Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2000: Vol 36 Table of Contents

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CONTENTS OF VOLUME 36
JULY 2000 VOLUME 36 NUMBER 1
REVIEW ARTICLES 75 Occurrence and Clinical Significance of
The Long QT Syndromes: Genetic Basis and Clinical Pseudothrombocytopenia During Abciximab Therapy
Implications Chern-En Chiang, Dan M. Roden David C. Sane, Lakshmi V. Damaraju, Eric J. Topol,
13 Techniques Characterizing the Coronary Catherine F. Cabot, Mary Ann Mascelli, Robert A.
Harrington, Maarten L. Simoons, Robert M. Califf
Atherosclerotic Plaque: Influence on Clinical Decision
Making? Gerard Pasterkamp, Erling Falk, Hein Woutman, PI* Polymorphism of Glycoprotein IIIa and Risk of
Cornelius Borst Adverse Events After Coronary Stent Placement
Adnan Kastrati, Werner Koch, Meinrad Gawaz, Julinda
BRIEF REVIEW . Mehilli, Corinna Béttiger, Kathrin Schémig, Nicolas von
22 Coronary Microembolization Raimund Erbel, Beckerath, Albert Schimig
Gerd Heusch 90 Editorial Comment P14, a Variant of GPIIIa Implicated
in Coronary Thromboembolic Complications Pascal J.
CLINICAL STUDIES
Goldschmidt-Clermont, Glen E. Cooke, Gregory M. Eaton,
Philip F. Binkley
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
25 Sildenafil Citrate Potentiates the Hypotensive Effects
of Nitric Oxide Donor Drugs in Male Patients With ENDOTHELIAL FUNCTION
Stable Angina David J. Webb, Gary J. Muirhead, Maria 94 Vitamin E Supplementation Improves Endothelial
Function in Type I Diabetes Mellitus: A Randomized,
Wulf, J. Andrew Sutton, Roberto Levt,
Placebo-Controlled Study R. Andrew P. Skyrme-Jones,
Wallace W. Dinsmore
32 Exercise Testing and Electron Beam Computed Richard C. O’Brien, Karen L. Berry, Ian T. Meredith
Tomography in the Evaluation of Coronary Artery 103 Low Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Coronary
Microvascular Dysfunction in Hypercholesterolemia
Disease David M. Shavelle, Matthew J. Budoff; Daniel H.
LaMont, Robert M. Shavelle, John M. Kennedy, Philipp A. Kaufmann, Tomaso Gnecchi-Ruscone, Klaus P.
Bruce H. Brundage Schafers, Thomas F. Lischer, Paolo G. Camici
39 Lack of Association of C-Reactive Protein and
Coronary Calcium by Electron Beam Computed UNSTABLE ANGINA
Tomography in Postmenopausal Women: Implications 110 Effects of Various Anticoagulant Treatments on von
for Coronary Artery Disease Screening Rita F. Redberg, Willebrand Factor Release in Unstable Angina Gilles
Nader Rifat, Lauren Gee, Paul M. Ridker Montalescot, Jean Philippe Collet, Linda Lison, Rémi
Noninvasive Detection of Coronary Artery Stenosis Choussat, Annick Ankri, Eric Vicaut, Katy Perlemuter,
Using Contrast-Enhanced Three-Dimensional Breath- Frangois Philippe, Gérard Drobinski, Daniel Thomas
Hold Magnetic Resonance Coronary Angiography
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Matthias Regenfus, Dieter Ropers, Stephan Achenbach,
Winfried Kessler, Gerhard Laub, Werner G. Daniel, 115 Enhanced Secretion of Cardiac Hepatocyte Growth
Werner Moshage Factor from an Infarct Region Is Associated With Less
Severe Ventricular Enlargement and Improved Cardiac
INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY Function Satoshi Yasuda, Yoichi Goto, Takeshi Baba, Toru
51 Ten-Year Experience With Early Angioplasty in 759 Satoh, Hitoshi Sumida, Shunicht Miyazaki, Hiroshi Nonogt
Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction Frits Bar,
122 Vascular Adhesion Protein-1, Intercellular Adhesion
Jindra Vainer, Jeroen Stevenhagen, Kars Neven, Rob Molecule-1 and P-Selectin Mediate Leukocyte Binding
Aalbregt, Ton Oude Ophuts, Vincent van Ommen, Hans de to Ischemic Heart in Humans Kimmo Jaakkola, Sirpa
Swart, Ebo de Muinck, Willem Dassen, Hein Wellens
Jalkanen, Katja Kaunismaki, Esko Vanttinen, Pekka Saukko,
59 The Effects of Intracoronary Brachytherapy on the Kalle Alanen, Markku Kallajoki, Litsa-Maria Votpio-Pulkkt,
Natural History of Postangioplasty Dissections David Marko Salmi :
Meerkin, Jean-Claude Tardif, Olivier F. Bertrand, Joanne
Vincent, Frangots Harel, Raoul Bonan RISK FACTORS
65 Late Total Occlusion After Intracoronary 130 Pulse Pressure and Risk for Myocardial Infarction and
Brachytherapy for Patients With In-Stent Restenosis Heart Failure in the Elderly Viola Vaccarino, Theodore R.
Ron Waksman, Balram Bhargava, Gary S. Mintz, Roxana Holford, Harlan M. Krumholz
Mehran, Alexandra J. Lansky, Lowell F. Satler, Augusto D.
Pichard, Kenneth M. Kent, Martin B. Leon ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY
69 Six-Month Clinical and Angiographic Outcome After 139 Use of Metoprolol CR/XL to Maintain Sinus Rhythm
Successful Excimer Laser Angioplasty for In-Stent Re- After Conversion from Persistent Atrial Fibrillation: A
Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study
stenosis Ralf Késter, Jan Kahler, Wolfram Terres, Jacobus
Reimers, Stephan Baldus, Dirk Hartig, Jirgen Berger, Volker Kithlkamp, Alexander Schirdewan, Karl Stangl,
Thomas Meinertz, Christian W. Hamm Michael Homberg, Matthias Ploch, Otto A. Beck
147 Editorial Comment Beta-Blockers for Atrial Fibrillation: Roberto Corti, Christian Binggeh, Thomas F. Liischer,
Must We Consider Asymptomatic Arrhythmias? Georg Noll
Richard L. Page
151 Increased Sympathetic Activity After Atrioventricular CARDIAC METABOLISM
Junction Ablation in Patients With Chronic Atrial 219 Effects of Insulin-Glucose Infusion on Left Ventricular 2§
Function at Rest and During Dynamic Exercise in
Fibrillation Mohamed H. Hamdan, Richard L. Page,
Healthy Subjects and Noninsulin Dependent Diabetic
Clifford J. Sheehan, Jason D. Zagrodzky, Stephen L.
Patients: A Radionuclide Ventriculographic Study
Wasmund, Karthik Ramaswamy, Jose A. Joglar,
Ferdinando Carlo Sasso, Ornella Carbonara, Domenico
Michael L. Smith
Cozzolino, Pterfrancesco Rambaldi, Luigi Mansi, Daniele
159 Limited Posterior Left Atrial Cryoablation in Patients
Torella, Sandro Gentile, Salvatore Turco, Roberto Torella,
With Chronic Atrial Fibrillation Undergoing Valvular
28
Teresa Salvatore
Heart Surgery Fiorenzo Gaita, Roberto Gallotti, Leonardo
Calo, Eric Manasse, Riccardo Riccardi, Lucia Garberogho,
MYOCARDITIS
Francesco Nicolini, Marco Scaghone, Paolo Di Donna,
227 Echocardiographic Findings in Fulminant and Acute
Domenico Caponi, Giorgio Franciost
Myocarditis G. Michael Felker, John P. Boehmer, Ralph H.
