeth D.
Electrocardiographic Manifestations of Dual Atrioventricular
Kennard, David R. Holmes, Jr., Spencer B. King III, Ronald E.
Node Conduction During Sinus Rhythm Charles Fisch, John M.
Viietstra, Jeffery W. Moses, Dean Kereiakes, Joseph P. Carrozza, Jr.,
Mandrola, David P. Rardon
Stephen G. Ellis, James R. Margolis, Katherine M. Detre
Repetitive Monomorphic Tachycardia From the Left Ventricular
Outflow Tract: Electrocardiographic Patterns Consistent With a
MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA
Left Ventricular Site of Origin David J. Callans, Volker Menz,
Effect of Transdermal Nitroglycerin or N-Acetylcysteine, or Both,
David Schwartzman, Charles D. Gottlieb, Francis E. Marchlinski
in the Long-Term Treatment of Unstable Angina Pectoris
Diego Ardissino, Piera Angelica Merlini, Stefano Savonitto, Gloria
Antiarrhythmic Effects of Increasing the Daily Intake of
Demicheli, Paola Zanini, Federico Bertocchi, Colomba Falcone,
Magnesium and Potassium in Patients With Frequent
Stefano Ghio, Giampiero Marinoni, Carlo Montemartini, Antonio
Ventricular Arrhythmias Manfred Zehender, Thomas Meinertz,
Mussini
Thomas Faber, Anton Caspary, Andreas Jeron, Katja Bremm,
Hanjorg Just, for the MAGICA Investigators
Ischemic Burden in Silent and Painful Myocardial Ischemia: A
Quantitative Exercise Sestamibi Tomographic Study Claudio Antiarrhythmic Effect of Repeated Coronary Occlusion During
Marcassa, Michele Galli, Claudio Baroffio, Riccardo Campini, Balloon Angioplasty K. E. Juhani Airaksinen, Heikki V. Huikuri
Pantaleo Giannuzzi
Syncope in Children and Adolescents David J. Driscoll, Steven
J. Jacobsen, Co-burn J. Porter, Peter C. Wollan
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
Histologic Correlates of Angiographic Chronic Total Coronary Evaluation of a Staged Treatment Protocol for Rapid Automatic
Artery Occlusions: Influence of Occlusion Duration on Junctional Tachycardia After Operation for Congenital Heart
Neovascular Channel Patterns and Intimal Plaque Composition Disease Edward P. Walsh, J. Philip Saul, Gary F. Sholler,
S. Sanjay Srivatsa, William D. Edwards, Christine M. Boos, John K. Triedman, Richard A. Jonas, John E. Mayer,
Diane E. Grill, Giuseppe M. Sangiorgi, Kirk N. Garratt, Robert S. _ David L. Wessel
Schwartz, David R. Holmes, Jr.
VALVULAR DISEASE
Preserved Endothelial Function in Patients With Severe Detection of Chlamydia pneumoniae in Human Nonrheumatic
Hypertriglyceridemia and Low Functional Lipoprotein Lipase Stenotic Aortic Valves Jukka Juvonen, Aino Laurila, Tatu
Activity Philip J. Chowienczyk, Gerald F. Watts, Anthony S. Juvonen, Hannu Alakdarppd, Helja-Marja Surcel, Kari Lounatmaa,
Wierzbicki, John R. Cockcroft, Sally E. Brett, James M. Ritter Johanna Kuusisto, Pekka Saikku
HEART FAILURE EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES
1060 Left Ventricular Remodeling With Carvedilol in Patients With nee ,
Congestive Heart Failure Due to Ischemic Heart Disease 1102 Effect of Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor on Myocardial
Robert N. Doughty, Gillian A. Whalley, Greg Gamble, Stephen Angiogenesis in Dogs With Mature Collateral Vessels Matie
MacMahon, Norman Sharpe, on Behalf of the Australia-New Shou, Venugopal Thirumurti, M. A. Sharmini Rajanayagam, Daisy
Zealand Heart Failure Research Collaborative Group F. Lazarous, Everett Hodge, Jonathan A. Stiber, Mary Pettiford,
Elizabeth Elliott, Sanjay M. Shah, Ellis F. Unger
1067 Effects of Endurance Training on Mitochondrial Ultrastructure ae : : : :
and Fiber Type Distribution in Skeletal Muscle of Patients With 1107 Editorial Comment Therapeutic Angiogenesis: Just the Basic
Stable Chronic Heart Failure Rainer Hambrecht, Eduard Fiehn, Fact(or)s, Please Dale D. Hirsch, George A. Pantely
Jiangtao Yu, Josef Niebauer, Claudia Weigl, Lutz Hibrich, Volker 1109 Growth Hormone Attenuates Early Left Ventricular Remodeling
Adams, Urs Riede, Gerhard Schuler and Improves Cardiac Function in Rats With Large
1074 Ejection Fraction and Risk of Thromboembolic Events in Myocardial Infarction Antonio Cittadini, Jessica D. Grossman,
Patients With Systolic Dysfunction and Sinus Rhythm: Evidence Raffaele Napoli, Sarah E. Katz, Hinrik Strémer, Robert J. Smith,
for Gender Differences in the Studies of Left Ventricular Ross Clark, James P. Morgan, Pamela S. Douglas
Dysfunction Trials Daniel L. Dries, Yves D. Rosenberg, Myron
A. Waclawiw, Michael J. Domanski EDITOR’S PAGE
1117 Public Enemy Number 2: Academic Medicine Under the Federal
New TECHNIQUES _ Spotlight William W. Parmley
1081 Interactions Between Microbubbles and Ultrasound: In Vitro
and In Vivo Observations Kevin Wei, Danny M. Skyba,
Christian Firschke, Ananda R. Jayaweera, Jonathan R. Lindner, SPECIAL SECTIONS
Sanj.i v Kaul ACC News
1118 1997-1998 Board of Governors
PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY ;
1089 Clinical Course and Hemodynamic Observations After ea ee ee
Supraannular Mitral Valve Replacement in Infants and 1122 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Children Jan Adatia, Phillip M. Moore, Richard A. Jonas, Steven
D. Colan, James E. Lock, John F. Keane 1124 Booxks RECEIVED
1095 Echocardiographic Determinants of Clinical Course in Infants
With Critical and Severe Pulmonary Valve Stenosis John P.
Kovalchin, Thomas J. Forbes, Michael R. Nihill, Tal Geva
MAY 1997 VOLUME 29 NUMBER 6
BETHESDA CONFERENCE REPORT 1206 Does Digoxin Provide Additional Hemodynamic and Autonomic
; Ce : Benefit at Higher Doses in Patients With Mild to Moderate
1125 28th Bethesda Conference: Practice Guidelines and the Quality Heart Failure and Normal Sinus Rhythm? Monte L. Slatton,
of Care James L. Ritchie, Confer ence Co-Chair, James S. Waleed N. Irani, Shelley A. Hall, Lucille G. Marcoux, Richard L.
aap Conference Co-Chair, W. Bruce Fye, Conference Page, Paul A. Grayburn, Eric J. Eichhorn
o-Chair
1214 Plasma Fas Ligand, an Inducer of Apoptosis, and Plasma
Soluble Fas, an Inhibitor of Apoptosis, in Patients With Chronic
REVIEW ARTICLES Congestive Heart Failure Kazuhiko Nishigaki, Shinya
1180 Exploring Postinfarction Reentrant Ventricular Tachycardia Minatoguchi, Mitsuru Seishima, Kiyoji Asano, Toshiyuki Noda,
With Entrainment Mapping William G. Stevenson, Peter L. Norio Yasuda, Hirotake Sano, Hirokazu Kumada, Masao
Friedman, Philip T. Sager, Leslie A. Saxon, Dusan Kocovic, Tomoo Takemura, Akio Noma, Tsutomu Tanaka, Sachiro Watanabe,
Harada, Isaac Wiener, Hafiza Khan Hisayoshi Fujiwara
1190 Intravenous Amiodarone Peter R. Kowey, Roger A. Marinchak, MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA
Seth J. Rials, Roland A. Filart 1221 Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease by Exercise Thallium-201
Tomography in Patients With a Right Ventricular Pacemaker
CLINICAL STUDIES Nasser M. Lakkis, Zuo-Xiang He, Mario S. Verani
1226 Quantitative Rest Technetium-99m Tetrofosmin Imaging in
HEART FAILURE ‘ : ERS Predicting Functional Recovery After Revascularization:
1199 Heart Rate Is a Marker of Amiodarone Mortality Reduction in
Comparison With Rest-Redistribution Thallium-201 = Ichiro
Severe Heart Failure Daniel R. Nul, Hernan C. Doval, Hugo O.