167 Electrical Behavior of T-Wave Polarity Alternans in
Hruban, Grover M. Hutchins, Edward K. Kasper, Kenneth
Patients With Congenital Long QT Syndrome
L. Baughman, Joshua M. Hare
Fernando E. §. Cruz Filho, Ivan G. Maia, Marcio L. A.
Fagundes, Rosa Celia P. Barbosa, Paulo A. G. Alves, HEART FAILURE
Roberto M. S. 84, Silvia H. Boghossian, Jose Carlos Ribeiro 233 Is Myocardial Na*/Ca”* Exchanger Transcription a 29
Marker for Different Stages of Myocardial
SYNCOPE Dysfunction? Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction
174 Provocation of Neurocardiogenic Syncope by of the Messenger RNA in Endomyocardial Biopsies of
Clomipramine Administration During the Head-Up Patients with Heart Failure Cornelia Piper, Johannes
Tilt Test in Vasovagal Syndrome George N. Theodorakis,
Bilger, Eva-Maria Henrichs, Heinz-Peter Schultheiss, Dieter
Manolis Markianos, Elias Zarvalis, Efthimios G. Livanis, Horstkotte, Andrea Doerner
Panagiota Flevari, Dimitrios Th. Kremastinos 242 End-tidal CO, Pressure Decreases During Exercise in
179 Editorial Comment Tilt Methodology in Reflex Syncope: Cardiac Patients: Association With Severity of Heart
Emerging Evidence Adam P. Fitzpatrick, Amir Zaidi Failure and Cardiac Output Reserve Akihiro Matsumoto,
181 Misdiagnosis of Epilepsy: Many Seizure-Like Attacks Haruki Itoh, Yoko Eto, Toshto Kobayashi, Makoto Kato,
Masao Omata, Hiroshi Watanabe, Kazuzo Kato,
Have a Cardiovascular Cause Amir Zaidi, Peter Clough, 35
Shin-icht Momomura
Paul Cooper, Bruce Scheepers, Adam P. Fitzpatrick
HEART TRANSPLANT
HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY
185 How the Left and Right Sides of the Heart, as Well as 250 The Medium-Term Findings in Coronary Arteries by
Pulmonary Venous Drainage, Adapt to an Increasing Intravascular Ultrasound in Infants and Children After
Heart Transplantation Micheal A. Kuhn, Kenneth R.
Degree of Head-Up Tilting in Hypertrophic
Cardiomyopathy: Differences from the Normal Heart Jutzy, Douglas D. Deming, Constance E. Cephus,
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Richard E. Chinnock, Joyce Johnston, Leonard L. Bailey,
Marco Guazzi, Anna Maltaghati, Gloria Tamborini,
Ranae L. Larsen
Fabrizio Celeste, Mauro Pept, Manuela Muratori, Marco
Berti, Maurizio D. Guazzi
PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY
255 Long-Term Outcome in Congenitally Corrected
EXERCISE
37
Transposition of the Great Arteries: A Multi-
194 Oxygen Uptake Efficiency Slope: An Index of Exercise
Performance and Cardiopulmonary Reserve Requiring Institutional Study Thomas P. Graham, Jr., Yvonne D.
Bernard, Beverly G. Mellen, David Celermayer, Helmut
Only Submaximal Exercise Milton Hollenberg,
Ira B. Tager Baumgartner, Frank Cetta, Hetdi M. Connolly, Wilham R.
Davidson, Mikael Dellborg, Elyse Foster, Welton M. 38
202 Differential Effects of High-Frequency Versus
Gersony, Ira H. Gessner, Roger A. Hurwitz, Harald
Low-Frequency Exercise Training in Rehabilitation
Kaemmerer, John D. Kugler, Daniel J. Murphy, Jacqueline
of Patients With Coronary Artery Disease Wybe
A. Noonan, Cynthia Morris, Joseph K. Perloff; Stephen P.
Nieuwland, Martke A. Berkhuysen, Dirk J. van Veldhuisen,
Sanders, James L. Sutherland
Johan Brigemann, Martin L. J. Landsman, Eric van
Sonderen, K. I. Lie, Harry J. G. M. Cryns, Piet Rispens
262 Isolated Ductus Arteriosus Aneurysm in the Fetus and 38
Infant: A Multi-Institutional Experience Umesh
VALVE DISEASE
208 Elevated Circulating Levels of Serum Tumor Necrosis Dyamenahalh, Jeffrey F. Smallhorn, Tal Geva, Jean-Claude
Factor-alpha in Patients With Hemodynamically Fouron, Patricia Cairns, Luc Jutras, Victoria Hughes,
Significant Pressure and Volume Overload Samir R. Marlene Rabinovitch, Catherine A. E. Mason,
Lisa K. Hornberger 39:
Kapadia, Khalid Yakoob, Simone Nader, James D. Thomas,
Douglas L. Mann, Brian P. Griffin
270 Long-Term Effect of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme
CARDIAC PHYSIOLOGY Inhibitor in Volume Overloaded Heart During
213 Baroreceptor Dysfunction Induced by Nitric Oxide Growth: A Controlled Pilot Study Yoshiki Mori, Makoto 40.
Synthase Inhibition in Humans Lukas E. Spieker, Nakazawa, Hirohumi Tomimatsu, Kazuo Momma
EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES SPECIAL SECTIONS
276 Effect of Carvedilol in Comparison With Metoprolol
ACC News
on Myocardial Collagen Postinfarction Shan Wei, Louis
295 President’s Page: The Human Genome Project:
T. C. Chow, John E. Sanderson Implications for Cardiologists and Their Patients
282 Signaling and Expression for Mitochondrial Membrane George A. Beller
Proteins During Left Ventricular Remodeling and
Contractile Failure After Myocardial Infarction Xue- 299 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Han Ning, Jianyi Zhang, Jingbo Liu, Yun Ye, Shi-Han
Chen, Arthur H. L. From, Robert J. Bache, LATE-BREAKING CLINICAL TRIALS
Michael A. Portman
310 Results From Late-Breaking Clinical Trials Sessions at
288 8-Chloro-cAMP Inhibits Smooth Muscle Cell ACCIS 2000 and ACC 2000 Neal S. Kleiman,
Proliferation In Vitro and Neointima Formation Robert M. Califf
Induced by Balloon Injury In Vivo Ciro Indolfi, Emilio
Di Lorenzo, Antonio Rapacctuolo, Angela Maria Stingone, ACC/AHA EXPERT CONSENSUS DOCUMENT
Eugenio Stabile, Antonio Leccia, Daniele Torella, Rosa 326 American College of Cardiology/American Heart
Caputo, Fortunato Ciardiello, Gianpaolo Tortora, Association Expert Consensus Document on Electron-
Massimo Chiariello Beam Computed Tomography for the Diagnosis and ~
Prognosis of Coronary Artery Disease
EDITOR’S PAGE Robert A. O’Rourke, Chair
294 The Fellowship Match Selection Process: Where Has
Collegiality Gone? William W. Parmley 341 ACC COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS
AUGUST 2000 VOLUME 36 NUMBER 2
REVIEW ARTICLE by Coronary Velocity Reserve and Quantitative
355 Management of Coronary Artery Disease: Therapeutic Coronary Angiography Antoine Lafont, Jean L. Dubots-
Options in Patients With Diabetes Talal Hammoud, Randé, Philippe G. Steg, Patrick Dupouy, Didier Carrié,
Jean-Frangois Tanguay, Martial G. Bourassa Pierre Coste, Alain Furber, Farzin Beygui, Laurent J.