Matsunari, Susumu Fujino, Junichi Taki, Junji Senma, Takahiko
Grancelli, Sergio D. Varini, Saul Soifer, Sergio V. Perrone, Noemi
Aoyama, Takanobu Wakasugi, Jun-ichi Hirai, Takashi Saga,
Prieto, Omar Scapin, on Behalf of the GESICA-GEMA
Shinichiro Yamamoto, Norihisa Tonami
Investigators
Evolution of Dobutamine Echocardiography Protocols and PERICARDIAL DISEASE
Indications: Safety and Side Effects in 3,011 Studies Over 5 Pericardial Thickness Measured With Transesophageal
Years Maria-Anna Secknus, Thomas H. Marwick Echocardiography: Feasibility and Potential Clinical Usefulness
Lieng H. Ling, Jae K. Oh, Chuwa Tei, Roger L. Click, Jerome F.
Prognostic Value of Cardiac Troponin T After Noncardiac
Breen, James B. Seward, A. Jamil Tajik
Surgery: 6-Month Follow-Up Data = Francisco Lopez-Jimenez,
Lee Goldman, David B. Sacks, Eric J. Thomas, Paula A. Johnson, HEART TRANSPLANTATION
E. Francis Cook, Thomas H. Lee Hypertension Prophylaxis With Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Heart
Transplant Recipients Arne K. Andreassen, Anders Hartmann,
Alteration of Left Ventricular Diastolic Function During
Jon Offstad, Odd Geiran, Knut Kvernebo, Svein Simonsen
Coronary Angioplasty-Induced Ischemia: A Color M-Mode
Doppler Study Anne-Marie Duval-Moulin, Patrick Dupouy,
Myocardial Contractile Effects of L-Arginine in the
Philippe Brun, Fang Zhuang, Gabriel Pelle, Yvan Perez, Emmanuel
Human Allograft WalterJ .P aulus, Stefanie Kastner, Marc
Teiger, Alain Castaigne, Pascal Gueret, Jean-Luc Dubois-Randé
Vanderheyden, Ajay M. Shah, Helmut Drexler
ENDOTHELIAL FUNCTION
Heterogeneity of Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy: Clinical
Basal and Flow-Mediated Nitric Oxide Production by
Insights From Coronary Angioscopy Mandeep R. Mehra,
Atheromatous Coronary Arteries Dimitris Tousoulis, Costas
Hector O. Ventura, Suresh P. Jain, Keshav Ramireddy, Arshad Ali,
Tentolouris, Tom Crake, Pavlos Toutouzas, Graham Davies Dwight D. Stapleton, Frank W. Smart, Stephen R. Ramee, Tyrone
J. Collins, ChristopherJ . White
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Randomized Trial of a Hospital-Based Exercise Training CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
Program After Acute Myocardial Infarction: Cardiac Autonomic Atrial Septal Defect in Adults: Cardiopulmonary Exercise
Effects James W. Leitch, Ross P. Newling, Magdy Basta, Kerry Capacity Before and 4 Months and 10 Years After Defect
Inder, Keith Dear, PeterJ . Fletcher Closure Uwe Helber, Reinhard Baumann, Hartwig Seboldt,
Ulrich Reinhard, Hans Martin Hoffmeister
INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY
A Randomized Comparison of Percutaneous Transluminal Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection: Diagnosis by
Coronary Angioplasty by the Radial, Brachial and Femoral Transesophageal Echocardiography Naser M. Ammash, James
Approaches: The Access Study Ferdinand Kiemeneij, B. Seward, Carole A. Warnes, Heidi M. Connolly, Patrick W.
Gert Jan Laarman, Diego Odekerken, Ton Slagboom, O'Leary, Gordon K. Danielson
Ron van der Wieken
PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY
Coronary Angioplasty Results in Leukocyte and Platelet The Fontan Procedure for Pulmonary Atresia With Intact
Activation With Adhesion Molecule Expression: Evidence of Ventricular Septum: Operative and Late Results Douglas D.
Inflammatory Responses in Coronary Angioplasty Carlos V. Mair, Paul R. Julsrud, Francisco J. Puga, Gordon K. Danielson
Serrano, Jr., José Antonio F. Ramires, Margareth Venturinelli,
Outcomes After Bidirectional Cavopulmonary Shunt in Infants
Siguemituso Arie, Elbio D’Amico, Jay L. Zweier, Fulvio Pileggi,
Less Than 6 Months Old _V. Mohan Reddy, Doff B.