Feldman, Saliha Rahal, Christophe Tron, Martial Hamon,
Gilles Grolier, Philippe Commeau, Pascal Richard, Patrice
CLINICAL STUDIES
Colin, Christophe Bauters, Gaetan Karrillon, Frangois Ledru,
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION Bernard Citron, Frangois Noel Marié, Morton Kern, for the
366 Thrombolytic Therapy in Older Patients Alan K. F.R.O.8.T. Study Group
Berger, Martha J. Radford, Yun Wang, Harlan M.
Krumholz
ENDOTHELIAL FUNCTION
410 Atorvastatin But Not L-Arginine Improves Endothelial
INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY Function in Type I Diabetes Mellitus: A Double-Blind
375 Massive Pulmonary Embolism: Percutaneous
Study Michael J. Mullen, David Wright, Ann E. Donald,
Emergency Treatment by Pigtail Rotation Catheter
Sara Thorne, Hyeyoung Thomson, John E. Deanfield
Thomas Schmitz-Rode, Uwe Janssens, Stephan H. Duda,
417 Enhanced Peripheral Vasodilation in Humans After a
Christiane M. Erley, Rolf W. Giinther
Fatty Meal O//i T: Raitakari, Nicole Lai, Kaye Griffiths,
381 Clinical Benefit of Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Blockade
Robyn McCredie, David Sullivan, David S. Celermajer
With Abciximab Is Independent of Gender: Pooled
Analysis from EPIC, EPILOG and EPISTENT Trials 423 Plasma Concentration of Soluble Vascular Cell
Adhesion Molecule-1 and Subsequent Cardiovascular
Leshe Cho, Eric J. Topol, Craig Balog, Joanne M. Foody,
Joan E. Booth, Catherine Cabot, Neil S. Kleiman, James E. Risk James A. de Lemos, Charles H. Hennekens,
Tcheng, Robert Calif, A. Michael Lincoff Paul M. Ridker
387 Long-Term Clinical Outcome After Endoluminal _
Reconstruction of Diffusely Degenerated Saphenous CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
Vein Grafts With Less-Shortening Wallstents 427 Simvastatin Inhibits the Monocyte Expression of
Remi Choussat, Alexander J. R. Black, Irene Bossi, Thierry Proinflammatory Cytokines in Patients With
Joseph, Jean Fajadet, Jean Marco Hypercholesterolemia Domenico Ferro, Sandro Parrotto,
395 A Comparison of Short- and Long-Term Outcomes Stefania Basili, Cesare Alessandri, Francesco Viol
for Balloon Angioplasty and Coronary Stent Placement
432 Diffuse Intimal Thickening of Coronary Arteries in
Edward L. Hannan, Michael J. Racz, Djavad T. Arani, Patients With Coronary Spastic Angina Yuji Miyao,
Ben D. McCallister, Gary Walford, Thomas J. Ryan
Kiyotaka Kugiyama, Hiroaki Kawano, Takeshi Motoyama,
404 The French Randomized Optimal Stenting Trial: A Hisao Ogawa, Michthiro Yoshimura, Tomohiro Sakamoto,
Prospective Evaluation of Provisional Stenting Guided Hirofumi Yasue
438 Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial of the Kennedy, Philip F. Binkley, Melvin L. Moeschberger,
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor, Ramipril, Carl V. Leter
in Patients With Coronary or Other Occlusive Arterial
517 Left Ventricular Dysfunction Predicted by Early
Disease Stephen MacMahon, Norman Sharpe, Greg
Troponin I Release After High Dose Chemotherapy
Gamble, Alison Clague, Chona Ni Mhurchu, Taane Clark,
Dantela Cardinale, Maria Teresa Sandri, Alessandro
Hamish Hart, John Scott, Harvey White, for the PART-2
Martinont, Alessio Tricca, Maurizio Crivelli, Giuseppina
Collaborative Research Group
Lamantia, Saverio Cinieri, Giovanni Martinelli, Carlo M.
Regional Diastolic Function by Pulsed Doppler Cipolla, Cesare Fiorentini
Myocardial Mapping for the Detection of Left
523 The Relationship of the Erythrocyte Sedimentation
Ventricular Ischemia During Pharmacologic Stress
Rate to Inflammatory Cytokines and Survival in
Testing: A Comparison With Stress Echocardiography
Patients With Chronic Heart Failure Treated With
and Perfusion Scintigraphy He/ene von Bibra, Anja
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors Rakesh
Tuchnitz, Annegret Klein, Jan Schneider-Etcke, Albert
Sharma, Mathias Rauchhaus, Piotr P. Ponikowski, Susan
Schémig, Markus Schwaiger
Varney, Philip A. Poole-Wilson, Douglas L. Mann, Andrew
453 Acute Effects of Urinary Bladder Distention on the
J. S. Coats, Stefan D. Anker
Coronary Circulation in Patients With Early
529 Estrogen Is Associated With Improved Survival in
Atherosclerosis Tsung-Ming Lee, Sheng-Fang Su,
Aging Women With Congestive Heart Failure:
Ming-Fong Chen, Chang-Her Tsai
Analysis of the Vesnarinone Studies Steven E. Reis,
Richard Holubkov, James B. Young, B. G. White, Jay N.
VALVE DISEASE
Cohn, Arthur M. Feldman
461 Prevalence and Correlates of Aortic Regurgitation in
American Indians: The Strong Heart Study Nathaniel 534 Sarcolemmal Na*/H* Exchanger Activity and
Expression in Human Ventricular Myocardium
E. Lebowitz, Jonathan N. Bella, Mary J. Roman, Jennifer
E. Liu, Dawn P. Fishman, Mary Paranicas, Elsa T. Lee, Hiroyuki Yokoyama, Suba Gunasegaram, Sian E. Harding,
Richard R. Fabsitz, Thomas K. Welty, Barbara V. Howard, Metin Avkiran
Richard B. Devereux 541 Circadian Rhythm and Sudden Death in Heart Failure:
468 Surgical Left Atrial Appendage Ligation Is Frequently Results from Prospective Randomized Amlodipine
Incomplete: A Transesophageal Echocardiographic Survival Trial Peter A. Carson, Christopher M. O’Connor,
Study Edward S. Katz, Theofanis Tsiamtstouris, Robert Alan B. Miller, Susan Anderson, Robert Belkin, Gerald W.