Protasio L. da Luz
McElhinney, Phillip Moore, Gary S. Haas, Frank L. Hanley
SYNCOPE
Timing of First Recurrence of Syncope Predicts Syncopal EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES
Frequency After a Positive Tilt Table Test Result Paul Malik,
Mary Lou Koshman, Robert Sheldon Passivation of Metallic Stents After Arterial Gene Transfer of
phVEGF,,; Inhibits Thrombus Formation and Intimal
Bypass SURGERY Thickening Eric Van Belle, Fermin O. Tio, Donghui Chen, Luc
Adenosine Thallium-201 Tomography in Evaluation of Graft Maillard, Dongfen Chen, Marianne Kearney, Jeffrey M. Isner
Patency Late After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
Coronary Vasoconstrictive Effects of Neuropeptide Y and Their
Alex F. Khoury, Jose M. Rivera, John J. Mahmarian,
Modulation by the ATP-Sensitive Potassium Channel in
Mario S. Verani
Anesthetized Dogs Etsuro Tanaka, Hidezo Mori, Mitsuaki
VALVULAR DISEASE Chujo, Akihiko Yamakawa, Minhaz U. Mohammed, Yoshiro
Simultaneous Determination of Aortic Valve Area by the Gorlin Shinozaki, Kosuke Tobita, Takafumi Sekka, Kunihisa Ito,
Formula and by Transesophageal Echocardiography Under Hiroe Nakazawa
Different Transvalvular Flow Conditions: Evidence That
Cardiodepressive Mediators Are Released After Ischemia From
Anatomic Aortic Valve Area Does Not Change With Variations
an Isolated Heart: Role of Coronary Endothelial Cells = Verena
in Flow in Aortic Stenosis Jean-Claude Tardif, Andressa Giestas
Stangl, Stephan B. Felix, Rudolf Meyer, Thomas Berndt, Reinhard
Rodrigues, Jean-Francois Hardy, Yves Leclerc, Robert Petitclerc,
Kastner, Klaus D. Wernecke, Gert Baumann
Rosaire Mongrain, Lise-Andrée Mercier
LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY SPECIAL ARTICLE
Relation of Hemodynamic Volume Load to Arterial and
George Ralph Mines, Ventricular Fibrillation and the Discovery
Cardiac Size Erica C. Jones, Richard B. Devereux, Michael J.
of the Vulnerable Period Regis A. DeSilva
O’Grady, Joseph E. Schwartz, Jennifer E. Liu, Thomas G.
Pickering, Mary J. Roman
EDITOR’S PAGE
PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
Reflections of a Cardiology Chief William W. Parmley
Characteristics of Pulmonary Artery Pressure Waveform for
Differential Diagnosis of Chronic Pulmonary Thromboembolism
and Primary Pulmonary Hypertension Yasunori Nakayama, SPECIAL SECTIONS
Norifumi Nakanishi, Masaru Sugimachi, Hiroshi Takaki, Shingo
ACC News
Kyotani, Toru Satoh, Yoshiaki Okano, Takeyoshi Kunieda,
Kenji Sunagawa President’s Page: First, Do No Harm Richard L. Popp
JUNE 1997 VOLUME 29 NUMBER 7
REVIEW ARTICLES MYOcARDIAL ISCHEMIA
1483 Relation Between Clinical, Angiographic and Ischemic Findings
1407 Systolic Blood Pressure Revisited Harold Smulyan,
at Baseline and Ischemia-Related Adverse Outcomes at 1 Year
Michel E. Safar
in the Asymptomatic Cardiac Ischemia Pilot Study
Carl J. Pepine, Barry Sharaf, Thomas C. Andrews, Sandra Forman,
1414 Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors, Angiotensin II
Nancy Geller, Genell Knatterud, John Mahmarian, Pamela
Receptor Antagonists and Calcium Channel Blocking Agents: A
Ouyang, William J. Rogers, George Sopko, Richard Steingart, Peter
Review of Potential Benefits and Possible Adverse Reactions
H. Stone, C. Richard Conti, for the ACIP Study Group
Marvin Moser
1490 Hospital Mortality in Women and Men With Acute Cardiac
1422 Cardiovascular Toxicity of Nicotine: Implications for Nicotine
Replacement Therapy Neal L. Benowitz, Steven G. Gourlay Ischemia: A Prospective Multicenter Study Boris E. Coronado,
John L. Griffith, Joni R. Beshansky, Harry P. Selker
1497 A Reappraisal of Exercise Electrocardiographic Indexes of the
CLINICAL STUDIES Severity of Ischemic Heart Disease: Angiographic and
Scintigraphic Correlates Peter Bogaty, Jean Guimond,
VASCULAR FUNCTION
N-Michelle Robitaille, Léon Rousseau, Serge Simard, Jacques R.