M. Applebaum, Arthur Schwartzbard, Paul A. Tunick, Neuberg, John H. Wertheimer, David Frid, Anne Cropp,
Itzhak Kronzon Milton Packer
472 Quantification of Tricuspid Regurgitation by
Measuring the Width of the Vena Contracta With PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
Doppler Color Flow Imaging: A Clinical Study 547 Responses to Constant Work Rate Bicycle Ergometry
Christophe M. Tribouilloy, Maurice Enriquez-Sarano, Kent Exercise in Primary Pulmonary Hypertension: The
R. Bailey, A. Jamil Tajik, James B. Seward Effect of Inhaled Nitric Oxide Marshall S. Riley, Janos
Poérszasz, Mariélle P. K. J. Engelen, Shelley M. Shapiro,
HEART FAILURE Bruce H. Brundage, Karlman Wasserman
479 The Clinical, Cardiac, Renal, Arterial and
Neurohormonal Effects of Omapatrilat, a ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY
Vasopeptidase Inhibitor, in Patients With Chronic 557 Ventricular Tachycardias Above the Initially
Heart Failure Dougal R. McClean, Hamid Ikram, Amanda Programmed Tachycardia Detection Interval in
6¢
H. Garlick, A. Mark Richards, M. Gary Nicholls, Patients With Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators:
Ian G. Crozter Incidence, Prediction and Significance Dietmar Bansch,
487 High Dose Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibition Marco Castrucci, Dirk Bécker, Ginter Breithardt,
Prevents Fluid Volume Expansion in Heart Transplant Michael Block 6€
Recipients Randy W. Braith, Roger M. Mills, Christopher 566 Clusters of Ventricular Tachycardias Signify Impaired
S. Wilcox, Matthew J. Mitchell, James A. Hill, | Survival in Patients With Idiopathic Dilated
Charles E. Wood Cardiomyopathy and Implantable Cardioverter
493 Long-Term Follow-up of 34 Adults With Isolated Left Defibrillators Dietmar Bansch, Dirk Bécker, Jiirgen Brunn,
Ventricular Noncompaction: A Distinct Max Weber, Giinter Breithardt, Michael Block
Cardiomyopathy With Poor Prognosis Erwin N.
574 Diagnostic Value of Tachycardia Features and Pacing
Oechshin, Christine H. Attenhofer Jost, Jerry R. Rojas, Maneuvers During Paroxysmal Supraventricular 67
Philipp A. Kaufmann, Rolf Jenni
Tachycardia Bradley P. Knight, Matthew Ebinger, Hakan
501 Low-Dose Enoximone Improves Exercise Capacity in Oral, Michael H. Kim, Christian Sticherling, Frank Pelosi,
Chronic Heart Failure Brian D. Lowes, Michael Gregory F. Michaud, §. Adam Strickberger, Fred Morady
Higginbotham, Lawrence Petrovich, Marcus A. DeWood,
Mark A. Greenberg, Peter 8. Rahko, G. Wilham Dec, 67
CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
Thierry H. LeJemtel, Robert L. Roden, Margo M. Schleman,
583 Results of Transvenous Occlusion of Secundum Atrial
Alastair D. Robertson, Richard J. Gorczynski, Michael R. Septal Defects With the Fourth Generation Buttoned
Bristow, for the Enoximone Study Group Device: Comparison With First, Second and Third
509 Plasma Atherogenic Markers in Congestive Heart Generation Devices P. Syamasundar Rao, Felix Berger, 68
Failure and Posttransplant (Heart) Patients Glen E. Christian Rey, Jorge Haddad, Bernhard Meier, Kevin P.
Cooke, Gregory M. Eaton, Gretchen Whitby, Ruth Ann Walsh, Jay S. Chandar, Thomas R. Lloyd, Jose Suarez de
Lezo, Rolando Zamora, Eleftherios B. Sideris, for the 628 Effects of a Nitrate-Free Interval on Tolerance,
International Buttoned Device Trial Group Vasoconstrictor Sensitivity and Vascular Superoxide
Production Thomas Minzel, Hanke Mollnau,
PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY pre Hartmann, Carolin Geiger, Mathias Oelze,
593 Atrioventricular Sevtal Defects Di sed in Fetal scan Warnholtz, Abdullah Hay Yehia, Ulrich Férstermann,
P 2, tare Thomas Meinertz
Life: Associated Cardiac and Extra-Cardiac
Abnormalities and Outcome Jan C. Huggon, 635 Modulation of In Vivo Cardiac Hypertrophy With
Andrew C. Cook, Nigel C. Smeeton, Alan G. Magee, Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 and Angiotensin-
Cir bith R OStienil Converting Enzyme Inhibitor: Relationship Between
Change in Myosin Isoform and Progression of Left
602 P Wave Signal-Averaged Electrocardiogram as a New Ventricular Dysfunction Yoshitaka Iwanaga, Yasuki
Marker for Atrial Tachyarrhythmias in Postoperative Kihara, Takeshi Yoneda, Takeshi Aoyama,
Fontan Patients Volkan Tuzcu, Bulent Ozkan, Nancy Shigetake Sasayama
siti Medeaictllerce, santo Ieiaace ad milks nical 643 Exercise Training Restores Ischemic Preconditioning
in the Aging Heart Pasquale Abete, Claudio Calabrese,
UREMIA Nicola Ferrara, Angelo Cioppa, Paolo Pisanelli,
608 Cardiac Beta-Adrenoceptors in Chronic Uremia: Francesco Cacciatore, Giancarlo Longobardi, Claudio Napoli,
Studies in Humans and Rats Stefan Dhein, Franco Rengo
Peter Rohnert, Silke Markau, Emanuel Kotchi-Kotchi,
Karin Becker, Ulrike Poller, Bernd Osten, Otto-Erich Brodde EDITOR’S PAGE
651 Do No Harm Wiliam W. Parmley
SPECIAL SECTIONS
EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES ACC News aad
618 Coronary Collateral Development During Chronic 652 President's Page: Geographic Variations in Delivery of
Ischemia: Serial Assessment Using Harmonic Cardiovascular Care: An Issue of Great Importance to
Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography James D. Mills, Cardiovascular Specialists GeorgeA .B eller
David Fischer, Flordeliza §. Villanueva 656 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
625 Editorial Comment The Bubbles and the Source of Life
Paolo Voci 660 CORRECTIONS
SEPTEMBER 2000 VOLUME 36 NUMBER 3
REVIEW ARTICLES David Hasdai, Robert A. Harrington, Judith S. Hochman,
661 A Perspective: The New Millennium Dawns On a Robert M. Calif; Alexander Battler, James W. Box,
New Paradigm for Cardiology—Molecular Genetics Maarten L. Simoons, Jaap Deckers, Eric J. Topol,
Robert Roberts David R. Holmes, Jr.
aan Phar Therapy Versus Coepnsty Angioplasty ” 693 Randomized Trial of Low Molecular Weight Heparin
table Coronary Artery Disease: A Critical Review of E a) V. Unfract; dH “af
the Literature Roger S. Blumenthal, Gregory Cohn, (Enquaparin) Versus Un Semana eceengstiengl
Yai ensa N pe Unstable Coronary Artery Disease: One-Year Results
of the ESSENCE Study Shaun G. Goodman, Marc
Cohen, Frederique Bigonzi, Enrique P. Gurfinkel, David R.
CLINICAL STUDIES Radley, Veronique Le Iouer, Gregg J. Fromell, Christine
ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES Demers, Alexander G. G. Turpie, Robert M. Calif; Keith
674 Improving Outcome Over Time of Percutaneous A. A. Fox, Anatoly Langer, for the Efficacy and Safety of
Coronary Interventions in Unstable Angina Mandeep Subcutaneous Enoxaparin in Non—Q Wave Coronary Events
Singh,.Charanjit §. Rihal, PeterB . Berger, Malcolm R. Bell, (ESSENCE) Study Group
Diane E. Grill, Kirk N. Garratt, Gregory W. Barseness,
David R. Holmes, Jr.