1432 Arterial Reactivity Is Enhanced in Genetic Males Taking High Rouleau, Gilles R. Dagenais
Dose Estrogens Jane A. McCrohon, William A. W. Walters,
Jacqui T. C. Robinson, Robyn J. McCredie, Leo Turner, Mark R. INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY
Adams, David J. Handelsman, David S. Celermajer 1505 Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty Versus
Medical Therapy for Stable Angina Pectoris: Outcomes for
1437 Long-Term Estrogen Therapy Improves Vascular Function in
Patients With Double-Vessel Versus Single-Vessel Coronary
Male to Female Transsexuals Gishel New, Katrina L. Timmins,
Artery Disease in a Veterans Affairs Cooperative Randomized
Stephen J. Duffy, Binh T. Tran, Richard C. O’Brien, Richard W.
Trial Edward D. Folland, Pamela M. Hartigan, Alfred F. Parisi,
Harper, Ian T. Meredith
for the Veterans Affairs ACME Investigators
1445 Editorial Comment Estrogen for Men: Reversal of
1512 Editorial Comment PTCA Comes to the Bifurcations in the
Cardiovascular Misfortune? Alan C. Yeung
Road: What the VA Has to Offer Douglass A. Morrison,
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION Jerome Sacks, Charles C. Barbiere, Gulshan Sethi
1447 A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind Multicenter Trial of a
1515 Antiplatelet Effect of Ticlopidine After Coronary Stenting
Single Bolus Injection of the Novel Modified t-PA E6010 in the
Franz-Josef Neumann, Meinrad Gawaz, Timm Dickfeld, Anne
Treatment of Acute Myocardial Infarction: Comparison With
Wehinger, Hanna Walter, Rudolf Blasini, Albert Schémig
Native t-PA Chuichi Kawai, Yoshiki Yui, Saichi Hosoda,
Masakiyo Nobuyoshi, Shin Suzuki, Hikaru Sato, Fumimaro 1520 Role of Coronary Artery Lumen Enlargement in Improving
Takatsu, Takeshi Motomiya, Katsuo Kanmatsuse, Kazuhisa Coronary Blood Flow After Balloon Angioplasty and Stenting: A
Kodama, Yoshimasa Yabe, Takazo Minamino, Shin-ichi Kimata, Combined Intravascular Ultrasound Doppler Flow and Imaging
Mitsuyoshi Nakashima, on Behalf of the E6010 Study Group Study Morton J. Kern, Patrick Dupouy, John H. Drury, Frank V.
Aguirre, Eduardo Aptecar, Richard G. Bach, Eugene A.
1454 Thrombolysis Plus Aortic Counterpulsation: Improved Survival
Caracciolo, Thomas J. Donohue, Jean-Luc Dubois Rande,
in Patients Who Present to Community Hospitals With
Herbert J. Geschwind, Carol J. Mechem, Ghanshyam Kane,
Cardiogenic Shock Paul J. Kovack, Mark A. Rasak, Eric R.
Emannuel Teiger, Thomas L. Wolford
Bates, E. Magnus Ohman, Robert J. Stomel
1528 Comparison of Collateral Vascular Responses in the Donor and
1459 A Prospective, Randomized Evaluation of Prophylactic
Recipient Coronary Arteries During Transient Coronary
Intraaortic Balloon Counterpulsation in High Risk Patients
Occlusion Assessed by Intracoronary Blood Flow Velocity
With Acute Myocardial Infarction Treated With Primary
Analysis in Patients Jan J. Piek, Rob A. M. van Liebergen,
Angioplasty Gregg W. Stone, Dominic Marsalese, Bruce R.
Karel T. Koch, Ron J. G. Peters, George K. David
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