679 Risks Associated With Renal Dysfunction in Patients PLATELET INHIBITORS
in the Coronary Care Unit Peter A. McCullough, 699 Antiplatelet Effects of Clopidogrel Compared With
Sandeep S. Soman, Shalin S. Shah, Stephen T. Smith, Aspirin After Myocardial Infarction: Enhanced
Keisha R. Marks, Jerry Yee, Steven Borzak Inhibitory Effects of Combination Therapy Khatereh
685 Platelet Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Blockade and Outcome Moshfegh, Maurice Redondo, Friedgard Julmy, Walter A.
of Cardiogenic Shock Complicating Acute Coronary Wuillemin, Mathias U. Gebauer, André Haeberh,
Syndromes Without Persistent ST-Segment Elevation Beat J. Meyer
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION 773 Editorial Comment Prevention of Recurrent Life-
706 Treatment and Outcomes of Left Bundle-Branch Threatening Arrhythmias: Will Lipid-Lowering
Block Patients With Myocardial Infarction Who Therapy Make a Difference? Stefan H. Hohniloser
Present Without Chest Pain Michael G. Shlipak, Alan S.
Go, Paul D. Frederick, Judith Malmgren, Hal V. Barron,
John G. Canto, for the National Registry of Myocardial CARDIAC ARREST
Infarction 2 Investigators 776 Cardiopulmonary Cerebral Resuscitation Using
Emergency Cardiopulmonary Bypass, Coronary
713 Editorial Comment Old Age, Left Bundle Branch Block
Reperfusion Therapy and Mild Hypothermia in
and Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Vexing and Lethal
Patients With Cardiac Arrest Outside the Hospital
Combination Gottlieb C. Freisinger I, Raphael F. Smith
Ken Nagao, Nartyuki Hayashi, Katsuo Kanmatsuse, Ken
717 Prevalence of Factor V Leiden and Prothrombin 85
Arima, Jyojt Ohtsuki, Kimio Kikushima, Ikuyoshi Watanabe
Variant G20210A in Patients Age <50 Years With No
Significant Stenoses at Angiography Three to Four
Weeks After Myocardial Infarction Ne7/ S. Van de
ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY
Water, John K. French, Mayanna Lund, Thomas A. Hyde,
784 Treatment of Underlying Atrial Fibrillation: Paced 8!
Harvey D. White, Peter J. Browett
Rhythm Obscures Recognition Archana M. Patel,
Douglas C. Westveer, K. Ching Man, James R. Stewart,
Howard I. Frumin
INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY
788 Effect of Phenylephrine on Focal Atrial Fibrillation
723 Contemporary Outcome Trends in the Elderly
Originating in the Pulmonary Veins and Superior Vena
Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Interventions:
Cava Ching-Tai Tai, Chuen-Wang Chiou, Zu-Chi Wen,
Results in 7,472 Octogenarians Wayne B. Batchelor,
Ming-Hsiung Hsieh, Chin-Feng Tsai, Wei-Shiang Lin, aea te
Kevin J. Anstrom, Lawrence H. Muhlbater, Ralph
Chien-Cheng Chen, Yung-Kuo Lin, Wen-Chung Yu, Yu-An
Grosswald, William S. Weintraub, Wiliam W. O'Neill, Eric
Ding, Mau-Song Chang, Shin-Ann Chen
D. Peterson, for the National Cardiovascular Network
794 Antiarrhythmic Effects of Azimilide in Atrial
Collaboration
Fibrillation: Efficacy and Dose-Response Edward L. C.
731 Hyperinsulinemia During Oral Glucose Tolerance
Pritchett, Richard L. Page, Stuart J. Connolly, Stephen R.
Test Is Associated With Increased Neointimal Tissue
Marcello, Daniel J. Schnell, William E. Wilkinson, and the
Proliferation After Coronary Stent Implantation in
Azimilide Supraventricular Arrhythmia Program 3 (SVA-3)
Nondiabetic Patients: A Serial Intravascular
Investigators
Ultrasound Study Tsutomu Takagi, Kiyoshi Yoshida,
803 Adenosine-5'-Triphosphate Test for the Noninvasive .
Takashi Akasaka, Shuichiro Kaji, Takahiro Kawamoto,
Diagnosis of Concealed Accessory Pathway Bernard
Yasuhiro Honda, Atsushi Yamamuro, Takeshi Hozumiti,
Belhassen, Roman Fish, Sami Viskin, Aharon Glick, Michael
Shigefumi Morioka
Ghkson, Michael Eldar
811 Demonstration of Diastolic and Presystolic Purkinje
Potentials as Critical Potentials in a Macroreentry
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
Circuit of Verapamil-Sensitive Idiopathic Left
739 Prognostic Implications of Tc-99m Sestamibi Viability
Ventricular Tachycardia Akihiko Nogami, Shigeto Naito,
Imaging and Subsequent Therapeutic Strategy in
Hiroshi Tada, Koichi Taniguchi, Yoshihiro Okamoto,
Patients With Chronic Coronary Artery Disease and
Shigeyuki Nishimura, Yasuteru Yamauchi, Kazutaka
Left Ventricular Dysfunction Roberto Sciagra, Marco
Aonuma, Masahiko Goya, Yoshito Iesaka, Michiaki Hiroe
Pellegri, Alberto Pupi, Leonardo Bolognese, Gianni Busi, Vito
Carnovale, Giovanni M. Santoro
HEART FAILURE
746 Increased Expression of Peripheral Benzodiazepine
824 Biventricular Pacing Diminishes the Need for
Receptors on Leukocytes in Silent Myocardial Isch-
Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Therapy Steven
emia Antonino Mazzone, Iolanda Mazzucchelh, Monia L. Higgins, Patrick Yong, Donald Scheck, Martin McDaniel,
Vezzoh, Elena Ottini, Carla Auguadro, Alessandra Serio,
Florence Bollinger, Mona Vadecha, Shoma Desai, David B.
Colomba Falcone
Meyer, for the Ventak CHF Investigators
751 Low Apolipoprotein A-IV Plasma Concentrations in 828 Editorial Comment Implantable Defibrillators in the Third
Men With Coronary Artery Disease Florian Kronenberg, Millennium: Increasingly Relegated to a Standby Role?
Markus Stihlinger, Evi Trenkwalder, F. S. Geethanjali,
Sanjeev Saksena
Otmar Pachinger, Arnold von Eckardstein, Hans Dieplinger
832 High-Dose Intravenous Isosorbide-Dinitrate Is Safer
758 Effect of Folic Acid and Antioxidant Vitamins on and Better Than Bi-PAP Ventilation Combined With
Endothelial Dysfunction in Patients With Coronary Conventional Treatment for Severe Pulmonary Edema
Artery Disease Lawrence M. Title, Peter M. Cummings, Ahuva Sharon, Isaac Shpirer, Edo Kaluski, Yaron
Karen Giddens, Jacques J. Genest, Jr, Bassam A. Nassar Moshkovitz, Olga Milovanov, Roman Polak, Alex Blatt, Avi
Simovitz, Ori Shaham, Zvi Faigenberg, Michael Metzger,
David Stav, Robert Yogev, Ahuva Golik, Rikardo Krakover,
Zui Vered, Gad Cotter
LIPID LOWERING
766 Lipid Lowering Drugs and Recurrences of Life- 838 Spironolactone Inhibits the Transcardiac Extraction of
Threatening Ventricular Arrhythmias in High-Risk Aldosterone in Patients With Congestive Heart Failure
Patients Johan De Sutter, Rene Tavernier, Marc De Takayoshi Tsutamoto, Atsuyuki Wada, Keiko Maeda, Naoko
Buyzere, Luc Jordaens, Guy De Backer Mabuchi, Masaru Hayashi, Takashi Tsutsui, Masato
Ohnishi, Masahide Sawaki, Masanori Fujii, Takehiro Jian Xin Qin, Michael Jones, Takahiro Shiota, Neil L.
Matsumoto, Hajime Horie, Yoshihisa Sugimoto, Greenberg, Hiroyuki Tsujino, Michael S. Firstenberg, Pankaj
Masahiko Kinoshita C. Gupta, Arthur D. Zetts, Yong Xu, Jing Ping Sun, Lisa
845 Acute Type 5 Phosphodiesterase Inhibition A. Cardon, Jill A. Odabashian, Scott D. Flamm, Richard D.
White, Julio A. Panza, James D. Thomas
With Sildenafil Enhances Flow-Mediated
Vasodilation in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure
Stuart D. Katz, Kujtim Balidemaj, Shunicht Homma, Henry
PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY
Wu, Jie Wang, Simon Maybaum 908 Outcomes of Left Atrial Isomerism Over a 28-Year
Period at a Single Institution Thomas Gilljam, Brian W.
HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY McCrindle, Jeffrey F. Smallhorn, Wiliam G. Williams,
852 Nonsurgical Septal Reduction Therapy for Robert M. Freedom
Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy: One-Year
Follow-up Nasser M. Lakkis, Sherif F. Nagueh, J. Kay EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES
Dunn, Donna Killip, Wilham H. Spencer, III 917 Single Site Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation of Atrial
856 Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction During Exercise Fibrillation: Studies Guided by Simultaneous Multisite
and Dobutamine Stress in Patients With Hypertrophic Mapping in the Canine Sterile Pericarditis Model
Cardiomyopathy Kazuyasu Okeie, Masami Shimizu, Kotchiro Kumagai, Kikuya Uno, Celeen Khrestian,
Fitroyuki Yoshio, Hidekaxu Ino, Masato Yamaguchi, Toru Albert L. Waldo
Matsuyama, Toshihiko Yasuda, Junichi Takt, 924 Differences in Organization Between Acute and
Hiroshi Mabuchi
Chronic Atrial Fibrillation in Dogs Haris J. Sth,
864 Utility of Metabolic Exercise Testing in Distinguishing Douglas P. Zipes, Edward J. Berbari, David E. Adams,
pat ek Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy from Physiologic Left Jeffrey E. Olgin
Ventricular Hypertrophy in Athletes Sanjay Sharma,
932 Monophasic Versus Biphasic Transthoracic
Perry M. Elhott, Greg Whyte, Niall Mahon, Mohan S. Countershock After Prolonged Ventricular Fibrillation
Virdee, Brian Mist, William J. McKenna in a Swine Model James T. Niemann, Daniel Burian,
Daniel Garner, Roger J. Lewis
osahhiA N
VALVE DISEASE 939 Electropharmacological Characterization of Cardiac
871 Postoperative Exercise Tolerance After Aortic Valve Repolarization in German Shepherd Dogs With an
Replacement by Small-Size Prosthesis: Functional Inherited Syndrome of Sudden Death: Abnormal
Consequence of Small-Size Aortic Prosthesis Pierre Response to Potassium Channel Blockers Joce/yn Meérot,
Becassis, Maurice Hayot, Jean-Marc Frapier, Florence Vincent Probst, Michéle Debailleul, Uwe Gerlach, N. Sydney
Leclercq, Lionel Beck, Jérome Brunet, Eric Arnaud, Christian Moise, Hervé Le Marec, Flavien Charpentier
Prefaut, Paul-André Chaptal, J. M. Davy, Patrick Messner- 948 Low Concentrations of 17B-Estradiol Protect Single
Pellenc, R. Grolleau Cardiac Cells Against Metabolic Stress-Induced Ca”*
Loading Sofija Jovanovit, Aleksandar Jovanovit, Win K.
Shen, Andre Terzic
BYPASS SURGERY
878 Smoking Cessation Reduces Mortality After Coronary
Artery Bypass Surgery: A 20-Year Follow-up Study
EDITOR’S PAGE
Ron T. van Domburg, Karin Meeter, Dorten F. M. van 953 Plagiarism—How Serious Is It? Wiliam W. Parmley
Berkel, Rolf F. Veldkamp, Lex A. van Herwerden,
Ad J. J. C. Bogers
SPECIAL SECTIONS
ACC News
AORTIC DISSECTION
955 President’s Page: The Political Scene George A. Beller
884 Transesophageal Echocardiographic Description of the
Mechanisms of Aortic Regurgitation in Acute Type A
Aortic Dissection: Implications for Aortic Valve Repair
Joint ESC/ACC Consensus Document
Herman D. Movsowitz, Robert A. Levine, Alan D.
957 Joint Efforts Across National Boundaries Between
Hilgenberg, Eric M. Isselbacher Professional Organizations in Cardiovascular
Medicine: One Way Into the Future George A. Beller,
Lars Rydén
NEW METHODS
891 Relation of Tissue Doppler Derived Myocardial 959 Myocardial Infarction Redefined—A Consensus
Velocities to Myocardial Structure and Beta- Document of The Joint European Society of
Adrenergic Receptor Density in Humans Kesavan Shan, Cardiology/American College of Cardiology
Committee for the Redefinition of Myocardial
Roger J. Bick, Brian J. Poindexter, Sarah Shimoni, George
V. Letsou, Michael J. Reardon, Jimmy F. Howell, William Infarction The Joint European Society of
Cardiology/American College of Cardiology Committee
A. Zoghbi, Sherif F. Nagueh
897 Editorial Comment What Are We Actually Measuring by
Doppler Tissue Imaging? Kar/ Isaaz
ACC/AHA Practice Guidelines
900 Validation of Real-Time Three-Dimensional 970 ACC/AHA Guidelines for the Management of
Echocardiography for Quantifying Left Patients With Unstable Angina and Non-ST-Segment
Ventricular Volumes in the Presence of a Left Elevation Myocardial Infarction Eugene Braunwald,
Ventricular Aneurysm: In Vitro and In Vivo Studies Chair
SEPTEMBER 2000 VOLUME 36 NUMBER 3, SUPPL A
Cardiogenic Shock Complicating Acute 1097 Diabetes Mellitus in Cardiogenic Shock Complicating
Myocardial Infarction: Results of the Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Report from the
SHOCK Trial Registry SHOCK Trial Registry Daniel M. Shindler, Sebastian
1063 Cardiogenic Shock Complicating Acute Myocardial T. Palmert, Tracy A. Antonelh, Lynn A. Sleeper, Jean
Boland, Thomas P. Cocke, Judith $8. Hochman, for the
Infarction—Etiologies, Management and Outcome: A
SHOCK Investigators
Report from the SHOCK Trial Registry Judith S.
Hochman, Christopher E. Buller, Lynn A. Sleeper, Jean 1104 Cardiogenic Shock Due to Acute Severe Mitral
Boland, Vladimir Dzavik, Timothy A. Sanborn, Emitte Regurgitation Complicating Acute Myocardial Infarc-
Godfrey, Harvey D. White, John Lim, Thierry LeJemtel, tion: A Report from the SHOCK Trial Registry
for the SHOCK Investigators Christopher R. Thompson, Christopher E. Buller,
1071 The Clinical Profile of Patients With Suspected Lynn A. Sleeper, Tracy A. Antonelli, John G. Webb,
Cardiogenic Shock Due to Predominant Left Wael A. Jaber, James G. Abel, Judith S. Hochman,
Ventricular Failure: A Report from the SHOCK Trial for the SHOCK Investigators
Registry Venu Menon, Harvey White, Thierry LeJemtel, 1110 Outcome and Profile of Ventricular Septal Rupture
John G. Webb, Lynn A. Sleeper, Judith 8. Hochman, for the With Cardiogenic Shock After Myocardial Infarction:
SHOCK Investigators A Report from the SHOCK Trial Registry Venu
1077 Angiographic Findings and Clinical Correlates in Menon, John G. Webb, L. David Hillis, Lynn A. Sleeper,
Patients With Cardiogenic Shock Complicating Acute Rasha Abboud, Vladimir Dzavik, James N. Slater, Robert
Myocardial Infarction: A Report from the SHOCK Forman, E. Scott Monrad, J. David Talley, Judith S.
Trial Registry S. Chiu Wong, Timothy Sanborn, Hochman, for the SHOCK Investigators
Lynn A. Sleeper, John G. Webb, Robert Pilchtk, David Hart, 1117 Cardiogenic Shock Due to Cardiac Free-wall Rupture
Slawomir Mejnartowicz, Tracy A. Antonelli, Richard Lange, or Tamponade After Acute Myocardial Infarction: A
John K. French, Geoffrey Bergman, Thierry LeJemtel, Report from the SHOCK Trial Registry James Slater,
Judith S. Hochman, for the SHOCK Investigators
Robert J. Brown, Tracy A. Antonelli, Venu Menon, Jean
1084 Implications of the Timing of Onset of Cardiogenic Boland, Jacques Col, Vladimir Dzavik, Mark Greenberg,
Shock After Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Report Mark Menegus, Cliff Connery, Judith S. Hochman, for the
from the SHOCK Trial Registry John G. Webb, Lynn A. SHOCK Investigators
Sleeper, Christopher E. Buller, Jean Boland, Angela Palazzo, 1123 Impact of Thrombolysis, Intra-aortic Balloon Pump
Elizabeth Buller, Harvey D. White, Judith 8. Hochman, Counterpulsation, and Their Combination in
for the SHOCK Investigators Cardiogenic Shock Complicating Acute Myocardial
1091 Cardiogenic Shock With Non-ST-Segment Elevation Infarction: A Report from the SHOCK Trial Registry
Myocardial Infarction: A Report from the SHOCK Timothy A. Sanborn, Lynn A. Sleeper, Eric R. Bates, Alice
Trial Registry Alice K. Jacobs, John K. French, Jacques Col, K. Jacobs, Jean Boland, John K. French, Jo Dens, Vladimir
Lynn A. Sleeper, James N. Slater, Louts Carnendran, Jean Dzavtk, Sebastian T. Palmeri, John G. Webb, Mark
Boland, Xtanjiao Jiang, Thierry LeJemtel, Goldberger, Judith S. Hochman, for the SHOCK
Judith S. Hochman, for the SHOCK Investigators Invest gators
OCTOBER 2000 VOLUME 36 NUMBER 4
REVIEW ARTICLES CLINICAL STUDIES
CARDIAC SURGERY
1131 Hemodynamic and Clinical Impact of
1152 Outcomes 15 Years After Valve Replacement With a
Prosthesis—Patient Mismatch in the Aortic Valve
Mechanical Versus a Bioprosthetic Valve: Final Report
Position and Its Prevention Philippe Pibarot,
of the Veterans Affairs Randomized Trial Kar/
Jean G. Dumesnil
Hammermeister, Gulshan K. Sethi, William G. Henderson,
Frederick L. Grover, Charles Oprian,
1142 Provisional Stenting Strategies: Systematic Overview
Shahbudin H. Rahimtoola
and Implications for Clinical Decision-Making Warren
J. Cantor, Eric D. Peterson, Jeffrey J. Popma, James P.
Zidar, Michael H. Sketch, Jr., James E. Tcheng, 1159 How Deadly Is the “Deadly Quartet”? A Post-CABG
E. Magnus Ohman Evaluation Dennis L. Sprecher, Gregory L. Pearce
1166 Diabetes and Outcomes of Coronary Artery Bypass Barry J. Kneale, Philip J. Chowienczyk, Sally E. Brett,
Graft Surgery in Patients With Severe Left Ventricular D. John Coltart, James M. Ritter
Dysfunction: Results from The CABG Patch Trial
Database William Whang, J. Thomas Bigger, Jr., for the
CABG Patch Trial Investigators and Coordinators GENE THERAPY
1239 Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor in Patients With
1173 Up to Seven Years of Experience With the Ross
Intermittent Claudication: Results of a Phase I Trial
Procedure in Patients >60 Years of Age Claudia
Daisy F. Lazarous, Elis F. Unger, Stephen E. Epstein,
Schmidtke, J. F. Matthias Bechtel, Axel Noetzold,
Annette Stine, Josefino L. Arevalo, Emily Y. Chew,
Hans-Hinrich Sievers
Arshed A. Quyyumi
1178 Survival Analysis and Risk Factors for Mortality in
1245 Editorial Comment Therapeutic Angiogenesis: Time for
Transplantation and Staged Surgery for Hypoplastic
the Next Phase George A. Pantely, John M. Porter
Left Heart Syndrome Pamela C. Jenkins,
Michael F. Flanagan, Kathy J. Jenkins, James D. Sargent,
Charles E. Canter, Richard E. Chinnock, Robert N. Vincent, CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
Anna N. A. Tosteson, Gerald T. O’Connor 1248 A Common Variant of the 4MPD1 Gene Predicts
Improved Cardiovascular Survival in Patients With
Coronary Artery Disease Jeffrey L. Anderson, Jessica
INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY
Habashi, John F. Carlquist, Joseph B. Muhlestein, Benjamin
1186 Influence of Diabetes Mellitus on Early and Late
D. Horne, Tami L. Bair, Robert R. Pearson, Noal Hart
Clinical Outcomes in Saphenous Vein Graft Stenting
1253 Prediction of Coronary Events With Electron Beam
Javed M. Ahmed, Mun K. Hong, Roxana Mehran,
Computed Tomography Yadon Arad, Louise A. Spadaro,
George Dangas, Gary S. Mintz, Augusto D. Pichard,
Ken Goodman, David Newstein, Alan D. Guerci
Lowell F. Satler, Kenneth M. Kent, Hongsheng Wu,
1261 Editorial Comment The Challenge of Improving Risk
Gregg W. Stone, Martin B. Leon
Assessment in Asymptomatic Individuals: The
1194 Short- and Long-Term Mortality for Patients
Additive Prognostic Value of Electron Beam
Undergoing Primary Angioplasty for Acute Myocardial
Tomography? Leslee J. Shaw, Robert A. O’Rourke
Infarction Edward L. Hannan, Michael J. Racz,
Dyavad T. Arani, Thomas J. Ryan, Gary Walford,
Ben D. McCallister STRESS TESTING
1202 Angiographic No-Reflow Phenomenon as a Predictor 1265 Dobutamine-Atropine Stress Echocardiography and
of Adverse Long-Term Outcome in Patients Treated Dipyridamole Sestamibi Scintigraphy for the Detection
With Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary of Coronary Artery Disease: Limitations and
Angioplasty for First Acute Myocardial Infarction Concordance Steven C. Smart, Aneeta Bhatia, Robert
Itsuro Morishima, Takahito Sone, Kenji Okumura, Hideyuki Hellman, Thomas Stoiber, Arthur Krasnow, B. David
Tsuboi, Junichiro Kondo, Hiroaki Mukawa, Hideo Matsut, Collier, Kiran B. Sagar
Yukio Toki, Takayuki Ito, Tetsuo Hayakawa 1274 Statistical Methods to Improve the Precision of the
Treadmill Exercise Test Ralph A. H. Stewart, John
Kittelson, I. Patrick Kay
ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES
1210 Evidence of Prolonged Inflammation in Unstable
Angina and Non-Q wave Myocardial Infarction Nial/ HEART FAILURE
T. Mulvihill, J. Brendan Foley, Ross Murphy, Peter Crean, 1280 Modulation of Beta,-Adrenoceptor Activity by
Michael Walsh Domain-Specific Antibodies and Heart
1217 Elevated Homocysteine Levels Are Associated With Failure—Associated Autoantibodies Roland Jahns,
Increased Ischemic Myocardial Injury in Acute Valérie Botvin, Thorsten Krapf, Gerd Wallukat, Fritz Boege,
Coronary Syndromes Mohamed K. Al-Obaidi, Peter J. Martin J. Lohse
Stubbs, Paul Collinson, Ronan Conroy, Ian Graham, 1288 Expression of Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha—
Mark I. M. Noble Converting Enzyme and Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
in Human Myocarditis Mamoru Satoh, Motoyuki
Nakamura, Hidetoshi Satoh, Hidenori Saitoh, Ikuo Segawa,
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION Katsuhiko Hiramort
1223 Incidence and Predictors of Myocardial Infarction
1295 Prognostic Value of Pulmonary Venous Flow Doppler
Among Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Pezer /.
Signal in Left Ventricular Dysfunction: Contribution
Zimetbaum, Mark E. Josephson, Mary Jane McDonald, Seth of the Difference in Duration of Pulmonary Venous
McClennen, Victoria Korley, Kalon K. L. Ho, Panos and Mitral Flow at Atrial Contraction Frank Lloyd
Papageorgiou, David J. Cohen
Dini, Claudio Michelassi, Giovanni Micheli, Daniele Rovat
ENDOTHELIAL FUNCTION ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY
1228 The Impact of Heavy Passive Smoking on Arterial 1303 The Impairment of Health-Related Quality of Life in
Endothelial Function in Modernized Chinese Kam S. Patients With Intermittent Atrial Fibrillation:
Woo, Ping Chook, Hok C. Leong, Xin S. Huang, Implications for the Assessment of Investigational
David S. Celermajer Therapy Paul Dorian, Werner Jung, David Newman,
1233 Gender Differences in Sensitivity to Adrenergic Miney Paquette, Kathryn Wood, Gregory M. Ayers,
Agonists of Forearm Resistance Vasculature John Camm, Masood Akhtar, Berndt Luderitz
1310 Marked Ventricular Repolarization Abnormalities in 1386 Editorial Comment Metabolism—The Lost Child of
Highly Trained Athletes’ Electrocardiograms: Clinical Cardiology Heinrich Taegtmeyer
and Prognostic Implications Ricard Serra-Grima,
Montserrat Estorch, Ignasi Carrié, Matte Subirana, Lluis 1389 Vascular Repair After Balloon Overstretch Injury in
Berna, Teresa Prat Porcine Model Effects of Intracoronary Radiation Yves
Cottin, Marc Kollum, Rosanna Chan, Balram Bhargava,
1317 Glycoprotein IIIa PI“! Polymorphism and Sudden
Yoram Vodovotz, Ron Waksman
Cardiac Death Jussi Mikkelsson, Markus Perola,
Pekka Latppala, Antti Penttila, Pekka J. Karhunen
1396 Endoluminal Reconstruction of the Arterial Wall With
1324 The Ligament of Marshall: A Structural Analysis in Endothelial Cell/Glue Matrix Reduces Restenosis in
Human Hearts With Implications for Atrial an Atherosclerotic Rabbit Nicholas Kipshidze, James J.
Arrhythmias Dave T: Kim, Angela C. Lai, Chun Hwang, Ferguson, III, Michael H. Keelan, Jr., Harry Sahota,
Richard Komorowski, Latha Raja Shankar, Paramyith S.
Ling-Tao Fan, Hyrar 8. Karagueuzian, Peng-Sheng Chen,
Michael C. Fishbein Chawla, Christian C. Haudenschild, Victor Nikolaychtk,
Jeffrey W. Moses
SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE 1404 The Class III Antiarrhythmic Effect of Sotalol Exerts a
1328 Cardiac Troponin I Predicts Myocardial Dysfunction Reverse Use-Dependent Positive Inotropic Effect in
in Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Nilesh
the Intact Canine Heart Adelqui O. Peralta, Roy M.
Parekh, Bala Venkatesh, David Cross, Anne Leditschke, John John, Wiltam H. Gaasch, Peter I. Taggart, David T.
Atherton, William Miles, Adam Winning, Alan Clague, Martin, Ferdinand J. Venditti
Claire Rickard
1411 Endothelin-1 as a Protective Factor Against Beta-
Adrenergic Agonist-Induced Apoptosis in Cardiac
DEEP VENOUS THROMBOSIS
1336 Short- and Long-Term Results After Thrombolytic Myocytes Makoto Araki, Kojt Hasegawa, Ert Iwai-Kanat,
Treatment of Deep Venous Thrombosis Johannes Masatoshi Fujita, Tatsuya Sawamura, Tsuyoshi Kakita,
Hiromichi Wada, Tatsuya Morimoto, Shigetake Sasayama
Schweizer, Wilhelm Kirch, Rainer Koch, Holger Elix,
Grit Hellner, Lutz Forkmann, Andreas Graf
HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY POINT OF VIEW
1344 Systolic Anterior Motion Begins at Low Left 1419 The Aggressive Low Density Lipoprotein Lowering
Ventricular Outflow Tract Velocity in Obstructive
Controversy James S. Forrester, C. Noel Bairey-Merz,
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Mark V. Sherrid, David
Sanjay Kaul
Z. Gunsburg, Sonja Moldenhauer, Gretchen Pearle
NEW METHODS EDITOR’S PAGE
1355 Improved Assessment of Mitral Valve Stenosis by 1426 OTC or not OTC—That Is the Question
Volumetric Real-Time Three-Dimensional William W. Parmley
Echocardiography Thomas M. Binder, Raphael Rosenhek,
Gerold Porenta, Gerald Maurer, Helmut Baumgartner
1362 Editorial Comment The Fish Mouth and Three- 1.
SPECIAL SECTIONS
Dimensional Echocardiography: New Technology
Catches an Old Problem Randolph P. Martin
ACC News
1!
1428 President’s Page: Academic Health Centers: The
PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY Making of a Crisis and Potential Remedies
1365 Myocardial Perfusion and Function of the Systemic George A. Beller
Right Ventricle in Patients After Atrial Switch
Procedure for Complete Transposition: Long-Term
Follow-up Barbara Lubiszewska, Elzbieta Gosiewska, 1432 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Piotr Hoffman, Anna Teresinska, Jacek Rézanski, Walerian
Piotrowski, Wanda Rydlewska-Sadowska, Krystyna Kubicka,
ACC/AHA Clinical Competence Statement
Witold Ruzytto
1441 American College of Cardiology/American Heart
1371 Coronary Echocardiography in Tetralogy of Fallot: Association Clinical Competence Statement on Stress
15
Diagnostic Accuracy, Resource Utilization and Surgical Testing: A Report of the American College of
Implications Over 13 Years Laura R. Need, Andrew J. Cardiology/American Heart Association/American
Powell, Pedro del Nido, Tal Geva College of Physicians—American Society of Internal
Medicine Task Force on Clinical Competence
EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES
George P. Rodgers, Chair
1378 Dichloroacetate Improves Postischemic Function of
Hypertrophied Rat Hearts Richard B. Wambolt, Gary D.
Lopaschuk, Roger W. Brownsey, Michael F. Allard 1454 CORRECTIONS